1. LOGO Unit 7 The Virtues of Growing Older

2. Contents Warming Up 1 Pre-reading 2 While-reading 3 Post-Reading 4

3. 1. To grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 2. To understand the main idea, structure of the text and the author’s writing style 3. To conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme 4. To consider the solution of the aging problem in our society I. Time Allotment 8 II. Teaching Objectives and Requirements The Virtues of Growing Older

4. 1.Key language points and grammatical structures in the text 2.Structure of the text and the author’s writing style III. Key Points and Difficult Points in Teaching IV. Teaching Process The Virtues of Growing Older

5. Warming up Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. The Virtues of Growing Older

6. Oil of Olay Oil of Olay, a global business now, began in the home laboratory of chemist Graham Wulff in the early 1950s. Using his wife Dinah as his muse and research respondent, he began to truly understand what women really wanted: younger-looking and beautiful skin. It was with this understanding that he was able to perfect his formula. Finally Oil of Olay came out. Background information The Virtues of Growing Older

7. Grecian Formula Grecian Formula, first introduced in 1961, is a popular men’s hair coloring product in the United States. It is available as a clear liquid, cream and foam. One of the product’s main features is that it works gradually, so the color change is not as noticeable as with dye products. Some of the drawbacks are that it doesn’t work well with facial hair, and it must be used daily for the first week or two, which some people find inconvenient. The Virtues of Growing Older Background information

8. Middle age Middle age is usually considered to be from around 40 to 60. many people in their 30s do not want to become middle-aged. When you are 40, you are no longer considered to be young. Middle-aged people are often thought of by younger people as boring and old-fashioned in their attitudes and way of life. The Virtues of Growing Older Background information

9. AoA is the Federal focal point and advocate agency for older persons and their concerns. In this role, AoA works to heighten awareness among other Federal agencies, organizations, groups, and the public about the valuable contributions that older Americans make to the Nation and alerts them to the needs of vulnerable older people.

10. Through information and referral and outreach efforts at the community level, AoA seeks to educate older people and their caregivers about the benefits and services available to help them. For over 35 years, the AoA has provided home and community-based services to millions of older persons through the programs funded under the Older Americans Act, such as the home-delivered meals programs, nutrition services in congregate settings, transportation, adult day care, legal assistance, and health promotion programs, etc.

11. AoA’s National Family Caregiver Support Program provides a variety of services to help people who are caring for family members who are chronically ill or who have disabilities. AoA’s goal is to make sure that all older Americans and their families have the information and assistance they need to make informed decisions about their life choices now and in the future, choices that help people maintain and improve their health as they age.

12. 1.What, in your opinion, are the advantages and disadvantages of growing older? 2. What do you think are the virtues of being young? 3. How should the whole society take care of the old people? Pre-reading questions The Virtues of Growing Older

13. good memory do whatever like new thoughts not much worry food and clothing become beautiful advantages no work, no burden enjoy the life understand life experienced, insightful tolerate family union The Virtues of Growing Older The Young The old

14. make mistakes no experience easy to be cheated no plan; selfish overconfident can’t understand others disadvantages lonely; unbelieving food, transportation dressing; poor health seldom accept new thought The Virtues of Growing Older The Youg The old

15. energetic; creative innovative; impulsive emulative [' ɛ mjə,let ɪ v] impatient; curious stay up late features conservative, gracious verbose [v ɚ 'bos] patient, considerate informed costive ['k ɑ st ɪ v] weather-beaten out of fashion The Virtues of Growing Older The Youg The old

16. The Virtues of Growing Older Main idea of the text The text is the author’s analysis of the distinct advantages of getting older. Meanwhile, the author focuses on the validity of American values on the aging problem through citing her parents’ example to back her view.

17. The Virtues of Growing Older Text Explanations Being young is doubtlessly desirable, especially in a youth-oriented country like America where youth is worshipped. However, this piece of writing is an attempt to subvert the “traditional” view and convince the reader that growing older is not necessarily that dreadful. General analysis of the text

18. The Virtues of Growing Older In this piece of expository writing the author points out a number of advantages of growing older. These advantages are enumerated on the basis of the experiences of her brother and her own. By means of contrast the author reveals true happiness and contentment in old age, which have often been overlooked. Text Explanations

19. Paras 1-2 Admitting the virtues of being young, the author wants to talk about the advantages of growing old Paras 3-5 the advantages of growing old Para 6 American values on the aging problem The Virtues of Growing Older Structural Analysis

20. The Virtues of Growing Older  1. Why do people want to hide their gray hair and delay the effect of aging?  2. What does the writer mean when she says “it’s un-American to say so”?  3. Does the writer deny the virtues of being young? While-reading Part1

21. It literally means “to sign a contract with the devil, so that the devil would help you become young again”. The Virtues of Growing Older While-reading Part1 Para2, “… gladly sign with the devil just to be young again” In the text it is metaphorically used to mean “ready to do anything, even to work for the devil just to be young again”. 即便是给恶魔卖命，三十岁以上的人谁不乐 意以此来换回失去的青春呢？

22. 1 worship to show respect and love for a god to admire and love sb hero-worship They bowed their heads in worship. Your/His Worship act of worship (=religious ceremony) The Virtues of Growing Older God is their worship. He was worshiped by his people. Collocation:

23. 2 aging the process of growing old age bracket age range age group the age of consent the New Age movement old age pension The Virtues of Growing Older Everyone will experience aging. Collocation:

24. 3 dread to feel great fear or anxiety about I’ve got an interview with the bank manager tomorrow – I’m dreading it. He always dreaded asking them for their rent because he knew it would end in an argument. The Virtues of Growing Older Collocation: dread doing dread sb. doing I dread to think that be/live in dread of n. dreaded/dreadful adj.

25. noticeable; unmistakable4 distinct There is a distinct possibility that she’ll be appointed manager of the company. distinct from A distinct lack of enthusiasm distinct types/groups/categories The Virtues of Growing Older Collocation:

26. The Virtues of Growing Older Para3: to offer the first advantages of growing older – not being obsessed with one’s appearance. Para4: to discuss the second advantage — people in their forties are less uncertain than adolescents. Para5: to present the third and the greatest benefit of growing older While-reading Part2

27. Para3 techniquecontrast to project the difference between adolescents and people in their forties. 2 aspects the shape of their bodies and clothes The Virtues of Growing Older While-reading Part2

28. 5 be apt to do sthbe inclined to The punishment should be apt for the crime. appropriate an apt pupil/student He was apt to blurt out the whole truth, in cases where other people would have kept silence Collocation: While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

29. She became obsessed in her old age with what to do with her immense wealth. 6 obsessed with to have an unreasonably strong and continuous interest in sb/sth be obsessing about/over to think about sth or sb much more than is necessary or sensible Stop obsessing about your hair. It's fine. A lot of young girls are obsessed by their weight. While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

30. 7 feverishly adv.excitedly, She worked feverishly. at/to fever pitch Collocation: They are feverishly building up their armed forces. fever n. feverish adj. Derivation: While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

31. Eating less meat and doing more exercises make us wiry. 8 wiry adj.sinewy and lean He had a wiry build. wiriness n. Derivation: While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

32. wiry: lean and with strong sinews [ 's ɪ nju] thin: having not much fat lanky: ungraceful tall and thin, [gangling] leggy: a woman is tall and attractive with long legs giant: a man is very tall, esp. when you are surprised. Comparison: While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

33. 9 muscular adj. Muscular tissue is part of our body. Comparison: powerful: muscle n. muscularly adv. Derivation: possessing physical strength and weight capable of exerting power While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

34. 10 mega- a million Her family is megarich! extremely; very big giga-: a billion Their first record was a mega hit.adj gigantic 兆吨 megatonmegatrend 大趋势 While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

35. bytewatt star lopolis pixel phone mega [ 电 ] 百万瓦特 [ 计 ] 百万象素 扩音器 兆字节 巨星 特大都市 While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

36. 11 plead to ask for sth in a sincere way [beg] plead with sb (to do sth.) plead guilty/not guilty/innocent She stayed home from work, pleading illness. The wife of one of the hostages appeared on TV last night to plead for her husband’s life. Collocation: While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

37. 12 tailor to provide sb with clothes made to one’s measurements to adapt for a particular end or purpose We should tailor our knowledge to the need of the society. The jacket is perfectly tailored. 这次演讲将企业领导作为目标对象。 The speech was tailored to an audience of business leaders. Collocation tailor to While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

38. 13 tolerate: v. intolerable adj If I can be ____ of this monstrosity, then there is nothing _____ to me. The heat in this room is barely tolerable. tolerance n.tolerant adj tolerable adj to put up with; to endure Derivation While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

39. 14 agony very severe pain; a very sad experience He lay in agony until the doctor arrived. He was in agonies of remorse. agony aunt sb who writes an agony column in an agony of despair Collocation: in agony of While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

40. 15 deny oneself He denied himself all small pleasures and luxuries in his effort to live a holy life. deny that/doing sth There's no denying that 为了保持身体苗条，她克制自己不吃冰激凌。 To keep slim, she denied herself ice-cream. His parents denied him the opportunity to go to university. While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

41. 1) She took _____with a ugly man. 2) He took _____the job which belongs to me at first. take up with to begin to associate with; to consort with 16 Comparison to assume control, management take over up over While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

42. 17 accomplished adj. 1) skilled; expert 2) unquestionable; indubitable He is an accomplished pianist. That smoking causes health problems is an accomplished fact. Collocation: be accomplished in accomplish v. accomplishment n. Derivation: While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

43. 18 sanity n. soundness of mind He loses his sanity.sanity of judgment 1) 我怀疑他的神志是否正常。 2) 许多人怀疑把大量钱花在防务上是否明智。 I doubt his sanity. Many people question the sanity of huge amount of money spent on defense. While-reading Part2 The Virtues of Growing Older

44. Part 3(Para.6): After sharing her own experience in contrast to adolescents’ problems with the readers, in this paragraph the writer turns the issue to the similar to the one mentioned in the first paragraph: the validity of American values on the aging problem. The Virtues of Growing Older While-reading Part3

45. And women, I’m embarrassed to admit, even more than men, have always seemed to be at the mercy of fashion.(Para3) Paraphrase: I don’t want to but have to admit that women are controlled more by fashion than men. 我很无奈地承认，相对于男人，女人们更容易 受控于时尚的浪潮。 Post-reading Paraphrase The Virtues of Growing Older

46. Both of us like to dress ourselves with fashionable clothes, however, we no longer follow the fashion blindly. The two of us enjoy wearing fashionable clothes, but we are no longer slaves to style.(para3) 虽然仍喜欢穿时髦的衣服，但我们已不再盲目 追逐时尚了。 Paraphrase: Post-reading Paraphrase The Virtues of Growing Older

47. It means trying on new selves by taking up with different crowds.(Para5) Paraphrase: It means trying behaving differently from their usual selves by associating with different people. 年轻意味着和不同的人群交往，不断尝试崭 新的自我。 Post-reading Paraphrase The Virtues of Growing Older

48. Their contentment holds out great promise for me as I move into the next — perhaps even better — phase of my life.(Para6) Paraphrase: Their contentment makes me believe that I’ll also be happy. 他们的知足也让我在步入下一步人生历程时 看到了希望。 Post-reading Paraphrase The Virtues of Growing Older

49. 1.Many vain young people are obsessed with fancy cars despite the fact that they are not yet rich enough to afford them. 2.Their marriage finally fell apart when his affair with another woman was found out by his wife. 3.For artistic inspiration, the artist lived in the country for 3 years, where he denied himself many comforts in life. Exercise The Virtues of Growing Older Translation P35

50. 6.She has taken up with an man old enough to be her father, which is a disgrace to her parents. 5.When he was young he went to Japan to learn medicine, but after he returned to China, he changed his mind and pursued a career as a writer all his life. Exercise The Virtues of Growing Older 4.I’m not sure if we have the excursion to Chongming Island tomorrow. It’s at the mercy of the weather. Translation P35

51. Exercise The Virtues of Growing Older 7.Since 1978, our economy has witnessed a rapid development in contrast that of some developed countries has declined. 8.The earthquake isolated the city from other areas. I am afraid their food supplies will not hold out through the winter. Translation P35

52. Post-reading Discussion The Virtues of Growing Older 1. Think of some efficient ways to solve the aging problem. 2. Whom do you prefer to make friends with, the young or the old? 3. Observe and Describe some of the occasions that people show their concern to the old.

53. Listening-dictation I think that a successful old age is easiest for those who have strong impersonal interests leading to suitable activities. It is in these activities that long experience is really fruitful, and that the wisdom born of experience can be used without becoming a burden. It is no use telling grown-up children not t make mistakes, both because they will not believe you, and because mistakes are an essential part of education. But if you are one of those who are incapable of impersonal interests, you may find that your life will be empty unless you concern yourself with your children and grandchildren. In that cast you must realize that while you can still help them in material ways, you must not expect that they will enjoy your company.

54. Samuel Ullman YOUTH Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life. 青春不是年华，而是心境；青春不是桃面、丹唇、柔膝， 而是深沉的意志，恢宏的想象，炙热的恋情；青春是生 命的深泉在涌流。

55. Youth means a tempera-mental redominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. 青春气贯长虹，勇锐盖过怯弱，进取压倒苟安。 如此锐气，二十后生而有之，六旬男子则更多见。 年岁有加，并非垂老，理想丢弃，方堕暮年。 青春 塞缪尔 · 厄尔曼

56. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spring back to dust. 岁月悠悠，衰 微只及肌肤；热忱抛却，颓废必致灵魂。忧烦，惶恐， 丧失自信，定使心灵扭曲，意气如灰。 Samuel Ullman YOUTH

57. When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80. 一旦天线下降，锐气便被冰雪覆 盖，玩世不恭、自暴自弃油然而生，即使年 方二十，实已垂垂老矣；然则只要树起天线， 捕捉乐观信号，你就有望在八十高龄告别尘 寰时仍觉年轻。 Samuel Ullman YOUTH

58. Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the Infinite, so long are you young. 无论年届花甲，拟或二八芳龄，心中皆有生命之欢乐， 奇迹之诱惑，孩童般天真久盛不衰。人人心中皆有一 台天线，只要你从天上人间接受美好、希望、欢乐、 勇气和力量的信号，你就青春永驻，风华常存。 青春 塞缪尔 · 厄尔曼

59. When you are old and grey and full of sleep And nodding by the fire, take down this book And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. When You Are Old BY William Butler Yeats

60. 当你老了，头白了，睡意昏沉， 炉火旁打盹，请取下这部诗歌， 慢慢读，回想你过去眼神的柔和， 回想它们昔日浓重的阴影； 多少人爱你青春欢畅的时辰， 爱慕你的美丽，假意或真心， 只有一个人爱你那朝圣者的灵魂， 爱你衰老了的脸上痛苦的皱纹； 垂下头来，在红光闪耀的炉子旁， 凄然地轻轻诉说那爱情的消逝， 在头顶的山上它缓缓踱着步子， 在一群星星中间隐藏着脸庞 当你老了

61. As far as my eyes can see 在我的视线所及 There are shadows approaching me 阴影不断向我逼近 And to those I left behind 覆盖了我遗留的痕迹 I wanted you to know 我曾要你知道 You’ve always shared my deepest thoughts 你一直分享着我最深的思绪 You follow where I go 你跟随着我的足迹 And oh Oh When I’m old and wise 智者老矣 Bitter words mean little to me 残酷的言语对我已毫无意义 Autumn winds will blow right through me 秋风将会吹透我的身体 And someday 某一天 In the mist of time 在这时间的雾翳 When they asked me if I knew you 当他们问我是否认识你 I’d smile and say you were a friend of mine 我会微笑着诉说我们曾经的友谊 And the sadness would be lifted from my eyes 眼中已消散了悲凄 Oh when I’m old and wise Oh 智者老矣 Old And Wise 智者老矣

62. As far as my eyes can see 在我的视线所及 There are shadows surrounding me 阴影在我四周密无缝隙 And to those I leave behind 覆盖我遗留的痕迹 I want you all to know 我要你知道 You’ve always shared my darkest hours 你一直分享着我最阴暗的记忆 I’ll miss you when I go 我会思念你，当我离去 And oh Oh When I’m old and wise 智者老矣 Heavy words that tossed and blew me 沉重的话语折磨我的心绪 Like autumn winds will blow right through me 就像秋风吹透我的身体 And someday 某一天 In the mists of time 在这时间的雾翳 When they ask you if you knew me 当他们问你是否认识我 Remember that you were a friend of mine 不要忘记我们曾经的友谊 As the final curtain falls before my eyes 当最后的幕布垂落我的眼底 Oh when I’m old and wise Oh 智者老矣 Old And Wise 智者老矣

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