Unit Seven The Chaser

Teaching Objectives Pre-reading Questions Global Reading Detailed Reading Post-reading practice

Teaching Objectives Practice reading, writing, listening and talking, and translating about love fallacies Discuss about the essence of true love

Pre-reading Questions What do you think is true love based on? What does too possessive a love usually result in? What kind of love as you perceive can be evergreen?

Global Reading What is your view of the Alan as a chaser of his love? What is the key message the story is intended to convey?

Detailed Reading Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2Paragraph 2-12 Paragraphs 1Paragraphs Paragraphs 3Paragraphs 38-45

Paragraph 1 Question: How does Alan impress you with the first scene of the story? And why?

Language work: c reaky: giving out a harsh, scraping sound e.g. He settled into the ~ armchair. peer (at/into): look carefully or with difficulty – The old woman ~ at the newcomer over her spectacles. –She ~ into the dark corners of the room with much fear.

Paragraph 2-12 Questions: –What is the image of the old man in the story? –What kind of mixture is “ glove-cleaner ” ? Why did the old man tell Alan about it before selling him the love potion?

Language work: make sb. ’ s acquaintance: get acquainted with sb. Other expressions: have a nodding/no acquaintance with sb. imperceptible: that cannot be perceived e.g. Color is ~ to the touch. Bacteria are ~ to the naked eye.

–Perception: 1. Power to perceive, insight E.g. a man of great ~ 2. View, opinion E.g. Could I have your ~s of the latest developing trends in this field of study?

Teaspoonful: as much as a teaspoon can hold –E.g. a ~ of cough potion –Similar expressions:Mouthful, Handful, etc.

Paragraph Questions: What are the miraculous effects of love potion as described by the old man? What is love in Alan ’ s understanding?

Language work: Be in a position to do sth.: have the necessary condition to do sth. –E.g. I don ’ t think he ’ s ~ to criticize others ’ work as he ’ s made no contributions himself. –Other related expressions:Be in no position to, put oneself in sb ’ s postion

Confidential 1. Done or communicated in confidence –E.g. strictly ~ documents: classified documents 2. Entrusted with the confidence of another –E.g. a ~ secretary 3.denoting confidence or intimacy –E.g. A~ tone of voice

detach: 1.to separate or disconnect –~ a check from the checkbook 2. To remove from association or union –~ oneself from the group Detached: not attached or associated –E.g. Living in solitude for most of his life, he somewhat feels ~ to his family.

Be overwhelmed with: be overcome by, be filled with E.g. The horror movie ~ me with terror. We were ~ with ecstasy on hearing the great news. Other expressions: an overwhelming majority; overwhelming temptation

Paragraph Questions: Why do you think was the old man so confident that Alan would come back for the glove-cleaner later?

Language work: Indulge: ~ in sth.: let go one ’ s desire for sth. –E.g. ~ in a cigarette, ~ in daydreams ~ sb. –E.g. She ~s her son in whatever he wishes to eat.

Be better off: live a more comfortable life economically other expressions: be well off, be comfortably off

Post-reading Practice Derivation 1. Many artists remained in __obscurity______ (obscure) while they were alive and got their fame posthumously. 2. When the man saw the woman again after 10 years ’ absence, he immediately began to express feelings with much ____fervency__ (fervent)

Post-reading Practice 3. If you are a member of the club, attendance at the meeting is __obligatory___. (oblige) 4. I __perceived___ a change in the tone of her voice. (imperceptible)

Post-reading Practice 5. Could I have your _perceptions____ of the latest developing trends in the field? (imperceptible) 6. She turns out to be more attractive and __adorable_____ this time I meet her. (adoration)

Post-reading Practice 7. Students were surprised at the professor ’ s air of ___detachment_____ in talking about his own books. (detach) 8. She suddenly became ___rapturous________ at the thought of her beloved son. (rapture)

Post-reading Practice Choice of words: 1. His worried look suggested that he felt __apprehensive______ of the further defeats after the first failed attempt. (fearful, apprehensive, afraid, frightened) 2. He ’ s warm-hearted and fond of ___obliging_____. (favor, help, oblige)

Post-reading Practice 3. She seems to have preserved a chilly __detachment___ in her relations with her family. (detachment, solitude) 4. The old lady is determined to spend the last days of her life in __solitude____. (detachment, solitude) 5. The newly married couple are in ____fervent__love. (fervent, sincere, hot)