Unit 3 Discovery of a new life stage

Unit 3 Discovery of a new life stage
2 Unit 3 Discovery of a new life stage FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS HEBEI UNIVERSITY

Objectives use the key language to talk about odyssey years 1
2 apply the reading skill – understanding figurative language 3 write a passage with the structure of comparison / contrast 4 translate long sentences 5 develop ways to cope with the difficulties in odyssey years

Journey through the odyssey years
Section A Journey through the odyssey years Project of the unit Inspiring your thoughts Enhancing your skills Presenting your project

Project of the unit Lead-in Project forecasting
Inspiring your thoughts Project forecasting Enhancing your skills Lead-in Presenting your project

What major stages does one’s life include?
Project of the unit 2018/2/9 Lead-in Task Getting to know different phases of life Step 1 Watch the GIF and discuss the following question in pairs. What major stages does one’s life include? infancy adulthood childhood middle age adolescence old age

Project of the unit Lead-in Step 2
2018/2/9 Lead-in Step 2 Work in groups and discuss the following questions. Which stage are you at now? The stage between adolescence and adulthood. What significance do you think this stage have? This is a crucial period of time when one forms his / her morals, values, outlook of the world and the principles that he / she will adhere to for a life.

Project of the unit Project forecasting Lead-in
Inspiring your thoughts Lead-in Enhancing your skills Project forecasting Presenting your project

Project of the unit A new phase of life, odyssey years, is identified by experts as the stage between adolescence and adulthood when young people are rebellious and unwilling to settle down. Parents view this stage differently and worry about their children. By the end of this unit, you are expected to write a passage on the following topic: Different attitudes toward odyssey years Please get prepared by doing the following activities.

Inspiring your thoughts
Enhancing your skills Presenting your project Detailed understanding Global understanding Project of the unit

Global understanding Task Global understanding of the text Skim the text for two minutes and answer the following questions. 1) What is the text generally about? 2) What kind of writing do you think this text is? 3) What do you expect to read about odyssey years? A special life phase: odyssey years. Expository writing. … (Answers vary.)

Enhancing your skills Global understanding Presenting your project Detailed understanding Project of the unit

Detailed understanding Task 1 Detailed understanding of the text Read the text again and answer the following questions. 1) What are the so-called “odyssey years”? 2) Why does the author say that the odyssey years are an unavoidable stage in reaching adulthood? 3) How do some young people in their odyssey years react to their parents? 4) What is parents’ attitude toward their children in their odyssey years? 5) What do you think is the author’s attitude toward the odyssey years?

Detailed understanding Reference answers： 1) What are the so-called “odyssey years”? They are recognized as a new life stage that comes after high school graduation, continues through college and leads to starting a family and having a career. to be continued

Detailed understanding 2) Why does the author say that the odyssey years are an unavoidable stage in reaching adulthood? Because nowadays so many young people are following this new lifestyle that it has become a trend. As long as the economic situation continues its long slide, this new stage is unavoidable. to be continued

Detailed understanding 3) How do some young people in their odyssey years react to their parents? They often resent the pressure they’re feeling and keep a distance from their parents or even run away from home. Many also resort to computer games, iPods, iPhones, or iPads. to be continued

Detailed understanding 4) What is parents’ attitude toward their children in their odyssey years? Their parents feel more anxious and upset seeing their children’s odyssey years continue to stretch without a clear direction. to be continued

Detailed understanding 5) What do you think is the author’s attitude toward the odyssey years? The author thinks as people are getting to know the odyssey years better, both parents and their children can tackle this phase better. For parents, they can understand their children more; for children, they can explore and discover themselves with a positive attitude.

Detailed understanding Task 2 Critical thinking Step 1 Think over the following three questions and share your ideas with your classmates. Step 2 Summarize your ideas and write a paragraph concerning the three questions.

Detailed understanding 1) What might be the most significant personal effect caused by the delay in transition to adulthood? 2) How might parents look at the new trend and the delayed transition? 3) How can young people cope with this difficult time period – the odyssey years?

Detailed understanding Reference answers： 1) What might be the most significant personal effect caused by the delay in transition to adulthood? Delayed marriage and career. • More competition. • Loss of good opportunities. • More self-awareness. • Further exploration of career. • Establishment of stable financial status. to be continued

Detailed understanding 2) How might parents look at the new trend and the delayed transition? • Lose their patience. • Complain about their children’s behavior. • Push their children a lot. • Give up their expectations. • Try to be understanding to their children. • Give their children longer time to settle down. to be continued

Detailed understanding 3) How can young people cope with this difficult time period – the odyssey years? • More communication with family, friends, and other loved ones. • Less time on the Internet, games, or SNS. • Possible increase in physical exercise. • More participation in meaningful activities.

Enhancing your skills Language focus Structure analysis
Presenting your project Structure analysis Project of the unit Focus on a comparison / contrast essay Language focus Language learning Inspiring your thoughts Language highlighting

Enhancing your skills Language focus Language learning Task 1
Learning nouns to describe odyssey years Step 1 Find out the English equivalents from the text for the following Chinese nouns. 青春期稳定性社会地位继承人 adolescence 配偶过渡，转变指导原则阶段入门 spouse stability transition status guideline phrase heir induction

Enhancing your skills Language focus Language learning Step 2
Fill in the blanks with the above words. Odyssey is a life _______ that frequently occurs between ___________ and adulthood. During this decade, 20-somethings go to school and take breaks from school. They live with friends and they live at home. They fall in and out of love. They try one career and then try another. Parents grow increasingly anxious. They understand the necessity of a __________ between student life and adult life. But they see that this __________ to adulthood is delayed. People who were born before the 1960s or 1970s tend to define adulthood by accomplishment and emphasize _________. This is not the case with the young people nowadays. phase adolescence transition induction stability

Enhancing your skills Language focus Language learning Task 2
Learning verbs used to cope with difficulties in odyssey years Step 1 Match words with their meanings.

change in the way people think about sth., in the way sth. is done
feel angry or upset because you think you have been treated unfairly or without enough respect leave a job, school, etc., esp. without completely finishing it do sth. extreme or unpleasant in order to solve a problem give sb. information about sth. carefully plan the way you’re going to ask a question, make a statement, etc. say sth. that will happen before it happens used for saying that sth. happened at a particular time or in a particular place give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling and make it stronger 2018/2/9 acquaint quit resent shift resort reinforce witness frame predict

Fill in the blanks with the following words or expressions in the box. Change the form when necessary. parallel shift frame distract 1) It is not possible to ______ my career completely all of a sudden. 2) She wondered how she was going to ________ the question. 3) His career ___________ that of his father. 4) I decided to ignore the rumour as I did not want anything to __________ me from writing the paper. shift frame parallels distract

Enhancing your skills Language focus Language learning
acquaint … with ... take a break from saddle … with … resort to 5) She ________________ her work to make herself some coffee and then resumed a few minutes later. 6) If you want to travel abroad, it’s worth your time and effort to _________ yourself ______ the customs and social conventions of the countries you plan to visit. 7) I think we can solve this problem without ____________ legal action. 8) The war devastated the economy and __________ the country _____ a huge foreign debt. took a break from acquaint with resorting to saddled with

Choose no less than three expressions from the following list and write a short paragraph on how you can cope with the difficulties in your odyssey years. Words and Expressions shift back off reinforce resent witness frame have an effect on distract resort to get away from take a break from saddle sb. with sth.

Enhancing your skills Language focus Language highlighting
Task 3 Detailed learning of key vocabulary 1. peculiar (Para. 1) a. 1. belonging or relating to one particular place, situation, person, etc., and not to others 为某人 / 某地 / 某事物所特有的 He likes to do things in his own peculiar way. Translation: 他喜欢用自己特有的方式做事。

1. peculiar (Para. 1) a. 2. strange, unfamiliar, or a little surprising 奇怪的；异常的 He stared at her with that peculiar expressions on his face. Translation: 他脸上带着奇怪的表情注视着她。

peculiar, characteristic, unusual peculiar 着重“独特性”，强调“与众不同的”特征；characteristic 常强调所指性质的典型性，也可以表示这些性质使某一事物区别于其他的事物；unusual 强调“少见的”，与通常的情况“截然不同的”或“未曾预料的”特征。 peculiar 通常和介词 to 搭配，表示“为某人或某物所特有”；characteristic 通常和介词 of 搭配，表示“某物或某人有…特性、特征、特色”；unusual 通常和介词 for 搭配，表示“对…不同寻常”。

Fill in the blanks with peculiar, characteristic or unusual and translate the sentences into Chinese. 1. Benjamin responded with _______________ generosity. 2. I have my own ____________ way of doing things. 3. Her gaze sharpened, as if she had seen something __________. characteristic 班杰明以他一贯的大度之风做了回答。 peculiar 我有自己独特的做事方式。 unusual 她眼睛一亮，仿佛看见了什么不寻常的事情。

4. The wine has a __________ taste. 5. It’s ______________ of her that she never complained. 6. Great minds in general look at life in a _________ way to themselves. 7. It’s not ___________ for teenagers to go through a phase when they feel ashamed of their parents, afraid that they might not live up to their friends’ standards. peculiar 这酒有种独特的味道。 characteristic 从来不发牢骚是她的个性。 peculiar 一般来说，伟大的思想家都以自己独特的眼光来看待生活。 unusual 青少年经历为自己的父母感到羞愧的阶段是很平常的，他们生怕自己的父母达不到他们朋友所设的标准。

2. acquaint (Para. 1) vt. (fml) give sb. information about sth. 介绍；使认识；使了解 acquaint sb. / oneself with sth.: make sb. / oneself familiar with or aware of sth 使熟悉；使了解 Please acquaint us with your plans as soon as possible. Translation: 请尽快将你的计划告诉我们。

3. sensible (Para. 3) a. reasonable, practical, and showing good judgment 合理的；切合实际的；明智的 It would be sensible to take an umbrella with you since there are dark clouds in the sky. Translation: 天空乌云密布，你带一把伞是明智的。

sensible vs. sensitive 1. sensible 明智的；sensitive 敏感的；易受影响的 2. be sensible of … 感知某事；察觉到某事 be sensitive to 对…过敏；对…敏感；对…感知敏锐 Translation: He is a sensible person. 他是一个明智的人。 I am sensible of the suffering you are undergoing. 我清楚你正在经历的痛苦。 She is sensitive to penicillin. 她对青霉素过敏。

Fill in the blanks with sensible or sensitive. 1. A _________ person is easily upset by other people’s remarks or behaviour. 2. A ________ person makes good decisions and judgments based on reason rather than emotion. 3. You can improve your chances of profit by ________ planning. 4. The classroom teacher must be ________ to a child’s needs. sensitive sensible sensible sensitive

4. radical (Para. 4) a. 1. used for saying that a change or way of doing sth. is new and very different from the usual way（改变或方式）彻底的，根本的 To work within our budget, we need to make some radical changes to our operating procedures. Translation: 为了配合预算，我们对操作程序需要做一些根本的改变。

4. radical (Para. 4) a. 2. used for saying that an idea is very new and different, and against what most people think or believe 激进的；前卫的 There is political tension between radical and conservative politicians. Translation: 激进与保守的政客之间政治关系紧张。

5. stability (Para. 5) n. [U] a situation in which things happen as they should and there are no harmful changes 稳固；稳定 In order to prosper, a country must have political, economic and social stability. Translation: 为实现繁荣昌盛，一个国家必须在政治、经济和社会上保持稳定。

6. saddle (Para. 6) n. [C] a seat, often made of leather, used on a horse, bicycle, motorcycle, etc. 马鞍；（自行车、摩托车等的）车座 v. put a saddle on a horse 给（马）装鞍具；装上马鞍 saddle sb. with sth.: give sb. sth. that is difficult to deal with 使某人承担苦差事；使某人负重担 The company is saddled with debt due to the consequence of an increased cost of production. Translation: 生产成本的提高使该公司陷入了债务。

7. rebellious (Para. 6) rebel n. [C] sb. who opposes or fights against people in authority 造反者；反叛者 vi. oppose sb. in authority or oppose accepted ways of doing things 造反；反抗（权威或常规） There’s something of rebel in a pair of jeans. Translation: 穿牛仔裤有叛逆的意味。

7. rebellious (Para. 6) a. deliberately not obeying people in authority or rules of behavior 叛逆的；反叛的；反抗的 Her teacher regards her as a rebellious, troublemaking girl, but in fact she never causes any trouble. Translation: 她的老师认为她是一个有逆反心理、且会制造麻烦的女孩，可事实上她从来都不会惹麻烦。

Fill in the blanks with the proper form of rebel and translate the sentences into Chinese. Duke is kind of a ________; he never does a thing the way most people do it. The only time she ever __________, Adele recalls, was when she was in junior high school. I wonder how much of rock music was ever about youthful ____________. It is often thought to be a positive part of their development when young people are ______________. rebel 杜克是个叛逆者；他从来不以大多数人的方式做事。 rebelled 阿黛尔回忆说，她唯一一次叛逆发生在初中时期。 rebellion 我不知道摇滚到底有多少是有关青春叛逆的。 rebellious 青少年的叛逆经常被认为是一种积极的成长。

8. make allowances for (Para. 7) accept behavior that you would not normally accept because you know why sb. has behaved that way 体谅；原谅 You should make allowances for him; he’s been quite ill recently. Translation: 你应该体谅他，他最近身体相当不好。

9. give way to (Para. 8) be replaced by sth. else 被…取代 He was greatly disappointed over his parents’ decision against his dying hair red, and soon his disappointment gave way to anger. Translation: 他对父母不允许他染红头发的决定感到非常失望，很快他的失望变成了愤怒。

10. reinforce (Para. 12) vt. give support to an opinion, idea, or feeling and make it stronger 加强，强化（观点、思想或感觉） His rude behavior at the party merely reinforced my previous dislike of him. Translation: 他在派对上的粗鲁行为只是增强了我对他以前就有的厌恶感。

Enhancing your skills Language focus Language highlighting Task 4
Sentence analysis 1. with each unique phase bringing … (Para. 1) “with＋名词/代词＋现在分词”构成独立主格结构(absolute structure)，主要用作状语，可以表示伴随、方式、原因、时间等。with之后的名词和其后的现在分词构成主谓关系，其中现在分词表示主动或正在进行的动作。

1. with each unique phase bringing … (Para. 1) We think of infancy before childhood and middle age before old age, with each unique phase bringing its own peculiar set of challenges. Translation: 我们把这些阶段想象为婴儿期在童年之前，中年在老年之前，每个阶段都会面临一系列特有的挑战。

Translate the following sentences into English with absolute structure. 她在餐桌旁坐了下来，每道菜都散发出扑鼻的香味。女孩坐在那里一言不发，目不转睛地盯着墙壁。由于我们的食物即将吃完，我们不得不步行到一个村子寻求帮助。随着夏季来临，天气变得越来越热。 She sat down at the table, with each dish emitting a delicious smell. The girl sat there quite silent with her eyes fixing on the wall. With our food running out, we had to walk to a village for help. With summer coming, it is becoming hotter and hotter.

2. People who were born … (Para. 5) Sentence structure: Main parts: People tended to frame their concept of adulthood. Subordinate parts: “Who” clause is the attributive clause. “Based upon” introduces the adverbial. “Moving away from …, becoming …, finding … and starting …” is the detailed explanation of accomplishments.

2. People who were born … (Para. 5) Translation: People who were born prior to the 60s or 70s in the last century tended to frame their concept of adulthood based upon achieving certain accomplishments: moving away from home, becoming financially independent, finding the right spouse and starting a family. 出生于上个世纪60年代或70年代之前的人们往往会将成年的概念基于是否取得了某些成就：从父母家搬走，经济上独立，找到合适的配偶并组织家庭。

Enhancing your skills Language focus Language highlighting Task 5
Understanding the word odyssey Step 1 Think about the following question. Why is the life phase between adolescence and adulthood called “odyssey years”? Step 2 Read the following introduction of the story of Odyssey.

2018/2/9 Language focus Language highlighting The Odyssey is a long epic poem by Homer, the Greek author. It describes the journey and adventures of the Greek hero, Odysseus, after the war of Troy. During the long journey, Odysseus encountered repeated troubles and challenges. He fought against raging waves and various demons and resisted temptations of wealth and women. After about 10 years, he finally returned home and reunited with his wife and son. Step 3 Watch the video clips of Odyssey and learn more about this hero.

2018/2/9 Language focus Language highlighting Video 1: Odyssey and his crew were approaching home when a sailor opened the bag that Aeolus, the master of wind, had given. The wind flew out and the resulting storm drove the ship back the way they had come.

2018/2/9 Language focus Language highlighting Video 2: Odyssey finally got the permission to go home after seven years in captivity on Calypso’s island. The goddess Calypso fell deeply in love with Odyssey but he consistently spurned her advances.

Enhancing your skills Language focus Language highlighting Step 4
Discuss in groups and share what you think about the hero in terms of his experience, character and spirit. Step 5 Discuss in groups and answer the question: Why is the life phase between adolescence and adulthood called “odyssey years”?

As depicted in the poem The Odyssey, Odysseus was wandering away from home and loved ones. During his journey of about 10 years, he encountered repeated troubles and challenges. The essentials of the journey are not only outward struggles against tremendous difficulties, but, more importantly, inward struggles leading to personal growth. His journey is the one of self-discovery and of combating his own arrogance and pride from his young rebellious heart. Therefore, it makes sense to borrow the word odyssey to describe the rebellious years young people usually go through. The term odyssey years is a metaphor of this special stage for young people.

Enhancing your skills Structure analysis Language focus
Presenting your project Language focus Project of the unit Language learning Structure analysis Language highlighting Focus on a comparison / contrast essay Inspiring your thoughts

Enhancing your skills Structure analysis Focus on a comparison /
contrast essay Task 1 Identifying the structure of comparison / contrast Step 1 Read the following essay and discuss in pairs what structure is used in it. Step 2 Work in pairs and draw a map of structure of the essay.

contrast essay Mozart and Beethoven were the greatest composers of the 18th century. Even though they both were outstanding, they each had very different lives. Therefore, it is interesting to compare their musical education and working styles. Obviously, these two composers experienced differences in their musical education. Mozart’s family was musical. His father was a good violinist. At an early age, Mozart could remember tunes and recognize easy musical notes. He started composing at age 5 and performing at age 6. Although Beethoven was also born into a musical family, his music education began later in his childhood. He was first taught to play the organ (风琴) and started performing at age 8. Not until age 13 was his first composition published.

contrast essay The two men’s working styles were even more different than their education. When Mozart started to write a piece of music, the composition was already finished in his mind, so he could write it out in elegant handwriting just in one go. By contrast, Beethoven tended to doubt about what he wrote. He started writing before he finished the composition and then glued corrections onto the page. In one place he did it 9 times. When the corrections were peeled, the last version proved to be identical to the first one. In conclusion, Mozart and Beethoven had different musical education and working styles. Both of them will remain among the greatest of the 18th century.

contrast essay Reference answers： Comparison / contrast structure is used in this essay. Para. 1: Thesis statement: Mozart and Beethoven have different musical education and working styles. Para. 2: Differences in musical education. Para. 3: Differences in working styles. Para. 4: Conclusion: Mozart and Beethoven differ from each other, but are both the greatest in the 18th century.

contrast essay Thesis statement: Mozart and Beethoven have different musical education and working styles. Their differences in musical education. Their differences in working styles. Mozart Beethoven Mozart Beethoven Conclusion

contrast essay Task 2 Identifying different comparison / contrast structures Step 1 Discuss in groups about how young people and their parents differ in their attitude toward odyssey years. Step 2 Draw a map of structure about how you present your ideas and compare it with the structure of the text.

contrast essay Point by point Structure Pattern 1 Topic 1 Parents Young people Para. 1 Topic 2 Parents Young people Para. 2

contrast essay Structure Pattern 2 Subject by subject Parents Topic 1 Topic 2 Para. 1 Young people Topic 1 Topic 2 Para. 2

contrast essay Task 3 Writing in a comparison / contrast pattern Step 1 Read Para. 3-7 and answer the following questions. 1) Which paragraph(s) is / are in comparison or contrast? What is compared or contrasted? 2) What transitional words or expressions are used to help the comparison / contrast?

contrast essay Reference answers： 1) Which paragraph(s) is / are in comparison or contrast? What is compared or contrasted? Para. 3 describes people’s gradual discovery of the phase of childhood and adolescence, a case similar to people’s identification of the odyssey years in Para. 4. Para. 3 describes what young people used to do after college previously. Para. 4 presents the image of young people today. Para. 5 compares young people’s concept of adulthood in the past and present. In other words, people in different generations hold different views toward adulthood. Para. 6 and Para. 7 are in comparison, talking respectively about young people and their parents in the odyssey years.

contrast essay 2) What transitional words or expressions are used to help the comparison / contrast? Para. 4: equivalent, different, similarly Para. 5: People who were born prior to … But … not remain static. Today, … Para. 7: likewise

contrast essay Guidelines to write a comparison / contrast essay: Points to select: There are always many aspects to compare or contrast. For a college essay about 200 words, it’s best to restrict the points of comparison to two or three. Thesis statement: It is of primary importance to state clearly your views or the points that you are comparing / contrasting for your reader to identify your views easily.

contrast essay 3. Patterns of organization: There are two patterns to organize the details in a comparison / contrast essay: point-by-point and subject-by-subject. Both are very useful, but point-by-point is useful for organizing more complex topics. 4. Coherence: Transitional expressions or structure words give writing coherence; that is, they help to move smoothly from one idea to the next. In addition, a variety of transitions add interest to an essay.

Presenting your project
Developing your ideas Organizing your ideas Presenting your ideas

Project of this unit Write a passage on the following topic:
Different attitudes toward odyssey years

Requirements and procedures
Project of this unit Requirements and procedures Employ as many as possible the words and expressions we have learned in the unit and follow the comparison / contrast structure pattern. Write your passage in no less than 150 words. Share your essay in groups and examine the essay according to the peer review checklist at the end of the slides. Polish your essay based on your group members’ evaluation in the following week.

Developing your ideas Task 1 Deciding on your points Step 1 Work in groups. Tell one another what points you want to compare or contrast in your passage. Step 2 Give suggestions to your group members on the topic, feelings, possible solutions to the problem, etc. Step 3 Focus on vocabulary. Help each other on what words and expressions can be used to help elaborate ideas.

Organizing your ideas Task 2 Writing in the comparison / contrast structure Step 1 Decide which pattern of comparison / contrast structure you will use. Step 2 Choose the table for your pattern and fill in the table with key words.

Organizing your ideas Table 1 Point-by-point pattern Point 1 Young people Parents Point 2 Point 3

Organizing your ideas Table 2 Subject-by-subject pattern Young people Point 1 Point 2 Point 3 Parents

Presenting your ideas Criteria for self-evaluation and peer-evaluation
Comments clear comparison / contrast structure proper use of words and expressions logical argument merits worth learning things needed to be improved

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