1. Lesson Six Wisdom of Bear Wood
Michael Welzenbach

2. Warm-up 1) Introduce one of your best friends to your classmates.
Pre-reading discussions:
1) Introduce one of your best friends to your classmates.
2) Are there things in common that lead to your friendship?

3. 3) Why do we need friendship? What can we get from it?
4) Can you give some tips to better cultivate friendship?
5) List out the ingredients you think of importance to true friendship.

4. Your imagination is encouraged!
Story Telling
Work in groups.
Your imagination is encouraged!
Make up a story with the following elements.
a boy
woodlands
an owl
Shortbread
a cottage
an old lady

5. Story Telling
Compare your story with the text. Have you found anything unexpected?

6. When you see the title what do you expect the text to be about
When you see the title what do you expect the text to be about ? which word(s) in the title serve(s) as (a) clue(s) ? Of what significance may this text be?

7. Background Information

8. Author
Michael Welzenbach (1954—2001) was an art critic as well as a poet and novelist. He wrote some of the most stimulating criticisms of art and music for the Washington Post.

9. Robin Hood is a legendary hero of a series of English ballads, some of which date from at least the 14th century.
He was a rebel, and many of the most striking episodes in the tales about him show him and his companions robbing and killing representatives of authority and giving the gains to the poor.
Their most frequent enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham, a local agent of the central government. Others included wealthy ecclesiastical landowners.

10. Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary hero of a series of English ballads民歌, some of which date from at least the 14th century. He was a rebel, and many of the most striking episodes in the tales about him show him and his companions robbing and killing the authority and giving the gains to the poor.

12. Bracknell
Newbury
Reading
Slough
Windsor
Wokingham

13. Picture Tour of Berkshire
the sun setting over the River Thames
Picture Tour of Berkshire

14. Picture Tour of Berkshire
Lesson 4 - Wisdom of Bear Wood
Berkshire
Picture Tour of Berkshire
15th century Elizabethan Manor House
Kennet &Avon Canal

15. Picture Tour of Berkshire
Lesson 4 - Wisdom of Bear Wood
William I the Conqueror (reigned from 1066 to 1087) built the original fortress.
Windsor Castle
Windsor

17. Text Study

18. Text Analysis
Plot
Setting
structure
Protagonists
Theme

19. plot setting It was in Berkshire , England
The narrator told the story about his experiences about new friends, and what happened on them made him realize that the friendship was the most valuable thing in his life.
setting
It was in Berkshire , England 19 19

20. Structure
Structure
1-4
5-30
31-37 20

21. Structure
Part I the loneliness of the boy and his roaming in the woods.
Part II the boy’s encounter with the old lady.
Part III the death of the old lady and the boy’s nostalgia (怀念）for her.

22. Text Analysis Structure of the Text 4 Part 1 (paras. 1─ )about:
The lonely boy found his pleasure in Bear Wood.
Part 1 (paras. 1─ )about:
Part 2 (paras ) about:
Part 3 (paras ) about:
Part 4 (paras ) about:
The boy met Mrs. Robertson-Glasgow in the Bear Wood and they became best friends.
5─23
Mrs. Robertson-Glasgow became sick and dead while their friendship flourished more than ever before.
24─27
28─37
The revelation of true love.

23. Further Discussions
When did the boy come to live in England?
How did he like the frequent moves?
What did he usually do to amuse himself?
Why did Bear Wood become his favorite?
How did the boy come to meet Mrs. Robertson-Glasgow?
How did they become friends?

24. Why did they enjoy each other's company so much?
What did the boy discover about the elderly woman?
Can you imagine what kind of life she had had?
How did the boy suddenly lose his dear friend?
Why did the boy remember so fondly his days in the Bear Wood?

25. protagonists Mrs. Robertson-Glasgow Michael Differences old 12
English American
woman boy
lost her husband separated from friends
Similarities
1. lonely
2. common interest—nature and knowledge
3. true love—giving not taking

26. Theme of the Story
True friendship is both rare and precious. It exists deep in heart and does not change. It is enduring and rewarding.

27. Extensive Work Do you know the meaning of these proverbs?
A friend is, as it were, another self.
Old friends and old wines are best.
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Better alone than have a false friend for company.

28. Onomatopoeia: More Examples
Writing Devices
Onomatopoeia:
More Examples
the twitter of birds
the gurgle of the water
the rustle of leaves
the banging of the door
the tick-tock of the clock

29. Sentence Paraphrase
1. When I was 12 years old, my family moved to England , the fourth major move in my short life. (1)
When I was 12 years old, my family moved to England , which was the fourth major move in my short life.
2. Loving nature, however, I was most delighted by the endless patchwork of farms and woodland that surrounded our house. (2)
However, as (because) I loved nature, I was really very happy to enjoy the endless pieces of farms and woods around our house.

30. Sentence Paraphrase
3. Keeping to myself was my way of not forming attachments that I would only have to abandon the next time we moved. (3)
I did not try to make many friends because in that way I did not have to give up my friendship the next time I had to move.
4. My own breathing rang in my ears, and the slightest stirring of any woodland creature echoed through this private paradise. (4)
I could even hear my own breathing, and even the lightest movement of any bird or animal in the wood could be heard throughout this paradise.
5. I proceeded quietly, careful not to alarm a bird that might loudly warn other creatures to hide. (5)
I moved quietly and carefully so that I would not alarm any bird which might loudly warn other animals in the woods to hide.

31. Sentence Paraphrase
6. Soon I saw a small brick cottage that glowed pinkly in the westering sun. (18)
Soon I saw a small brick cottage shining with a pink color in the sun that was moving toward the west.
7. …and my well of knowledge about natural history began to brim over. (24)
I began to know much about natural history, too much for a boy of my age.
8. Familiarity sometimes makes people physically invisible, for you find yourself talking to the heart—to the essence, as it were, rather than to the face. (26)
When people get to know each other really well, sometimes they don't notice physical changes. The boy did not see that his friend, the old lady, was getting weaker and weaker because all the time he was talking to her heart, rather than to her face.

32. Sentence Paraphrase
It is a wisdom tutored by nature itself, about the seen and the unseen, about things that change and things that are changeless, and about the fact that no matter how seemingly different two souls may be, they possess the potential for that most precious, rare thing—an enduring and rewarding friendship. (37)
I learn a lot of knowledge, taught by nature itself, about the things I can see—the birds, insects, trees, and flowers, and the things I cannot see—ideas, scientific laws and principles. I also learn a lot about the things that change, including life itself, as well as the things that are changeless like friendship, love, and many basic values.

33. verge His strange behavior sometimes verges on madness.
The fabric is a very dark blue, verging on black.
on the verge of : very near to
She was on the verge of tears.

34. rocket Factories mushroomed. He tried to worm into that organization.
It could snowball into a serious conflict.
He was wolfing it down as if he had not eaten for days.

35. roam
roam the city streets
She roamed around America.

36. property
property price
1% property taxes are levied on the second apartment this year.

37. impenetrable
luxuriant forests
dense forest
lush woods

38. With his torn shirt for paper ad his bleeding finger for a pen, he wrote his last letter.
She just had a banana for breakfast.
With the green banana for glue, he fixed the radiator.

39. proceed The work is proceeding according to plan.
He paused to consult his notes, and then proceeded with his questions.
Passengers for the New York flight should now proceed to Gate 13.

40. creature All living creatures A charming creature A terrible creature
A strange creature

41. binoculars
bi- double, two, twice
bilingual
bicycle
bicentenary

42. game
---[u] wild animals, birds, and fish that are hunted for food, especially as a sport:
game birds
big game

43. trespass
She was arrested for trespassing on government property.

44. fine
---attractive, neat, and delicate
fine china
Her dark hair accentuates her fine features (=nose, eyes, cheeks etc).

45. wistful The poor mother has wistful reminiscences of her lost youth.
The boy looks with wistful eyes at the toy on display.

46. incline
Her arguments incline me towards a different view of the matter.
I incline to get tired easily.
He inclined his head in greeting.

47. eye The police eyed the guy in suspicion. 一群当地的孩子围过来，默默地看着我们。
A crowd of local children gathered around, eying us in silence.

48. regard ---to look at sth attentively or closely
She regarded him curiously for a moment.
I have always regarded him highly.
You have no regard for my feelings.

49. tell
---If an unpleasant or tiring experience begins to tell, it begins to have a serious effect.
--- to discover by observation; discern
In the 90 minute game, every move tells.
The strains of office are beginning to tell on the prime minister.
首相开始感到公务繁忙的压力了。

50. soul
happy/sensitive/brave/simple etc soul
He is really quite a sensitive soul.
not a (living) soul (=no one)
I promise I won't tell a soul.

51. not a soul in sight/not a soul to be seen
The night was dark and still, and there was not a soul in sight.

52. Keep to oneself ---to avoid meeting people socially
Nobody knows much about him; he keeps very much to himself.
He is a very quiet person—he keeps to himself.

53. Catch one’s breath The beauty of the scene made him catch his breath.
--- breathe in suddenly with fear or surprise
After running to the bus stop we sat down to catch our breath.
---rest and get back normal breathing

54. brim over Michael looked at him imploringly, eyes brimming with tears.
The team was brimming with confidence before the game.
brim over: (of a cup, container, etc.) to be so full of a liquid that it flows over the edge

55. All cups brimmed over with wine.
At the wedding the bride and the bridegroom were brimming over with happiness.
(fig) She was brimming over with confidence before the speech contest.

56. As it were ---so to speak
This book is , as it were, his life portrait.
Jim became our idol, as it were, the man we all wanted to be.

57. As it were
I'd understood the words, but I didn't, as it were, understand the question.
He is, as it were, a walking dictionary.
The English, the Scots and the Welsh are all, as it were, members of the same family.

58. In time
---after a certain amount of time has passed, eventually, within an indefinite period
最终，他会意识到自己错了。
In time he’ll see he was wrong.
别担心, 她迟早会忘记今天发生的一切。
Don’t worry. In time she’ll forget what has happened today.