thegiftoflife新编大学英语生命的礼物.pptVIP

New College English新编大学英语 Unit One Passage ReadingⅡ: The Gift of Life What is a true friend and friendship? Lead-in activities The Gift of Life Review the text and try to answer questions. Passage Reading (skimming) context (para.1~2) when where who what in Vietnam War in a small village several children, including one young girl Bombs landed in the orphanage and some children were wounded. The organization of the text 1) Medical help arrived and they found the young girl needed blood. (Para.3) 2) Only several children had the correct blood type. (Para.4) 3) Because of language barrier, they had difficulties in asking the children for blood. (Para.5) 4) Heng was willing to give blood but he was always sobbing and then crying silently during the operation. (Para.6 ~ 13) 5) Under the help of the Vietnamese nurse, the Americans knew the reason. Heng thought that he would die, but he still did it because she was his friend. (Para.14 ~ Para.18) In time order, what happened next? (para.3~18) Heng’ behavior (para3.-18)  para.6 a little hand slowly went up, dropped back down, and went up again. para.10 let out a long sob, quickly covering his face with his free hand。 para12 Heng shook his head silently, but after a few moments another sob escaped para13 occasional sob turned to a steady ,silent crying, his eyes held tightly shut, his fist in his mouth trying to stop his sobs. para18 The Vietnamese nurse repeated the question to the little boy, who answered simply, Shes my friend. What can we learn from this text Slowly Quickly Silently Tightly Simply complicated emotions afraid and unwilling to be found plain but not common brave unselfish dedicated Heng simple meaning of the story (para.19) There is no love greater than this, that a person lay down his/her life for a friend. What is true fri