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新视野第三册第七单元 Unit7 Section A A Rose Is a Rose 1. Pre-reading 1 Background information St. Valentine’s Day( February 14th)圣瓦伦丁节， 情人节（2月14 日，情人多在此日互赠礼物） Valentine was a priest in Rome at the time Christianity was a new religion. The Emperor of Rome at that time, Claudius II, ordered the Roman soldiers not to marry or become engaged. Claudius believed that as married men, his soldiers would want to stay home with their families rather than fight his wars. Valentine broke the law and secretly married the young couples. He was eventually arrested, imprisoned, and put to death.?Valentine was beheaded（斩首） on February 14th. After his death, Valentine was named a saint, and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine’s Day. 1. 2 Topic-related video 1. 3 Topic-related discussion 2. While-reading 2. 1 Global reading 1. 1 Understand the major details of the text Why is selling rose no longer a beautiful experience to the traditional flower shops in the U.S? Because of the appearance of discount rose shops. 2) What problems are domestic rose growers facing? Severe competition from foreign countries. 3) Why do some people in the rose business long for the good old days? Changing conditions in the rose industry make them begin to lose their share in the marketplace. 1. 2 Understand organization of the text 1)Main idea of the text This passage is about how rose industry can adapt to the changing situation of the need for the roses in the market.. 2) Text structure analysis Part One (Para. 1) The rose is always the most popular flowers as a symbol of love and any changing conditions in rose dealings mean much to the rose industry. Part Two (Para.2-6) Roses Only was transformed from a traditional shop and found some solutions to the rose selling problem. Solution 1: Well –decorated shops attract customers and make them think they can buy roses cheap there. Solution 2: Encourage customers to buy in dozens instead of in ones, twos and threes by cutting down the pr