《新时代核心英语教程 综合英语1》Unit 6 教师用书.docxVIP

PAGE PAGE 10 Unit 6 Growing Pains Unit Overview We all have experienced growing pains no matter whether we once noticed them or not. Both texts in this unit tell us something about growing pains. Deborah Tannen, the author of Text A, was born in 1945. She is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Educated at Harpur College, Wayne State University, and the University of California at Berkeley (where she earned an MA and Ph.D. in linguistics), Tannen has written best-selling books on gender issues and differences and also on how the language of everyday conversation affects relationships. Among her most popular books are You Just Don’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation (1990), The Argument Culture: Stopping America’s War of Words (1999), and You’re Wearing THAT?: Understanding Mothers and Daughters in Conversation (2006). A frequent guest on radio and television news and information shows, Tannen has been hailed by The Washington Post as “the world’s most famous linguist.” In this essay from the April 10, 2007, edition of The Washington Post, Tannen explores a mother’s tendency to focus on a daughter’s slightest imperfection. Richard Bach, the author of Text B, was born in 1936. He is an American writer. Bach is widely known as the author of some of the 1970s’ biggest sellers, including Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977). Bach has written numerous works of fiction, and also non-fiction flight-related titles. Most of Bach’s books have been semi-autobiographical, using actual or fictionalized events from his life to illustrate his philosophy. Bach’s books espouse his philosophy that our apparent physical limits and mortality are merely appearance. Bach is noted for his love of aviation and for his books related to flying in a metaphorical context. In this excerpt, Bach shapes Jonathan Livingston Seagull’s growing by disclosing his struggles, sorrows, and joys in grea