Unit 6--The Green Banana

TheGreenBananaDonaldBatchelderTeachingAims1.Tounderstandthesymbolof“GreenBanana”.2.Torecallyourownlearningmoments.3.Toenhancecross-culturalunderstanding.4.Tomastertheusefulwordsandphrases.TheGreenBananaWhatdoesgreenbananameantoyou?Pleasewritedownthewordsthatcomeintoyourmindwhenhearingthewords“greenbanana”.GototheReadMeaningoftheGreenBananaWhatdoesitmeaninthispassage?IthastwomeaningsSomethingtostoptheleakofthejeeptemporarilyAsymboloftheunknowntreasuresofeachcivilizationTextAppreciationLesson10–TheGreenBananaI.Textanalysis1.Generalanalysis2.Theme3.Structure4.FurtherdiscussionIII.LanguagepointsReadthetextquickly,tryingtofindthekeyelementsofthetext.PlotofthestorySettingofthestoryProtagonistsofthestoryThemeofthestoryTextAppreciation---TheGreenBananaPlot:”My”experienceinasmallBrazilianvillageandwhat“I”concluded.Setting:asmallvillageinthecentralareaofBrazilProtagonists:anAmericantraveler(“I”),severalBrazilianpeopleTextAppreciation---TheGreenBananaBrazilWithanestimated170millioninhabitants,BrazilhasthelargestpopulationinLatinAmericaandrankssixthintheworld.InBrazil,54millionpeoplelivebelowthepovertyline.Thechildmortalityratehasfallento29per1,000live.ThefightagainstHIV/AIDSrequiresspecialactionsfocusedonchildrenandyouth.With97percentenrolmentinprimaryschool,theeducationalchallengeisthatofquality:1.1millionchildrenandadolescentsaged12to17arestillunabletoreadandwrite;11percentofchildrenarecompletingeightyearsofprimaryschoolbyage15.Childsurvival,development,participationandprotectionallremainchallengesthatcallforcontinuedadvocacyfromUNICEF.populationpovertyeducationPart1(paras.1—)about:Part2(paras.—)about:Lesson10–TheGreenBananaStructureofthetext4Thestoryofthe“greenbananas”.Whattheauthorlearned:Weshouldrespectallcivilizationsintheworld.58TextAppreciation---TheGreenBanana•PartⅠPartⅡNarrationofhowpeopleinasmallBrazilianvillagehelpedtofixtheauthor’sjeepwithgreenbananasandhowthelocalpeopleregardedtheirhomevillageasthecenteroftheworld.•Whattheauthorlearnedfromthisexperience.fromsth.specifictoageneralconclusionDetailedDiscussionofPartI(para.1-4)Myencounterwiththegreenbanana…(para.1)encounteranoccasionwhenyoumeetsb.orsth.unexpectedly遭遇，偶然碰到Theyoungscientistsencounteredmanydifficultiesduringtheirexploration.年轻的科学家们在探险期间遇到了许多困难。ParaphraseIcameacrossthegreenbananaonasteeproadinthecentralareaofBrazil.Myancientjeepwasstrainingup…(Para.1)ancienttostrainveryoldtotryveryhard中国是一个文明古国。Chinaisanancientcountrywithalonghistoryofcivilization.无论我怎样竖起耳朵来听，都还是什么都没有听到。Istillcouldn’thearanythingnomatterhowIstrainedmyears.Tostrainone’seyes/ears/voice:tolook/listen/speaktothebestofone’spower.全神贯注地看（聚精会神地听；声嘶力竭地说）Theoverheatedengine…(para.1)overheatedtoohot～economy;～discussion;～roomover-:toomuchoverdressed,oversleep,overload,overcharge,overvalue,overeat……whichconsistedofasmallstoreandafewhouses…(para.1)consistofinclude..asitsmainpartsoraspects包括相似结构：由…组成构成becomposedof……constitutebemadeupof…fallinto…我们班有四十位同学.Ourclassconsistsof40students.ismadeupofiscomposedof40studentsconstituteourclass.Hepattedmeontheshoulder,assuringmethateverythingwouldworkout(para.1).pattedmeontheshoulderpattedmyshoulder抓住她的手臂牵着小孩的手takehimbythearmholdthekidbythehand敲打他的头部猛击他的背部knockhimontheheadhithimontheback踢她的腿打他的胸部kickherinthelegstrikehiminthechesttoassuresb.that…totellsb.thatsomethingissuretohappenorisdefinitelytrueIcanassureyouthatheisallright.我可以向你保证，他没事。workouttogetbetterorresolved别担心，事情最终会解决的。Don’tworry,thingswillworkoutintheend.ParaphraseHepattedmyshoulder,confirmingthatallthethingswouldberesolved.Ididn’task,though,asthatwouldshowmyignorance,so…(para.2)ignore:takenonoticeofrefusetotakenoticeof不顾,不理,忽视（有意识的）E.g.Youshouldignoreruderemarks.你不应该理会那些脏话。Beingignoredbyhissuperiors,hefeltsad.他不被上司重视，非常难过。Myadvicewascompletelyignored.完全没人理睬我的建议。ignorance/ignorantIgnorancen.无知；愚昧Hisignoranceissurprising.他的无知令人吃惊。Ignoranceofthelawisnoexcuse.不懂法律不能成为借口。Ignorantadj.unaware,knowinglittleornothing没知识的,不知道的Iamquiteignorantofwhathisplansare.我完全不知道他的计划。neglectneglect:paynoattentionto/givenonoticeornotenoughcareto;unconscious,unaware忽略玩忽（粗心无意识造成的）neglectone’sstudies/children/healthneglectone’sduty玩忽职守Don’t~writingtoyourmother.ParaphraseHowever,Ididnotinquireaboutthereason,sinceitwouldrevealmylackofknowledge.He,inturn,inspectedmecarefully,asiftomakesureIgraspedthesignificanceofhisstatement(para.3).inturninproperorder依次，轮流我们的父母在我们小的时候照顾我们，他们年迈的时候我们也应当照顾他们。Ourparentstakecareofuswhenweareyoung.Andweinturnshouldtakecareofthemwhentheyareold.asifwiththeappearanceof;apparently好像它看起来好像见了鬼一样。Helookedasifhehadseenaghost.她清了清嗓子，好像是要说话。Sheclearedthethroatasiftospeak.他正站在窗边，仿佛在等谁。Hewasstandingbythewindowasifwaitingforsomebody.ParaphraseThenheexaminedmewithgreatcautioninthewayofensuringthatIunderstoodtheimportanceofhiswords.Theoccasioncalledforsomeshowofrecognitiononmypart(para.3)callforneedorrequire这些贫困地区需要我们的特别关注。Thosepoorareascallforourspecialattention.callfor/callup/callon/calloffcallupcallforcalloncallofftelephoneto