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Unit 2 Reading & Thinking
Mother of Ten Thousand Babies
Reading
In this class, you will be able to
obtain key information on Lin Qiaozhi’s life;
infer the main principle guiding Lin Qiaozhi through the choices in her life;
conclude Lin Qiaozhi’s personalities;
reflect on how we should face moral dilemmas and make life choices.
Learning objectives
Think about this question and share your ideas with your partner:
What are some important life choices?
……
education
career / job
marriage
Before reading
What is a biography?
How is the information in a biography usually organized?
Lead-in
Mother of Ten Thousand Babies
A life story of someone
In time order
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Look at the title and pictures, what do you think the text is about? What do you expect to read?
Before reading
From the title and the pictures, we can know that the passage might be about __________________________________
a female doctor who delivered lots of babies.
Mother of Ten Thousand Babies
Textual Analysis: Para 1
“Life is precious....To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I refuse that trust, saying I'm cold, hungry, or tired? "These words of Dr Lin Qiaozhi give us a look into the heart of this amazing woman, and what carried her through a life of hard choices.
1. What is the purpose of quoting Lin Qiaozhi’s words in the first paragraph?
2. What is the function of the first paragraph?
It helps us know Lin Qiaozhi better.
To introduce the topic.
1. “Life is precious. ... To a person nothing is more precious than their life, and if they entrust me with that life, how could I refuse that trust, saying I’m cold, hungry, or tired?” (Para. 1)
解析:否定词与比较级连用,表达最高级的含义。
Life is the most precious to a person.
Important sentences (P16)
Language points
1. 在我生命中没有比你更重要的人了。
There is no person _______________________ in my life.
2. 没有比这本书更有趣的了。
No book is ________________ than this one.
3. 我再同意不过了。
I can’t _____________.
more important than you
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