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A Father
and
a Son
A Father
and
a Son
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explore the theme
On a Saturday morning
On a shuttle train at the airport
A father and a son
Five elements of a story
Who
When
Where
What
Why
*
free
sterile
impersonal
On a Saturday morning
On a shuttle train at the airport
A father and a son
A father and a son were just enjoying the free shuttle train.
They were just riding this shuttle together, making it exciting, sharing each other’s company.
Five elements of a story
Who
When
Where
What
Why
*
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free
sterile
impersonal
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There are parents 1. ______can afford to send their children to Europe or Disneyland, and the children turn out rotten. There are parents who live in million-dollar houses and give their children cars and 2. __________(swim)pools, yet something 3. _____(go) wrong. Rich and poor, black and white, so much goes wrong so often.
who
goes
swimming
So many 4. ________(trouble) in this country – crime, the murderous soullessness(无情的谋杀) that seems to be taking over the lives of many young people, the lowering of
5. ___________(educate) standards, the increase in vile obscenities(卑劣的猥亵) in public, the 6. ___________ (appear) of simple civility. So many questions about what to do. Here was a father who cared about 7. ________(spend) the day with his son and who had come up 8. ____ this plan on a Saturday morning.
troubles
educational
disappearance
spending
with
How to solve the troubles and build up a harmonious family?
1.What should parents do?
2.What should children do?
The answer is so simple: parents who care enough to spend time, and to pay attention and to try 9. _____(they) best. It doesn’t cost a cent, yet it is 10. ____most valuable thing in the world.
their
the
What title might the author give
to the story?
Boys, love your f