Section 1 Model Passage Reading

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Unit 2
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• Section 1 Model Passage Reading
• Text A Dads Blessings
• Text B American Men Dont Cry

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• A Teaching Objectives
• a. Contents of the text
• Focus 1 Help the students learn a lesson from
  the storyLook beyond the obvious and allow
  miracles to be created in our life.
• Focus 2 The importance and necessity of crying.

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• b. Key language points in the text
• Focus 1 1. Words such as graduate, purchase,
  hand, regret, desire may function both as a verb
  and a noun.
• 2. Present participle used as adverbials of time,
  cause and manner.
• 3. Absolute construction introduced by the
  preposition with.

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• c. Vocabulary
• Focus 1 26 B-level words, 11 A-level words, and
  4 phrases and expressions listed under
  Vocabulary.
• Focus 2 30 B-level words, 20 A-level words, and
  9 phrases and expressions listed under Vocabulary.

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• d. Comprehensive skills
• Understand a passage at the pre-intermediate
  level of difficulty and on this basis, be able to
  write a summary of the text.
• e. Functions
• Focus 1 Expressing Thanks.
• Focus 2 Writing a Thank-you Letter.

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• B Procedures and Methods
• Eight teaching periods are needed to cover the
  present unit.
• 1. Period One and Period Two Step One
• a. Background information
• Graduation Day in the West Theres a time for
  joy/A time for tears/A time well treasure
  through the years/Well remember always
  Graduation Day This is a song entitled
  Graduation Day by Beach Boys. For graduates and
  their families, Graduation Day marks a unique
  moment in time a celebration of years passed,
  while looking forward to the endless
  possibilities of the countless hours that lay
  ahead. To celebrate, a ceremony is usually held
  at school on which students wear cap and gown for
  this special moment and the song Pomp
  Circumstances is the standard march. At home,
  parents usually throw a party for their children
  and special gifts are also necessary.

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• b. warm-up questions
• How is the relationship between you and your
  father?
• What is the best gift you have ever received
  from your father?

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• Step Two Go over the key words and expressions
  in the text.
• Step Three Start to teach the text para. by
  para. Help students understand the text and
  explain language points meanwhile.

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• Questions about Para. 1
• (1) What was the young man in our story getting
  ready to do?
• (2) What did he want from his father as a gift
  for him?
• (3) Could his father afford it?

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• Notes of Para 1
• A young man was getting ready to graduate from
  college. ?????????????
• get ready to do sth. to get prepared to do sth.
  ??????
• ????????????,????????,?????????,??????
• e.g. (1) Wed better get ready to leave.
  ??????????
• (2) The children are getting ready to go to
  school. ??????????

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• graduate vi. to complete education at a school
  or a university ??
• e.g. (1) He graduated from Beijing University in
  1998. ?1998?????????
• (2) When did you graduate from Oxford?
  ??????????????
• graduate????????,??a person who has completed a
  university degree(??)???,???

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• Knowing his father could well afford it
  ??????????,????,???Because he knew his father
  could well afford it?????knowing???????his
  fathercould well afford it. ????????his father,a
  faithful Christian???his father????,who owned a
  prosperous business?????,????Christian?
• e.g. Not knowing what to do, he phoned the
  police.(??)???????,?????????

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• a faithful Christian ?father?????
• faithful a. having and keeping faith in one
  person, idea, belief, etc. ???,??????
• e.g. (1) One cannot be too faithful to ones
  duty. ?????????????????
• (2) It is a faithful report. ??????????
• faithful ??????faith,??feeling sure that you can
  trust someone or something ??,????? e.g. (1)
  Have you any faith in what he says? ?????????
• (2) Do you have faith in Tim? ???????
• (3) Christians have faith in God. ?????????

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• afford vt. to be able to buy or pay for ???,????
• e.g. (1) This sofa is expensive. I am afraid that
  I cant afford it. ??????,???????
• (2) Can we afford a holiday abroad this year?
  ??????????????
• afford ????????????to provide, to give ??,???
• e.g. The tree afforded us a shelter from the
  rain. ???????????????
• ????that was all he wanted??told?????,????????????
  ?? that,????????that??????all ????????????that,???
  ?????? (that) that was all (that) he wanted?

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• Questions about Para. 2
• (4) What did his father hand him on the morning
  of his graduation?
• (5) What did he find in it?
• (6) How did he feel as he saw the gift?
• (7) What did he do then?

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• Notes of Para 2
• approach vi./vt. to come near or nearer ??,??
• e.g. (1) As summer approached, the weather became
  hotter. ???????,????????
• (2) Silently the cat approached the rat.
  ??????????
• approach??????,??movement nearer to sb./sth. in
  distance or time a way of dealing with sb./sth.
  ????,????,?????,??approach?????to?
• e.g. (1) The enemy ran away at our approach.
  ??????,??????
• (2) We must think of some new approaches to
  teaching languages. ??????? ??????????

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• await vt. to wait for(?)??,??,(???)??(??)
• e.g. (1) I am awaiting your reply. ?????????
• (2) He is in prison awaiting trial. ?????????
• ?????????,??????????,await?wait for?????
• purchase vt. to buy?,??
• e.g. (1) She purchased a new car last month.
  ???????????
• (2) He purchased the house at a high price.
  ????????????

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• purchase????,??an article that has been bought
  ??????
• e.g. Please put my purchases on the truck.
  ?????????????
• that his father had purchased the car
  that???????,??signs?
• Curious, but somewhat disappointed
  ??????,????????,????????
• e.g. Helpless, we watched the house being burned
  before our eyes. ???????????????

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• curious a. eager to know or learn ???
• e.g. (1) When I mentioned his name, everyone was
  very curious. ?????????,???????
• (2) I feel nothing than curious. ?????????
• curious??????about,????????
• angry and depressed?????????????,?????
• e.g. Overjoyed, he rushed out of the room.
  ????????????

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• depressed a. low in spirits ???,???,?????
• e.g. (1) She was depressed because of failing in
  the final exam. ?????????????
• (2) You look depressed. ????????
• depressed???????depress?depress??to make someone
  feel sad and dull to make less active
  ???,?????,???
• e.g. (1) This grey weather depresses me.
  ???????????????
• (2) Some medicines depress the action of the
  heart. ?????????????

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• storm vi. to go with violent anger ??????,?,?
• e.g. (1) She stormed out of the room. ???????????
• (2) Why did the man storm out of the managers
  office? ????????????????????
• storm ???????,???????
• storm?????,???????????????????,???????????????????
  ??
• leaving the Bible ????????????

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• Question About Para. 3
• (8) Did the young man come back to see his father
  after this incident?
• (9) Did the young man miss his father while he
  was away? Why or why not?
• (10) How did he learn that his father had passed
  away?

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• Notes of Para 3
• domestic a. of the home or family remaining
  much at home fond of home not foreign native
  of ones own country ?(?)?,??????,??????
• e.g. (1) He had a good many domestic troubles.
  ???????????
• (2) He is a very domestic man. ???????????
• lead???????????led?

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• lead alife to pass or spend your life in a
  certain way ?(?)??(????)
• e.g. (1) They lead an active life. ????????????
• (2) The old man led a happy life. ????????????
• telling him his father had passed
  away????????????,??telegram,?????????he
  received a telegram that told him his father had
  passed away?
• e.g. He lived in a room facing (that faced) the
  south. ????????????
• ??his father had passed away ?tell?????,?????????t
  hat?

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• pass away to die ??
• ??die??????
• e.g. (1) She passed away at the age of 70.
  ?70?????
• (2) His grandmother passed away last week.
  ?????????
• will vt. to leave (possession or money) in a
  will ?(???)??
• e.g. (1) My father willed his house to me.
  ????????????????
• (2) He willed most of his money to his nephew.
  ????????????????
• will ???,????,????

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• possession n. C ?pl. something that you own
  or have property??,????
• e.g. (1) He lost all his possessions in the fire.
  ???????????????
• (2) He is a man of great possessions. ??????
• ???????in possession of ?,?????,??,???
• e.g. He was found in possession of dangerous
  drugs. ???????????
• ??????,possession???????
• possession ??????possess,??to have or own
  (something), or to have (a particular quality)
  ??,???

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• Question about Para. 4
• (11) How did he feel when he arrived at his
  fathers house?
• (12) What did he see when he searched through his
  fathers important papers?
• (13) What happened when he began to turn the
  pages of the Bible?

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• Notes of Para 4
• regret n. U feeling of sadness at the loss of
  something ??,??,??
• e.g. (1) The manager expressed his regret at the
  failure of the talks. ????????????
• (2) I hear with regret that a friend is ill.
  ????????,???????
• regret??????,??to feel sorry for ??,??,???
• e.g. I regret that I will be unable to come to
  your party tomorrow. ???????????????

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• ??regretful ?regrettable?????regret????,?????,??
  ???,???????regretful???????????,????????regrett
  able???????????????,???????,???????????regretful
  ?regrettable????,?????
• e.g. He made a regrettable mistake some time ago
  and still feels regretful now. ????????????????,??
  ??????????

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• who had the sports car he had desired who
  ?????????dealer?he had desired ????????car,???????
  ?that ??which?
• desire vt. to wish, want, or hope for, very much
  ??,??,??
• e.g. (1) Young people all desire independence.
  ?????????
• (2) What do you desire me to do? ????????
• desire????,??a strong hope or wish ??,??,???
• e.g. He has not much desire for wealth. ??????????

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• Question About The Whole Text
• (14) What moral can we learn from the story about
  life?
• Notes of Paras 5-6
• How many times do we miss the Spirits blessings
  and answers to our prayers because they do not
  arrive exactly as we have expected?
  ???????????????????????,??????????????????

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• Spirit n. U God ??,?,??
• e.g. (1) Dont miss the Spirits blessings.
  ?????????
• (2) The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are referred
  to as Trinity in the Christian religion.?????,????
  ???????????(????????????)?
• ??spirit?????????,????s????

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• spirit?????????,??????the part of a person that
  includes their mind, feelings and character
  rather than their body ??,????,??pl.??,????,?
  ??
• e.g. (1) We have the power of spirit to overcome
  difficulties. ?????????????
• (2) He is in low spirits for failing the exam.
  ????????????
• (3) Teenagers are not allowed to drink spirits.
  ???????????

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• TODAYS affirmation Today I look beyond the
  obvious and allow miracles to be created in my
  life. ????????,???????????,????????
• ????????,????????????,???,?????????????????,?,m
  iracles in life are beyond the obvious?affirmation
  n. C declaration ??,??
• e.g. (1) She made an affirmation that she was
  loyal to her husband. ?????????????
• (2) He made an affirmation that A was better than
  B. ???A??B?

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• beyond prep. at, on or to the farther side
  of????,????
• e.g. (1) Beyond the mountains is another village.
  ???????????
• (2) Dont go beyond this river. ????????
• beyond???????at or to a distance ?????
• e.g. They crossed France and traveled to the
  countries beyond. ??????,?????????

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• allow vt. to let (someone) do something without
  opposing to permit ??,??
• ?????allow sb. to do sth.?
• e.g. (1) My parents dont allow me to smoke.
  ????????
• (2) Smoking is not allowed here. ???????
• allow??????????to provide or give ??,???allow
  sb. sth.?????
• e.g. My parents allowed me 50 for books.
  ?????50?????
• ????allow for???????,??????
• e.g. We should allow for every possible delay.
  ???????????????

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• miracle n. C a wonderful unexpected event
  ??,??????
• e.g. (1) It is a miracle that they werent killed
  in the car accident. ????????????????
• (2) The invention of computer is a miracle.
  ????????????
• create vt. to cause something to exist to make
  ??,??
• e.g. (1) Many people believe that God created the
  world. ?????????????
• (2) The novelist created a great character in his
  latest work. ?????????????????????????
• create??????????to give rise to to produce
  ??,???
• e.g. His rudeness created a bad impression.
  ??????????????

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• 2. Period Three and Period Four
• Step One Review the whole text.
• Step Two Proceed to Exercises. First, do
  Exercise I. 2. In doing Exercise I. 2, group
  discussion in class is encouraged. The discussion
  and Exercises I. 1 and I. 2 will take up one
  period.
• Step Three Continue with Exercises II, III, IV
  and V.
• Continue with the rest of the exercises which are
  designed on three levels the vocabulary level,
  the sentence level and the discourse level. In
  this period it is expected that Exercises II,
  III, IV and V can be finished.

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• Exercise II is relatively easy and thus suitable
  for those students with a relatively low level of
  English proficiency. Exercise III is for more
  advanced students. Exercise IV is focused on both
  the vocabulary and the sentence structure in the
  model passage, and Exercise V on the sentence
  structure only.

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• 3. Period Five and Period Six
• Step One Review the whole text.
• Step Two On the basis of the revision of the
  text, proceed to Exercise VI. This exercise is a
  comprehensive exercise, involving both the
  students comprehension and production skills.
• Step Three Focus on Listening and Speaking which
  will take up the second period. In dealing with
  Listening and Speaking, direct the students to
  the language function of expressing ones
  gratitude.

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• 4. Period Seven and Period Eight
• Step One Proceed to Focus 2, practical reading.
• After the students have finished reading, do
  Exercise I to check their understanding of the
  text. Then go over language points for further
  understanding and after that do Exercise II.
  Step one may need 60 minutes.
• Language points
  1.Crying is a weakness
  characteristic of the female and no American male
  wants to be identified with anything in the least
  weak or womanly. ?????????,???????????????????,?
  ?????????

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• identify to cause or consider (someone) to be
  connected with (something) ???????,??
• e.g. (1) Crying is often identified with
  weakness. ???????????
• (2) She has identified the person who attacked
  the old woman. ???????????????
• be identified with to be closely connected with
  sb./sth. to support sb./sth. ??????,??
• e.g. He is closely identified with the new
  political party. ???????????

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• in the least (usu. in negative) at all ??,??,??
• ???????,?????????
• e.g. (1) He is not in the least worried.
  ?????????
• (2) He was not in the least surprised. ????????
• 2. Crying, in our culture, is identified with
  childishness, with weakness and dependence.
  ???????,???????????????
• is identified with ????,???????considered equal
  to ??????????e.g. Dont identify opinions
  with facts. ???????????

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• 3. No one likes a crybaby, and we disapprove of
  crying even in children, discouraging it in them
  as early as possible. ??????????,?????,?????????,?
  ????????????
• disapprove vi./vt. (of) to have an unfavorable
  opinion ???,???
• ???approve????,?approve??????dis-??????????,??????
  ???????????,??????of,????????
• e.g. (1) He disapproves of women smoking.
  ????????
• (2) They disapproved strongly of my proposal.
  ???????????

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• discourage vt. to take away courage and spirit
  from ???,???
• ???courage ?????dis-???
• e.g. (1) Dont let one failure discourage you.
  ????????????
• (2) It discouraged me that I failed again in the
  French exam. ??????????,????????

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• 4. In a land so devoted to the pursuit of
  happiness as ours... ??????????????????
• devoted a. showing great fondness or loyalty
  caring a great deal ???,???,?????
• e.g. (1) He is devoted to music. ??????
• (2) He is devoted to helping others. ?????????
• devoted ?????devote????????? devoteto,???to
  give all or a large part of time or resource
  to???(?),?????
• e.g. We shouldnt devote any more time to this
  question. ?????????????????

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• 5. Adults must learn not to cry in situations in
  which it is permissible for a child to cry.
  ?????????,??????????
• in which it is permissible for a child to cry
  ?????????????????
• ?????????????which?
• 6. Women being the weaker and dependent sex,
  it is only natural that they should cry in
  certain emotional situations. ????????????????
  ?,?????????????????

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• Women being the weaker and dependent sex
  ????????????????????????Because women are the
  weaker and dependent sex??????,???????????????
  ,??????????????????
• e.g. John having run a red light, the police
  arrested him. ??????????????
• dependent a. needing sb./sth. in order to
  survive or be successful ???,???
• e.g. (1) I cant be dependent on my parents all
  my life. ?????????????
• (2) They have a dependent child. ?????????????

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• 7. So goes the American credo with regard to
  crying. ?????????????
• ??so???????,?In women, crying is excusable. But
  in men, crying is a mark of weakness.
  ??,so????????????
• 8. A little man, we impress on our male
  children, never cries... ????????????????
• impress vt. to make the importance (of sth.)
  clear to (sb.) ??????,????,??
• impress??????impress sth. on sb.,impress sb.
  with sth.?
• e.g. (1) My father impressed on me the value of
  hard work. ????????????????
• (2) The village impressed me with its beauty.
  ?????????????????
• (3) His words are strongly impressed on my
  memory. ?????????????

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• 10. It is not that American males are unable to
  cry because of some biological clock within them
  that causes them to run down in that capacity as
  they grow older, but that they are trained not to
  cry. ???????,????????????,????????????????????,???
  ????????????
• run down to gradually stop working, decline
  (?)????,(?)??????
• e.g. (1) The battery has run down it needs
  recharging. ???????,???????
• (2) The company is running down its sales force.
  ???????????

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• 11. Thus do we produce a trained incapacity in
  the American male to cry. ????????????????
• thus ?????,???????,????do????we??????????
• 12. The human species is the only one in the
  whole living nature that cries tears.
  ???????????????????
• that cries tears?????,??one?????????only?,???????
  ?which??,????that???
• e.g. Football is the only game that I enjoy.
  ????????????

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• Section 2 Listening and Speaking
• Listening 1. Listen to a conversation on the
  text only once and then fill in the blanks
  according to what youve just heard.
• Father Son, you are (1)
  graduate from (2) . What gift
  do you want for your graduation?
• Son I saw a beautiful sports car in a (3)
  showroom. That is all I want.
• (A few days later.)
• Father Come into my (4) .
• Son Whats up, dad?
• Father Today is your (5) Day.
  You are such a fine son and I am (6) of
  you.
• Son Thank you, dad.
• Father I love you. Here is something for you.
• Son What is in this beautifully (7)
  box? Im (8) .
• Father Open it and have a look.
• Son What? With all your money, you just give me
  a (9) ? Im really (10)

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• Listening 2. Listen to the first part of an
  English song twice and
• then put the following in the correct order
  according to what youve
• just heard.
• Father and Son
• (1) Youre still young, thats your fault
• (2) If you want you can marry
• (3) Theres so much you have to know
• (4) Its not time to make a change
• (5) Look at me, I am old, but Im happy
• (6) Just relax, take it easy
• (7) Find a girl, settle down
• (8) and I know that its not easy
• (9) But take your time, think a lot
• (10) For you will still be here tomorrow, but
  your dreams may not
• (11) To be calm when youve found something
  going on
• (12) I was once like you are now
• (13) Why, think of everything youve got
• (14) From the moment I could talk I was ordered
  to listen
• (15) I know I have to go

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• Listening 3. Listen to a letter twice and then
  answer the questions.

(1) Why did John write this letter to Mrs.
Jones?
. (2) Why was
John nervous at first when visiting the Joneses?

. (3) What did John
enjoy in particular while he was staying with the
Joneses? (4) What did John do together
with Mrs. Jones son?

. (5) What country is the letter
sent to?
.
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• Listening 3. Listen to a song twice and then
  fill
• in the blanks.
• Title Butterfly Kisses
• Artist Bob Carlisle

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• There's two things I know for sure
• 1 , and she's Daddy's little girl.
• As I drop to my knees by her bed at night
• She talks to Jesus and I close my eyes
• And I thank God for all of the joy in my life, oh
  but most of all...
• For 2
• Sticking little white flowers all up in her hair
• Walk beside the pony Daddy, it's my first ride
• 3 , but I sure tried
• Oh with all that I've done wrong, I must of done
  something right
• To deserve a hug every morning, and butterfly
  kisses at night.
• Sweet sixteen today

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• She's looking like her Mama, a little more
  everyday.
• 4
• To perfume and makeup, from ribbons and curls.
• Trying her wings out in a great big world
• But I remember...
• Butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer
• Sticking little white flowers all up in her hair.
  
• You know how much I love you Daddy, but if you
  don't mind
• I'm only gonna kiss you on the cheek this time.
• With all that I've done wrong, 5

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• To deserve her love every morning, and butterfly
  kisses at night.
• (background)
• All the precious time,Oh, like the wind the years
  go by.
• Precious butterfly,
• 6
• She'll change her name today.
• She'll make a promise, and I'll give her away.
• Standing in the brideroom just staring at her.
• She asks me what I'm thinking, and I said I'm not
  sure.
• 7 ,
• And she leaned over...

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• Gave me butterfly kisses with her Mama there
• Sticking little white flowers all up in her hair.
• Walk me down the aisle Daddy, it's just about
  time.
• 8
• Daddy, don't cry.
• Oh, with all that I've done wrong, I must of done
  something right.
• To deserve her love every morning, and butterfly
  kisses,
• I couldn't ask God for more, than this is what
  love is.
• I know I gotta let her go, but I'll always
  remember...
• Every hug in the morning, and butterfly kisses.

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• The answers
• 1.She was sent here from heaven
• 2.butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer
• 3.I know the cake looks funny Daddy
• 4.One part woman, the other part girl
• 5.I must of done something right
• 6.Spread your wings and fly.
• 7.I just feel like I'm losing my baby girl,
• 8.Does my wedding gown look pretty Daddy?

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• Speaking
• Instructions On Fathers Day, you send your
  father a card to express your love and thanks.
  Work with you partner to role-play the situation.
• Functional Expressions
• Thanks.
• Thank you.
• Thanks a lot.
• Many thanks.
• Thank you very much.
• I cant thank you enough.
• Its very nice/kind of you.
• I really appreciate it.
• I am grateful to you for
• Your help is greatly appreciated.
• Id like to express my gratitude.

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• Speaking Reference Answer

A What day is it today, dad? B Its Sunday.
Why? A Its the third Sunday in June. Today is
Fathers Day. B Oh, I didnt realize that. A
Dad, this card is for you. I made it myself. B
Thank you, dear. Its beautiful. A With this
card, Id like to say thank-you. Thank you for
bringing me to the world and giving me so much
love and care. I love you, dad. B Im so moved,
dear. I love you, too.
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• Section 3 Practical Writing
• Writing a Thank-you Letter. This can be
  assigned as homework after explaining the basic
  elements of writing a thank-you letter.

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• Reference answer
• Dear Xiao Ming,
• Im now back to Shanghai. In this letter I would
  like to convey my heartfelt thanks to you for the
  wonderful vacation I spent with you in Hangzhou.
• Hangzhou is such a beautiful city. We visited so
  many pretty places and among them I was
  particularly impressed by the lovely scenery by
  the West Lake.
• I do hope one day you can pay a visit to Shanghai
  so that I can have an opportunity to pay back
  your friendship.
• Thank you again and keep in touch.
  Yours sincerely,
• Li Jun