Unit 11 The Two Roads

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Unit 11 The Two Roads
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Teaching Objectives

• Topic Looking towards the future
• Grammar Point Post-modification with v.-ed /
  v.-ing, with adj. with idiomatic usage
• Vocabulary mournful, vacant but, remorse,
  stumble, hesitate, cast, strike, for ones good,
  in vain, short of, make ones way to, burst out,
  resound with, linger, entrance to
• Writing Understanding the use of similes and
  metaphors

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Unit 11 The Two Roads
Listening and Speaking Activities
Reading Comprehension and Language Activities
Extended Activities
Fun time
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Listening and Speaking Activities

• 1. Warming-up
• 2. Brainstorming
• 3. Listening
• 4. Speaking

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Warming up
Looking towards the future, Whats your plan for
your future?
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Brainstorming

1. Expressions for time in the future
2. Expressions for plans / planning
3. Expressions for possibilities / impossibilities /
   uncertainties
4. Expressions for realizing / failing to realize a
   plan

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1. Expressions for time in the future

• in...minutes / hours / days / weeks / months /
  years / decades..., in the (near) future, in
  future, soon, eventually, the day after tomorrow,
  the week after next week, never, by (the year)
  2015, by the end of next week / month / year,
  fifty years from now

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2. Expressions for plans / planning

• schedule, timetables, intentions, expectations,
  ambitions, hopes, aspirations, prospects,
  outlook, forecast, prediction, dream, goal, aim,
  have no intention of doing, be going to, be about
  to do, plan to do, look forward to doing ....,
  expect ... to do ...., push forward (the reform,
  etc.) with ...., address (some problems),
  maintain one's commitment to...

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3. Expressions for possibilities /
impossibilities / uncertainties

• perhaps,maybe,probably, definitely, certainly,
  surely, no doubt, it's possible /probable/
  likely/certain/unlikely/impossible to do/that ...
  

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4. Expressions for realizing / failing to
realize a plan

• realize, reach, fulfill, accomplish, come true,
  be satisfied, be disappointed, let down feel
  hopeless, fail to do, be / fall short of (the
  target etc.), sense of accomplishment, ... to the
  fullest satisfaction

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Listening

• Talking about the future
• Task
• 1. Answers some questions.
• 2. Fill in the blanks with missing words.

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Listen and answer the following questions

• 1.Why wont Jane work in China after she finishes
  her study?
• She has been unable to find a job that suits her.
  As she is studying Chinese medicine, she thinks
  that it may perhaps be easier for her to open a
  Chinese clinic in the United States.

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Listen and answer the following questions

• 2. How does Jane feel about the future of China?
• She thinks that China is developing very rapidly
  and that China's modernization will become a
  reality very soon.

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Listen and answer the following questions

• 3. What afe Wangs viewso the future?
• Wang is a bit uncertain about his own future, and
  he doesn't care much about it, either. To him,
  future is too vague to mean much.

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Listen and answer the following questions

• 4. What does Jane think of Wang?
• Jane thinks that Wang sounds like some young
  people in the West, who have no plans for their
  future.

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Listening
Im Jane. I have lived in China for ____ years to
study _____. Im going to open a _____ in the
states after finishing my study here. I think
there will still be some problems. For example,
Ill probably run out of ______ and ______ very
soon, and I also need a lot of _____. So I think
Ill have to come back to China to purchase
_____, and, ____ to update my knowledge and
information. Mr.Wang is a friend of Jane. He is
somewhat ____ and ____ about His future. He is a
person who lives ____. To him, ______ doesnt
mean too much. Its ______.
  
   
 
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Speaking activities

• Planner for your monologue speech
• 1.  What was your dream when you were a child?
  What made you have this dream?
• 2. Do you think your dream will come true?
  Explain your answer.
• 3. What is the hardest thing to do in pursuing
  your dream?
• 4. Whats the most important factor in realizing
  your dream?
• 5. What do you want to do after you graduate from
  college?

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Reading Comprehension and Language
Activities

• 1. Pre-reading activity
• 2. Questions for general comprehension
• 3. Summaries
• 4.Questions for discussion

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The Two Roads
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Pre-reading activities

• 1. Have you ever regretted anything you did? Did
  you learn anything from your mistake?
• 2. If you were given a chance to change your
  past, what would you want to change most?

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Discussion

• In your life, when have you chosen a road which
  later seemed to be the wrong one, and when have
  you chosen one which was right?
• Write your opinion in the following spaces.
• The right road ____________________
• The wrong road ___________________

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The Two Roads
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Summarize the story
The two roads refer
metaphorically to two choices in a person's life.
One will bring happiness and success. The other
leads to failure, sorrow, discomfort, and a total
waste of one's life. Those who choose the second
road (the wrong road) would mourn over their
mistakes when they get old, but their cry of
remorse would not bring back their youth. 
   
 
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A sixty-year old man meditated over his
long and painful journey in life with great
remorse on New Year's Eve.
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The young man was brought back to reality and
realized that it was not too late for him to
choose the right road.
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The writer makes an appeal to those young
people who hesitate before choosing a road in
life and warns them of the consequences of
failing to make well-considered decisions about
their future..
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? What dream did the man have on New Years Eve?
The young man dreamt that he was over sixty
years old, living in misery. His life was full of
errors and remorse, his health poor, his mind
vacant, his heart sorrowful and his old years
short of comforts.
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? What are the two roads? What are their
differences?
One road represents a meaningful life, which
would hopefully lead to success and happiness.
The other road represents a wasted life which
would lead to a dark cave, alive with devils and
deadly snakes.
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? What did the young man remember about his
parents?
The man remembered his parents' early love for
him. They had taught him about life and prayed to
God for his well-being.
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? Why did he cry painfully?
He cried painfully because both his parents and
the happy days of his youth were gone. He had
lost forever the chance to take the right road.
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He thought that the flowing lights were the days
of his wasted life and the falling star was the
symbol of himself as a dying man. Both his
youthful days and the prime years of his life
were irrecoverably gone.
?5. What did the man associate the flowing
lights and the falling star with?
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?6. What became of his childhood friends?
His childhood friends who had begun life with him
had chosen the right road and therefore made
their way to success. They were honored and happy
at that moment.
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?7. What kind of a situation was the man really
in?
The man was actually still young. He was dreaming
about his life in old age. Though he had made
some mistakes, he had not entered the deep, dark
cave and still had the opportunity to choose the
right way.
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?8. What message does the dream convey?
The message of the dream is that one should
choose the right road when one is young so as to
avoid feeling remorse in old age.
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What, in your opinion, is the right road?
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The Two Roads ???? byJohn Ruskin
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Text Analyzing and Reading

• Para 1 It was New Years Night. An aged man was
  standing at a window. He raised his mournful eyes
  towards the deep blue sky, where the stars were
  floating like white lilies on the surface of a
  clear calm lake. Then he cast them on the earth,
  where few more hopeless people than himself now
  moved towards their certain goal --- the tomb. He
  had already passed sixty of the stages leading to
  it, and he had brought from his journey nothing
  but errors and remorse. Now his health was
  poor, his mind vacant, his heart sorrowful, and
  his old age short of comforts.

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Text Analyzing and Reading

• Para 2 The days of his youth appeared like dreams
  before him, and he recalled the serious moment
  when his father placed him at the entrance of the
  two roads --- one leading to a peaceful, sunny
  place, covered with flowers, fruits and
  resounding with soft, sweet songs the other
  leading to a deep, dark cave, which was endless,
  where poison flowed instead of water and where
  devils and poisonous snakes hissed and crawled.

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Text Analyzing and Reading

• Para 3 He looked towards the sky and cried
  painfully, O youth, return! O my father, place
  me once more at the entrance to life, and Ill
  choose the better way! But both his father and
  the days of his youth had passed away.

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Text Analyzing and Reading

• Para 4 He saw the lights flowing away in the
  darkness. These were the days of his wasted life
  he saw a star fall down from the sky and
  disappeared, and this was the symbol of himself.
  His remorse, which was like a sharp arrow, struck
  deeply into his heart. Then he remembered his
  friends in his childhood, who entered on life
  together with him. But they had made their way to
  success and were now honoured and happy on this
  New Years Night.

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Text Analyzing and Reading

• Para 5 The clock in the high church tower struck
  and the sound made him remember his parents
  early love for him. They had taught him and
  prayed to God for his good. But he chose the
  wrong way. With shame and grief he dared no
  longer look towards that heaven where his father
  lived. His darkened eyes were full of tears, and
  with a despairing effort, he burst out a cry
  Come back, my early days! Come back!

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Text Analyzing and Reading

• Para 6 And his youth did return, for all this was
  only a dream which he had on New Years Night. He
  was still young though his faults were real he
  had not yet entered the deep, dark cave, and he
  was still free to walk on the road which leads to
  the peaceful and sunny land.

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Text Analyzing and Reading

• Para 7 Those who still linger on the entrance of
  life, hesitating to choose the bright road,
  remember that when years are passed and your feet
  stumble on the dark mountains, you will cry
  bitterly, but in vain O youth, return! Oh give
  me back my early days!

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Word Study


cast ones eyes on look at something
Back

• The little girl kept casting her eyes on the
  Barbie dolls in the shop window and didnt want
  to leave.

cast ones eyes / Barbie doll /
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Word Study


cast ones eyes on look at something
Back
The manager of the tailors shop cast his eyes on
the one-million-dollar note and grabbed it
greedily
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Word Study


cast ones eyes on look at something
Back

• The little boy in rags cast his eyes on a cake in
  the shop window and his mouth began to water

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Word Study


lead to result in
Back

• Idling away the time when you are young will lead
  to your regret in future.

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Word Study


lead to result in
Back
A personality clash led to the couples
separation.
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Word Study


lead to result in
Back
The discharge of polluted water into the lake has
led to the death of fish in the area nearby.
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Word Study

vacant a. showing lack of interest or active
thoughtb. (of a place or space ) emptyc. (of a
job) not filled

Back

• He stared into space with a vacant expression on
  his face.
• Is this seat vacant?
• Ill let you know if there is vacant position.

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Word Study

vacant a. showing lack of interest or active
thoughtb. (of a place or space ) emptyc. (of a
job) not filled

Back
We are sorry to inform you that we cannot employ
you right now. If there is a position vacant / a
vacancy in the future, we will contact you.
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Word Study

recall remember, to bring back to the mind
recall n. / doing / that-clause / wh-

Back
I couldnt recall where I put my key. I couldnt
recall ever meeting her.
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Word Study

recall remember, to bring back to the mind
recall n. / doing / that-clause / wh-

Back
The old woman sitting in the armchair recalled
the moment when she was the bride at her wedding.
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Word Study

recall remember, to bring back to the mind
recall n. / doing / that-clause / wh-

Back
Recalling the ups and downs of the past, the
old man feels quite satisfied with his present
living conditions.
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Word Study


make ones way to
Back
The man felt very proud that he finally made his
way to the summit of the mountain.
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Word Study


for ones own good for his well-being, or benefit
Back

• He's clever, probably too much so for his own
  good.

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Word Study


for ones own good for his well-being, or benefit
Back
Children will understand one day that parents
nagging is for their own good.
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Word Study


mournful feeling or expressing sorrow or grief
sorrowful.
Back

• Gave her a mournful look. 

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Word Study


remorse n. sorrow for having done wrong
Back
He was filled with remorse after hitting the
child.
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Word Study


resound with To be filled with sound
reverberate
Back

• The school yard resounded with the laughter of
  children.

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Word Study

stumble To miss one's step in walking or
running trip and almost fall.

Back

• A stumble may prevent a fall. 
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Word Study

in vain Not yielding the desired outcome
fruitless

Back
  ?????????? Our efforts were in vain.
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Word Study

linger To be slow in leaving, especially out of
reluctance

Back
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on the way home. 
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Word Study

burst out To give sudden utterance or
expression

Back

• It made the bystanders burst out with laughter.
• He burst into tears.

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Word Study

strike To hit sharply, as with the hand, the
fist, or a weapon.

Back

• He struck the sword into the dragon.

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Word Study

hesitate To be slow to act, speak, or decide.

Back
A President either is constantly on top of
events or, if he hesitates, events will soon be
on top of him (Harry S Truman).
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Word Study

nothing but only

Back
In order to lose weight, she eats nothing but
vegetables.
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Word Study

short of

Back
We cannot complete the project as scheduled
because we are short of staff.
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Summary
Expressions which indicate a happy life

• A peaceful and sunny place
• The Road to a peaceful, sunny place,
• covered with flowers, fruits and
• resounding with soft sweet songs
• Friends who made their way to success and were
• now honored and happy
• prayed to God for his good

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• the deep, dark cave, endless, poison flowed
  instead of water ...
• mournful eyes
• hopeless people
• brought from his journey nothing but errors
  and
• remorse
• his health poor, his mind vacant, his heart
  sorrowful, his old age short of comforts
• cried painfully
• a wasted life
• with a despairing effort, ... burst out ...
• cried bitterly

Expressions which indicate a miserable life
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Writing Understanding the use of similes and
metaphors

• Sun
• By Valerie Worth
• The sun
• Is a leaping fire
• Too hot
• To go near,
• But it will still
• Lie down
• In warm yellow squares
• On the floor
• Like a flat
• Quilt, where
• The cat can curl
• And purr.

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Can you create your own similes and metaphors? Be
creative!

• What would you say about the following things
• a. Youth
• b. Friendship
• c. Love
• d. Age
• e. Life
• f. City crowd
• g. City skylines
• h. Country view
• i. Oceans
• j. Mountains

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A Madrigalby Shakespeare

• Crabbed Age and Youth
• Cannot live together.
• Youth is full of pleasance,
• Age is full of care
• Youth like summer morn
• Age like winter weather,
• Youth like summer brave,
• Age like winter bare
• Youth is full of sport,
• Age's breath is short,
• Youth is nimble, Age is lame

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• Youth is hot and bold,
• Age is weak and cold,
• Youth is wild, and Age is tame -
• Age, I do abhor thee
• Youth, I do adore thee
• O my Love, my love is young!
• Age, I do defy thee --
• O sweet shepherd, hie thee,
• For methinks thou stayst too long.

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English proverbs and old sayings

• A lazy youth, a lousy age.
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• A man can only die once.
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poem

• If you want to know your past life, look into
  your present condition
• if you want to know your future, look into your
  present action.

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• It is not the wind that is moving it is not the
  flag that is moving it is mind that is moving.
• There are no holy places and no holy people,
  only holy moments,
  only moment of wisdom.

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• " The past cannot be changed,   the future is
  still in your power."                 
  -Hugh White