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总统似乎对批评毫不在意 Section B: Should I Have a Gun? (2 periods) , Period 5-6 I. Reading Skills Read between the lines (connotation and denotation) Reading between the lines means drawing understanding about the author's ideas from what is written and from what is not written. Writers don't always express all their thoughts openly, either as a matter of style, or because they assume we know and share their opinions-or because they aren't sure how to express themselves. To draw inferences about the author's ideas we have to be very careful with what is advised in the following. 1) You have to make use of context clues, common sense and our knowledge of the world. 2) Connect ideas and draw conclusion from the reading passage. 1) Form and test what you have understood between the lines. , Practice the reading skill by doing the Exercise XII on P159-161. II. Language Points 1. It holds five bullets and stays loaded by my bed. (Para.1) stay: continues to remain. ----The big fire turned the whole of the city into ashes but the small house stayed standing. 2. I've always advocated gun control; the odd thing is I still do. (Para.2) Meaning: I've always said in public that I support the idea of gun control and the strange thing is that I am still a gun control supporter now. advocate:vt. suggest or say that you support a particular plan or action ----People running for president often advocate reducing taxes. ----They advocated strict control of pollution to protect the environment. 3. It wasn't ignorance of crime statistics that previously kept me from owning a gun nor thinking I was immune to violence. (Para.2) Meaning: The reason I didn't own a gun was not that I didn't know the high crime rate nor was it that I thought I was not affected by violence. ignorance: n. lack of information or knowledge ----Sometimes children do dangerous things out of ignorance. immune to: not be affected by ----The president seems to be immune to complaints. 总统似乎对批评毫不在意。 4. I assumed because I didn't believe in violence, because I wasn't violent, I wouldn't be affected by violence. (Para.3) Meaning: I thought I wouldn't be affected by violence because I didn't consider violence to be of worth and because I didn't use weapons to hurt or kill others. assume: vt. accept or believe that something is true even though you have no facts ----Why do you assume that no one understands your difficulties? 5. I believed my belief in the best of human nature could make it real. (Para.3) Meaning: I thought my feeling that the good quality of human nature really exists could realize my conviction: you wouldn't be affected by violence if you didn't believe in violence and you yourself were not violent. 6. I should transport the gun from my residence to my vehicle, but I don't. (Para.4) transport: vt. move someone or something from one place to another ----Trains transport the coal to the port. 火车把煤运到港口。 ----Flies transport different kinds of diseases. 苍蝇传播各种不同的疾病。 7. What the gun is capable of, what it is intended for, still frightens me more than what it may prevent. (Para.4) Meaning: I am more afraid of the power of the gun and the purpose of using the gun than what I fear it might prevent. be capable of: to have the ability, space, or means to do ----She is capable of doing much better work. 她能干得更好。 intend: v. 1) plan, mean or make something for a particular person or purpose ----This set of textbooks is intended for university students. 2) plan or mean to do something ----She intends to take a trip to China next year. 她打算明年到中国旅行。 8. I have confronted an attacker in my imagination, not in reality. (Para.5) Meaning: I have imagined an encounter with an attacker. confront: vt. 1) face or meet an enemy, difficulty, etc. ----We should learn to confront our difficulties bravely. 2) make someone face or consider someone or something unpleasant, difficult, etc. ----The political official is confronted with much negative reaction from the people. 9. I understand why I imagined being robbed by a man: They're physically more dominating and I've never heard of anyone being robbed by a female. (Para.8) Meaning: I understand why I imagined I was robbed by a man because men are stronger and because I have never learned that there is anyone who is robbed by a female. dominate: vt. have control over (a place or a person), or be the most important person or thing ----Some people have the ability to dominate a conversation and do not permit other people to talk. 10. I try not to reveal I feel anxiety just because a black man has walked up behind me in a gas station in a bad neighborhood and he does not have a car. (Para. 10) Meaning: I try not to show that I feel worried just because a black man has walked up behind me in a gas station in a bad neighborhood and because he does not have a car. reveal: vt. make something known; show; allow to be seen ----The article reveals a lot of information about that political official. ----Some women do not want to reveal their true ages. 11. My friend automatically locked the doors. (Para. 13) Meaning: My friend locked the doors without thinking about it.. automatically: ad. without thinking about what you are doing ----I automatically jump back when I see a snake. 看到蛇，我本能地往后跳。 automatic: a. done without thinking or like a machine ----The automatic door opens when we approach it. ----Many banks have automatic money machines so that we can take out some money by ourselves. 12. I am disgusted she saw the man as a reminder to lock her doors. (Para. 13) Meaning: I have a strong sense of not liking and not agreeing when her friend saw the man as something to remind her to lock her doors. 13. I fear what may happen if I don't use it, but am more afraid of killing another human being, more afraid of trying to live with the guilt of murdering another person. (Para. 15) Meaning: I am afraid of what may happen if I don't use the gun, but I am more afraid of killing another human being, more afraid of trying to accept the strong and unhappy feelings caused by the knowledge of killing another person. 14. I bet my life that he will take my money and leave. I hope I win. (Para. 15) bet: v.1) risk money on the result of a race, game, match, or the future event ----When you bet on a horse at a horse race, you hope the horse wins. ----Did you bet on the winner of the World Cup football game? 2) be very certain ----If you say "I bet", you mean that you are sure something is true. ----You will succeed, I bet. 我肯定你会成功。 15. Seeing me, he relaxes and says I scared him because of the way things have become in this neighborhood. (Para. 16) Meaning: When he sees me, he feels calm and less worried and says to me I frightened him because it is no longer safe in this neighborhood. III. Class Activity 1.Divide students in groups and discuss the following questions: 1) Why does the writer think what the gun is able to do frightens her more than what it may prevent? 2) What does “ I hope I win” mean? 2. Collect students’ answers and give the reference key. IV. Homework 1. Finish exercises of Section B and self-study Section C. 2. Prepare dictation of Unit 7 and preview Unit Eight. (The dictation will be done at the very beginning of the next unit.)