(
课件网) Read, Write and Make a Speech strict caring What’s the relationship between the author and her father? estranged Can you guess the meaning of “estranged” ? Para1 physically violent emotionally abusive couldn’t forgive never wanted to see not close/ distant context After a major stroke Hurt me Father Love me Love Para2 Love Para2 Tough times Blame Responses anorexia, suicide attempt, failed relationships, anxiety, depression, … tough times happened because of father Para3-4 couldn’t forgive , never want to see, focus on all the negative things and even stopped him from seeing my daughter Consequence they never spoke to each other How to get high scores in the cloze tests？ contradictory relationship Love Hurt What caused the contradictory relationship? Father’s personality Daughter’s misunderstanding The way of family education Daughter’s misunderstanding All I could think was that the tough times happened because of him, forgetting that the causes of events are complex, and that plenty of people who had happy childhoods have to deal with mental illness and domestic violence too. Para3 stubborn strict caring personalities silent romantic Para5 personality clues in the passage caring hugged me a lot silent a man of few words and never talked much romantic signed his empty Valentine’s cards to my mother with only his first initial stubborn I tried to get back in touch several times to make things right, but he didn’t want to hear from me strict was physically violent and emotionally abusive Father Daughter Grandfather My dad didn’t know how to be a father and is dying estranged from his daughter. Grandfather was abusive to father as a child and died estranged from his son The chain of hurt passed down from generation to generation has finally been broken The way of family education Para6 A. The granddaughter will break the family chain to live freely. B. The previous way of family education will no longer continue. C. There will be no restriction in the family from that moment on. D. Father will leave the world without any regrets and sufferings. The chain of hurt that has been passed down from generation to generation has finally been broken. The previous way of family education will no longer continue. Para6-7 regretful Regret everything that remains unspoken Feel sorry about the estrangement Apologize for all the ways I have wronged him B C D 17 The best title of the passage A East or west, home is best A good medicine tastes bitter It’s no use crying over spilt milk Where there is life, there is hope C It is no use apologizing for what I did because it is too late. Relationship contradictory close distant trust respect Extension 1. Write a short passage about the relationship between you and your parents. (50-60 words) 2. Share the passage in your group. 3. Present the most impressive passage to your classmates. ? Time can make people lose everything, but the family is ... ...
