4. Which kind of emotion do you think is good for you and which is bad?

 

II.                 Skimming

Go through the article, then divide it into 3 parts, each expressing the general idea

Part one (para. _______) : ____________________________________.

Part two (para. _______) : ____________________________________.

Part three (para. _______) : ____________________________________.

III.               Scanning

1. Questions:

A. Why is anger considered as a secondary emotion?

B. How do the anger-management programs claim to help people?

2. Information about disordered anger (according to the research)

Compared with “normal” anger, _________ tends to be of ______ intensity. It is very

easy to _________ a person with an anger problem and his / her responses are very_______. The person with disordered anger gets angry more_________ and his/her anger lasts_______. For most people with normal anger, their angry feelings________ quickly. But for people with anger problems their feelings of anger don’t disappear________.

A._____________________________________________________

B._____________________________________________________

IV.               Language focus

Look at these Chinese expressions and then try to find equivalent English ones

失去控制：

被看作；被视为：

某人、物自己本身：

越来越多数量的：

指出：

辨别：

倾向于：

毕竟：

使爆发；引发：

时不时：

追赶：

在…的情况下：

随着时间的流逝：

血压：

造成损失、毁坏：

V.                 Post reading

Discuss your view of the ideas about anger recorded in the article.

 1. Which word in the text has the same meaning as “dogs”?

 2. Why did the farmer nail a sign to a post?

 3. How did the boy feel when he saw the dogs out of the doghouse?

 4. What was wrong with the smallest dog?

5. Why did the boy buy the runt?

 II. Discussion in groups

What does the story have to say about life?

  set about pull out   let out   attach to   roll up

1. Karen _____ her sleeves and began to wash clothes.

2. Ruby _____ a scream of terror when she saw a snake on her bed.

3. It’s a serious problem. We need to _____ finding a solution.

4. Before posting a letter, you must ____ a stamp ____ it.

5. Reaching deep into his pocket, the boy _____ a handful of change and held it up to the farmer.

1. ____ (look) up at the farmer, the little boy said, “I want that one,”____ (point) to the runt.

2. The little boy noticed something ____ (stir) inside the doghouse.

3. The farmer painted a sign ____ (advertise) the pups and set about ____ (nail) it to a post on the edge of his yard.

4. Out from the doghouse ran Dolly ____ (follow) by four little balls of fur.

5. The little boy rolled up one leg of his trousers and revealed a steel brace ____ (run) down both sides of his leg ____ (attach) itself to a specially ____ (make) shoe.

6. The little pup began ____(hobble) toward the others, ____(do) its best to catch up…

 C. Compare the sentence structure of the following two sentences.

1. Out from the doghouse and down the ramp ran Dolly followed by four little balls of fur. (Paragraph 7)

2. Down the ramp it slid. (Paragraph 8)

    第一句的主语部分是Dolly followed by four little balls of fur（其中followed by four little balls of fur是定语修饰Dolly），谓语动词是ran，句首的out from the doghouse and down the ramp是状语，这是一个倒装句。在英语中，表示方向、地点和时间的词（in, out, down, up, off, back, away, here, there, now, then…）位于句首，如果主语是名词而不是代词时，主谓要倒装。第二句中的主语是代词it，故主谓没有倒装。例如：

    Here comes the bus. 车来了。

    Here he comes. 他来了。

    Then out rushed a pack of dogs. 接着跑出了一群狗。

    In came a girl, wearing a white skirt with two long pigtails. 进来一个小姑娘，留着两条辫子，穿着白裙子。

    Away flew the plane. (= Away it flew.) 飞机飞走了。

    Out rushed the children. (= Out they rushed.) 孩子们冲了出去。

 

Answers:

II.

1.T 2. F 3. T 4. F 5. T 6. T

III

1. please 2. petted 3. turn out 4.burst into 5. made a U turn 6. hostile

IV.

1.一个愤怒的狗正盯着我，仿佛我是个入侵者。

2.如果他不是被锁在车里，他一定会跳了出来。

3.基佩尔是不是一个人而是一个狗。

4.这是一个可怕的暴风雨的上午，外面是下着瓢泼大雨，雷声轰鸣。

5.他不仅让我和他一起玩，而且也听我的命令。

V.

1. Tom, and not his parents, wants to go fishing tomorrow.

2. I would have told you all about the story if you had asked me.

3. I comforted Kipper as if he were a baby.

4. She lives in the room in which the light is always on.

5. With everything done, she went home.

6.Not only you but also she has to attend the ceremony.

Skimming:

Part one (para. 1----4 ) : Anger is a serious problem that nowadays needs treatment nowadays.

Part two (para. 5----9 ) : is the nature of disordered anger and its bad consequences e.

Part three (para. 10 ) : The need of those with an anger problem to take anger-management programs.

II.                 Scanning

.1.

A. Anger is caused by other emotions. People are thought to be angry because they are sad, anxious or stressed.

B. The programs teach people to control their responses to stressful situations through the use of relaxation techniques. The programs sometimes include life-skills training as well: Increasing someone’s level of competence— whether on the job or as a parent or partner — helps bring down stress and cut angry feelings.

2.

Compared with “normal” anger, “disordered anger” tends to be of greater intensity. It is very

easy to set off a person with an anger problem and his / her responses are very strong. The person with disordered anger gets angry more frequently and his/her anger lasts longer. For most people with normal anger, their angry feelings disappear quickly. But for people with anger problems their feelings of anger don’t disappear over time.

3.

A. Disordered anger interferes with people’s relationships and their jobs.

B. Anger clearly increases the risk of certain health problems

 

   IV.   Language focus

失去控制：out-of-control

被看作；被视为：be viewed as / be recognized as

某人、物自己本身：on one’s own

越来越多数量的：a growing number of

指出：point out

辨别：tell the difference between

倾向于：tend to

毕竟：after all

使爆发；引发：set off

时不时：from time to time

追赶：chase down

在…的情况下：in cases of

随着时间的流逝：over time

血压：blood pressure

造成损失、毁坏：take a toll

I. Reading and answering questions

1. puppies/pups.

2. Because he needed to sell some puppies.

3. He was delighted.

4. There was something wrong with its legs. / It couldn’t run well / It could only hobble. / It was lame.

 5.He could understand the runt because he had the same difficulty running.

III. Language study

A. 1. rolled up   2. let out   3. set about   4. attach…to   5. pulled out

B. 1. Looking; pointing   2. stirring   3. advertising; nailing   4. followed

    5. running; attaching; made   6. hobbling / to hobble; doing