文档介绍：Unit 10:Going Home
of the Text
Reading
Translation of the Text
Activity
Writing
: Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round
the Old Oak Tree
-up Discussion
1. Background
Reading in
Popular Science
3. Structure
College English
Background
Going Home was originally a story circulating among the people. Soon after it appeared in the New York in 1971, there came out the popular song Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree, in which the story Going Home was used.
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Information Related to the Text
1. Florida and the Sun Belt
Americans have a craze for the sun. The most desirable place in the American sun is the coastline of southern California, but Florida is perhaps the most popular state in the Sun Belt. In fact, it calls itself “The Sunshine State”. It has a subtropical climate and is ideal for a winter vacation. From November to March northerners and e to lie on the warm, sandy beaches of Miami, Palm beach and the other resorts along the coast. And that is why the boys and girls in our story are so eager to leave the “gray”, “cold” city of New York to vacation in Florida.
2. Parole
It is a legal term, which means release of a convicted() criminal from prison before he has served his full sentence. A parole is usually granted to a prisoner as a reward for good conduct. A paroled convict is a relatively free man, but he is under the supervision of a parole officer or some other person until the end of the term of his sentence. The parole convict reports regularly to the parole officers. He can be sent back to prison if his conduct is not satisfactory.
Have you ever heard the American pop song Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree? And do you like it? This song, very popular in the States in the mid-een seventies, was born out of the story Going Home. And many of you may have been the Japanese film Yellow