文档介绍：Unit 7
The Virtues of Growing Older
purposes
1. To get students know the virtues of growing old.
2. To understand the purpose of writing and the advantages the writer mentions.
3. To reinforce some basic linguistic knowledge by doing various types of exercises.
The “game of life” is really a game of trade-offs. As we age, we trade strength for ingenuity, speed for thoroughness, passion for reason. These exchanges may not always seem fair, but at every age, there are some advantages. So it is reassuring to note that even if you’ve passed some of your “prime”, you still have other prime years to experience in the future.
Structural analysis of the text
Main idea of each part:
Part I (1-2)—The writer airs her own view about growing older.
Part II (3-5)—The writer illustrates a number of distinct advantages of growing older with examples.
Part III (6)—The writer winds up her discussion with a reference to her parents’ contentment.
About the Text
What are the advantages the writer mentions in the second part? Pick out the relevant topic sentences.
Being less obsessed with one’s appearance.
Being less uncertain about the unknowns.
Being sure of one’s identity.
What is the function of the last sentence of the second paragraph?
It is both thematic and transitional.
some difficult sentences, words or phrases
And women, I’m embarrassed to admit, even more than men, have always seemed to be at the mercy of fashion.
I am embarrassed to admit that women are less capable than men of resisting the temptation of fashion.
It means trying on new selves by taking up with different crowds.
It means that you make friends with different people in order to find a new identity for yourself.
Language Points
convince
persuade 说服
究竟是什么使得你愿意投他们的票?
What convinced you to vote for them?
我们说服了安妮放弃乘飞机而坐火车走。
We convinced Anne to go by train rather than plane.
make sb feel certain; cause sb to realize使某人确信,使某人明白
他认识了错误
He was convinced of his error.
她的一番话使我认识到我错了。
What she said c