【正文】 tions — and many teary faces.Paraphrase: Wherever Christopher appeared, people stood to applaud and many of them were moved to tears.5. Despite his brave attitude, Christopher has had his share of “down” times.Paraphrase: Though Christopher fought courageously for his life, sometimes he felt depressed. “Down” means sad and discouraged.6. After nighttime dreams of running and playing with his son, he needed the 20 minutes “to wake up and make that shift ... ”Paraphrase: After dreaming at night about running and playing with his son, he needed 20 minutes to adjust to the fact that he was still disabled.IV. Grammar and exercises1. Relative ClausesRelative clauses are dependent clauses, so named because they begin with a relative pronoun: who, which, or that. Relative clauses are used to modify nouns denoting people or things.Example: The women who live in the same house on Green Street are cousins.Jack, who teaches mechanical drawing, also has his law degree.The party, which you held for my birthday, was really wild.The Alexander Bridge, which was built in 1927, spans the Feather River.The building that caught fire was condemned (被宣布為危房) a month ago.I’d like to meet the boy that won the speech contest.2. Appositive ClausesAppositive clauses, introduced by that, are used in apposition with such words as fact, plan, suggestion, giving more information.Example: The fact that he had not told the truth soon became apparent.V. Writing skills introductionGreeting Cards for AchievementsNowadays, greeting cards are used a lot for many purposes. Greeting cards for achievements are written to congratulate people who have acplished something special.Example:Dear Jack,How wonderful it is that you were awarded a scholarship to Cornell University. I’m proud to have you as my friend.Congratulations! Your friend, Bill教學(xué)小結(jié)This is the fifth unit of Book Two. In the Listening and Speaking section, students will learn some municative skills about interview. Passage A is about Bill Gates’ advices to students on study. Passage B is about Christopher Reeve — playing his most famous role Superman.課外拓展1. Education in the U. S.The development of formal education in the United States differed from that in other Western societies in three fundamental respects: First, Americans possessed a profound faith in education as a principal means to achieve increasingly plex individual and social goals. Second, Americans were pathbreakers in providing more years of schooling for a larger percentage of children and adolescents than any previous society. Third, Americans’ remarkable faith in mass schooling was implemented through a largely decentralized organization. 2. Grade Schools in the .. students generally go through elementary schools (kindergarten to 5th or 6th grade), middle schools (grades 6 – 8) or junior high schools (grades 7 – 9), and high schools (grades 9 – 12 or 10 – 12).3. Boston UniversityBoston University, a private institution of higher learning and research, is located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1839 in Newbury, Vermont, and moved to Boston in 1867. The university is divided into six colleges: allied health sciences, munication, continuing education, engineering, general studies, and liberal arts。 and nine schools: arts, dentistry, education, law, management, medicine (which includes the School of Public Health), social work, theology, and a graduate school. 11