Meaning: I want to deal with the books in a practical way: to put them in paper bags and

take them to a bookstore which sells used books. 5. I go for her clothes. (Para. 8)

Meaning: I go to deal with her clothes.

6. The job grows larger the longer I am at it. (Para. 9)

Meaning: The longer I am dealing with the clutter in the room, the more work there seems to be.

7. I stuff the garbage bags until the plastic strains. (Para. 10)

Meaning: I put as many things as possible into the garbage bags until the bags are about to burst.

8. She left the bedroom a ridiculous mess, the comforter on the floor, the sheets tossed aside. (Para. 11)

Meaning: Her room is extremely untidy: The quilt is dropped on the floor, and the sheets are thrown

to one side.

9. There are comics clipped from newspapers and magazines. (Para. 13)

10. I reverse myself and bring back the garbage bags from the car and the curb. (Para. 16) Meaning:

I change my mind and bring back the garbage bags I have put in the car and at the curb.

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Step 6: Typical patterns:

Purpose: Further understand the text （ Train further reading ability ） to find out some difficult sentences and details of the text.

Method: Read the text together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach,

communicative approach, grammar-translation approach and total physical response method.

Typical patterns ：

1. I catch myself reading through poems and essays,

admiring

high scores on tests and

reading her name,（?L2,. Para.6）

我发现自己竟然在翻看她的诗歌和作文，欣赏着考卷上的高分，端详着她的名字 ,, Sb.

catch oneself doing sth. 用于表达“突然意识到自己在做某事” 。

应用：当突然意识到自己犯了和他一样的错误时，她羞得满脸通红。

When she caught herself making the same mistake as he did, she blushed.

2. The job grows larger the longer I am at it. (L2, Para.9) 我越理，要理的东西就越多。

The more? , the more 用于?表.达“越,,越 ,, ” 。

应用：读这本书越久，就越能领会其韵律和情感。

The longer you read this book, the more you get into its rhythm

and mood. 3.

Tokens of her childhood will await her. So will we, with open arms. (L2, Para.22)

家里有她童年的纪念品在等着她。我们也在等着她，在张开双臂等她回来。

sb. do sth.So/Neither/Nor will/do/does/did sb. else.用于表达“同样的情况也适用于其

他人”。

应用：那次事故之后他父亲对他不报太高的期望了，他母亲也一样。

His father didn 'thave great hope for him after that accident. Nor did his mother.

Step7. Consolidation