Before I Die, I Want To 在我离世前, 我要

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1 Before I Die, I Want To 在我离世前, 我要 THEMES: Intermediate Communities 共同体, 社会, 团队 /Communication 交流 Advanced Land-Use 土地利用 Art 艺术 Existentialism 存在主义 KEY LANGUAGE: Crayon ( 彩色铅笔, 彩色蜡笔 ; see below : - ) Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate ( 中级, 中高级 ) Abandoned [əˈband(ə)nd] / Derelict [ˈdɛrəlɪkt] 废弃的, 被遗弃的 / 弃置的 Off the grid = Not using the public supplies of electricity, gas, water, etc. Bump into 碰见 1 / 7

2 Perspective [pəˈspɛktɪv] 视角 Piracy [ˈpʌɪrəsi] 盗版, 剽窃 ; 侵犯版权 Poignant [ˈpɔɪnjənt] 深深打动人心的 Stencils [ˈstɛns(ə)l] 模版 ; 型版 See below. Straddle [ˈstrad(ə)] 跨坐 ; 把两腿叉开 ; 观望 INTRO ( 简介 ): TED regular attendee Candy Chang creates house-size art ( 墙体大小的艺术 ). In her New Orleans ( 新奥尔良 )neighborhood she turned a derelict house into something special. Find out what she turned it into ( 什么?): (Can you guess? 能猜出来吗?) She creates art that prompts people to think about their secrets ( 秘密 )and hopes and then shares ( 分享 )them (In her locality ( 地盘 )in New Orleans) 2 / 7

3 She converted a house into one giant ( 巨大 ) chalkboard (photo on the next page)! S She then put a fill-in-the-blank sentence ( 填写句子 ): "Before I die I want to." ( 在我离世前, 我要 ) Her neighbors' answers became an unexpected mirror (insight) for the community, sometimes surprising, at times poignant, occasionally funny. 黑板的回答意想不到地成为邻里们的一面镜子 ; 时而惊喜, 时而动人, 时而有趣 GRAMMAR ( 语法 ) Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate ( 中级, 中高级 ) How + Modal (Can) + Subject + Verb + and + Verb + Object E.g. How can we lend and borrow more things? How + Modal (Can/Could) + Subject + Verb + Object E.g. How can we share (more) memories? / How can we share (more of) our hopes? Causative: Make + Pronoun/Noun + Verb + Adv./(Adj.+) Noun 3 / 7

4 Made me laugh out loud. (= Caused me to not laugh/find humor inside [silently], but actually outside (with much, loud noise). Made me feel deep gratitude. (= Caused me to feel strong thankfulness/thanks). Upper-Intermediate ( 中高级 ) Before + Noun/Pronoun + Verb, Noun/Pronoun + Modal (want, need) + To + Verb + Object/Complement Before I die, I want to hold her. Upper Intermediate/Advanced ( 中高级, 高级 ) Complements describe specifically an action + object/state. Active (Transitive). Sing for millions. Stative (Intransitive/Transitive). Transitive: Intransitive: Live off the grid. Feel deep gratitude for the time I've had. Passive Be tried for piracy. PRACTISE ( 练习 ): Sentence match: Intermediate 1. Made me 2. How can we 4 / 7

5 3. Before I die, i) I want to see my best friend one last time. ii) lend and borrow more things? iii) laugh out loud. Upper Intermediate/Advanced 1. Feel deep gratitude 2. He is being tried 3. Before I die, I want to i) for privacy. ii) sing for millions. iii) for the time I've had. PRODUCE ( 输出练习 ): Intermediate ( 中级 ) Go to bucket list website ( and choose or add a bucket list item. OR: Copy the ideas on paper, plus add you own. Make sure you use: Or: Before I die, I want to. Before I reach age _( 20 / 25 / 30 / 35/ 40)_, I want to. Then go to and ask a question related to it, using: How can I? Upper-Intermediate ( 中高级 ) 5 / 7

6 Go to bucket list website ( and choose or add a bucket list item. Or, copy the ideas on paper + add you own. Make sure you use: Before I die, I want to. Or: Before I reach age _( 20 / 25 / 30 / 35/ 40)_, I want to. Complete the sentence: I want to for (person/people). DISCUSSION QUESTIONS ( 讨论 ) - Please discuss in the discussion box on the website: Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate ( 中级, 中高级 ) 1. How many neighbors or local people do you communicate with? 你跟多少个邻居或者小区的人联系过了? 2. Are your neighbors/locals friendly, unfriendly, strange or interesting (in a good way)? How often do you communicate with them? 你的邻居友好的还是不要好的? 奇怪还是有趣的? 会经常联系吗? 3. Why that often? /Why that no so often? 为什么那么常? Intermediate/Upper-Intermediate/Advanced ( 中级, 中高级, 高级 ) 4. How/ Where could you communicate more with others in your local community? 6 / 7

7 在你社区什么地方可以更常跟联系的邻居见面? 5. Do you believe that a stranger is someone you just haven t made friends with yet? 6. Do you believe in making the most of every minute and taking opportunities? Intermediate ( 中级 ) What s on your bucket list (that s to say, your list of 10 things you want to do before you die)? Upper Intermediate/Advanced ( 中高级, 高级 ) Would you like to live off the grid? Would it be that easy? Which is more valuable: CC s conversion of the house or stencil-based graffiti by super-famous artists (e.g. Banksy )? 7 / 7