高中英语人教第1部分 课时精炼 　Unit 4　Adversity and Courage.docx

选择性必修第三册　Unit 4　Adversity and Courage
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My father，a soldier，was deployed(调度) again.The ukulele I had watched him play was 1 .The musical instrument sat there lifeless.
It came as a 2 because we had just moved into the present duty station a few weeks before.Still， 3 was the thing that connected my father with Hawaii，a 4 of his home and culture.We learned about our ancestors and family traditions 5 through his music.
This time，we were finally “home” in Hawaii and expected to 6 a place that we’d only heard about in my parents’ stories.We were just arriving，but he was already 7 to leave again，this time without us.Suddenly，we were surrounded by strange relatives and a cultural tradition of which we only knew the surface.We were 8 in the family.The person who made us fit，our father，was gone.That was when I 9 my father’s ukulele.As I plucked(弹拨) the strings tunelessly，I felt 10 to him and our Hawaiian roots.So I picked up an old song book，and I 11 myself to play.I would play and sing，as if my father had been here.After my father returned，he was 12 that I had learned so much.But what I really gained 13 of was that music has the 14 to do truly extraordinary things 15 us to our culture and each other，our past and our present.
语篇解读　本文是记叙文，主题语境是“人与自我”。作者在与父亲分开的时间里，通过弹奏尤克里里琴维系着与父亲的联系，并通过音乐对自己的祖先与文化有了更深刻的认识。