现代大学英语精读5第二单元PPT课件Unit2Twokinds.ppt

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济南大学英语系-程瑞勇制作,外语教学与研究出版社版权所有,3,Contents,WarmingupBackgroundStructureTextAnalysisExtension,Unit2,4,Warmingup,SettingCharactersConflictPlotResolutionTheme,?

Findoutthesixelementsof“TwoKinds”,W,B,S,E,T,单击视频播放3分40秒,6,Warmingup,Aplotisthedeliberatelyarrangedsequenceofinterrelatedeventsthatconstitutethebasicnarrativestructureofanovelorashortstory.Itstartsfromasignificantconflict,whichsetstheplotinmotion.Itholdsthereadersattention,buildsthesuspenseoftheworkandarousesexpectationfortheeventsthataretofollow.Itoftenmovesthrough5stages:

exposition,risingaction,crisis（climax）,fallingactionandresolution.Aplotconsistsof3parts:

beginning,middleandend.,Plot,7,Warmingup,Thethemeofastoryisthegeneralmeaning,thecentral&dominatingideathatunifies&controlsthetotalwork.Afterreadingthewholestory,wellfindthatthemeaningofthetitle“TwoKinds”isspelledoutinPara.72:

“Onlytwokindsofdaughters”.Thethemeof“TwoKinds”:

Themothersattempttochangeherdaughterintoaprodigyandthedaughtersresistancetosuchchangeepitomizeabittersweetrelationshipbetweenmotheranddaughterandasharpconflictbetweentwogenerationsandtwocultures.,Theme,W,B,S,E,T,8,BackgroundInformation,TheAuthor,TheNovel,AmyTan,W,B,S,E,T,9,BackgroundInformation,AmyTanisoneofthemostpopularChineseAmericanwriters.AmysparentsleftChinabefore1949.ThefamilysettledinSanFrancisco,California.Amyandhertwobrotherswerebornthere.Inthelate1960s,Tansfatherandbrotherdiedofbraincancer.ThisaffectedthefamilysomuchthathermothermovedthefamilytoSwitzerland.Tandevelopedaverydifficultrelationshipwithhermother.ItcontinuedaftershereturnedtotheUnitedStates.,TheAuthor,10,BackgroundInformation,AfterfinishinghighschoolinSwitzerlandin1969,TanreturnedtotheUnitedStates,whereshestudiedliteratureandlinguisticsatSanJoseStateUniversity.Asanadult,AmyTanoperatedatechnicalwritingbusinessformanyyears.Butshesaysshewasnothappy.Shebeganpublishingshortstoriesin1986.Theylaterbecamepartofherfirstbook,“TheJoyLuckClub,”publishedin1989.,TheAuthor,11,BackgroundInformation,TheJoyLuckClubisTansfirstandmostsuccessfulnovel.ItrecountedthefamilytalesoffourmodernChinese-Americanwomen;itwaswidelyhailedforitsdepictionoftheChinese-Americanexperienceofthelate20thcentury.Ithasbeentranslatedinto35languages.Apopularfilmbasedonthebookwasalsomade.,TheNovel,12,BackgroundInformation,Thedifferentpointsofviewenablethereadertolookatthebittersweetmother-daughterrelationsfromdifferentangles.Themothersanddaughterstreatoneanothercautiously,playingagameofloveandfear,needandrejection.Theolderwomen,whosufferedinOldChinaandimmigratedtotheUnitedStateswithnewhopes,areambitiousfortheirdaughters,butwhiletheyexpectthemtosucceedinAmerica,theywantthemtoremainChinese.,TheNovel,13,BackgroundInformation,ThedaughtersconsiderthemselvesAmericanandregardtheirmothersasasourceofembarrassment,fortheyspeakfracturedEnglish,behavewithChinesemanners.Theywanttobedifferentfromtheirmothers,andbreakloosefromtheirmothersculturalgravity.,Themother-daughterrelationshipsareamixtureofloveandhostility,expectationsanddisappointments,conflictsandreconciliation.,W,B,S,E,T,14,Theconflictsubsided.（Paras.77-89）,StructureoftheText,PartI（Paras.1-3）,PartII（Paras.4-76）,PartIII（Paras.77-93）,Background:

themotherandherhighexpectationsforherdaughter.,WhyMotherandDaughterareengagedinaclash,andhowtheconflictisintensified.,Theendofthestory,DaughterunderstoodMotherslove,andfeltcontented.（Paras.90-93）,W,B,S,E,T,15,StructureoftheText,PartI（Background）,PartII（Body）,PartIII（Theend）,MothertriedtochangeDaughterintoaChineseShirleyTemplebutfailed.（Paras.4-11）Theconflictbegan.,MothertriedhardtotrainDaughter.ButDaughterhatedbeingtested.（Paras.12-20）Gradualdevelopmentofconflict,WhilewatchingTV,anewideaflashedintoMothersmind.（Paras.21-28）Furtherdevelopmentofconflict.,MothermadeDaughterlearntoplaythepiano.Daughterhatedit.（Paras.29-46）Theconflictbecamemoretense.,Daughterperformedbadlyinatalentshowinthechurch.（Paras.47-60）Motherwasgreatlydisappointed.,DaughterspoorperformancedidntstopMotherurginghertopractice.（Paras.61-76）Climax:

theyhadafiercequarrel.,W,B,S,E,T,16,DetailedAnalysisoftheText,Paras.1-11,Paras.12-46,Paras.47-76,Paras.77-93,W,B,S,E,T,17,Youcouldbuyahousewithalmostnomoneydown.（Para.1）P:

Youcouldbuyahousewithaverysmalldownpayment,mostofthemoneywasloanedtoyou.“Ofcourseyoucanbeprodigy,too.”（Para.2）ThemothersEnglishwasnotgrammaticallycorrect;hereshedropsthearticle“a”before“prodigy”.“Youcanbebestanything”（Para.2）Oneshouldsay: