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LessonthirteenChristmasDayintheMorning

PictureSingingforWarming-up（10minutes）

Today,wewillstudyChristmasDayintheMorningbyPearS.Buck.Let’sfirstsingthesongWeWishyouaMerryChristmas.Doyoulikeit?

DoyoulikeChristmas?

Somepeoplethinkafestivalcanbestofferyouachancetoexpressyourlovetothoseyoulovedeeply.Doyouagree?

 BackgroundInformation（40minutes）

I. AboutPearlS.Buck

Birthday:

June26,1892

Parents:

Absalom&CarolineSydenstricker（SouthernPresbyterianmissionaries,stationedinChina）

CametoChina:

3monthsold

PeriodofstayinChina:

40years

Residentialarea:

Zhenjiang,JiangsuProvince

Reference1

In1915shemetaCornellgraduate,JohnLossingBuck,whobecameherhusbandin1917.TheymovedtoSouthXuzhou,AnhuiprovincewhereshegatheredthematerialsshewoulduseintheGoodEarthandotherstories.Theirmarriagewasunhappybutwouldlast18years.

Pearl’sfirstchildprovedtoberetarded智力迟钝的，低能的,andPearlherselfunderwentahysterectomy子宫切除术.Thecouplelateradoptedababygirl.

II.  Pearlandherfamily

1sthusband:

JohnLossingBuck,aCornellgraduate

Carol（firstchild）:

Profoundlyretarded

Janice:

adoptedchild

1stMarriage:

unhappybutlast18years

2ndhusband:

RichardWalsh,apublisher

III.   Pearl’slifein1920s

In1921,hermotherdied.

In1927,Nankingincidentbrokeoutwhichmadehersufferalot.Shespentaterrifieddayinhiding,andwasrescuedbytheAmericangunboat.TheBuckssailedtoJapanforayear.

IV. Pearl’sworks

Eastwind,WestWindTheGoodEarthDragonSeed

TheBigWave

SatanNeverSleepsEtc.

 PearlandHerPrizes

PulitzerPrizeandHowellsMedalforTheGoodEarth

NobelPrizeinLiterature1938forTheGoodEarth

 Pearl’sSpecialContributions

In1942,PearlandRichardfoundedtheEastandWestAssociation,dedicatedtoculturalexchangeandunderstandingbetweenAsiaandtheWest.

In1949,outragedthatexistingadoptionservicesconsideredAsianandmixed-racechildrenunadoptable,PearlestablishedWelcomeHouse,thefirstinternational,inter-racialadoptionagency;inthenearlyfivedecadesofitswork,WelcomeHousehasassistedintheplacementofoverfivethousandchildren.

In1964,toprovidesupportforAmerasianchildrenwhowerenoteligibleforadoption,PearlalsoestablishedthePearlS.BuckFoundation,whichprovidessponsorshipfundingforthousandsofchildreninhalf-a-dozenAsiancountries.

Writingskills（30minutes）

Ⅰ.Simileandmetaphor

adirectcomparisonbetweentwounlikeelements

“as,as…..so,like”

Ascoldwatertoathirstysoul,soisgoodnewsfromafarcountry.

ascunningasafox,aspoorasachurch’smouse

Theworldislikeastage.

Anindirectcomparison.Itimpliesthelikenessbetweenthingswithouttheuseoflikeoras.

Lifeisahighway.Theworldisastage.

Exercise:

Forsecretsareedgedtools,andmustbekeptfromchildrenandfools.

Nomanisanisland,entireofitself.

IFpoetrycomesnotasnaturallyasleavestoatree,ithadbetternotcomeatall.

Hisfriendhasbecomeathorninhisside.

Adanceisameasuredpace,asaverseisameasuredspeech.

Somebooksaretobetasted,otherstobeswallowed,andsomefewtobechewedanddigested.

Ⅱ.Alliteration

thesameconsonantsoundisrepeatedatintervalsintheinitialposition

Shesellssea-shellsontheseashore.

WildMushrooms:

Mysterious-Menacing-Magnificent

Predictablythewinterwillbesnowy,sleetyandslushy.

Weakandweary

Reference2:

therepetitionofidenticalconsonantsoundsindifferentwordsincloseproximity

接近，邻近e.g.frothingandfragrant

Slushy:

溶雪的，泥泞的

Ⅲ.Euphemism

Thesubstitutionofamildorindirectwordorphraseforablunterorharsherone

vugly:

plain-looking;homely-looking

vdie:

topassaway,todepart,togotosleep（heaven）

vfat:

Plump,stout,chubby,weightcatcher

vtoilethabits,etc.:

tourinateortodefecate

togotothebathroom

todoone’sbusiness

toanswernature’scall

 In-classdiscussionandpresentation（40minutes）

1.Whatisthewritingtechniquehere?

2.Whatisthethemeofthistext?

3.“Lovealonecouldawakenlove.”howdoyouunderstandthesentence?

And“Loveislikemeasles.Everyonehastogothroughit.”;“Loveisblind.”

3.Doyouagreethatonlylovecanawakenlove?

Whatistheessenceoftruelove?

Giveyourreasons.

4.Islovethesolutiontoalltheproblemsintheworldtoday?

Comment. 

TextAppreciation（50minutes）

I.Howtoappreciateliterature（20minutes）

 Plotofthestory:

Settingofthestory:

Protagonistv.s.Antagonists:

Dramaofthestoryliesin:

Writingtechnique:

（Haveyoueverreadastoryusingthesimilartechnique?

）

Themeofthestory:

II.Flashback（10minutes）

Thestorycontainsflashbacks.Pleasenoticethepointswherethetimesettingisshifted.

IIIFurtherdiscussion（20minutes）

Lovealonecouldwakenlove.Doyouagree?

Faultsarethickwhereloveisthin.

Loveandcoughcannotbehid.

Loveatfirstsight.

Lovecannotbeforced.

Loveisblind.

Loveisneitherboughtnorsold.

Loveisthemotheroflove.

Lovelivesincottagesaswellasincourts.

Noherbwillcurelove.

Onelovedriveoutanother.

Loveme,lovemydog.

LanguageUnderstanding

I.   SentenceParaphrase（30minutes）

1.Strangehowthehabitsofhisyouthclungtohimstill!

（P.1）

Itwasstrangehowuptothatmomenthehadcontinueddoingthingsthewayhehadalwaysdonethemfromboyhood.

2.Heslippedbackintime,ashedidsoeasilynowadays.

Hehadrecentlygotintothehabitofrecallingthingsinthepast/ofreminiscing/oflettinghisthoughtsgobacktotheolddays.

3.Hehadneverthoughtofitbefore,takingforgrantedthetieoftheirblood.

Hehadneverthoughtofthefactthathisfatherlovedhimbecausehetooktherelationshipoffatherandsonasamatterofcourse.Hehadnevergiventhisanotherthought.

4.…therewouldbenomoreloiteringinthemorningsandhavingtobecalledagain.

…hewouldneverloiterinthemorningandneednolongertobecalledagainandagain.

toloiter:

tomoveorgoaboutbusinessslowlyandwithmanystops 

5.…stumblingblindwithsleepandpulledonhisclothes.

Whenhegotup,itwasstillverydarkandhewasstillverysleepy.Hecouldhardlyopenhiseyesandcouldnotseeorthinkclearly,sohewalkedormovedunsteadilyandblindly.

6.ThenJesushadbeenborninabarn,…bringtheirChristmasgifts.

Bible:

…Andwhentheyhadcomeintothehouse,theysawtheyoungchildwithMaryhismother,andfelldown,andworshippedhim;andwhentheyhadopenedtheirtreasures,theypresenteduntohimgifts:

goldandfrankincense,andmyrrh…

7.…hegotupandcreptdownstairs,carefulofthecreakyboards…

Hehadtobecarefulsothattheboardswouldnotmakeanynoiseandwakeuphisfather,thusspoilinghisplan.

Ⅱ.Wordstudy

Game:

Useyourbodylanguagetoexpressthefollowingphrases:

dashintotheroom,stealintotheroom,toburstintotheroom,tosneakintotheroom,totiptoeintotheroom,tosailintotheroom,tobreakintotheroom,todanceoutoftheroom,tostaggeroutoftheroom,toflyoutoftheroom,tocrawloutoftheroom,toslipoutoftheroom,tocreepdownstairs,tomakeherwaytowardsthedoor,tobowherwayoutoftheroom,toshoulderherwaythroughthecrowd,towormhiswayintotheorganization,tobegherwaybackhome,toinchhiswayupthemountain

1.bar:

[oftenpassive]v.  

1）toclosewithabartobarthedoor 

2）tomake…safebyputtingmetalbatsacrossit.

Thewindowsarebarred.

3）tostopgoinginacertaindirection

Hestoodinthedoorandbarredmyway.

4）n.barrister,theprofessionoflawyer

 behindthebar;gotothebar

boltv.toclosethedoorwithabolt闩门，栓住

2.burst:

Hisheartwasburstingwithlove.（shynessandpride）

1）（tobefilled）tothebreakingpoint（withasubstanceorusuallypleasantthings）

Thebagisburstingwithpotatoes.

Heisburstingwithhealth.

Thehallwasburstingwithpeople.

Thebarnswereburstingwithgrain.

3.clingtosth/anidea/thehope

Hismother’slastwordsclungtohismemory.

Thewetclothesclungtohisbody.

Thechildclungontoitsmother.

4.choren. 

Milkingforoncewasnotachore.

doone’sdailychores

dooddchores

domesticchores

FeedingthechickensandmilkingthecowswereJohn’schoresonthefarm.

5.creep:

tomoveslowlyandquietlywiththebodyclosetotheground（usu.

stealthily）

creepintothebarn;creptdownstairs;creepinguptowherethestarhadbeen

acreepingplant

creeponallfours

Thehourscreptby.

Wetookoffourshoesandcreptcautiouslyalongthepassage.

crawl:

tomoveslowlywiththebodyclosetotheground/floor,oronthehandsandkneescrawlaboutonallfours

Theycrawledintotheirbedstogetwarm.

Shecrawledacrossthepoolinrecordtime.

6.grant

1）.  togivewhatiswanted/requested准许，授予

Theyweregrantingaholidayfortheirachievement

2）.  toadmittothetruthofsth.

Ihadtogranthimthereasonablenessofhisargument.

7.loiter:

tomoveon/aboutwithfrequentstops

loiterthewholeafternoon

loiteralongthestreet

loiteroverajob

Youshouldnotloiteryourtimeaway.

8.stablen.

Lockthestabledoorafterthehorseisstolen.贼走关门。

a.stablecurrency

astableeconomy

Pricehasbeenstabilized.

Slowandsteadywinstherace.慢而稳事必成。

9.slipv.（Heslippedbackintime.）

Timeisslippingaway.

Thepatient’senergyisslippingaway.

Yourworkhasbeenslippingbackrecently,youmustmakemoreeffort.

Neverletagoodchancetoslipby!

Heslippedinunnoticed.

Marycouldn’tbear