高级英语课件第三版EverydayUseforYourGrandmama.docx

1、高级英语课件第三版EverydayUseforYourGrandmama Company number【1089WT-1898YT-1W8CB-9UUT-92108】高级英语课件第三版EverydayUseforYourGrandmamaEveryday Use for Your GrandmamaIn order to understand this passage better, we can watch a movie-”The Color of Purple”故事发生于1909年美国南部。未受过教育的黑人女孩西莉被继父强 奸后，又被迫嫁给了粗鲁，凶狠的黑人男子，西莉称其为“先生”。在惊

2、恐和胆怯中她开始了奴仆一般的痛苦生活。幸而有亲姐妹南蒂与之相伴，泪水中才多了一些欢乐。不久，这短暂的幸福也从西莉身边消失了。因为“先生”强 奸南蒂不成，恼羞成怒地将南蒂赶了出去，姐妹二人被残酷的分开。年复一年，西莉在门口的邮筒中找寻南蒂的音讯，她始终期盼有一天能与南蒂再次重逢(从中大家可以看到当时的整个社会的缩影，以及黑人生活的社会环境和社会地位，黑人女性的崛起和黑人女性的反抗精神也从有深刻得展现)Everyday Use for Your GrandmamaCharacters:Maggie: a shy,young woman made even more self-concious by

3、 scars she got in a house fire years ago. She hasn t has much formal education but has learned traditional skills, such as quilting, from her familiy.Mama(Mrs johnson): the narrator of the story. She is a middle-aged or even older African American woman living with her younger daugter, Maggie. Athou

4、gh poor, she is strong and independent, and takes great pride in her way of life.Dee(Wangero):Dee is Mama s older daugher. She is attractive, well-educated and sophisticated. Moreover, she is selfish and she may even has caused the fire that disfigured （损毁的外貌）her sister. Mama(Mrs johnson) called her

5、 Dee or Wangero.Asalamalakim: a young muslim man who accompanies Dee on her visit. Mama, unable to pronounce his name , called him “Hakim-a- Baber”. The muslim greeting he gives to her means “peace and happiness to you. ” This maybe ironic because their visit disturbs the peaceful lives of Maggie an

6、d Mama. The relationship between him and Dee is unknown. He may be a friend, a boyfriend, husband or spiritual adviser.Main content:The story begins when the mother and Maggie wait for Dee to come back goes back home with her lover. She asks for some traditional household appliances, especially two

7、old quilts made by their grandma. The mother refuses. Instead, she sends the two quilts to Maggie. Dee leaves her eyes, two old quilts(百纳被) are the cultural heritage of blacks. Maggie inherits the black tradition and she should own them.The text:I. para1-2 The prelude: the three family members.II. P

8、ara3-16 The mothers recollections / flashback:the three personsrelationshipsmother; Maggie; DeeIII. Para17- 82 The process of Dee going back home.Detailed study of the text:Paragraph 1-16:Paragraph1:1,.Maggie and I made so clean and wavy.(wavy:波动起伏的。 It shows that Maggie and Mama had made carefully

9、preparations for the arrival of Dee.)2,It is like a extended living room. (extended: enlarged, prolonged. Expressions with extend: extended family)Paragraph 2:1,homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs.(homely: 不好看的，不漂亮的，later we will know how she got the scar, so that is a suspen

10、se.)2, she thinks her sister has held life always.to say to her.(she think that her sister has always had a firm control of her life and that she can always has what she want. )(课后习题paraphrase )The role of the first two paragraph: it describes the place and main characters.Paragraph3:1,totter: 蹒跚。 B

11、ackstage: 背后。Paragraph4:1,Johnny Carson: he is famous for such TVprograms, On TV he was a sporty man with gray hair and a smiling face.Paragraph5:1, In real life i am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands.(that means Mama was a typical black working woman.)2, My fat keeps me hot in

12、zero weather.(because I am fat, I feel hot even in freezing weather.)(课后习题paraphrase )3,I am the way my daughter.an uncooked barely pancake.( this sentence tells that Dee was ashamed of his mother as a woking-class black woman.)4, Johnny Carson has much to do .witty tongue.(johnney carson has a witt

13、y and glib tongue. But i outdo 超过，胜过 him and so he has to try hard if he wants to catch up with me.)(课后习题paraphrase )5, who ever knew a Johnson with a quick tongue(that is a rhetorical question. The obvious answer is that no one in the Johnson family has a quick tongue.)Paragraph6:1, It seems to me

14、i have talked to them always with one foot raised. from them.(I am ready to leave as quickly as possible because of discomfort, nervousness, timidity,etc, and turn my head away from them in order to avoid them as much as possible for the same reason.)课后习题paraphrase )2,She would always look anyone in

15、 the eye.(she would always look at somebody directly and steadily, not feeling embarrassed or ashamed.)课后习题paraphrase )Paragraph 91, have you ever seen a lame跛足的 animal .to be kind to him （here the narrator compares Maggie to an injured and pitiful animal.）2,she has been like this, chin on chest, ey

16、es on ground.to the ground. (Maggie has been very shy ever since the fire destoryed our other house. She is so shy that she never raises her head or eyes when looking at and talking to people, and she is always feel so neverous and restless that she is unable to stand still.)Paragraph10,1, Dee is li

17、ghter than Maggie.,(lighter means the color of one s skin, not weight.)2,And Dee.(an elliptical sentence, meaning”and there was Dee”)3, she had hated the house that much.(so she was glad to see it burn down. This shows Dee is ashamed of her family.)Paragraph111,she used to read to us without pity, f

18、orcing.underneath her voice.(The narrator implies that the books Dee read to them were written by white people and full of their language and ideas, falsehoods and their way of life.)2,she washed us in a river of .need to know.(she imposed on us lots of falsity and so-called knowledge that was total

19、ly useless and irrelevant to us.)课后习题paraphrase )Paragraph121,her eyelids 眼皮would not flicker闪烁 for minutes at a time.（it shows that Dee was undaunted勇敢的，无畏的, with a strong character. She would look at anybody steadily and intently for a long time.）2, Often I fought off the tempation to shake her.(

20、Often I wanted so much to shake her , but I restrained myself.)3,At sixteen she had a style of her own, and knew what style was.( she had her own unique way of doing thing at an early age, she also know what is fashion. That means she is totally different from her sister. )Paragraph131,she stumbles

21、along good-naturedly.(she often makes mistakes while reading, but never loses her good temper.)2, like good looks and money, quickness passed her by.(she was homely and poor. Besides she was not smart.)课后习题paraphrase )Paragraph141,”when did Dee ever had any friends ” (a rhetorical question that mean

22、s Dee never really had any friend.)Paragraph151,furtive:鬼鬼祟祟的，秘密的，His furtive behaviour aroused our suspicion.他鬼鬼祟祟的行为引起了我们的怀疑。Paragraph3-16: this section is what we call exposition, providing background and preparing for the main action, which is what happens during Dee s visit. but there they are!

23、 Before I could meet them (in the yard), they have already arrived. I stay her with my hand. I stop her from dashing off with my hand.1)stay: to stop, halt or check somebody from doing sth.2)Note that the simple present tense - the purpose is to make the story telling more vivid. 1. Hair is all over

24、 his head a foot long and hanging from his chin like a kinky mule tail.A simile by comparing the young mans hair to a mule tail2. I hear Maggie suck in her breath. Uhnnnh, is what it sounds like.I hear Maggie inhale her breath and a sound like “Uhnnnh” escapes her mouth.3. like when you see the wrig

25、gling end of a snake just in front of your foot on the road.1)课后习题-B-3 an elliptical sentence - it was like the reaction you have when you see the wriggling end of a snake just in front of your foot on the road.2)Wriggle: to move to and fro with a twisting and writhing motion1.A dress down to the gr

26、ound, in this hot weather课后习题-B-4 an elliptical sentence -she is wearing a dress long enough to touch the ground in spite of this hot weather.2.a dress so loud 1)an elliptical sentence - she is wearing a dress in loud colors2)课后习题-A-12 loud: attracting attention by being unpleasantly colorful and br

27、ight3.there are yellows the light of the sunthrow back: to reflect4.earrings gold, her shoulder课后习题-B-5 an elliptical sentence -her earrings are gold, too, and they are hanging down to her shoulders.5.it is her sisters hair.This time it is her sisters hair style that makes Maggie utter an exclamatio

28、n of dislike and disapproval.6.it is black as night behind her ears.1)black as night: a simile2)rope about: metaphor - compare the moving of Dees pigtails to that of a rope3)like small lizards: a simile4)Dees new hairstyle is African, and looks bizarre to the country girl Maggie.1.“Aalamalakim, my m

29、other and sister!”To call strangers “y mother and sister” is not the American way of greeting, but a Muslim habit2.he moves to Maggie but she falls backhugging a girl at the first meeting is a western habit. Maggie is too shy and, as a rural girl, she is probably not used to being hugged by young me

30、n she doesnt know. kisses me on the foreheadNot usual for a daughter to kiss her mother on the forehead. Normally, people kiss each other on the cheeks for greeting. This shows Dee is very distant and unloving with her family.Also note she takes all the photos first before she kisses her. A loving d

31、aughter will run up to her mother and throw her arms around her.1.meanwhile Asalamalakim is going through hand.课后习题-8 paraphrase-meanwhile Dees boyfriend is trying to shake hands with Maggie in a fancy and elaborate way.2.Maggies hand is as limp as a fish sweatSimile. Maggies hand lacks firmness and

32、 is cold though she is sweating3.or maybe he doesnt know howungrammatical spoken English4. He soon gives up on MaggieSoon he knows that wont do for Maggie, so he stops trying to shake hands with her in that manner.Note “gives up on Maggie”, not gives up Maggie, the meanings are diffirent. There is an exclamation mark which shows emphasis. Here, we also can see the trace of