现代大学英语精读5第二单元PPT课件Unit2TwokindsPPT文档格式.ppt

1、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,Warming upBackgroundStructureText AnalysisExtension,Unit 2,4,Warming up,Setting Characters Conflict Plot Resolution Theme,?#,Find out the six elements of“Two Kinds”,W,B,S,E,T,单击 视频 播放3分40秒,6,Warming up,A plot is the deliberately arranged sequence of interrel

2、ated events that constitute the basic narrative structure of a novel or a short story.It starts from a significant conflict,which sets the plot in motion.It holds the readers attention,builds the suspense of the work and arouses expectation for the events that are to follow.It often moves through 5

3、stages:#exposition,rising action,crisis（climax）,falling action and resolution.A plot consists of 3 parts:#beginning,middle and end.,Plot,7,Warming up,The theme of a story is the general meaning,the central&#dominating idea that unifies&#controls the total work.After reading the whole story,well find

4、 that the meaning of the title“Two Kinds”is spelled out in Para.72:#“Only two kinds of daughters”.The theme of“Two Kinds”:#The mothers attempt to change her daughter into a prodigy and the daughters resistance to such change epitomize a bittersweet relationship between mother and daughter and a shar

5、p conflict between two generations and two cultures.,Theme,W,B,S,E,T,8,Background Information,The Author,The Novel,Amy Tan,W,B,S,E,T,9,Background Information,Amy Tan is one of the most popular Chinese American writers.Amys parents left China before 1949.The family settled in San Francisco,California

6、.Amy and her two brothers were born there.In the late 1960s,Tans father and brother died of brain cancer.This affected the family so much that her mother moved the family to Switzerland.Tan developed a very difficult relationship with her mother.It continued after she returned to the United States.,

7、The Author,10,Background Information,After finishing high school in Switzerland in 1969,Tan returned to the United States,where she studied literature and linguistics at San Jose State University.As an adult,Amy Tan operated a technical writing business for many years.But she says she was not happy.

8、She began publishing short stories in 1986.They later became part of her first book,“The Joy Luck Club,”published in 1989.,The Author,11,Background Information,The Joy Luck Club is Tans first and most successful novel.It recounted the family tales of four modern Chinese-American women;#it was widely

9、 hailed for its depiction of the Chinese-American experience of the late 20th century.It has been translated into 35 languages.A popular film based on the book was also made.,The Novel,12,Background Information,The different points of view enable the reader to look at the bittersweet mother-daughter

10、 relations from different angles.The mothers and daughters treat one another cautiously,playing a game of love and fear,need and rejection.The older women,who suffered in Old China and immigrated to the United States with new hopes,are ambitious for their daughters,but while they expect them to succ

11、eed in America,they want them to remain Chinese.,The Novel,13,Background Information,The daughters consider themselves American and regard their mothers as a source of embarrassment,for they speak fractured English,behave with Chinese manners.They want to be different from their mothers,and break lo

12、ose from their mothers cultural gravity.,The mother-daughter relationships are a mixture of love and hostility,expectations and disappointments,conflicts and reconciliation.,W,B,S,E,T,14,The conflict subsided.（Paras.77-89）,Structure of the Text,Part I（Paras.1-3）,Part II（Paras.4-76）,Part III（Paras.77

13、-93）,Background:#the mother and her high expectations for her daughter.,Why Mother and Daughter are engaged in a clash,and how the conflict is intensified.,The end of the story,Daughter understood Motherslove,and felt contented.（Paras.90-93）,W,B,S,E,T,15,Structure of the Text,Part I（Background）,Part

14、 II（Body）,Part III（The end）,Mother tried to change Daughter into a Chinese Shirley Temple but failed.（Paras.4-11）The conflict began.,Mother tried hard to train Daughter.But Daughter hated being tested.（Paras.12-20）Gradual development of conflict,While watching TV,a new idea flashed into Mothers mind

15、.（Paras.21-28）Further development of conflict.,Mother made Daughter learn to play the piano.Daughter hated it.（Paras.29-46）The conflict became more tense.,Daughter performed badly in a talent show in the church.（Paras.47-60）Mother was greatly disappointed.,Daughters poor performance didnt stop Mothe

16、r urging her to practice.（Paras.61-76）Climax:#they had a fierce quarrel.,W,B,S,E,T,16,Detailed Analysis of the Text,Paras.1-11,Paras.12-46,Paras.47-76,Paras.77-93,W,B,S,E,T,17,You could buy a house with almost no money down.（Para.1）P:#You could buy a house with a very small down payment,most of the money was loaned to you.“Of course you can be prodigy,too.”（Para.2）The mothers English was not grammatically correct;#here she drops the article“a”before“prodigy”.“You can be best anything”（Para.2）One should say:#