1、full of grace and beauty,a graceful tulip,graceful adj.attractive;full of grace and beauty,a graceful bridge,graceful adj.attractive;full of grace and beauty,她动作优雅。That chair is a very graceful piece of furniture.,Hands,Pre-reading,Cultural Notes,Watch and Discuss,New Words,Cultural Notes,视频讨论,生词学习,
2、随 笔,A medical eye,Cultural Notes,The writer reads about the death of Mrs.Clark in the newspaper.This is because every newspaper contains a section devoted to recent deaths.This section is called the“obituary section”,or simply,the“obituaries”.Obituary entries often contain a single,small photo of th
3、e deceased,accompanied by a short article about the persons life.,视频讨论,生词学习,随 笔,Newspaper reports of death,Watch and Discuss,Directions:Watch the video and then discuss the topics as follows:,Video watching,2.What is your insight into life?,1.What is life usually compared to?,Key,Key,背景知识,生词学习,随 笔,背
4、景知识,生词学习,随 笔,New Words,背景知识,视频讨论,随 笔,decay,New Words,背景知识,视频讨论,随 笔,secure,slide,New Words,背景知识,视频讨论,随 笔,New Words,背景知识,视频讨论,随 笔,interval,episode,association,New Words,背景知识,视频讨论,随 笔,Text Study,I.Structure Analysis,Narration in a chronological order,The way to develop the text:,Text StudyStructure Ana
5、lysis,(Paras.14)It is the first time I see the patient Mrs.Clark,and I know she will die tonight.Everything I feel and observe in the room shows that Mrs.Clark is dying.,(Para.5)I offer service to Mrs.Clark,who istoo weak for anything.,Text StudyStructure Analysis,(Paras.67)We exchange some simple w
6、ords and eye contact.,(Para.8)Mrs.Clark dies.,Text StudyStructure Analysis,(Para.9)Two days later,I read about Mrs.Clark in the newspaper.,(Para.10)What I remember of her is the long and graceful fingers.,Text StudyStructure Analysis,Text structure,14 Background information&the patients condition,Pa
7、rt one,1.What is the writers job?(the whole passage),Text StudyUnderstanding,medical worker,Question Answering,Text StudyUnderstanding,2.What and how does she know about Mrs.Clark?(Para.2),die,medical chart,report,preceding shift,3.What are the patients conditions?(Paras.34),dying,motionless,skin,lo
8、osely,skeleton,sunken chest,uneven breath,finger,ice cold,pulse faint,swallow,Text structure,5.The patient is too weak for anything.,Part 2,Text StudyUnderstanding,4.What dominant impression does the writer create on readers?Give some details of the patients conditions.(Para.5),The woman is too weak
9、 for anything.small and light,her skin,her bones,her legs,her knees,5.What does the writer do for her?(Para.5),provide for her needs,pick up,turn her on her side,rub cream,pillow,Text structure,67The exchange between the two humanbeings,Part 3,6.Why was there no family member accompanying Mrs.Clark?
10、Who stays with her at the end of her life?(Paras.67),sent home/spare,didnt want them to see,Text StudyUnderstanding,I/the narrator,Text structure,Para 8.The patient dies.,Part 4,7.What are the authors reactions while the patient dies?(Para.8),a swell of emotion,aware,privilege,glad/honored,Text Stud
11、yUnderstanding,Text structure,Para 9 Mrs.Clarks identity,Part 5,8.Who is Mrs.Clark?(Para.9),mother,grandmother,active member of her church,leader of volunteer associations,piano player,teacher,Text StudyUnderstanding,Text structure,Para 10.The deepest impression of Mrs.Clark,Part 6,Para.1 I have nev
12、er seen Mrs.Clark before,but I know from her medical chart and the report I received from the preceding shift that tonight she will die.,Graceful Hands,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,句型,Para.2a The only light in her room is coming from a piece of medical equipment,which is flashing it
13、s red light as if in warning.As I stand there,the smell hits my nose,and I close my eyes as I remember the smell of decay from past experience.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para.2b In my mouth I have a sour,vinegar taste coming from the pit of my stomach.I reach for the light switch
14、,and as it silently lights the scene,I return to the bed to observe the patient with an unemotional,medical eye.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para.3 Mrs.Clark is dying.She lies motionless:The head seems unusually large on a skeleton body;the skin is dark yellow and hangs loosely aro
15、und exaggerated bones that not even a blanket can hide;the right arm lies straight out at the side,taped cruelly to a board to secure a needle so that fluid may drip in;the left arm is across the sunken chest,which rises and falls with the uneven breaths.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para.4a I reach for the long,thin fingers that are lying on the chest.They are ice-cold,and I quickly move to the wrist and feel for the faint pulse.Mrs.Clarks eyes open somewhat as her head turns toward me slightly.I bend clos
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