现代大学英语精读3第二版Unit3-Book3.ppt

Katherine Mansfield A Dill PickleR einforcementT ext AnalysisB ackgroundW arming upA Dill PickleUnit 3Questions/ActivitiesCheck-on PreviewObjectivesUnit 3Warming upA Dill PickleWarming upQuestions/Activities1.RetellingReconstructthestorybychronologicalorderhowtheyfellinloveandthenbrokeup,whatmighthavehappenedtoeachofthemduringthetimebeforetheymetagain.2.Role playDramatizethesceneoftheirreencounterpayattentiontothesubtletyoftone,look,andaction.3.Love counselingImaginethatyouarearelationshipcounselorandgiveadvicetothetwoloversonwhatgoeswrongintheirrelationshipandhowtheycanmakeup,ifpossible.Fill in the blanks.1.Heclosedhiseyesaninstant,butopeningthemhisface_upasthoughhehad_amatchinadarkroom.2.He_downtheorangeand_onthetableforthewaitress.3.Histhoughts_overthelastmeetingbetweenthem.Andhismemory_ashelistenedtothefamiliarsong.Warming upCheck-on PreviewlitstrucklingeredlaytappedunfoldedObjectives1.Understandthestory:theme&character.2.Appreciateliterature:readbetweenthelines;readthestoryfromaparticularperspective:feminism;interpretthesymbols.3.Learntodescribeasceneorobjectwithaccuracy:verbs.Warming upBackgroundHistoryAuthorUnit 3A Dill PickleAuthorBackgroundKatherineMansfield(1888-1923)rebellious,dangerouslywitty,andlonelycreativeyearsburdenedwithloneliness,illness,jealousyandalienation:bitterdepictionofmaritalandfamilyrelationshipsdiedofTBthe“romanticdisease”Her LifeAuthorBackgroundHer WorksIn a German Pension(1911)The Garden Party:and Other Stories(1922)The Doves Nest:and Other Stories(1923)Bliss:and Other Stories(1923)StreamofconsciousnessCharacterspsychologicalactivitieswithdetaileddescriptionsandsymbolismAuthorBackgroundHer InfluenceRevolutionizedtheEnglishshortstory;MarkedthematurityofEnglishshortstory;WasoftencomparedtoDickensandChekhov.1.Womens condition at the time:Womenwereadvocatedtocultivatesuchqualitiesas“tendernessofunderstanding,unworldlinessandinnocence,domesticaffection,andaboveall,submissivenessinvariousdegrees.”2.“The Woman Question”:risingwaveoffeministmovement(lateVictorianagetotheearly20thcentury)HistoryBackgroundDetailedAnalysisCharacterAnalysis Style ThemeA Dill PickleText AnalysisStructure Unit 3Questions for thinking:1.Doyouthinkthecharacterofthetwoloversplaysanimportantroleintheirrelationship?2.Whatdoyouthinkresultsinthefailureoftheirloveandcommunication?3.Howwouldyoudescribethetwocharactersrelationshipaspresentedinthestory?Doyouthinkthisisatypicallovestory?Ifnot,whydoesthewriterchoosetotellitthisway?Orwhatisherrealpurposeinwritingsuchastory?Text AnalysisTheme1.Man-Woman relationship:sexualpolitics(ideasandactivitiesthatareconcernedwithhowpowerissharedbetweenmenandwomen,andhowthisaffectstheirrelationships)2.Feminist concern:What does a woman want?Itwasher“borndutytoreckoneverythingsubordinatetohiscomfortandpleasure,andtolethimneitherseenorfeelanythingcomingfromher,exceptwhatisagreeabletohim.”J.S.Mill,The Subjection of WomenText AnalysisThemeSexual politics1.Themantalkswhilethewomanlistens.2.Themancontrolstheconversation,demandingattention.3.Themanistantalizing,offeringhopesthathewithdrawsatwish.4.Thewomansreaction:contradictioncompromiserebellion5.ThewomansdesiretobeheardandunderstoodText AnalysisTheme1.Characteristicsofmodernistwriting:symbolicimagesfragmentedplottrivialsubjectspsychologicalinsightinternalmonologues,“streamofconsciousness”2.Manyoftheimagesinthestoryaredeliberatelysymbolic.Forexample,theflowers.Canyoufindouttheimplicationoftheflowers?Dotheytakeonasecondmeaninginthestory?3.Whyisthestorytitled“ADillPickle”?Howisitrelevanttoalovestory?Whatmightitrepresentsymbolically,ifitdoes?Text AnalysisStyle Character AnalysisVeraQuestions for thinking:1.HowdidVerafeelwhenshesawherformerlover?Wasshestillattachedtohim?2.WhydidVerabreakupwiththemansixyearsearlier?3.DoyouthinkVeraleftthemanagainforthesamereasonsasthefirsttime?4.WhatindeeddidVerawant?Whyhadshebeensolonely?Wasitbecause,asthemansaid,shewasanegoist?Text AnalysisCharacter AnalysisVera5.Whatdoesthe“strangebeast”standfor?Whydoestheauthordescribeitasa“strangebeast”?Isthisimageconventionallyassociatedwithwomen?6.HowdoyouunderstandthatVerawas“bornoutofhertime”?Text AnalysisCharacter AnalysisThe manQuestions for thinking:1.Whatisthemansname?Whyisnthegivenaname?2.WasthemanstillinlovewithVera?Ifnot,whydidheseemsohappytalkingtoherandaskhertostay?3.Whydidhe“letitgoatthat”whenVeratoldhimshehadsoldherpiano?4.Inwhattonedidhementionthebreak-upletter?DoyouthinkhereallyunderstoodnowwhatVerahadwrittenabouthim?5.DoyouagreewithwhatthemansaidaboutVera?Didheunderstandhertosomeextent?Text AnalysisText AnalysisQuestions for thinking:1.Howdoesthestorybeginandend?Howisitdifferentfromatraditionalstory?2.Whyisntthestorytoldintheoriginaltimeorder?Whatkindofeffectdoesitcreateonthereadersmind?3.Weknowlittleofwhatreallyhappenedbetweenthecharacters.Insteadweareprovidedwithonlyscatteredmemoriesandfeelings.Whydoesthewriterwithholdtheinformation?Doyoufinditmoreintriguingtoworkoutthepuzzlethantohaveadirectandfullpicture?StructureText AnalysisStructure1Paras.1-12A chance reunion2Paras.13-51His story and her story3Paras.52-66The second breakup1.HowdifferentlydidVeraandthemanreacttotheirchancereencounter?Why?2.DoyouthinkthemanmeantitwhenhesaidthatVeralooked“sowell”?Whydidhesayso?3.Whatdetailsinthisparthaveyounoticedthatmighthelpusunderstandbetterthecharactersandtheproblemintheirrelationship?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartI:DiscussionEpisode 1(13-15):first date 1.HowdidVerasmemorydifferfromthemansrecollectionoftheirfirstdate?2.Whydidshelateradmitthat“Hiswasthetruer.”?Episode 2(16-21):on a lawn1.WhydidVeraatthemomentthinkofthisparticularincidentintheirloveaffair?Whatmightittellofherfeelingsfortheman?2.Howdidthemanswordsatthattimecontrastwithhisatthepresent?Doyoufindthiscontrastironic?Why?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartII:Discussion24Royal Botanical Gardens(Kew Gardens),LondonText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisEpisode 3(22-43):the Russian trip1.Inwhatwayhadthemanchangedinthesixyears?Andthewoman?Whatinfluencewouldithaveontheirrelationship?2.Whydidtheman“letitgo”whenheknewthatthewomanhadsoldherpiano?Wasitstrangeforhimtodoso?3.Howdidthemandescribehisexperienceoftheriverlife?WhatpicturediditprovokeinVerasmind?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartII:Discussion26Russia:the Volga&the Black SeaText AnalysisDetailed Analysis27Boatmen on the Volga Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisEpisode 4(44-51):the night of the Christmas tree1.Whatdidthemansuggestwhenhepraisedthewomanasa“marvelouslistener”?WhydidVerafind“ahintofmockery”inhisvoice?2.WhatdiditshowthatthemandidnotrememberhisdogsnamewhereasVeradid?3.Whatdiditimplywhentheman“snappedthecigarettecaseto”?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartII:DiscussionFill in the blanks.1.ManyChinesepeopleareburdenedwithprices_theirincome.2.Thisdoorisnarrow_itsheight.3.He_adeepbreathanddivedintothepool.4.Ithasbeen10yearssinceIwasatthehouse.Whathas_theoldgarden?out of all proportion toin proportion todrew/tookText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartII:Exercise(1)become ofFill in the blanks.5.Afterthatwonderfulperformance,theaudience_intoastormofapplause.6.Asuddengustofcoldwindandtheensuingthundermademe_.7.Mymotherwasnotquitesatisfiedwiththecowboughtbymyfatherbut_.broke outshiverlet it go at thatText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartII:Exercise(2)1.WhydidVerawanttoleavewhenthemanmentionedtheirbreakupsixyearsago?Whydidshethenchangehermindandstayed?2.DoyouthinkVeraandthemanwerelonelyforthesamereasons?Wassheanegoistashewas?3.Whydidsheleaveagain,andsoabruptly?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPartIII:DiscussionUnit 3ReinforcementDiscussionA Dill PickleLanguage1.WefindVerasimpressionormemoryverydifferentfromthemans.Whydoestheauthorpresentuswiththesecontradictorystories?2.Whoseversionisprobablymorereliable?3.Formostofthetime,itwasthemanthatspokewhileVeraremainedsilentinherthought.Whyisitso?Didshenotwanttospeak?Orwasitforanyotherreason?4.WhatdidthemanwantfromVerabyaskinghertostay?WhatdidVerawantfromhim?ReinforcementDiscussion5.Whatdoesthisstorytellofthewomensconditioninthebeginningofthe20thcentury?InwhatwayisVerasdecisiontoleaveuneasyandthusadmirable?6.Doyouenjoyreadingthisstory?Ifso,whatmakesitsointerestingorpowerful?7.Whatimportantelementsofthemodernistshortstoryhaveyoulearnedaboutbystudyingthistext?ReinforcementDiscussionUseful Words and Expressionsdecoratelightuploathemoanmanage(aword,smile)astoundedlingerunfoldrollbeyondwordsahintofsnaptoReinforcementLanguage