现代大学英语精读4第二版Unit6TheTelephone省名师优质课获奖课件市赛课一等奖课件.ppt

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would change their lives and,deliver,them from their aimless existence.,(p.22),or to,deliver,a message to his wife,such as,n.The track of a person or animal by which it can be followed,v.(voice off)it becomes gradually quieter and then stops,Check-on Preview,Warming up,free sb from a situation,take sth to a place,第5页,有时候，在这漫长等候中，加上酷热，苍蝇以及羊粪气味，人们脾气变得急躁起来。年轻一点女人因为担心她们婴儿，开始为该轮到谁接水争吵起来。有时，争吵升级，女人们大打出手；她们扯着对方头发、吐着口水、诅咒着、尖叫着、谩骂着，把我耳朵刺得嗡嗡作响。我们这些和母亲一道去取水被晒得黝黑小男孩喜欢这么打斗，因为女人们扭打着在沙地里打滚时候，我们能够看到她们大腿和花内裤。偶然，我们幸运地能够看到更多，因为有些女人在长裙下面根本什么都没穿。上帝呀，我曾经多么期望这么打斗。我现在还记得那种冲动、那种兴奋，连阳光都在滚滚尘土上跳舞，当一条裙子被撕裂了，年轻女人一只白皙乳房漏了出来，旋即又被遮了起来。在我日历上，大旱那一年将永远是我孩提时代最美妙年份之一。,Translate the following paragraph into English by yourself and then compare with the original.,Check-on Preview,Warming up,第6页,Understand the theme of the story,(u,nderstand globalization from another perspective,cf.,“,Globalization,s Dual Power,”,),Appreciate the style,perspective,tone,strongly flavored expressions,metaphor,simile,exaggeration,Objectives,Warming up,第7页,Background,Social Background,Author,B,W,T,R,The Telephone,Unit 6,第8页,Anwar F.Accawi,His Life,Born in Lebanon in a family whose ancestors are believed to have gone to Jerusalem in the Crusades.,Taught English at the University of Beirut,Left for the U.S.when the civil war brokeout in Lebanon,Has been teaching English at the English Language Institute of the Uni.of Tennessee,Background,Author,第9页,Non-Fiction,The Boy from the Tower of the Moon,(1999),Short fiction,The Camera in,Homeworks,(1996),Background,His Works,Author,第10页,Background,Social Background,A Short Story,Plot,:a little boys first time to go to school,on the way to school,Setting,:at school,on the way home,Protagonist/Narrator,:“I”the boy in the story,Theme,of the story:what do you think?,B,W,T,R,第11页,Location:,Middle East,bordering the Mediterranean Sea,between Israel and Syria,Ethnic divisions:,Arab 95%,Armenian 4%,other 1%,Background,Social Background,第12页,Languages:,Arabic(official),French(official),Armenian,English,Religions:,Islam 70%Christian 30%Judaism,Independence:,22 November 1943(from League of Nations mandate under French administration),Background,Social Background,第13页,The Capital City,Beirut,“Paris of the Middle East”,Background,Social Background,第14页,Detailed,Analysis,Structure,Theme,Text Analysis,T,W,B,R,The Telephone,Unit 6,第15页,What would be the key words if you want to discuss its theme?,-technology,progress,globalization?,-a better life?,Text Analysis,Theme,第16页,The,advent,of the telephone and automobile(magic carpet of the twentieth century)link Magdaluna to the outside world and gradually,destroy its centuries-old tradition of self-sufficiency,;the Lebanese Civil War(1975-90)completes the villages,slow and agonizing death.,Yet Magdaluna,remains alive in Accawis loving portrait,a gentle recollection of childhood that doubles as a,poignant reminder of modernitys sometimes devastating impact,.,-Wendy Smith,Is this all?,Text Analysis,Theme,第17页,Part I(1-10)village life before the installation.,P(1-8):what time meant to people in Magadaluna,P(9-10):the authors memory of a draught in his childhood.,Part II(11-25)changes brought to the village by telephone.,P11:Transition,P(12-18):Installation,P(19-25):Changes happening to the village,Text Analysis,Structure,第18页,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Main Idea,Sentence Paraphrase,Words&Expressions,Exercise,Part I Part II,T,W,B,R,第19页,Part I(1-10):main ideavillage life before the installation,A.What did time mean to the people?,(paras.1-8),Questions for comprehension,1.,What was the overall picture of Magdaluna?How did the narrator present the picture?,2.What did time mean to the villagers?How did they keep track of time?What did it suggest?,3.What was the general life pattern for the villagers?,And what were considered important events?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第20页,Para.1:,Topic sentence?,Time didn,t mean much to anybody in the secluded village.,Any other noted feature(s)?,the unchanging cycle of life?,a traditional,agricultural society?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第21页,Paras.2-8:,Main idea?,The villagers used a divine calendar to keep track of time.,Any other noted feature(s)?,the natural disasters?,The tone of the narrator,“,I,”,(as a boy)?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第22页,Part I:Exercise,Complete the following questions with keep track of/lose track of(p.1);crack(p.6);shortly after(p.4.);incorporate(p.8).,1.He felt sick,he came back from tropical countries.,2.She bought,Vogue,and,Elle,every month to,keep track of,fashion.,3.He picked up a piece of rock and,cracked,it in half.,4.The government,this principle,into,the 1997 law.,shortly after,incorporated,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第23页,Wrap-up of this part,Find evidence in this part suggesting the villagers had a monotonous life.,Find evidence in this part suggesting the villagers had a hard life.,Find out the expressions bearing a strong local flavor.,Find the figures of speech in this part.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第24页,B.The Year of the Drought (paras.9-10),Why did the narrator say that the year of drought was one of his best years?,Do the boy,s memories of that year reveal anything important?What,s that?,Could you figure out the one of the advantages of adopting a boy,s perspective?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第25页,Wrap-up of this part,What was the image of the village women?Does it fit into the woman images of our society?,What does this part tell us about the local life?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第26页,A.Transition(para.11),Main idea?,The year of drought also one of the worst years,Any other noted feature(s)?,the boy,s attitude towards the installation of the telephone?,The division of ideas among the villagers?,The general attitude towards the installation?,Part II:main idea(Para.11-25)changes brought by the telephone,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第27页,The,retired cook,Abu RajaThe,retired Turkish-army drill sergeant,The,vineyard keeper,The,village whore,Why definite articles?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第28页,B.Installation(paras.12-18),What was the villagers,response to the installation of telephone?,What did the villagers think of the telephone men?How did the villagers have such an impression?,How different were their positions when they came to observe the process?What does this suggest?(para.13),Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第29页,Changes in the village(Paras.19-25),Before,After,Implication,village center,Im Kaleem,s house,Abu Raja,s,dikkan,activities,Argue about politics,drink coffee,play cards or backgammon,Exchange rumor,glance,at the phone,drink Kacula,general,Atmosphere,Bustling at any time of day,island of comfort,an oasis,Laughter,noise trailed off,stopped,a skeleton,for me,Lucrative business,Run errands to make money,Fewer and fewer men came to Im kaleem,s,?,Mother-father,Home-,-abroad,Life-death,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第30页,Paras.19-20:,Main idea?,Before the telephone,s arrival,the house of the village whore Im Kaleem was the village,s center.,Any other noted feature(s)?,Im Kaleem,s features?,Her place as one of comfort and entertainment?,Any question(s)in mind?,Why she was attractive to those men?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第31页,The village whore,Im Kaleen,Appearance:,short,middle-aged,jet-blackhair,Voice:,raspy,loud(exaggeration),Identity:,widow,devout Catholic,village whore(what,s special about her being a whore?)Function:,burden-reliever for women,confessor and troubleshooter for men,Q:How do you understand this?Do you agree with the author,s opinion in retrospect?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第32页,Para.21:,Main idea?,Abu Raja,s dikkan became the village,s new center.,Any other noted feature(s)?,young villagers,wish to leave?,Foreign things,esp.American beverage,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第33页,Para.22:,Main idea?,The telephone was bad news for,“,me,”,personally,because,“,I,”,could no longer make money out of running errands.,Any other noted feature(s)?,the earlier closeness among villagers?,Boys are boys(everywhere)?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第34页,Paras.23,24:,Main idea?,The telephone calls did come and villagers started to leave the village,leaving only the old,the sick and the maimed behind.,Any other noted feature(s)?,the exodus?,Many of them were doing hard,often menial,work?,There was no more life/vitality in the village?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第35页,Para.25:,Main idea?,“,My,”,family also moved away,and,“,I,”,am now in the U.S.,stilling looking for,“,that better life.,”,Any other noted feature(s)?,Has the author found the,“,better,”,life he wants?(endless search/pursuit),Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,第36页,R,W,B,T,Reinforcement,Stylistic Features,Discussion,The Telephone,Unit 6,第37页,a strong local flavor,figures of speech:,-metaphor,simile,exaggeration,humor,very descriptive:,choice of sentence structures,-eg.,and,and,and,choice of,“,the,”,before names,-Everyone knew everyone else.,polished simplicity,Reinforcement,Stylistic Features,第38页,Reinforcement,Discussion,Work in groups of four:,Now its time to reflect on what we discussed in the first class.Has your understanding of the text changed?Why or why not?,There are several possible ways of reading the story.Which way do you like best?Give your reasons.,R,W,B,T,第39页,Are the changes all negative?How do you understand these changes?,Negative changes(in the eyes of the boy):,change of the village,s center,change of people,s relationships among each other,(no longer so close),change of people,s life style,(the death of a traditional society,influence of the outside world,globalization:cf.Lesson 8),the author,s nostalgic tone,Reinforcement,Discussion,第40页,Positive change(from whose perspective?):,-having a new hope;no longer contented with their present way of life,-breaking away from the stagnancy of the agricultural life(the dull,repetitive,monotonous life cycle,with no development,no progress,in a sleepy town),-getting connected to the outside world,?,Reinforcement,Discussion,第41页,Is the telephone a blessing or a curse?A blessing in disguise?A necessary evil?,Should we always embrace the new because what is new means progress?How do you understand,“,Progress,”,?,How does the narrator feel about the old village life?Do you think it is good for people to look back on the past with fondness?,Reinforcement,Discussion,第42页,