综合英语教程V 第五册 课后答案 课件 Unit-02-All-American Girl.ppt

1、cover page,新世纪高等院校英语专业本科系列教材（修订版） 综合教程第五册(第2版) 电子教案,上海外语教育出版社 南京信息工程大学 刘杰海,Unit 2 The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl,Contents page (navigation),Contents,Learning Objectives Pre-reading Activities Global Reading Detailed Reading Consolidation Activities Further Enhancement,Learning Objectives,Rh

2、etorical skill: basic features of narrative writing Key language I enjoyed Cinco de Mayo more than Chinese New Year. 13.At last, I was one of you; I wasnt one of them. 14.Sadly, I still am.,Detailed Reading,DR:p1Analysis,Paragraph 1 Analysis This paragraph, the beginning of the narrative text, provi

3、des the background of the story. From this we readers learn that the Chinese school on Yale Street, continues to exist there, remaining remarkably and stoically the same, despite its new coat of paint and its fence.,Detailed Reading,DR:p2-7 Analysis,Paragraph 2-7 Analysis Paragraphs 2-6 dynamically

4、and vividly describe the childrens forced walks to the Chinese school, the stern principal, their classroom, the polite formality with which lessons started, etc. Paragraph 7 tells us why the author did not want to learn Chinese.,Detailed Reading,DR:p8-11 Analysis,Paragraph 8-11 Analysis These parag

5、raphs, the third part of the text, specifically and humorously relate the generation gap in the family: between the writer and her grandmother, and between her brother and mother, presenting a sharp contrast in their language competence.,Detailed Reading,DR:p12-14 Analysis,Paragraph 12-14 Analysis T

6、hese paragraphs make up the last part of the narrative text. The writer winds up her narration by telling us that no matter how hard she tried to become Americanized, she remained CHINESE.,Detailed Reading,DR-Questions-p1,Paragraph 1: questions 1. Why do you think the school was newly painted?,Detai

7、led Reading,As the Chinese school is rather old, its outside must have been discolored and dirty. To make it look attractive, the school was newly painted as a kind of face-lift.,DR-Questions-p1,Paragraph 1: questions 2. What does the existence of the old school imply?,Detailed Reading,The Chinese s

8、chool is still there, which implies that still there are many Chinese children attending Chinese lessons in the school. Although they live abroad, Chinese parents never forget their own culture and their own language and require that their children learn their mother tongue.,DR-Questions-p3,Detailed

9、 Reading,Paragraph 3: question What do you know about the headmaster of the Chinese school according to the authors descriptions?,He was a stern man who treated the children severely.,DR-Questions-p4,Detailed Reading,Paragraph 4: question How did the author describe the classroom where they attended

10、 Chinese lessons?,There were little chairs in an empty auditorium. The room smelled like Chinese medicine, an imported faraway mustiness. Like ancient mothballs or dirty closets.,DR-Questions-p5,Detailed Reading,Paragraph 5: question What else was stressed in the Chinese school besides the emphasis

11、on speaking, reading and writing?,Politeness was also emphasized in the school. The lessons always began with an exercise in politeness. With the entrance of teacher, the best student would tap a bell and all the children would get up, kowtow, Sing san ho, the phonetic for How are you, teacher?,DR-Q

12、uestions-p6,Detailed Reading,Paragraph 6: question What things did the writer consider to be more important and more useful than learning Chinese?,She considered the following things to be more important and more useful: doing multiplication tables, naming the satellites of Mars, writing reports on

13、Little Women and Black Beauty.,DR-Questions-p7,Detailed Reading,Paragraph 7: question What did the author think of her grandmothers Chinese?,She thought that her grandmothers Chinese sounded rhythmless and patternless, that it was quick, it was loud, and it wasnt beautiful, and that her Chinese soun

14、ded pedestrian.,DR-Questions-p8,Detailed Reading,Paragraph 8: question What do you know about the authors English proficiency?,She spoke English very fast and very well so that she was able to keep up with the world outside Chinatown.,DR-Questions-p8-activity,Paragraph 8: activity Discussion In what

15、 way did the author exhibit her preference for American culture over Chinese culture? (Tip: refer to Paragraphs 4-8),Detailed Reading,She hated that smell of the school auditorium while she favored such scents as the soft French perfume that her American teacher wore in public school. She did not li

16、ke learning the Chinese language, which she thought sounded pedestrian, nor did she like the Chinese calligraphy.,DR-Questions-p9,Detailed Reading,Paragraph 9: question What can you infer from authors descriptions of his brothers attitude toward Chinese culture?,He was more radical than the author i

17、n his antagonism (对抗) towards Chinese culture, and in his sad earnest effort to be 100% Americanized.,DR-Questions-p10,Detailed Reading,Paragraph 10: question How was the authors mothers level of English?,She was not able to speak English well. She spoke pidgin English, and she had trouble pronounci

18、ng some words, particularly words with the “r” sound. Namely, she was grammatically and phonetically crippled.,DR-Questions-p12-14,Detailed Reading,Paragraph 12-14: questions Did the writer enjoy the Chinese New Year? Why?,No. She didnt like it very much. She wasnt used to it.,Does the author think

19、that she has become Americanized?,Yes, she does.,DR-LPT-despite the.,Detailed Reading,“Despite the new coat of paintstoically the same.”,Although covered with a new coat of paint and enclosed with a high wire fence, the school I knew 10 years ago continues to be the same, showing no obvious changes

20、with the passing time.,Paraphrase,DR-LPT-stoically,Detailed Reading,stoic n. person showing no feeling of dislike, worry when faced with sth. unpleasant,stoically adv.with great self-control and a strong will to endure pain, discomfort, or misfortune without complaining about it or showing signs of

21、feeling it,an absolute stoic in the face of mishaps,e.g.,e.g.,1. She behaved stoically during the final phase of her husbands illness. 2. They endured all kinds of hardships stoically.,DR-LPT-stoically-personification,Detailed Reading,Incidentally, the adverb stoically could be considered as an exam

22、ple of personification (拟人), indicating that the school, just like a man, has withstood the test of time without too much obvious change.,DR-LPT-empty lot,Detailed Reading,the empty lot: the vacant or unoccupied area or land,lot n. an allotment or portion of land set aside for a special purpose,Coll

23、ocation,parking lot: an outdoor lot for the parking of motor vehicles tot lot: a small playground for young children,DR-LPT-No amount of kicking,“No amount of kicking, screaming, or pleading could dissuade my mother, who was solidly determined to have us learn the language of our heritage.”,Detailed

24、 Reading, No matter how desperately my brother and I resisted going to the Chinese school, kicking, yelling, or repeatedly begging, we could not make our mother change her mind, because she was determined to get us to learn Chinese, our mother tongue, which had been passed down from generation to ge

25、neration.,Paraphrase,DR-LPT-dissuade-heritage,Detailed Reading,dissuade vt. stop somebody from doing sth. by persuasion,1. He wrote a book to dissuade people from using tobacco. 2. Jims father tried to dissuade him from marrying Mary.,e.g.,heritage n. such things as works of art, cultural achievemen

26、ts and folklore that have been passed on from earlier generations,1. These ancient buildings are part of our national heritage. 2. She is the only heir who is entitled to the heritage.,e.g.,DR-LPT-Forcibly she walked us the,Detailed Reading,“Forcibly, she walked us the seven long, hilly blocks from

27、our home to school, depositing our defiant tearful faces before the stern principal.”,Paraphrase, From our home to school there are seven long groups of buildings bounded by streets on all sides and erected on hilly slopes. She forced us to walk past these blocks, leaving both of us in front of the

28、grim and serious headmaster, our faces showing rebellious reluctance and wet with tears.,DR-LPT-forcibly,Detailed Reading,forcibly adv. effected by force used against opposition or resistance, obtained by compulsion or violence,The policemen arrested the protesters forcibly.,e.g.,DR-LPT-deposit,Deta

29、iled Reading,deposit vt. lay or put sth. down; put money in a bank, esp. to earn interest,e.g.,He deposited his papers with his lawyers. The money hes deposited in the bank is enough for a new car.,DR-LPT-defiant,defiant adj. openly opposing or resisting someone or sth.,Detailed Reading,The trade un

30、ion adopted a defiant attitude toward the bosss threat. The hardliners are angrily defiant of the governments refusal and threaten to take action.,e.g.,DR-LPT-stern principal,Detailed Reading,the stern principal the grim and serious head of the Chinese school,DR-LPT-twitching hands,Detailed Reading,

31、twitching hands hands that were moving spasmodically (痉挛地);hands with muscles moving rapidly and involuntarily; hands that were violently jerking,DR-LPT-I recognized him,Detailed Reading,I recognized him as a repressed maniacal child killer, and knew that if we ever saw his hands wed be in big troub

32、le.,Paraphrase, In my opinion, the principal was a man who suffered from suppression of emotions and who was so stern and severe that he would be liable to beat up a child. And I knew if we ever saw his twitching hands, we would be in for severe physical punishment, extreme pain, anxiety and worry,

33、etc.,DR-LPT-maniacal(1),Detailed Reading,maniacaladj.violently mad; extremely enthusiastic,e.g.,The maniacal expression on his face scared his wife to death. These young men are maniacal about football matches.,DR-LPT-maniacal(2),Detailed Reading,maniac n. lunatic, crazy person manic adj. behaving i

34、n a unusually excited way Note -mania (suffix) crazy for, extremely enthusiastic e.g. Beatlemania 披头士迷 kleptomania 偷窃狂,DR-LPT-The room smelled like Chinese,Detailed Reading,“The room smelled like Chinese medicine, an imported faraway mustiness.”,Paraphrase, The room gave off a smell very similar to

35、that of Chinese medicine, a stale, mouldy, and damp smell drifting in from a faraway place.,DR-LPT- Like ancient mothballs,Detailed Reading,“Like ancient mothballs or dirty closets.”,Explanation,This is a prepositional phrase, but it stands alone like an independent clause. In fact, it is part of th

36、e previous sentence. The writer intended to make it stand alone like a sentence, because she wanted to emphasize the permeation of the room with a very bad smell.,DR-LPT-mothball,Detailed Reading,mothball n. a small ball made of a strong-smelling substance, used for keeping moths away from stored cl

37、othes, books, etc.,e.g.,She regularly puts mothballs in her wardrobe. She placed two mothballs in the pockets of each of the woolen sweaters and jackets.,DR-LPT-I favored crisp,Detailed Reading,“I favored crisp new scents.”,Paraphrase, I preferred fresh smells that were characteristically pleasant.,

38、“Like the soft French perfume that my American teacher wore in public school.”,Explanation,This is another prepositional phrase. It can, of course, be included in the foregoing sentence. A sentence fragment is believed to be more attractive, more impressive and more emphatic. Here, this prepositiona

39、l phrase provides a vivid example of the writers favored scents.,DR-LPT-scent,Detailed Reading,scent n. a characteristic or particular odor; especially one that is agreeable e.g. the scent of flowers / perfume,DR-LPT-tap a bell,Detailed Reading,tap a bell: strike a bell lightly,tap belln. a signal b

40、ell giving a single ring, as one announcing the approach to a certain floor of an elevator,DR-LPT-chant,Detailed Reading,chant vt. say, utter, talk or repeat monotonously; sing or intone (a psalm),e.g.,The pupils chanted, How are you, teacher? She is chanting a melody.,DR-LPT-Being ten years old,Det

41、ailed Reading,“Being ten years old, I had better things to learn than ideographs copied painstakingly in lines that ran right to left from the tip of a moc but, a real ink pen that had to be held in an awkward way if blotches were to be avoided.”,Paraphrase, As a ten-year-old girl, I had more intere

42、sting things to learn than ideograms which were to be written by hand after models, one stroke after another, in lines that ran right to left, from the tip of an ink pen which I had to clasp in a clumsy way if large ink marks, instead of Chinese characters, were not to be made.,DR-LPT-ideograph,Deta

43、iled Reading,ideograph n. ideogram; symbol used in a writing system that represents the idea of a thing; any sign or symbol for sth.,e.g.,Chinese characters are ideographs. The dictionary includes some ideographs.,DR-LPT-painstaking,painstaking adj. taking pains or marked by the taking of pains, exp

44、ending or showing diligent care and effort painstakingly adv.,Detailed Reading,e.g.,a most painstaking worker the results of scholarly, painstaking investigation of historical sources,DR-LPT-blotch,Detailed Reading,blotch n. a large, discolored mark, usually irregular in shape on skin, paper, materi

45、al, etc.,His face is covered in ugly red blotches. To me, that picture of his, though said to be a masterpiece in the world of fine art, is merely a mess of blotches.,e.g.,DR-LPT-multiplication tables,Detailed Reading,multiplication table n. a table of the products of a set of numbers multiplied in

46、some regular order; usually a table of the products of the first 10 or 12 integers multiplied,DR-LPT-heroine,heroine n. the principal female character in a literary or dramatic work,Detailed Reading,I identified with theheroineof the novel. The novelist makes his heroine commit suicide at the end of

47、 the book.,e.g.,DR-LPT-language was a source,Detailed Reading,“The language was a source of embarrassment.”,Paraphrase, The language caused me to feel self-conscious or ashamed of my racial origin.,DR-LPT-dissociate,Detailed Reading,disassociate vt. separate people or things in ones thoughts or feel

48、ings,e.g.,The teacher disassociated the two ideas. You cannot disassociate the Governments actions from the policies that underlie them.,Collocation,dissociate oneself from sb. or sth: say that one does not agree with or support sb. or sth.,DR-LPT-nag,Detailed Reading,nag v. scold or criticize conti

49、nuously; worry or hurt sb. persistently,She nagged at her child all day long. The problem had been nagging me for a long time. Everybody knows that hes got a nagging wife.,e.g.,DR-LPT-could outshout the best street.,Detailed Reading,“a fragile woman in her seventies who , could outshout the best str

50、eet vendor. Her humor was raunchy, her Chinese rhythmless and patternless.”,Paraphrase, She was able to speak loudly, even more loudly than the loudest of the street vendors. She was coarse, and her Chinese was without any rhythm or pattern or proper way of expression.,DR-LPT-raunchy,Detailed Readin

51、g,raunchy adj. coarse or obscene; having or showing a sexual desire,He seldom feels raunchy. That man often tells raunchy stories and cracks raunchy jokes.,e.g.,DR-LPT-it was not like.,“It was not like the quiet, lilting romance of French or the gentle refinement of the American South. Chinese sound

52、ed pedestrian. Public.”,Detailed Reading,Paraphrase, Her Chinese was quite different from the elegant and romantic French or the graceful, cultured sounds of the American South. Chinese sounded very dull, incapable of arousing imagination or inspiration. It sounded average and commonplace, without a

53、ny distinctive or noble characteristics.,DR-LPT-lilting romance,lilting romance: romance characterized by a light, lively or very cheerful rhythm; works of a literary genre with romantic love or highly imaginative unrealistic episodes forming the central theme, marked by a light sprightly rhythm,Det

54、ailed Reading,DR-LPT-pedestrians,pedestrian adj. dull, lacking imagination or inspiration; of or for pedestrians,Detailed Reading,e.g.,The text provides a pedestrian description of the events that were actually very exciting. Life in the rural areas can be pretty pedestrian. The highway is flanked b

55、y pedestrian walkways.,DR-LPT-chaotic,Detailed Reading,chaotic and frenzied: completely disorganized and wildly excited, agitated, or frantic; in a state of complete disorder or confusion and extreme excitement or wild activity,talking gibberish: talking nonsense; talking unintelligibly; engaging in

56、 unintelligible talks,DR-LPT-sweetly,Detailed Reading,sweetly adv. amiably, pleasantly; charmingly, attractively,e.g.,She smiles sweetly whenever she comes across her colleagues. She smiles and nods sweetly before she begins to talk.,DR-LPT-cluck,cluck vi. make a noise that a hen makes when calling

57、her chicks; express sth. by making a similar sound,Detailed Reading,The hen is clucking, while calling her chicks. Whenever she has made progress, her mother will cluck and say, You are a nice girl.,e.g.,DR-LPT-do well,Detailed Reading,do well: be successful or prosperous; be making a good recovery

58、from an illness,e.g.,The patient is doing pretty well after the operation. Mother and baby are doing well. (母子平安。),DR-LPT-doesnt she move her lips fast,Detailed Reading,My, doesnt she move her lips fast, they would say, meaning that Id be able to keep up with the world outside Chinatown.,Paraphrase,

59、My goodness, doesnt she speak English fast? they would say, meaning that I would be able to keep pace with the world outside Chinatown.,DR-LPT-fanatical,Detailed Reading,be fanatical about sth: be obsessively enthusiastic about sth.,e.g.,He was fanatical about tidiness. He is fanatical about keeping fit.,DR-LPT-He was especially hard on,“He was especially hard on my mother, criticizing her, often cruelly, for her pidgin speechsmatterings of Chinese scattered like chop suey in her conversation.”,Detailed Reading,Paraphrase, He treated my mother with severity, criticizing her