精读4Unit2SpringSowing配套课件

1、 spring sowingliam oflahertyr einforcementt ext analysisspring sowingb ackgroundw arming upunit 2questions / activitiescheck-on previewobjectiveswbtrspring sowingunit 2warming upwarming upquestions / activities what would you do in a typical spring morning? what hopes and worries do you have about y

2、our future life? what do you know about farming? do you know how spring sowing is done in our country? wbtrcheck-on preview give the definition of the underlined words and phrases. 1. outside, cocks were crowing and a white streak was rising from the ground, as it were, and beginning to scatter the

3、darkness.2. they ate in silence, sleepy and yet on fire with excitement3. he swore and said that a man would be better off dead than4. and driving out every other desire but that of asserting his manhood5. she looked at martin wearily and it seem to her wbtrwarming upobjectives understand the struct

4、ure and the general idea of the story think about how to interpret the story know something about the symbols solve your own questions about the storywbtrwarming upbackgroundgenreauthorbwtrspring sowingunit 2backgroundauthorliam oflaherty 1896 1984uwas born in 1896 in a remote village in ireland. hi

5、s family were not well off. the irish language was widely spoken in the area, and in the oflaherty household both english and irish were used.uleft school in 1917 and joined the irish guards .he served on the western front, where he was injured, and it is possible that the shell shock he suffered ma

6、y have been responsible for the mental illness which became apparent in 1933.his lifebwtrbackgroundauthoruirish novelist and short-story writer whose works combine brutal naturalism, psychological analysis, poetry, and biting satire with an abiding respect for the courage and persistence of the iris

7、h people.umajor works include: thy neighbours wife (1924) thought to be one of his best. the informer (1925) for which he had been awarded the 1925 james tait black memorial prize for fiction. famine (1937)his worksbwtrbackgrounduwas a significant irish novelist and short story writer and was consid

8、ered to be a leading figure in the irish literary renaissance.authorhis influencebwtrbackgroundgenrea short story plot: a young couples first day of spring sowing irish village setting: in spring agricultural society (why?) theme of the story: what do you think?bwtrdetailedanalysisstructurethemespri

9、ng sowingunit 2text analysistwbrtext analysisthemetry to interpret the symbolized meaning: spring early in the morning newly married first day of sowingtwbrtext analysisstructurepart i (paras. 1-3): introduction.part ii (paras. 4-8): preparation.part iii (paras. 9-14): in the morning.part iv (paras.

10、 15-18): at noon.part v (paras. 19-35): in the afternoon.twbrtext analysisdetailed analysistwbrtext analysisdetailed analysismain ideasentence paraphrasewords & expressionsexercisei ii iii iv vtwbrpart 1: introduction1-3text analysistext analysisdetailed analysispart i: main idea please search f

11、or words and expressions in the text which may help you describe: (1) martin (2) mary, and (3) the life they were living at the time living conditions relationshiptext analysisdetailed analysispart i: main idea how does the author describe the couples feeling about the spring sowing? how do you unde

12、rstand such a mixed feeling? symbolic meanings early hour in the morning spring sowingtext analysisdetailed analysispart i: words & expressions- compare the following words and give the definition to each word: gleam: glow: glimmer: glisten:text analysisdetailed analysispart i: exercisestranslat

13、ing or paraphrasing: scatter, rake out, hateful, freckled, fair, on fire with, glamour, open up the earth, imminence, dejected, shrewd, be fixed on, worthy, the head of a family part 2: preparationtext analysistext analysisdetailed analysispart ii: main idea did martin feel confident in himself? and

14、 was he eager to start the sowing? please find evidence in the text. what kind of a role was mary playing here? what did they aim to achieve for the day?text analysisdetailed analysispart ii: words & expressions translating or paraphrasing: cross, tremor, at this rate, rawhide shoes, hamlet, sou

15、l, crack, cluster of cabins, throbbing hearts, a patch of, a heap of, be manured with, striped, seize, boastfultext analysisdetailed analysispart ii: exercises rest: to place, put; to base or ground: 我的结论是建立在那个事实上的。 她把胳臂肘放在桌子上。 take hold (of): to overpower (sb.) 她感到一阵莫名的激动占据了自己。 他决心不再让疾病重新翻身。 part 3

16、: in the morningtext analysistext analysisdetailed analysispart iii: main idea why did mary put an arm round martins waist and how did martin react to this? what did the earth mean to martin? what did he do to prove himself a worthy husband? was he exceptional among the men in the village?text analy

17、sisdetailed analysispart iii: main idea notice the words used by the author to describe the mans actions: advance, commence, spit on palms, spoke rapidly, eyes fixed on, assert manhood, subjugate, worked furiously, whirl, beat the sods what was mary thinking of while gazing distantly at the ground?

18、why did she suddenly become afraid of the earth? text analysisdetailed analysispart iii: words & expressions- compare the following words and give the definition to each word: edge: verge: rim: brim: border: text analysisdetailed analysispart iii: words & expressions- translating or paraphra

19、sing:ridge, a strip of, advance, commence,numb with, empty-headed, assert, subjugate, turn up, furrowed brows,henceforth, till the earth, be dotted with, ferociously, cock text analysisdetailed analysispart iii: exercises - translate the following sentences with the appropriate words or phrases: tak

20、e for, draw back, be chained to, secure 他们把我们当成日本人了。 他生起火以后狼群稍稍后退了些，但不久它们 又变得大胆并开始向他寸寸逼进。 今天的妇女不再甘于被束缚在厨房中。 你能为我弄到两张音乐会的好票吗？part 4: at noontext analysistext analysisdetailed analysispart iv: main idea how did martin enjoy the lunch break? why did mary lose her appetite? why was she depressed and why

21、 did she become joyful again? what did they have in mind while sitting there still, looking away into the distance, hand in hand?text analysisdetailed analysispart iv: words & expressions- translating or paraphrasing:draught, wistfully, munch, keep blowing at, rim, blind, eat heartily, revel in,

22、 look into the distancetext analysisdetailed analysispart iv: exercises - translate the following sentences with the appropriate words or phrases: rob of, overpower他感到本应属于自己的快乐被剥夺了。 所有的游客都为优美的风景所倾倒。part 5: in the afternoon (end)text analysistext analysisdetailed analysispart v: main ideawhat did mar

23、tin and mary accomplish by the end of the days sowing?what did martin think of the days work?how will you explain the flash of rebellion and the delicious feeling of comfort that mary had in mind? what was she thinking while following martin on their way home?text analysisdetailed analysispart v: wo

24、rds & expressions- translating or paraphrasing:carry a long way, wearily, momentary, cross ones mind, delicious feeling, bend backs, get twisted with, lowingtext analysisdetailed analysispart v: exercises - translate the following sentences with the appropriate words or phrases: straighten, a fl

25、ash of 把肩膀挺直。 把你的房间整理一下。 板起面孔。“jack告诉你什么了？”她突然生气地问道。text analysisdetailed analysispart v: exercisesgo through the descriptions of the hard toil that martin and mary experienced in the field and fill in the blanks. back and wrists were getting _;her neck would _; in the _ movement of their bodies; the