精读3 unit2How Reading Changed My Life.pptx

HowReadingChangedMyLife AnnaQuindlen Tasks BackgroundGeneralunderstandingDetailedunderstanding wordsandexpressions difficultsentences grammarWritingtechniquesFurtherdiscussionWritingtaskandexercises Background VictorianEnglishThisreferstotheperiodbetween1837 1901whenQueenVictoriaruledBritain Theterm Victorian thestyleofbuildingsandfurnitureoftheperiod thestrictmoralattitudetowardsex MiddlemarchThemasterpieceoftheBritishwomanwriterGeorgeEliot 1819 1880 乔治 艾略特 ALittlePrincessByFrancesHodgsonBurnett 1849 1924 伯内特 anEnglishplaywrightandauthor AnnaKarenina 安妮 卡列尼娜 BytheRussianwriterLeoTolstoy 1828 1910 托尔斯泰 ATaleofTwoCitiesByCharlesDickens 1812 1870 anEnglishwriterandsocialcriticofVictorianperiod GonewiththeWind 飘 ByMargaretMitchell 1900 1949 玛格丽特 米切尔 Americanwriter Rebecca 蝴蝶梦 ByBritishWriter DaphneduMaurier 1907 1990 达夫妮 杜 穆里埃 JaneEyreByCharlotteBronte 1819 1855 oneofthethreeBrontesisterswhowrotesomeofthefamousnovelsinallofBritishliteratureWutheringHeights 呼啸山庄 byEmilyBronteAgnesGrey 阿格尼斯 格雷 byAnneBronte AnneofGreenGables 绿山墙的安妮 byCanadianwriter L M Montgomery 1874 1942 露西 莫德 蒙哥马利 HeidiBySwisswriter JohannaSpyri约翰娜 施皮里 TheGreatGatsby 了不起的盖茨比 ByAmericanwriter F ScottFitzgerald佛兰西斯 史考特 基 费兹杰罗 RobinsonCrusoebyBritishwriterDanielDefoe 1660 1730 Moby Dick 白鲸 ByAmericanwriterHermanMelville 1819 1891 赫尔曼 麦尔维尔PrideandPrejudiceByBritishwriterJaneAusten 1775 1817 ToKillaMockingbird 杀死一只知更鸟 ByAmericanwriterHarperLee GeneralUnderstanding Whydoestheauthorread Howhasreadingchangedherlife Howdoesshecommentonpeople sreadinginheradulthood Outline IgrewupinaquietneighborhoodwhereIdevelopedthehabitofreadingasasmallchild Para 1 Myexperiencesasanavidreaderintwoperiods Para 2 15 A Anavidreaderinchildhoodandadolescence Para 2 9 1 Iwanderedtheworldandlearnedaboutpeoplethroughbooks Para 2 4 2 Ipreferredtoreadingtoplayingoutsidedoorswithpeers Para 5 6 3 Thoughbooks Ilearnedaboutmyself mywishesandmydreams Para 7 8 4 IreadbecauseIloveditmorethananythingelseintheworld Para 9 B Remaininganavidreaderinadulthoodinanunfavorableenvironment Para 10 15 1 Itisbelievedthatreadingshouldserveausefulpurposeandaimlessreadingisdiscouraged Para 10 11 2 ReadingisbeingreplacedbyTVandthemovies Para 12 13 3 Thereadingpopulationhasbecomeaminoritygroup Para 14 15 3 Despitethedeclineofreading therearestillbookwormslikemeamongordinarypeople Para 16 18 DETAILEDREADING GuessinginthecontextDifficultsentencesWritingtechniquesGrammar Guessingthemeaningsaccordingtothecontext someoftheothergirlsatmytablewereperplexedbythesourceofthequotationandwhatitmeant Onepoemcommittedtomemoryingradeschoolsurvivesinmymind Whilewepaylipservicetothevirtuesofreading thetruthisthatthereisstillinourculturesomethingthatsuspectsthosewhoreadtoomuch whateverreadingtoomuchmeans ofbeinglazy aimlessdreamers peoplewhoneedtogrowupandcomeoutsidetowherelifeis whothinkthemselvessuperiorintheirseparateness Formanyjournalists readinginthelatterhalfofthetwentiethcenturywasmostoftencouchedasaseriesofproblemstobeaddressed Thiswasalwayscouchedintermsoftaste WearethepeoplewhosawtoitthatPrideandPrejudiceneverwentoutofprint DifficultSentences BythetimeIbecameanadult Irealizedthatwhilemysatisfactioninthesheeractofreadinghadnotabatedintheleast theworldwasoftenashostile orasblind tothatjoyashadbeenmygirlfriendbangingonourscreendoor beggingmetoputdownthebook Para 10 Itwasstillintheequivalentoftheclubchairsthatwefoundoneanother atthecountersonthebookstoreswithourarmsfull atthefrontdesksinlibraries atschool whereteachersintroducedustooneanother Para 16 Therealsoarose asIwasgrowingup akindofcareerismintheUnitedStatesthatsanctionedreadingonlyiftherewassomepointtoit Para 12 WhereasanexecutivemightlearnfarmorefromMoby Dick thebookhewasexpectedtohavereadmightbeTheSevenHabitsofHighlySuccessfulPeople Para 12 Themoviesconsumedsolargeapartoftheleisureofthecountrythatlittletimeisleftforotherthings Para 14 WritingTechnique Alliteration Alliterationistherepetitionofinitialconsonantsoundsintwoormoreneighboringwordsorsyllables Alsoknownas initialrhyme Examples PeterPiperpickedapeckofpickledpeppers ThewildwindsofwinterHaleandhearty Grammar If ifonly ifnot onlyif whatififonly usedtosaythatyouwishsthwastrueorthatsthhadhappenedonlyif usedtostatetheonlysituationinwhichsthcanhappenifnot usedtointroduceanevenstrongeralternativetowhathasjustbeensaidwhatif usedtoaskaboutsththatcouldhappeninthefutureThe