Unit 13 Christmas Day in the Morning 教学目的： 了解作者及其背景.doc

Unit 13 Christmas Day in the Morning 教学目的：了解作者及其背景知识； 熟悉本文使用的写作手法； 掌握比喻、头韵及委婉语等修辞手法； 通过深刻理解文章内涵，培养学生的关爱之心和相关的讨论能力，同时掌握文中的核心语言点。 教学内容1. 热身： 圣诞节 耶稣的诞生 2作者 教育与背景 主要著作 成就与贡献 3作品赏析 如何赏析文学作品 倒叙 扩展式讨论 4写作技巧 比喻 头韵 委婉语 5语言理解 长难句解析 核心词汇学习 6课堂讨论 7练与讲 教学重点1.背景文化: 赛珍珠及圣诞节； 2文学作品的赏析:倒叙; 3文学中的修辞手法头韵和委婉语. 教学方法结合实际吸收多种教学法的优点。 Picture Singing for Warming-up (10 minutes) Today, we will study Christmas Day in the Morning by Pear S. Buck. Lets first sing the song We Wish you a Merry Christmas. Do you like it? Do you like Christmas? Some people think a festival can best offer you a chance to express your love to those you love deeply. Do you agree? Background Information (40 minutes) I. About Pearl S. Buck Birthday: June 26, 1892 Parents: Absalom & Caroline Sydenstricker (Southern Presbyterian missionaries, stationed in China )Came to China: 3 months oldPeriod of stay in China: 40 yearsResidential area: Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province Reference 1 In 1915 she met a Cornell graduate, John Lossing Buck, who became her husband in 1917. They moved to South Xuzhou, Anhui province where she gathered the materials she would use in the Good Earth and other stories. Their marriage was unhappy but would last 18 years. Pearls first child proved to be retarded智力迟钝的，低能的, and Pearl herself underwent a hysterectomy子宫切除术. The couple later adopted a baby girl. II. Pearl and her family 1st husband: John Lossing Buck, a Cornell graduate Carol (first child): Profoundly retardedJanice: adopted child1st Marriage: unhappy but last 18 years2nd husband: Richard Walsh, a publisher III. Pearls life in 1920s In 1921, her mother died.In 1927, Nanking incident broke out which made her suffer a lot. She spent a terrified day in hiding, and was rescued by the American gunboat. The Bucks sailed to Japan for a year. IV. Pearls works East wind, West Wind The Good Earth Dragon Seed The Big Wave Satan Never SleepsEtc. V. Pearl and Her Prizes Pulitzer Prize and Howells Medal for The Good Earth Nobel Prize in Literature 1938 for The Good Earth VI. Pearls Special Contributions wIn 1942, Pearl and Richard founded the East and West Association, dedicated to cultural exchange and understanding between Asia and the West. wIn 1949, outraged that existing adoption services considered Asian and mixed-race children unadoptable, Pearl established Welcome House, the first international, inter-racial adoption agency; in the nearly five decades of its work, Welcome House has assisted in the placement of over five thousand children. wIn 1964, to provide support for Amerasian children who were not eligible for adoption, Pearl also established the Pearl S. Buck Foundation, which provides sponsorship funding for thousands of children in half-a-dozen Asian countries. Writing skills (30 minutes) . Simile and metaphor a direct comparison between two unlike elements “as, as.so, like” As cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. as cunning as a fox, as poor as a churchs mouse The world is like a stage. An indirect comparison. It implies the likeness between things without the use of like or as. Life is a highway. The world is a stage. Exercise: For secrets are edged tools,and must be kept from children and fools. No man is an island, entire of itself. IF poetry comes not as naturally as leaves to a tree, it had better not come at all. His friend has become a thorn in his side. A dance is a measured pace, as a verse is a measured speech. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. . Alliteration the same consonant sound is repeated at intervals in the initial position She sells sea-shells on the seashore. Wild Mushrooms: Mysterious-Menacing-Magnificent Predictably the winter will be snowy, sleety and slushy. Weak and weary Reference 2: the repetition of identical consonant sounds in different words in close proximity接近，邻近e.g. frothing and fragrant Slushy:溶雪的，泥泞的 . Euphemism The substitution of a mild or indirect word or phrase for a blunter or harsher one v ugly: plain-looking; homely-looking v die: to pass away, to depart, to go to sleep(heaven) v fat: Plump, stout, chubby, weight catcher v toilet habits, etc.: to urinate or to defecate to go to the bathroom to do ones business to answer natures call In-class discussion and presentation (40 minutes) 1.What is the writing technique here? 2.What is the theme of this text? 3.“Love alone could awaken love.” how do you understand the sentence? And “Love is like measles. Everyone has to go through it.”; “Love is blind.” 3. Do you agree that only love can awaken love? What is the essence of true love? Give your reasons. 4. Is love the solution to all the problems in the world today? Comment. Text Appreciation (50 minutes) I. How to appreciate literature (20 minutes) Plot of the story: Setting of the story: Protagonist v.s. Antagonists: Drama of the story lies in:Writing technique: (Have you ever read a story using the similar technique?) Theme of the story:II . Flashback (10 minutes) The story contains flashbacks. Please notice the points where the time setting is shifted. III Further discussion (20 minutes) Love alone could waken love. Do you agree? Faults are thick where love is thin. Love and cough cannot be hid. Love at first sight. Love cannot be forced. Love is blind. Love is neither bought nor sold. Love is the mother of love. Love lives in cottages as well as in courts. No herb will cure love. One love drive out another. Love me, love my dog. Language Understanding I. Sentence Paraphrase (30 minutes) 1. Strange how the habits of his youth clung to him still!(P.1)It was strange how up to that moment he had continued doing things the way he had always done them from boyhood.2. He slipped back in time, as he did so easily nowadays.He had recently got into the habit of recalling things in the past /of reminiscing/ of letting his thoughts go back to the old days. 3. He had never thought of it before, taking for granted the tie of their blood.He had never thought of the fact that his father loved him because he took the relationship of father and son as a matter of course. He had never given this another thought.4.there would be no more loitering in the mornings and having to be called again.he would never loiter in the morning and need no longer to be called again and again.to loiter: to move or go about business slowly and with many stops 5. stumbling blind with sleep and pulled on his clothes.When he got up, it was still very dark and he was still very sleepy. He could hardly open his eyes and could not see or think clearly, so he walked or moved unsteadily and blindly.6. Then Jesus had been born in a barn, bring their Christmas gifts.Bible:And when they had come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts: gold and frankincense, and myrrh7. he got up and crept downstairs, careful of the creaky boardsHe had to be careful so that the boards would not make any noise and wake up his father, thus spoiling his plan. Word study Game: Use your body language to express the following phrases:dash into the room, steal into the room, to burst into the room, to sneak into the room, to tiptoe into the room, to sail into the room, to break into the room, to dance out of the room, to stagger out of the room, to fly out of the room, to crawl out of the room, to slip out of the room, to creep downstairs, to make her way towards the door, to bow her way out of the room, to shoulder her way through the crowd, to worm his way into the organization, to beg her way back home, to inch his way up the mountain1. bar: often passive v. 1) to close with a bar to bar the door2) to make safe by putting metal bats across it.The windows are barred.3) to stop going in a certain directionHe stood in the door and barred my way.4) n. barrister, the profession of lawyerbehind the bar; go to the barbolt v. to close the door with a bolt 闩门， 栓住2. burst:His heart was bursting with love.（shyness and pride)1) (to be filled ) to the breaking point (with a substance or usually pleasant things)The bag is bursting with potatoes.He is bursting with health.The hall was bursting with people.The barns were bursting with grain.3. cling to sth/an idea/the hopeHis mothers last words clung to his memory.The wet clothes clung to his body.The child clung onto its mother.4. chore n. Milking for once was not a chore.do ones daily choresdo odd choresdomestic choresFeeding the chickens and milking the cows were Johns chores on the farm.5. creep: to move slowly and quietly with the body close to the ground (usu. stealthily)creep into the barn; crept downstairs; creeping up to where the star had beena creeping plantcreep on all foursThe hours crept by.We took off our shoes and crept cautiously along the passage.crawl: to move slowly with the body close to the ground/floor, or on the hands and kneescrawl about on all foursThey crawled into their beds to get warm.She crawled across the pool in record time.6. grant1). to give what is wanted/requested准许，授予They were granting a holiday for their achievement2). to admit to the truth of sth.I had to grant him the reasonableness of his argument.7. loiter: to move on /about with frequent stopsloiter the whole afternoonloiter along the streetloiter over a jobYou should not loiter your time away. 8. stable n.Lock the stable door after the horse is stolen.贼走关门。a. stable currencya stable economyPrice has been stabilized.Slow and steady wins the race. 慢而稳事必成。9. slip v. (He slipped back in time.)Time is slipping away.The patients energy is slipping away.Your work has been slipping back recently, you must make more effort.Never let a good chance to slip by!He slipped in unnoticed.Mary couldnt bear the party, so she slipped off while no one was looking.I didnt mean to tell you his name, it just slipped out.She gave them a peek and slipped out of the room.n. a slip of paper a slip of the tongue/penTheres many a slip between the cup and the lip.10. strike v.A thought struck him like a silver dagger.He must have waked twenty times, striking a match each time to look at his old watch.Many students were struck down by the epidemic.His heart struck heavily as he thought of the coming interview.The tree had been struck by lightning.The idea at first struck me as stupid, but now I think it is a good one.11. stumble: vi.The tired old man stumbled along.She stumbled on the stairs and fell forward to the bottom.While in the country, she stumbled upon some fine antiques.The officials stumbled repeatedly in carrying out the new program.She stumbled at/over the long word.( to stop or make a mistake when you are reading to people or speaking over/at/through)12.shimmer: to shine with a soft trembling light 闪烁，发出柔和的微光The water shimmered in the moonlight.13.beam:1).of the sun or other shining objects to send out light (and heat)The sun beamed through the cloud.2).to smile brightly and happilyThe new father beamed with pleasure when he saw the baby for the first time.14.glimmer: to give a very fait unsteady light闪烁不定的微光The faint light glimmered at the end of the passage.gleam: 1).to give out a bright lightThe furniture gleamed after being polished.2).(of a felling) to be expressed with a sudden light in the eyesAmusement gleamed in his eyes.15. feel for 摸索着寻找，同情，体谅His father was standing beside his bed, feeling for himHe felt in his pocket for a penny.I felt for my purse and found it gone.He felt along the wall for the door.I feel for him in his sorrow.We feel keenly for you.16. get by: