why I Want a Wife 综合英语

.,Unit4WhyIWantAWife,JudySyfers,.,WhydoesamanwanttohaveaWIFE?Because,W,-Washing,I,F,E,-Ironing,-Food,-Entertainment,.,Awifesstatus,Thehusband,intheacceptedroleasheadofthehousehold,givesmoraldirectiontohiswifeandchildren-whositobedientlylistening.,Ahusbandinstructshisobedientfamily,.,ChineseWomensYesterday,toobeyherfatherbeforemarriage未嫁从父toobeyherhusbandaftermarriage既嫁从夫toobeyhersonafterthedeathofherhusband夫死从子,Morality妇德properspeech妇言modestmanner妇容diligentneedlework妇功,“ThreeObeys”三从,“FourVirtues”四德,.,BackgroundInformation,JudySyfers,bornin1937inSanFrancisco,isafeminist(女权运动者),politicalandenvironmentalactivist,andafreelancewriter(自由作家).InAugust1970,JudySyfersstoodbeforeacrowdgatheredinSanFranciscoandreadanessayshewroteentitled“whyIwantawife”.Thecrowdwasgatheredtocele-bratethe50thanniversaryofthe19thamendment(修正案),givingwomentherighttovote.,.,Judywasheckled(诘问)bymenintheaudience,buttheessayhadanimmediateimpactinstrengtheningfeministmovement.ItwaspublishedintheMS.magazinein1971.Todayitiswidelycirculatedallovertheworldasaclassicexampleoffeministhumorandsatirical(讽刺的)prose.,JudySyfersandWhyIwantawife,.,TextComprehension,Istheauthoramanorawoman?Whatcausedhertohavetheideaof“havingawife”?Whatarethedutiesandresponsibilitiesofawife,accordingtotheessay?Howaboutawifesstatusinthefamily?Howmanyquestionsdoestheauthorask?Andthefunctions?,.,Textanalysis,Thewriterusesasimple,straightforwardstyle.Bymentioningherencounterwithamalefriendofhers“freshfromarecentdivorce,”sheintroduceshermajorpropositionwifesdutiesandresponsibilitiesforherhusbandwithtrivialthingsfromdailylifetosupportargument.Theessayendswithacrisp,one-sentencerhetoricalquestion.,Awifeshouldersvariousresponsibilitiesbutisunfairlytreated.,Thethesisstatement:,.,StructureAnalysis,Paragraph(s),Mainidea,para.1-2,introducesheridentityandstartsherbittersatireonthosemendesiringforawifewhofitsinwiththeirnotionsbypretendingthatshewouldliketohaveawifewithallpossiblevirtues.,para.3-7,awifesdutiesandresponsibilitiesaccordingtothemostmensidealnotionsforawife.,para.8-9,awifesstatusinafamily.,Restatetopic:whydoIwantawife?,para.10,.,Rhetoricalfeatures,inpoetry,literatureandrhetoric,thereareseveralkindsofrepetitionwherewordsorcertainphrasesarerepeatedforastrongeremphasisbytheauthor.,Repetition,.,WhyIwantaWife,1Ibelongtothatclassificationofpeopleknownaswives.IamAWife.And,notaltogetherincidentally,Iamamother.,Paraphrase:Ibelongtothegroupofpeopleclassifiedaswives.Myidentityisawife.,1.Ibelongtothatclassificationofpeopleknownaswives.IamAWife.,.,LanguagePoints,2.Incidentallyadv.(1).bytheway:addingmoreinformationImustgonow,incidentally,canyoulookaftermydog?(2).happeninginawaythatwasnotplanned,butasaresultofsth.elseQuiteincidentally,Igotsomeinformationattheparty.,.,2Nottoolongagoamalefriendofmineappearedonthescenefreshfromarecentdivorce.Hehadonechild,whois,ofcourse,withhisex-wife.Heislookingforanotherwife.AsIthoughtabouthimwhileIwasironingoneevening,itsuddenlyoccurredtomethatItoo,wouldliketohaveawife.WhydoIwantawife?,.,Onthescenecome/beonthescene:toarrive/tobethere.e.g.Icalledthepoliceandtheywereonthescenewithinminutes.2.Freshfromarecentdivorce:justdivorcewithhiswifenotlongago.freshfrom:tohavejustcomefromaparticularplace;tohavejusthadaparticularexperience.e.g.Theyoungpeoplefreshfromschoolmainlyconstitutethecompany.,.,3.ex-:former(andstillliving)Ex-wife,ex-boyfriend,ex-president,ex-minister.4.Itoccurredtosb.that/somethingoccurtosomebody:somethingsuddenlyappearinonesmind.e.g.Itoccurredtomethatweshouldsticktoourprinciple.e.g.Thiskindofthoughtneveroccurredtome.,.,Homework,ExercisesP442.writing:writeacompositionofabout350wordsonthefollowingtopic:Iwantahusband.,WhydoesawomanwanttohaveaHUSBAND?BecauseH-HousingU-UnderstandingS-SharingB-BuyingA-andN-NeverD-Demanding,.,Thanksforyourwatching!,.,“WhyIWantAWife?”,Buddhasaid:”Humanslifetimeistoonlyfindroots.”Whatisroot”?Ithink:theformofrootishome.WhenIwasyoung,homeiswheremymotherstay;aftergrowup,someday,butsuddenlyfeelmyselfisonlyatramp-onethatcantownhisbelovedperson,nothavehome,onlyhavehometown.So,Iwanttohaveawife,becauseIwanttohaveahome,onewithwarm.,佛说：“人的一生只为寻根。“何谓根？我觉得：根是形式就是家。小时候，家是母亲在的地方；长大后的某天，却突然觉得自己只是一个流浪者一个不能有爱的人陪伴的人，谈不上有家，唯有故乡而已！所以，我想有个妻子，因为我想有个家，温暖的家。,.,“WhyIWantAWife?”,Love,isthesourceofallthepower.Thesuccess=health+familyharmony+successinbusiness.Historyshowsthatasuccessfulmancannotleavethewoman.Onefamouspersonsaid:”theperfectfamilyisthefoundationofsuccess;marryingagoodwifeisbenefittoyourwealth.”Allmylife,Iwanttohaveawife.,.,“WhyIWantAWife?”,Peopleisalwaysescapingsadnessandpursinghappiness.“Theheartofeverybodywasbornlonelyandincomplete”so,everyoneneedstheotherhalf,twohearts,twopeopleknowandmutuallycherisheachother.Inthisworld,parents,brotherscouldbealwayswithyou,thepersonwhoisalwaysaccompanyingyouandhandin