AMothersPlace学习课程

1、Discuss1.What roles do mothers play in the family?2.What will you do after you quarrel with your mother?第1页/共33页第一页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。Donna Gamache , was born inMinnedosa(明尼多萨), Manitoba(马尼托巴) in 1994 and she is a writer and teacher from Macgregor(马格雷戈). She received a bachelor(学士) of Arts degree form t

2、he University of Manitoba. She has taught language arts and social studies fulltime at thesecondary level and has worked as an elementary and secondary substitute(代替) teacher.第2页/共33页第二页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。She specializes in fiction, especially for children. She has published a book for children,Spruce W

3、oods Adventure(云杉森林历险记), as well as many short stories for both children and adults. Her poetry has been printed in Prairie Messenger, Western People and Our Family, and has won honorable mentions in the CAA poetry contest.第3页/共33页第三页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。AWARDS Manitoba Winner, Canadian Authors Associatio

4、n Millennium Anthology, 1999.First Prize, Winners Circle fiction contest, Canadian Authors Association, 1999.Second Prize, Canadian Authors Association (Manitoba) non-fiction contest, 1994.Donna has also received honorable mention in several Canadian Authors Association (Manitoba) short story and po

5、etry contests and two Toronto Sunday Star fiction contests.第4页/共33页第四页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。 A mother named Dorothy feels that she is getting old and doubts her place in the family. She thinks that she was redundant in the house, Dorothy decides to leave but her son and daughter-in-law convinces her that s

6、he is welcomed and needed.第5页/共33页第五页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。Organization第6页/共33页第六页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。Text Comprehension1.Text Analysis and main idea Part one:para1-para2 Moms mood Part two:para3-para18 Moms solution for the argument Part three:para19-para33 Sons solution for the argument Part four:para34-para3

7、7 Breaking the ice第7页/共33页第七页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。Text comprehension2.Question How did Dorothy feel about herself at the beginning of the story? Why did Dorothy think herself redundant(多余的）? Can you give me some example? After reading what do you think of Tims way of solving the problem?第8页/共33页第八页，编辑于星期五

8、：九点 十七分。Answer 1.She felt herself old and lonely 2.1Jenny did every housework 2she noticed Jennys glance in the direction of her own bed-room 3the kitchen is too small for two men all the time第9页/共33页第九页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。Important sentences&Language notes第10页/共33页第十页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。1. The rain still

9、 fell in a silent gray sheet when Dorothy opened her bedroom curtains to peer outside. (P1,L1) Sheet : a large moving mass of fire and water. Rain in a sheet/in sheets =rain heavily Peer: look closely or carefully at sth. eg. 她从帘子后面凝视着邻居们。 She peered at the neighbors from behind the curtain. 第11页/共3

10、3页第十一页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。 2. And usually she acted younger than her years, if anything.(P2,L3) If anything : if there is any difference 如果有什么不同的话 (如果有什么不同的话,就是从她平日里的举止行动看不出她的实际年龄。) eg.如果有区别的话，我新的工作比以前的更差。 If anything, my new job is worse than my old one .第12页/共33页第十二页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。3. She neednt bother

11、to drive the tractor anymore. (P2,L6) Bother to do 费心去做 eg.很多人如今不费心举办婚礼了。 Lots of people dont bother to go through a marriage ceremony these days.第13页/共33页第十三页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。4. Shed known it last night, of course, after the blow up with Jenny, Tims wife. (P3,L2) Blow up with sb. : be angry with sb.

12、(当然，昨晚与蒂姆的妻子詹妮吵架之后，她就已经知道是为什么了。)5. Dorothy argued that the closest garden patch needed fallowing. （P4，L3） Patch:(尤指种菜用的)小块土地 Fallowing:n. 休耕制；休闲地 (多萝西认为，屋子旁边的那块园地应该空着 。)第14页/共33页第十四页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。 6.Dorothy stumped off to bed at 8.30 p.m., feeling old and lonely, and missing Steve as she hadnt miss

13、ed him for a long time.（P4，L4） Stump off : walk in a noisy, heavy way, especially because you are angry. 脚步笨重，沉重 As ： as if 虚拟语气 (于是多萝西晚上八点半就气冲冲地上床了，感到苍老无力，孤立无助，从来没有这么想念过史蒂夫。) 第15页/共33页第十五页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。7. Tim and Jennys baby was due in two months, and last week Jenny stopped working at the potato

14、plant. （P10，L1） Be due in/on ：在到期;预期 eg.结果预期于月底揭晓。 The results are due at the end of the month. Potato plant : n. potato factory ( 蒂姆和詹妮的孩子还有两个月就要出世了。上个星期，詹妮辞去了土豆加工厂的工作。) 第16页/共33页第十六页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。8. Not that anything had been said to that effect.(P13,L1) To that/this effect : 说了话，表达了意思 with that/

15、this meaning or information.eg.他话里带着叫我出去的意思。 He told me to get out, or words to that effect. （引申为：事情还没到那个地步。）第17页/共33页第十七页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。Understanding Vocabulary Drought draut n. lack of rain Downpour daunp: n. heavy fall of rain Relinquish rilikwi v. give up 放弃；让渡 Redundant ridndnt not needed Recon

16、vert ,ri:knv:t vt. convert back Bending bendi stooping 屈服第18页/共33页第十八页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。Have A Break !第19页/共33页第十九页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。 9.A few yards away ,the lilacs hung heavy in the rain. 几码远处，丁香花在雨里沉甸甸的挂在枝上。 Yard : n.院子；庭院 n.码(长度单位) lilac : n. 紫丁香花 lalk 10. Tim made a dash for the house ,splashing throu

17、gh large puddles as he ran. 蒂姆正往房子这边跑过来，身后边溅起大滩的雨水。 dash 猛冲 d puddle 积水pdl splash 溅起 spl第20页/共33页第二十页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。.11.shed have her say first 她要掌握发言权。 have ones say 表示意见12.though her mind was churning when she went to bed . 尽管去睡觉时她心里还难过着。 churn tn 翻腾13. Dorothy closed her mouth, the wind gone from

18、 her sails for a moment. 多萝西闭着嘴，好象帆一时没了风一样，不知道说什么好了。 第21页/共33页第二十一页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。 14.Around here ,I wont be needed anymore. More than that . In this house ,Im in the way. 家里没人需要我了。不止如此，在这座房子里，我碍手碍脚了。” in the way 在路上； 挡道的 15. and a life of your own without your mother always looking over your should

19、er. 你们过自己的生活，不用我整天在后面盯着你们 Be looking over your shoulder 小心提防 16. He looked so much like Steve when he set his chin in that determined way. 他看上去真象史蒂夫，那样坚毅地昂着下巴。第22页/共33页第二十二页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。Understanding Vocabulary Pasture 牧场 Poplar 白杨 Creek 小溪 grunt 喃喃道 grove 小树林 trailer 车拖活动住屋 Moisture 水分第23页/共33页第二

20、十三页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。Character Through the whole story, we can have a clear plot about the figures in the article. Now let us discuss the characters of the whole story.第24页/共33页第二十四页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。Character This article has three people :mother , son and sons wife. The hero is the son and the heroine is the mother. Different descriptions show the figures character.第25页/共33页第二十五页，编辑于星期五：九点 十七分。Reason The background The mothers thoughts The attitude of her sons wife The communication between mother and son第26页/共33页第二十六页，编辑于星期五：九