现代大学英语精读第二版book3unit8

1、In My DayRussell BakerR einforcementT ext AnalysisIn My DayB ackgroundW arming upUnit 8Questions/ActivitiesCheck-on PreviewObjectivesIn My DayUnit 8Warming up What is the meaning of the title? Who tend to use the expression very often? Why do they often say this?1. The TitleNever trust anyone over t

2、hirty!Warming upQuestions/Activities2. Generation Gapthe 50sthe 60sthe 70s & 80sthe 90sRock and roll, Beatniks PunkCountercultureHip-hop Warming upQuestions/Activities Every generation has its own youth culture, which contributes to the generation gap. Match the following items.1. Definition: fi

3、erce (para. 10) advise (para. 18) lecture (para. 46) inadequate (para. 46)2. Paraphrasing: Life was combat, and victory was not to the lazy, the timid, the drugstore cowboy, the mush-mouth afraid to tell people exactly what was on his mind. (para.15)Check-on PreviewWarming up3. Structure: Part I: (p

4、aras. 1-_) Description of _ Part II: (paras. _-15) Russells recollection of his mothers personality Part III: (paras. 16-_) The doctors _and Russells _ of mothers illness Part IV: (paras. _-45) _ Part V: (paras. 46-end) Russells consideration of _Check-on PreviewWarming up1. Content to understand th

5、e problem of aging to understand the problem of generation and ways to solve it to relate the problem to personal and social experience2. Language to appreciate the use of humor to draw inferences to read between the lines for gistObjectivesWarming upBackgroundBookAuthorIn My DayUnit 8 A columnist f

6、or The New York Times, where he applies his unique brand of humor to social commentary. The present text is taken from Russell Bakers autobiography, Growing Up, which won him the second Pulitzer Prize in 1983. With a moving mix of humor and sadness, Baker insightfully recounts the struggles the fami

7、ly endured in depression-era after his father passed away (when Baker was only 5). BackgroundAuthorRussell Baker The books greatest achievement is Bakers portrayal of his mother, a driven woman haunted by poverty and dreams of her sons success. “I would make something of myself,” he wrote, “and if I

8、 lacked the grit to do it, well then she would make me make something of myself.” The Los Angeles Times Book Review called Growing Up, “a wondrous book, funny, sad, and strong.as funny and touching as Mark Twains.”BackgroundBookDetailedAnalysisStructureThemeIn My DayUnit 8Text Analysisunable to unde

9、rstand his own childrendisconnectionbetween parents & childrengeneration gap; causes and solutionsunable tounderstandhis mothermothers problemsText AnalysisThemeWhat is the text about? What issues are reflected? Text AnalysisThemeText AnalysisStructure Description of how his mothers mind began t

10、o wander after she had her last bad fall and was confined to bedPart I(paras. 1-9) Russells recollection of his mothers personalityPart II (paras. 10-15) The doctors diagnosis and Russells understanding of his mothers illnessPart III (paras. 16-38) Russells confession of knowing too little about his

11、 mother and her feelingsPart IV (paras. 39-45) Russells consideration of the disconnection between children and parents Part V (paras. 46-end) DETAILED ANALYSISPart I (paras. 1-9)Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Discussion1. Russell says, “At the age of eighty my mother had her last bad fall” W

12、hat inferences can you draw from this sentence? 2. What was his mothers state of mind after her last bad fall?3. Russell says, “when I did phone back she was all right, although she wasnt all right, of course” He uses the phrase “all right” twice. Do they mean the same?4. Russells mother stayed in a

13、 nursing home. What is a nursing home? 5. Do you think it is a good idea for children to send their aged parents to this kind of institutions? Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Words & Expressions (1) On others she presided over family dinners cooked on Sunday afternoons for children who wer

14、e now gray with age. (para. 1) preside over/at: be the chairman (at); sit at the head of the table (at a formal dinner) with: because of Text AnalysisDetailed Analysis“Im being buried today,” she declared briskly, as though announcing an important social event. (para. 8) Explain the use of the prese

15、nt continuous tense Explain the meaning of “social event” More examples with “social”brisk They set off at a brisk pace. Business is always brisk during the holiday season. Put on your sweater, its brisk out.Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Words & Expressions (2)DETAILED ANALYSISPart II (p

16、aras. 10-15)Text AnalysisDetailed Analysis1. What kind of woman was Russells mother when she wasyoung? Give a profile of her.appearance characterText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Discussion2. In what way did Russells mothers ways reflect the values of the time she lived in?Text AnalysisDetailed

17、 Analysis “I tell people exactly whats on my mind,” she had been fond of boasting (para. 11) “If they dont like it, thats too bad,” was her customary reply, “because thats the way I am.” (para. 13) Was she apologetic?Part II: Discussion3. Point out the humorous touches in this part of the text.4. Po

18、int out the use of a pun in the following sentence: One Thanksgivingshe tripped on the stairs and tumbled down, ending at the bottom in the debris of giblets, hot gravy, and battered turkey. (para. 15)Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: DiscussionPart II: Words & ExpressionsShe had always bee

19、n a small womanshort, light-boned, delicately structured(para. 10)delicate delicate skin, delicate health delicate child delicate situation, delicate operation delicate perfume Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Words & Expressions“Its not always good policy to tell people exactly whats on y

20、our mind,” I used to caution her. (para. 12)policy Under the circumstances, silence has always been his policy. Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisDETAILED ANALYSISPart III (paras. 16-38)Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart III: Discussion1. As Russell sat by his mothers bed, seeing her present state, his

21、impulse was to argue her back to reality, why?2. What was the doctors diagnosis of his mothers illness? Did Russell agree with him? What did he come to see about his mothers problem? Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart III: Words & Expressions“Russells way out west,” she advised me. (para. 18) wa

22、y out west: far out west, a great distance out west way 1. collocations way above/over/under way ahead/beyond/behind/back/off2. (infml) very We were way tired after the hike. Dad will be way mad if were late.Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisDETAILED ANALYSISPart IV (paras. 39-45)Text AnalysisDetailed A

23、nalysis I wouldnt accept the inevitable. My impulse was to argue her back to reality. at the beginning I stopped trying to argue her back to what I considered the real world. I tried to travel along with her on those fantastic journeys into the past.later Text AnalysisDetailed Analysis1. How did the

24、 author react to his mothers senility from a sons point of view? Part IV: Discussion2. Russell recalled a visit to his mother three years earlier. What does this visit show about Russell and his mother? Why couldnt he understand his mothers unhappiness? (paras. 39-40)3. After he realized that his mo

25、ther could recapture happiness in her past memory, Russell stopped trying to argue her back to reality, what did he do instead? What does that mean? 4. Which period was his mothers happiest time in her life? Was Russell able to travel along with his mother to the dead decades? Why (not)?Text Analysi

26、sDetailed AnalysisPart IV: Discussion Three years earlier Ihad written her with some banal advice to look for the silver lining, to count her blessings instead of burdening others with her miseries. (para. 33) silver lining As the trips been cancelled, Ill be able to go to the match this Saturday. E

27、very cloud has a silver lining. The fall of inflation is the silver lining of the prolonged recession. count your blessings: to think about the good things in your life, often to stop yourself becoming too unhappy about the bad thingsText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart IV: Words & ExpressionsDETA

28、ILED ANALYSISPart V (paras. 46-end)Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart V: Discussion1. Why can age stir ones curiosity about parents past?2. Why was Russells childhood hard? The Great DepressionText AnalysisDetailed Analysismigrant family living in the tent Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisThe Great Dep

29、ressionThe Great Depressionmother of seven childrenText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisThe Great DepressionThe Great Depressionunemployed people looking for jobsText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisThe Great DepressionThe Great Depression3. What does the author mean by “a dispute about time”? (para. 47)parents c

30、hildhoodparents adulthoodparents old agechildrens childhoodchildrens adulthoodparents pastparents futurechildrens pastchildrens futureText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart V: Discussion4. What is the authors view of generation gap? 5. What is the authors view on how to handle the disconnection between

31、parents and children? Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart V: DiscussionOn the part of the parents On the part of the children Part V: Words & ExpressionsAt dinner one evening a son had offended me with an inadequate report card (para. 46)inadequate: not enough or not good enough for a particular purpose The girl realized that her answers were inadequate. He makes me feel totally inadequate. The supply is inadequate to meet the demand.Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisIn