高级英语课件第三版EverydayUseforYourGrandmama

1、Everyday Use for Your GrandmamaIn order to understand this passage better, we can watch a movie-” The Colorof Purple ”故事发生于1909 年美国南部。未受过教育的黑人女孩西莉被继父强奸后，又被迫嫁给了粗鲁，凶狠的黑人男子，西莉称其为“先生”。在惊恐和胆怯中她开始了奴仆一般的痛苦生活。幸而有亲姐妹南蒂与之相伴，泪水中才多了一些欢乐。不久，这短暂的幸福也从西莉身边消失了。因为“先生”强 奸南蒂不成，恼羞成怒地将南蒂赶了出去，姐妹二人被残酷的分开。年复一年，西莉在门口的邮筒中找寻南蒂

2、的音讯，她始终期盼有一天能与南蒂再次重逢(从中大家可以看到当时的整个社会的缩影，以及黑人生活的社会环境和社会地位，黑人女性的崛起和黑人女性的反抗精神也从有深刻得展现)Everyday Use for Your GrandmamaCharacters:Maggie: a shy,young womanmadeeven more self-concious by scars she got in a house fire years ago. She hasn t has much formal education but has learned traditional skills, such

3、as quilting, from her familiy.Mama(Mrs johnson) : the narrator of the story. She is a middle-aged or even olderAfrican American woman living with her younger daugter, Maggie. Athough poor, sheis strong and independent, and takes great pride in her way of life.Dee(Wangero):Dee is Mama s older daugher

4、. She is attractive, well-educated and sophisticated.Moreover, she is selfish and she may even has caused the fire that disfigured(损毁 一 的夕卜貌) her sister. Mama(Mrs johnson) called her Dee or Wangero.Asalamalakim: a young muslim man who accompanies Dee on her visit. Mama, unable to pronounce his name,

5、 called him “ Hakim-a- Baber” . The muslim greeting he givesThis maybe ironic because their visitto her means “ peace and happiness to you.This maybe ironic because their visitdisturbs the peaceful lives of Maggie and Mama. The relationship between him andDee is unknown. He may be a friend, a boyfri

6、end, husband or spiritual adviser.Main content: The story begins when the mother and Maggie wait for Dee to comeback home.Deegoes back homewith her lover. She asks for sometraditional householdappliances, especially two old quilts made by their grandma. The mother refuses.Instead, she sends the two

7、quilts to Maggie. Dee leaves angrily.In her eyes, twoold quilts( 百纳被 ) are the cultural heritage of blacks. Maggie inherits the blacktradition and she should own them.The text:para1-2 The prelude: the three family members.Para3-16 The mother s recollections / flashback:the three persons relationship

8、s mother; Maggie; DeePara17- 82 The process of Dee going back home.Detailed study of the text:Paragraph 1-16:Paragraph1:.Maggie and I madeso clean and wavy. (wavy: 波动起伏的。It shows that Maggieand Mama had made carefully preparations for the arrival of Dee.)It is like a extended living room.(extended:

9、enlarged, prolonged. Expressionswith extend: extended family)Paragraph 2:homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs.(homely: 不好看的，不漂亮的，later we will know how she got the scar, so that is a suspense.)(she think thatshe thinks her sister has held life always.to say to her.(she think t

10、hather sister has always had a firm control of her life and that she can always haswhat she want. )( 课后习题paraphrase )The role of the first two paragraph: it describes the place and main characters.Paragraph3:1, totter : 蹒跚。 Backstage: 背后。Paragraph4:Johnny Carson: he is famous for such TVprograms, On

11、 TV he was a sporty man with gray hair and a smiling face.Paragraph5:In real life i am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands. (that means Mama was a typical black working woman.)Myfat keeps mehot in zero weather. (because I amfat, I feel hot even in freezing weather.)( 课后习题paraphras

12、e )I am the way my daughter.an uncooked barely pancake.( this sentence tellsthat Dee was ashamed of his mother as a woking-class black woman.)Johnny Carson has much to do .witty tongue.(johnneycarson has a witty andglib tongue. But i outdo 超过，胜过him and so he has to try hard if he wants tocatch up wi

13、th me.)( 课后习题paraphrase )who ever knew a Johnson with a quick tongue? (that is a rhetorical question.The obvious answer is that no one in the Johnson family has a quick tongue.)Paragraph6:It seems to mei have talked to them always with one foot raised. from them. (I am ready to leave as quickly as p

14、ossible because of discomfort, nervousness, timidity,etc, and turn my head away from them in order to avoid them as much aspossible for the same reason.) 课后习题paraphrase )She would always look anyone in the eye.(she would always look at somebodydirectly and steadily, not feeling embarrassed or ashame

15、d.)课后习题paraphrase )Paragraph 9have you ever seen a lame 跛足的 animal .tobe kind to him? ( here the narratorcompares Maggie to an injured and pitiful animal.)she has been like this, chin on chest, eyes on ground.to the ground.(Maggiehas been very shy ever since the fire destoryed our other house. She i

16、s so shythat she never raises her head or eyes when looking at and talking to people, andshe is always feel so neverous and restless that she is unable to stand still.)Paragraph10,Deeis lighter than Maggie., (lightermeansthe color of one s skin, not weight.)And Dee.(an elliptical sentence, meaning ”

17、 and there was Dee ” )she had hated the house that much. (so she was glad to see it burn down. Thisshows Dee is ashamed of her family.)Paragraph11she used to read to us without pity, forcing.underneath her voice. (The narrator implies that the books Dee read to them were written by white people and

18、full oftheir language and ideas, falsehoods and their way of life.)she washed us in a river of .need to know.(she imposed on us lots of falsityand so-called knowledge that was totally useless and irrelevant to us.)课后习题paraphrase )Paragraph12it shows thather eyelids 眼皮 would not flicker 闪烁 for minute

19、s at a time.it shows thatDee was undaunted 勇敢的，无畏的, with a strong character. She would look at anybodysteadily and intently for a long time.)Often I fought off the tempation to shake her. ( Often I wanted so much to shake her , but I restrained myself.)At sixteen she had a style of her own, and knew

20、 what style was.( she had herown unique way of doing thing at an early age, she also know what is fashion. Thatmeans she is totally different from her sister. )Paragraph13she stumbles along good-naturedly.(she often makes mistakes while reading,but never loses her good temper.)like good looks and mo

21、ney, quickness passed her by.(she was homely and poor.Besides she was not smart.) 课后习题paraphrase )Paragraph141, ” when did Dee ever had any friends ?” (a rhetorical question that means Deenever really had any friend.)Paragraph15furtive : 鬼鬼祟祟的，秘密的，His furtive behaviour aroused our suspicion.他鬼鬼祟祟的行为

22、引起了我们的怀疑。Paragraph3-16:this section is what we call exposition, providing background andpreparing for the main action, which is what happens during Dee s visit.Para.17but there they are!Before I could meet them (in the yard), they have already arrived.Para.18I stay her with my hand . I stop her from

23、 dashing off with my hand.stay: to stop, halt or check somebody from doing sth.Note that the simple present tense - the purpose is to make the story telling more vivid.Para.19Hair is all over his head a foot long and hanging from his chin like a kinky mule tail.A simile by comparing the young man s

24、hair to a mule tailI hear Maggie suck in her breath. Uhnnnh, is what it sounds like.I hear Maggie inhale her breath and a sound like“ Uhnnnh” escapes her mouth.like when you see the wriggling end of a snake just in front of your foot on the road.课后习题IV -B-3 an elliptical sentence - it was like the r

25、eaction you have when you see the wriggling end of a snake just in front of your foot on the road.Wriggle: to move to and fro with a twisting and writhing motionPara.20A dress down to the ground, in this hot weather课后习题IV -B-4 an elliptical sentence -she is wearing a dress long enough to touch the g

26、round in spite of this hot weather.a dress so loud an elliptical sentence - she is wearing a dress in loud colors课后习题IV -A-12 loud: attracting attention by being unpleasantly colorful and brightthere are yellows the light of the sun throw back: to reflectearrings gold, her shoulder课后习题IV -B-5 an ell

27、iptical sentence -her earrings are gold, too, and they are hanging down to her shoulders.it is her sister s hair.This time it is her sister s hair style that makes Maggie utter an exclamationof dislike and disapproval.it is black as night behind her ears.black as night: a similerope about: metaphor

28、- compare the moving of Dee s pigtails to that of aropelike small lizards: a simileDeesnew hairstyle is African, and looks bizarre to the country girl Maggie.Para.21“ Aalamalakim , my mother and sister!”To call strangers“ y mother and sister” is not the American way of greeting,but a Muslim habithe

29、moves to Maggie but she falls back hugging a girl at the first meeting is a western habit. Maggie is too shy and,as a rural girl, she is probably not used to being hugged by young menshe doesn t know.Para.22 kisses me on the foreheadNot usual for a daughter to kiss her mother on the forehead. Normal

30、ly, people kiss each other on the cheeks for greeting. This shows Dee is very distant and unloving with her family.Also note she takes all the photos first before she kisses her. A loving daughterwill run up to her mother and throw her arms around her. Para.23meanwhile Asalamalakim is going through

31、hand.课后习题m-8 paraphrase-meanwhile Dee s boyfriend is trying to shake hands with Maggie in a fancy and elaborate way.Maggie s hand is as limp as a fish sweat Simile.Maggie s hand lacks firmness and is cold though she is sweatingor maybe he doesn t know how ungrammatical spoken English4.He soon gives

32、up on MaggieSoon he knows that won t do for Maggie, so he stops trying to shake hands with her in that manner.Note “ gives up onMaggie” , not gives up Maggie, the meanings are diffirent.Para.25 There is an exclamation mark which shows emphasis.Here, wealso can see the trace of the namechanging. Duri

33、ng the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, many African Americans were disappointed by the influence of integration. Many blacks affirmed their African roots by discarding their “ slave names” and adopting Africans names, even many didn t know the meaning or how to spell them correctly. And they als

34、o wore African hair styles and African clothing.The author held negative opinion about the name changing. She thought an African name was not related to the recent past of the black Americans experience.Para.26 Mama felt her daughter “ Dee” no longer existed. So that, she describesher daughter s vis

35、it as something happening in the past.Pare.27 She meant that the girl born again with a new name. (Dee no longer existed.)Para.28 “ Dee” vs. “ Big Dee ”The daughter s namewas after her aunt, and then we added “ Big ” to aunt s name to make a distinction.Para.32 Though, in fact, through the branch es

36、” .Actually, I could trace it back before the Civil War, through the family branches.But Dee seemed tired, I wouldn t go on either.Para.33 “ There you are ” .It is a colloquial expression.Dee s boyfriend meant “ I knew you couldn t traceit further back ” by saying this.Para.36 1.“Looking down a Mode

37、l A car ” .Here “ a Model A car ” meant something old and out-of-date.2.“every once my head ”Now and then he and Dee communicated through eye contact in a secretive way.Para.41 “ Ream it out again ”Try to pronounce it again no matter how difficult.Ream: to extract the juice from; to enlarge a hole w

38、ith a reamerPara.42 1.“Well, soon the way ”We overcame the difficulty and could pronounce it.2.I tripped it out2.I tripped it outI failed to say to say it correctly.Trip: to stumble; catch one s foot and lose balancePara.43 The narrator hints some conflict here. We can guess those beef-cattle areMus

39、lims.Para.44 “ I accepted some of their doctrines ”Conversion to Islam was also part of many African Americans search for a newidentity by this.Para.45 1. Greens - green leafy vegetables eaten cooked or raw.“She talked potatoes ”Talk a blue streak: talk a lot and rapidly“ Everything delighted her ”“

40、 New interest ” vs. “ Old hatred ”Indicated a change of value.Para.52 Maggie s an elephant s”It is a simile. Elephants are said to have good memories.Para.53 I can use alcove table ”Centerpiece - an ornamentAlcove - a secluded section of a room for meal.凹室Para.54 1. “ Sink ” is used figuratively mea

41、nt a depression in the wood of the handle left by the thumb and fingers.2.“You could the wood ”The objects record history. Deeonly noticed the nice shape, but Mamaand Maggie connected them with the people who used them.Para55-82: Dee asks for the old quilts.Words:Para55: rifle :plunder;to search mes

42、silyEg: The men rifled through his clothing and snatched the wallet.hang back(off) :to be reluctant to advance,as from timidity and shynessEg:I saw him step forward momentarily but then hang back, nervously massaginghis hands.dishpan :a pan in which dishes,cooking utensils,etc,are washed teeny(collo

43、quial):tinyEg: I forgot to mention one teeny wittle item.Para61: stroke 中风 ; 一件 ( 幸运的 ) 事 n.(用笔等)画；轻抚；轻挪；敲击vt.Eg: He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralysed.It didnt rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck.She held the quilts securely in her aarms,strokingthem.(this is asen

44、tence in our textbook)Para74: “ That was Maggie s portion . ”Here “ portion ” means fate in our textbook.Para80: You ought to try ro make something of yourself,too ”Here in our textbook, “ make” means to turn out to be;to prove to have the essential qualitiesSentences:“ Bits and pieces of grandpa Ja

45、rrell s Paisly shirts. ” (para55)Ellipitcal. In the quilts there were bits and pieces of Grandpa Jarrell sPaisly shirts.“ MaMa”, Wangero said,sweet as a bird. ” Can I have these old quilts? ” (para56)Simile. “ MaMa”, Wangero said in an extremely sweet voice.“I promised to give them quilts to Maggie

46、John Thomas.(para64)Incorrect grammer. It should be “ Ipromised to give these quits to Maggie when she marries John Thomas. ”“ She gasped like a bee had stung her. ” (para65)Simile. She breathed suddenly in painful surprise.“God knows I been saving em- nobody using em.” ( para67)Incorrect grammer. I

47、t should be” God knows I have been saving them long enough with nobody using them.I was hoping somebody would use them. ” “ Lwss than that! ” (par a68)Ellipitcal. The quilts would be in rags or in an even worse condiction.“ I can remember Grandma Dee without the quilts. ” (para73)Paraphrase: I do no

48、t need the quilts to remind me of Grandma Dee.She lives in my memory.Its really a new day for us.(para80)Metaphor. For us colored people,this is a new era,and we must seize our opportunities.But a real smile,not scared.(para82)Ellipitcal. She smiled a real smile from the bottom of her heart,not nerv

49、ous.Paragraphs(The portrayal of the characters and the plot of the story): para61: “ She held the quilts securely in her arms,stroking them.”In para.63 ,she was “ clutching them closely to her bosom.” All this shows how much she wanted them and how determined she was to have them .para66 ： “ She d p

50、robably be backward enough to put them to everyday use. ”Here Wangero said that Maggie wasbehind times ,and not as well educated as shewas and that Maggie would not able to appreciate the value of the quilts and would use them just as quilts, not as works of art .para74 ： “It was Grandma Dee and Big Dee to quilt herself. ”Again it shows Maggie has inherited the cultural legacy from the maternal ancestors.Para75:In this paragraph the action reaches thec