精读4Unit2 SpringSowing配套课件

1、,Spring Sowing,Liam OFlaherty,1,PPT学习交流,Spring Sowing,Unit 2,2,PPT学习交流,Questions / Activities,Check-on Preview,Objectives,W,B,T,R,Spring Sowing,Unit 2,Warming up,3,PPT学习交流,Warming up,Questions / Activities,What would you do in a typical spring morning? What hopes and worries do you have about your f

2、uture life? What do you know about farming? Do you know how spring sowing is done in our country?,W,B,T,R,4,PPT学习交流,Check-on Preview,Give the definition of the underlined words and phrases.,1. Outside, cocks were crowing and a white streak was rising from the ground, as it were, and beginning to sca

3、tter the darkness. 2. They ate in silence, sleepy and yet on fire with excitement 3. he swore and said that a man would be better off dead than 4. and driving out every other desire but that of asserting his manhood 5. She looked at Martin wearily and it seem to her ,W,B,T,R,Warming up,5,PPT学习交流,Obj

4、ectives,Understand the structure and the general idea of the story Think about how to interpret the story Know something about the symbols Solve your own questions about the story,W,B,T,R,Warming up,6,PPT学习交流,Background,Genre,Author,B,W,T,R,Spring Sowing,Unit 2,7,PPT学习交流,Background,Author,Liam OFlah

5、erty 1896 1984,was born in 1896 in a remote village in Ireland. His family were not well off. The Irish language was widely spoken in the area, and in the OFlaherty household both English and Irish were used. left school in 1917 and joined the Irish Guards .He served on the Western Front, where he w

6、as injured, and it is possible that the shell shock he suffered may have been responsible for the mental illness which became apparent in 1933.,His Life,B,W,T,R,8,PPT学习交流,Background,Author,Irish novelist and short-story writer whose works combine brutal naturalism, psychological analysis, poetry, an

7、d biting satire with an abiding respect for the courage and persistence of the Irish people. Major works include: Thy Neighbours Wife (1924) thought to be one of his best. The Informer (1925) for which he had been awarded the 1925 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. Famine (1937),His Works,

8、B,W,T,R,9,PPT学习交流,Background,was a significant Irish novelist and short story writer and was considered to be a leading figure in the Irish literary renaissance.,Author,His Influence,B,W,T,R,10,PPT学习交流,Background,Genre,A Short Story,Plot: a young couples first day of spring sowing Irish village Sett

9、ing: In spring Agricultural society (why?) Theme of the story: what do you think?,B,W,T,R,11,PPT学习交流,Spring Sowing,Unit 2,Text Analysis,T,W,B,R,12,PPT学习交流,Text Analysis,Theme,Try to interpret the symbolized meaning: spring Early in the morning Newly married First day of sowing,T,W,B,R,13,PPT学习交流,Tex

10、t Analysis,Structure,Part I (paras. 1-3): Introduction. Part II (paras. 4-8): Preparation. Part III (paras. 9-14): In the morning. Part IV (paras. 15-18): At noon. Part V (paras. 19-35): In the afternoon.,T,W,B,R,14,PPT学习交流,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,T,W,B,R,15,PPT学习交流,Text Analysis,Detailed An

11、alysis,Main Idea,Sentence Paraphrase,Words to base or ground: 我的结论是建立在那个事实上的。 她把胳臂肘放在桌子上。 take hold (of): to overpower (sb.) 她感到一阵莫名的激动占据了自己。 他决心不再让疾病重新翻身。,25,PPT学习交流,Part 3: In the Morning,Text Analysis,26,PPT学习交流,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part III: Main Idea,Why did Mary put an arm round Mar

12、tins waist and how did Martin react to this? What did the earth mean to Martin? What did he do to prove himself a worthy husband? Was he exceptional among the men in the village?,27,PPT学习交流,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part III: Main Idea,Notice the words used by the author to describe the mans a

13、ctions: advance, commence, spit on palms, spoke rapidly, eyes fixed on, assert manhood, subjugate, worked furiously, whirl, beat the sods What was Mary thinking of while gazing distantly at the ground? Why did she suddenly become afraid of the earth?,28,PPT学习交流,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I

14、II: Words her neck would _; in the _ movement of their bodies; the smell of the upturned earth acted like a _ on their _; his bones _; Mary looked at Martin _; they would have to _ their backs and do it until their hands and bones got _ with rheumatism.,40,PPT学习交流,R,W,B,T,Spring Sowing,Unit 2,Reinfo

15、rcement,Appreciation,Discussion,41,PPT学习交流,Reinforcement,Discussion,Work in groups of four: What is the traditional work ethic that you can learn from this story? Is it still relevant to our life now? Why? What are the roles that Martin and Mary were assuming in the family? Can you imagine what a life they would live in the future? Do you now have some idea of how to interpret a literature work?,R,W,B,T,42,PPT学习交流,Reinforcement,Appreciation,R