高級(jí)英語第七課課件第三版EverydayUseforYourGrandmama

1、Everyday Use for Your Gran dmamaIn order to understand this passage better, we can watch a movie- The Color of Purple ”故事發(fā)生于 1909 年美國南部。未受過教育的黑人女孩西莉被繼父強(qiáng)奸后，又被迫嫁給了粗魯，兇狠的黑人男子，西莉稱其為先生”。在驚恐和膽怯中她開始了奴仆一般的痛苦生活。 幸而有親姐妹南蒂與之相伴，淚水中才多了一些歡樂。不久，這短暫的幸福也從西莉身邊消 失了。因?yàn)?先生強(qiáng)奸南蒂不成，惱羞成怒地將南蒂趕了出去，姐妹二人被殘酷的分開。 年復(fù)一年，西莉在門口的郵筒中找尋

2、南蒂的音訊，她始終期盼有一天能與南蒂再次重 逢(從中大家可以看到當(dāng)時(shí)的整個(gè)社會(huì)的縮影，以及黑人生活的社會(huì)環(huán)境和社會(huì)地位， 黑人女性的崛起和黑人女性的反抗精神也從有深刻得展現(xiàn))Everyday Use for Your Gran dmamaCharacters:Maggie: a shy,y oung woma n made eve n more self-c on cious by scars she got in a house fire yearsago. She hasn t has much formal education but has learned traditional sk

3、ills, such as quilting, from herfamiliy.Mama(Mrs johnson): the narrator of the story. She is a middle-aged or even older African Americanwoman living with her younger daugter, Maggie. Athough poor, she is strong and in depe ndent, andtakes great pride in her way of life.Dee(Wangero):Dee is Mama s ol

4、der daugher. She is attractive, well-educated and sophisticated. Moreover, she isselfish and she may even has caused the fire that disfigured (損毀 的外貌) her sister.Mama(Mrs joh nson) called her Dee or Wan gero.Asalamalakim: a young muslim man who accompanies Dee on her visit. Mama, unable to pronounce

5、his name , called him Hakim-a- Baber.The muslim greeting he gives to her means peace and happ iness to you. ” This maybe ironic because their visit disturbs the peaceful lives ofMaggie and Mama. The relationship between him and Dee is unknown. He may be a friend, a boyfriend, husba nd or spiritual a

6、dviser.Main content:The story begins when the mother and Maggie wait for Dee to come back home.Deegoes back home with her lover. She asks for some traditional household appliances, especially two oldquilts made by their gra ndma. The mother refuses. In stead, she sends the two quilts to Maggie. Deel

7、eaves angrily.ln her eyes, two old quilts( 百纟納被)are the cultural heritage of blacks. Maggie in heritsthe black traditi on and she should own them.The text:I. para1-2 The prelude: the three family members.II. Para3-16 The mother s recollect ions / flashback:the three pers ons relati on ships-mother;M

8、aggie; DeeIII. Para17- 82 The process of Dee going back home.Detailed study of the text:Paragraph 1-16:Paragraph1:1.Maggie and I made soclean and wavy. (wavy:波動(dòng)起伏的。It shows that Maggie andMama had made carefully preparati ons for the arrival of Dee.)2,It is like a extended living room. (extended: en

9、larged, proIonged. Expressions with extend: extended family)Paragraph 2:1, 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 suspe nse.)2, she thinks her sister has held life always.to say to her. (she think that h

10、er sister has alwayshad a firm control of her life and that she can always has what she want.)( 課后習(xí)題 paraphrase )The role of the first two paragraph: it describes the place and main characters.Paragraph3:1,totter:蹣跚。 Backstage:背后。Paragraph4:1,Johnny Carson: he is famous for such TVprograms, On TV he

11、 was a sporty man with gray hairand a smili ng face.Paragraph5:1, In real life i am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands.(that meansMama was a typical black work ing woma n.)2, My fat keeps me hot in zero weather.(because I am fat, I feel hot even in freezing weather.)(課后習(xí)題 paraphr

12、ase )3,I am the way my daughter.an uncooked barely pancake. ( this sentence tells that Dee wasashamed of his mother as a wok in g-class black woma n.)4, Johnny Carson has much to do .witty tongue.(johnney cars on has a witty and glib ton gue. Buti outdo 超過，勝過 him and so he has to try hard if he want

13、s to catch up with me.)( 課后習(xí)題paraphrase )5., who ever knew a Johnson with a quick tongue? (that is a rhetorical questi on. The obvious answer is that no one in the Joh nson family has a quick ton gue.)Paragraph6:1, It seems to me i have talked to them always with one foot raised. from them. (I am re

14、ady toleave as quickly as possible because of discomfort, n ervous ness, timidity,etc, and turn my head awayfrom them in order to avoid them as much as possible for the same reason.)課后習(xí)題 paraphrase )2,She would always look anyone in the eye. (she would always look at somebody directly andsteadily, n

15、ot feeling embarrassed or ashamed.)課后習(xí)題 paraphrase )Paragraph 91, have you ever seen a lame 跛足的 animal .to be kind to him? (here the narrator comparesMaggie to an injured and pitiful animal.)2, she has been like this, chin on chest, eyes on ground.to the ground. (Maggie has been veryshy ever since t

16、he fire destoryed our other house. She is so shy that she n ever raises her head or eyeswhe n look ing at and talk ing to people, and she is always feel so n everous and restless that she is unable to sta nd still.)ParagraphlO,1, Dee is lighter than Maggie., (lighter means the color of one s skin, n

17、ot weight.)2, And Dee .(an elliptical sentence, meaning and there was Dee”3, she had hated the house that much. (so she was glad to see it burn down. This shows Dee isashamed of her family.)Paragraphll1, she used to read to us without pity, forcing.underneath her voice. (The narrator implies thatthe

18、 books Dee read to them were written by white people and full of their Ianguage and ideas,falsehoods and their way of life.)2, she washed us in a river of .need to know. (she imposed on us lots of falsity and so-calledknowledge that was totally useless and irrelevant to us.)課后習(xí)題 paraphrase )Paragrap

19、h121, her eyelids 眼皮 would not flicker 閃爍 for minutes at a time. (it shows that Dee was undaunted勇敢的，無畏的 ,with a strong character. She would look at anybody steadily and intently for a longtime.)2, Often I fought off the tempation to shake her. ( Ofte n I wan ted so much to shake her , but Irestra i

20、ned myself.)3, At sixteen she had a style of her own, and knew what style was.( she had her own unique wayof doing thing at an early age, she also know what is fashi on. That means she is totally differe nt fromher sister.)Paragraph131, she stumbles along good-naturedly.(she ofte n makes mistakes wh

21、ile readi ng, but n ever losesher good temper.)2, like good looks and money, quickness passed her by(she was homely and poor. Besides shewas not smart.)課后習(xí)題 paraphrase )Paragraphs1,when did Dee ever had any friends ? ” (a rhetorical question that means Dee never really had anyfrien d.)Paragraphs1,fu

22、rtive :鬼鬼祟祟的，秘密的，His furtive behaviour aroused our suspici on.他鬼鬼祟祟的行為引起了我們的懷疑。Paragraph3-16: this sect ion is what we call expositi on, providi ng backgro und and prepari ng for themain action, which is what happe ns duri ng Dee s visit.Para.17but there they are!Before I could meet them (in the yar

23、d), they have already arrived.Para.18I stay her with my hand . I stop her from dashing off with my hand.1)stay: to stop, halt or check somebody from doing sth.2)Note that the simple prese nt tense - the purpose is to make the story telli ng more vivid.Para.191. Hair is all over his head a foot long

24、and hanging from his chin like a kinky mule tail.A simile by comparing the young man hair to a mule tail2. I hear Maggie suck in her breath. Uhnnnh, is what it sounds like.I hear Maggie in hale her breath and a sound like Uhnnnh ” escapes her mouth.3. like when you see the wriggling end of a snake j

25、ust in front of your foot on the road.1)課后習(xí)題W-B-3 an elliptical sentence - it was like the reaction you have when yousee the wriggli ng end of a sn ake just in front of your foot on the road.2)Wriggle: to move to and fro with a twisti ng and writh ing moti onPara.201.A dress down to the ground, in t

26、his hot weather課后習(xí)題W-B-4 an elliptical sentence -she is weari ng a dress long eno ugh to touch the gro undin spite of this hot weather.2.a dress so loud1)an elliptical sentence - she is weari ng a dress in loud colors2)課后習(xí)題W-A-12 loud: attracting attention by being unpleasantly colorful and bright3.

27、there are yellows the light of the sunthrow back: to reflect4.earrings gold,her shoulder課后習(xí)題W-B-5 an elliptical sentence -her earrings are gold, too, and they are hanging down to hershoulders.5.it is her sister hair.This time it is her sister hair style that makes Maggie utter an exclamation of disl

28、ike and disapproval.6.it is black as night behind her ears.1)black as ni ght: a simile2)rope about: metaphor - compare the moving of Dee pigtails to that of a rope3)like small lizards: a simile4)Dee new hairstyle is African, and looks bizarre to the country girl Maggie.Para.211.“ Aalamalakim my moth

29、er and sister! ”To call strangers y mother and sister is not the American way of greeting, but a Muslim habit2.he moves to Maggie but she falls back huggi ng a girl at the first meeti ng is a wester n habit. Maggie is too shy and, as a rural girl, she isprobably not used to being hugged by young men

30、 she doesn know.Para.22kisses me on the foreheadNot usual for a daughter to kiss her mother on the forehead. Normally, people kiss each other on thecheeks for greet ing. This shows Dee is very dista nt and unloving with her family.Also note she takes all the photos first before she kisses her. A lov

31、 ing daughter will run up to hermother and throw her arms around her.Para.231.meanwhile Asalamalakim is going through hand.課后習(xí)題川 -8 paraphrase-meanwhile Dee boyfriend is trying to shake hands with Maggie in a fancyand elaborate way.2.Maggie hand is as limp as a fish sweatSimile. Maggie hand lacks fi

32、rmness and is cold though she is sweating3.or maybe he doesntknow how un grammatical spoke n En glish4 .He soon gives up on MaggieSoon he knows that won do for Maggie, so he stops trying to shake hands with her in that manner.Note gives up on Maggie not gives up Maggie, the meanings are diffirent.Pa

33、ra.25 There is an exclamati on mark which shows emphasis.Here, we also can see the trace of the n ame cha nging. During the Civil Rights Moveme nt in the 1960s,many Africa n America ns were disappo in ted by the in flue nee of in tegrati on. Many blacks affirmedtheir Africa n roots by discard ing th

34、eir “ slave n ames and adopt ing Africa ns n ames, even manydidn t know the meaning or how to spell them correctly. And they also wore African hair styles andAfrica n cloth ing.The author held n egative opinion about the n ame cha nging. She thought an Africa n n ame was notrelated to the recent pas

35、t of the black America ns experie nee.Para.26 Mama felt her daughter “ Dee no Ion ger existed. So that, she describes her daughter svisit as someth ing happe ning in the past.Pare.27 She meant that the girl born aga in with a new n ame. (Dee no Ion ger existed.)Para.28 “Dee” vs. “ Big Dee ”The daugh

36、ter s name was after her aunt, and then we added “ Big ” to aunt s name to make a disti nctio n.Para.32 Though, in fact,through the branches.Actually, I could trace it back before the Civil War, through the family bran ches. But Dee seemed tired, I wouldn t go oneither.Para.33 “There you are” .It is

37、 a colloquial expression. Dee s boyfriend meant “I knew you couldn t trace it further back ” by say ing this.Para.36 1.“ Looking down a Model A car ”.Here “ a Model A car ” meant someth ing old and out-of-date.2. “every once my head”Now and the n he and Dee com muni cated through eye con tact in a s

38、ecretive way.Para.41 “ Ream it out aga in ”Try to pronounce it aga in no matter how difficult.Ream: to extract the juice from; to enl arge a hole with a reamerPara.42 1. “ Well, soon the way”We overcame the difficulty and could pronounce it.2.“I tripped it out ”I failed to say to say it correctly.Tr

39、ip: to stumble; catch one s foot and lose balaneePara.43 The n arrator hints some con flict here. We can guess those beef-cattle are Muslims.Para.44 “I accepted some of their doctrines ”Conversion to Islam was also part of many Africa n America ns search for a new ide ntity by this.Para.45 1. Greens

40、 - green leafy vegetables eaten cooked or raw.2.“ She talked potatoes”Talk a blue streak: talk a lot and rapidly3.“ Everything delighted her ”“ New in terest ” vs. “ Old hatred ”In dicated a cha nge of value.Para.52 “ Maggie s an elephant s”It is a simile. Elepha nts are said to have good memories.P

41、ara.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 meant a depression in the wood of the handle left by the thumb and fin gers.2.“You could the wood ”The objects record history. Dee only no ticed the nice s

42、hape, but Mama and Maggie conn ected them with the peoplewho used them.Para55-82:Dee asks for the old quilts.Words:Para55:rifle :plunder;to search messilyEg: The men rifled through his cloth ing and sn atched the wallet.hang back(off):to be reluctant to advance,as from timidity and shynessEg: I saw

43、him step forward momentarily but then hang back, nervously massaging hishan ds.dishpa n:a pan in which dishes,cook ing ute nsils,etc,are washedteeny(colloquial): tinyEg: I forgot to men ti on one tee ny wittle item.Para61:stroke 中風(fēng)；一件(幸運(yùn)的)事 n.(用筆等)畫；輕撫；輕挪；敲擊 vt.Eg: He had a minor stroke in 1987, whi

44、ch left him partly paralysed.It did nt rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck.She held the quilts securely in her aarms,stroking them.(this is a sentence in our textbook)Para74:“That was MaggiepoSion .”Here “ portion ” means fate in our textbook.Para80: “You ought to try ro make something of

45、yourself,too”Here in our textbook, “ make ” means to turn out to be;to prove to have the essential qualitiesSenten ces:“ Bits and pieces of grandpa Jarrell s Paisly shirts. ” (para55)Ellipitcal. In the quilts there were bits and pieces of Grandpa Jarrell s Paisly shirts.“ MaMa,” Wangero said,sweet a

46、s 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 MaggieJohn Thomas. ”(para64)In correct grammer. It should be I promised to give these quits to Maggie whe n she marriesJoh n Thomas. ”“ She gasped like a bee h

47、ad stung her.” (para65)Simile. She breathed suddenly in painful surprise.“ God knows I bee n savi ng em no body using em.” ( para67)In correct grammer. It should be ” Godknows I have bee n sav ing them long eno ugh withno body using the m.I was hop ing someb ody would use them. ”“ Lwss than that! ”(

48、para68)Ellipitcal. The quilts would be in rags or in an even worse condiction.I can remember Grandma Dee without the quilts.”(para73)Paraphrase: do n ot n eed the quilts to remi nd me of Gran dma Dee.She lives in my memory.Its really a new day for us.(para80)Metaphor.For us colored people,this is a

49、new era,a nd we must seize our opport un ities.But a real smile ,not scared.(para82)Ellipitcal. She smiled a real smile from the bottom of her heart,not nervous.Paragraphs(The portrayal of the characters and the plot of the story): para61:“ She held the quilts securely in herarms,strok ing them. ”In

50、 para.63,she was“ clutching them closely to her bosom.” All this shows hwwrrtedch shethem and how determ ined she was to have them.para66: “ She d probably be backward eno ugh to put them to everyday usd.Here Wan gero said that Maggie was behi nd times ,and not as well educated as she was and thatMaggie 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.Aga in it shows Maggie has in herited the cultural legacy from the mater nal an cestors.Para75:ln this paragraph the actio