FourGenerations四代人公開課

FourGenerations四代人公開課FourGenerationsJoyceMaynardJoyceJoyce&Augrey(daughterandgranddaughter)Fredelle(mother)GrandmotherSheisdyingfrompancreaticcancer（胰腺癌）inhospital.Sheiseighty-sevenyearsold.Sherefusedanoperationandnowshehasbeenhemorrhaging(大出血）,andhasseverjaundice

（黃疸）.SoIbecamethemotherforamoment,remindingher,reasonably,thatmygrand-motheris87,she’shadafulllife,shehasallherfaculties,andnoonewhoknowshercouldwishthatshelivelongenoughtolosethem.我就暫時(shí)成了母親，像母親那樣很理智地勸慰她說，外婆已經(jīng)87歲了。她的一生沒有缺憾，耳不聾，眼不花。認(rèn)識(shí)她的人誰也不希望她活到什么也不行了的時(shí)候。MoreaboutGrandmother:ShewasborninRussia，in1892，inaJewishfamily.Shespentherchildhoodinpogroms(種族屠殺）.HerfamilydeclinedandemigratedtoCanada.ShegotmarriedinCanadaandlatertookherchildrenasthecenterofherlife.Theirchildrenwerethecenteroftheirlife.Theylovedtheirchildrensomuchthattheywoulddowhateverthechildcoveted.Theysawtoitthattheirchildhadgoodeducationalthoughtheywerenotrich.Theywereveryprotectiveofthechild.seetosomething/seetoitthat…Makesuresothingtobedone確保做到Willyouseetothearrangementofthenextmeeting?Willyouseetoitthatthemeetingroomisreadybefore3o’clock?SomeusefulExpressionsinParagraph5Would:expressingahabitualactionorattitudeUsedtodosth:expressingapasthabitoractionPresentsth.assth:describe…as…把…說成…Thebookpresentstheplaceasheavenonearth.Thekingwaspresentedasacruel,greedyman.Atlength:inalonganddetailedway詳盡地Everytime+時(shí)間狀語從句Every

timehecomestoBeijing,hewillgoandvisithishighschoolteachers.Agoodmanyof=manyAgoodmanyofnewbooksofscientificfarminghasbeputout.Manynewbooksofscientificfarminghavebeenputout.獨(dú)立結(jié)構(gòu)表示伴隨狀態(tài)GrandmotherwaslyingflatwithanIVtubeinherarmandhereyesshut.我進(jìn)屋時(shí)，他正睡得很想，手里拿著吧扇子，電視還開著。WhenIcamein,hewassleepingsoundly,withafaninhandandtheTVon.Audreyisjustone,butshehasseenenoughoftheworldtoknowthatpeopleinbedarenotmeanttobesostillandyellow,andshelookedfrightened.Ihadneverwantedmoreforherosmile.奧德莉剛一歲，但也觀察這個(gè)世界足以知道躺在床上的人不意味著都那么僵直和發(fā)黃?？瓷先ニ粐樦恕Ｎ覊焊鶅壕蜎]要求更多，想著讓她笑。假設(shè)虛擬句Ihadthefeeling,eventhen,thatifI’dsaid,“Audrey’slightingmatches,”Grandmawouldhaveshotuptorescueher.即便在當(dāng)時(shí)那種情況下，我都會(huì)感覺到如果我說“奧德莉在玩火柴，”外婆都會(huì)飛身起來去救她。MakeacontrastofGrandma’sattitudetowardsdeath:Paragraph5:Shehasbeenpresentingherdeathasimminent…andhasdiscussed,atlength,thedistributionofherpossessionandherlambcoat.Everytimewesaidgoodbye,afterourannualvisittoWinnipeg,she’dweepandsayshe’sneverseeusagain.Paragraph13:Shehadsaidshewasreadytodie.“IwishIhadyourhair.”“IwishIwaswell.”IAccordingtothepassage,decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

1Ifgrandmahadhadtheoperation,itwouldhave

savedherlife.()2Grandmawasproudofbeingyellowsinceshe

alwayspridedherselfonbeingdifferent.()3Accordingtotheauthor,itwouldbebettertodie

beforeonelosehis/herfaculties.()4HergrandparentsemigratedfromRussiatoCanada

whentheywereyoung.()5Grandmotherhopedtodiesinceshehadhadenough

living.()

6Hergrandfatherwasashopowner.()7Hermotherlovedtintoysverymuch.()8Hemotherhadverygoodeducation.()9GrandmotherwasbornintoaJewishfamily.

()10Grandmotherdidn’twantherdaughterto

marryamanwithblueeyesandblondhair.()

11Itcanbeinferredthathergrandfatherwasalso

Jewish.()12Grandmotherusedtobeaverypowerfulandstrong-willedwoman.()13Theyvisitedtheirgrandmotheralmosteveryyear.()14Grandmotherhadneverthoughtofdeath

beforeshegotveryillwithjaundice.()15Afterhergrandfatherdied,hergrandmother

livedwithherchildreninturns.()16Grandmotherwasveryattachedtoherfamily.

()

17Hermotherdidn’tlikethewayher

grandmotherwouldtreatherchildren.()18Theauthordidn’tmindthewayhergrandmothertreatedher.()19Onlytomakehermotherhappy,theauthordecidedtopayhergrandmotheronemorevisit.()20Herdaughterhadneverseenhergreatgrandmotherbefore.()21Grandmotherknewwhohadcometovisit

herinthehospital.()22Audrey,herdaughter,wasfrightenedtoseetheoldwomanlyinginbedstilland

yellow.()23Grandmotherdidn’twanttobeseenlike

thatthedayhergranddaughtercameto

visit.()24IfAudreyhadbeenlightingmatches,

Grandmotherwouldhavegottenupto

rescueher.()

25Mothersalwaysgivemuc