母亲的位置amothersplace课堂课资.ppt

儿子(Son)老妈(mother)老婆(wife)ArgumentWhat should I do?1课资参类 A Mother’s Place by Donna GamacheUnit 5School Of Foreign Languages Of Handan CollegeLIANG JIAN2课资参类母亲的位置唐娜唐娜·加玛科加玛科邯郸学院外国语学院邯郸学院外国语学院 梁健梁健3课资参类 ABOUT THE AUTHORAUTHOR: Gamache, DonnaE-mail: lucgam@Donna Gamache was born in Minnedosa, Manitoba, in 1944 and currently lives in MacGregor, Manitoba. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba followed by one year of Education. She has taught language arts and social studies full-time at the secondary level and has worked as an elementary and secondary substitute teacher. She specializes in fiction, especially for children, but also writes some poetry and occasional non-fiction articles.4课资参类nAWARDSManitoba Winner, Canadian Authors Association Millennium Anthology, 1999.First Prize, Winners' Circle fiction contest, Canadian Authors Association, 1999.Second Prize, Canadian Authors Association (Manitoba) non-fiction contest, 1994.Donna has also received honourable mention in several Canadian Authors Association (Manitoba) short story and poetry contests and two Toronto Sunday Star fiction contests.5课资参类Steve and Donna GamacheThe Author’s Life Photo6课资参类BRIEF INTRODUCTIONBRIEF INTRODUCTIONnThe main idea of the story is that thinking that she was redundant in the house ,Dorothy decided to leave but her son and daughter-in-law convinced her that she was welcome and needed. 7课资参类FOREWORDnDorothy feels that she is getting old and doubts her place in the family. Now she wants to move out and start a new life. Why does she want to live by herself? Will she really leave her son and daughter-in-law? Read the following story for the answers.多萝西觉得自己老了，开始怀疑起自己在家里的位置。

现在她想搬出去住，开始新生活为什么她要一个人生活？她真的想离开儿子和儿媳吗？阅读下面这篇文章，找找问题的答案 8课资参类Try to divide the paragraphWhat do you think?9课资参类nPart Ⅰ (1-3) In the morningnPart Ⅱ (4-8) MemorynPart Ⅲ (9-16) Current lifenPart Ⅳ(17-18) Make the decisionnPart Ⅴ(19-26) TalkingnPart Ⅵ(27-37) Solve the problem10课资参类PartⅠ In the morning (1-3)nQ1. From the first paragraph, we know the rain was more than welcome, but why did Dorothy hate it ? nQ2. How did Dorothy feel about herself at the beginning of the story ?nQ3. Why did Tim said Dorothy needn’t bother to drive the tractor ? 11课资参类Part Ⅱ Memory (4-8)nQ1. What’s the argument between Dorothy and Jenny ?nQ2. Why did Dorothy recall her husband ?12课资参类Part Ⅲ Current life (9-16)nQ1. What’s the change now ?nQ2. Why did Dorothy think she was redundant?13课资参类Part Ⅳ Make the decision(17-18)nQ1. What solution did Dorothy make ?nQ2. Could she leave the memories behind? why?14课资参类Part Ⅴ Talking (19-26)nQ. When Dorothy suggested to her son that they should have a talk ,what did Tim do ?15课资参类Part Ⅵ Solve the problem(27-37)nQ1. What was Tim’s solution to the problem?nQ2. Compare with the first paragraph with the last paragraph ,why did Dorothy have the different feelings with the same weather ?16课资参类 The Trailer 17课资参类CLUESn1. Arguments Dorothy with Jenny about where to plant the garden Whether Dorothy should move outn 2. Weather gray day, gray and gloomy The rain still fell in a silent gray sheet18课资参类Try to find out the description of the weather? And what do you find the meaning inside?19课资参类Dorothy’s feelings are changing with the weather.20课资参类Important sentences ＆＆Language notesn1. And usually she acted younger than her years, if anything. n（如果有什么不同的话,从她平日里的举止行动看不出她的实际年龄。

　nIf anything means if there is any difference..　ne.g. I'd say he was more like his mother, if anything.21课资参类n2. She'd known it last night, of course, after the blow up with Jenny, Tim's wife. 　n（当然，昨晚与蒂姆的妻子詹妮吵架之后，她就已经知道是为什么了　nBlow up with sb. means severe reprimand (严厉的训斥)of sb.　ne.g. She got blown up by her boss for being late.22课资参类n3. ... and Dorothy stumped off to bed at 8.30 p.m., feeling old and lonely, and missing Steve as she hadn't missed him for a long time.　n于是多罗西晚上八点半就气冲冲地上床了，她感到心力交瘁，孤立无助，从来没有这么想念过史蒂夫。

　nStump means walk stiffly or noisily.　ne.g. The boss stumped out in fury（狂怒）. 23课资参类n4. Tim and Jenny's baby was due in two months.　n（蒂姆和詹妮的孩子还有两个月就要出世了　nDue here means the baby would be delivered as expected.　ne.g. The train is due in five minutes.　24课资参类n5. Not that anything had been said to that effect.　n（并非已经说了什么话，表达了那个意思　nTo that/this effect means with that/this meaning or information.　ne.g. He told me to get out, or words to that effect.　25课资参类n6. And there were suites available, if she could stand living in an apartment without a yard or garden.n（要是她能忍受住在没有院子和花园的公寓，空着的套间是有的。

nTo stand doing sth. means to endure doing sth.ne.g. That patient can't stand the noise outside.26课资参类n7. She'd have her say first!n（她要先把话说出来！）nTo have one's say means to express one view.ne.g. Don't interrupt her - let her have her say. 27课资参类Understanding vocabularynDrought means lack of rainnDownpour means heavy fall of rainnRelinquish means give up 让渡让渡nRedundant means not needednReconvert means change againnBending means stooping 屈服屈服28课资参类Dorothy’s LifeP2 Her hair wasn't completely gray, and she was only in her mid-fifties, middle-aged really, she knew. And usually she acted younger than her years, if anything. She could still do all the work she'd ever done － keep the house going, plant and weed the garden, drive the truck when needed － though maybe she wasn't as speedy at some tasks, as she once was. And Tim, her son, did suggest a couple of years ago, that she needn't bother to drive the tractor anymore. But that was because it wasn't really necessary, anyway, it wasn't because she was getting old. So why, all of a sudden, did she feel old?n她的头发并未全白，只有五十多岁，实际还是中年 -- 这一点，她自己也清楚。

她平日的行为举止，远远看不出实际年龄 -- 无论从哪方面都看不出她象过去一样能干 -- 忙家务,在花园里种花、除草，开着拖拉机帮忙干农活 -- 尽管有些事情她做起来不如以前那样利索她的儿子蒂姆两三年前就建议她不必再开拖拉机了不过那是因为确实没有必要，而不是因为她老了那她为什么会突然觉得自己老了呢？29课资参类Dorothy’s LifenSteve － Dorothy‘s husband － had died ten years ago, when Tim was just twenty. Tim had quit his agriculture course at the university and come home to work the farm, toiling like a Trojan to pay off the debts his father left. Dorothy worked alongside him, in the beginning, until he proved himself; then gradually she relinquished more of the work to him and concentrated on her garden and flowers, and the housework.史蒂夫——多萝西的丈夫——十年前去世了，那时蒂姆年仅二十岁。

蒂姆中断了大学的农学课程，回到农场干活他象特洛伊人一样辛苦地工作，偿还父亲欠下的债务最初多萝西和他一块干，一直干到他能完全上手；于是，她就逐渐把更多的农活交给蒂姆做，自己专心伺弄花园，种些花草，操持家务30课资参类Dorothy’s LifenThings didn’t change much when Tim married Jenny two years ago. Dorothy wondered, in the beginning, how the arrangement would work out, for she stayed in the house and Jenny just moved in. It couldn‘t have been easy for Jenny, Dorothy knew that, to move into your mother-in-law’s house and let her run your life.两年前蒂姆结婚了，但情况并没有多大改变刚开始，多萝西还在想如何安排才算妥善，因为她呆在家里，詹妮又搬来住多萝西知道：对詹妮来说，住到婆婆家，还让婆婆来掌管自己的生活，不是一件容易的事情。

31课资参类Dorothy’s LifenBut there hadn't been much change, really. Everybody adapted. Jenny worked at the potato plant in town, and kept her job. Dorothy surrendered some of the house work to her, and occasional meals, but she still did most of the day-to-day household running. Jenny either worked days, or slept, depending on her shifts at the plant. Most often she worked nights and slept until four or so. 但是他们婚后，一切真的并没有多大的改变每个人都适应了詹妮婚前在镇上的土豆加工厂工作，婚后还继续在那里上班多萝西主动把一部分家务活让詹妮做，偶尔还让她做几顿饭，但是家里大部分的日常家务仍由她自己操持。

詹妮白天有时上班，有时睡觉，得看她在厂里上什么班大多数时候她上夜班，白天她一直睡到下午四点左右32课资参类Dorothy’s LifenThe washing was still Dorothy's responsibility, and the garden work and the flower beds. She still drove dinner out to the fields for Tim, and sometimes she drove the truck, during harvest or spring work. She wasn't ready to retire yet! n洗洗刷刷仍是多萝西的事，还有整理园子和花坛的活她照旧开车到田里给蒂姆送饭秋收或春耕时她有时候还开卡车她还没准备退休呢！ 33课资参类The changesn"But it looks like I'll have to," she murmured, turning away from the window to dress. "Last night was just the tip of the iceberg. The rest will show up soon." Things were changing now. Tim and Jenny's baby was due in two months, and last week Jenny stopped working at the potato plant. "I can't take all the bending any longer," she said. "And anyway, I need time to get things ready for the baby."n“但看来我必须得退休了，”她喃喃自语，一边转过身去穿衣服。

昨晚只露出了冰山一角剩下的很快就会都显露出来，”她想现在情况正在发生变化蒂姆和詹妮的孩子还有两个月就要出世了上个星期，詹妮辞去了土豆加工厂的工作我再也弯不下腰了，”她说不管怎么说，我也需要时间为孩子的出生作作准备34课资参类Reading Skillsn Skimmingn 撇去浮物35课资参类 Skimming means very fast reading. When you skim, you read to get the main idea of a text and a few, but not all, of the details in that text. Skimming gives the fastest speed possible while maintaining a level of comprehension lower than that obtained at average reading material . In skimming , however , the reader selectively omits parts of reading material.Reading Skills36课资参类To Grandmother’s House We GoBy Barbara WahlbergHome Reading37课资参类The RelationshipnNannynCorinnenBarbaranEleanorNanny is Barbara’s grandmother38课资参类LIANG JIAN39课资参类。