21世纪大学实用英语综合教程(第四册)课件.ppt

21 21 世纪世纪大学实用英语大学实用英语 综综 合合 教教 程程(第四册)21世纪大学实用英语世纪大学实用英语Unit 1 The WashwomanText A The Washwoman Starter Background Information Text Understanding Language Points Exercises Writing Starter: Look & SayTake a look at the following pictures and discuss on the topic of “gray solution”. Questions and Answers Q1: How are old people treated in China?Q2: Who do you think should provide for them? The government, the children or themselves? Why? Share your opinion with the class.keykeyWords for referenceEmpty nester: A parent whose children have grown and left home.Aged care: Elderly care or simply eldercare is the fulfillment of the special needs and requirements that are unique to senior citizens, which includes medical care, social care, national health service such as welfare, pension and etc.Suggested Answers Generally speaking, old people are respected and well taken care of in China. However, I have to admit that some children treat their parents badly and dont provide them. The number of empty nesters is being increased rapidly with the development of economy and more and more children moving away from their parents homes. We should come back home more frequently and show more concerns and cares to our parents and grandparents. The form of elder care provided varies greatly among countries and is changing rapidly. Even within the same country, for example in China, regional differences exist with respect to the care for the elderly. In my opinion, old people should be provided both by their children and by the government, especially in rural areas, where most farmers have no pensions to support themselves. The government should take more effective measures to secure old peoples social welfare for their happy lives.Background InformationIsaac Bashevis Singer Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) was an American short story writer and novelist who wrote in Yiddish. Born in Poland, he came to the USA in 1935. He became a journalist at the New York Jewish Daily Forward , which also published his fiction . Singer is most famous for his short stories, which deal most with the heritage, faith , and daily lives of Polish Jews, particularly in the Warsaw Ghetto. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978.Understanding the Text This short story is about a woman who continued to work hard in her old age because she didnt want to become a burden. She washed for others, even when she was already past 70. But she was proud a n d s t r o n g f r o m h e r l i f e t i m e o f hard work. Reading Analysis Part 1 (Para.1-3)Part 1 (Para.1-3) A brief introduction of the washwoman The washwoman was small, old and wrinkled, but she possessed a strength that came through generation of peasant forebears. Although laundering was not easy in those days, she did a good job of it and charged no more than the other. Instead of begging at the church door or entering a home for penniless and aged, she bore her burden. TopicDetailsReading Analysis Part 2 (Para.5-7)Part 2 (Para.5-7) The absence of the washwoman Once the washwoman didnt bring back the wash in time, and her absence was a catastrophe for us. Mother announced that would never see our things again. We mourned both for the laundry and for the old woman who had grown close to us through the years she had served us so faithfully.TopicDetailsReading Analysis Part 3 (Para.8-13)Part 3 (Para.8-13) The return of the washwoman More than two months later, the washwoman returned with the laundry. She explained that she had been very ill but the wash didnt let her die. She came back because she was driven by a strong will to return the property to its owners, to fulfill the task she had undertaken.TopicDetailsLanguage Points1.wrinkled a. having or showing small folds or lines in the skin 有皱纹的有皱纹的 e.g. a villager with a wrinkled face一位满脸皱纹的老乡亲一位满脸皱纹的老乡亲2.lean on/against rest in a reclining position for a support e.g. She leaned on her husbands arm, looking pale. 她靠在丈夫的臂膀里，面色苍白。

But this washwoman, small and thin as she was, possessed a strength that came from generations of peasant forebears. 然而这个洗衣妇，虽然又瘦又小，却具有世代当庄稼汉的然而这个洗衣妇，虽然又瘦又小，却具有世代当庄稼汉的祖辈所传下来的一股力气祖辈所传下来的一股力气本句中，在连词本句中，在连词as引导的让步状语从句中出现倒装，句中引导的让步状语从句中出现倒装，句中表语表语small and thin放置在放置在as之前，相当于之前，相当于though /although she was small and thin应用：尽管长得又高大又强壮，他却害怕艰苦的工作应用：尽管长得又高大又强壮，他却害怕艰苦的工作Big and strong as he is, he is afraid of hard work.难句解析3. She was a real find.We were lucky to have found such an unusually good washwoman. find n. someone or sth. good or valuable that is found e.g. This rare edition of book was a great find I made in an old bookstore. 这是我在一家就书店淘来的一本珍贵的孤这是我在一家就书店淘来的一本珍贵的孤 本。

本 4.Only God knows -Its impossible to say e.g. God knows where they have gone! 谁也不知道他们去哪儿了！谁也不知道他们去哪儿了！ The rain will stop God knows when. 雨不知道什么时候才会停雨不知道什么时候才会停 活学活用The old woman had no running water where she lived but had to bring in the water from a pump. 老妇人住的地方没有自来水，得用水泵把水抽上老妇人住的地方没有自来水，得用水泵把水抽上来本句中本句中where引导地点状语从句引导地点状语从句你去哪里，我也去哪里。