21世纪大学英语第一册ppt课件.ppt

Unit 4: Text A,21st Century College English: Book 1,The Washwoman,Unit 4: Text A,Lead-in Activities Text Organization Reading & Writing Skills Language Points Guided Practice Assignment,Lead-in Activities,Do your grandparents live with your parents? Whats the possible advantages and disadvantages of elders living together with their childrens families? Think of a person you know who continues to work hard in his / her old age. Describe this person to others. What is he / she like? What does he / she do? Why do you think he / she still work?,Questions for Discussion,Text Organization,The Structure of Text A,Washwoman and her job,Mother and son,Sense of responsibility,I. Washwoman and her job,Text Organization,II. Mother and son,Text Organization,III. Sense of responsibility,Text Organization,Reading & Writing Skills,1) Reading skill learning: Ss learn to get the needed information such as physical appearance by skimming the descriptive words and understand and generalize a persons personalities and qualities through some stores and life episodes 2) Writing skill learning Ss learn to write about a person by giving a description of what he or she looks like and telling some stories that shows what kind person he or she is.,Intensive Study,The Washwomanby Isaac Bashevis Singer 1She was a small woman, old and wrinkled. When she started washing for us, she was already past seventy. Most Jewish women of her age were sickly and weak. All the old women in our street had bent backs and leaned on sticks when they walked. But this washwoman, small and thin as she was, possessed a strength that came from generations of peasant forebears. Mother would count out to her a bundle of laundry that had accumulated over several weeks. She would then lift the bundle, put it on her narrow shoulders, and carry it the long way home.,Intensive Study,2She would bring the laundry back about two weeks later. My mother had never been so pleased with any washwoman. Yet she charged no more than the others. She was a real find. Mother always had her money ready, because it was too far for the old woman to come a second time.,Intensive Study,3Laundering was not easy in those days. The old woman had no running water where she lived but had to bring in the water from a pump. And the drying! It could not be done outside because thieves would steal the laundry. So it had to be carried up to the attic and hung on clotheslines. Only God knows what the old woman had to endure each time she did a wash!,Intensive Study,4She could have begged at the church door or entered a home for the penniless and aged. But there was in her a certain pride and love of labor with which many members of the labor force have been blessed. The old woman did not want to become a burden, and so she bore her burden.,Intensive Study,5The woman had a son who was rich. He was ashamed of his mother, and never came to see her. Nor did he ever give her money. The old woman told this without bitterness. When the son got married, the wedding took place in a church. The son had not invited the old mother to his wedding, but she went to the church anyway and waited at the steps to see her son lead the bride to the altar.,Intensive Study,6One day the washwoman, now nearly eighty years old, came to our house. A good deal of laundry had accumulated during the past weeks. Mother gave her a pot of tea to warm herself, as well as some bread. The old woman sat on a kitchen chair trembling and shaking, and warmed her hands against the teapot. Her fingernails were strangely white. These hands spoke of the stubbornness of mankind, of the will to work not only as ones strength permits but beyond the limits of ones power. It was sad to watch the old woman stagger out with the big bundle and disappear.,Intensive Study,7Usually the woman brought back the wash after two or, at the most, three weeks. But three weeks passed, then four and five, and nothing was heard of the old woman.8 For us the washwomans absence was a catastrophe. We needed the laundry. We did not even know the womans address. It seemed certain that she had collapsed, died. Mother declared she had had a premonition that we 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.,Intensive Study,9More than two months passed. One evening, while Mother was sitting near the lamp mending a shirt, the door opened and a small puff of steam, followed by a huge bundle, entered. Under the bundle tottered the old woman, her face as white as a linen sheet. Mother uttered a half-choked cry, as though a corpse had entered the room. I ran toward the old woman and helped her unload her bundle. She was even thinner now, more bent. She could not utter a clear word, but mumbled something with her sunken mouth and pale lips.,Intensive Study,10 After the old woman had recovered somewhat, she told us that she had been ill, very ill. In fact, she had been so sick that someone had called a doctor, and the doctor had sent for a priest. Someone had informed the son, and he had contributed money for a coffin. But God had not yet wanted to take this poor soul to Himself. She began to feel better, she became well, and as soon as she was able to stand on her feet once more, she resumed her washing. Not just ours, but the wash of several other families too.,Intensive Study,11 “I could not rest easy in my bed because of the wash,” the old woman explained. “The wash would not let me die.”12 “With the help of God you will live to be a hundred and twenty,” said my mother.,Intensive Study,13 “God forbid! What good would such a long life be? The work becomes harder and harder my strength is leaving me I do not want to be a burden on any one!” The old woman muttered, crossed herself, and raised her eyes toward heaven. After getting paid, she left, promising to return in a few weeks for a new load of wash.,Intensive Study,14 But she never came back. The wash she had returned was her last effort on this earth. She had been driven by a strong will to return the property to its owners, to fulfill the task she had undertaken.,Text-related information,Isaac Bashevis SingerIsaac Bashevis Singer (1904-1991) was an American short-storywriter and novelist who wrote inYiddish. Born in Poland, he cameto 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 (犹太人区). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1978.,small and thin as she was although this washwoman was small and thin,e.g.Young as he is, he knows some family secrets.Much as I like you, I dont want to marry you.,Translate尽管他很强壮，他还是不能把那块石头举起来。,KeyStrong as he is, he can not lift that stone.,Key words, phrases & usages,More to learn,e.g.Black and blind and poor as Stevie was, he had a happy childhood.Tall as he was, he was by no means a good basketball player.,asUsage: In formal style, as can be used to introduce a clause, with a special word order, to mean “although”, and the construction suggests a very emphatic contrast.,Key words, phrases & usages,find n.someone or something good or valuable that isfound,e.g.This actor was the theatrical find of the year. This rare edition of Dreams in the Red Mansions was a great find I made in an old bookstore.,ParaphraseShe was a real find. We were lucky to have found such an unusually good washwoman.,Key words, phrases & usages,Translate into Chinese:And the drying!,还有晾衣服的活儿！,ParaphraseAnd to think that she also had to dry the clothes, which was no easy job for her either.,Comprehension Exercises,Only God knows its impossible to say,e.g.God knows where they have gone!The rain will stop God knows when.,Translate只有上帝知道她这些年是怎么过的。,Key Only God knows how she spent all these years.,Key words, phrases & usages,e.g.We could have paid more attention to the pollution from cars earlier.You could have finished this assignment during the weekend., could have done something Usage:This pattern usually expresses regret, dissatisfaction, or reproach on the part of the speaker for something that the subject was unable or neglected to do.,Key words, phrases & usages,be blessed with be lucky enough to have,e.g.He is blessed with a good ear for language; he speaks the three fluently.,Translate我的胃口很好，可是视力却不行。,Key I have always been blessed with a good appetite, but not with a good sight.,Key words, phrases & usages,speak of give proof or evidence of,e.g.The woman never mentioned the tragic death of her child, but her eyes spoke of suffering.Everything in the room speaks of the graceful taste of its owner.,ParaphraseThese hands spoke of the stubbornness of mankind, of the will to work not only as ones strength permits but beyond the limits of ones power. The trembling hands of the washwoman showed one aspect of human nature, that is, the determination to work even beyond what one should be physically capable of.,Key words, phrases & usages,rest v.(used as a link verb in this context) be; remain,e.g.You can rest assured that nothing of this nature will happen again.It is 11 a.m. now. How can you rest easy in your bed?,Translate我们永远不要因自己所取得的成绩而自满。,KeyNever shall we rest easy with the honors we have won.,Key words, phrases & usages,Translate into Chinese:God forbid!,但愿上帝别这样！,God forbid! may it never happen (expressing the hope that something will not happen),Usage:the expression is used alone as an answer to a question, a suggestion, etc.,Comprehension Exercises,What good / Whats the good of ?What is the use or purpose of (something or doing something),e.g.What good will it do to fuss over such a small thing?Whats the good of doing it again and making the same mistakes?,Key words, phrases & usages,drive v. push something with force; motivate,e.g.The play Othello is about how a man driven by suspicion and jealousy kills his innocent wife.He was driven to steal by extreme hunger.,Key words, phrases & usages,Guided Practice,VocabularyTranslationStructure Writing,Vocabulary,读写教程 I: Ex. IV, p. 98,IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. possessuttermourncollapsepropertysomewhat informtremblewrinkledendurerecoverdrive staggercontributeaccumulatefulfill,1.If you undertake this task, you must be ready to _ hardship.,endure,2.While Mr. Johnson was away on vacation, a lot of letters _ on his desk., accumulated,Vocabulary,IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. possessuttermourncollapsepropertysomewhat informtremblewrinkledendurerecoverdrive staggercontributeaccumulatefulfill,3.I was _ disappointed with the meal. It was not bad, but not as good as I had expected it to be.,somewhat,4.Part of a police officers job is to protect public _., property,Vocabulary,IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. possessuttermourncollapsepropertysomewhat informtremblewrinkledendurerecoverdrive staggercontributeaccumulatefulfill,5.Have you _ your parents of your plan for the winter vacation?,informed,6.The woman was forty, but looked fifty. Her cheeks were sunken and her skin was _ and yellow., wrinkled,Vocabulary,IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. possessuttermourncollapsepropertysomewhat informtremblewrinkledendurerecoverdrive staggercontributeaccumulatefulfill,7.Nearly _ under the pain, the wounded soldier staggered across the road.,collapsing,8.Al the theaters and cinemas were closed, as a sign of _ for the dead president., mourning,Vocabulary,IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. possessuttermourncollapsepropertysomewhat informtremblewrinkledendurerecoverdrive staggercontributeaccumulatefulfill,9.His classmates have _ a total of 12,400 yuan for the student who had a major operation last week.,contributed,10.With a history of over 100 years, the little town _ a unique glamour (魅力)., possesses,Vocabulary,IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. possessuttermourncollapsepropertysomewhat informtremblewrinkledendurerecoverdrive staggercontributeaccumulatefulfill,11.Now that he is quite _ from his illness, he has decided to resume his college education this fall.,recovered,12.Marys voice _ with anger as she told us about her husbands shamelessness., trembled,Vocabulary,IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. possessuttermourncollapsepropertysomewhat informtremblewrinkledendurerecoverdrive staggercontributeaccumulatefulfill,13.To _ his dream of becoming a professional athlete, Tom kept training for three years.,fulfill,14.Though Dr. Brown was exhausted, a sense of responsibility _ him back to the hospital to see if his patients were all right., drove,Vocabulary,IV. Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary. possessuttermourncollapsepropertysomewhat informtremblewrinkledendurerecoverdrive staggercontributeaccumulatefulfill,15.She happened to look out of the kitchen window and saw a man _ around like a drunk.,stagger,16.The wounded soldier _ a cry of pain as the nurse tried to clean and bandage his wound., uttered,Vocabulary,Translation,读写教程 I: Ex. XIII, p. 104,1.虽然祖母体弱多病，她却承担起了家里的所有家务。,as,sickly and weakly,has taken on,Translation,Sickly and weak as Grandma is, she has taken on all the housework in the family.,2.唱片公司从未对任何歌手这样满意过。对他们来说, 史蒂威 旺达确实是个难得的人才。,be pleased with,a real find,The recording company had never been so pleased with any singer. For them, Stevie Wonder was a real find.,Translation,3.他们住的地方没有自来水，也没有煤气和电这类生活上的便利设备。,nor,conveniences of life,They had no running water where they lived. Nor did they have any conveniences of life such as gas and electricity.,Translation,4.六年过去了，接着七年、八年过去了， 那位法国艺术家仍杳无音信。看来他肯定已离开这个国家去了唯有上帝知道的什么地方。,nothing was heard of,only God knows where,Six years passed, then seven and eight, and nothing was heard of that French artist. It seemed certain that he had left the country for only God knows where.,Translation,5.那年夏天他病得很厉害，但秋天他刚感到好些了，便又重新开始写作，并在两个月内完成了他的最后一部小说。,feel better,resumed his writing,He was very ill that summer, but as soon as he felt better in the fall, he resumed his writing and finished his last novel in two months.,Translation,6.在坚强意志的推动下，亚历克斯终于完成了他所承担的任务。,driven by,fulfilled the task,Driven by a strong will, Alex finally fulfilled the task he had undertaken.,Translation,7.在医生和护士们的帮助下，那位病人恢复得很快，几星期后便再一次站了起来。,in a few weeks,stand on his feet,With the help of the doctor and the nurses, the patient recovered quickly and in a few weeks was able to stand on his feet once more.,Translation,望着老人那张满是皱纹的脸真是叫人难过，因为它说明了老人一辈子所经历的一切。,wrinkled face,spoke of,It was really sad to watch the old mans wrinkled face, which spoke of all that he had bo