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ADrinkinthePassageAlanPatonReinforcementTextAnalysisADrinkinthePassageBackgroundWarmingupUnit15Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesADrinkinthePassageUnit15WarmingupWarmingupQuestions/ActivitiesRetellthestoryfromvanRensburg’spointofview.Check-onPreviewGivetheimpliedmeaningofthefollowingsentences.1.…boys,I’masculptor,notademonstrator.(para.4)2.Youknowit’sbyoneofyourownboys,don’tyou?(para.12)3.Sheknowsitwon’tbeaneasylife.(para.14)4.WellhonestlyIdidn’tfeellikeadrinkatthattimeofnight…”(para.16)5.Isaidunwillingly,“Yes.”(para.27)6.Ourlandisbeautiful.Butitbreaksmyheart.(para.44)WarmingupObjectivesWarmingup1.Content:•KnowbrieflySouthAfrica’sapartheidhistory.•Learnabouttheplightoftheblacksunderapartheidlawsandpolicies.•Understandthetragicpsychologicaleffectofracialsegregationonbothraces.2.Language:•Understandtheuseofsymbols.•Appreciatethebeautyofsimple,unadornedlanguagestyle.ADrinkinthePassageUnit15BackgroundHistorySettingAuthorBackgroundAuthorAlanPaton(1903-1988)HisLife•Ascienceteacherinhighschool.•Principalofareformschool.•Drawnintothepoliticalarena,firstpresidentoftheLiberalPartyofSouthAfrica.BackgroundAuthorHisWorks•Firstnovel:Cry,theBelovedCountry(1948),asuccess,leadinghimtobecomeaprofessionalwriter.•Secondnovel:TooLatethePhalarope(1953).•ThepresentstoryisselectedfromTalesfromaTroubledLand(1961,acollectionofhisshortstories).BackgroundAuthorHisAchievements•AnimportantSouthAfricannovelistandpoliticalactivist.•Receivednumerousawardsandhonorarydegrees,acceptedasanauthoritativeandobjectiveinterpreterofSouthAfrica.•Cry,theBelovedCountryhasbecomeaninternationalclassic.ThestoryissetagainstthebackgroundofapartheidSouthAfrica.SettingBackgroundapartheid:apartness,referringtotheracialsegregationimplementedinSouthAfricanhistoryBackgroundABriefHistoryofSouthAfrica•Localpeople:Bantu-speakingtribes.•Europeansettlers(1652):theDutch,knownasBoersorAfrikaners,speakingAfrikaans.•Britishsettlers(1820):discoveryofgoldanddiamond→theAnglo-Boerwars.•VictoryoftheBritish→theestablishmentoftheUnionofSouthAfrica(1910),dominatedbytheBritish.•TheAfrikanersNationalPartygainedmajorityinthegovernment(1940s)→implementedApartheid.HistoryBackground•In1961,theAfrikanersgainedfinalvictory→foundedtheRepublicofSouthAfrica,withdrawingfromtheCommonWealth.•Towardtheendofthe1980s,DeKlerk’sreform,liftingthebanonANC,releasingNelsonMandela.•In1994,MandelawaselectedPresident→Apartheidcametoanend.HistoryDetailedAnalysisStructureThemeADrinkinthePassageUnit15TextAnalysisTextAnalysisThemeQuestionsforthinking:•Whyadrink?•Whyinthepassage?•Whatdoesthatshow?•Whycouldn’ttheytoucheachother?I.Introduction:theissueatthesculpturecompetitionandhowthedrinkofcognacremindedthesculptorofhisstory(paras.1-6)II.AdrinkinthepassageandhowbothSimelaneandvanRensburgfoundithardforblacksandwhitestotoucheachother(paras.7-76)A.(paras.7-36):Simelane’smeetingwithvanRensburgandhisacceptanceofvanRensburg’sinvitationtoadrinkB.(paras.37-65):AdrinkinthepassageC.(paras.66-76):Simelane’sdepartureandhowtheybothfeltaboutnotbeingabletotoucheachotherStructureTextAnalysisTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion1.WhatmadeSimelane’ssculpturesuchagreatsuccess?What’saboutitthatappealednotonlytotheblacksbuttothewhitesaswell?2.Howcomesuchanimportanthonorwasgiventoablacksculptorinacountrynotoriousforracialprejudice?Howwasthedecisionreceived?Whatdoesthisincidentrevealaboutthesituationinthe1960sinSouthAfricansociety?Pickupcluesprovidedinthestory.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion3.WhatwouldhavehappenedifSimelanehadattendedtheceremonypersonally?Howwasthecrisisaverted?Hesaid,“boys,I’masculptor,notademonstrator.”Doesthatmeanthathewastoocowardorunconsciousoftheplightoftheblacksundertheapartheidpolicies?4.WhatdoyouthinkistherelationshipbetweenthenarratorandSimelane?DescribetheoccasionwhenSimelanerelatedthestorytothenarrator.Whydidhesaythatitwasthefirsttimehehadhadsuchaglass?Whatwassospecialabouttheglass?Whydidhesaythatitwasalsothefirsttimehehaddrunkcognacsoslowly?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisDifferentWineglasseswinechampagnmartinicognacsensation(para.1)•produce/cause/createsensationThemoonlandingin1969causedaworldwidesensation.Othermeanings:Onesignofaheartattackisatinglingsensationintheleftarm.Carolinehadthesensationthatshewasbeingwatched.DetailedAnalysisTextAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(1)oversight(para.2)•Cf.mistake,error,blunder,slip,lapse,oversightYouressaywasnotmarkedduetomyoversight.Othermeaning:Hehasgeneraloversightofalltrainingcourses.reprimand(para.2)•Cf.criticize,blame,scold,condemn,denounce,reprimandDetailedAnalysisTextAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(2)condition(para.2)•conditionforTheyset/laiddownstrictconditionsforusingtheirinformation.•conditionofThealliesinsistedonfreeelectionsasaconditionoftheircontinuedsupport.DetailedAnalysisTextAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(3)personage(para.2)•Cf.person,personage,personnel,personalitybring…toaclose(para.2)•Similarexpressions:draw/cometoaclose;draw/callsthtoacloseTheeventoccurredatthetimewhentheStoneAgewasdrawingtoaclose.It’stimetocallthis