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Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWPartThreeENTERLesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWTextAppreciationI.TextAnalysisII.WritingDevicesPointofViewFlashbackFigurativeLanguageIII.SentenceParaphraseLesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWPlotofthestorySettingofthestoryProtagonistsofthestoryWritingtechniquesofthestoryThemeofthestoryI.TextAnalysisForreferenceDiscussthesequestionswithyourpartners.Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysisPlot:awell-educatedblackfindshimselfcordiallyinvitedtosplitabottlewithawhitemaninthepassageofthelatter’sapartmentbuildingSetting:socialsetting:ApartheidSouthAfricain1960storysetting:inthepassageProtagonists:“I”—theblacksculptorWritingtechniques:gotoWritingDevicesThemeofthestory:gotothenextpageForreference.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysisThemeThestorytellsushowracialprejudicecanpreventusreaching,touchingandconnectingwitheachother.Thisinvisiblewallexistsbetweenthewhiteandtheblackandhamperstheirfreecommunicationandfullunderstanding.Itisnotjustawallimposedbyapartheidlaws,butawalldeeplyrootedintheirhearts.Pleasefinddetailsinthetexttobearitout.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWPart1(Paras.1-6)about:Part2(Paras.7-76)about:I.TextAnalysisStructureAgainstwhatbackgroundandfromwhomthestorycomesHowthestorygoesTobecontinuedonthenextpage.Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysisIntheyear1960theUnionofSouthAfricacelebrateditsGoldenJubilee,andtherewasanationwidesensationwhentheone-thousand-poundprizeforthefinestpiecesculpturewaswonbyablackman…(Para.1)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.(1)Questions:Whydidtheblackman’ssuccesscausesuchanationwidesensation?Whatbackgrounddoesthisopeningsentenceintendtounravel?Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysisHowever,acrisiswasaverted,becausethesculptorwas“unfortunatelyunabletoattendtheceremony”.(Para.3)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.(2)Questions:Whatdidtheauthormeanbysayingthatacrisiswasfinallyaverted?Whatisitabout?WhatwouldhavehappenedifSimelanehadattendedtheceremonypersonallytoaccepttheprize?Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysis“Iwasn’tfeelinguptoit.”Simelanesaidmischievouslytome.“Myparents,andmywife’sparents,andourpriest,decidedthatIwasn’tfeelinguptoit.AndfinallyIdecidedsotoo.(Para.4)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.(3)Questions:InwhatsensedidSimelanethinkhewasn’t“feelinguptoit”?Didhemeanhewasphysicallyunabletoattendtheceremony?WhydidSimelanegivetheauthorthatmischievouslook?Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysisOfcourseMajosiandSolaandtheotherswantedmetogoandgetmyprizepersonally,butIsaid,“boys,I’masculptor,notademonstrator.”(Para.4)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Questions:WhodoyouthinkMajosiandSolawere?WhydidtheystronglyadviseSimelanetoandgettheprizepersonally?Howtounderstand“I’masculptor,notademonstrator”?(4)Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysisTheygaveawholewindowtoit,withawhitevelvetbackdrop,ifthereisanythingcalledwhitevelvet,and…(Para.7)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Questions:Whatdidhemeanwhenhesaid“…ifthereisanythingcalledwhitevelvet”?Couldhebeplayingwiththeword“white”here?Whatqualitiesareusuallyassociatedwith“velvet”?(5)Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysis“It’sbeautiful,”hesaid.“Lookatthatmother’shead.She’slovingthatchild,butshe’ssomehowwatchingtoo.Likesomeoneguarding.Sheknowsitwon’tbeaneasylife.”(Para.14)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Questions:Didthewhitemanadmirethesculpturepurelyfromanartisticpointofview?Whyandwhynot?DoyouthinktheexhibitedsculpturetransformedthemindofthisyoungAfricaner?Inwhatway?(6)Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysisIcouldn’thavetoldhimmyname.IsaidIwasVakalisa,livinginOrlando.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Questions:Whydidn’tSimelanetellthewhitemanhistruename?WhatdoyouthinkwasthereasonwhyvanRensburgdecidedtobefriendthisblackstranger?(7)Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysisThenhesaidtome,“Areyoueducated?”Isaidunwillingly.“Yes.”ThenIthoughttomyself,howstupid,forleavingthequestionopen.(Para.27)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Question:Whydidhesaythathewasafooltoleavethequestionopen?(8)Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysisNowIcertainlyhadnotexpectedthatIwouldhavedrinkinthepassage.(Para.30)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Questions:HowdidSimelanefeelwhenherealizedthattheyweregoingtodrinkinthepassage?Didhefeelinsultedandangry?WhydoyouthinkSimelanewasnotinvitedin?(9)Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysisOntheothersidewerethedoors,impersonaldoors.(Para.37)…Iwasthinkingthatoneoftheimpersonaldoorsmightopenatanymoment…(Para.39)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Question:WhydidSimelanekeepreferringtothe“impersonaldoors”?Whyimpersonal?(10)Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysis…andvanRensburg,inastrainedvoicethatsuddenlycameoutofnowhere,said,“Ourlandisbeautiful.Butitbreaksmyheart.”(Para.44)“Youknow,”hesaid,“aboutourlandbeingbeautiful?”(Para.69)Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Question:WhatdidvanRensburgmeanwhenhesaidthathethoughttheirlandwasbeautifulbutsometimesbrokehisheart?(11)Lesson4—ADrinkinthePassageBTLEWI.TextAnalysisWhathewasthinking,Godknows,butIwasthinkinghewaslikeamant