Unit-2-How-Reading-Changed-My-Life-第二版-现代大学英语精读

HowReadingChangedMyLifeAnnaQuindlenReinforcementTextAnalysisHowReadingChangedMyLifeBackgroundWarmingupUnit2Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesWarmingupHowReadingChangedMyLifeUnit2WarmingupQuestions/Activities1.Hasyourlifeeverbeensignificantlychangedbyanyparticularbook?2.Whatdoesreadingmeantoyou?WarmingupQuestions/Activities3.HowhastheInternetchangedpeople’swayofreading?4.Howdoyouaccountforsuchchanges?Check-onPreviewPleasedefinethefollowingwordsintheirrespectivecontext.1.…asmallbutsatisfyingspreadofcenter-hallcolonials…(para.1)2.…allthosegreathouses,withtheirhighceilingsandhighdrama…(para.2)3.Americaisalsoanationthatprizessociabilityandcommunity…(para.11)4.…akindofcareerismintheUnitedStatesthatsanctionedreading…(para.12)WarmingupCheck-onPreviewWhatdoyouknowaboutthefollowingnovels?WarmingupMiddlemarchALittlePrincessAnnaKareninaGonewiththeWindRebeccaJaneEyreATaleofTwoCitiesMoby-DickPrideandPrejudiceKillaMockingbirdObjectives1.Understandinwhichwaysreadinghaschangedtheauthor’slife.2.Discussthemeaningofreading.3.Identifytheproblemsfacingreadingandworkonpossiblesolutions.WarmingupBackgroundAuthorHowReadingChangedMyLifeUnit2BackgroundAuthorAnnaMarieQuindlenAnnaQuindlentheJournalist•TheNewYorkTimescolumnistuntil1994•PulitzerPrizeforCommentaryin1992•Newsweekcolumnist1999-2009AnnaQuindlentheNovelist•Full-timenovelistsince1995•Authoroffivebest-sellingnovels,threeofwhichmadeintomoviesHerLifeBackgroundHerWorksAuthorAcriticofthefast-pacedandincreasinglymaterialisticnatureofmodernAmericanlifeSomequotes:•Ifyoursuccessisnotonyourownterms,ifitlooksgoodtotheworldbutdoesnotfeelgoodinyourheart,itisnotsuccessatall.•Youcannotbereallyfirst-rateatyourworkifyourworkisallyouare.DetailedAnalysisStructureThemeTextAnalysisHowReadingChangedMyLifeUnit2TextAnalysisThemeQuestionsforthinking:1.Whatdoesreadingmeantotheauthor?2.Whatkindofattitudestowardreadingbothertheauthor?3.Whatkindofattitudedoestheauthoradvocate?TextAnalysisStructure1Paras.1-9Readinghasbeenanimportantpartofmylife.2Paras.10-15Acrisisfacedbyreading.3Paras.16-18Thereisstillhopeforreading.1.Wheredidtheauthorspendherchildhood?2.Whydidtheauthoralwaysfeelthatsheoughttobesomewhereelse?3.Whywasit“astiffandawkwardlunch”?Whatdidthisshowabouttheauthor?4.HowshouldtheauthorhavebenefitedfromreadingthesixnovelsinParagraph2?5.Whatdidreadingmeantotheauthorwhenshewasyoung?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion6.WhatwerethefeaturesofVictorianEngland?peace,prosperity,refinedsensibilitiesandself-confidenceTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion7.Whydoestheauthormentionthesethreenovels?8.Whatarethecommonfeaturesofthesethreenovels?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion9.Whydidtheauthorpreferreadingtoplaying?•Traveledacrossthephysicalworld;•Traveledintomyownspiritualworld:identity,aspiration,morality→Booksaremyperfectisland!TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion10.Whydoestheauthorread?•Tripstootherworlds;•Journeyintomyownworld;•Perfectisland(alonetonotalone);•Home,sustenance,greatinvinciblecompanion•Simplybecauseshelovesreading!Whydoyouread?Doyoueverreadsimplybecauseyoulovereading?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion1.Perhapsrestlessnessisanecessarycorollaryofdevotedliteracy.(para.5)Questionsforthinking:•Inwhatwayswastheauthorrestless?•Doyouagreewiththisstatement?•HowdoyouunderstandMarkTwain’ssaying,“Almostallofthewritersare‘addicts.’”?PartI:ParaphraseTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis2.Therewaswaking,andtherewassleeping.Andthentherewerebooks,akindofparalleluniverseinwhichImightbeanewcomerbutwasneverreallyastranger.(para.7)Questionsforthinking:Whydidtheauthorparallelwaking,sleepingandreading?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Paraphrase•wandertheworld•commitsthtomemoryHecommittedthenotesofthatmeetingtomemoryandthenburnedthem.•aspiretosth;aspiretodosthDifferentpeopleaspiretodifferentthings.MaryisambitiousenoughtoaspiretoconversationalfluencyinChineseintwomonths.Weaspiretobethebestwithinourfield.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(1)Word-formation:undersungunderestimatedunderdevelopedunderdoneunderfundedundermannedundernourishedunerpaidunderpopulatedunderusedunder-+pastparticiple:notenoughTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(2)Fillintheblanks.Inonecornerofthelivingroom______aclubchair.Iusedto_______onit,readingwithmyskinnylegs___________oneofitsarms.Ofcourse,Ihadclearmemoriesofnormalchildhood,______therocksinthecreekthat____________Naylor’sRunto_______forcrayfishandlayingpenniesonthetracksofthetrolleyandrunningto_____themwhenthetrolley___________.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Exercisesatsprawlslungoverliftingtrickledthroughsearchfetchhadpassed1.Whatbiasdopeoplehaveagainstthosewhoreadmuch?•Lazy,Aimlessdreamer,Loner,Arrogant2.WhatisthesomethingintheAmericancharacterthatishostiletotheactofaimlessreading?•Readingisnothingmorethanatoolforadvancement•Sociabilityandcommunity•Go-out-and-get-goingethos•AdmirationofmenofactionPragmatictraditioninAmericacharacter→PragmatismTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:DiscussionPragmatismKeytenetsofp