现代大学英语精读三-Unit-3-A-Dill-Pickle

KatherineMansfieldADillPickleObjectives1.Understandthestory:theme&character.a)learntopiecetogethertheplotofafragmentarystory.b)givecharactersketchesofthe2peopleinthestoryandfindoutevidencefromthetexttosupportthesketches.c)discussthemajorthemesofthestory.2.Difficulty:Appreciateliteraturea)readthestoryfromaparticularperspective:feminism;b)interpretthesymbols.c)Useofstreamofconsciousness(paras16-21)3.Grammar:exclamatorysentences;rhetoricalquestion4.Writing:learntodescribeasceneorobjectwithaccuracy:verbs.•What’sthetextabout?•Howdoyoulikethestory?•What’sthehero’sname?•Ifyouweretheheroine,wouldyouleavetheman?•Whatisyourdefinitionoflove?•Howdoyouunderstandthetitle---theDillPickle?QuestionsWho:Veraandherex-lover(hisnamewasnevertold)When:6yearsaftertheirseparationWhere:inarestaurantWhat:TheyrecalledtheirpreviousdaysWhy:How:useflashbackstoreconstructthewholestoryPlotItisaboutayoungmanandayoungwoman,whohadbeenlovers,meteachotheraftersixyearsofseparation.Astheysatandreminisced,weunderstandwhathadhappenedsixyearsagothatledtotheendoftheirrelationship.Now,sixyearslater,theyhadtheopportunitytorenewtheirrelationship,butsomehowtheyseparatedagain.PlotThemeofthestoryAlovestory:abouttherelationshipbetweenloversQuestion:Whatdoyouknowaboutthesetwocharacters?Canyougiveacharactersketchforeachofthembasedontheinformationscatteredinthetext.CharacterAnalysisVeraQuestionsforthinking:1.HowdidVerafeelwhenshesawherformerlover?Wasshestillattachedtohim?2.WhydidVerabreakupwiththemansixyearsearlier?3.DoyouthinkVeraleftthemanagainforthesamereasonsasthefirsttime?4.WhatindeeddidVerawant?Whyhadshebeensolonely?Wasitbecause,asthemansaid,shewasanegoist?Vera5.Whatdoesthe“strangebeast”standfor?Whydoestheauthordescribeitasa“strangebeast”?Isthisimageconventionallyassociatedwithwomen?6.HowdoyouunderstandthatVerawas“bornoutofhertime”?CharacterAnalysisThemanQuestionsforthinking:1.Whatistheman’sname?Whyisn’thegivenaname?2.WasthemanstillinlovewithVera?Ifnot,whydidheseemsohappytalkingtoherandaskhertostay?3.Whydidhe“letitgoatthat”whenVeratoldhimshehadsoldherpiano?4.Inwhattonedidhementionthebreak-upletter?DoyouthinkhereallyunderstoodnowwhatVerahadwrittenabouthim?5.DoyouagreewithwhatthemansaidaboutVera?Didheunderstandhertosomeextent?CharacterAnalysisCharacterAnalysisThewoman:sensitive;lonely;physicallyweak/financiallydifficult;spirituallyaliveandstrong;cherishingthememoryverymuch;easilymoved;Theman:egotistical;self-conscious;self-involved;self-engrossed;insensitivetoothers’feelings;stingyExamplesforthewoman’scharacter:1.Idon’tfeelverywell.Ican’tbearthisweather.Loatheit(cold).2.…andofhowit(thetrickofinterruptingher)usedtoexasperatehersixyearsago.3.Butnow,ashespoke,thememoryfaded.Hiswasthetruer.(Hermemorybecameweakerandweaker,whilehismemory,thememoryofthewonderfultimetheyhadatKewGardens,wasthetruer.)4.No,I’venopiano.Sold.Agesago.5.“ThedogwascalledBosun,”“Whatdog?Hadyouadog?”6.Butasshewatchedhimdrawherglovethroughhisfingers,gentle,gently,herangerreallydiddiedown./sheliftedherheadasthoughshedranksomething.7.“Justthesame.Iamasaloneasever.”CharacterAnalysisExamplesfortheman’segoism1.“Shesmiled,hefrowned.”2.Hewasusedtointerruptingher.3.Althoughthewomanobviouslyhadahardtimeinthepastsixyears,hepaidnoattentiontoherplight,justtalkingabout(boasting)himselfandhistravels.4.Areyoustillsofondofperfumes?Ah,whenIwasinRussia…/5.“Heletitgoatthat.”ThedifficultfinanceofVeraseemstohavenothingtodowithhim.6.“Icouldn’thelplaughingasIreadit.”Thelettershesenthimsixyearsago:Hetrivializestheletter,andbydoingthis,alsotrivializestheirrelationship.7.Heclaimedthattheyarebothegotisticalandself-engrossed,butthefactisthatitwashealonewhohastheproblem.8.“Butthecreamhasnotbeentouched,”hesaid.“Pleasedonotchargemeforit.”(Stingy,mean,aniggard)CharacterAnalysisDetailedAnalysis1.Para1:“Andthen,aftersixyears,shesawhimagain.”Question:Whatcanyouinferfromthissentence?1)Theymusthaveknowneachotherbefore.2)Forsomeunknownreason,theyhadnotseeneachfor6years.2.Para2:“Hedidn’tknowher.Shesmiled,hefrowned…inadarkroom”Question:Why“smile”?Why“frown”?Why“closedhiseyes”?(Shesmiledbecauseshewasverygladtoseeheroldfriend.Hefrownedbecausehecouldnotrecognizeher.Thatheclosedhiseyesimpliedhewassearchinghismemory.)theafternooninKewGardensDetailedAnalysis3.Para13:“Iamstilljustasignorantforallyourtellingme.”Paraphrasethissentence:Iamstillasignorantasbeforeofthenamesofflowersalthoughyouhadtoldme.Forall:despite,inspiteof,notwithstanding---Hehasgreatpowerandwealth,butisstillunhappyforallthat.Forallthat:although,though---Heisstillunhappyforallthathehasgreatpowerandwealth.WildGeraniumMarigold万寿菊Verbena美人樱4.Para14:“….behavinglikeamaniacaboutthewasps—wavingthemaway,flappingatthemwithhisstrewhat,seriousandinfuriatedoutofallproportiontotheoccasion.Howshehadsuffered.”Question:WhatmadeVerasuffer?(Hewassochildish,trivial,andridiculousthathehadmadeafoolofthemboth.)outofallproportiontosth:inawrongrelationtosthHere：absurd,abnormal;outofplace---HisheadisoutofproportiontothesizeofhisbodyDetailedAnalysis5.Para15:“Butnow,ashespoke,thatmemoryfaded.Hisw