Unit2-The-Struggle-to-Be-an-All-American-Girl

LOGOPowerPointTemplateTheStruggletoBeanAll-AmericanGirlUnit2:TextIAmerican-bornChineseplaywrightRaisedinLosAngeles’Chinatown,alwaysdreamedoftheworldoutsidetheghetto;HoldsanMFA(MasterofFineArts)fromNYUniversity’sTischSchoolofArts.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案LearningObjectivesRhetoricalskill:basicfeaturesofnarrativewritingKeylanguage&grammarpointsWritingstrategies:simile,metaphorChineseAmericanliterature,cultureshock，reverseculturalshockLearningObjectivesHoneymoonNegotiationAdjustmentMasteryTheauthor’spurpose:TogiveavividpictureofaChineseteenagerwhowasanxioustobeAmericanized.ReadthetextanddoExerciseIIonP32.Inthispoignantremembrance,theauthorrecallstheunforgettable,sorrowfulexperiencesofherchildhoodwhenshewasforcedtolearnChinese,whichdidnotinteresther.Part1(P1)thebackgroundofthetextPart2(P2-7)herbitterexperiencesintheChineseschoolPart3(P8-11)thelanguagegapwithintheextendedfamilyPart4(P12-14)sorrowfornothavingbeenabletobecomearealAmericanPartOne(1)Thispartisthebeginningofthenarrativetext.Itprovidesthebackgroundofthestory.Question:Whydoyouthinktheschoolwasnewlypainted?Whatdoestheexistenceoftheoldschoolimply?IntensiveReadingIntensiveReadingfence1.Hislandwasfencedwithbarbedwire.2.comedownononesideofthefenceortheother3.sitonthefencestoically1.Shebehavedstoicallyduringthefinalphaseofherhusband’sillness.stoicstoicalstoicismParttwo(2-7)ThispartdynamicallyandvividlydescribestheirforcedwalkstotheChineseschool,thesternprincipal,theclassroom,thepoliteformalitywithwhichlessonsstarted.Para.7tellsuswhytheauthordidnotwanttolearnChinese.IntensiveReadingwalkwalksb.tosp.学校正敦促家长护送孩子上学。Schoolsareurgingparentstowalkthechildrentoschool.walkadogbewalkingonairwalksb’slegsofftalkthetalk,walkthewalkIrecognizehimasarepressed…inbigtrouble.Paraphrase?Inmyopinion,theprincipalwasamanwhosufferedformsuppressionofemotionsandwhowassosternandseverethathewouldbeliabletobeatupachild.AndIknewifweeversawhistwitchinghands,wewouldbeinforseverephysicalpunishment,extremepain,anxietyandworry,etc.asentencefragment句子片段(1)Likeancientmothballsordirtyclosets.(2)LikethesoftFrench…inpublicschool.Thesetwoprepositionalphrasesareusedas“asentencefragment”,whichisbelievedtobemoreattractive,moreimpressiveandmoreemphatic.Thelanguagewasasourceofembarrassment.Paraphrase?Thelanguagecausedmetofeelself-consciousorashamedofmyracialorigin.Moretimesthannot,Ihadtriedtodisassociate...Chinatown.Paraphrase?QuiteoftenIhadmadeeffortstoescapefromtheannoyinglyloudvoicethataccompaniedmewhereverIroamedinthenearbyAmericansupermarketoutsideChinatown.refinev.refinethedesignrefinetheoilrefinedadj.refinedsugar/oilarefinedwayofspeakingrefinementn.Partthree(8-11)Thispartspecificallyandhumorouslyrelatesthegenerationgapinthefamily:betweenthewriterandhergrandmother,andbetweenherbrotherandmother,presentingasharpcontrastintheirlanguagecompetence.IntensiveReadingWhatdoyouknowabouttheauthor’sEnglishproficiency?Howwastheauthor’smother’slevelofEnglish?IntensiveReading来叫克姆（COME）去叫谷（GO），是叫也司（YES）勿讲拿（NO），一洋元钿温得拉（ONEDOLLAR），廿四铜钿吞的福（TWENTY-FOUR），翘梯翘梯喝杯茶（HAVETEA），雪堂雪堂请侬坐（SITDOWN），红头阿三开泼度（KEEPDOOR），自家兄弟勃拉茶（BROTHER），爷叫泼茶娘卖茶（FATHER/MOTHER），丈人阿爸发音落（FATHERINLAW）。Partfour(12-14)Inthispart,thewriterwindsuphernarrationbytellingusthatnomatterhowhardshetriedtobecomeAmericanized,sheremainedCHINESE.IntensiveReadingNowadays,someparentsarehardontheirsonsanddaughters,askingthemtolearnEnglish,tolearntoplaythepiano,tolearnpainting,andtolearnmanythings.Heisdeterminedtogiveupgambling,sowhenheseeshisformergamblingfriends,heismorethaneagertodisassociatehimselffromtheircompany.Thereportersreceivedasternwarningnottogototheearthquake-strickenareawithoutofficialpermission.Lifeistoughforparentswhosekidsfailtokeepupinschool.Thesuspectconsideredsneakingaway,buthisfamilymanagedtodissuadehim.Thecablesareallbrightyellowtopreventpedestriansfromtrippingoverthem.Infuriatedbythedecision,hethrewuphisarmsinexasperation.Thepaintonthedoorofthisoldhousehasbeenblotchedandstripedbyyearsofweathering.Whileabsorbingtheessenceofaforeignculture,weshouldnotbecontentwithimitationwithoutcreation.Anobsessionwithsimpleimitationwillkill/sterilizecreation,andassuchitwillbeimpossibleforustoscale/climbnewheightsinartandimpossibletopresenttotheworldexcellentworksofourowncreation.Simpleimitationisbynomeansequal/equivalenttono