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Lesson4EverydayUseforYourGrandmamaPresentedbyYiWenjingObjectivesofTeaching•1.Tocomprehendthewholestory•2.Tolearntoparaphrasethedifficultsentences•3.Tounderstandthestructureofthetext•4.Toappreciatethestyleandrhetoricofthepassage.•5.ToleanandmasterthevocabularyandexpressionsImportantanddifficultpoints•1.Thecomprehensionofthewholestory•2.Theunderstandingofcertainexpressions•3.Theappreciationofthewritingtechnique•4.Colloquial,slangyorblackEnglish•5.CulturaldifferencebetweennationalitiesintheUSⅠ.AdditionalBackgroundMaterialAbouttheauthor:AliceWalker(1944--),poet,novelistandessayist,wasbornintoapoorruralfamilyinEatonton,Georgia.Herparentsmadealivingbygrowingcotton.WhenshewenttoSarahLawrenceCollegeintheearly60’s,thecivilrightsmovementwasinfullswing.ShewasactivelyinvolvedinthemovementandupongraduationworkedinMississippi,centerofthecivilrightsactivities.Afterexperiencingthepoliticalmovement,shebecameateacherofcreativewritingandblackliterature,lecturingatJacksonStateCollege,TougalooCollege,Wellesley,YaleandUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley.Herwritingcareerbeganwiththepublicationofavolumeofpoetryin1968,whichwasfollowedbyanumberofnovels,shortstories,criticalessaysandmorepoetry.Herworksinclude:TheThirdLifeofGrangeCopelang(1970)Meridian(1976)abiographyofLangstonHughes(1973)acollectionofshortstoriesinLoveandTrouble:StoriesofBlackWomen(1973)arecentnovelTheTempleofMyFamiliar(1989).AliceWalkerisatherbestwhenportrayingpeoplelivingintheruralareas,wherethewriterwasbornandgrewup.Asablackwriter,Walkerisparticularlyinterestedinexaminingtherelationshipsamongtheblacksthemselves.NowsheisregardedasoneofthemostprominentwritersinAmericanliteratureandamostforcefulrepresentativeofwomen’sliteratureandblackliterature.•Theauthorwrotequiteanumberofnovels,amongthemwereTheColorPurplewhichwonthePulitzerPrizeofFiction（普利策小说奖）andTheAmericanBookAward（美国图书奖）.In1985,theColorPurplewasmadeintoamoviewhichwongreatfame.•EverydayUseisawidelystudiedandmuch-anthologizedshortstorybyAliceWalker.Itwasfirstpublishedin1973aspartofWalker'sshortstorycollection,InLoveandTrouble.Characters•Maggie•Ashy,differentyoungwomanmadeevenmoreself-consciousbyscarsshegotinahousefireyearsago.Shehasn‘thadmuchformaleducationbuthaslearnedtraditionalskills,suchasquilting,fromherfamily.•Mama(MrsJohnson)•Thenarratorofthestory.Sheisamiddle-agedorolderAfrican-Americanwomanlivingwithheryoungerdaughter,Maggie.Althoughpoor,sheisstrongandindependent,andtakesgreatprideinherwayoflife.•••Dee(Wangero)•DeeisMrsJohnson'solderdaughter.Sheisattractive,sophisticated,andwell-educated.Sheisalsoveryselfish;shemayevenhavecausedthefirethatdisfiguredhersister.MrsJohnsoncallsherDee/Wangero.•••Asalamalakim•AyoungMuslimmanwhoaccompaniesDeeonhervisit.Mama,unabletopronouncehisname,referstohimasHakim-A-Barber,theMuslimgreetinghegivesherthatmeanspeaceandhappinesstoyou.ThismaybeironicbecausethevisitdisturbstheplacidlivesofMaggieandMama.ItisnotknownexactlywhathisrelationshipistoDee,thoughhemaybeafriend,aboyfriend,husbandorspiritualadviser.About“EverydayUse”:“EverydayUse”(1973)isincludedintheNortonAnthologyofShortFiction,2ndEdition,1981.Itisoneofthebest-writtenshortstoriesbyAliceWalker.Thisstorydescribesthreewomen:Themotherisaworkingwomanwithoutmucheducation,butnotwithoutintelligenceorperception.Thetwodaughtersformasharpcontrastineveryconceivableway:appearance,character,personalexperiences,etc.ThisstoryreachesitsclimaxatthemomentwhenDee,theelderdaughter,wantstheoldquiltsonlytoberefusedflatlybythemother,whointendstogivethemtoMaggie,theyoungerone.II.DetailedStudyoftheText1.Itislikeanextendedlivingroom:Itislikeanenlargedlivingroombyanewadditiontotheoriginalspace.extendedextendedcare:nursingcareprovidedforalimitedtimeafterahospitalstay.extendedfamily:agroupofrelativesbyblood,marriageoradoption,oftenincludinganuclearfamily,livingtogether,esp.threegenerationsareinvolved.•1.wavy:havingregularcurves•Awavylinehasaseriesofregularcurvesalongit.•Thewavylinesaremeanttorepresentwater.•Hereinthetexttheworddescribesthemarksinwavypatternsontheclaygroundleftbythebroom.•*image-1*(此处加一细曲线图)•2.groove:alongnarrowpathortrackmadeinasurface,esp.toguidethemovementofsth.•Agrooveisawide,deeplinecutintoasurface.•Thecupboarddoorslidesopenalongthegrooveitfitsinto.•3.homely:simple,notgrand,(ofpeople,faces,etc.,)notgood-looking,ugly•Ifsomeoneishomely,theyarenotveryattractivetolookat;uasedinAm.E.•4.awe:Aweisthefeelingofrespectandamazementthatyouhavewhenyouarefacedwithsth.wonderful,frighteningorcompletelyunknown.,wonder•Thechildstaredathiminsilentawe.•5.confront:tofaceboldlyorthreateningly,encounter•Ifaproblem,task,ordifficultyconfrontsyou,oryouareconfrontedwithit,itissth.thatyoucannotavoidandmustdealwith•Iwasconfrontedwiththetaskofdesigningandbuildingthenewsystem.•6.totter:tomoveinanunsteadywayfromsidetosideasifabouttofall,towalkwithweakunsteadysteps•Theoldladytottereddownthestairs.•7.limousine:Alimousineisalargeandverycomfortablecar,esp.onewithaglassscreenbetweenthefrontandbackseats.Limousinesareusuallydrivenbyachauffeur[ou]•cf:sedan/saloonisacarwit