A Debt to Dickens.ppt
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Section 2(Para 2~3):It gives an account of her special childhood, her feeling of loneliness and alienation.
Section 3(Para 4~7):It describes how she discovered Dickens and benefited from reading his novels.
Paragraph 7
• The last paragraph associated with the first one in the following way:
• In the first paragraph, the writer makes it clear that she has owned Dickens a heavy debt, and she knows no better way to honor her obligation than to write down what Dickens did for her.
Language points
Ache: 1)feel pain The noise of the traffic made my head ache. 2)have a strong desire to do something
ache to do something She is aching to win the first place in the writing
competition. Inestimable: too precious to be estimated His advice has been of inestimable value to us.
Language points
Render: 1)give or supply The estate rendered some revenue for the family. 2)cause to become The shot rendered her immobile. 3) give back The sages of ancient times taught us to render good for evil. Obligation: moral or legal duty to do something You can look at the books without any obligation to buy. Obligatory: compulsory
Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu (赛珍珠）
In 1892 born in the United States
3 months old In 1910
In 1914
From 1920 to 1933
In 1938
was taken to China
left China to attend Randolph Macon Woman’s College retuned to China. 3 years later she married an agricultural economist Made their home in Nanjing, On the campus of Nanjing University, where both have teaching positions won the Nobel Prize in literature for The Good Earth
Detailed Reading
• Paragraph Analysis • Para. 1 1)How do you interpret the debt which the writer has owed
since she was seven years old ? 2) In the eyes of the writer, what is the best way to pay her
Dickens
His status in English literature:
the foremost English novelist ; the greatest critical realist writer of the Victorian era;
His famous works:
The Pickwick Papers, 1836 Oliver Twist, 1837 A Christmas Carol, 1843 A Tale of Two Cities, 1859 Great Expectations, 1860
Back
Structure analysis
Section 1(Para 1):It states the writing purpose: to express a feeling of warm gratitude to Charles Dickens.
Her Works
Байду номын сангаас
A bridge for Passing Come, My Beloved East Wind: West Wind Fighting Angel the Hidden Flower Imperial Woman The God Earth All Man Are Brothers
Back
• Para. 2-3 1) What is the message that is stressed in the second
paragraph? 2) What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?
Paraphrase
①In the near distance wound that deep, treacherous, golden river, the Yangtze, and some of the most terrifying and sinister, as well as the most delightful and exciting moments of that child’s life, were spent beside the river.(分析一下句子成分）
• For a long time, she had been bearing their teasing laughter, and this time she stroke back with a bad word she learned from the boat folk though she was very small because she couldn’t bear any more.
debt to Charles Dickens?
Paraphrase
① It is no burden, except as the feeling of warm gratitude
may ache in one until it is expressed. • My debt is not a burden at all, but I may feel anxious and
worried if I do not express my great thanks.
②I know no better way to meet my obligation than to write
down what Charles Dickens did in China for an American child. • I know the best way to fulfill my duty is to write down…
③However kindly the people about her might be, and they were much more often kind than not, she knew that she was foreign to them.
• No matter how friendly and kind the people around her might be ,and they were very kind indeed, she felt she was alien to them.( more often… than not: most of the time; usually)
？
A Debt to Dickens
Main idea
• This text tells us about the most indelible experiences the writer went through when she lived an isolated life as a child in the remote Chinese countryside. • The text describes and relates how she discovered and read and digested Dickens’ novels. • It highlights the ways the writer benefited immensely from Dickens.
Content
• Brief introduction of author & Dickens • Structural analysis • Paragraph analysis
Introduction of author
Pearl S. Buck （June 26, 1892— —March 6, 1973）
• Not far away, the Yangtze, bright yellow in color, wound its way along, deep, dangerous and unpredictable. Beside this river, the child spent her childhood, with some of the most terrifying and dangerous, as well as the most delightful and exciting moments.
Back
• Para.4-7
1)Why did the narrator say she was an impossible voracious reader?
2)In what ways was the narrator greatly ben efited or enlightened by Dickens?
Paraphrase
②Once when she was very small, before she knew better, she turned as worms will, and flung back a word she had learned among the boat folk when they quarreled.
Language points
• Perch: to come to sit; rest; settle • Perch down/on/upon/over • The birds like to fly and perch on rooftops, but none have
flown away. • Treacherous: • 1) dangerous, esp. when something seems to be safe • There are treacherous currents in the bay. • 2) tending to betray • His treacherous actions brought ruins on himself.
Section 3(Para 4~7):It describes how she discovered Dickens and benefited from reading his novels.
Paragraph 7
• The last paragraph associated with the first one in the following way:
• In the first paragraph, the writer makes it clear that she has owned Dickens a heavy debt, and she knows no better way to honor her obligation than to write down what Dickens did for her.
Language points
Ache: 1)feel pain The noise of the traffic made my head ache. 2)have a strong desire to do something
ache to do something She is aching to win the first place in the writing
competition. Inestimable: too precious to be estimated His advice has been of inestimable value to us.
Language points
Render: 1)give or supply The estate rendered some revenue for the family. 2)cause to become The shot rendered her immobile. 3) give back The sages of ancient times taught us to render good for evil. Obligation: moral or legal duty to do something You can look at the books without any obligation to buy. Obligatory: compulsory
Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu (赛珍珠）
In 1892 born in the United States
3 months old In 1910
In 1914
From 1920 to 1933
In 1938
was taken to China
left China to attend Randolph Macon Woman’s College retuned to China. 3 years later she married an agricultural economist Made their home in Nanjing, On the campus of Nanjing University, where both have teaching positions won the Nobel Prize in literature for The Good Earth
Detailed Reading
• Paragraph Analysis • Para. 1 1)How do you interpret the debt which the writer has owed
since she was seven years old ? 2) In the eyes of the writer, what is the best way to pay her
Dickens
His status in English literature:
the foremost English novelist ; the greatest critical realist writer of the Victorian era;
His famous works:
The Pickwick Papers, 1836 Oliver Twist, 1837 A Christmas Carol, 1843 A Tale of Two Cities, 1859 Great Expectations, 1860
Back
Structure analysis
Section 1(Para 1):It states the writing purpose: to express a feeling of warm gratitude to Charles Dickens.
Her Works
Байду номын сангаас
A bridge for Passing Come, My Beloved East Wind: West Wind Fighting Angel the Hidden Flower Imperial Woman The God Earth All Man Are Brothers
Back
• Para. 2-3 1) What is the message that is stressed in the second
paragraph? 2) What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?
Paraphrase
①In the near distance wound that deep, treacherous, golden river, the Yangtze, and some of the most terrifying and sinister, as well as the most delightful and exciting moments of that child’s life, were spent beside the river.(分析一下句子成分）
• For a long time, she had been bearing their teasing laughter, and this time she stroke back with a bad word she learned from the boat folk though she was very small because she couldn’t bear any more.
debt to Charles Dickens?
Paraphrase
① It is no burden, except as the feeling of warm gratitude
may ache in one until it is expressed. • My debt is not a burden at all, but I may feel anxious and
worried if I do not express my great thanks.
②I know no better way to meet my obligation than to write
down what Charles Dickens did in China for an American child. • I know the best way to fulfill my duty is to write down…
③However kindly the people about her might be, and they were much more often kind than not, she knew that she was foreign to them.
• No matter how friendly and kind the people around her might be ,and they were very kind indeed, she felt she was alien to them.( more often… than not: most of the time; usually)
？
A Debt to Dickens
Main idea
• This text tells us about the most indelible experiences the writer went through when she lived an isolated life as a child in the remote Chinese countryside. • The text describes and relates how she discovered and read and digested Dickens’ novels. • It highlights the ways the writer benefited immensely from Dickens.
Content
• Brief introduction of author & Dickens • Structural analysis • Paragraph analysis
Introduction of author
Pearl S. Buck （June 26, 1892— —March 6, 1973）
• Not far away, the Yangtze, bright yellow in color, wound its way along, deep, dangerous and unpredictable. Beside this river, the child spent her childhood, with some of the most terrifying and dangerous, as well as the most delightful and exciting moments.
Back
• Para.4-7
1)Why did the narrator say she was an impossible voracious reader?
2)In what ways was the narrator greatly ben efited or enlightened by Dickens?
Paraphrase
②Once when she was very small, before she knew better, she turned as worms will, and flung back a word she had learned among the boat folk when they quarreled.
Language points
• Perch: to come to sit; rest; settle • Perch down/on/upon/over • The birds like to fly and perch on rooftops, but none have
flown away. • Treacherous: • 1) dangerous, esp. when something seems to be safe • There are treacherous currents in the bay. • 2) tending to betray • His treacherous actions brought ruins on himself.