高级英语课文EverydayUse

• If a problem, task, or difficulty confronts you, or you are confronted with it, it is sth. that you cannot avoid and must deal with
• I was confronted with the task of
• Sister has held life in the palm of
one hand
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• have made it: if you make it, you are successful in achieving sth. Difficult, or in surviving through a very difficult period.
–A wavy line has a series of regular curves along it.
–The wavy lines are meant to represent water.
• Here in the text the word
describes the marks in wavy
• If someone is homely, they are not very attractive to look at; used in Am.E.
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• 4. awe: Awe is the feeling of
respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with sth. wonderful, frightening or completely unknown.
• A groove is a wide, deep line cut into a surface.
• The cupboard door slides open
along the groove it fits into.
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• 3. homely: simple, not grand, (of people, faces, etc.,) not goodlooking, ugly
patterns on the clay ground left
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• 2. groove: a long narrow path or track made in a surface, esp. to guide the movement of sth.(here the explanation is not proper)
• The appreciation of the writing technique
• Cultural difference between nationalities in the US
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• 1. wavy: having regular curves
• I believe I have the talent to make it.
• You are brave and courageous. You can make it.
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• 5. confront: to face boldly or threateningly, encounter
were The Color Purple which won
the Pulitzer Prize of Fiction （普 利策小说奖） and The American Book Award（美国图书奖）. In
1985, the Color Purple was made
into a movie which won great
• The child stared at him in silent awe.
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Detailed Study of the Text
• Section 1 of part I
• The setting: yard, house
• Maggie: appearance
• Comparison with her sister: eying her with a mixture of envy and awe
fame.
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Important & Difficult points
• The comprehension of the whole story
• The understanding of colloquial, slangy or black English expressions
• The old lady tottered down the stairs.
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Lesson 4
Everyday Use
for Your Grandmama
by Alice Walker
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Alice Walker
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Background Information
• Alice Walker wrote quite a
number of novels, among them
designing and building the new
system.
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II. Detailed study of the text:
• 6. totter: to move in an unsteady way from side to side as if about to fall, to walk with weak unsteady steps