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高级英语 everyday use课文赏析ppt
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• However, Walker wants to show us that Dee actually has no self-identity of herself. She is eager to be involved into the white society, even the simple following of the “tradition” only aims to get the “nice things”. To judge her own tradition and culture by the value of some one else is what Walker worries about.The three changes after the conflict of the three heroines show that how to form the self-identity of all women.You need to make something of yourself.
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“mama” — a flat character
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Maggie — a flat character
• — docile, timid, shy, good-temped, kindhearted and unselfish, a strong sense of inferiority
高级英语 everyday use课文赏析ppt课件
a sense of inferiority • — cherish “grandma’s everyday use” • — a symbol of the black working women:
the majority of black women
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• Dee is not appreciated by the author. At first, Dee wanted to get rid of her own culture. She hated her humble house and never wanted to take her friends to her family. She pursed the white culture and received good education of the white community. When the black movement began, she simply took her tradition that she once hated as a thing to show off. She carefully took pictures of her humble house, took the churn and dasher as something artistic, wore strange clothes and changed her name, which totally is a superficial imitation of the black tradition.
高级英语第七课课件第三版Everyday Use for Your Grandmama
Everyday Use for Your GrandmamaIn order to understand this passage better, we can watch a movie---”The Color of Purple”故事发生于1909年美国南部。
未受过教育的黑人女孩西莉被继父强奸后，又被迫嫁给了粗鲁，凶狠的黑人男子，西莉称其为“先生”。
在惊恐和胆怯中她开始了奴仆一般的痛苦生活。
幸而有亲姐妹南蒂与之相伴，泪水中才多了一些欢乐。
不久，这短暂的幸福也从西莉身边消失了。
因为“先生”强奸南蒂不成，恼羞成怒地将南蒂赶了出去，姐妹二人被残酷的分开。
年复一年，西莉在门口的邮筒中找寻南蒂的音讯，她始终期盼有一天能与南蒂再次重逢……(从中大家可以看到当时的整个社会的缩影，以及黑人生活的社会环境和社会地位，黑人女性的崛起和黑人女性的反抗精神也从有深刻得展现)Everyday Use for Your GrandmamaCharacters:Maggie: a shy,young woman made even more self-concious by scars she got in a house fire years ago. She hasn` t has much formal education but has learned traditional skills, such as quilting, from her familiy.Mama(Mrs johnson): the narrator of the story. She is a middle-aged or even older African American woman living with her younger daugter, Maggie. Athough poor, she is strong and independent, and takes great pride in her way of life.Dee(Wangero):Dee is Mama` s older daugher. She is attractive, well-educated and sophisticated. Moreover, she is selfish and she may even has caused the fire that disfigured （损毁···的外貌）her sister. Mama(Mrs johnson) called her Dee or Wangero. Asalamalakim: a young muslim man who accompanies Dee on her visit. Mama, unable to pronounce his name , called him “Hakim-a- Baber”. The muslim greeting he gives to her means “peace and happiness to you. ” This maybe ironic because their visit disturbs the peaceful lives of Maggie and Mama. The relationship between him and Dee is unknown. He may be a friend, a boyfriend, husband or spiritual adviser.Main content:The story begins when the mother and Maggie wait for Dee to come back home.Dee goes back home with her lover. She asks for some traditional household appliances, especially two old quilts made by their grandma. The mother refuses. Instead, she sends the two quilts to Maggie. Dee leaves angrily.In her eyes, two old quilts(百纳被) are the cultural heritage of blacks. Maggie inherits the black tradition and she should own them.The text:I. para1-2 The prelude: the three family members.II. Para3-16 The mother’s recollections / flashback:the three persons’relationships——mother; Maggie; DeeIII. Para17- 82 The process of Dee going back home.Detailed study of the text:Paragraph 1---16:Paragraph1:1,...Maggie and I made so clean and wavy...(wavy:波动起伏的。
高级阅读-Everydayuse(修辞)
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暗喻
总结词
暗喻是一种较为含蓄的比喻方式，通过暗示或间接的方式来表达意思，不使用比 喻词。
详细描述
在《everydayuse》中，作者使用了暗喻来表达主人公的内在品质和性格特点。例 如，“她是一颗璀璨的明珠，无论在哪里都能散发出耀眼的光芒”，这里将主人公 比喻为明珠，暗示她具有非凡的价值和光彩。
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高级阅读-everydayuse(修辞)
目录
• 引言 • 修辞手法分析 • 文章内容解读 • 高级词汇与表达 • 阅读技巧提升 • 总结与反思
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引言
主题介绍
主题概括
这篇文章的主题是对日常用品的重新 审视，通过使用日常用品来表达深层 的意义和价值。
主题重要性
在日常生活的快节奏中，我们往往忽 视了身边物品的价值和意义。通过对 日常用品的重新审视，我们可以更好 地理解生活的本质和价值。
复杂句型
长句
构造一些较长的句子，包含多个 从句、修饰语和嵌套结构，以增
加文本的复杂性和丰富性。
倒装句
故意打乱句子的正常语序，使用 倒装句来强调或表达某种特殊效 果，例如“不是水养人，而是人
养水”。
被动句
使用被动句型来表达动作或行为 的承受者，强调客观性和中立性
，例如“问题被解决了”。
修辞性表达
比喻
拓展知识领域
通过阅读不同类型的书籍，我希望能够不断拓展自己的知识领域，了解不同领域的前沿动态和思想观点，以保持对世 界的敏感度和好奇心。
实践与应用
将所学的知识和启示应用到实际生活中，通过写作、演讲、社交等方式表达自己的观点和情感，发挥阅 读对个人和社会的影响力。同时，我也希望能够在未来的学习和工作中运用批判性思维，解决实际问题 并创造价值。
高级英语课文Everyday Useppt课件
• 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
• Who ever knew a Johnson…the woman’s family name
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• With one foot raised in flight…with my head turned in whichever way is farthest from them: Indirect speech act meaning ready to escape,
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• 18. sweet gum tree: a large North American tree of the witch hazel (榛子) family, with
alternate maplelike leaves, spiny (多刺的) fruit balls, and
• The old lady tottered down the stairs.
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curse: If you curse, you use rude or offensive language,usu. because you are angry about sth. insult: If sb. insults you, they say sth. rude to you or offend you by doing or saying sth. which shows they have a low opinion of you.
Everyday Use
Background
The Main Idea The story begins with the narrator, a black woman, awaiting the homecoming of her daughter Dee, an educated woman who now lives in the city. Accompanying her is her younger daughter Maggie. As they wait, the narrator reveals details of the family history, specifically the relationship between her two daughters. To the mother‟s surprise, Dee, who has been scornful of the black, is now delighted by the old way of life, and she is even more interested in the old handmade quilts pieced by Grandma. However, these quilts have already been promised to Maggie. Although Maggie is intimidated enough to surrender the beloved quilts to Dee, the mother snatches the quilts form Dee and offers her instead some of the machine-stitched ones, which Dee does not want.
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张 (1)“ Not ‘Dee’, Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo! ”
◆ Dee’s original name has already been carried by several generations of female ancestors, which can be traced back beyond the Civil War, the new African name is not related to her personal history at all and dissociates her from her family and therefore from her true heritage.
the branches ❖ n.树枝( branch的名词复数 )；分支；（机构、组织、体系的）一部分；
[航海学]（领航员在某一水域的）领航执照 根据上下文可判断这里指家庭成员分支
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“well, said Asalamalakim , "there you are . ”
"uhnnnh,”I heared Maggie said .
(2)as...as usual/before She looks as pretty as before.她看起来和以前一样漂亮。 (3)as long as... (引导条件状语从句) It took us as long as three years to carry out the plan.我们花了长达三年 的时间才完成这项计划。
(4)as far as He walked as far as the railway station yesterday evening.昨天傍晚，他 一直散步到火车站。
高级英语第七课 课件 第三版 Everyday Use for Your Grandmama
Everyday Use for Your GrandmamaIn order to understand this passage better, we can watch a movie---”The Color of Purple”故事发生于1909年美国南部。
未受过教育的黑人女孩西莉被继父强奸后，又被迫嫁给了粗鲁，凶狠的黑人男子，西莉称其为“先生”。
在惊恐和胆怯中她开始了奴仆一般的痛苦生活。
幸而有亲姐妹南蒂与之相伴，泪水中才多了一些欢乐。
不久，这短暂的幸福也从西莉身边消失了。
因为“先生”强奸南蒂不成，恼羞成怒地将南蒂赶了出去，姐妹二人被残酷的分开。
年复一年，西莉在门口的邮筒中找寻南蒂的音讯，她始终期盼有一天能与南蒂再次重逢……(从中大家可以看到当时的整个社会的缩影，以及黑人生活的社会环境和社会地位，黑人女性的崛起和黑人女性的反抗精神也从有深刻得展现)Everyday Use for Your GrandmamaCharacters:Maggie: a shy,young woman made even more self-concious by scars she got in a house fire years ago. She hasn` t has much formal education but has learned traditional skills, such as quilting, from her familiy.Mama(Mrs johnson):the narrator of the story. She is a middle-aged or even older African American woman living with her younger daugter, Maggie. Athough poor, she is strong and independent, and takes great pride in her way of life.Dee(Wangero):Dee is Mama` s older daugher. She is attractive, well-educated and sophisticated. Moreover, she is selfish and she may even has caused the fire that disfigured （损毁···的外貌）her sister. Mama(Mrs johnson) called her Dee or Wangero.Asalamalakim:a young muslim man who accompanies Dee on her visit. Mama, unable to pronounce his name , called him “Hakim-a- Baber”. The muslim greeting he gives to her means “peace and happiness to you. ” This maybe ironic because their visit disturbs the peaceful lives of Maggie and Mama. The relationship between him and Dee is unknown. He may be a friend, a boyfriend, husband or spiritual adviser.Main content:The story begins when the mother and Maggie wait for Dee to come back home.Dee goes back home with her lover. She asks for some traditional household appliances, especially two old quilts made by their grandma. The mother refuses. Instead, she sends the two quilts to Maggie. Dee leaves angrily.In her eyes, two old quilts(百纳被) are the cultural heritage of blacks. Maggie inherits the black tradition and she should own them.The text:I. para1-2 The prelude: the three family members.II. Para3-16 The mother’s recollections / flashback:the three persons’relationships——mother; Maggie; DeeIII. Para17- 82 The process of Dee going back home.Detailed study of the text:Paragraph 1---16:Paragraph1:1,...Maggie and I made so clean and wavy...(wavy:波动起伏的。
高级英语第一册Unit4-Everyday-UsePPT课件
sidle up: move up sideways, especially in a shy
or stealthy manner.
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Phrases and expressions
stand off: stand away,
in a distance
stare down: to stare back at another
ornamental, elaborate
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Phrases and expressions
blue steak: (colloquial) anything
regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc. to talk a blue streak: to talk much and rapidly.
until the gaze of the one stared at is
turned away.
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Phrases and expressions
not round and not square:
irregular in shape.
in style: in a fashionable and
Moment when Dee, the elder daughter, wants the old quilts only
to be refused flatly by the mother, who intends to give them to Maggie, the younger one. The old quilts, made from pieces of clothes worn by grand- and great-grand parents and stitched by
Everyday-Use赏析
word格式-可编辑-感谢下载支持From the short story Everyday Use,the majority people seem to like Maggie,but look down upon Dee. In their eyes,M is a sweet,docile,considerate and almost everything she does is worth our tender love.D, on the contrary,epitomize evil,despite her fashionable appearance,being a good-for-nothing. Actually,the two sisters' attitude and behaviour just represent two different ways of how to preserve heritage and art. What way is better is still a question that deserve discussing. So it is not how to treat the quilt makes people like one instead the other,but their personality.I think the reasons why people prefer M to D are as follows. First, most people have the tendency to narcissism,which makes them think they are enough powerful and strong to protect others. Showing sympathy to the vulnerable in some way reflect they are superior and they have basic morality. Second,people are easily to hate the rich,especially the guys who like to show off. The cutup will never be welcomed wherever they go. Third ,people like to go with the crowd in order not to be isolated. We are social animals,which means we are just components of the society and we'd better not show strong individuality. Last but not least,in the traditional view towards women,more understanding,more welcomed. As a women,you'd better act as Lady Be Good,loving families and traditions. All these above decides M will be successful at last,not D.Actually, i appreciate D's courage and bravery against their traditional attitudes. She changes her name into an African one,though it is wrong spelling,showing her determination to pursue what she thinks to be her root,not the half-American one. She is well-educated,can spit lotus from mouth,and follows the step of fashion all the way. She stands out everywhere and seems to be gorgeous and successful. Why does she lose the trust and love of her mother and sister at last?As a matter of fact,both of the two sisters are quite successful,one in the material world,the other spiritual. D reminds me of a movie called The Devil Wears Prada,which tells us a story about a fashionable woman,strong and respectable in appearance but heartbreaking in her heart,for she has been abandoned by her beloved husband. Everyday she pretends to be gorgeous and shining in public,but the moment she goes back home,she weeps due to her loneliness . No one has seen her tears ,no one really understands her,and no one shows sympathy to her,but only loath and hatred . Dee somewhat likes that,from education,appearance to networks and business,she is too much better than M,but it is M wins finally. I think that is why people like snow-white instead her stepmother. It is not only the matter of kindness and evil,but the simple and emotional women are more beautiful in the worldly people's eyes.We can have a lesson from the story in this particular angle,which has been told by LaoTzu.Be as good as water, for Water conserve everything but indisputable. I think that is the philosophy of life:always be smart inside but keep a low profile outside .。
everday use 课件ppt
将日常用品存放在干燥、通风、阴凉的地方 ，避免潮湿、暴晒和污染。
保养
根据产品说明定期进行保养，如润滑、除尘 等，确保日常用品的正常运行。
更换与报废
及时更换损坏或过期日常用品，避免使用劣 质或危险的产品。
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日常用品的创新与 改进
创新设计理念
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用户为中心
设计应关注用户需求，理 解用户行为，提供符合人 体工程学的解决方案。
办公用品
办公用品是指在工作中经常使用的物品，用于提高工作 效率和满足工作需求。
文具是办公用品中非常基础的一部分，包括笔、纸、文 件夹等，能够满足基本的书写和整理需求。
办公用品包括文具、电脑及周边设备、办公家具等。
电脑及周边设备包括电脑、打印机、复印机等，是现代 工作中不可或缺的设备。
休闲娱乐用品
智能化与个性化
智能化
随着科技的进步，日常用品正朝着智能化方向发展。例如， 智能家居用品可以通过手机或语音助手进行控制，实现远程 操控和自动化管理。
个性化
消费者对于日常用品的需求越来越个性化，追求独特和与众 不同。品牌和设计师通过提供定制化和个性化服务来满足这 一需求，例如定制的服装、饰品和家居用品等。
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日常用品的种类与 用途
家居用品
家居用品是指在日常生活中经常使用 的物品，用于满足家庭成员的基本需 求。
床上用品是家居用品中非常重要的一 部分，包括床单、被套、枕套等，能 够提供舒适和卫生的睡眠环境。
家居用品包括床上用品、厨房用品、 卫浴用品、照明用品等。
厨房用品包括锅碗瓢盆、烹饪用具、 餐具等，是家庭烹饪和用餐所必需的 物品。
方法和注意事项。
遵循使用步骤
按照说明书的指引正确使用日 常用品，避免因操作不当导致 损坏或危险。
Everyday-UsePPT优秀课件
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About Alice Walker
She was born into a poor rural family in Georgia, as the eighth child of sharecropper parents. She grew up in the midst of violent racism and poverty which influence her later writings.
(for example, Beijing, Vancouver) the time period
(for example, 1865, during World War II, today) the socio-economic characteristics of the location
(for example, wealthy suburbs, depression dustbowl) the specific building, room, and so forth
“What were you doing all last summer?” asked the ant. He looked the grasshopper up and down.
“I sang from dawn till dark,” replied the grasshopper, happily unaware of what was coming next.
“Well,” said the ant, hardly bothering to conceal his contempt, “since you sang all summer, you can dance all winter.”
高级英语第七课 课件 第三版 Everyday Use for Your Grandmama
Everyday Use for Your GrandmamaIn order to understand this passage better, we can watch a movie---”TheColor of Purple”故事发生于1909年美国南部。
未受过教育的黑人女孩西莉被继父强奸后，又被迫嫁给了粗鲁，凶狠的黑人男子，西莉称其为“先生”。
在惊恐和胆怯中她开始了奴仆一般的痛苦生活。
幸而有亲姐妹南蒂与之相伴，泪水中才多了一些欢乐。
不久，这短暂的幸福也从西莉身边消失了。
因为“先生”强奸南蒂不成，恼羞成怒地将南蒂赶了出去，姐妹二人被残酷的分开。
年复一年，西莉在门口的邮筒中找寻南蒂的音讯，她始终期盼有一天能与南蒂再次重逢……(从中大家可以看到当时的整个社会的缩影，以及黑人生活的社会环境和社会地位，黑人女性的崛起和黑人女性的反抗精神也从有深刻得展现)Everyday Use for Your Grandmama Characters:Maggie: a shy,young woman made even more self-concious by scars she gotin a house fire years ago. She hasn` t has much formal education but haslearned traditional skills, such as quilting, from her familiy. Mama(Mrs johnson): the narrator of the story. She is a middle-agedor evenolder African American woman living with her younger daugter, Maggie.Athough poor, she is strong and independent, and takes great pride in herway of life.Dee(Wangero):andwell-educated attractive, is She daugher. older s Mama` is Dee sophisticated. Moreover, she is selfish and she may even has caused thefire that disfigured （损毁···的外貌）her sister. Mama(Mrs johnson) calledher Dee or Wangero.Asalamalakim: a young muslim man who accompanies Dee on her visit. Mama,unable to pronounce his name , called him “Hakim-a- Baber”. The muslimgreeting he gives to her means “peace and happiness to you. ” This maybeironic because their visit disturbs the peaceful lives of Maggie and Mama.The relationship between him and Dee is unknown. He may be a friend, aboyfriend, husband or spiritual adviser.Main content:The story begins when the mother and Maggie wait for Dee tocome back home.Dee goes back home with her lover. She asks for some traditional household appliances, especially two old quilts made by theirgrandma. The mother refuses. Instead, she sends the two quilts to Maggie.Dee leaves angrily.In her eyes, two old quilts(百纳被) are the culturalheritage of blacks. Maggie inherits the black tradition and she shouldown them.The text:I. para1-2 The prelude: the three family members.II. Para3-16 The mother's recollections / flashback:the three persons'relationships——mother; Maggie; DeeIII. Para17- 82 The process of Dee going back home.Detailed study of the text:Paragraph 1---16:Paragraph1:1,...Maggie and I made so clean and wavy...(wavy:波动起伏的。
高级英语-everyday-use课文赏析PPT课件
the majority of black women
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• Dee is not appreciated by the author. At first, Dee wanted to get rid of her own culture. She hated her humble house and never wanted to take her friends to her family. She pursed the white culture and received good education of the white community. When the black movement began, she simply took her tradition that she once hated as a thing to show off. She carefully took pictures of her humble house, took the churn and dasher as something artistic, wore strange clothes and changed her name, which totally is a superficial imitation of the black tradition.
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• He moves to hug Maggie, but she falls back right up against the back chairs…..
高级英语第七课 课件 第三版 Everyday Use for Your Grandmama
Everyday Use for Your GrandmamaIn order to understand this passage better, we can watch a movie---”The Color of Purple”故事发生于1909年美国南部。
未受过教育的黑人女孩西莉被继父强奸后，又被迫嫁给了粗鲁，凶狠的黑人男子，西莉称其为“先生”。
在惊恐和胆怯中她开始了奴仆一般的痛苦生活。
幸而有亲姐妹南蒂与之相伴，泪水中才多了一些欢乐。
不久，这短暂的幸福也从西莉身边消失了。
因为“先生”强奸南蒂不成，恼羞成怒地将南蒂赶了出去，姐妹二人被残酷的分开。
年复一年，西莉在门口的邮筒中找寻南蒂的音讯，她始终期盼有一天能与南蒂再次重逢……(从中大家可以看到当时的整个社会的缩影，以及黑人生活的社会环境和社会地位，黑人女性的崛起和黑人女性的反抗精神也从有深刻得展现)Everyday Use for Your GrandmamaCharacters:Maggie: a shy,young woman made even more self-concious by scars she got in a house fire years ago. She hasn` t has much formal education but has learned traditional skills, such as quilting, from her familiy.Mama(Mrs johnson):the narrator of the story. She is a middle-aged or even older African American woman living with her younger daugter, Maggie. Athough poor, she is strong and independent, and takes great pride in her way of life.Dee(Wangero):Dee is Mama` s older daugher. She is attractive, well-educated and sophisticated. Moreover, she is selfish and she may even has caused the fire that disfigured （损毁···的外貌）her sister. Mama(Mrs johnson) called her Dee or Wangero.Asalamalakim:a young muslim man who accompanies Dee on her visit. Mama, unable to pronounce his name , called him “Hakim-a- Baber”. The muslim greeting he gives to her means “peace and happiness to you. ” This maybe ironic because their visit disturbs the peaceful lives of Maggie and Mama. The relationship between him and Dee is unknown. He may be a friend, a boyfriend, husband or spiritual adviser.Main content:The story begins when the mother and Maggie wait for Dee to come back home.Dee goes back home with her lover. She asks for some traditional household appliances, especially two old quilts made by their grandma. The mother refuses. Instead, she sends the two quilts to Maggie. Dee leaves angrily.In her eyes, two old quilts(百纳被) are the cultural heritage of blacks. Maggie inherits the black tradition and she should own them.The text:I. para1-2 The prelude: the three family members.II. Para3-16 The mother’s recollections / flashback:the three persons’relationships——mother; Maggie; DeeIII. Para17- 82 The process of Dee going back home.Detailed study of the text:Paragraph 1---16:Paragraph1:1,...Maggie and I made so clean and wavy...(wavy:波动起伏的。
高英第三课everyday use课件
• “why don’t you take one or two of the others?”I asked. “你何不拿另外一两床呢?”我问道。
• “These old things was just done by me and Big Dee from some tops your grandma pieced before she died.” “这两床还是你外婆去世前用布条拼起来，然后由大迪伊和我两人缝 起来的旧被子。”
• in stitches 忍不住大笑，忍俊不禁 • a stitch in time 及时处理 • A stitch in time saves nine. [谚]小洞不补, 大洞
吃苦; 及时处理, 事半功倍。
• By hand 手工 • in hand 在进行中 ; 在控制中 ; 在掌握中 ; 待办理 • hand in 交上 ; 上交 ; 递交 ; 交上来
Words;
(1) clutch; hold something tightly 抓住，紧握 He clutched the rope we threw to him.
In the clutch 在关键时刻；clutch at 抓住 (2) bosom; a person’s breast or her chest 胸，胸怀
• adj. 猛烈抨击的；猛砸的 • v. 猛烈抨击（slam的过去分词）；猛撞 • ①(把…)砰地关上;(把…)使劲关上 • She slammed the door and locked it behind her. • 她砰地关上门，身后的门锁上了。 • ②VERB---摔;使劲扔;砰地放下 • She listened in a mixture of shock and anger before slamming the phone
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“mama” — a flat character
• — uneducated but sensible • — physically strong but spiritually weak,
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• Maybe we can conclude that Dee represents some black young people who failed to realize the really meaning of the feminism and feminism movement. It is easy to find that her sense of value is formed by the education of the White community. While all people celebrate and emphasize
a sense of inferiority • — cherish “grandma’s everyday use” • — a symbol of the black working women:
the majority of black women
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Dee
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• Dee is not appreciated by the author. At first, Dee wanted to get rid of her own culture. She hated her humble house and never wanted to take her friends to her family. She pursed the white culture and received good education of the white community. When the black movement began, she simply took her tradition that she once hated as a thing to show off. She carefully took pictures of her humble house, took the churn and dasher as something artistic, wore strange clothes and changed her name, which totally is a superficial imitation of the black tradition.
• From that, we can know that Maggie is not confident and she is afraid to speak.
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• She can have them, mama…… • From that, we can know that Maggie
doesn’t want to win something from her sister at all and she will not be angry with her sister. The most important one is that she doesn’t complain about her miserable life.
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• He moves to hug Maggie, but she falls back right up against the back chairs…..
• From that, we can know that Maggie is very afraid of people.
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• Aunt Dee’s first husband whittled the dash, said Maggie so low that you almost couldn’t hear you.
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Maggie — a flat character
• — docile, timid, shy, good-temped, kind-
hearted and unselfish, a strong sense
of inferiority
• — inherence of black culture, genuine love
following of the “tradition” only aims to
Characters in “Everyday Use”
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Maggie
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• She will stand hopelessly in corners, and homely after her sister goes.
• From that, we can know that Maggie feels herself inferior than others, and she is very shy. She has no hope, and she just adores her sister.
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• However, Walker wants to show us that
Dee actually has no self-identity of
herself. She is eager to be involved into
the white society, even the simple
• We can see that Dee is so sure of herself, “She thinks her sister has held life always in the palm of one hand, that “no” is a word the world never learned to say to her”.