高级英语课件第三版everydayuseforyourgrandmama
高级英语第七课课件第三版EverydayUseforYour
E v e r y d a y U s e f o r Y o u r G r a n d m a m aIn 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 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 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; Dee III. 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。
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12. sledge hammer: large, heavy hammer for swinging with both hands, a large heavy hammer with a long handle, used for smashing concrete
• 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.
technique • Cultural difference between
nationalities in the US
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• 1. wavy: having regular curves
–A wavy line has a series of regular curves along it.
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Important & Difficult points
• The comprehension of the whole story • The understanding of colloquial,
slangy or black English expressions • The appreciation of the writing
Unit 4 Everyday Use for Grandmama(课堂PPT)
Background Discourse Analysis Vocabulary Rhetorical Devices
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I. Background
1. Alice Walker’s Early Life
Date of Birth: February 9, 1944
Whoppi Goldberg: born Nov. 13, 1950, New York City, U.S. actress. After dropping out of high school, she found work as a summer camp counselor, and in the choruses of the Broadway shows Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar and Pippin. In 1983 the legendary director Mike Nichols saw her perform and, the following year, presented her on Broadway in a one-woman show of her own creation. The show was an enormous success, and brought her to the attention of Steven Spielberg, who cast her in the leading role in his film of Alice Walker's The Color Purple. Making her film debut in this coveted role instantly established her as one of Hollywood's leading actresses. Her performance in Ghost won her an Academy Award. She followed this with memorable performances in the box-office smash Sister Act Her other film credits include Made In America; Corinna, Corinna; 5Star Trek: Generations and Boys on the Side.
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• To have made it: if you make it, you are successful in achieving sth. difficult, or in surviving through a very difficult period.
• Alice Walker is one of the most important and prominent contemporary black American woman writers. Best known as the author of Pulitzer Prizewinning epistolary novel The Color Purple(1982).
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• 3. homely: simple, not grand, (of people, faces, etc.,) not goodlooking, ugly
• If someone is homely, they are not very attractive to look at; used in Am.E.
large and very comfortable car, esp. one with a glass screen between the front and back
seats. Limousines are usually
driven by a chauffeur 豪华轿车）
第十八页，编辑于星期六：一点 五十四分。
• A groove is a wide, deep line cut into a surface.
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。
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Everyday Use for your grandmama Para 47~54
• "Uncle Buddy whittle that, too?" (Elliptical sentence) Did Uncle Buddy whittle that one, too?
• "Maggie's brain is like an elephant's," Maggie has a good memory. e.g. elephants ,never forget (saying 谚) (elephants are noted for their good memories)
Unit 6
Improving Industrial Efficiency through Robotics
Allen Inow
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Improving Industrial Efficiency through Robotics
Question for discussion: What aspects do you think robots can be used at the modern society?
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Thanks for your attention!
Allen Ina
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Everyday Use for your grandmama Para 47~54
• sink: slight sunken areas • stick out to be noticeable or easily seen 醒目，显眼； to push sth further out than sth else 伸出，突出 e.g. A wisp of gray hair stuck out from under her hat. 一绺灰白头发从她的帽子下露了出来。
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• 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.
高英讲课Everyday Use for your grandmama
在这炎热的天气，她以一种自认 为很非洲的传统造型出现在家人面前：
self-indulgence 、selfish
patient、 tolerant
（7）Every once in a while he and Wangero sent eye signals over my head…
(8)“You don‘t have to call me by it if you don’t want to,” …
（2）“ She‘s dead, ” Wangero said. “ I couldn’t bear
oitpapnryelsosnger, being named after the people who
me. ”
她认为迪伊这个名字是压迫他们的白人给的，但是实 际上这个代代相传的名字正是寄托了祖母对于后代传承 文化的期望，已经在某种意义上成为家族的文化遗产， 新的名字才与她真的毫无关联，使她与黑人文化脱节。
inheriting Africa
Mother seems to range between them, both Maggie’s
American culture
conservative, and quiet side and
Dee’s independence, strong side.
Everyday Use for your grandmama
(9)"I know it might sound awkward at first, " … "I'll g◆etIsusitead ktoinidt,"oIf scaoimd.p"rRomeaisme i?t out again." If is, why did they both compromise? (……)
高级英语第三课Everyday-use-for-your-grandmama课件
词。其基本结构为：as+ adj./ adv. +as。 ❖ 例如： ❖ (1)This film is as interesting as that one.这部电影和那部电影一样有趣。 ❖ 其否定式为not as/so +adj./ adv. +as。例如： ❖ This dictionary is not as/so useful as you think.这本字典不如你想象的那样有用
(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。
(5)as well as
2021/6/7 She cooks as well as her mother does.她烧菜烧得跟她母亲一样好。
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王 I probably could have carried it back beyond the Civil War through the branches .
对我们的家史我大概能够追溯到南北战争之前 ❖ carry it back：. 运回；拿回；使回想；使回忆起
through ❖ prep.通过，穿过；经由；透过；凭借 ❖ adv.从头到尾；彻底；自始至终 ❖ adj.（电话）接通；通话完毕；有洞的；直达的 这里应该取它贯穿的意思，
❖ 如：slaming the door，she went out.关上门，她走了出去。这两个动作 都是同时的，但是句子主要是说她出去这个意义，并不想强调关门，所 以关门是伴随状语。这里伴随状语前置，按逗号来判断显然在此不行。
(完整版)高级英语第七课课件第三版EverydayUseforYourGrandmama
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。
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修辞手法
Rhetoric
Simile(明喻)
• e.g. 1) The yard was like an extended living room.( Para.1)
• 2) Maggie’s hand is as limp as a fish, and probably as cold, despite the sweat, and she keeps trying to pull it back.( Para.23)
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高级英语第四课课件-Everyday-Use-for-Your-Grandmama
The mother is a working woman without much education, but not without intelligence or perception.
The two daughters form a sharp contrast in every conceivable way: appearance, character, personal experiences, etc.
Characters
• Maggie • A shy, different young woman made even
more self-conscious by scars she got in a house fire years ago. She hasn‘t had much formal education but has learned traditional skills, such as quilting, from her family.
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1. wavy: having regular curves
• 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 patterns on the clay ground left by the broom.
passage. • 5.To lean and master the vocabulary and
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。
（完整版）高级英语第七课课件第三版EverydayUseforYourGrandmama
（完整版）高级英语第七课课件第三版EverydayUseforYourGrandmamaEveryday 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。
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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。
It shows that Maggie and Mama had made carefully preparations for the arrival of Dee.)2,It is like a extended living room. (extended: enlarged, prolonged. Expressions with extend: extended family)Paragraph 2:1,```homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs...(homely: 不好看的，不漂亮的，later we will know how she got the scar, so that is a suspense.) 2, she thinks her sister has held life always...to say to her.(she think that her sister has always had a firm control of her life and that she can always has what she want. )(课后习题paraphrase )The role of the first two paragraph: it describes the place and main characters. Paragraph3:1,totter: 蹒跚。
Backstage:背后。
Paragraph4:1,Johnny Carson: he is famous for such TVprograms, On TV he was a sporty man withgray hair and a smiling face.Paragraph5:1, In real life i am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands.(that means Mama was a typical black working woman.)2, My fat keeps me hot in zero weather.(because I am fat, I feel hot even in freezing weather.)(课后习题paraphrase )3,I am the way my daughter...an uncooked barely pancake.( this sentence tells that Dee was ashamed of his mother as a woking-class black woman.)4, Johnny Carson has much to do ...witty tongue.(johnney carson has a witty and glib tongue. But i outdo 超过，胜过 him and so he has to try hard if he wants to catch up with me.)(课后习题paraphrase )5,, who ever knew a Johnson with a quick tongue?(that is a rhetorical question. The obvious answer is that no one in the Johnson family has a quick tongue.) Paragraph6:1,It seems to me i have talked to them always with one foot raised... from them.(I am ready to leave as quickly as possible because of discomfort, nervousness, timidity,etc, and turn my head away from them in order to avoid them as much as possible for the same reason.)课后习题paraphrase )2,She would always look anyone in the eye.(she would always look at somebodydirectly and steadily, not feeling embarrassed or ashamed.)课后习题paraphrase ) Paragraph 91, have you ever seen a lame跛足的 animal ...to be kind to him? （here the narrator compares Maggie to an injured and pitiful animal.）2,she has been like this, chin on chest, eyes on ground..to the ground. (Maggie has been very shy ever since the fire destoryed our other house. She is so shy that she never raises her head or eyes when looking at and talking to people, and she is always feel so neverous and restless that she is unable to stand still.) Paragraph10,1, Dee is lighter than Maggie..,(lighter means the color of one` s skin, not weight.) 2,And Dee.(an elliptical sentence, meaning”and there was Dee”)3, she had hated the house that much.(so she was glad to see it burn down. This shows Dee is ashamed of her family.)Paragraph111,she used to read to us without pity, forcing...underneath her voice.(The narrator implies that the books Dee read to them were written by white people and full of their language and ideas, falsehoods and their way of life.)2,she washed us in a river of ...need to know.(she imposed on us lots of falsityand so-called knowledge that was totally useless and irrelevant to us.)课后习题paraphrase )Paragraph121,her eyelids 眼皮would not flicker闪烁 for minutes at a time.（it shows that Dee was undaunted勇敢的，无畏的, with a strong character. She would look at anybody steadily and intently for a long time.）2, Often I fought off the tempation to shake her.( Often I wanted so much to shake her , but I restrained myself.)3,At sixteen she had a style of her own, and knew what style was.( she had her own unique way of doing thing at an early age, she also know what is fashion. That means she is totally different from her sister. )Paragraph131,she stumbles along good-naturedly...(she often makes mistakes while reading, but never loses her good temper.)2, like good looks and money, quickness passed her by.(she was homely and poor. Besides she was not smart.)课后习题paraphrase )Paragraph141,”when did Dee ever had any friends ?”(a rhetorical question that means Dee never really had any friend.)Paragraph151,furtive:鬼鬼祟祟的，秘密的，His furtive behaviour aroused our suspicion.他鬼鬼祟祟的行为引起了我们的怀疑。