大学英语精读ook 1, unit 8 A Magician at Stretching a Dollar

Baker won Pulitzer Prize 普利策奖 in 1979, and another in 1983, for the first volume of
his autobiography(自传), Growing Up《成长》.
Text Analysis
2.Title: “A Magician at Stretching a Dollar”
因为母亲的心、母亲的信任
和母亲坚定不移的爱
都是天使们制作而成
由天上的上帝那里送来。
Background Information
1.The Chinese Most Important Festival: 1) In china what is the most important
traditional festival? The Spring Festival 2) How do people celebrate it?
有些时候只有母亲的爱 能理解我们的悲伤, 能抚慰我们的失望 并平息我们所有的恐慌。
Introduction
There are times when only a Mother’s love Can share the joy we feel When something we’ve dreamed about Quite suddenly is real
Background Information
In addition, they decorate their houses: they place some small ever- green trees in the living rooms and decorate the trees with beautiful ornaments, lights ,fake snow, and plastic tinsel(金银丝). And they still hang large socks on the shelf for the
Doing Spring Festival Shopping
Writing Spring Festival Couplets
Putting up New Year pictures
Background Information
Putting up paper-cuts
Setting off firecrackers
Background Information
children to receive Christmas presents sent from the chimney by a well-known person Santa Claus(圣诞老人).
Background Information
4. Santa Claus Santa Claus is always play-
I happened to find
had been admiring,
my Christmas present in my mother’s (why) moved Shock,
bedroom and was deeply moved and sickened.
(why) sickened
Text Analysis 3 minutes for you to read the text
3. Part Division and Questions
Part
Main Idea
Facts or Details
1 (para1-2)
(what) find
a big black bicycle with balloon tires
Christmas Day
Can you say something about Christmas Day ?
Text Analysis
1.The Author : Russell Baker(1925-) He is one of America’s famous humorists
and political satirists [ˈsætərɪst] (a person who writes satire讽刺作家).
Background Information
6. “white lie” White lie means untrue words that sb.
says to avoid hurting other’s feelings or avoid trouble for a good purpose. Telling a lie is wrong, but telling a white lie is not wrong. Do you think so?
Text Analysis
“stretching a dollar” means making the most of the very small money for a surprise Christmas present. Here is the usage of metaphor (暗喻: 把某一事 物说成是另外一种不同的事物,暗示其相似 之处, e.g. He has a heart of stone). Who is the magician that can stretch a dollar?
ed as a kind, round-bellied, merry man in a red suit trimmed with a white fur and with a long white beard.
Background Information
It is said that on Christmas Eve he rides in his flying sleigh from house to house pulled by flying reindeer.
What does the title mean?
A magician means a person who has power to use supernatural forces to make impossible things happen. Here it means a person who can do things in the skillful and exciting way.
有些时候只有母亲的爱
能分享我们未感到的喜悦
当我们梦寐以求的某样东西
突然之间得以实现之际。
Introduction
There are times when only a Mother’s faith Can help us on life’s way And inspire in us the confidence We need from day to day
Background Information
Christmas is an important Christian festival when the birth of Jesus Christ is celebrated on December 25th.Christmas is made up of “Christ” and“-mas”. “Christ” is the last name of Jesus Christ, “-mas” means “mass”(弥撒), a Christian church ceremony during which people eat bread and drink wine to remember the last meal of Jesus Christ. Now in America it is the biggest event of the year esp. for children and for members of the Christian religion.
有些时候只有母亲的信任
能在生活的路上帮助我们
并在我们心中激起
我们天天需要的信心。
Introduction
For a Mother’s heart and a Mother’s faith And a Mother’s steadfast love Were fashioned by the angels And sent from God above…
Why did the boy do so? Let’s analyze the text.
Text Analysis
1. The Author 2. Title 3. Part Division 4. The main idea of the text 5. True or False
Unit 8 A Magician at
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_l_ov_e_s_m__e_w_h_e_th_e_r_w_e_a_r_e_b_e_a_u_ti_fu_l _o_r u_g_l_y,_r_ic_h_o_r_p_o.or.
1. stretch 2. approach 3. in search of 4. scrape together 5. payment 6. come upon 7. hint 8. deny
Introduction
My mother is the one who ________________.
Background Information
Now we are going to read a story about Christmas present. This story tells us that the boy told a white lie on Christmas Day. What does “white lie” mean?
Our mothers love us unconditionally.
Introduction
A Mother’s love
Introduction
There are times when only a Mother’s love Can understand our tears, Can soothe our disappoints And calm all of our fears
Stretching a Dollar
Contents--week 15
1. Background information
--Mother's love
--Spring Festival and Christmas
2. Text Analysis:
structure and detail
3. Language Points 4. Assignments
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Background Information
3.How do western people celebrate the Christmas Day?
The western people, always send Christmas presents, post Christmas cards to express the best wishes, and sing the Christmas songs such as Jingle Bell, the Silent Night, etc.
Eating dumplings
பைடு நூலகம்
Performing dragon lantern dance
Performing lion dance
Holding Temple Fairs
Background Information
2. In western countries, esp. the English speaking countries, what is the most important festival?