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现代大学英语精读第二版 book2unit2
Say Yes
Unit 2
Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives
Warming up
Warming up Questions / Activities
• Form groups of four, discuss the following two questions, and keep a record of your opinions to see whether they will change as the text is analyzed in detail.
• A revered writer& teacher of creative writing and literature in Stanford and elsewhere.
Tobias Wolff (1945-)
Background
His Works
Short stories (O Henry Award):
1. Is the man a good husband? Cite textual evidence to support your view.
2. Is the man a racist? Cite textual evidence to support your view.
Warming up Check-on Preview
greatly wronged by his wife who implied this.
F 4. The man was considerate, rational and forgiving while his
wife was selfis来自百度文库, emotional and ridiculous.
and sexism in the US. • Learn to appreciate the short story. • Master the language items listed. • Understand the story and appreciate its subtlety as
into their house and made some strange noise.
Warming up Objectives
• Know something about the author and his works. • Gather some background information about racism
much as possible. • Think about the themes of the story and form your
own opinions.
Say Yes
Author
Unit 2
Time
Background
Genre
Culture Tips
Background
His Life
T 5. The husband had known all along what his wife wanted
from him, but simply didn’t want to give in to her.
F 6. After the husband turned off the light, someone broke
Match the verbs with the nouns. pitch in on pinch resort to mop spray snap through demonstrate blur out come up with
this trick the housework the silverware the floor her brows her indifference the pages the right answer the stars
• “In the Garden of the North American Martyrs” (1981)
• “Next Door” (1982)
• “Sister” (1985)
• Our Story Begins (short story collection in 2003, The Story Prize in 2004)
T
2. The story happened between two middle-aged people who had been married for about 30 years.
T 3. The man had never thought that he was a racist and felt
• From 1964 to 1968, lieutenant with the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) in Vietnam.
• B.A. (1972) and M.A. (1975) from Oxford University with First Class Honors in English, a second M.A. from Stanford.
• Born in Alabama USA in 1945. • Parents divorced when he was a
boy; traveled widely with his mother; soon forced to endure life under his strict and cruel stepfather.
Warming up Check-on Preview
Mark the following statements T, for true and F for false.
F
1. The story is set in the 1960s in the US when racial issues were hot on everybody’s mind and lips.
Say Yes
Unit 2
Questions / Activities Check-on Preview Objectives
Warming up
Warming up Questions / Activities
• Form groups of four, discuss the following two questions, and keep a record of your opinions to see whether they will change as the text is analyzed in detail.
• A revered writer& teacher of creative writing and literature in Stanford and elsewhere.
Tobias Wolff (1945-)
Background
His Works
Short stories (O Henry Award):
1. Is the man a good husband? Cite textual evidence to support your view.
2. Is the man a racist? Cite textual evidence to support your view.
Warming up Check-on Preview
greatly wronged by his wife who implied this.
F 4. The man was considerate, rational and forgiving while his
wife was selfis来自百度文库, emotional and ridiculous.
and sexism in the US. • Learn to appreciate the short story. • Master the language items listed. • Understand the story and appreciate its subtlety as
into their house and made some strange noise.
Warming up Objectives
• Know something about the author and his works. • Gather some background information about racism
much as possible. • Think about the themes of the story and form your
own opinions.
Say Yes
Author
Unit 2
Time
Background
Genre
Culture Tips
Background
His Life
T 5. The husband had known all along what his wife wanted
from him, but simply didn’t want to give in to her.
F 6. After the husband turned off the light, someone broke
Match the verbs with the nouns. pitch in on pinch resort to mop spray snap through demonstrate blur out come up with
this trick the housework the silverware the floor her brows her indifference the pages the right answer the stars
• “In the Garden of the North American Martyrs” (1981)
• “Next Door” (1982)
• “Sister” (1985)
• Our Story Begins (short story collection in 2003, The Story Prize in 2004)
T
2. The story happened between two middle-aged people who had been married for about 30 years.
T 3. The man had never thought that he was a racist and felt
• From 1964 to 1968, lieutenant with the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berets) in Vietnam.
• B.A. (1972) and M.A. (1975) from Oxford University with First Class Honors in English, a second M.A. from Stanford.
• Born in Alabama USA in 1945. • Parents divorced when he was a
boy; traveled widely with his mother; soon forced to endure life under his strict and cruel stepfather.
Warming up Check-on Preview
Mark the following statements T, for true and F for false.
F
1. The story is set in the 1960s in the US when racial issues were hot on everybody’s mind and lips.