精读4配套课件Unit 13 Cord by CHEN Juebin

CordEdna O’Brien

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Which of the two speakers do you understand? Why so?

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Do you still remember “a dispute about time”? (In My Day, Book III)Parents’ past Parents’ future

Parents’ childhood

Parents’ adulthoodChildren’s childhoodChildren’s past

Parents’ old ageChildren’s adulthoodChildren’s future

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Definition:She was quite relieved that they would have to muddle through their own set of introductions. (para. 53)to manage to do sth even though you don’t know how to do it

The evening was punctuated by brief but crushing silences. (para. 57)to interrupt a situation or activity frequently,

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Paraphrase:Claire knew that if he had, he would have descended on her, the way he used to descend on her as a child. (para. 26) Claire knew that she would have fallen victim to his father’s drinking deliriums if he were still a binge drinker and she was around, the way it used to happen when she was a child. Claire heard herself substantiate the invitation by saying she had simply rung up to remind them. (para. 33) …Claire told them there was no change in the prearranged dinner, and that she was calling just to remind them.

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Detect the manifestations of generation gap Analyze the differences between the mother and the daughter Discuss the causes of generation gap Discuss the problems of generation gap Consider the alternative ways to deal with this problem within a familyW T B R

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Generation Gap

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AuthorEdna O'Brien (1930~ )Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer

Her Life

Influence from Byron, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Joyce, Tolstoy and Woolf The inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men, and to society as a whole."The most gifted woman now writing in English"--Philip Roth "One of the great creative writers of her generation"--Mary Robinson

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Her Works

Country Girls Trilogy: The Country Girls (1960), The Lonely Girl (1962) Girls in Their Married Bliss (1964)A Pagan Place (1970) Lantern Slides (1990) Time and Tide (1992), House of Splendid Isolation (1994) In the Forest (2002), Saints and Sinners (2011)

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Generation GapWhat is?

Generation gap refers to the vast differences in terms of attitudes, experiences and taste between people born a certain amount of time apart who are living at the same time.Generation gaps form when two age groups begin to see the world from significantly different perspectives.W T B R

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Generation Gap

Discussion What are the causes of generation gap? rapid cultural

change institutional age segregation … Generation Gap in China

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Who is to be blamed for generation gap, parents or children? Is generation gap becoming more serious a problem or not in modern times? Is family still relevant today? Why or why not? How to cope with generation gap within a family?

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I. The introduction: the mother’s arrival in London. (paras. 1–15)A. B. Her departure from Ireland and her flight to London. (paras. 1–5) Reunion between mother and daughter at London airport (paras. 6–15)

II. The mother’s 8-day stay with her daughter Claire. (paras. 16– 95)A. B. C. The first evening (paras. 16–28) The second day. (paras. 28–88) The rest of the mother’s stay. (paras. 89–95)

III. The conclusion: The mother’s departure two days later. (paras. 96–105)A. B. The mother’s changed appearance. (paras. 96–97) Changed relationship between mother and daughter: overtly polite but less close. (paras. 98–105)