现代大学英语第5册(精读5)Lesson Two Two Kinds.ppt

Lesson 2Two Kinds WARM-UP love and fear, need and rejection love and hostility, expectations and disappointments conflicts and reconciliation. Contents Teaching points Teaching aims Teaching requirements Teaching points Make a brief introduction of the background information of story, introduce to the students the writer Amy Tan and her Joy Luck Club , having a detailed explanation and analysis of the story Learn how to read and appreciate an English short story: especially the theme, character, organization of plot development and the hero’s or heroine’s epiphany(顿悟) Writing skills, rhetorical devices Extension: collect a story about the relationship between Chinese parents and children or between American parents and children. Teaching requirements 1. Carefully read the “Guide to Reading” to get a basic understanding of the background information of the story: Two Kinds 2. Read the word and expressions provided on 31 that will facilitate reading 3. Preview the story with the help of the notes provided on 32 4. Learn how to read and appreciate an English short story: especially the theme, character, organization of plot development and the hero’s or heroine’s epiphany(顿悟) 5. Get some brief information about the differences between Chinese culture and American culture 6. Get some information about the author, Amy Tan (谭思美) 7. Explain some meaningful sentences and understand their implications 8. Do some exercises as is required A. setting B . plot C. conflict D. Theme E. point of view F. Characters G. The Joy Luck Club and Amy Tan A. Setting: when and where the story takes place a)? place - geographical location.? Where is the action of the story taking place? b)? time - When is the story taking place? (historical period, time of day, year, etc) c)? weather conditions - Is it rainy, sunny, stormy, etc? d)? social conditions - What is the daily life of the characters like? Does the story contain local color