高级英语（第三版）第二册第九课 The Loons.pptVIP

省级精品课程 《高级英语》第三版第二册 制作人：徐李洁 Unit Twelve The Loons Margaret Laurence Teaching Objectives 1）to understand the implication of the text 2) to appreciate the text 3) to appreciate rhetorical devices; I. The author Margaret Laurence is one of the major contemporary Canadian writers. After her marriage, she lived in Africa for a number of years. Her works include A Tree of Poverty(1954), This Side of Jordan(1960), The Tomorrow-Tamer (1963), The Prophet’s Camel Bell(1963), The Stone Angel(1964) and The Fire Dwellers (1969), A Bird in the House (1970), The Diveners (1974). II. The story This touching story tells of the plight of a girl from a native Indian family. Her people were marginalized by the white-dominating society. They were unable to exist independently in a respectable and dignified way. They found it impossible to fit into the main currents of culture and difficult to be assimilated comfortably. At school, the girl felt out of place and ill at ease with the white children. When she had grown up she didn’t have any chance to improve her life. In fact her situation became more and more messed up. In the end she was killed in a fire. III. Textual Structure Part I. (Paras 1-2): Introduction of the novelthe general background. Part II. (Para.3-4) The whole storySection 1. Para.3 (p.206) – Para.6 (p.208) Introducing the heroine Piquette.Section 2. Para.7 (p.208) – Para.2 (p.214) Days together with Piquette at Diamond Lake Section 3. Para.3 (p. 214) – Para.2 (p.217) Second meeting with Piquette several years later Section 4. Para.3 (p.217) – Para.4 (p.218) Piquette’s death Part III. (Para. 5 on page 218 – end). Analogy Loons A distinctive Canadian bird, the bird of the lakes. Loons are excellent swimmers, using their feet to propel them A distinctive Canadian bird, the bird of the lakes. Loons are excellent swimm