喜福会经典台词.ppt

Major characters Suyuan Woo starts the original Joy Luck Club: to cope with the war to bear hopes for the future. comes to America forms a new Joy Luck Club: with three other Chinese female immigrants she met at church Jing-Mei June Woo Jing-Mei has never fully understood her mother and seems directionless in life. At the beginning of the novel, June is chosen to replace her mothers seat in the Joy Luck Club after her mothers death. At the end of the novel, June is still trying to deal with her mothers death, and she visits China to see the twin half-sisters Task 2 Lindo says some things that native speakers would not say---even her own daughter. Some of these are listed below. Write what you think Waverly, a native speaker of English, would say. You think it is to easy. One day, quit. Next day, play. Then what you say? This girl not have concerning for us. We not concerning this girl. What? Embarrass you be my daughter? Analysis of the themes Cross-culture communication High context culture Low context culture Generation gap Mothers with traditional thinking patterns and conventional beliefs born in Old China Daughters with modern concepts born in developed America Silenced mothers and daughters in the context culture Silenced men in different cultures Conflicts reconciliation Analysis of some episodes Task 1 What was the most important reason why June did not succeed in learning to play the piano well? Sunyuan and Lindo were at the same time best friends and archenemies. What does it mean? What is the belief held by June when she grew up? What does Suyuan’s gift of a necklace to June mean? What does the feather symbolize? 喜福会经典英文台词 The Joy Luck Club