现代大学英语精读三 Unit 3 A Dill Pickle.pptx

ADillPickle

KatherineMansfield

c)discussthemajorthemesofthestory.

2.Difficulty:Appreciateliterature

a)readthestoryfromaparticularperspective:feminism;

b)interpretthesymbols.

c)Useofstreamofconsciousness(paras16-21)

3.Grammar:exclamatorysentences;rhetoricalquestion

4.Writing:learntodescribeasceneorobjectwithaccuracy:verbs.

1.Understandthestory:themecharacter.

a)learntopiecetogethertheplotofafragmentarystory.

b)givecharactersketchesofthe2peopleinthestoryandfindoutevidencefromthetexttosupportthesketches.

ObjectivesCONTEMPORARY

Whatsthetextabout?

Howdoyoulikethestory?

Whatstheherosname?

Ifyouweretheheroine,wouldyouleavetheman?Whatisyourdefinitionoflove?

HowdoyouunderstandthetitletheDillPickle?

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Questions

◆Who:

Veraandherex-lover(hisnamewasnevertold)

◆When:

6yearsaftertheirseparation

◆Where:

inarestaurant

◆What:

Theyrecalledtheirpreviousdays

◆Why:

◆How:

useflashbackstoreconstructthewholestory

Plot

Itisaboutayoungmanandayoung

woman,whohadbeenlovers,meteachotheraftersixyearsofseparation.Astheysatand

reminisced,weunderstandwhathadhappened

sixyearsagothatledtotheendoftheir

relationship.Now,sixyearslater,theyhadthe

opportunitytorenewtheirrelationship,but

somehowtheyseparatedagain.

Plot

◆Alovestory:abouttherelationshipbetweenlovers

Question:

◆Whatdoyouknowaboutthesetwocharacters?Canyougiveacharactersketchforeachofthembasedontheinformationscatteredinthetext.

Themeofthestory

Vera

Questionsforthinking:

1.HowdidVerafeelwhenshesawherformerlover?Wasshestillattachedtohim?

2.WhydidVerabreakupwiththemansixyearsearlier?

3.DoyouthinkVeraleftthemanagainforthesamereasonsasthefirsttime?

4.WhatindeeddidVerawant?Whyhadshebeensolonely?Wasitbecause,asthemansaid,shewasanegoist?

CharacterAnalysi