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Lesson12TheLoonsMargaretLaurence2013级英语教育（专升本）郑国芬1.ObjectivesofTeaching2.ImportantandDifficultPoints3.Backgroundinformationabouttheauthor4.Typeofwriting5.Backgroundofthestory6.DetailedStudyoftheText7.Organizationofthestory8.Rhetoricaldevices10.Questionsfordiscussion9.ThethemeofthestoryContentsObjectivesofTeaching1)Improvingstudents’abilitytoreadbetweenlinesandunderstandthetextproperly;2)Cultivatingstudents’abilitytomakeacreativereading;3)Enhancingstudents’abilitytoappreciatethetext4)Helpingstudentstounderstandingrhetoricaldevices;5)Encouragingstudentstovoicetheirownviewpointfluentlyandaccurately.ImportantandDifficultPoints1)understandingthethemeofthispassage;2)appreciatingthewritingstyle.I.BackgroundinformationabouttheauthorMargaretLaurenceisoneofthemajorcontemporaryCanadianwriters.Afterhermarriage,shelivedinAfricaforanumberofyears.HerworksincludeATreeofPoverty(1954),ThisSideofJordan(1960),TheTomorrow-Tamer(1963),TheProphet’sCamelBell(1963),TheStoneAngel(1964)andTheFireDwellers(1969),ABirdintheHouse(1970),TheDiveners(1974).II.Typeofwriting“TheLoons”(1970)isincludedintheNortonAnthologyofShortFiction,2nded.,1981.III.BackgroundofthestoryThistouchingstorytellsoftheplightofagirlfromanativeIndianfamily.Herpeopleweremarginalizedbythewhite-dominatingsociety.Theywereunabletoexistindependentlyinarespectableanddignifiedway.Theyfounditimpossibletofitintothemaincurrentsofcultureanddifficulttobeassimilatedcomfortably.Atschool,thegirlfeltoutofplaceandillateasewiththewhitechildren.Whenshehadgrownupshedidn’thaveanychancetoimproveherlife.Infacthersituationbecamemoreandmoremessedup.Intheendshewaskilledinafire.IV.DetailedStudyoftheText1.shack:asmallroughlybuilthouse,hut2.dwelling:n(fml)placeofresidence;house,flat,etceg:mydwellinginKaifengdwelling-house(esp.law):houseusedasaresidence,notasaplaceofwork3.belong:tobesuitableoradvantageous,beintherightplaceeg:Idon'tbelonginabigcitylikethis.Hedoesn'tbelongintheadvancedlearners’class.Sherefusestogoabroad:Shebelongshere.IV.DetailedStudyoftheText4.odd:notregular,occasional,casual,occasional,randomeg:oddjobsHislifewasnotdullwiththeoddadventurenowandthen.5.relief:aidintheformofgoods,couponormoneygiven,asbyagovernmentagency,topersonsunabletosupportthemselveseg:arelieflawyeronrelief:receivinggovernmentaidbecauseofpoverty,unemployment,etc.IV.DetailedStudyoftheText6.…withafacethatseemedtotallyunfamiliarwithlaughter,wouldknockatthedoorsofthetown’sbrickhouses…ThissuggeststhattheTonnerreshadlivedaverymiserablelife.Theyhadneverexperiencedhappinessintheirwholelife.The“brickhouses”indicatesthewealthypeople’shome.IV.DetailedStudyoftheText7.flare:1)burnbrightlybutbrieflyorunsteadilyeg:Thematchflaredinthedarkness.flareup:burnsuddenlymoreintenselyeg:ThefireflaredupasIputmorelogsonit.2)reachamoreviolentstate;suddenlybecomeangryeg:Violencehasflaredupagain.Heflaresupattheslightestprovocation.3)(ofanillness)recur,happenagaineg:Mybacktroublehasflaredupagain.8.dogged:determined;notgivingupeasilyeg:adoggeddefenceofthecityAlthoughhe'slesstalented,hewonbysheerdoggedpersistence.V.OrganizationofthestoryPartI.(Paras1-2):Introductionofthenovel---thegeneralbackground.PartII.(Para.3-4)ThewholestorySection1.Para.3(p.206)–Para.6(p.208)IntroducingtheheroinePiquette.Section2.Para.7(p.208)–Para.2(p.214)DaystogetherwithPiquetteatDiamondLa...