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1、Lesson Thirteen In My Day,Text Appreciation,Text analysis 1. Theme 2. Text structure 3. General analysis 4. Further questions on appreciation II. Writing devices Parallelism Repetition III. Sentence paraphrase,Contents,Lesson 13- In My Day,Text Analysis,It is the responsibility of both parents and c
2、hildren to bridge the generation gap. On the one hand, young people should have more interest and respect of what their parents stand for. On the other hand, old people should show understanding to young peoples great interest in the future.,The end of Theme.,Lesson 13In My Day,Part 1 (paras.1 ) abo
3、ut: Part 2 (paras. ) about: Part 3 (paras. ) about:,Text Analysis,45,46-53,54-55,Understanding of a mother from a sons point of view,Understanding of children from a fathers point of view,Meeting of the two views,The end of Structure.,Lesson 13In My Day,Text Analysis,I tell people exactly whats on m
4、y mind, ,life was combat, and victory was not to the lazy, the timed, the drugstore cowboy, ,Scan the text and list out the related information.,To be continued on the next page.,straight- forward,strong-willed,She was a formidable woman, determined to speak her mind, determined to have her way, ,en
5、ergetic,never defeated by life,She had hurled herself at life with an energy that made her seem always on the run.,Lesson 13In My Day,Text Analysis,The mother was always on the run and working hard because she believed that hard working is the necessary part of ones life. Life was a struggle, a figh
6、t, a battle for survival, for salvation, and for the glory of God. Only by hard working can one be successful in the end. Those who were lazy, timid, loitering and afraid to tell others the true feelings were losers of the life.,Lesson 13- In My Day,To be continued on the next page.,Question: What v
7、alues do you think were reflected in the mothers way of life when she was young?,Text Analysis,Scan the text and list out the related information.,at the beginning,later,I could not accept the inevitable. My impulse was to argue her back to reality.,I soon stopped trying to argue her back to what I
8、considered the real world. (I) tried to travel along with her on those fantastic journeys into the past.,Lesson 13- In My Day,To be continued on the next page.,Text Analysis,At the beginning, he tried to argue his mother back to reality from his point of view because he believed that his mother bein
9、g a normal person would be better for her and her family. But later when he began to look at it from his mothers point of view, he understood his mother was much happier when she could travel back to her childhood when she was loved and needed. So he would like to travel along with her into her past
10、 and understood his mother more.,Lesson 13- In My Day,To be continued on the next page.,Question: What made the author change his reaction to his mothers senility?,Text Analysis,Scan the text and list out the related information.,in the past,now,I had developed the habit of lecturing them on the har
11、shness of life in my day. I tried to break the habit, but must have failed.,Between us there was a dispute about time.,Lesson 13- In My Day,To be continued on the next page.,Text Analysis,It is one of the reasons why there is generation gap between parents and children. The parents always like to ta
12、lk about their past to the children because that was once their “future” they dreamed of and struggled for. But for the children, they are indifferent to the parents “future” because it is past for them. They are now dreaming for their future. This is the dispute of time.,The end of General Analysis
13、.,Lesson 13- In My Day,Question: What does the author mean by “a dispute about time”? (53),What happened to the authors mother at the age of 80? What became of her after her “last” fall? What exactly is the problem with his mother? What kind of a woman was the authors mother when she was young? Was
14、she happy when she was young? Is she happy now? What are her main complaints?,Text Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,Lesson 13- In My Day,Lesson 13- In My Day,Does the author feel that he has been a good son? What do you think he is trying to say when he hopes that he can step into his moth
15、ers time machine? How does the author understand the generation gap? Whats his advice to the younger generation?,Text Analysis,The end of Further Questions.,Writing Devices,Parallel structure means using the same pattern of words to show that two or more ideas have the same level of importance. This
16、 can happen at the word, phrase, or clause level.,And so she was, a formidable woman, determined to speak her mind, determined to have her way, determined to bend those who opposed her. (14),repetition,Lesson 13- In My Day,Example from the text,To be continued on the next page.,Writing Devices,She ran after chickens, She ran when she made the beds, ran when she set the table. she ran. (15),Repetition is a major rhetorical strategy f
