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1、高级英语第一册第四课课件Lesson IVEveryday Use for Your GrandmamaBackground InformationThe author wrote quite a number of novels, among them were The Color Purple which won the Pulitzer Prize of Fiction （普利策（普利策小说奖）小说奖） and The American Book Award（美国图书奖）（美国图书奖）. In 1985, the Color Purple was made into a movie wh
2、ich won great fame. Objectives of Teaching1.To comprehend the whole story2.To lean and master the vocabulary and expressions3.To learn to paraphrase the difficult sentences4.To understand the structure of the text5.To appreciate the style and rhetoric of the passage.Important and Difficult pointsThe
3、 comprehension of the whole storyThe understanding of certain expressionsThe appreciation of the writing techniqueColloquial, slangy or black EnglishCultural difference between nationalities in the USDetailed study of the text:1. wavy: having regular curvesA wavy line has a series of regular curves
4、along it.The wavy lines are meant to represent water.Here in the text the word describes the marks in wavy patterns on the clay ground left by the broom.*image 1* (此处加一细曲线图）此处加一细曲线图）Detailed study of the text:2. groove: a long narrow path or track made in a surface, esp. to guide the movement of sth
5、.(here the explanation is not proper)A groove is a wide, deep line cut into a surface.The cupboard door slides open along the groove it fits into.*image 2* (此处加一此处加一groove图）图）Detailed study of the text:3. homely: simple, not grand, (of people, faces, etc.,) not good-looking, uglyIf someone is homely
6、, they are not very attractive to look at; used in Am.E.Detailed study of the text:4. awe: Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with sth. wonderful, frightening or completely unknown.The child stared at him in silent awe.Detailed Study of the TextSection 1 of
7、part IThe setting: yard, houseMaggie: appearanceComparison with her sister: eying her with a mixture of envy and aweSister has held life in the palm of one hand Detailed study of the textTo have made it: if you make it, you are successful in achieving sth. Difficult, or in surviving through a very d
8、ifficult period.I believe I have the talent to make it.You are brave and courageous. You can make it.Detailed study of the text:5. confront: to face boldly or threateningly, encounterIf a problem, task, or difficulty confronts you, or you are confronted with it, it is sth. that you cannot avoid and
9、must deal withI was confronted with the task of designing and building the new system.II. Detailed study of the text:6. totter: to move in an unsteady way from side to side as if about to fall, to walk with weak unsteady stepsThe old lady tottered down the stairs.Detailed study of the text curse: If
10、 you curse, you use rude or offensive language,usu. because you are angry about sth.insult: If sb. insults you, they say sth. rude to you or offend you by doing or saying sth. which shows they have a low opinion of you. Detailed study of the text:embrace: to take and hold (another or each other) in
11、the arms as a sign of love, hugSmile into each others face:Detailed study of the textTo smile into each others faceII. Detailed study of the text:7. limousine: A limousine is a large and very comfortable car, esp. one with a glass screen between the front and back seats. Limousines are usually drive
12、n by a chauffeur *image 2* （此处插一豪华轿车图）（此处插一豪华轿车图）II. Detailed study of the text:cf: Sedan / saloon is a car with seats for four or more people, a fixed roof, and a boot (the space at the back of the car, covered by a lid, in which you carry things such as luggage, shopping or tools) that is separate
13、 from the seating part of the car.*image-3* 普通轿车图普通轿车图Detailed study of the text:convertible: a car with a soft roof that can be folded down or removed*image 4 * 带帆布顶蓬的带帆布顶蓬的轿车轿车sports car: a low usu. open car with room for only 2 people for traveling with high power and speed （*image 5* 跑车图）跑车图）Det
14、ailed study of the text:coupe ku:pei a car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, two doors and seats for four people *image 6* 两箱轿车图两箱轿车图station wagon (Am E) / estate car (Br.E) a car which has a long body with a door at the back end and space behind the back seats*image 7* Detailed study of the text:8
15、. gray / grey: used to describe the colour of peoples hair when it changes from its original colour, usu. as they get old and before it becomes whiteJohnny Carson: a talk show anchorman9. tacky: (Am.E, slang) shabbyDetailed study of the text:I wear flannel nightgowns?10. overalls: are a single piece
16、 of clothing that combines trousers and a jacket. (*image 8* 工装裤工装裤图图) Your wear overalls over your clothes in order to protect them from dirt, paint, etc. while you are workingDetailed study of the text:11. hog: pig, esp. a fat one for eating12. sledge hammer: large, heavy hammer for swinging with
17、both hands, a large heavy hammer with a long handle, used for smashing concrete *image 9* 长把大锤长把大锤13. barley: 大麦大麦Detailed study of the text:14. pancake: a thin, flat circle of cooked batter (糊状物糊状物) made of milk, flour and eggs. usu. rolled up or folded and eaten hot with a sweet or savory filling
18、insideWho ever knew a Johnsonthe womans family nameDetailed study of the textWith one foot raised in flightwith my head turned in whichever way is farthest from them: Indirect speech act meaning ready to escape, II. Detailed study of the text:15. sidle: walk as if ready to turn or go the other way I
19、f you sidle somewhere, you walk there uncertainly or cautiously, as if you do not want anyone to notice youA man sidled up to me and asked if I wanted a ticket for the match.II. Detailed study of the text:16. shuffle: slow dragging walkIf you shuffle, you walk without lifting your feet properly off
20、the groundHe slipped on his shoes and shuffled out of the room.II. Detailed study of the text:If you shuffle, you move your feet about while standing or move your bottom about while sitting, often because you feel uncomfortable or embarrassed.II. Detailed study of the text:I was shuffling in my seat
21、.cf:totter (n.6), sidle(n. 15), shuffleII. Detailed study of the text:17. blaze: to burn with a bright flameA wood fire was blazing, but there was no other light in the room.n. the sudden sharp shooting up of a flame, a very bright fireThe fire burned slowly at first, but soon burst into a blaze.II.
22、 Detailed study of the text:18. sweet gum tree: a large North American tree of the witch hazel (榛子榛子) family, with alternate maplelike leaves, spiny (多刺的多刺的) fruit balls, and flagrant juice美洲金缕梅美洲金缕梅, , 落叶灌木或小乔木落叶灌木或小乔木. . 原产于原产于北美和亚洲北美和亚洲. . 其分叉小枝从前用为魔杖其分叉小枝从前用为魔杖, , 这寻找地下水这寻找地下水, , 故俗称魔杖故俗称魔杖.II.
23、Detailed study of the text:19. dingy: dirty and fadedA building or place that is dingy is rather dark and depressing and does not seem to have been well looked after,.This is the dingiest street of the town.Clothes, curtains, etc. that are dingy are dirty or faded. II. Detailed study of the text:20.
24、 raise: to collect togetherraise an army / raise enough money for a holidayHis wife raised the money by selling her jewellery.Were trying to raise funds to establish a scholarship.II. Detailed study of the text:21. underneath: (so as to go) under (sth.)The letter was pushed underneath the door.Did y
25、ou find very much growing underneath the snow?(Here it suggests a repressive and imposing quality in her voice.)II. Detailed study of the text:22. make-believe: a state of pretending or the things which are pretendedShe lives in a make-believe world / a world of make-believe.II. Detailed study of th
26、e text: Dont be afraid of monsters - the story is only make-believe.The little girl made believe she was a princess.II. Detailed study of the text:23. shove: to push, esp. in a rough or careless wayThere was a lot of pushing and shoving to get on the bus. Help me to shove this furniture aside.II. De
27、tailed study of the text:If you shove sb. or sth., you push them with a quick, rather, violent movement.He dragged her out to the door and shoved her into the street. II. Detailed study of the text:24. dimwit: (infml) an ignorant and stupid persondim: faint, not bright wit: intelligence, wisdomat on
28、es wits end: at the end of ones tetherII. Detailed study of the text:25. organdy: (Br. E organdie) very fine transparent muslin (麦麦斯林纱斯林纱, 平纹细布平纹细布) with a stiff finish (最后一层涂饰最后一层涂饰), very fine rather stiff cotton material used esp. for womens dresses(蝉翼纱蝉翼纱, 玻璃纱玻璃纱)II. Detailed study of the text:2
29、6. pump: low shoe that grips the foot chiefly at the toe and the heel 27. stare down any disaster in her efforts: face up and defeat any disaster with her effortsstare down: two people looking at each other persistently until one shifts his eyeII. Detailed study of the text:28. flicker: to move back
30、wards and forwards unsteadilyshadows flickered on the wallflickering eyelidseven the self-assurance of Ogilver flickered. II. Detailed study of the text:29. stumble: to stop and /or make mistakes in speaking or reading aloudto catch the foot on the ground while moving along and start to fallShe stum
31、ble at/over the long wordHe stumbled and stopped reading.II. Detailed study of the text:cf: stammer: to speak or say with pauses and repeated sounds, either habitually or because of excitement, fear, etc. stammererstutter: to speak or say with difficulty in producing sounds, esp. habitually holding
32、back the first consonant. stuttererII. Detailed study of the text:30. good-naturedly: naturally kind, ready to help, to forgive, not to be angryA person or animal that is good-natured is naturally friendly and does not easily get angry.a good-natured policemanII. Detailed study of the text:31. mossy
33、: moss: any of several types of a small flat green or yellow flowerless plant that grows in a thick furry mass on wet soil, or on a wet surfaceII. Detailed study of the text:32. hook: to catch with or as if with a hookto hook a fish / a rich husbandhooknoseHere: to attack with the horn of the cowII.
34、 Detailed study of the text:33. soothe: to make less angry, excited or anxious, comfort or calm, to make less painfulsoothing wordssoothe ones feelings II. Detailed study of the text:34. shingle: a small thin piece of building material (such as wood) often with one end thicker than the other for lay
35、ing in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of buildingII. Detailed study of the text:cf: tile; a flat or curved piece of fired clay, stone, or concrete used esp. for roofs, floors, or walls and often for ornamental workII. Detailed study of the text:35. porthole: also port, a small
36、usu. circular window or opening in a ship for light or air36. shutter: a. one that shutsb. movable cover (wooden panel or iron plate, hinged, or separate and detachable) for a window or door, to keep out light or burglars. II. Detailed study of the text:cf: Venetian blindsThe shop front is fitted wi
37、th rolling shutters.c. device that opens to admit light through the lens of a cameraII. Detailed study of the text:37. pasture: land where grass is grown and where cattle feed on it38. furtive: stealthy, If sb. is furtive, he / she behaves as if he / she wants to keep sth. secret or hidden.II. Detai
38、led study of the text:They suddenly looked furtive when I got into the room.I watched him furtively pencil a note and slip it between the pages.A woman with furtive look sidled up to me and asked furtively whether I had / wanted porn CDs. II. Detailed study of the text:39. hang about: to wait or sta
39、y near a place without purpose or activity40. washday: also washing day, the day when clothes are washedII. Detailed study of the text:41. impressed with her: impressed by her manner, 42. well-turned: (of a phrase) carefully formed and pleasantly expresseda well-turned phrase: 恰当的词语恰当的词语II. Detailed
40、 study of the text:43. cute: delightfully pretty and often smallIf you describe sb. as cute you mean that you find them attractive, often in a sexual wayII. Detailed study of the text:44. scald: to burn with hot liquidHe scalded his tongue on / with the hot coffeescalding: boiling or as hot as boili
41、ngII. Detailed study of the text:court: If a man courts a woman, he pays a lot of attention to her because he wants to marry her.II. Detailed study of the text: 45. flashy: over-ornamented, unpleasantly big, bright, etc. and perhaps not of good quality Something that is flashy is so smart, bright an
42、d expensive that you find it unpleasant and perhaps vulgar a flashy sports car / cheap flashy clothesII. Detailed study of the text:46. recompose: compose: to make (esp. oneself) calm, quiet, etc.Jean was nervous at first but soon composed herself.II. Detailed study of the text:47. kinky: (esp. of h
43、air) having kinks kink: a backward turn or twist in hair, a rope, chain, pipe, etc.48. wriggle: to twist from side to side49. loud: attracting attention by being unpleasantly colourfulII. Detailed study of the text:50. rope: (of 2 or more mountain climbers) to be fastened together with the same rope
44、The word here means the plaits or the pigtails are fastened togetherII. Detailed study of the text:51. gliding: to move noiselessly in a smooth, continuous manner, which seems easy and without effortglider: a plane without an engine II. Detailed study of the text:52. something of a(n). : (infml) rat
45、her a(n), a fairly goodYou use the expression something of in the following ways. If you say that a person or thing has something of a particular quality, feeling, etc., you mean that they have it to some extent.II. Detailed study of the text:If you say that a person is something of an actor, someth
46、ing of a poet, etc., you mean that the person can act, write poetry, etc. to some extentDr. Mitra, a scholar and something of a philosopherII. Detailed study of the text:If you say that a situation is something of a mystery / a surprise, etc., you mean that it is slightly mysterious, slightly surpri
47、singHe is something of a book collector / a liar / a musician.I am something of a carpenter myself, you know.II. Detailed study of the text:make sth. of oneself: be successfulHe is a clever boy- I hope hell make sth. of himself.II. Detailed study of the text:53. peek: (infml) to look at sth. quickly
48、, esp. when one should notThey caught him peeking through the hole at what was going on in the roomII. Detailed study of the text:peep: to look at sth. quickly and secretlyIts rude to peep at other peoples work.He took a peep at the back of the book to find out the answers to the questions.II. Detai
49、led study of the text:Peek & Peep are not clearly distinguishable when denoting to see what is concealed, or hidden.II. Detailed study of the text:peer: to look very carefully or hard, esp. as if not able to see wellShe peered through the mist, trying to find the right path.He peered at me over the
50、top of his glasses.II. Detailed study of the text:54. stoop: to bend the head and shoulders forwards and down55. cower: to bend low and draw back as from fear, pain, shame, cold etc.II. Detailed study of the text:56. go through motions with Maggies hand: Here “motions” refer to trying to shake hands
51、 with Maggie.II. Detailed study of the text:If you go through the motions, you say or do sth. that is expected of you without being very sincere or serious about it. Or you pretend to do sth. by making the movements associated with a particular action.II. Detailed study of the text:The doctor was su
52、re that the man wasnt ill, but he went through the motions of examining him.I can go through the motions of putting imaginary food into my mouth.II. Detailed study of the text:57. give up onIf you give up on sth., you abandon all hope of doing it or of understanding itII. Detailed study of the text:
53、57. limp: lacking strength or stiffnessn. a way of walking with one foot dragging unevenlyv. to walk with an uneven step, one foot or leg moving less well than the otherII. Detailed study of the text:58. There you are: I told you so.There you are. I knew I was right. Thats what I expected. I knew yo
54、u couldnt trace it further back.There I was not: You are not right.么事，么事， 豆丝。豆丝。II. Detailed study of the text:If you hear someone crying “look out”, you cant really look out of the window. You have to pay attention to the surrounding. II. Detailed study of the text:crop up: arise, happen or appear,
55、 unexpectedlySome difficulties have cropped up at work so Ill be late coming home tonight.II. Detailed study of the text:Literally the sentence in the text could possibly understood as follows:I was not there before the name “Dicie” appeared in our family, so why.But “There I was not” is obviously a
56、 quick, short cut answer to “there you are”.II. Detailed study of the text:59. Model A car: in 1909 Henry Ford mass-produced 15 million Model T cars and thus made automobiles popular in the States. In 1928 the Model T was discontinued and replaced by a new design - the Model A - to meet the needs fo
57、r growing competition in car manufacturing.II. Detailed study of the text:Here he thinks she is quaint, attractive because it is strange and something rather old fashioned60. ream: sl. say it, spit itII. Detailed study of the text:61. out of the way: not blocking space for the forward movement ofWe
58、overcame the difficulty and managed to pronounce it at last)I will move the chair out of your way.II. Detailed study of the text:He ran through the crowd, pushing people out of his way.Her social life got in the way of her studies.We got the name out of the way: we finished talking about it, we set
59、the problem aside.When we got topic A out of the way, we discuss topic B.II. Detailed study of the text:62. trip: If you trip over something, you knock your foot against something when you are walking and lose your balance so that you fall or nearly fall.I tripped and fell.She tripped over a stone.I
60、I. Detailed study of the text:He put each foot down carefully to avoid tripping up. Here: to make a mistake as in a statement or behaviorThis lawyer always tries to trip witness up by asking confusing questions.II. Detailed study of the text:63. salt-lick shelters: shelters where blocks of rock salt
61、 were kept for cattle to lick66. doctrine: A doctrine is a principle or belief, or a set of principles of beliefs, which is thought by its supporters to be absolutely true and therefore the only one acceptableII. Detailed study of the text:64. style: The style of a particular person or group is all
62、the general attitudes, likes, dislikes, and ways of behaving that are characteristic of them.Purple is not my style.Raising cattle is not my style: I am not interested in raising cattle.II. Detailed study of the text:65. gone and married: colloq.66. collard: 宽叶羽衣甘蓝宽叶羽衣甘蓝67. go on through the chitlin
63、s etc.chitlins: also chitlings, chitterlings: the intestines of hogs esp. when -prepared as food II. Detailed study of the text:68. greens: green vegetables69. talk a blue streak: speak very fast and very muchblue streak: sth. that moves very fast, a constant stream of worksstreak: thin line or band
64、, different from what surrounds itII. Detailed study of the text:70. rump: the part of an animal at the back just above the legs. When we eat this part of a cow it is called a rump steak (后腿部的牛后腿部的牛排排)(humour) of a human being the part of the body one sits on, bottomII. Detailed study of the text:71
65、. her hand closed over the butter dish: A butter dish is a small rectangular container which you can simply put your hand close over II. Detailed study of the text:72. if I could have: here if means whether73. churn: a container in which milk is moved about violently until it becomes butter , Am.E a
66、 large metal container in which milk is stored or carried from the farm (搅乳器搅乳器, 盛奶罐盛奶罐)II. Detailed study of the text:74. clabber: (not found in Longman or Collins) curdle - to form into curds, cause to thicken75. whittle: to cut (wood) to a smaller size by taking off small thing piecesII. Detailed
67、 study of the text:76. dasher: a devise having blades for agitating a liquid or semisolid77. centerpiece: The centerpiece of a set of things that is greatly admired is sth. that you show as the best exle of the setThe centerpiece of the navy is the nuclear submarine.II. Detailed study of the text:78
68、. alcove: an alcove is a small area in a room which is formed by one part of a wall being built further back than the rest of the wall, a partially enclosed extension of a room, often occupied by a bed or by seats, 凹凹室室 (see. Oxford)II. Detailed study of the text:79. to do with the dasher: use the d
69、asher to make sth. artisticIll do sth. artistic with the dasherI dont know what to do with those books, what to use them for, where to put themII. Detailed study of the text:Someone who is artistic is able to create or appreciate good painting, sculpture.Something that is artistic relates to art or
70、to artists. A design, arrangement, pattern, etc. that is artistic is beautiful or attractiveII. Detailed study of the text:80. sink: a depression (part of a surface lower than the other parts) in the land surfaceThe rain collected in several depressions on the ground.II. Detailed study of the text:8
71、1. rifle: to search through and steal everything valuable out of a placeThe thieves rifled his pockets of all their contents.The burglar rifled the safe.The bad boy rifled the apple tree.II. Detailed study of the text:Here in the text, the word “rifle” means to look thorough to see what to take, and
72、 indicates that Dee was trying to find sth. she did not deserve.II. Detailed study of the text:82. hung back: be unwilling to act or moveThe bridge looked so unsafe that we all hung back in fear.83. piece: to make by joining pieces togetherII. Detailed study of the text:84. quilt: to sew, stitch in
73、layers with padding in between85. Lone Star and Walk Around the Mountain pattern:the lotus and yellow crane tower pattern II. Detailed study of the text:86. scrap: small piece, bita scrap of paperScrap of bread were thrown to the birds.There was not a scrap of food left, weve eaten it all.II. Detail
74、ed study of the text:87. teeny: teeny weeny: also teensy weensy (used esp. to children) very small88. top: the most important or worthiest part of anythingII. Detailed study of the text:89. priceless: of great valuecf: invaluable, priceless, expensive, costly, dear, precious, sumptuous, luxuriousval
75、ueless: worthless, uselessII. Detailed study of the text:89. furious: frenzied, angry, violent90. temper: particular state or condition of the mind with regard to anger, an angry, impatient or bad state of mindJohn is in a temper today.II. Detailed study of the text:91. stump: n. the part of a plant
76、, (esp. a tree) remaining attached to the root after the trunk is cutv. put an unanswerable question to, puzzle, perplexIf something stumps you, you cannot think of any solution or answer for it.II. Detailed study of the text:The question has stumped philosophers since the beginning of time.Its unus
77、ual for Jeremy to be stumped for an answer.Youve go me stumped there.II. Detailed study of the text:92. snuff: tobacco made into powered for breathing into the nose, esp. used in former times93. dopey: doupi showing dullness of the mind or feelings caused or as if caused by alcohol or a drug, sleepy
78、 and unable to think clearly, stupidII. Detailed study of the text:94. hangdog: (of an expression on the face) ashamed, guilty, cowed95. portion: an individuals lot, fate, or fortune, destiny, ones share of good and evilUtter disaster was my portion.What would be my portion on the day the enemy inva
79、ded?II. Detailed study of the text:96. heritage: property that descends to an heir, sth. transmitted by or from a acquired predecessor, sth. possessed as a result of ones natural situation or birthIV. Character AnalysisDee:She has held life always in the palm of one hand.No is a word the world never
80、 learned to say to her.She would always look anyone in the eye. Hesitation was no part of her nature.She was determined to share down any disaster in her efforts.I. Rhetorical devices:Parallelism:chin on chest, eyes on ground, feet in shuffleMetaphor:She washed us in a river of.burned us. Pressed us .to shove us awaystare down any disaster in her efforts.
