现代⼤学英语第⼀册教案unit3
Lesson Three Message of the Land
I. Teaching Objectives
Explain the style of interviews;
Make the students re-think the changes in social values, attitudes, and life styles with the development of industrialization;
Explain two word-formation skills:
register for○a Noun/V+ …ful Adj
○b…Un?+ Adj Antonym
Introduce some cultural differences in translation to arouse the students? awareness of these phenomena;
II. Teaching Process
2.1I ntroduction to the Text
This text is different from the previous two, which are both stories. Our present text is an essay in a very broad sense of the word, for it was written down by the writer who interviewed a farmer and his wife. Since the end of World War II it has become popular for writers to interview people, record what they say and, after some, not too much, editing, publish these people?s stories in book form.
The style of such “writing” is colloquial. The language is straightforward. The sentences are generally short. When we read the text, we feel as if we were sitting face to face with the couple, listening to their stories and experiences, sharing joys and sorrows.
Do you know what these nicknames refer to?
Land of the Rising Sun Land of the Rose Land of the Shamrock Land of Cakes Land of Golden Fleece Land of Thistle Land of the stars and stripes
Shamrock [′??mr ?k] 三叶草(爱尔兰的国花)
Fleece ⽺⽑
Thistle [′θ?s ?l] 苏格兰的国徽
stripe[stra ?p] 条纹
Author
Pira Sudham is considered Thailand's leading English language writer, who was nominated 提名 for the 1990 Nobel Prize for Literature. His literary works are concerned with social-economic-political changes occurring in Thailand. Widely read and highly acclaimed, his books have given an expedient voice to the poor and the voiceless.
Bangkok, population 8,538,610 (1990), is the capital and largest city of Thailand. The city is located on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand. Bangkok is one of the fastest-growing, most economically dynamic and socially progressive cities in Southeast Asia. It is also one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. Bangkok is the economic center of Thailand.
The city contains many Buddhist 佛教temples. Buddhism Scotland Japan U.S.A Ireland England Australia
is Thailand's main religion. 94% of Thai people are Buddhist. The other are Muslim, Catholic罗马天主教的or Chinese. Monks are more suited to reach enlightenment because they follow a strict way of lif
e far from material attachment. Their life is based on 227 monastic rules and 5 major precepts, i.e. no sex, no lies, no robbery, no alcohol, no killing.
In a temple, some men have been monks for decades but there are also some men who became monk only a short time ago. They do it in order to bring merit to their parents ("THAM BUN"). A boy is not a man if he hasn't been a monk once in his life. Even the King of Thailand Rama 9had been a monk for one month. In old days this period was three months. Now it can be only a few weeks or a few days. Some families still refuse to marry their daughter if the future husband hasn't ever been a
monk. It means that he isn't ripe enough.
In a bus, seats in the back are reserved to monks. If a woman is sitting there, she should leave because a woman cannot touch a monk.
2.2 Main Parts of Text A
Part One (P1 to P7): This part is the wife?s attitudes, and can be further divided into two small sections. Section One, from Paragraph 1 to Paragraph 3, mainly tells us about her family members and how their children left. Section Two, from Paragraph 4 to Paragraph 7, deals with the changes that the wife cannot adjust to.
Part Two (P8 to P11): This part is the husband?s views. The man?s speech is shorter but touches something deeper --- what he thinks are the roots of all evils. He also tells us what joys he finds in life and in farming.
2.3 Detailed Discussion of the Text
to belong to sb: to be owned by sb.
eg: Who does the Mobil phone belong to?
It was I who stayed with my parents till they died.(1)
Learn how to use the emphatic form “it is/was…that/who…”
Eg. It was my sister who went to teach in a village school upon graduation.
My husband moved into our house as is the way with us
in Esarn. (1)
(When we got married) my husband came to live in our house. It was the tradition here in Esarn that the bridegroom新郎should come to live with the bride?s family.
Q: how is the custom in Esarn different from Chinese tradition?
In traditional Chinese families, usually it is the daughter who will leave her parents after getting married and move into the husband?s family. Therefore, traditionally, daughters have no rights to inherit the property of their parents? family. In Esarn, it seems to be the opposite.
“as” in a relative clause
As is known to all, China first created the use of compass.
( as – subject of the clause)
In a bus, seats in the back are reserved to monks. If a woman is sitting there, she should leave because a woman cannot touch a monk.
infancy
n. a. early childhood婴⼉期
b. early stage of development or growth初期，摇篮期
In the past, many children died in infancy.
基因的；遗传的;
Genetic engineering is still in its infancy.
a. infantile[′?nf(?)nt??l] 婴⼉的，幼⼉的
n. infant幼⼉；婴⼉
In the past, many children died in infancy.
The rest, two boys and two girls, went away (1)
Our other children –two boys and two girls left as soon as we had the money to buy them jeans.
“to buy jeans for them”在这⾥具有⼀种象征意义，象征着孩⼦们刚⼀长⼤，条件刚⼀允许，他们就⽴即离开了家。可见jeans 在⽼夫妇的⼼⽬中已然是现代⽂化的⼀种象征。课⽂中同样还有⼀例(P10)
Q: why were they so eager to leave the land?
In the following part we can see that it was because life on the land was poor and hard while the world outside seemed to offer plenty of opportunities for them to earn more money and enjoy a better life.
to afford sth. /to do sth:
1) be able to buy or pay for, e.g:
Nowadays quite a lot of Chinese families can afford cars.
At the moment I can?t afford a trip to Europe.
2) be able to spend, give, do, etc., without serious loss or damage, e.g:
He can hardly afford to miss another day at school.
Can you afford the time to help me?
now and then(2): now and again; occasionally
Now and then we heard shots in the woods.
Phrases with similar structure
here and there处处，到处
up and down上上下下，起伏地，来回地，详尽地
ups and downs盛衰，浮沉
the ins and outs种种复杂详情
back and forth来来回回地
only a few days: here the noun phrase is used adverbially.
Be off: be away from a place.
6. and tell us that they are doing well. I know this is (2)
Although they always tell us that everything is fine with them, I know they also have difficulties and problems. They just do not tell us because they do not want us to worry.
bully恐吓, 威逼
v. a. to threaten to hurt someone or frighten them, especially someone smaller or weaker
b. to put pressure on someone in order to make them do what you want
The child was bullied almost out of its life.
Adj. (chiefly N. Am) very good; first-rate (主北美)很棒，⼀流n. ⼤恶棍；真正的坏蛋
a local bully⼟豪
play the bully横⾏霸道，恃强欺弱
a bully idea绝妙的主意
a bully good dinner极其丰盛的饭菜
Bully for you!⼲得好！
bullyboy(受⼈雇佣且尤与政治集团有关的）流氓，打⼿
insult [i n′s?lt]vt.侮辱, 冒犯
She insulted him by calling him a coward.胆⼩⿁, 懦夫insult [′ins?lt] n.侮辱; 凌辱; ⽆礼
insulting [i n′s?lti?] adj.出⾔不逊的, 侮辱的, ⽆礼的insulter n.⽆礼的⼈
add insult to injury伤害之外⼜加侮辱；雪上加霜…it is like a knife piercing my heart. (2)
(When) I hear about their hardship, I feel very bad.
Q: How does she know about the children?s problem?
Her children?s problem must be very common for young people who leave Esarn to work outside. The outside world is a place of bitter competition and hard struggle.
It’s easier for my husband. He has ears (2)
News about my children?s problems does?t make my husband as sad. He doesn?t bother about what is happening around us and our children. He never says anything about them. He just works hard on the land.
Notice: she seems to be criticizing her husband, but it doesn?t mean she doesn?t love her husband.
Mind his own life: pay close attention to,to take care of mind one’s own business别管闲事
mind one’s own p’s and q’s注意举⽌⾔⾏
mind one’s manners注意举⽌⾏为
mind your footing ⼩⼼，站稳了
mind your back 当⼼；让开
Mind how you go.（道别时说）您慢⾛
In spite of sth: regardless of, despite
eg: The children went out to play in spite of the cold.
Fertile: a. a. (of land, plants) producing much肥沃的
b. (of a person, his mind) full of ideas, plans丰富的
This shrub灌⽊likes sun and water as well as a
fertile well-drained排⽔soil.
a fertile imagination/mind/brain
bleed
v. a. to lose blood, esp. because of an injury出⾎，流⾎
< force someone to pay an unreasonable amount of money over a period of time(⾮正式)从（某⼈）⾝上榨取钱财A deep cut on her wrist was bleeding profusely/heavily.
[pr?′fju:s]过多的
Exhausted: very tired.
Eg. The exhausted troops surrendered at last. 投降
Exhaust: [T]
○a make sth/sb very tired; tire out 使精疲⼒竭
Eg. The long run exhausted him.
○b use (sth) up completely.耗尽（资源，储备物）
Eg. exhaust one?s patience/strength; exhaust the
energy/resources.
◆Exhaustion: [U].[?g′z?:st??n]
◆Exhaustive: very thorough; complete彻底的；详尽的
Eg. The army gave an exhaustive search

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