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1、,Spring Sowing,Liam OFlaherty,Spring Sowing,Unit 2,Questions/Activities,Check-on Preview,Objectives,W,B,T,R,Spring Sowing,Unit 2,Warming up,Warming up,Questions/Activities,What would you do in a typical spring morning?What hopes and worries do you have about your future life?What do you know about f
2、arming?Do you know how spring sowing is done in our country?,W,B,T,R,Check-on Preview,Give the definition of the underlined words and phrases.,1.Outside,cocks were crowing and a white streak was rising from the ground,as it were,and beginning to scatter the darkness.2.They ate in silence,sleepy and
3、yet on fire with excitement3.he swore and said that a man would be better off dead than4.and driving out every other desire but that of asserting his manhood5.She looked at Martin wearily and it seem to her,W,B,T,R,Warming up,Objectives,Understand the structure and the general idea of the storyThink
4、 about how to interpret the storyKnow something about the symbolsSolve your own questions about the story,W,B,T,R,Warming up,Background,Genre,Author,B,W,T,R,Spring Sowing,Unit 2,Background,Author,Liam OFlaherty 1896 1984,was born in 1896 in a remote village in Ireland.His family were not well off.Th
5、e Irish language was widely spoken in the area,and in the OFlaherty household both English and Irish were used.left school in 1917 and joined the Irish Guards.He served on the Western Front,where he was injured,and it is possible that the shell shock he suffered may have been responsible for the men
6、tal illness which became apparent in 1933.,His Life,B,W,T,R,Background,Author,Irish novelist and short-story writer whose works combine brutal naturalism,psychological analysis,poetry,and biting satire with an abiding respect for the courage and persistence of the Irish people.Major works include:Th
7、y Neighbours Wife(1924)thought to be one of his best.The Informer(1925)for which he had been awarded the 1925 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.Famine(1937),His Works,B,W,T,R,Background,was a significant Irish novelist and short story writer and was considered to be a leading figure in the
8、 Irish literary renaissance.,Author,His Influence,B,W,T,R,Background,Genre,A Short Story,Plot:a young couples first day of spring sowing Irish village Setting:In spring Agricultural society(why?)Theme of the story:what do you think?,B,W,T,R,Spring Sowing,Unit 2,Text Analysis,T,W,B,R,Text Analysis,Th
9、eme,Try to interpret the symbolized meaning:springEarly in the morningNewly marriedFirst day of sowing,T,W,B,R,Text Analysis,Structure,Part I(paras.1-3):Introduction.Part II(paras.4-8):Preparation.Part III(paras.9-14):In the morning.Part IV(paras.15-18):At noon.Part V(paras.19-35):In the afternoon.,
10、T,W,B,R,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,T,W,B,R,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Main Idea,Sentence Paraphrase,Words&Expressions,Exercise,I II III IV V,T,W,B,R,Part 1:Introduction,1-3,Text Analysis,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I:Main Idea,Please search for words and expressions in the text wh
11、ich may help you describe:(1)Martin(2)Mary,and(3)the life they were living at the timeLiving conditionsrelationship,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I:Main Idea,How does the author describe the couples feeling about the spring sowing?How do you understand such a mixed feeling?Symbolic meaningsEa
12、rly hour in the morning Spring sowing,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I:Words&Expressions,-Compare the following words and give the definition to each word:gleam:glow:glimmer:glisten:,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I:Exercises,Translating or paraphrasing:scatter,rake out,hateful,freckled,
13、fair,on fire with,glamour,open up the earth,imminence,dejected,shrewd,be fixed on,worthy,the head of a family,Part 2:Preparation,Text Analysis,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II:Main Idea,Did Martin feel confident in himself?And was he eager to start the sowing?Please find evidence in the text.
14、What kind of a role was Mary playing here?What did they aim to achieve for the day?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II:Words&Expressions,Translating or Paraphrasing:cross,tremor,at this rate,rawhide shoes,hamlet,soul,crack,cluster of cabins,throbbing hearts,a patch of,a heap of,be manured with,
15、striped,seize,boastful,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II:Exercises,Rest:to place,put;to base or ground:我的结论是建立在那个事实上的。她把胳臂肘放在桌子上。take hold(of):to overpower(sb.)她感到一阵莫名的激动占据了自己。他决心不再让疾病重新翻身。,Part 3:In the Morning,Text Analysis,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part III:Main Idea,Why did Mary put
16、an arm round Martins waist and how did Martin react to this?What did the earth mean to Martin?What did he do to prove himself a worthy husband?Was he exceptional among the men in the village?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part III:Main Idea,Notice the words used by the author to describe the mans
17、actions:advance,commence,spit on palms,spoke rapidly,eyes fixed on,assert manhood,subjugate,worked furiously,whirl,beat the sods What was Mary thinking of while gazing distantly at the ground?Why did she suddenly become afraid of the earth?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part III:Words&Expressions,
18、-Compare the following words and give the definition to each word:edge:verge:rim:brim:border:,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part III:Words&Expressions,-Translating or Paraphrasing:ridge,a strip of,advance,commence,numb with,empty-headed,assert,subjugate,turn up,furrowed brows,henceforth,till the e
19、arth,be dotted with,ferociously,cock,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part III:Exercises,-Translate the following sentences with the appropriate words or phrases:take for,draw back,be chained to,secure 他们把我们当成日本人了。他生起火以后狼群稍稍后退了些，但不久它们 又变得大胆并开始向他寸寸逼进。今天的妇女不再甘于被束缚在厨房中。你能为我弄到两张音乐会的好票吗？,Part 4:At Noon,Te
20、xt Analysis,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part IV:Main Idea,How did Martin enjoy the lunch break?Why did Mary lose her appetite?Why was she depressed and why did she become joyful again?What did they have in mind while sitting there still,looking away into the distance,hand in hand?,Text Analysis,
21、Detailed Analysis,Part IV:Words&Expressions,Translating or Paraphrasing:draught,wistfully,munch,keep blowing at,rim,blind,eat heartily,revel in,look into the distance,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part IV:Exercises,-Translate the following sentences with the appropriate words or phrases:rob of,ove
22、rpower他感到本应属于自己的快乐被剥夺了。所有的游客都为优美的风景所倾倒。,Part 5:In the Afternoon(end),Text Analysis,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part V:Main Idea,What did Martin and Mary accomplish by the end of the days sowing?What did Martin think of the days work?How will you explain the flash of rebellion and the delicious f
23、eeling of comfort that Mary had in mind?What was she thinking while following Martin on their way home?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part V:Words&Expressions,Translating or Paraphrasing:carry a long way,wearily,momentary,cross ones mind,delicious feeling,bend backs,get twisted with,lowing,Text An
24、alysis,Detailed Analysis,Part V:Exercises,-Translate the following sentences with the appropriate words or phrases:straighten,a flash of 把肩膀挺直。把你的房间整理一下。板起面孔。“Jack告诉你什么了？”她突然生气地问道。,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part V:Exercises,Go through the descriptions of the hard toil that Martin and Mary expe
25、rienced in the field and fill in the blanks.back and wrists were getting _;her neck would _;in the _ movement of their bodies;the smell of the upturned earth acted like a _ on their _;his bones _;Mary looked at Martin _;they would have to _ their backs and do it until their hands and bones got _ wit
26、h rheumatism.,R,W,B,T,Spring Sowing,Unit 2,Reinforcement,Appreciation,Discussion,Reinforcement,Discussion,Work in groups of four:What is the traditional work ethic that you can learn from this story?Is it still relevant to our life now?Why?What are the roles that Martin and Mary were assuming in the
27、 family?Can you imagine what a life they would live in the future?Do you now have some idea of how to interpret a literature work?,R,W,B,T,Reinforcement,Appreciation,R,W,B,T,Please underline and read aloud the descriptions of nature,mans body movement and feelings in the text that you find beautiful and impressive.Please try to translate at least one of the parts youve just underlined and read.,
