Unit2HowReadingChangedMyLife第二版現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語精讀第一頁，共38頁。ReinforcementTextAnalysisHowReadingChangedMyLifeBackgroundWarmingupUnit2第二頁，共38頁。Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesWarmingupHowReadingChangedMyLifeUnit2第三頁，共38頁。WarmingupQuestions/ActivitiesHasyourlifeeverbeensignificantlychangedbyanyparticularbook?Whatdoesreadingmeantoyou?第四頁，共38頁。WarmingupQuestions/Activities3.HowhastheInternetchangedpeople’swayofreading?4.Howdoyouaccountforsuchchanges?第五頁，共38頁。Check-onPreviewPleasedefinethefollowingwordsintheirrespectivecontext.…asmallbutsatisfyingspreadofcenter-hallcolonials…(para.1)…allthosegreathouses,withtheirhighceilingsandhighdrama…(para.2)Americaisalsoanationthatprizes

sociabilityandcommunity…(para.11)…akindofcareerismintheUnitedStatesthatsanctionedreading…(para.12)Warmingup第六頁，共38頁。Check-onPreview

Whatdoyouknowaboutthefollowingnovels?

WarmingupMiddlemarchALittlePrincessAnnaKareninaGonewiththeWindRebeccaJaneEyreATaleofTwoCitiesMoby-DickPrideandPrejudiceKillaMockingbird第七頁，共38頁。ObjectivesUnderstandinwhichwaysreadinghaschangedtheauthor’slife.Discussthemeaningofreading.Identifytheproblemsfacingreadingandworkonpossiblesolutions.Warmingup第八頁，共38頁。BackgroundAuthorHowReadingChangedMyLifeUnit2第九頁，共38頁。BackgroundAuthorAnnaMarieQuindlenAnnaQuindlentheJournalistTheNewYorkTimescolumnistuntil1994PulitzerPrizeforCommentaryin1992Newsweekcolumnist1999-2009AnnaQuindlentheNovelistFull-timenovelistsince1995Authoroffivebest-sellingnovels,threeofwhichmadeintomoviesHerLife第十頁，共38頁。BackgroundHerWorksAuthorAcriticofthefast-pacedandincreasinglymaterialisticnatureofmodernAmericanlifeSomequotes:Ifyoursuccessisnotonyourownterms,ifitlooksgoodtotheworldbutdoesnotfeelgoodinyourheart,itisnotsuccessatall.Youcannotbereallyfirst-rateatyourworkifyourworkisallyouare.第十一頁，共38頁。DetailedAnalysisStructureThemeTextAnalysisHowReadingChangedMyLifeUnit2第十二頁，共38頁。TextAnalysisThemeQuestionsforthinking:Whatdoesreadingmeantotheauthor?Whatkindofattitudestowardreadingbothertheauthor?Whatkindofattitudedoestheauthoradvocate?第十三頁，共38頁。TextAnalysisStructure1Paras.1-9Readinghasbeenanimportantpartofmylife.2Paras.10-15Acrisisfacedbyreading.3Paras.16-18Thereisstillhopeforreading.第十四頁，共38頁。Wheredidtheauthorspendherchildhood?Whydidtheauthoralwaysfeelthatsheoughttobesomewhereelse?Whywasit“astiffandawkwardlunch”?Whatdidthisshowabouttheauthor?HowshouldtheauthorhavebenefitedfromreadingthesixnovelsinParagraph2?Whatdidreadingmeantotheauthorwhenshewasyoung?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion第十五頁，共38頁。6.WhatwerethefeaturesofVictorianEngland?

peace,prosperity,refinedsensibilitiesandself-confidenceTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion第十六頁，共38頁。7.Whydoestheauthormentionthesethreenovels?8.Whatarethecommonfeaturesofthesethreenovels?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion第十七頁，共38頁。9.Whydidtheauthorpreferreadingtoplaying?Traveledacrossthephysicalworld;Traveledintomyownspiritualworld:identity,aspiration,morality→Booksaremyperfectisland!

TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion第十八頁，共38頁。10.Whydoestheauthorread?Tripstootherworlds;Journeyintomyownworld;Perfectisland(alonetonotalone);Home,sustenance,greatinvinciblecompanionSimplybecauseshelovesreading!

Whydoyouread?Doyoueverreadsimplybecauseyoulovereading?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion第十九頁，共38頁。Perhapsrestlessnessisanecessarycorollaryofdevotedliteracy.(para.5)Questionsforthinking:Inwhatwayswastheauthorrestless?Doyouagreewiththisstatement?HowdoyouunderstandMarkTwain’ssaying,“Almostallofthewritersare‘a(chǎn)ddicts.’”?PartI:ParaphraseTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis第二十頁，共38頁。2.Therewaswaking,andtherewassleeping.Andthentherewerebooks,akindofparalleluniverseinwhichImightbeanewcomerbutwasneverreallyastranger.(para.7)Questionsforthinking:Whydidtheauthorparallelwaking,sleepingandreading?

TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Paraphrase第二十一頁，共38頁。wandertheworldcommitsthtomemory

Hecommittedthenotesofthatmeetingtomemoryandthenburnedthem.aspiretosth;aspiretodosthDifferentpeopleaspiretodifferentthings.MaryisambitiousenoughtoaspiretoconversationalfluencyinChineseintwomonths.Weaspiretobethebestwithinourfield.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(1)第二十二頁，共38頁。Word-formation:undersungunderestimated underdeveloped underdoneunderfunded undermannedundernourishedunerpaid underpopulated underusedunder-+pastparticiple:notenough

TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(2)第二十三頁，共38頁。Fillintheblanks.Inonecornerofthelivingroom______aclubchair.Iusedto_______onit,readingwithmyskinnylegs___________oneofitsarms.Ofcourse,Ihadclearmemoriesofnormalchildhood,______therocksinthecreekthat____________Naylor’sRunto_______forcrayfishandlayingpenniesonthetracksofthetrolleyandrunningto_____themwhenthetrolley___________.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Exercisesatsprawlslungoverliftingtrickledthroughsearchfetch

hadpassed第二十四頁，共38頁。1.Whatbiasdopeoplehaveagainstthosewhoreadmuch?Lazy,Aimlessdreamer,Loner,Arrogant2.WhatisthesomethingintheAmericancharacterthatishostiletotheactofaimlessreading?ReadingisnothingmorethanatoolforadvancementSociabilityandcommunityGo-out-and-get-goingethosAdmirationofmenofactionPragmatictraditioninAmericacharacter→Pragmatism

TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:Discussion第二十五頁，共38頁。PragmatismKeytenetsofpragmatismPrimacyofpracticeConcretethinkingratherthanconceptualizationNaturalismScientificmethodsSkepticismProminentfiguresCharlesSandersPeirce,WilliamJamesandJohnDeweyTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis第二十六頁，共38頁。3.WhycananexecutivelearnfarmorefromMoby-Dick?4.Whatdoyouthinkofbooksonsuccess?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:Discussion第二十七頁，共38頁。5.Whatareliteraryprofessionals’opinionsofreading?ReadtoaddressproblemsGoodandworthyreadingvs.badandtrivialreadingWhatistheauthor’sattitude?→

Careerismvs.ReadingTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:Discussion第二十八頁，共38頁。CareerismReadonlyifthereissomepointtoitPhilosophyorEnglishmajorscan’tdomuchwithwhattheylearnReadforpurposeanddoggedself-improvementReadingReadforthefunofreadingitselfIntellectualpursuitsfortheirownsakeReadforpleasure,spurredonbyinteriorcompulsionTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis第二十九頁，共38頁。6.Whatarethetraitsoftherealclanofthebook?ReadnottojudgethereadingofothersbuttotakethemeasureofourselvesLovereadingforreading’sownsakeTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:Discussion第三十頁，共38頁。paylipservicetoPeoplepaylipservicetotheirdreamsoffreedom,butmanyfeelfrightenedbyit.seetoitthat

Weshouldseetoitthatallworkdoneconformstohighstandards.PartII:Words&Expressions(1)TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis第三十一頁，共38頁。suspectv.

(para.10)suspectsbofItisperfectlyallright,becausethepolicehadnotsuspectedhimofrobbery.suspect

adj.(para.12)Delegatesevacuatedthebuildingwhenasuspectpackagewasfound.besuspiciousof(para.11)

Twoofficersonpatrolbecamesuspiciousoftwomeninacar.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:Words&Expressions(2)第三十二頁，共38頁。1.Whatisthe“l(fā)ivelysubcultureofcharacters”?2.Whatdoestheauthormeanbyquoting“UntilIfearedIwouldloseit,Ineverlovedtoread.Onedoesnotlovebreathing.”?3.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardliterarycriticism?Thetruthofreadingistobefoundinitspeopleratherthanitspunditsandprofessionals.PartIII:DiscussionTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis第三十三頁，共38頁。ReinforcementSummaryDiscussionHowReadingChangedMyLifeUnit2第三十四頁，共38頁。ReinforcementSummaryWritingTechniques1.symbole.g.theclubchair,parisonandcontraste.g.Readingforpleasure,spurredonbysomeinteriorcompulsion,becameassuspectasgettingonthesubwaytorideaimlesslyfromplacetoplace.(para.12)e.g.Ivs.others