Greenparagraph55---82CharacterAnalysisinAliceWalker'sEverydayUse

Mama,thenarratorofthestory,whoisstrong,hardworkingaswellasstern,shehasmanygoodqualitiesofthetraditionalblackwomen.Unlikeheryoungdaughter,Maggie,shehasherownoutlookonlifeandvalues,eventhoughsheisablackwomananddoesn’thaveagoodeducation.MamaDee

Deeistheobjectofjealousy,awe,andagitationamongherfamilymembers,whileasanindividualshesearchesforpersonalmeaningandastrongersenseofself.Shegetagoodeducation.Sheisarrogantandalwaysfeelsthatsheshouldenterintothewhiteworld,sosheleaveshercountryandkeepsonherpursuitinthebigcity.Actually,Deeisatragiccharacter,sheisanambivalentsyntheses.Maggie

Maggie,Nervousandmaladjusted,sheisafigureofpurity,uncorruptedbyselfishnessorcomplexemotionalneeds.Godisunfairtoher,shehasanexcellent,beautifulsister,butsheisugly,clumsyanddiffident.Soshelivesinhersister’sshadowforalongtime.Sheevenneverspareseffortstostriveforherproperinterests.Inconclusion,Maggiestandingforonekindofpeopleinthatsocietywhostilladheretothepastpracticesandtheywillinheritthetraditionfromgenerationtogeneration.1.rifling(rifle):①NOUN-Arifleisagunwithalongbarrel.來復槍，步槍。②VERB-Ifyouriflethroughthingsorriflethem,youmakeaquicksearchamongtheminordertofindsomethingorstealsomething.快速翻找，搜尋。Riflethrough:迅速翻查，搜索Maggiehungbackinthekitchenoverthedishpan.麥琪在廚房里洗著婉，成心拖延時間不愿意早出來。dishpan:NOUN-abowlforwashingplates,etc.洗碟盆；洗碗盆2.hungback(hangback):①〔通常指因緊張而〕退縮，躲避Ifyouhangback,youmoveorstayslightlybehindapersonorgroup,usuallybecauseyouarenervousaboutsomething.②拖延;拖拉Ifapersonororganizationhangsback,theydonotdosomethingimmediatelyThecultureofblackwomanandthequilt自從20世紀70年代黑人女權主義文學浪潮的興起，“被子”便成為婦女生活，婦女文化根本的形象化的隱喻。在美國黑人女性文學作品的主題和形式方面，碎布和拼綴唔成為女性美學，姐妹情誼以及女權主義幸存者的隱喻。艾莉絲·沃克把婦女的被子當做構建姐妹情誼的紐帶，這是一種象征手法。TheoldquiltisanemblemofAmercianwomen’scultureitself,anobjectofcommunalharmonymadebywomenoutoftheirwell-wornclothes.WalkeridentifiesthequiltasoneofthetraditionalartformsofAfricanAmercianwomen,showingthecreativityoftheblackwoman.

05paragraph57--61Iheardsomethingfallinthekitchen,andaminutelaterthekitchendoorslammed.我聽到廚房里有東西掉落在地上的聲音，一分鐘后又聽見廚房的門“砰“的一聲關上了。slammed:adj.猛烈抨擊的；猛砸的v.猛烈抨擊〔slam的過去分詞〕；猛撞①(把…)砰地關上;(把…)使勁關上Sheslammedthedoorandlockeditbehindher.她砰地關上門，身后的門鎖上了。②VERB---摔;使勁扔;砰地放下Shelistenedinamixtureofshockandangerbeforeslammingthephonedown.她震驚而氣憤地聽著，隨后啪地掛上。③嚴厲批評;猛烈抨擊Toslamsomeoneorsomethingmeanstocriticizethemveryseverely.④猛烈撞擊

Theplaneslammedintothebuildingafterlosinganengineshortlyaftertake-off.

飛機起飛后不久便失去一個引擎，猛地撞到那棟建筑物上。

短語phraseDrawersSlammed抽屜抨擊beslammed受到臺風猛擊slammedintoapersonal撞上一個人grandslam大滿貫；滿壘時的全壘打slamthedoorv.摒棄；關門；拒絕slamdunk扣籃，塞投〔籃球動作〕“whydon’tyoutakeoneortwooftheothers?”Iasked.“你何不拿另外一兩床呢?”我問道?！癟heseoldthingswasjustdonebymeandBigDeefromsometopsyourgrandmapiecedbeforeshedied.”“這兩床還是你外婆去世前用布條拼起來，然后由大迪伊和我兩人縫起來的舊被子?！薄癗o,”saidWangero.”Idon’twantthose.theyarestitchedaroundthebordersbymachine.”“不，”萬杰蘿說?！拔也灰切┍蛔?。那些被子的邊線都是機縫的?！?/p>

Stitch:touseaneedleandthreadtorepair,join,ortodecoratepiecesofcloth.Eg.herweddingdresswasstitchedbyhand.〔縫〕“That’llmakethemlastbetter,”Isaid.

“那樣的話更耐用些。”我說。

“That’snotthepoint,”saidWangero.”Theseareallpiecesofdressesgrandmausedtowear.Shedidallthisstitchingbyhand.Imagine！”Sheheldthequiltssecurelyinherarms,strokingthem“這不重要”萬杰蘿說。關鍵的是這兩床被子都是用外婆穿過的衣服拆下的破舊步，由她一針一針縫制而成的。想想看吧！”她一面牢牢地抓緊被子，生怕別人搶過去似的，一面用手在上面輕輕撫摸著。stitch：n.一針，縫針針腳，縫線，線跡針法，縫法；編結法縫好的局部碎布，衣片；少許衣服 [口語]一塊布；一件衣服一點兒，少許(尤指肋部的)突然劇痛；刺痛institches忍不住大笑，忍俊不禁astitchintime及時處理Astitchintimesavesnine.[諺]小洞不補,大洞吃苦;及時處理,事半功倍。Byhand手工inhand在進行中;在控制中;在掌握中;待辦理handin交上;上交;遞交;交上來strokevt.撫摸；輕撫n.中風；沖程；筆畫；打擊；嘗試；敲擊；劃尾槳；劃掉vi.擊球；作尾槳手；敲擊鍵盤onthestroke準時地longstroke長沖程heatstroke中暑lightningstroke雷擊31paragraph62-65lavenderadj.淡紫色的vt.用熏衣草熏n.薰衣草；淡紫色handdownto往下傳(傳給)Eg:Ideasarehandeddownfromgenerationtogereration,although,likegrandmother'spillowsandcovers,theyreekofstaleness.思想是一代一代往下傳的，雖然它就象祖母的枕頭和被單一樣散發(fā)著臭氣。Words;

(1)clutch;holdsomethingtightly抓住，緊握Heclutchedtheropewethrewtohim.Intheclutch在關鍵時刻；clutchat抓住(2)bosom;aperson’sbreastorherchest胸，胸懷shebosomedherbirthdaycard.Bosomofthesea海面；bosomfriends知心朋友comehavetoone’sbosom感人肺腑〔3〕gasp;totakeadeepbreath(surpriseorinpain)喘氣，喘息，渴望shegaspedforairanddrewinalungfulofwater.Gaspout喘著氣說出gaspforbreath喘息，喘不過氣breatheone’slastgasp死亡，斷氣

02paragraph66-67backwardInthisparagragh,itmeansstupidorsilly.〔4〕reckon;expect,believe,orsuppose估計，認為；Ireckonedhewillarriveinshanghaiatnoon.Reckonwith計算，清算toreckon估計reckonareong算在。。。之內(nèi)1.content;Deeiseagertogainthequilt,buthermotherrefuses.(母親拒絕了迪伊將被子帶走的要求，執(zhí)意留給麥琪作為陪嫁)2.Analyse;

whymotherpromisetogivethemquitstoMaggienotDee?Inmyopinions,hermotherthinksthat

(1)Maggie,shehasn’thadmuchformaleducationbuthaslearnedtraditionalskillssuchasquiltingfromherfamily(2)Dee,changehername,sheknowsnothingabouttheoriginofthename,hermannerismsandherappearanceeventhoughherfamilyhaslivedintheusforseveralgenerations.Andshesimplyregardsthemasakindofartandwantstohangthemonthewall.

“Buttheyarepriceless!”Shewassayingnow,furiously;forshehasatemper.“Maggiewouldputthemonthebedandinfiveyearsthey’dbeinrags.Lessthanthat!”“Shecanalwaysmakesomemore,”Isaid.“Maggieknowshowtoquilt.”可那兩床被子是無價之寶呀！她此時這樣說著，樣子很是生氣——踏實很愛生氣的。麥姬將會把他們放在床上每天用，那樣的話五年之后，那兩床被子就會變成破爛了，還用不了五年！破了她會再重新縫，我說，麥姬學會了縫被子。19paragraph68-71stumpnoun thebottompartofatreeleftinthegroundaftertheresthasfallenorbeencutdown樹樁，樹墩theendofsthorthepartthatisleftafterthemainparthasbeencut，brokenofforwornaway剩余局部：thestumpofthepencilapoliticianbeforeanelectiongoingtodifferentplacesandtryingtogetpeople’supportsbymakingspeeches巡回演說：Thesenatorgavehisstandardstumpspeech.verb難倒，把....難?。簍oaskasbaquestionthatistoodifficultorgivethemaproblemthattheycannotsolve.Iamstumped.Idonotknowhowtheygottherebeforeus.Katewasstumpedforwords.作巡回演說:totravelaroundmakingpoliticalspeeches，especiallybeforeanelectionHestumpedaroundthecountrytryingtobuildupsupport.Deelookedatmewithhatred.“Youjustwillnotunderstand.Thepointisthesequilts,thesequilts!”

迪伊惡狠狠的看著我：“你不懂，關鍵是這些被子，這兩床被子！”“Well,”Isaid,stumped.“Whatwouldyoudowiththem?”“Hangthem,”shesaid.Asifthatwastheonlythingyoucoulddowithquilts.

“那么說，我真有點茫然不解，便問到，你要那兩床被子做什么呢？”把他們掛起來，他說到。似乎就是被子所能派上的唯一的用場。

Maggiebynowwasstandinginthedoor.Icouldalmosthearthesoundherfeetmadeastheyscrapedovereachother.麥姬這時正站在門口，我?guī)缀跄苈牭剿碾p腳相互摩擦發(fā)出的聲音。04

paragraph72--74scrape:

v.scratchrepeatedly(ormakebyscraping)刮掉擦掉n.adeepbowwiththefootdrawnbackwards亂擦聲scrapeover擦過scrapeout擦去scrapetogether/up東拼西湊,費力地獲得scrapemark刮痕eg：Theboyfellandscrapedtheskinoffhisknee.

“Shecanhavethem,Mama,”shesaidlikesomebodyusedtoneverwinninganything,orhavinganythingreservedforher.“Ican’memberGrandmaDeewithoutthequilts.”“就讓她拿去吧，媽媽，”麥琪說，她似乎已經(jīng)習慣了從來什么都得不到，或者從來也不能擁有什么東西。“沒有那些被子我也能記得迪伊外婆?！眗eserve(v.)1)預定預約toaskforaseat,table,room,ect.tobeavailableforyouorsbelseatafuturetime.2)保存tokeepsthforsb.eg:Theseseatsarereservedforspecialguests.3)擁有，保持，保存〔某種權利〕tohaveorkeepaparticularpowereg:Themanagementreservestherighttorefuseadmission.管理部門有權拒絕接收。Allrightsreserved版權所有Ilookedatherhard.Shehadfilledherbottomlipwithcheckerberry

snuffanditgaveherfaceakindofdopey,hangdoglook.ItwasGrandmaDeeandBigDeewhotaughtherhowtoquiltherself.

我緊盯著她?？粗恼礉M了黑草莓汁的下嘴唇，一種遲鈍而又羞愧的神色仿佛在她臉上顯現(xiàn)了出來。迪伊外婆和迪伊姨媽以前教給了她怎么縫被子。checkerberry白珠樹〔1〕snuff:1〕(v.)用鼻子吸(breathingintothenose)，熄滅，撲滅eg：snuffedoutthecandles熄滅蠟燭Herhopeswerequicklysnuffedout.2)(n.)鼻煙3)snuffout(喻)斷氣，死去eg：Greedyheirswaitedfortheoldmantosnuffout.(2)dopey:(adj.)1〕showingdullnessofthemindorfeelingscausedorasifcausedbyalcoholoradrug,sleepyandunabletothinkclearly,stupid.(ratherstupid)愚蠢的

eg:adopeygrin呲牙咧嘴的傻笑

2〕notfullyawakeorthinkingclearly,sometimesbecauseyouhavetakenadrug被麻醉的迷迷糊糊的昏昏沉沉的。

Eg:Thestuffyatomospheremakesmefeeldopey.

(3)hangdog:〔adj.〕(ofanexpressionontheface)ifapersonhasahangdoglook,theylooksadorashamed,(guilty,cowed慚愧的羞愧的Eg:"Everybodymissedher",Stansaidwithahangdoglook.Shestoodtherewithherscarredhandshiddeninthefoldsofherskirt.shelookedathersisterwithsomethinglikefearbutshewasn’tmadather.ThiswasMaggie’sportion.ThiswasthewaysheknewGodtowork.

她就站在那兒，將一雙滿布疤痕的手藏在裙子褶皺里。她怯生生地瞅著她的姐姐，可是并沒有生姐姐的氣。麥琪的命運就是如此，她明白這是上帝的安排。portion:.1)(喻)命運anindividual’slot,fate,orfortune,destiny,one’sshareofgoodandevil.Eg：Utterdisasterwasmyportion2)onepartofsthlarger局部，一份。"aportionof+pl."做主語時謂語動詞為單數(shù)。11

paragraph75--79

WhenIlookedatherlikethatsomethinghitmeinthetopofmyheadandrandowntothesolesofmyfeet.

注釋：對艾麗斯·沃克來說珍惜和發(fā)揚黑人特有的傳統(tǒng)和文化，正確的態(tài)度和方式非常重要。

句子分析：WhenIlookedatherlikethatsomethinghitmeinthetopofmyheadandrandowntothesolesofmyfeet.

"Takeoneortwotheothers"IsaidtoDee.〔58〕“whydon’tyoutakeoneortwooftheothers?”Iasked.“你何不拿另外一兩床呢?”我問道。whatisthedifferencsbetweenthetwoscentence?

Butsheturnedwithoutawordandwentouttohakim-abarber.她一聲不吭。"Youjustdon'tunderstand?"shesaid,asmaggieandIcameoutthecar."你根本不懂"“whatdon'tIunderstand？”Iwanttoknow."我不懂什么"詞語分析：snatch:vt.抓住，奪得。n.〔C〕搶奪語境：Hesnatchedthegirloutoftheicywater.他一把抓住女孩，將她從冰冷的水中救了出來。搭配:snatchat設法/試圖抓住snatchup一把抓住詞語辨析：seize,snatch---seize“抓住”，是突然用力抓??；---snatch“抓住，奪取”，指出其不意地、突然猛力的一把抓住并拿向自己，強調(diào)“拿走”的意思。17paragraph80--82“Yourheritage,”shesaid.AndthensheturnedtoMaggie,kissedher,andsaid,“Yououghttomakesomethingofyourself,too,Maggie.Itisreallyanewdayforus.Butfromthewayyouandmamastillliveyouwouldknowit.”你的遺產(chǎn)，她答道。接著，她轉(zhuǎn)向麥琪，吻了吻她說，麥琪，你也應該有點長