1、A Mothers Place Donna Gamache,Discuss,1.What roles do mothers play in the family? 2.What will you do after you quarrel with your mother?,About the Author,Donna Gamache , was born in Minnedosa(明尼多薩), Manitoba(馬尼托巴) in 1994 and she is a writer and teacher from Macgregor(馬格雷戈). She received a bachelor(

2、學(xué)士) of Arts degree form the University of Manitoba. She has taught language arts and social studies fulltime at the secondary level and has worked as an elementary and secondary substitute(代替) teacher.,She specializes in fiction, especially for children. She has published a book for children, Spruce

3、 Woods Adventure(云杉森林歷險記), as well as many short stories for both children and adults. Her poetry has been printed in Prairie Messenger, Western People and Our Family, and has won honorable mentions in the CAA poetry contest.,AWARDS,Manitoba Winner, Canadian Authors Association Millennium Anthology,

4、 1999.First Prize, Winners Circle fiction contest, Canadian Authors Association, 1999.Second Prize, Canadian Authors Association (Manitoba) non-fiction contest, 1994.Donna has also received honorable mention in several Canadian Authors Association (Manitoba) short story and poetry contests and two T

5、oronto Sunday Star fiction contests.,A mother named Dorothy feels that she is getting old and doubts her place in the family. She thinks that she was redundant in the house, Dorothy decides to leave but her son and daughter-in-law convinces her that she is welcomed and needed.,Organization,Text Comp

6、rehension1.Text Analysis and main idea,Part one:para1-para2 Moms mood Part two:para3-para18 Moms solution for the argument Part three:para19-para33 Sons solution for the argument Part four:para34-para37 Breaking the ice,Text comprehension2.Question,How did Dorothy feel about herself at the beginning

7、 of the story? Why did Dorothy think herself redundant(多余的）? Can you give me some example? After reading what do you think of Tims way of solving the problem?,Answer,1.She felt herself old and lonely 2.1Jenny did every housework 2she noticed Jennys glance in the direction of her own bed-room 3the ki

8、tchen is too small for two men all the time,Important sentences預(yù)期 eg.結(jié)果預(yù)期于月底揭曉。 The results are due at the end of the month. Potato plant : n. potato factory ( 蒂姆和詹妮的孩子還有兩個月就要出世了。上個星期，詹妮辭去了土豆加工廠的工作。),8. Not that anything had been said to that effect.(P13,L1) To that/this effect : 說了話，表達了意思 with that

9、/this meaning or information. eg.他話里帶著叫我出去的意思。 He told me to get out, or words to that effect. （引申為：事情還沒到那個地步。）,Understanding Vocabulary,Drought draut n. lack of rain Downpour daunp: n. heavy fall of rain Relinquish rilikwi v. give up 放棄；讓渡 Redundant ridndnt not needed Reconvert ,ri:knv:t vt. conver

10、t back Bending bendi stooping 屈服,Have A Break !,9.A few yards away ,the lilacs hung heavy in the rain. 幾碼遠處，丁香花在雨里沉甸甸的掛在枝上。 Yard : n.院子；庭院 n.碼(長度單位) lilac : n. 紫丁香花 lalk 10. Tim made a dash for the house ,splashing through large puddles as he ran. 蒂姆正往房子這邊跑過來，身后邊濺起大灘的雨水。 dash 猛沖 d puddle 積水pdl splas

11、h 濺起 spl,.,11.shed have her say first 她要掌握發(fā)言權(quán)。 have ones say 表示意見 12.though her mind was churning when she went to bed . 盡管去睡覺時她心里還難過著。 churn tn 翻騰 13. Dorothy closed her mouth, the wind gone from her sails for a moment. 多蘿西閉著嘴，好象帆一時沒了風(fēng)一樣，不知道說什么好了。,14.Around here ,I wont be needed anymore. More than

12、 that . In this house ,Im in the way. 家里沒人需要我了。不止如此，在這座房子里，我礙手礙腳了?！?in the way 在路上； 擋道的 15. and a life of your own without your mother always looking over your shoulder. 你們過自己的生活，不用我整天在后面盯著你們 Be looking over your shoulder 小心提防 16. He looked so much like Steve when he set his chin in that determined

13、way. 他看上去真象史蒂夫，那樣堅毅地昂著下巴。,Understanding Vocabulary,Pasture 牧場 Poplar 白楊 Creek 小溪 grunt 喃喃道 grove 小樹林 trailer 車拖活動住屋 Moisture 水分,Character,Through the whole story, we can have a clear plot about the figures in the article. Now let us discuss the characters of the whole story.,Character,This article h

14、as three people :mother , son and sons wife. The hero is the son and the heroine is the mother. Different descriptions show the figures character.,Reason,The background The mothers thoughts The attitude of her sons wife The communication between mother and son,Mother,Love to complain Common but competent Insist on strong Sentimental :easy to think too more Important Alone Love,Son,Piousness Love Sensible Not a bad son Not good at communication,Pay more attention to our old mothers,Put oneself in ones shoes,allow