大学英语泛读第10课

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1、10.MorethanJustaShrine:PayingHomagetotheGhostsofEllisIsland一．主旨要义Mainidea:ThroughdescribingherjourneytoEllisIsland,MaryGordonrevealshersympathyandempathywiththeimmigrants,hercriticismofthesettler’swrongdoingstowardsthem,andalsoherappealtotherecognitionoftheircontribu

2、tiontothedevelopmentoftheUnitedStates.二．语篇分析(TextAnalyses)（1）课文结构分析(TextOrganization)Thetextcanberoughlydividedintosixparts:PartI(Para.1-2)(L1-L18)Theessaybeginswiththeauthor’smeetingwithaRussianlinguist,whoisparticularlyinterestedinhermixedancestry.Buttheauthordoesn

3、’tthinkthattheRussianlinguist,andmaybemanyothers,canreallyunderstandtheimmigrantsandthesignificanceofEllisIsland.PartII.(Para.3-4)(L.19-L43)Theauthorexpressesherhardnessandunwillingnesstoidentifyherselfwiththemaincourse,andherrealpurposeinvisitingEllisIsland.PartIII.

4、(Para.5-7)(L.44-L72)InthisparttheauthorcastsbackthehistoryofhowEllisIslandbecametheimmigrationreceptionheadquarter.PartIV.(Para.8-12)(L.73-L.128)Theauthor’sjourneyintoEllisIslandismingledwithherreflectiononthenation’smoreandmorerigorimmigrationspoliciesandherreflecti

5、ononwrongdoings,particularlytheinhumanmedicalinspections,totheimmigrants.PartV.(Para.13-14)(L.129-L.151)Thispartisabouttheauthor’simaginationabouthergrandparents’hardimmigrationandsettlement.PartVI.(Para.15)(L.152-175)Inresponsetothequestionatthebeginningofthelastpar

6、t,theauthorexpressesher11sympathyandempathywiththeimmigrants,hercriticismofthesettler’swrongdoingstowardsthem,herrefusaloftheidentitywiththemaincourse,andherappealtotherecognitionoftheircontributiontothedevelopmentoftheUnitedStates.一．课文导读（1）生词与短语1.payhomageto(Title)=

7、dohomageto:showone’srespectto向...表示敬意Wheneveronbus,weshouldpayhomagetothosethatareagedbygivingthemourseats.2.reflectupon(Introduction):thinkcarefullyandseriously沉思,思考Pleasereflectonyouractions!3.immigrationreceptionheadquarter(Introduction):移民接待总部4.estimate(Introduct

8、ion):calculateapproximately推测Iestimatedhisageat40.5.immigrant(Introduction):(从外国)移来的移民emigrant（从本国）移走的移民6.ancestor(Introduction)n.祖