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1、UnitTwelveTheLoonsMargaretLaurenceTeachingObjectives1）tounderstandtheimplicationofthetext2)toappreciatethetext3)toappreciaterhetoricaldevices;I.TheauthorMargaretLaurenceisoneofthemajorcontemporaryCanadianwriters.Afterhermarriage,shelivedinAfricaforanumberofyears.HerworksincludeATreeofPoverty(195

2、4),ThisSideofJordan(1960),TheTomorrow-Tamer(1963),TheProphet’sCamelBell(1963),TheStoneAngel(1964)andTheFireDwellers(1969),ABirdintheHouse(1970),TheDiveners(1974).II.ThestoryThistouchingstorytellsoftheplightofagirlfromanativeIndianfamily.Herpeopleweremarginalizedbythewhite-dominatingsociety.Theyw

3、ereunabletoexistindependentlyinarespectableanddignifiedway.Theyfounditimpossibletofitintothemaincurrentsofcultureanddifficulttobeassimilatedcomfortably.Atschool,thegirlfeltoutofplaceandillateasewiththewhitechildren.Whenshehadgrownupshedidn’thaveanychancetoimproveherlife.Infacthersituationbecamem

4、oreandmoremessedup.Intheendshewaskilledinafire.III.TextualStructurePartI.(Paras1-2):Introductionofthenovel---thegeneralbackground.PartII.(Para.3-4)ThewholestorySection1.Para.3(p.206)–Para.6(p.208)IntroducingtheheroinePiquette.Section2.Para.7(p.208)–Para.2(p.214)DaystogetherwithPiquetteatDiamon

5、dLakeSection3.Para.3(p.214)–Para.2(p.217)SecondmeetingwithPiquetteseveralyearslaterSection4.Para.3(p.217)–Para.4(p.218)Piquette’sdeathPartIII.(Para.5onpage218–end).AnalogyLoonsAdistinctiveCanadianbird,thebirdofthelakes.Loonsareexcellentswimmers,usingtheirfeettopropelthemAdistinctiveCanadianbird,

6、thebirdofthelakes.Loonsareexcellentswimmers,usingtheirfeettopropelthemselvesaboveandunderthewaterwhiletheirwingsprovideassistance.Theyarenowfacingtheextinction.selvesaboveandunderthewaterwhiletheirwingsprovideassistance.Theyarenowfacingtheextinction.LoonsPiquetteLiveinDiamondlakeLivesinaclearing

7、atthecentreofthethicketSoundatnightSeldomspeak,rarelyrespondorwentoutUlulatingsoundwithatouchofchillingTrytochangehersituationbymarryingawhitemanCan’tescapehumaninvaders.Can’tescapethewhiteinvadersDisappearedDiedanalogyIVDet