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1、LessonThirteenChristmasDayintheMorningIntroductiontothetextThemeofthestoryLovealonecanwakenlove.ThestoryiswrittentoconveytheideaofuniversalloveasadvocatedbyChristianity.Plot:Christmasgiftsgivenbysontofather,andbyhusbandtowife.Setting:ChristmasDayProtagonists:“Rob”,”hiswife”and
2、“hisfather”Thestorycontainsflashbacks.Flashback:partofafilm,play,etcthatshowsasceneearlierintimethanthemainstory.Thestyleofthestoryissimpleandclear.Nobigwords.StructureofthetextPart1(paras.1—8)about:RobwokesuddenlyinanearlyChristmasmorning.Part2(paras.9—41)about:Robrecalledthe
3、Christmasmorningwhenhewasfifteenyearsold.Part3(paras.42—46)about:RobcelebratedthisChristmaswithhiswifeaftermorethan50years.authorPearlS.Buck(1892—1973)(中文译名：赛珍珠),U.S.novelist;NobelPrizewinnerforliteraturein1938.ShehadfirstbeenbroughttofamebythenovelTheGoodEarth(中文译名：《大地》),whic
4、hisaboutaChinesefamily.Adaughterofmissionaries,PearlBuckgrewupinChina,marriedanAmericanandlivedinChinaforabout40years.Birthday:June26,1892Parents:Absalom&CarolineSydenstricker(SouthernPresbyterianmissionaries,stationedinChina)CametoChina:3monthsoldPeriodofstayinChina:40yearsRe
5、sidentialarea:Zhenjiang,JiangsuProvincePearlS.Buck(1892-1973)Pearl’sWorks:EastWind,WestWindTheGoodEarthDragonSeedTheBigWaveSatanNeverSleepsetc.PearlandHerPrizesPulitzerPrizeandHowellsMedalforTheGoodEarthNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1938forTheGoodEarth"—forherrichandtrulyepicdescri
6、ptionsofpeasantlifeinChinaandforherbiographicalmasterpieces"5.slipV.1)tomovesmoothly,secretly,orunnoticede.g.Asyears~pedby/past,hethoughtlessabouthisfirstlove.Youshouldnotletaonce-in-a-life-timechanceslipthroughyourfingers.2)toescapefrom(one’smemory,attention,etc.);beforgotten
7、orunnoticede.g.Hebecamesoforgetfulthathisownphonenumberwould~fromhismind.3)tofallfromastandard;getworseorlowere.g.Herhealthwas~ping.Mymemoryhas~ped.LanguageStudy1.Clingto:refusetogoorletgo;stickfirmly;toholdtightlye.g.Manyrecentimmigrantstothecityoften~totheirsmall-townvalues.
8、墨守Hisfather’slastwordsclungtohismemory.Aftersomanyyears,hewas
