现代大学英语精读4+Lesson+7+spring+sowing

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1、LessonSevenSpringSowingDiscussionWhatchangeshavetakenplaceinsocialethicssinceourgrandfathers’time?Isthereanythingthatremainsunchanged?Isourinterestinthiskindofstoryaboutthepastsimplyamatterofidlecuriosity?Abouttheauthor:LiamO’FlahertywasborninIrelandin1896.Hewrot

2、einEnglishandIrish.HismainworksincludethenovelsThyNeighbour’Wife;TheBlackSoul;TheInformer,whichwasmadeintoafilmofthesamename;TheAssassin;ShametheDevil;andFamine.Healsopublishedsomeshortstorycollections.O’Flahertydiedin1984.AboutthebackgroundSpringsowingreferstoso

3、wingseedsofplantsthatcanbloomorproductediblevegetableduringthesamegrowingseason.ThestorySpringSowingistakenfromLiamO’Flaherty’sfirstcollectionofshortstories,whichbearsthesametitlepublishedin1924AnanalysisofthetextstructurePartOnepara.1-3Thedescriptionofthebackgro

4、undofthestoryandtheintroductionofthetwomaincharactersofthestory.PartTwopara.4-8Aftereatingtheirbreakfast,theyoungcouplewenttogetthepreparationfortheworkofspringsowingwhichisveryimportanttothem.PartThreepara.9-20Thedetaileddescriptionoftheirfirstdayofspringsowingw

5、ork.TheyworkedquitehardandfullofardortothefirstspringplantingReadingComprehension:questionsonthetextWhatdoyoumakeoutaboutthebackgroundofthestory?Whereisthestoryset?Whattimeisitsupposedtohappen?Howdoyouthinkisthemainstrengthofthestory?Agrippingplot?Anintriguingpor

6、trayalofthecharacters?Languagepoints１）Openupcausesth.tobeavailablefordevelopment,production开发；生产２）becrosswithratherangry生气的；恼怒的３）givebirthtoinitiate;tooriginate发起；产生；引起４）sweepoverinonsb.Toreachsb.(一种情感）涌上心头GrammarExerciseStudytheuseof“as”inthesentencesbelow.(1)Ma

7、ry…thoughofasmanythingsasthereinlife…(2)Itwasthesameastheirbreakfast,teaandbreadandbutter.(3)Fiveridgesdone,andeachoneofthemasstraightasasteelrod.(4)Inadultlife,aswehaveoftenobserved,abitterquarrelmaychangeaman’sopinionentirely.(5Youngpeopleseemedoddlycontentedwi

8、ththeworldasitwas.BYE-BYE