Unit 13 Christmas Day in the Morning
教学目的： 了解作者及其背景知识；
熟悉本文使用的写作手法；
教学内容教学重点掌握比喻、头韵及委婉语等修辞手法；
通过深刻理解文章内涵，培养学生的关爱之心和相关的讨论能力，同时掌握文中的核心语言点。
1. 热身： 圣诞节
耶稣的诞生 2．作者
教育与背景
主要著作 成就与贡献
3．作品赏析 如何赏析文学作品
倒叙 扩展式讨论
4．写作技巧
比喻 头韵 委婉语
5．语言理解
长难句解析 核心词汇学习 6．课堂讨论 7．练与讲
1.背景文化: 赛珍珠及圣诞节；
2．文学作品的赏析:倒叙;
3．文学中的修辞手法――头韵和委婉语.
教学方法
结合实际吸收多种教学法的优点。
Picture Singing for Warming-up (10 minutes)
Today, we will study Christmas Day in the Morning by Pear S. Buck. Let’s first sing the song We Wish you a Merry Christmas. Do you like it Do you like Christmas Some people think a festival can best offer you a chance to express your love to those you love deeply. Do you agree
Background Information (40 minutes)
I. About Pearl S. Buck Birthday: June 26, 1892
Parents: Absalom & Caroline Sydenstricker (Southern Presbyterian missionaries, stationed in China ) Came to China: 3 months old Period of stay in China: 40 years
Residential area: Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province
In 1915 she met a Cornell graduate, John Lossing Buck, who became her husband in 1917. They moved to South Xuzhou, Anhui province where she gathered the materials she would use in the Good Earth and other stories. Their marriage was unhappy but would last 18 years.
Pearl’s first child proved to be retarded智力迟钝的，低能的, and Pearl herself underwent a hysterectomy子宫切除术. The couple later adopted a baby girl.
II. Pearl and her family 1st husband: John Lossing Buck, a Cornell graduate Carol (first child): Profoundly retarded Janice:
adopted child
1st Marriage: unhappy but last 18 years 2nd husband: Richard Walsh, a publisher
III. Pearl’s life in 1920s In 1921, her mother died.
In 1927, Nanking incident broke out which made her suffer a lot. She spent a terrified day in hiding, and was rescued by the American gunboat. The Bucks sailed to Japan for a year.
IV. Pearl’s works
East wind, West Wind
The Good Earth Dragon Seed The Big Wave Satan Never Sleeps
V. Pearl and Her Prizes
Pulitzer Prize and Howells Medal for The Good Earth Nobel Prize in Literature 1938 for The Good Earth
VI. Pearl’s Special Contributions
Etc.
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