Paraphrase: The heavy work made Martin thirsty and hungry and made him enjoy his lunch and tea more.
Difficult sentence 13
The strong smell of the upturned earth acted like a drug on their nerves. (Para. 20)
Q: Do you know any use of “turn up”?
Paraphrase: The newly upturned earth sent out a strong smell that seemed to be able to take away the tiredness away from people’s body and mind.
Difficult sentence 14
Then she thought of the journey home and the trouble of feeding the pigs, putting the fowls into their coops and getting the supper ready, and a momentary flash of rebellion against the slavery of being a peasant's wife crossed her mind. It passed in a moment. (22)
paraphrase: When she thought of all the drudgery waiting for her at home, suddenly she wanted to break the chains on her as a peasant's wife, but it only lasted a very short time. She immediately dismissed the idea. Q: Why did it pass in a moment?
Difficult sentence 15
All her dissatisfaction and weariness vanish from Mary’s mind with the delicious feeling of comfort that overcame her at having done this work with her husband. (Para. 34) Q: What can we learn about the woman from this sentence?
At the moment when she had done this work with her husband, the feeling of comfort fought against all her previous feelings of dissatisfaction and weariness and took control.
omniscient point of view
The third-person omniscient point of view is a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in the story.
a character sketch of the husband
Appearance: brown hair and eyes, freckled face, little fair moustache , too young to be married (2)
Behavior: swore(4), pushed her from him with pretended roughness(4), spat on his hand, seized his spade and cried(6) he spoke rather rapidly, and his eyes were fixed on the ground before him.(12) And Martin, absolutely without thought, worked furiously, covering the ridge with block earth,(13) Martin ate heartily, revelling in his great thirst and his great hunger, with every pore of his body open to the pure air. And he looked around at his neighbours’ fields boastfully.(18)
a character sketch of the husband
Psychological movement: his mind was fixed on one thought(3) Martin advanced with his spade to the head, eager to commence.(9) His eyes had a wild, eager light in them as if some primeval
impulse were burning within his brain and driving out every other desire but that of asserting his manhood and of subjugating the earth(12).
Speech: come ,come, girl, it will be sunset before we begin at this rate(4).Now you are going to see what kind of a man you have .(6)Now for God’s sake, girl, keep back!(12) It’s not boasting to say that you might well be proud of being the wife of Martin Delaney. And that’s not saying the whole of it, my girl. You did your share better than any woman in Inverara could do it this blessed day(23).
What kind of man was Martin?
He looked like a boy, yet he had assumed the responsibility of a man and the head of a family. He worked furiously and ate heartily like a real man. To his wife , he was a loving husband. a character sketch of the wife Appearance: Behavior:
Psychological movement: Speech:
a character sketch of the wife
Appearance: hardly more than a girl(2)
Behavior: Mary had her arms around his waist and her face to his.(4) She put an arm round Martin’s waist and stood looking at the green sod his spade was going to cut, with the excitement of a little child.(11) Mary sighed and walked back hurriedly to her seeds with furrowed brows. (13) looking at the black ridges wistfully.(17) Mary walked behind, with her eyes on the ground , thinking. (35)
a character sketch of the wife
Psychological movement: with her shrewd woman’s mind(3) She picked up her seeds and began to spread them rapidly to drive out the sudden terror?..(13) She became suddenly afraid of that pitiless, cruel earth, the peasant’s slave master?. (13)A strange joy swept over her. It overpowered that other feeling of dread that had been with her during the morning. (17)A momentary flash of rebellion against the slavery of being a peasant’s wife crossed her mind.(32) All the dissatisfaction and weariness vanished from Mary’s mind?.(34)
a character sketch of the wife Speech: let’s not begin this day cross with one another.( 4) Aren’t we boastful this early hour of the morning? Maybe I’ll wait till sunset to see what kind of a man I have got. (8)oh, Martin, wait till I am with you! (11)oh, what do we care who is looking? (13) Yes , isn’t it lovely, said Mary, looking at the black ridges wistfully.(17)
What kind of woman is Mary?
She was hardly more than a girl, not ready for hard family life. Like most women ,she was rather sentimental, changing her mood very easily. Yet she was very gentle and obedient to her husband
like any traditional women.
Comprehension questions about the couple
1.What do you know about the couple? Are they typical or exceptional? 2.Do they love each other?
3. What do you think they regard as the most important qualities in their spouse?
4. Why is that the two of them feel particularly excited this day? Why is it so important?
Quotes (On Love)
Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it. Bitterness paralyzes life; love empowers it. Bitterness sours life; love sweetens it. Bitterness sickens life; love heals it. Bitterness blinds life; love anoints its eyes.
~ Harry Emerson Fosdick
Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience. Falling in love is not. ~ M. Scott Peck
Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
~ Antoine de Saint Exupery
Differences between Martin and Mary Martin was fixed on one thought .
Mary experienced a variety of sentimental changes: 1. with the excitement of a little child.(11)
2. Mary sighed and walked back hurriedly to her seeds with furrowed brows. (13)
3. looking at the black ridges wistfully.(17) 4. 4. Mary walked behind, with her eyes on the ground , thinking. (35)
5. She became suddenly afraid of that pitiless, cruel earth, the peasant’s slave master?. (13) 6. A strange joy swept over her. It overpowered that other feeling of dread that had been with her during the morning. (17)
7.A momentary flash of rebellion against the slavery of being a peasant’s wife crossed her mind.(32)
8. All the dissatisfaction and weariness vanished from Mary’s mind?.(34)
The Difference Between a Woman and a Man by Josh Turner
You talk about your feeling
Sometimes I keep mine to myself But that doesn't mean your foolish
And you know I don't want anybody else And you can say I love you Like hello and goodbye. Well I don't say it very often
But you know I'll love you till the day I die
The Difference Between a Woman and a Man That's just the difference Between a woman and a man Thank god for that difference When we both understand A woman and a man I turn on like a light bulb You warm up like an iron
The Difference Between a Woman and a Man And you might take a little longer But your into it just as strong as I am That's just the difference Between a woman and a man Thank god for that difference When we both understand A woman and a man
poetic beauty in this essay 1. Onomatopoeia
2. Figures of speech(homograph/ homonym/ homophone) 3. adv. used to help project the characters 4. descriptive writing 5. pastoral life
Onomatopoeia（拟声法）
The use of words that by their sound suggest their meaning.
Outside, cocks were crowing and a white streak was rising from the ground. (Para. 1)
? he turned up the first sod with a crunching sound as the grass roots were dragged out of the earth. (Para. 13)嘎吱嘎吱
She was just munching her bread and butter. (Para. 17) The rasping noise carried a long way in the silence. (Para. 19)
Martin’s grandfather, almost bent double over his thick stick, stopped in the land outside the field and groaning loudly, he leaned over the fence. “Ha!” muttered the old man to himself. (para. 24) “Ah,” grumbled the old man, (para. 29)
Cows were lowing at a distance. (Para. 35)
Describe what kind of sounds the following are banging baying bubbling chuckling
cracking giggling groaning rattling ringing roaring tinkling yawning gurgling hammering
humming moaning mumbling murmuring pounding rustling screaming screeching snoring splashing
How animals’ cries are described Cows (cattle) low.哞哞叫
Donkeys and asses bray发嘟嘟声 . Tigers and lions roar or growl. Bees and flies buzz or hum. Bears growl.低吼
Birds sing, twitter or chirp鸟叫，虫鸣 . Bulls and oxen bellow咆哮 .
Cats mew咪咪叫 or purr咕噜咕噜的响声 . How animals’ cries are described Cocks crow.
Dogs bark, howl哀嚎 , whine发呜呜声 or growl. Ducks quack.
Hens cluck or cackle咯咯声 .
Goats and sheep bleat咩咩的叫声 .
Pigs grunt(猪等的）呼噜声 or squeal长而尖锐的叫声 . Horses neigh嘶 or snort（马等）喷响鼻子 . Snakes hiss发嘶嘶声 . Frogs croak呱呱地叫 . Eagles scream.
Figures of speech
Homographs:同形异义词 Live(live coals) ,sow, row Homonyms:同形同音异义词
Hide(rawhide), till (till the land) , still (the still air) ,low, might, felt, fair Homophones: Pore/pour,
see page 40 for more examples
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