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1、Unit2HowReadingChangedMyLife第二版现代大学英语精读R einforcementT ext AnalysisHow Reading Changed My LifeHow Reading Changed My LifeB ackgroundW arming upUnit 2Check-on PreviewPlease define the following words in their respective context.1.a small but satisfying spread of center-hall colonials(para.1)2.all tho

2、se great houses,with their high ceilings and high drama(para.2)3.America is also a nation that prizes sociability and community(para.11)4.a kind of careerism in the United States that sanctioned reading(para.12)Warming upCheck-on Preview What do you know about the following novels?Warming upMiddlema

3、rchA Little PrincessAnna KareninaGone with the WindRebeccaJane EyreA Tale of Two CitiesMoby-DickPride and PrejudiceKill a MockingbirdObjectives1.Understand in which ways reading has changed the authors life.2.Discuss the meaning of reading.3.Identify the problems facing reading and work on possible

4、solutions.Warming upBackgroundAuthorHow Reading Changed My LifeHow Reading Changed My LifeUnit 2BackgroundAuthorAnna Marie QuindlenAnna Quindlen the JournalistAnna Quindlen the JournalistThe New York Times The New York Times columnist until columnist until 19941994Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 19

5、92Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992NewsweekNewsweek columnist 1999-2009 columnist 1999-2009Anna Quindlen the NovelistAnna Quindlen the NovelistFull-time novelist since 1995Full-time novelist since 1995Author of five best-selling novels,three Author of five best-selling novels,three of which made

6、 into moviesof which made into moviesHer LifeBackgroundHer WorksAuthorA critic of the fast-paced and increasingly materialistic nature of modern American lifeSome quotes:If your success is not on your own terms,if it looks good to the world but does not feel good in your heart,it is not success at a

7、ll.You cannot be really first-rate at your work if your work is all you are.DetailedAnalysisStructureThemeText AnalysisHow Reading Changed My LifeHow Reading Changed My LifeUnit 2Text AnalysisThemeQuestions for thinking:1.What does reading mean to the author?2.What kind of attitudes toward reading b

8、other the author?3.What kind of attitude does the author advocate?Text AnalysisStructure1Paras.1-9Reading has been an important part of my life.2Paras.10-15A crisis faced by reading.3Paras.16-18There is still hope for reading.1.Where did the author spend her childhood?2.Why did the author always fee

9、l that she ought to be somewhere else?3.Why was it“a stiff and awkward lunch”?What did this show about the author?4.How should the author have benefited from reading the six novels in Paragraph 2?5.What did reading mean to the author when she was young?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I:Discussion

10、 6.What were the features of Victorian England?peace,prosperity,refined sensibilities and self-confidenceText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I:Discussion 7.Why does the author mention these three novels?8.What are the common features of these three novels?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I:Discussi

11、on 9.Why did the author prefer reading to playing?Traveled across the physical world;Traveled into my own spiritual world:identity,aspiration,morality Books are my perfect island!Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I:Discussion 10.Why does the author read?Trips to other worlds;Journey into my own wor

12、ld;Perfect island(alone to not alone);Home,sustenance,great invincible companionSimply because she loves reading!Why do you read?Do you ever read simply because you love reading?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I:Discussion 1.Perhaps restlessness is a necessary corollary of devoted literacy.(para.

13、5)Questions for thinking:In what ways was the author restless?Do you agree with this statement?How do you understand Mark Twains saying,“Almost all of the writers are addicts.”?Part I:Paraphrase Text AnalysisDetailed Analysis2.There was waking,and there was sleeping.And then there were books,a kind

14、of parallel universe in which I might be a newcomer but was never really a stranger.(para.7)Questions for thinking:Why did the author parallel waking,sleeping and reading?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I:Paraphrase wander the worldcommit sth to memory He committed the notes of that meeting to me

15、mory and then burned them.aspire to sth;aspire to do sth Different people aspire to different things.Mary is ambitious enough to aspire to conversational fluency in Chinese in two months.We aspire to be the best within our field.Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I:Words&Expressions(1)Word-formation

16、:undersungunderestimatedunderdevelopedunderdoneunderfunded undermanned undernourishedunerpaidunderpopulatedunderusedunder-+past participle:not enoughText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I:Words&Expressions(2)Fill in the blanks.In one corner of the living room_ a club chair.I used to _ on it,reading wi

17、th my skinny legs _one ofits arms.Of course,I had clear memories of normal childhood,_ the rocks in the creek that _ Naylors Run to _ for crayfish and laying pennies on the tracks of the trolley and running to _ them when the trolley _.Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I:Exercisesatsprawlslung over

18、liftingtrickled throughsearch fetch had passed1.What bias do people have against those who read much?Lazy,Aimless dreamer,Loner,Arrogant2.What is the something in the American character that is hostile to the act of aimless reading?Reading is nothing more than a tool for advancementSociability and c

19、ommunityGo-out-and-get-going ethosAdmiration of men of action Pragmatic tradition in America character Pragmatism Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II:DiscussionPragmatismKey tenets of pragmatismPrimacy of practiceConcrete thinking rather than conceptualizationNaturalismScientific methodsSkepticism

20、 Prominent figures Charles Sanders Peirce,William James and John DeweyText AnalysisDetailed Analysis3.Why can an executive learn far more from Moby-Dick?4.What do you think of books on success?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II:Discussion5.What are literary professionals opinions of reading?Read

21、to address problemsGood and worthy reading vs.bad and trivial readingWhat is the authors attitude?Careerism vs.ReadingText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II:DiscussionCareerismRead only if there is some point to it Philosophy or English majors cant do much with what they learnRead for purpose and dog

22、ged self-improvementReadingRead for the fun of reading itselfIntellectual pursuits for their own sakeRead for pleasure,spurred on by interior compulsionText AnalysisDetailed Analysis6.What are the traits of the real clan of the book?Read not to judge the reading of others but to take the measure of

23、ourselvesLove reading for readings own sakeText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II:Discussionpay lip service to People pay lip service to their dreams of freedom,but many feel frightened by it.see to it that We should see to it that all work done conforms to high standards.Part II:Words&Expressions(1)

24、Text AnalysisDetailed Analysissuspect v.(para.10)suspect sb of It is perfectly all right,because the police had not suspected him of robbery.suspect adj.(para.12)Delegates evacuated the building when a suspect package was found.be suspicious of(para.11)Two officers on patrol became suspicious of two

25、 men in a car.Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II:Words&Expressions(2)1.What is the“lively subculture of characters”?2.What does the author mean by quoting“Until I feared I would lose it,I never loved to read.One does not love breathing.”?3.What is the authors attitude toward literary criticism?Th

26、e truth of reading is to be found in its people rather than its pundits and professionals.Part III:DiscussionText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisReinforcementSummarySummaryDiscussionHow Reading Changed My LifeHow Reading Changed My LifeUnit 2ReinforcementSummaryWriting Techniques 1.symbole.g.the club chai

27、r,the parison and contrast e.g.Reading for pleasure,spurred on by some interior compulsion,became as suspect as getting on the subway to ride aimlessly from place to place.(para.12)e.g.I vs.others 3.simile and metaphor e.g.My perfect island.Structure of the Text 1.Between paragraphs By the time I be

28、came an adult,I realized that while my satisfaction in the sheer act of reading had not abated in the least,the world was often as hostile,or as blind,to that joy(para.10)A transitional sentence:summary of the previous part+leading to new idea2.Within paragraphmy home,my sustenance,my great invincib

29、le companionmost undersung,at least publiclyI did not read from a sense of superiority,or advancement,or even learning.ReinforcementSummaryThe orthodox“history”of reading 1.Exclusively for the literati and the intellectually worthy2.Gutenbergs invention of the printing press:reading as a source of i

30、nformation for the many3.Conclusion of critics and scholars:literature plummeting into intellectual bargain basement4.Movies,televisionWhat about today?ReinforcementSummaryReinforcementDiscussion1.If you have a choice,would you prefer to read a book or read on screen?2.What do you think of the trend of micro-reading today?3.What impacts do you think technological development has on reading?4.How should we adjust to these changes?此此课件下件下载可自行可自行编辑修改，修改，仅供参考！供参考！感感谢您的支持，我您的支持，我们努力做得更好！努力做得更好！谢谢!