现代大学英语精读3 Lesson 9 A Dill Pickle.pptVIP

Lesson NineText A A Dill Pickle I. About the Author: Katherine Mansfield was born in Wellington, New Zealand, into a middle-class colonial family. Her father, Harold Beauchamp, was a banker and mother, Annie Burnell Dyer, a genteel. She lived for six years in the rural village of Karori. Mansfield has later told that I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was, too. But better far write twaddle or anything, anything, that nothing at all. At the age of nine she had her first text published. As a first step to her rebellion against her background, she withdrew to London in 1903 and studied at the Queens College, where she joined the staff of the College Magazine. Back in New Zealand in 1906, she then took up music, and had affairs with both men and women. Her father denied her the opportunity to become a professional cello player - she was accomplished violoncellist. In 1908 she studied at Wellington Techical College typing and bookkeeping. Her lifelong friend Ida Baker (L.M., Leslie Moore in her diary and correspondence) persuaded Mansfields father to allow Katherine to move back to England, with an allowance of ￡100 a year. There she devoted herself to writing. Mansfield never visited New Zealand again. II. About the Title: Dill: n. an aromatic herb native to Eurasia with finely dissected leaves and small yellow flowers clustered in umbels. 【植】莳萝(产于欧亚的一种芳香型草本植物，长有纤细分裂的叶子和成伞形花序的小黄花簇)，草茴香。 the leaves or seeds of this plant, used as a seasoning. 莳萝的种子(这种植物的叶子和籽可用作调味品)。dill pickle 莳萝泡菜 Pickle: an edible product, such as a cucumber, that has been preserved and flavored in a solution of brine or vinegar. 腌菜，泡菜(一种在盐水或醋溶液中保存和调味的可食性产品，如腌黄瓜)。 III. About the Text: Focus: Interpretation of the theme or themes linked to understand the two characters what happened to them 6 years ago, why don’t they live together since both of them are single. Difficulty: use of symbols. Content and theme: a) learn to piece together the plot of a fragmentary story. b) give character sketche