陈大宝老师的高级英语阅读课件六-Lesson Six Death of a Pig.pptVIP

Lesson Six Death of a Pig I. Background information 1) The Norton Sampler: The text was selected from the Norton Sampler , 3rd Edition, edited by Thomas Cooley, New York and London :W.W. Norton Company,1985. The Norton Sampler is a rhetorically arranged collection of short essays for composition. The Norton Sampler contains 63 carefully chosen readings—classics as well as more recent pieces, essays along with a few real-world texts—all demonstrating how writers use the modes of discourse for many varied Beautifully written, demonstrating its own lessons about good writing. Students will find the book accessible and inspiring. 2) E. B. White (1899-1985): Leading American essayist and literary stylist of his time, White was known for his crisp, graceful, relaxed style. No one can write a sentence like White, James Thurber once stated. Whites stories ranged from satire to childrens fiction. While he often wrote from the perspective of slightly ironic onlooker, he also was a sensitive spokesman for the freedom of the individual. 2. About Pigs Why did E. B. White choose to write about a pig? Did his stories really happen? Read the answers in this letter, which he wrote to all kids everywhere shortly before his death. II Discourse analyses 1. The main idea of the text. By recording the last few days he spent with his pig, E. B. White empathized with his ailing pig. His role was changed, from the butcher in winter to the pig’s friend and physician and his feeling of caring, sorry and sympathies were revealed vividly. Besides, he conveyed in his message that for humans or animals, time is painfully one-directional: the lost life can never return. 2. The outline of the text Part I （pp 1-14） I bought a pig in the mid-September and I noticed something wrong with the pig. ① (pp 1—3) using the backshift way of description to tell my pig died and my feeling towards it. ② (pp. 4—14) with the time sequence, the author described how they treated the sick pig after not