2 going home.ppt

Teaching objectives Culture Backgroundabout the authorFlorida, New Jersey, New York, Georgia Howard Johnson’s Sing the song Text appreciationstructure analysistopic discussion Language understandingsentence paraphraseword study Pete Hamill a columnist专栏作家 a journalist a fiction writer：8 novels and 2 collections of short stories. 1997 novel, Snow in August. His memoir论文集, A Drinking Life Why Sinatra Matters Florida / FL The sunshine State New Jersey /NJ the Garden State New York/NY the Empire State Georgia/GA the Peach State Empire State of the South Introduction to the Text This is a true moving story. which was first appeared in The New York Post 《纽约邮报》 on Oct. 14,1971and the original title is THE YELLOW RIBBON Later it became a custom：to tie yellow ribbons around the tree in front of the house to welcome folks home. Now in the world people tie a yellow scarf黄丝巾in front of their breasts waiting to be saved or mourning others when those disasters happen: shipwreck船难，mining disasters in the mountain or mining field山难，矿灾,earthquake，tsunami海啸。Yellow ribbons are still sometimes used to welcome someone home. Ribbons are also sometimes worn to symbolize support for a cause. Nowadays people on driving also tie yellow or red ribbons in their cars to wish for good luck. Yellow ribbon as a symbol 日本「庶民剧」电影大师山田洋次最为人津津乐道的名作之一。影片改编自旅日美国作家Pete Hamill的公路小说，描写一名杀人犯释囚与一直在远方守候着他的妻子的爱情故事，当中加插了一对斗气冤家似的现代年轻男女，从而带出爱情的真谛，幽默轻松的调子，与化不开的中年愁绪互相叫替，叫人看得悲喜交集；末段刻划男主角未知妻子是否已经改嫁的一大段心理描写，更充满着仿若希治阁式的悬疑味道，堪称「雅俗共赏」的典范。 Sing the song Draw a line to follow their route. Text Appreciation Structure of the text Part 1 (para. 1- ) : Part 2 (para. ): Part 3 (para. ): Text Appreciation for group discussion in class Plot of the story: Setting of the story: Protagonist v.s. Antagonists: Theme of the story: Text Appreciation for group discussion after class 1. What do you think Vingo had done that got him in prison? 2. How do you think Vingo behaved in