Unit8 现代大学英语第二版精读3.pptVIP

Detailed Analysis Structure Theme In My Day Unit 8 Text Analysis unable to understand his own children… disconnection between parents children… generation gap; causes and solutions unable to understand his mother… mother’s problems… Text Analysis Theme Text Analysis Theme Text Analysis Structure DETAILED ANALYSIS Part I (paras. 1-9) Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part I: Discussion Russell says, “At the age of eighty my mother had her last bad fall…” What inferences can you draw from this sentence? What was his mother’s state of mind after her last bad fall? Russell says, “…when I did phone back she was all right, although she wasn’t all right, of course…” He uses the phrase “all right” twice. Do they mean the same? Russell’s mother stayed in a nursing home. What is a nursing home? Do you think it is a good idea for children to send their aged parents to this kind of institutions? Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part I: Words Expressions (1) On others she presided over family dinners cooked on Sunday afternoons for children who were now gray with age. (para. 1) preside over/at: be the chairman (at); sit at the head of the table (at a formal dinner) with: because of Text Analysis Detailed Analysis “I’m being buried today,” she declared briskly, as though announcing an important social event. (para. 8) Explain the use of the present continuous tense Explain the meaning of “social event” More examples with “social” brisk They set off at a brisk pace. Business is always brisk during the holiday season. Put on your sweater, it’s brisk out. Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part I: Words Expressions (2) DETAILED ANALYSIS Part II (paras. 10-15) Text Analysis Detailed Analysis What kind of woman was Russell’s mother when she wasyoung? Give a profile of her. appearance character Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part II: Discussion In what way did Russell’s mother’s ways reflect the values of the time she lived in? Text Analysis Detailed Analy