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Unit 11 Text II A Debt to DickensPearl S. Buck Learning Objectives Organization and development of the text Section 1 (para. 1): Stating the writing purpose: to express a feeling of warm gratitude to Charles Dickens Section 2 (para. 2-3): Explaining factors that contributed to her feeling of loneliness and alienation Para. 2: living environment of the seven-year-old child Para. 3: her feeling of being foreign, and her longing to know more about her own folk Organization and development of the text Section 3 (para. 4-7): Explaining how she had benefited from reading Dickens Para. 4: an extraordinary accident – the discovery of Dickens’ works and thus the discovery of her playmates Para. 5: the discovery meant to that small, lonely child: she entered into her own heritage by reading Dickens Para. 6-7: The reading program, which lasted for about ten years, has taught her a lot. Comprehension Questions In what way is her life experience unusual? from a missionary’s family, brought up in China How would you describe Buck’s childhood? （paragraph 2-3） Intensely solitary (alien from her own culture, not accepted by the Chinese culture either) “solitary”, isolated, lonely, alien, foreign “wonder” about her own folk, how they live, play etc. (pay attention to the literary descriptions about the childhood) Comprehension Questions How did Buck come across Dickens works? One August afternoon, (paragraph 4, detailed, vivid descriptions) Why did Dickens’ novels appeal so much to Buck? In reading Dickens, she found her way into her heritage. (She was able to identify herself with her culture, to regain her identity. 找到自我 Characters depicted in the novels Comprehension Questions Why is Buck so grateful to Dickens, regarding herself owing to Dickens a great debt? She has been reading Dickens for about 10 years (para 6) “He opened my eyes to people, taught me to love all sorts of people… “give me the zest for life, that immense joy in life and in people. ( not only satisfy