新版大学英语综合教程2-unit6课件.pptVIP

The author 珍妮特·温特森(Jeanette Winterson)被誉为当代最好也是最有争议性的作家之一。1959年，温特森生于英格兰的曼切斯特，自小由坚信宗教的夫妇收养。1978年，温特森与一个女孩相爱，离家出走。她在殡仪馆.精神病院等地留宿打工，但仍以全A的成绩考进牛津大学英语系。1985年处女作《橘子不是唯一的水果》出版，这部带有强烈自传色彩的作品荣获了惠特布莱德首作奖（Whitbread First Novel Award).由她亲自改编的同名BBC剧集也大获好评，获得各项国际大奖。2006年，温特森以其杰出的文学成就被授予英帝国勋章（OBE) 橘子不是唯一的水果。人生并非只有单一的况味。 英国女作家珍妮特·温特森的《橘子不是唯一的水果》是一部讲述爱.悲伤和愤怒的成长小说。在英国一个偏远的小镇，女孩珍妮特成长在一个宗教氛围浓郁的家庭里。母亲是一个偏执虔诚的教徒。在母亲的教育下，教会活动成了珍妮特日常生活的一切。随着年龄的增长，珍妮特发现自己与小镇和母亲的偏执并不和谐，并且因为她离经叛道的恋爱观使矛盾爆发了。于是，她带着这份决绝离开了小镇和母亲，选择了那除了”橘子”外的人生。 At school I couldn’t seem to learn anything or win anything,not even the draw to get out of being dinner monitor.Dinner monitor meant that you had to make sure everybody had a plate and that the water jug didn’t have bits in it.Dinner monitors got served last and had the smallest portions.I’d been drawn to do it three times running and I got shouted at in class for always smelling of gravy(肉汁) .My clothes were gravy-spotted and my mother made me wear the same gymslip(女生的无袖制服) all week because she said there was no point trying to make me look clean as long as I had that duty.My mother was right .It was a Breeding Ground(繁殖地).And it wasn’t though I hadn’t tried.We had been set a project just before we started last autumn, we had to write an essay called ”What I Did in My Summer Holidays.” I was anxious to do it well because I knew they thought I couldn’t read or anything, not having been to school early enough. I did it slowly in my best handwriting, proud that some of the others could only print. We read them out one by one, then gave them to the teacher. I was at the end of the alphabet, and I could hardly wait. The teacher was the kind Of the woman who wanted her class to be happy. I wanted to please her, and trembling with anticipation(预料) I started my essay…”This holiday I went to Clowyn Bay with our church camp.” The teacher nodded and smiled. “It was very hot, and auntie Betty, whose leg was loose anyway, got sunstroke(中暑) and w