Lesson 2 Two Kinds Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure about 8 classes are needed for the lesson): The 1st sessions (2 classes):1.students'presentations 2.teacher's comment on the presentations and brief,additional introduct ion to the text,3. vocabulary 4.Teacher's interpretation of the text The 2nd sessions (4 classes )Teacher's continuation of interpreting language points,the effects of the author's use of first-person narration,the use of details in description and rhetorical devices in the text. The 3rd sessions (2classes):1.group discussion of the main ideas of each part 2.exercises on pp.33-35+supplemental exercises-a.cloze b.translation c.A review of the story (about 1000-1500wds) I.Objectives A Content To understand the theme:The mother's attempt to change her daughter into a prodigy and the daughter's resistance to such change represents a bittersweet relationship between the mothers and daughters and the generation conflicts in a context of cultural clashes in the family. B Style and strategies Toanalyze the author's the structure contributing to building up tension around the conflicts between the mother and the daughter,and to the clarity of the piece To analyze the characteristics of language use Toanalyze the author's use of first-person narration,the use of details in description,and the tone To identify some ironical,sarcastic or humorous tones in the story. II.Topics for Presentations What is the plot of a story?What is the plot of this story? What is the theme of the story? The story employs the first-person narration,would you say that the 1st-person narration is more effective than the 3-person narration?Why or why not? Do you think the characterization of the mother is successful?How does the
Lesson 2 Two Kinds Time Allocation and Teaching Procedure ( about 8 classes are needed for the lesson ) : The 1st sessions (2 classes): 1. students’ presentations 2. teacher’s comment on the presentations and brief, additional introduct ion to the text, 3. vocabulary 4. Teacher’s interpretation of the text The 2nd sessions (4 classes ): Teacher’s continuation of interpreting language points, the effects of the author’s use of first-person narration, the use of details in description and rhetorical devices in the text. The 3rd sessions ( 2classes): 1. group discussion of the main ideas of each part 2.exercises on pp.33—35 + supplemental exercises—a. cloze b. translation c. A review of the story (about 1000-1500wds ) I. Objectives A Content ⚫ To understand the theme: The mother’s attempt to change her daughter into a prodigy and the daughter’s resistance to such change represents a bittersweet relationship between the mothers and daughters and the generation conflicts in a context of cultural clashes in the family. B Style and strategies ⚫ To analyze the author’s the structure contributing to building up tension around the conflicts between the mother and the daughter, and to the clarity of the piece ⚫ To analyze the characteristics of language use ⚫ To analyze the author’s use of first-person narration, the use of details in description, and the tone ⚫ To identify some ironical, sarcastic or humorous tones in the story. II. Topics for Presentations ⚫ What is the plot of a story? What is the plot of this story? ⚫ What is the theme of the story? ⚫ The story employs the first-person narration, would you say that the 1 st -person narration is more effective than the 3rd -person narration? Why or why not? ⚫ Do you think the characterization of the mother is successful? How does the
mother's language reveal her identity as a Chinese immigrant?Illustrate your point with at least 5 examples from the text. Do you have any experience of cultural conflicts?What do you think about cultural conflicts in this story? III.Teaching points The text can roughly be divided into 3 parts: Part 1(Paras.1-3)the beginning of the story Part 2 (Paras4-76)the middle.It can be further divided into several subsections. part 3(Paras.77-93)the end of the story.The record of the outcome of the conflict and the establishment of some new stability Part 1 (Paras.1-3) The first part of the story (paras.1-3 )provides readers some background information:the mother and her hope for her daughter.This paves the way for the development of the conflict between the daughter and the mother.These paragraphs show that the mother was very optimistic about the future,and in fact she was rather ambitious for and confident of her daughter.From these paras.We can work out the reasons why the mother placed extraordinarily high hopes on the daughter.First,she believed one could be anything one wanted to be in America. Whether she was aware of it or not,she was influenced by and believed in the "American dream".Secondly,She had lost everything in China and had had come to America with the determination to make things better.She pinned her hopes on her daughter 1 My mother believed.in America:This sentence explains why the Mother wants her daughter to be a prodigy. 2 You could buy a house with almost no money down-1)The sentence means: You could buy a house without any down payment )Or:you could buy a house completely on loan.2)down:adv.meaning"in cash or when bought" (),e.g.The selling price of the apartment is 500.000 dollars,but you can pay twenty thousand dollars down and the remainder in installments. 3 Ofcourse you can prodigy.too:1)The mother's English was not accurate in grammar,and here she dropped the article"a"before the word"prodigy".As we read on we will find that she made all kinds of grammatical mistakes.2) prodigy.a young person who is extremely clever or good at doing sth
mother’s language reveal her identity as a Chinese immigrant? Illustrate your point with at least 5 examples from the text. ⚫ Do you have any experience of cultural conflicts? What do you think about cultural conflicts in this story? III. Teaching points The text can roughly be divided into 3 parts: Part 1 (Paras. 1—3) the beginning of the story Part 2 (Paras4－ 76) the middle. It can be further divided into several subsections. part 3 (Paras.77 –93) the end of the story. The record of the outcome of the conflict and the establishment of some new stability Part 1 (Paras. 1—3 ) The first part of the story (paras.1—3 ) provides readers some background information: the mother and her hope for her daughter. This paves the way for the development of the conflict between the daughter and the mother. These paragraphs show that the mother was very optimistic about the future, and in fact she was rather ambitious for and confident of her daughter. From these paras. We can work out the reasons why the mother placed extraordinarily high hopes on the daughter. First, she believed one could be anything one wanted to be in America. Whether she was aware of it or not, she was influenced by and believed in the “American dream”. Secondly, She had lost everything in China and had had come to America with the determination to make things better. She pinned her hopes on her daughter. 1 My mother believed. in America: This sentence explains why the Mother wants her daughter to be a prodigy. 2 You could buy a house with almost no money down—1)The sentence means: You could buy a house without any down payment (首付). Or: you could buy a house completely on loan. 2) down: adv. meaning “in cash or when bought ” （现款）, e.g. The selling price of the apartment is 500,000 dollars, but you can pay twenty thousand dollars down and the remainder in installments. 3 Of course you can prodigy, too：1) The mother’s English was not accurate in grammar, and here she dropped the article “a” before the word “prodigy”. As we read on we will find that she made all kinds of grammatical mistakes. 2) prodigy: a young person who is extremely clever or good at doing sth
4 You can be best anything-To be grammatically correct,one should say:You can be best in anything. 5 Auntie Lindo:One of the four women of the Joy Luck Club. 6 Her family home:Why family home?Is the word"family"redundant?No.In China,a family home is one where a big,extended family with three or more generations live together. Part 2(Paras 4-76 Subsection 1(Paras.4-11 Para 4 toll form the fist subsection of the body of the story.This part is about the mother's unsuccessful attempt to change her daughter into a Chinese Shirley Temple.In the beginning the child was as excited as the mother about becoming a prodigy.At this point,the conflict between mother and daughter was not visible. 7 We didnt immediately pick the right kind of prodigy.Pick:select 8 Shirley Temple:See Note 2to the text. 9 Tapping her feer:Here she was doing a tap dance,a dance performed with sharp, loud taps of the foot,toe or heel at each step. 10"You already know how Dont need talent for crying"This is a remark of reproach said tone of sarcasm.The mother indicated that the daughter cried too much. 11 The Mission district:A district in San Francisco,it has been primarily a Hispanic (与说西班牙语和葡萄牙语有关的)neighborhood for decades,where interesting restaurants,bars and specialty shops are often frequented by tourists. 12 Instead of geting big fat curls.crinkly black fiz:1)Shirley Temple had blond hair in big fat curls.But after the hair was done,the daughter looked very different from what they had hoped.2)an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz: 一团乱蓬蓬的黑色小卷毛3)crinkle:full of wrinkles,.twists and ripples4) fica:soft hair5)fat.thick,eg.a fat book(一本厚厚的书) 13 to wet down my hair to make my hair wet 14 You look like Negro Chinese:She was thinking of stereotypes:White girls have blond curly hair,Chinese girls have black straight hair,and black girls have crinkly fuzzy hair.To the mother,the new hairstyle was even worse because the
4 You can be best anything—To be grammatically correct, one should say: You can be best in anything. 5 Auntie Lindo: One of the four women of the Joy Luck Club. 6 Her family home: Why family home? Is the word “family” redundant? No. In China, a family home is one where a big, extended family with three or more generations live together. Part 2 (Paras.4—76 ) Subsection 1( Paras. 4—11 ) Para 4 to11 form the fist subsection of the body of the story. This part is about the mother’s unsuccessful attempt to change her daughter into a Chinese Shirley Temple. In the beginning the child was as excited as the mother about becoming a prodigy. At this point, the conflict between mother and daughter was not visible. 7 We didn’t immediately pick the right kind of prodigy. Pick: select 8 Shirley Temple: See Note 2to the text. 9 Tapping her feet: Here she was doing a tap dance, a dance performed with sharp, loud taps of the foot, toe or heel at each step. 10 “You already know how. Don’t need talent for crying”: This is a remark of reproach said in tone of sarcasm. The mother indicated that the daughter cried too much. 11 The Mission district: A district in San Francisco, it has been primarily a Hispanic (与说西班牙语和葡萄牙语有关的) neighborhood for decades, where interesting restaurants, bars and specialty shops are often frequented by tourists. 12 Instead of getting big fat curls. .crinkly black fuzz: 1) Shirley Temple had blond hair in big fat curls. But after the hair was done, the daughter looked very different from what they had hoped. 2) an uneven mass of crinkly black fuzz: 一团乱蓬蓬的黑色小卷毛 3）crinkle: full of wrinkles, twists and ripples 4) fuzz：soft hair 5 ) fat: thick，e.g. a fat book (一本厚厚的书) 13 to wet down my hair : to make my hair wet 14 You look like Negro Chinese: She was thinking of stereotypes: White girls have blond curly hair, Chinese girls have black straight hair, and black girls have crinkly fuzzy hair. To the mother, the new hairstyle was even worse because the
daughter now looked like a Negro girl. 15 She lamented.as if l had done this on purpose:1)lament:to lament is to express annoyance or disappointment about sth.you think is unsatisfactory.The use of the word shows that the mother was dissatisfied and disappointed with the daughter.e.g.they vanish from a world.-a world which will lament them day and forget them forever.(Mark Twain)2)as if I had done this on purpose: the girl felt that her mother blamed for this initial failure.Later on we find that the mother and daughter often blamed each other in their intense relationship. 16 The instructor of the beauty school had to lop off these soggy clumps:-1)lop cut a part of sth.off,especially a branch of a tree.e.g.a.We had to lop off the whole pages of the report before presenting it to the committee.b.Due to the dull/off season,some flights were lopped off.2)soggy:unpleasantly wet and soft,.e.g.The ground is soggy from the rain.(地面被雨水湿透了。) 3)clump:a group of trees,bushes or other plants growing very close together Here“lop off”and“clumps”are used figuratively. 17 Peter Pan is very popular these days:In making her hair smooth again,the girl looked like a boy and so the instructor was comforting the mother and the gir by mentioning Peter Pan,whose hair was short,with a few straight across bangs above his eyebrows. 18 In fact.as my mother-Her mother's attempt to change her into a prodigy brought about to her many fanciful ideas and made her quite excited. 19 Ipictured this prodigy part ofme.for sie-1)Paraphrase:I imagined myself as different types of prodigy,trying to find out which one suited me the best.2) trying each one for size:trying something,especially clothing,to see if it is the right size for you. 20 Iwas like the Christ child(幼年基督).with holy indigni0-1)For Christ child,see Note 4 to the text.2)holy indignity:It's difficult to explain exactly what the author means here by "holy indignity".These words can be interpreted in different ways.In outdated English,the word"indignity"means "indignation".So the sentence may mean that Christ child cried with holy indignation when he was lifted from the straw manger.Another way of
daughter now looked like a Negro girl. 15 She lamented, as if I had done this on purpose: 1) lament : to lament is to express annoyance or disappointment about sth. you think is unsatisfactory. The use of the word shows that the mother was dissatisfied and disappointed with the daughter. e.g. .they vanish from a world .- a world which will lament them a day and forget them forever. (Mark Twain) 2) as if I had done this on purpose: the girl felt that her mother blamed for this initial failure. Later on we find that the mother and daughter often blamed each other in their intense relationship. 16 The instructor of the beauty school had to lop off these soggy clumps:-1) lop off: cut a part of sth. off, especially a branch of a tree. e.g. a. We had to lop off the whole pages of the report before presenting it to the committee. b. Due to the dull/ off season, some flights were lopped off. 2) soggy: unpleasantly wet and soft, e.g. The ground is soggy from the rain. ( 地面被雨水湿透了。) 3）clump: a group of trees, bushes or other plants growing very close together. Here“lop off” and “clumps ” are used figuratively. 17 Peter Pan is very popular these days: In making her hair smooth again, the girl looked like a boy and so the instructor was comforting the mother and the girl by mentioning Peter Pan, whose hair was short, with a few straight across bangs above his eyebrows. 18 In fact,. as my mother—Her mother’s attempt to change her into a prodigy brought about to her many fanciful ideas and made her quite excited. 19 I pictured this prodigy part of me.for size—1) Paraphrase: I imagined myself as different types of prodigy, trying to find out which one suited me the best. 2) trying each one for size: trying something, especially clothing, to see if it is the right size for you. 20 I was like the Christ child（幼年基督） .with holy indignity—1）For Christ child, see Note 4 to the text. 2) holy indignity: It’s difficult to explain exactly what the author means here by “holy indignity”. These words can be interpreted in different ways. In outdated English, the word “indignity” means “indignation”. So the sentence may mean that Christ child cried with holy indignation when he was lifted from the straw manger. Another way of
explaining the sentence shows that the author is being humorous here.Jesus Christ did everything with holy dignity,such as preaching and healing the sick. But when he was a newbom baby,and when he was lifted out of the straw manger,he cried just like other babies,without holy dignity,but with indignity Yet.because he was the holy Son of God.his indignity was holy.too. 21 I was Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage.cartoon music filling the air:我成了Cinderella,从南瓜变成的马车走下来的时候，天空中回荡着令人 振奋的卡通音乐。In the fairy tale Cinderella was left alone in the kitchen while her stepmother and the two stepsisters had gone off to attend the dancing party given by the king.She felt very sad.At this moment her fairy godmother came She asked Cinderella to go into the garden and bring the largest pumpkin she could find.By magic the fairy godmother changed the pumpkin into a golden coach lined with white satin.Cinderella went to the party in the carriage,and she was the prettiest girl at the party.The young prince danced with her the whole night.In the end,the prince and Cinderella were happily married. Beyond reproach:无可指责，完美无缺reproach:.blame,.shame,disgrace Subsection 2(Paras.12-20) 22 Paras.12-20 form the second subsection of Part 2 of the story.In this part we leam that the mother was trying hard to train her daughter to be a genius.As the tests got more and more difficult,the daughter lost heart.She said,".something inside of me began to die.I hate the test,the raised hopes and failed expectations."She decided that she would not let her mother change her.This change of attitudes would lead to the gradual development of the conflict. 23 Good housekeeping-The magazine first appeared on May 2,1885,offering readers tips for running a home as well as stories and articles.It became extraordinarily popular.In1966 its readers numbered 5.5 million.Today Good housekeeping contains about home,food,fitness,beauty,health and family. 24 My mother got these maga-ines.assortment:1)From this we can see that the family was not well off.The mother had clean many houseseach week to help support the family 2)assortment::a group of mixed things(各式各样的东西)，c.g.a rich assortment of goods(一批花色齐全的货物)，a rich assortment of books on the shelf(书架上五花八门 的书) 25 finding the queen of hearts in a deck of cards-一】)在一副纸牌中找出红桃皇后 2)hearts:suit of playing cards marked with heart figures in red.deck
explaining the sentence shows that the author is being humorous here. Jesus Christ did everything with holy dignity, such as preaching and healing the sick. But when he was a newborn baby, and when he was lifted out of the straw manger, he cried just like other babies, without holy dignity, but with indignity. Yet, because he was the holy Son of God, his indignity was holy, too. 21 I was Cinderella stepping from her pumpkin carriage.cartoon music filling the air: 我成了 Cinderella，从南瓜变成的马车走下来的时候，天空中回荡着令人 振奋的卡通音乐。In the fairy tale Cinderella was left alone in the kitchen while her stepmother and the two stepsisters had gone off to attend the dancing party given by the king. She felt very sad. At this moment her fairy godmother came. She asked Cinderella to go into the garden and bring the largest pumpkin she could find. By magic the fairy godmother changed the pumpkin into a golden coach lined with white satin. Cinderella went to the party in the carriage, and she was the prettiest girl at the party. The young prince danced with her the whole night. In the end, the prince and Cinderella were happily married. Beyond reproach: 无可指责，完美无缺 reproach: blame, shame，disgrace Subsection 2 (Paras. 12—20 ) 22 Paras. 12—20 form the second subsection of Part 2 of the story. In this part we learn that the mother was trying hard to train her daughter to be a genius. As the tests got more and more difficult, the daughter lost heart. She said,”.something inside of me began to die. I hate the test, the raised hopes and failed expectations.” She decided that she would not let her mother change her. This change of attitudes would lead to the gradual development of the conflict. 23 Good housekeeping—The magazine first appeared on May 2,1885, offering readers tips for running a home as well as stories and articles. It became extraordinarily popular. In 1966 its readers numbered 5.5 million. Today Good housekeeping contains about home, food, fitness, beauty, health and family. 24 My mother got these magazines. assortment: 1) From this we can see that the family was not well off. The mother had clean many houses each week to help support the family. 2) assortment: a group of mixed things（各式各样的东西），e.g. a rich assortment of goods (一批花色齐全的货物); a rich assortment of books on the shelf (书架上五花八门 的书 ) 25 finding the queen of hearts in a deck of cards—1） 在一副纸牌中找出红桃皇后 来 2) hearts: suit of playing cards marked with heart figures in red. deck: