Unit8 现代大学英语第二版精读3课件.ppt

;;;What is the meaning of the title? Who tend to use the expression very often? Why do they often say this?;;;;;;2. Generation Gap;Definition: fierce (para. 10) advise (para. 18) lecture (para. 46) inadequate (para. 46) Paraphrasing: Life was combat, and victory was not to the lazy, the timid, the drugstore cowboy, the mush-mouth afraid to tell people exactly what was on his mind. (para.15);Structure: Part I: (paras. 1-___) Description of ____________________________ Part II: (paras. ___-15) Russell’s recollection of his mother’s personality Part III: (paras. 16-____) The doctor’s _______and Russell’s ________ of mother’s illness Part IV: (paras. ____-45) ________________________________________ Part V: (paras. 46-end) Russell’s consideration of ___________________ ;Content to understand the problem of aging to understand the problem of generation and ways to solve it to relate the problem to personal and social experience Language to appreciate the use of humor to draw inferences to read between the lines for gist;;A columnist for The New York Times, where he applies his unique brand of humor to social commentary. The present text is taken from Russell Baker’s autobiography, Growing Up, which won him the second Pulitzer Prize in 1983. With a moving mix of humor and sadness, Baker insightfully recounts the struggles the family endured in depression-era after his father passed away (when Baker was only 5). ;The book’s greatest achievement is Baker’s portrayal of his mother, a driven woman haunted by poverty and dreams of her son’s success. “I would make something of myself,” he wrote, “and if I lacked the grit to do it, well then she would make me make something of myself.” The Los Angeles Times Book Review called Growing Up, “a wondrous book, funny, sad, and strong...as funny and touching as Mark Twain’s.” ;;;Text Analysis;Text Analysis;;;DETAILED ANALYSIS;Part I: Discussion;Part I: Words Expressions (1);“I’m being buried today,” she declared br