西安建筑科技大学：《大学英语》课程教学资源（现代大学英语，PPT课件讲稿，第四册）lesson7_text appreciation

Lesson 7-Spring Sowing Part Three Text Appreciation W B TL E ENTER

Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E Part Three ENTER

Lesson 7-Spring Sowing Text Appreciation Contents 工。 Text Analysis 1. Theme 2. Text Structure 3. General Analysis 4. Further Questions on Appreciation IL。 Writing Device Onomatopoeia III Sentence Paraphrase W B TL E

Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E Text Appreciation I. Text Analysis 1. Theme 2. Text Structure 3. General Analysis 4. Further Questions on Appreciation II. Writing Device Onomatopoeia III. Sentence Paraphrase

Lesson 7-Spring Sowing I. Text Analysis Theme The simple life, honest nature and good wishes of the newly-married couple are presented through the descriptions of their spring planting in minute detail. It reveals the traditional virtues of a typical farmer: hard work, simple living, discipline, and above all, strong sense of responsibility for the happiness of his wife and family W B TL E The end of theme

Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E I. Text Analysis Theme The simple life, honest nature and good wishes of the newly-married couple are presented through the descriptions of their spring planting in minute detail. It reveals the traditional virtues of a typical farmer: hard work, simple living, discipline, and above all, strong sense of responsibility for the happiness of his wife and family. The end of Theme

Lesson 7-Spring Sowing I. Text Analysis Text structure Part 1(Paras. 1-8): The young couple's preparations for the first day of their first spring sowing Part 2(Paras. 9-23): A detailed description of the spring sowing Part 3(Paras. 24-26): The young couples yearnings for the future W B TL E The end of Text structure

Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E Text Structure Part 1 (Paras. 1—8): Part 2 (Paras. 9—23): Part 3 (Paras. 24—26): The young couple’s preparations for the first day of their first spring sowing A detailed description of the spring sowing. The young couple’s yearnings for the future I. Text Analysis The end of Text Structure

Lesson 7-Spring Sowing . Text Analysis General Analysis Question: What kind of a harvest were the newly-weds going to have in the first day of their first spring sowing? For the young couple, the first day of their first spring sowing was an extremely important day, because it not only would determine the crop they would harvest in autumn but also would show what kind of wife and husband they would prove to each other and what kind of family they were going to have. W B TL E The end of General Analysis

Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E I. Text Analysis For the young couple, the first day of their first spring sowing was an extremely important day, because it not only would determine the crop they would harvest in autumn, but also would show what kind of wife and husband they would prove to each other and what kind of family they were going to have. Question: What kind of a harvest were the newly-weds going to have in the first day of their first spring sowing? General Analysis The end of General Analysis

. Text Analy Further Questions on Appreciation a 1. What values and moral principles are being idealized here? Is it still the same today? Do you agree that the traditional work ethic is out of date? Are such qualities as hard work, diligence, thrift, responsibility discipline, simple and honest living rugged individualism and self-reliance, etc still valued a 2. What changes have taken place in social ethics since our grandfathers time? Is there anything that remains unchanged? W B TL E To be continued on the nex

Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E 1. What values and moral principles are being idealized here? Is it still the same today? Do you agree that the traditional work ethic is out of date? Are such qualities as hard work, diligence, thrift, responsibility, discipline, simple and honest living, rugged individualism and self-reliance, etc. still valued? 2. What changes have taken place in social ethics since our grandfathers’ time? Is there anything that remains unchanged? I. Text Analysis Further Questions on Appreciation To be continued on the next page

Lesson 7-Spring Sowing I. Text Analysis Further Questions on Appreciation a3. Let's pretend that you are Martin Delaney or Mary living in the 21st century. What kind of a person would you like to have as your wife or husband? What qualities would you like to find in your spouse? W B TL E The end of Text Analysis

Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E 3. Let’s pretend that you are Martin Delaney or Mary living in the 21st century. What kind of a person would you like to have as your wife or husband? What qualities would you like to find in your spouse? I. Text Analysis Further Questions on Appreciation The end of Text Analysis

Lesson 7-Spring Sowing II. Writing device Onomatopoeia(拟声法) Definition More examples The use of words that by their sound suggest their meaning. Some onomatopoetic words are hiss""buzz whirr" sizzle""crack". However, onomatopoeia in the hands of a poet or a writer becomes a much more subtle device than simply the use of such words W B TL E To be continued on the next page

Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E II. Writing Device Onomatopoeia（拟声法） The use of words that by their sound suggest their meaning. Some onomatopoetic words are “hiss”, “buzz”, “whirr”, “sizzle”, “crack”. However, onomatopoeia in the hands of a poet or a writer becomes a much more subtle device than simply the use of such words. More examples To be continued on the next page. Definition

Lesson 7-Spring Sowing II. Writing device Outside, cocks were crowing and a white streak was rising from the ground .(Para. 1) he turned up the first sod with a crunching sound as the grass roots were dragged out of the More examples earth.(Para. 13) She was just munching her bread and butter (Para. 17) The rasping noise carried a long way in the silence (Para. 19) Cows were /owing at a distance. (Para. 26) W B TL E To be continued on the next page

Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E II. Writing Device To be continued on the next page. Outside, cocks were crowing and a white streak was rising from the ground. (Para. 1) … he turned up the first sod with a crunching sound as the grass roots were dragged out of the earth. (Para. 13) She was just munching her bread and butter. (Para. 17) The rasping noise carried a long way in the silence. (Para. 19) Cows were lowing at a distance. (Para. 26) More examples

Lesson 7-Spring Sowing II. Writing device A notable example appears in The Princess by Tennyson The moan of doves in immemorial elms And murmuring of innumerable bees I have ever heard-the ripple of the river, the soughing of the trees swayed by the wind, the murmurs of the crowds, the faint ring of comprehensible words cried from afar, the whisper of a voice speaking from beyond the threshold of an eternal darkness W B TL E The end of Writing

Lesson 7—Spring Sowing W B T L E II. Writing Device A notable example appears in The Princess by Tennyson: The moan of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees. … I have ever heard—the ripple of the river, the soughing of the trees swayed by the wind, the murmurs of the crowds, the faint ring of incomprehensible words cried from afar, the whisper of a voice speaking from beyond the threshold of an eternal darkness. The end of Writing Device