Unit 8 In My Day by Russell Baker 2025/4/3 1
Unit 1 by Russell Baker 2025/4/3 1 Unit 8 In My Day
Contents Words Expressions Text Analysis Oral Written Work CBI Work 4
Unit 1 Contents Words & Expressions Text Analysis CBI Work Oral & Written Work
Words
Unit 1 Words
Words Expressions h a collocations Synonyms/ antonyms utter utterance unutterable utter a word say senility senile go senile aging (adj.) interrogate interrogator interrogatory/ interrogative interrogate sb. question (v.) radiation/ radiate radiance radiant radiant with full of happiness grow overgrowth overgrown overgrown with naive disconnect disconnection disconnected disconnect from connection 4
Words & Expressions Unit 1 v. n. adj. collocations Synonyms/ antonyms utter utterance unutterable utter a word say × senility senile go senile aging (adj.) interrogate interrogator interrogatory/ interrogative interrogate sb. question (v.) radiate radiation/ radiance radiant radiant with full of happiness grow overgrowth overgrown overgrown with naive disconnect disconnection disconnected disconnect from connection 2025/4/3 4
Outline of Text A I.At eighty,after a bad fall,my mother's mind began to wander free through time.(paras.1-9) II.My mother had been a formidable woman.(paras.10-15) III.I gradually gave up arguing my mother back to the real world. (paras.16-39) A.She couldn't recognize me but remembered her birthday.(paras.16-21) B.I came to understand why she dwelled on dead decades.(paras.32-34) C.I began trying to travel with her into the past.(paras.35-39) IV.I realized there was a dispute about time between my children and me,as there had been between my mother and me. (paras.40-49)
Outline of Text A Unit 1 ⚫ I. At eighty, after a bad fall, my mother’s mind began to wander free through time. (paras.1-9) ⚫ II. My mother had been a formidable woman. (paras.10-15) ⚫ III. I gradually gave up arguing my mother back to the real world. (paras.16-39) ➢ A. She couldn’t recognize me but remembered her birthday. (paras.16-21) ➢ B. I came to understand why she dwelled on dead decades. (paras.32-34) ➢ C. I began trying to travel with her into the past. (paras.35-39) ⚫ IV. I realized there was a dispute about time between my children and me, as there had been between my mother and me. (paras.40-49)
Text Analysis
Unit 1 Text Analysis
Background I.Russell Baker Born in Virginia in 1925 ● In charge of "The Observer"column for the New york Times from 1962 to 1998 Won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for distinguished commentary as a columnist Received his second Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for his autobiography Growing up .Regarded as one of America's leading wordsmiths and humorists
Unit 1 ⚫ Born in Virginia in 1925 ⚫ In charge of "The Observer" column for the New York Times from 1962 to 1998 ⚫ Won his first Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for distinguished commentary as a columnist ⚫ Received his second Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for his autobiography Growing up ⚫ Regarded as one of America's leading wordsmiths and humorists I. Russell Baker Background
Russell Baker's main works Growing up Russell Baker's Book of American RUSSELL Humor BAKER'S Fear and Loathing in George W.Bush's BOOK OF Washington MERICAN ·Poor Russe∥Almanac (The text is extracted from the first chapter of Growing Up.)
Unit 1 Russell Baker’s main works ⚫ Growing up ⚫ Russell Baker’s Book of American Humor ⚫ Fear and Loathing in George W. Bush’s Washington ⚫ Poor Russell Almanac ⚫ (The text is extracted from the first chapter of Growing Up.)
Russell Baker's memoir Growing up This book traces his youth in the mountains of rural Virginia.When Baker was only five,his father died.His mother,strong-willed and matriarchal(家庭或社团中女性掌权的)，never looked back. These were depression years,and Mrs.Baker moved her family to Baltimore.Baker's mother was determined her children would succeed,and her unfailing faith in the talents of her young son was not misplaced(放错地方). Russell did everything from delivering papers to hustling subscriptions for the Saturday Evening Post.As is often the case,early hardships make the man. RUSSELLBAKER
Unit 1 Russell Baker’s memoir Growing up ⚫ This book traces his youth in the mountains of rural Virginia. When Baker was only five, his father died. His mother, strong-willed and matriarchal(家庭或社团中女性掌权的), never looked back. ⚫ These were depression years, and Mrs. Baker moved her family to Baltimore. Baker‘s mother was determined her children would succeed, and her unfailing faith in the talents of her young son was not misplaced(放错地方). ⚫ Russell did everything from delivering papers to hustling subscriptions for the Saturday Evening Post. As is often the case, early hardships make the man
Popularity of the book Growing Up- reviews from the book reviewers and readers This is a wondrous book,funny,sad,and strong.as funny and touching as Mark Twain's. -Mary Lee Settle of the Los Angeles Times Book Review This is an iconic and magical piece of literature,a story of courage and love,of the bonds of family in spite of tension and disagreement. -One reader ● Growing Up is carefully crafted by this experienced writer.The many characters come to vivid life with all their virtues and foibles,and Baker's narrative flows smoothly from beginning to end. -One reader
Unit 1 Popularity of the book Growing Up— reviews from the book reviewers and readers ⚫ This is a wondrous book, funny, sad, and strong. as funny and touching as Mark Twain's. -Mary Lee Settle of the Los Angeles Times Book Review ⚫ This is an iconic and magical piece of literature, a story of courage and love, of the bonds of family in spite of tension and disagreement. -One reader ⚫ Growing Up is carefully crafted by this experienced writer. The many characters come to vivid life with all their virtues and foibles, and Baker's narrative flows smoothly from beginning to end. -One reader