Unit 6 Section a The widow I. Background Information Elizabeth Jolley, the author, is a famous Australian fiction writer. She was born in England in 1923 and moved to Australia in 1959 with her husband and three children. She had trained as a nurse in England and nursed there and in australia before starting her writing career in 1964. Her work includes 26 books: short stories, radio pays, collections and 12 novels in print since 1980 Jolley has won many writing awards, tow of them for Cabin Fever, her tenth fiction book. She is known for her peculiar people in funny situations. Cabin Fever continues the events of her previous book, My Father's Moon, but from a different voice and 40 years later. The story is presented in bits and pieces as a successful woman psychologist recalls her war experiences and post war hard times. The book is not a complete story but only certain memories that help the woman make sense of all the pain, trouble, loss and sad times in her life. The book describes the culture of the late 1940s t II Text Analysis Part I( paral--2)Main idea of the part: The quotations the widow stores in a notebook remind her of the painful memory of her late husband Devices for developing it: Quotations引言法( see paral) Part Il (para3---15) Main idea of the part: The widow's mind slipped back to her wedding she and her husband received a strange word gift which Devices for developing Flashback倒叙法 Sequence of time& space时空法 Time Signals: now(L7), that day (L9), as(L. 10), then(L. 25), soon(L 26), with the passage of the time and the birth of grandchildren(. 35), occasionally (L 43) Space Signals: in the first picture(L 7), a church(L 8), to the back of the church(L 10),at the door(L. 10), in a borrowed car(L. 26), a state-park lodge(L. 43), before gre Part Ill(paral6---19) Main idea of the part: The message her husband left her showed that their aunts prophecy had come true---they worked hard and loved each other and that was why the widow stored the painful quotation Devices for developing it: Flashback(see para18&19) III. Language points considerable: a. great in an eg: This house is bought at considerable expense 【辨析】: considerate:a.体贴人的 considered:a.经过深思熟虑的 considering:prep./con 考虑到,鉴 2. underline: vt. I draw a line under(a word, etc) 2(fig Et a)reinforce(an attitude, a situation, etc); emphas eg: I Please underline the wordUnit 6 Section A The Widow I. Background Information Elizabeth Jolley, the author, is a famous Australian fiction writer. She was born in England in 1923 and moved to Australia in 1959 with her husband and three children. She had trained as a nurse in England and nursed there and in Australia before starting her writing career in 1964. Her work includes 26 books: short stories, radio pays, collections and 12 novels in print since 1980. Jolley has won many writing awards, tow of them for Cabin Fever, her tenth fiction book.. She is known for her peculiar people in funny situations. Cabin Fever continues the events of her previous book, My Father’s Moon, but from a different voice and 40 years later. The story is presented in bits and pieces as a successful woman psychologist recalls her war experiences and post war hard times. The book is not a complete story but only certain memories that help the woman make sense of all the pain, trouble, loss and sad times in her life. The book describes the culture of the late 1940s. T II Text Analysis Part I ( para1--- 2) Main idea of the part: The quotations the widow stores in a notebook remind her of the painful memory of her late husband. Devices for developing it: Quotations 引言法 (see para1) Part II (para3---15) Main idea of the part: The widow’s mind slipped back to her wedding ceremony at which she and her husband received a strange word gift which had a magic power. Devices for developing it: Flashback 倒叙法 Sequence of time＆space 时空法 Time Signals: now (L.7), that day(L.9), as (L .10), then (L.25), soon (L.26), with the passage of the time and the birth of grandchildren (L.35), occasionally (L.43) Space Signals: in the first picture (L.7), a church (L.8), to the back of the church (L.10), at the door (L.10), in a borrowed car (L.26), a state-park lodge (L.43), before a great oak fire (L.27), from work (L.41), home (L.41) Part III (para16---19) Main idea of the part: The message her husband left her showed that their “aunt”’s prophecy had come true---they worked hard and loved each other and that was why the widow stored the painful quotation. Devices for developing it: Flashback (see para18＆19) III. Language Points 1. considerable: a. great in amount or size eg: This house is bought at considerable expense. 【辨析】：considerate: a.体贴人的 considered: a.经过深思熟虑的 considering: prep.／conj. 考虑到，鉴于 2. underline: vt. 1 draw a line under (a word, etc) 2 (fig 比喻) reinforce (an attitude, a situation, etc); emphasize eg: 1 Please underline the word