Unit 5 Section A Weeping for My Smoking Daughter I Background Information 1. Camel is the brand name of a kind of cigarette The University of lowa Department of Communication Studies conducted a study that plores the R J. Reynolds Advertising Campaigns for Camel Cigarettes and their early use of the cartoon character, "Joe Cool Camel"to attract young people. It includes some discussion of the court case that resulted in this character being thrown out and replaced by an ordinary camel 2. Both Marlboro and Players are brand names of cigarettes manufactured by Philips Morris The company's website provides an overview of the company, its products and its marketing policies, and discusses various tobacco issues such as health, youth smoking and environment 3. Prince Albert(1819-1861)was the husband of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. This is also the name of a kind of British tobacco 4. Queen Victoria(1819-1901)was queen of Great Britain and Ireland(1837-1901)and empress of India. Her rule was the longest in English history 5. Hollywood is the center of the U.S. movie industry. In terms of geography, Hollywood refers to an area consisting of the City of West Hollywood and its vicinity that form part of the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area II. Text Analysis Main idea and structure: 1). What is the text mainly about? When seeing her daughter smoke heavily, the author as a mother can do nothing but weep Her weeping is attributed to a bitter lesson she learned from her painful experiences with her father's smoking. Through years she had to sit by, seeing her father breathe hard at first, then cough a lot, and eventually die from lung trouble. So she feels deeply hurt to watch many ople like her daughter following in her fathers steps. She hopes her father's fate will be a lesson to al 2). How is the text organized? The author narrates to the reader the stories of her daughter and her father in first person which makes the narration more vivid and convincing. The whole passage consists of three parts: the author's worries about her daughter's smoking; the author's painful experiences with her father's smoking; and the author's earnest appeal to the smokers like her daughter to give up smoking. During her narration, time sequence is adopted to make it clear and smooth. Besides the device of cause and effect is used to help people have a strong feeling of the harm smoking Organization of the text: Part I(Para. 1)The author feels terrible and wants to weep when seeing her daughter smoke Part II(Paras. 2-5) Hooked by the illusion about smoking, the author's father, like many other people, got into the bad habit of smoking, only to die from it Part IlI Paras. (6-8)Feeling extremely sorry for her daughter and those in Third World countries1 Unit 5 Section A Weeping for My Smoking Daughter I. Background Information 1. Camel is the brand name of a kind of cigarette. The University of Iowa Department of Communication Studies conducted a study that explores the R. J. Reynolds Advertising Campaigns for Camel Cigarettes and their early use of the cartoon character, “Joe Cool Camel” to attract young people. It includes some discussion of the court case that resulted in this character being thrown out and replaced by an ordinary camel. 2. Both Marlboro and Players are brand names of cigarettes manufactured by Philips Morris. The company’s website provides an overview of the company, its products and its marketing policies, and discusses various tobacco issues such as health, youth smoking and environment. 3. Prince Albert (1819–1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. This is also the name of a kind of British tobacco. 4. Queen Victoria (1819–1901) was queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837–1901) and empress of India. Her rule was the longest in English history. 5. Hollywood is the center of the U.S. movie industry. In terms of geography, Hollywood refers to an area consisting of the City of West Hollywood and its vicinity that form part of the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. II. Text Analysis: Main Idea and Structure: 1).What is the text mainly about? When seeing her daughter smoke heavily, the author as a mother can do nothing but weep. Her weeping is attributed to a bitter lesson she learned from her painful experiences with her father’s smoking. Through years she had to sit by, seeing her father breathe hard at first, then cough a lot, and eventually die from lung trouble. So she feels deeply hurt to watch many people like her daughter following in her father’s steps. She hopes her father’s fate will be a lesson to all. 2).How is the text organized? The author narrates to the reader the stories of her daughter and her father in first person, which makes the narration more vivid and convincing. The whole passage consists of three parts: the author’s worries about her daughter’s smoking; the author’s painful experiences with her father’s smoking; and the author’s earnest appeal to the smokers like her daughter to give up smoking. During her narration, time sequence is adopted to make it clear and smooth. Besides, the device of cause and effect is used to help people have a strong feeling of the harm smoking does. Organization of the text: Part I (Para. 1) The author feels terrible and wants to weep when seeing her daughter smoke. Part II (Paras. 2-5) Hooked by the illusion about smoking, the author’s father, like many other people, got into the bad habit of smoking, only to die from it. Part III Paras. (6-8) Feeling extremely sorry for her daughter and those in Third World countries