When I am finished","Some. time passes"and"two days later". So we can divide it into 6 parts according to stages before the old lady's death and what"I"did for her and learned about her Part 1(Paras. 1-4 ): a narration about the patient and the wardroom to impress the readers that the patient was dying Part 2(5): The patient is seriously ill, too weak for anything Part 3(Paras. 6-7): Driven by my thoughts, I exchange with the patient, who is able to utter only broken sentences. Though, I begin to see what a kind and considerate grand mother she is Part 4(Para. 8): The patient dies. And the author seems to have a better understand ing of the patient. Mrs Clark spares her family from seeing her die and the author feels it a privilege to be there with the patient Part 5(Para. 9): It is only two days after Mrs. Clark's death that the author comes to learn more about her from the newspaper. Part 6(Para. 10): Mrs. Clark is really graceful 2. Devices for developing the text: 1)description Para. 2 the light(flashing its red light as if in warning), the smell (of decay) Para. 3 the conditions of Mrs. Clark: the head, the skin, the right arm, the left arm, the sunken chest Para. 4 the fingers, pulse, the words of patient Para. 5 details to show the patients weakness Paras. 6.7.8 10 the author 's inner world 2) Double clues(双线索法) There are two clues running through the whole passage, one being explicit and The explicit clue is the time sequence, along which the author organized her experience with the dying pater The implicit clue is the author 's emotional experience, which unnoticeably leads the reader into her emotional world Implicit clue - Emotional experience Implicit clue- Following this clue unconsciously, the reader seems to experience the same shock and change in emotion as the author did. As a result, Mrs. Clark, a dying patient with terrible appearance, changes from someone we as well as the author understand first to someone we admire and praise in the end. In fact, the change in the author s emotion undergoes three steps Step 1: Mrs. Clark is a total stranger I've never seen mrs Clark before (L.1) .I return to the bed to observe the patient with an unemotional, medical eye. (L. 7) Then, the objective narration and description in Paras. 3, 4 and 5 I reach for the long, thin fingers that are lying on the chest. (L. 14) Step 2: I know something about her and begin to understand or admire her. I . again notice the long, thin fingers. Graceful. ( L. 35) but I have understood what she has done. L. 40) I feel my own pulse quicken and hear my breathing as it begins to match hers,…,(L.42)as “When I am finished”, “Some ... time passes” and “two days later”. So we can divide it into 6 parts according to stages before the old lady’s death and what “I” did for her and learned about her. Part 1 (Paras. 1-4): a narration about the patient and the wardroom to impress the readers that the patient was dying. Part 2 (5): The patient is seriously ill, too weak for anything. Part 3 (Paras. 6-7): Driven by my thoughts, I exchange with the patient, who is able to utter only broken sentences. Though, I begin to see what a kind and considerate grandmother she is. Part 4 (Para. 8): The patient dies. And the author seems to have a better understanding of the patient. Mrs. Clark spares her family from seeing her die and the author feels it a privilege to be there with the patient. Part 5 (Para. 9): It is only two days after Mrs. Clark’s death that the author comes to learn more about her from the newspaper. Part 6 (Para. 10): Mrs. Clark is really graceful. 2. Devices for developing the text: 1) description: Para. 2 the light (flashing its red light as if in warning), the smell (of decay) Para. 3 the conditions of Mrs. Clark: the head, the skin, the right arm, the left arm, the sunken chest Para. 4 the fingers, pulse, the words of patient Para. 5 details to show the patient’s weakness Paras. 6,7,8 & 10 the author’s inner world 2) Double Clues (双线索法) There are two clues running through the whole passage, one being explicit and another implicit. The explicit clue is the time sequence, along which the author organized her experience with the dying patient. The implicit clue is the author’s emotional experience, which unnoticeably leads the reader into her emotional world. Implicit clue --- Emotional experience Implicit clue — Following this clue unconsciously, the reader seems to experience the same shock and change in emotion as the author did. As a result, Mrs. Clark, a dying patient with terrible appearance, changes from someone we as well as the author understand first to someone we admire and praise in the end. In fact, the change in the author’s emotion undergoes three steps. Step 1: Mrs. Clark is a total stranger. •I’ve never seen Mrs. Clark before. (L. 1) •I return to the bed to observe the patient with an unemotional, medical eye. (L. 7) •Then, the objective narration and description in Paras. 3, 4 and 5. •I reach for the long, thin fingers that are lying on the chest. (L. 14) Step 2: I know something about her and begin to understand or admire her. •I … again notice the long, thin fingers. Graceful. (L. 35) •…but I have understood what she has done. (L. 40) •…I feel my own pulse quicken and hear my breathing as it begins to match hers, … (L. 42)