1. grasp the main idea (a sad, lonely woman who experiences the pain of loss as she remembers how her wedding day sent its spell over the rest of her marriage)and the structure of the text(narration in time sequence); 2. appreciate the narrative skills with time signals;
1. Besides the ways introduced in para1, what other traditional ways do you know the Chinese have to predict earthquakes Water in the well becomes muddy, Seismoscope/Seismograph invented by Zhang Heng Mice run in the street fearlessly 2. What is the most dangerous part in the earthquake to most people? Falling building
Pre-Reading Activities Listen to the recording and then think over the following questions: 1. Why can’t woman be ignored? 2. What price have women had to pay for their wisdom? 3. What happens to them if you try to break their will? 4. How women realized their dreams?
