My Father‘s Shadow

1. My Father‘s Shadow

2. Based on the title, guess what the text is about. • Shadow: 1. the dark shape that someone or something makes on a surface when they are between that surface and the light • 2.the bad effect or influence that something has, which makes other things seem less enjoyable, attractive, or impressive

3. The events of September 11th cast a shadow over the celebrations. • Kate grew up in the shadow of her film star sister. • Sb.'s shadow someone who follows someone else everywhere they go • She looked pale, with deep shadows under her eyes. eye shadow • Shadow Chancellor/Foreign Secretary etc Shadow Cabinet • shadow boxing

4. motto • There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child. • — Henry Ward Beecher • If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent. • — Bette Davis

5. Father’s love • 父爱如山，高大而巍峨，让我望而生怯不敢攀登；父爱如天，粗旷而深远，让我仰而心怜不敢长啸；父爱如河，细长而源源，让我淌不敢涉足。父爱是深邃的、伟大的、纯洁而不可回报的，然而父爱又是苦涩的，难懂的、忧郁而不可企及的。

6. Father’s love

8. 全国60%的强奸犯、72%的少年凶杀犯、70%的长期服役的犯人来自无父家庭。90%的无家可归和离家出走的孩子来自无父家庭。戒毒中心有75%的青少年患者来自无父家庭。80%的强奸犯的动机来源于无父家庭转移的愤怒。

9. 父亲的品格丰富了儿子的生命，而儿子的品格则是父亲生命的延续 . • 缺乏父爱的男孩更容易成长为危险男人 • 父亲影响孩子的人生指向

15.     他戴着黑布小帽，穿著黑布大马褂，深青布棉袍，蹒跚地走到铁道边，慢慢探身下去，尚不大难。可是他穿过铁道，要爬上那边月台，就不容易了。他用两手攀着上面，两脚再向上缩；他肥胖的身子向左微倾，显出努力的样子……

16. Pre-reading questions • 1.Do you believe in generation gap? Why or why not? • What do you do when you disagree with your parents? What do you think is the right attitude towards your disagreement?

19. 2.How do you describe your relationship with your parents?

21. 3. Have you ever done anything that hurt your parents? Or have they hurt you in some way?

22. 4. Whom do you go to for help when you are in trouble, your father or your mother? Why？

23. a father’s role • 1.Determine to live as a positive influence on others. • 2.Encourage the children to read and nurture their dreams. • 3.Volunteer to help organizations (lacking male leaders). • 4.Expose the children to males who are doing right things. • 5.Mentor children, besides your own. • 6.Be the spiritual leader in your home.

24. Sledge, Linda Ching 程美兰 • Empire of Heaven. (with Gary Allen Sledge) New York: Bantam Books, c1990. 《太平残梦》/《天堂帝国》 • AMap of Paradise: A Novel of Nineteen-Century Hawaii. New York: Bantam Books, 1997.《天国地图》/《天堂地图》

25. Sledge is married to Gary Allen Sledge, managing editor of Reader’s Digest. Linda’s earlier book, Empire of Heaven, inspired by the family’s journey from China to Hawaii, won the Washington Irving Award and was praised by the New York Times as “a Chinese Gone With the Wind.”

26. As for her latest novel, A Map to Paradise, C.Y. Lee, author of Flower Drum Song, called it “a fascinating novel about the early days in Hawaii,” adding, “I could not put it down.” And Alex Haley, who knows about “Roots,” called it an “exceedingly powerful, sensitive drama.”

27. The story “My Father’s Shadow” is a typical narrative with some flashbacks at the beginning. It centers on the development of the author’s intimacy with her father in a series of events — her childhood memories, her education, her marriage, and her trip home, etc.

28. The story reaches the climax when the daughter sees her father feeding his grandson at midnight while humming the same song he had hummed when she was a little girl. The happy ending echoes the title by describing her son as “a different bouncing shadow.”

29. Together, the selected events along with the vivid physical and emotional description expressed the theme of the story — the importance of kinship and understanding in bridging the generation gap.

30. Text analysis Through descriptions, flashbacks, and the author’s comments, the text recalls how the author’s newborn baby bridges the gap between her father and herself.

31. Structural analysis • Paragraph 1 background information: the author’s relationship with her father and her feeling about her return to Hawaii. • Paragraph 2-4 • flashback: the clashes between the author and her father.

32. Paragraphs 5 – 6 transition: the author’s recall of her father’s affection for her in her childhood and her uncertainty about the forthcoming reunion. • Paragraphs 7– 13

33. the reunion: the initial uncertain moment, the father’s affection for his grandchild, and ease of the tension between the father and the daughter. • Paragraphs 14 – 15 • conclusion: the ending of the story about how family ties work in removal of disagreement between family members.

34. Para 1 • mission1) an important piece of work that a person or group of people has to do, especially one that involves travel • Our boss leaves for a trade mission to Japan. • A mission of joy: our trip which should have been joyful • 2) a flight into space carry out / conduct / go on / undertake a mission

35. Apprehension: worry, anxiety about the future • The students looked around the examination room with apprehension. • Apprehensive adj. • Though they are apprehensive about the prospect, they have not shown it.

36. stern: serious, strict, harsh • Don’t get too stern with your children. • “Wait!” I shouted in my sternest voice. • Her grandfather was a stern man who rarely smiled.

37. a stern teacher , stern discipline • be stern with • Sternly • ad. He said sternly and coldly: “Do you understand me?”

38. manner: formal the way in which something is done or happensI had hoped you would behave in a more responsible manner.The issue will be resolved in a manner that is fair to both sides.

39. typical of: having the usual features or qualities of a particular group or thing, • It’s typical of Craig not to notice my new dress.This painting is fairly typical of his early work.这幅画是他早期作品相当典型的代表作. • It is typical of him to take hard jobs .

40. demands(plural): the difficult, annoying, or tiring things that you need to do, or a skill you need to haveThe curriculum makes great demands on the teacher.There are heavy demands on people’s time these days.

41. and though we were very much alike, we’d also grown very far apart: • Even though we had a lot in common, we were also greatly different in some respects.

42. Part 2-4 flashback Hold sb./sth. up…as a(n) model/example His son was held up as a model of hard work. • Hold up: (1)to rob a place by violence (2) to remain strong (3) to support sth. And prevent it from falling (4) to delay sth./ sb.(often passive)

43. feminine: having qualities that are considered to be typical of women, especially by being gentle, delicate, and prettyHairstyles this autumn are long, soft and very feminine.How can I persuade my tomboy daughter to wear feminine clothes?

44. Nowadays many women rejected the old feminine roles of wife and mother. • feminism : the belief that women should have equal rights as men • feminist : someone who supports the idea that women should …

47. gregarious adj. seeking and enjoying the companionship of others • Some of the animals are highly gregarious. • gregariousness n. • But she was gregarious and social:But she enjoyed meeting people and talking to them.

48. 尽管与人交往时，史密斯希望自己能够得心应手，但他知道这不仅要品味孤独，还需要长期经历孤独。尽管与人交往时，史密斯希望自己能够得心应手，但他知道这不仅要品味孤独，还需要长期经历孤独。 • Smith hopes that he can be sociable and gregarious when he wants to, which he knows requires him to not only savor solitude but also experience long periods of solitude.

49. press: to try hard to persuade someone to do something, especially by asking them many timesBoth leaders are being pressed to agree quickly on the new treaty.I felt that if I had pressed him he would have lent me the money.The manufacturers are pressing the government for action.

50. Mingle: to go about among, ~ with • 1) 许多情感都交织在一起。 • A lot of emotions all mingled together. • 2) 她既兴奋又害怕。 • She felt fear mingled with excitement.