Clearing in the Sky Jesse Stuart 此页是标题页，完全由供稿者根据本课的内容自行设计。页面包括背景图，标题和作者姓名。

Clearing in the Sky Jesse Stuart

Clearing in the Sky W arming up B ackground T ext Analysis Unit 15 W arming up 此页是本课的总目录页。页头为设计进母板的背景，基本色调与本册书的封面色调一致。左侧是本课标题，右侧是本课标号。标题+标号只是在总目录页和一级标题页的页头出现。 正文区所列是本课的一级标题及其链接。 B ackground T ext Analysis R einforcement

Questions/Activities Clearing in the sky Unit 15 Questions/Activities Warming up Check-on Preview 此页是一级标题页（1）。 正文区内是二级标题及其链接。 右下角是与主目录页及其他一级标题页的链接按钮。W=Warm up B=Background T=Text analysis R=Reinforcement 放大的圆圈表示目前正在操作的部分。 Objectives W B T R

Questions/Activities Warming up Questions/Activities Make a list of all the words and expressions useful for describing a typical farmer’s work and life. Component parts Farm tools Animals used for food or farming Farm work 此页是讲授内容页。页头左侧的白字是一级标题，中间黑字是二级标题。 W B T R

Check-on Preview Warming up Match the words with their correct meaning in the text. 答案见备注栏 1. rugged 2. brag 3. sting 4. pasture 5. fondle a. to talk too proudly about sth. b. to feel or make sb. feel a sharp pain in a part of their body c. to touch gently and in a loving way d. wild and not even; not easy to travel over e. a large area of land where animals feed on the grass. f. the top of a mountain d a b e c W B T R

Warming up Objectives To understand the structure and the general idea of the story. To think about how to interpret the story. To know something about the author. To solve your own questions about the story. W B T R

Clearing in the Sky Author Background Unit 15 B W T R 此页是一级标题页（2）。 正文区内是二级标题及其链接。 右下角是与主目录页及其他一级标题页的链接按钮。W=Warm up B=Background T=Text analysis R=Reinforcement 放大的圆圈表示目前正在操作的部分。 B W T R

Author His Life Jesse Stuart (1907-1984) Background Born in the Kentucky hills where he first worked as a farmer A prolific American writer, known for short stories, poetry, and novels Named Poet Laureate of Kentucky in 1954 Centers his writing around Kentucky land and people he knows well Established Jesse Stuart State Nature Preserve Commission to preserve W. Hollow from destruction B W T R

Author Background His Works Poetry: Man with a Bull-Tongue Plow,1934 (a collection of 703 sonnets) Kentucky is My Land, 1952 Novels: The Thread that Runs so True,1950 Daughter of the Legend,1965 Collection of short stories: Men of the Mou. 1941. Tales from the Plum Grove Hills, 1946 Clearing in the Sky & Other Stories, 1950 My Land Has a Voice, 1966 B W T R

Clearing in the Sky Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Unit 15 Structure Theme Text Analysis Structure Detailed Analysis 此页是一级标题页（3）。 正文区内是二级标题及其链接。 右下角是与主目录页及其他一级标题页的链接按钮。W=Warm up B=Background T=Text analysis R=Reinforcement 放大的圆圈表示目前正在操作的部分。 W B T R

Theme Text Analysis Think about these questions: Why is the father so fond of his land? How do you understand the father’s feelings? What American values does this short story convey? How do you view these values? W B T R

Theme Text Analysis American values: Father-son relationship Self-reliance, rugged individualism, respect for hard manual labor Food for thought: Why are these values strong in American culture? How about in present industrialized America? Father-son relationship Human beings and land/nature Unyielding vigor in old age W B T R

Theme Text Analysis A background note: Respect for hard work and a tradition of sentimental glorification of the rural way of life are particularly strong in the American culture, partly due to the Calvinist view that work is the only way to attain personal salvation, partly due to the early settlement and frontier experience. Thomas Jefferson developed this tradition into a political theory that farming gives people strength, courage, industry, independence, honesty, and fierce love of freedom, the foundation of democracy. In the present-day US, many people are getting nostalgic about their good old days, while many people consider these values old-fashioned and unrealistic. W B T R

Theme Text Analysis Think about these questions: What values does farming carry in China, a country with over 5,000 years of farming history? How do you like this story? Do you find it touching or over-sentimental? What does this say about you? Have you ever given any thought to farming? What about your parents and grandparents? How do you look at different generations’ attitudes toward farming and rural life? W B T R

Structure Text Analysis 1 2 3 Paras. 1-4 On a hot summer day, a 70-year-old farmer was taking his son somewhere on his land. Paras. 5-26 The places father and son went brought fond memories of their life in the past. Paras. 27-43 The old farmer explained to his son why he made the clearing and opened so many paths up to the clearing. W B T R

Detailed Analysis Part I Part II Part III Text Analysis Main Idea Sentence Paraphrase Words & Expressions 此页是Detailed Analysis的细分目录页。 整篇课文的三个部分均含有主旨、句意、语言点和练习四个内容（这四个内容相当于三级标题）。 点击三级标题即可链接。 Exercise W B T R

Detailed Analysis Part I: Main Idea Text Analysis What did you expect to read after seeing the title “clearing in the sky”? How are your reading expectations fulfilled? What can you know about the father and the son from the opening paragraphs? How would you describe the father’s character according to these few paragraphs? 正文区的首行是三级标题。右下角是退回细分目录页的返还按钮。这一层次的页面未设与主目录页及其他一级标题页的链接是避免过多的层次显示。 18

Part I: Sentence Paraphrase Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part I: Sentence Paraphrase I wiped the streams of sweat from my face to keep them from stinging my eyes. (para. 2) to cause sharp but usu. temporary pain a continuous flow of things or people e.g. a stream of phone calls/ visitors Paraphrasing: I wiped the sweat that was flowing down from my face so that my eyes wouldn’t hurt.

Part I: Words & Expressions Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part I: Words & Expressions Phrases Grammar Words keep…from make up one’s mind in the shade below zero wipe stream sting protest pasture meadow measurements

Detailed Analysis Part I: Exercise 1 Text Analysis Fill in the blanks with words from this part. Do all bees and wasps ______? She knew the teacher’s remarks were right, but she was still ____ by them. When there is heavy pollution, the smog could even ______ people’s eyes. Hearing such words at such a time is like the _____ of salt in a wound. Audiences _________ into the stadium to watch the Euro Cup. Tears __________ down her cheeks. Farmers in Inner Mongolia often keep a ________ for sheep to graze on, but tourists often mistake it for a _______. 答案见备注栏 1. sting 2. stung 3. sting 4. sting 5. streamed 6. streamed 7. pasture, meadow

Detailed Analysis Part I: Exercise 2 Text Analysis Fill in the blanks with correct numbers. 1. One yard is _______ feet and one foot is ______ inches. One foot is roughly _____ cm. 2. A mile equals ________ kilometers. 3. One acre equals ________ square yards and ________ hectare, roughly _________ Chinese mu. 4. One hundred degrees Fahrenheit equals _________ degrees Centigrade and -20F equals _________ C. 答案见备注栏 1. 3, 12, 30.48 2. 1.6 3. 4840, 0.405, 6 4. 38, -29 [F-32]*5/9=C

Detailed Analysis Part II: Main Idea Text Analysis What can we know about the father’s life from this part? What memories does the walk to the mountain top bring to the son? How do you like the descriptions of nature in this part? Why do you think the father didn’t tell the son what he wanted to show him? And about the path? Does this walk to the mountain top have any symbolic meaning? 正文区的首行是三级标题。右下角是退回细分目录页的返还按钮。这一层次的页面未设与主目录页及其他一级标题页的链接是避免过多的层次显示。 23

Part II: Sentence Paraphrase Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part II: Sentence Paraphrase The pines on top of the mountain above us looked as if the fingers of their long boughs were fondling a white cloud. (para. 19) fondle: to touch or stroke lovingly Paraphrasing: This is a metaphorical sentence; the pines are personified as people with long fingers fondling a white cloud. Similar metaphorical use of language in this part include the “saddle” between two hills, the “canopy” of trees, etc.

Part II: Words & Expressions Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part II: Words & Expressions Sentence Pattern Phrases Words Grammar brag wooded fell rugged canopy rustle fondle a wisp of lean on the time he found a coffee tree metaphorical use of language

Detailed Analysis Part II: Exercise 1 Text Analysis Fill in the blanks with verbs. 1. I remembered how he ____ the leaves from the woods and ____ them over this field and then ______ them under and let them ___. 2. He _____ a cover crop and _____ it under. 3. He _____ down a white oak and ____ it over the stream to serve as a foot log. 4. The steep slope _____ abruptly towards the sky. 5. Several paths ______ the main path and ______ around the slope, _________ the mountain gradually. 答案见备注栏 1. hauled, spread, plowed, rot 2. sowed, turned 3. chopped, fall 4. rose 5. left, circled, climbing

Detailed Analysis Part II: Exercise 2 Text Analysis Fill in the blanks with unit words. a ______ of alfalfa a _______ of flowers/keys a _______ of bread a _______ of grass a _______ of sand/rice a _______ of soap a _______ of wind 答案见备注栏 1. wisp 2. bunch 3. loaf/piece 4. blade 5. grain 6. bar/piece/cake 7. gust/blast

Detailed Analysis Part II: Exercise 3 Text Analysis Translate the sentences. 不要老是依赖别人的帮助。(lean) 他总是吹嘘自己能挣很多钱。(brag) 答案见备注栏 1. Don’t always lean on others for help. 2. He is always bragging about how much money he can earn / that he can earn a lot of money.

Detailed Analysis Part III: Main Idea Text Analysis Is his father aware of his health condition? Why does he choose to ignore the doctor’s advice? What is so special about “the clearing in the sky” to Jess’s father? What are the reasons he gave for making the clearing? How do you explain his special pride in the clearing? Why has he built so many paths leading up to the clearing? What does the clearing stand for to him? 正文区的首行是三级标题。右下角是退回细分目录页的返还按钮。这一层次的页面未设与主目录页及其他一级标题页的链接是避免过多的层次显示。 29

Part III: Sentence Paraphrase Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part III: Sentence Paraphrase But I have cheated death many times! Now I’ve reached the years the Good Book allows to a man. Three-score years and ten. (para. 36) The Bible Score means twenty. Three-score and ten is three times twenty plus ten, that is, seventy. Paraphrasing: Although I have been very close to dying many times, I have managed to escape death. I have reached my seventy, which is the age a man could live to according to the Bible.

Part III: Sentence Paraphrase Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part III: Sentence Paraphrase The doctors told me to sit still and take life easy. (para. 42)　 relax, live in comfort, not to worry Paraphrasing: The doctors told me not to do anything, not to work too hard or do too much, just relax.

Part III: Words & Expressions Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Part III: Words & Expressions Sentence Pattern Words Phrases Grammar cheat allow thin (v.) matt (v.) wind (v.) pick up take the trouble to do take life easy emphatic structure: It was on this slope that my father once made me a little wooden plow. relative clause introduced by where/when Three times the length .

Detailed Analysis Part III: Exercise Text Analysis Translate the following sentences into English. 1. 我的祖父时常回忆过去那些夜不闭户的好日子。 (relative clause) 2. 他们决定搬到那个有很多好学校的地区去。 3. 众多客户向法院起诉保险公司骗走了他们应得的赔偿。 (cheat) 4. 特技演员的工作很危险，但他好几次都死里逃生。(cheat) 5. 联合国调查团获准进入叙利亚战区。(allow) 6. 政府的教育改革使所有儿童都能接受九年制义务教育。 (allow) 答案见备注栏 1. My grandfather often recalls the good old days when people could leave their doors open at night. 2. They decided to move to the district where there are many good schools. 3. Many clients sued the insurance company to the court for cheating them out of their due indemnities. 4. As a stunt man, he has a dangerous job, but he has cheated death several times. 5. The UN investigatory group was allowed entry into Syria’s warring regions. 6. The government’s educational reforms allow all children to receive nine-year compulsory education.

Clearing in the Sky Reinforcement Discussion Role-Play Unit 15 W B T R 此页是一级标题页（4）。 正文区内是二级标题及其链接。 右下角是与主目录页及其他一级标题页的链接按钮。W=Warm up B=Background T=Text analysis R=Reinforcement 放大的圆圈表示目前正在操作的部分。 Role-Play W B T R

Role-Play Reinforcement Choose one topic 1. Imagine yourself to be Jesse. Describe your father’s farm to your son with unforgettable memories of your happy childhood. 2. Imagine yourself to be Jesse’s mother. Describe your husband to your grandson after he passes away. W B T R

Discussion Reinforcement Work in groups of four: 1. Can you map out the mountain where Jess and his father lived? 2. What simple values does Jesse’s father have? How would you compare him with a typical Chinese farmer? W B T R