LessonThirteenChristmasDayintheMorningPearlSBuckLessonThirteenChristmasDayIntroductiontothebackgroundknowledgeThestructureofthetextDetaileddiscussionofthetextConclusionofthetextAssignmentTeachingProceduresIntroductiontothebackgroundAbouttheauthorPearlS.Buck(1892—1973)(中文譯名：賽珍珠),U.S.novelist;NobelPrizewinnerforliteraturein1938.ShehadfirstbeenbroughttofamebythenovelTheGoodEarth(中文譯名：《大地》),whichisaboutaChinesefamily.Adaughterofmissionaries,PearlBuckgrewupinChina,marriedanAmericanandlivedinChinaforabout40years.AbouttheauthorPearlS.BuckAbouttheauthorBirthday:June26,1892Parents:Absalom&Caroline Sydenstricker(SouthernPresbyterianmissionaries,stationedinChina)CametoChina:3monthsoldPeriodofstayinChina:40yearsResidentialarea:Zhenjiang,JiangsuProvinceAbouttheauthorBirthday:JuneAbouttheauthorPearl’sWorks:EastWind,WestWindTheGoodEarthDragonSeedTheBigWaveSatanNeverSleepsAbouttheauthorPearl’sWorks:AbouttheauthorPearl’sSpecialContributions:In1942,PearlandRichardfoundedtheEastandWestAssociation,dedicatedtoculturalexchangeandunderstandingbetweenAsiaandtheWest.AbouttheauthorPearl’sSpeciaThestructureofthetextPart1(paras.1—8):RobwokesuddenlyinanearlyChristmasmorning.Part2(paras.9-41):

RobrecalledtheChristmasmorningwhenhewasfifteenyearsold.Part3(paras.42-46):RobcelebratedthisChristmaswithhiswifeaftermorethan50years.ThestructureofthetextPartDetailedDiscussionoftheTextStrangehowthehabitsofhisyouthclungtohimstill!(Para.1)Itwasstrangehowuptothatmomenthehadcontinueddoingthingsthewayhehadalwaysdonethemfromboyhood.DetailedDiscussionoftheTexDetailedDiscussionoftheTextHeslippedbackintime,ashedidsoeasilynowadays.(Para.9)Hehadrecentlygotintothehabitofrecallingthingsinthepast/ofreminiscing/oflettinghisthoughtsgobacktotheolddays.DetailedDiscussionoftheTexDetailedDiscussionoftheTextHehadneverthoughtofitbefore,takingforgrantedthetieoftheirblood.(Para.13)Hehadneverthoughtofthefactthathisfatherlovedhimbecausehetooktherelationshipoffatherandsonasamatterofcourse.Hehadnevergiventhisanotherthought.DetailedDiscussionoftheTexDetailedDiscussionoftheText…therewouldbenomoreloiteringinthemorningsandhavingtobecalledagain.(Para.13)…h(huán)ewouldneverloiterinthemorningandneednolongertobecalledagainandagain.DetailedDiscussionoftheTexDetailedDiscussionoftheText

…stumblingblindwithsleep,andpulledonhisclothes.(Para.13)Whenhegotup,itwasstillverydarkandhewasstillverysleepy.Hecouldhardlyopenhiseyesandcouldnotseeorthinkclearly,sohewalkedormovedunsteadilyandblindly.DetailedDiscussionoftheTexDetailedDiscussionoftheTextThenJesushadbeenborninabarn,…bringingtheirChristmasgifts.(Para.18)Bible:…Andwhentheyhadcomeintothehouse,theysawtheyoungchildwithMaryhismother,andfelldown,andworshippedhim;andwhentheyhadopenedtheirtreasures,theypresenteduntohimgifts:goldandfrankincense,andmyrrh…DetailedDiscussionoftheTexDetailedDiscussionoftheText…h(huán)egotupandcreptdownstairs,carefulofthecreakyboards…(Para.22)Hehadtobecarefulsothattheboardswouldnotmakeanynoiseandwakeuphisfather,thusspoilinghisplan.DetailedDiscussionoftheTexConclusionofthetextThecentralideaofthisstoryisexpressedinthestatementthatlovealonecanwakenlove.Itmeansthatloveisalwaysmutualandalwaysbeginswithgiving.Inviewofthegrowinglackofhumanwarmthpartlyduetothefiercecompetitioninmodernsociety,thisideaappearsallthemoreimportant.Ofcoursei