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TheWaytoRainyMountainScottMomadayBook1本单元作者：高攀Lesson11外语教学与研究出版社FOREIGNLANGUAGETEACHINGANDRESEARCHPRESSContentsPartOne:Warm-upPartTwo:BackgroundInformationPartThree:TextAppreciationPartFour:LanguageStudyPartFive:ExtensionPartOne—Warm-upⅠ.BrainstormingⅡ.DiscussionⅢ.LearningObjectivesMakesomepredictionsaboutthetexttobelearned.prairielegendAmericanIndiansU.S.CavalrygrasshopperseagleNatureandHumanBeingsKiowaSunDanceRainyMountainⅠ.Brainstorming1.WhatdoyouknowabouttheKiowasIndianhistoryandculture?2.WhatistherelationshipbetweennativeAmericanIndiansandtheWhites?Ⅱ.Discussion1.Toknowthewritingtechniqueofanarrative,andatthesametime,descriptiveprose.2.Tostudytheskillfulweavingofanindividual’slifewiththestoryofapeople.3.Toappreciatethelanguagefeatures.Ⅲ.LearningObjectivesPartTwo—BackgroundInformationⅠ.AbouttheAuthorⅡ.RainyMountainⅢ.TheKiowasⅣ.TheU.S.CavalryⅤ.TheSunDanceScottMomadayBorninLawton,Oklahomain1934,ScottMomadaywasawellknownartist,deeplycommittedtohisKiowaheritage.In1967hepublishedTheJourneyofTai-me,anexplorationofKiowafolklores,whichheenlargedintohisbest-knownbook,TheWaytoRainyMountain(1969).Ⅰ.AbouttheAuthorHisotherworkincludestwovolumesofpoetry,AngleofGeeseandOtherPoems(1974)andTheGourdDancer(1976);TheNames:AMemoir(1976);anautobiographicalnovelTheAncientChild(1989);twocollectionsofproseandpoetryInthePresenceoftheSun(1992)andTheManMadeofWords(1997);andaninterweavingofpoetryandpaintingIntheBear’sHouse(1999).Ⅰ.AbouttheAuthorⅡ.RainyMountainⅢ.TheKiowasⅣ.TheU.S.CavalryⅤ.TheSunDancePartThree—TextAppreciationⅠ.TextAnalysis→Introduction→Theme→TextOrganization→FurtherUnderstandingⅡ.WritingDevices→LanguageStyle→RhetoricalDevicesⅢ.SentenceParaphrase•ThispiecefirstappearedinReporter,26January1967.WithfewmodificationsthispieceisusedastheintroductiontohisbookTheWaytoRainyMountain,publishedin1969.ThisessayiswidelyanthologizedandincludedinTheBestAmericanEssaysoftheCenturyeditedbyJoyceCarolOates.IntroductionⅠ.TextAnalysis•Asawonderfulpieceofprose,thisessayskillfullyweavesanindividual’slifewiththestoryofapeople.•TheauthoralsoblendsamovingnarrativeofthestoriesoftheKiowawithalyricalandpictorialdescriptionofthelandscape.Ⅰ.TextAnalysis•Momadaynotonlytellsthestoryofhisgrandmother,butalsoexploresthehistoryofhisKiowaancestorsandthushisownracialandculturalheritage.•Ourculturalorethnicheritagemaydifffer,yetseekingone’srootsisacommonhumanexperience.•ByexploringtheKiowashistoryandculture,theessayreconstructsthelinkbetweenhumansandnature,whichshouldbeclose,interdependentandharmonious.ThemeⅠ.TextAnalysisⅠ.TextAnalysisFurtherUnderstandingDeterminewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.TheRainyMountainhasatemperateclimate.2.TheauthorreturnedtotheRainyMountaininordertoseehisgrandmotherforthelasttimebeforeshedied.3.TheKiowasunrelentinglyadvancedupontheirdefeatedenemy.FFF4.Theauthor’sgrandmotherbelongedtothelastculturetoevolveinNorthAmerica.5.TheKiowasacquiredthecultureandreligionfromtheCrows.6.Theauthorcouldunderstandhisgrandmother’sprayersandtellthesadnessinthesound.7.Theauthor’sgrandmotherhadtheaweforthesunandthenature.8.TheKiowasweredynamicpeopleandthelandwasvitalevenduringthewinter.Ⅰ.TextAnalysisTTTFFRhetoricalDevices:AlliterationDefinition:Therepetitionofthesamesoundsorofthesamekindsofsoundsatthebeginningofwordsorinstressedsyllables.Modernalliterationispredominantlyconsonantal;certainliterarytraditions,suchasOldEnglishverse,alsoalliterateusingvowelsounds.Ⅱ.WritingDevicese.g.1.Thegrassturnedbrittleandbrown.2.Itbelongstotheeagleandtheelk,thebadgerandthebear.Ⅱ.WritingDevicesRhetoricalDevices:HyperboleDefinition:Afigureofspeechinwhichexaggerationisusedforemphasisoreffect,asinIcouldsleepforayearorThisbookweighsaton.Ⅱ.WritingDevicese.g.1.Thehardestweatherintheworldisthere.2.Kiowasreckonedtheirstaturebythedistancetheycouldsee,andtheywerebentandblindinthewilderness.Ⅱ.WritingDevices1....andinsummertheprairieisananvil’sedge.(Para.1)TheRainymountainhastheharshestweatherintheworld,andinsummertheearthoftheprairieisextremelyhotandhard.2.Therearegreenbelts...Witchhazel.(Para.1)Theriversandcreeksarelinedwithbushesofgreenhickory,pecan,willow,andwitchhazel.Ⅲ.SentenceParaphrase3.Greatgreen-and-yellowgrasshoppers...theplentyoftime.(Para.1)Thegrasshoppersontheplainarelargeandeverywhere.Whenagrasshopperhops,itpopsuplikethegrowingcorninthefield,makingasudden,explosivemovementtostingtheflesh.Tortoisescrawlaboutthereadearthaimlesslyinnohurryforthenhaveallthetimetothemselves.Ⅲ.SentenceParaphrase4.Tolookuponthatlandscape...ofproportion.(Para.1)Whenyoulookuponthelandscapeintheearlymorningwiththerisingsunatyourback,theobjectsyouseemayseemlarger(orsmaller)thantheyreallyare.Andthesenseofproportionisaboutlife,creation,etc.andsoitisaphilosophicalcomment,notjustaboutthephysical.Ⅲ.SentenceParaphrase5....andtheyneverunderstoodthegrim...oftheU.S.Cavalry.(Para.3)TheKiowaneverfiguredoutwhytheU.S.Cavalrykeptadvancingtowardthemsocruellyandrelentlessly.6.Mygrandmotherwasspared...oldwarriors.(Para.3)Luckily,mygrandmotherdidnotsufferthehumiliationofbeingputint