unit 2 Spring Sowing

SpringSowingLiamO’FlahertyBook4unit2PartOne:Warm-upPartTwo:BackgroundInformationPartThree:TextAppreciationPartFour:LanguageStudyPartFive:ExtensionBook4ContentsBTLEWPartOneENTERWarm-upI.ListeningMaterialsII.AbouttheAuthorIII.DoYouKnow?IV.Warming-upQuestionsV.Warming-upActivitiesBTLEWI.ListeningMaterialsLoveYourLifeTobecontinuedonthenextpage.Listentothepassageandtrytocatchthemainideainit.I.ListeningMaterials1.Atruefriendissomeonewhoreachesforyourhandand(1)yourheart.There'salwaysgoingtobepeoplethathurtyou,sowhatyouhavetodoiskeepon(2)andjustbemorecarefulaboutwhoyoutrustnexttimearound.Makeyourselfabetterpersonandknowwhoyouarebeforeyoutryandknowsomeoneelseand(3)themtoknowyou.Remember:Whateverhappens,happensfora(4).Howmanypeopleactuallyhave8truefriends?HardlyanyoneIknow.Butsomeofushaveall(5)friendsandgoodfriends.Friends1.touches2.trusting3.expect4.reason5.rightKeysTobecontinuedonthenextpage.Listentothepassage.Completethespots.I.ListeningMaterials2.IloveyounotbecauseofwhoyouarebutbecauseofwhoIamwhenIamwithyou.Nomanorwomanis(1)yourtears,andtheonewhois,won'tmakeyoucry.Theworstwaytomisssomeoneistobesittingrightbesidethem,knowingyoucan’thavethem.Never(2),evenwhenyouaresad,becauseyouneverknowwhoisfallinginlovewithyoursmile.Totheworldyoumaybeoneperson,buttoonepersonyoumaybetheworld.Don’twasteyourtimeonaman,woman,whoisn’twillingtowastetheirtimeonyou.Keys1.worth2.frownTobecontinuedonthenextpage.I.ListeningMaterialsJustbecausesomeonedoesn'tloveyouthe(3)youwantthemto,doesn'tmeantheydon'tloveyouwithalltheyhave.Don'tcrybecauseitisover;smilebecauseit(4).Lifeisapureflame,andwelivebyan(5)sunwithinus.Keys3.way4.happened5.invisibleTheendofListeningMaterials.II.AbouttheAuthorIntroduction:LiamO'Flaherty(1896-1984)isoneofthemostsignificantandimportantmodernAnglo-Irishauthors.Hisnovelshavenotbeenmetwithmuchcriticalanalysisoverthelastfortyyearsbecausehestoppedpublishingworkin1956.BothhisnovelsandhisshortstoriesdefineAnglo-Irishliteratureinthathisthemesstemfromhisexperiencesgrowingupinapoverty-strickensocietyontheislandofAran;hisnaturalistic,mystical,romantic,andrealisticstyleswerealsodefinedbyhisexperiencesinhisnativeIreland.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.II.AbouttheAuthorChronologyofLiamO'Flaherty'sMainWorks1923ThyNeighbour'sWife.Firstpublishedcreativework—ashortstory,“TheSniper“—appearedonJanuary12,1923,intheBritishSocialistweeklyTheNewLeader1924TheBlackSoul.Oneofthefoundersoftheshort-livedliterarymagazineTo-Morrow.1924SpringSowing1925TheInformer,whichwasmadeintoafilmofthesamenamebyJohnFord.1925CivilWar1928TheAssassinTobecontinuedonthenextpage.II.AbouttheAuthor1932Skerrett1934ShametheDevil1937FamineTheShortStoriesofLiamO'Flaherty1948TwoLovelyBeastsandOtherStories1950Insurrection1953Duil[Desire],acollectionofmostoftheshortstorieswhichO'FlahertyhadwritteninGaelic1956TheStoriesofLiamO'FlahertyTobecontinuedonthenextpage.LiamO’Flahertybecamefamousbecauseofhisnovels,especiallyFamineandTheInformer,buthisliteraryreputationrestsmoreheavilyuponhisshortstories.II.AbouttheAuthorTheendofAbouttheAuthor.III.DoYouKnow?LiamO'FlahertywasborninthevillageofGortnagCapall,Inishmore,on28August1896.InishmoreisthemostnorthernoftheAranIslands.GortnagCapallmeansTheFieldoftheHorsesandistruetoitsmeaning.TheentireareaofInishmorewasbleakandharsh.Thetreeless,flat,rockygroundwasalmosttooshallowforanycropstogrow.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.SuchaharshlandaffectedO'Flahertyimmensely:Iwasbornonastorm-sweptrockandhatethesoftgrowthofsunbakedlandswherethereisnofrostinmen'sbones.Swiftthoughts,andtheswiftflightofravenousbirds,andthesquealofterrorofhuntedanimalstomereality.III.DoYouKnow?Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.Ihaveseentheleapingsalmonflybeforethesalmonwhale,andIhaveseenthesatedbuckhornhismate,andthewandererleavehiswifeinsearchoffreshbosomswiththefireofjoyinhiseye.Forme,thatmanisgreatwhoishisownGodandtheslavemanisaharnessedloutwhojinglesthecoppersofhishireinthescalesofmediocrity(Doyle18).III.DoYouKnow?Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.III.DoYouKnow?TheareaofInishmorewasalsoquitepovertystricken.Poverty,famine,anddeathweresomethingthatthepeopleofGortnagCapalldealtwitheveryday(Sheeran15).Thepeoplestruggledwithfeedinglargefamiliesonlittleornofood.Also,thepeoplehadlittlemeansofearningmoneyorremovingthemselvesfromthepoverty.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.III.DoYouKnow?ThecommonoccupationsinGortnagCapallwereaslandowners,suchasLiamO'Flaherty'sfather,andfishermen.Anothercommonpracticewastohaulsandfromtheshoreinordertomixitwithseaweedandsiltinordertoturnbarerockintotillageland(Sheeran15).O'Flahertyhadbothanadmirationandhatredforthepoor.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.III.DoYouKnow?Theygivehimbotharomanticqualityindescribingtheplightofthecommonmanbutalsofrequentlyfillhimwithmisanthropy(Doyle18).AmongthepeopleofGortnagCapallweremanyorphansandwidows.Becauseofthehardlife,manypeoplediedearly,eitherfromstarvation,disease,ordrowningintheoceaninanattempttocatchfishtofeedthefamily.Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.III.DoYouKnow?O‘Flahertydescribesthelifeinsuchaharshplaceas:…terriblyintense.There,notonlyextremepoverty