2023-2024学年高中校本课程英语美文与阅读鉴赏导学案.docxVIP

Lesson4

ATributetoMaternalDevotion:

ExploringMotherhoodinChineseCulture

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Theideaofamother’sselflessloveisarepeatedthemeinChineseliterature,especiallytheancientpoems.OneofthemostfamousoneiswrittenbyMengJiao,apoetoftheTangDynasty,whoserepresentativework,“SongofthePartingSon”,isstillamustonthecurriculumforChineseteenagers.

Meanwhile,therearemanystoriesandfablesofgreatmothersthroughouttheChinesehistory.Forinstance,nearlyeveryChinesechildhasheardaboutMencius’motherwhomovedhomesthreetimesinordertoprovidethebestlivingconditionsandeducationforherson,whogrewuptobecomeagreatChinesephilosopherknownbytheChineseasthe“secondsage”,comingafterConfucius.

Inrecentyears,therehavebeenoccasionaldebatesoverwhetherornotChinashouldhaveitsownversionofMother’sDay.Somearguethattheseconddayofthefourthlunarmonthofayear,whichismarkedasthebirthdayofMencius’mothershouldbedesignatedastheChineseMother’sDay.

However,therearedifferentvoicesaswell.Manysayitistoonarrow-mindedaslimitedtorejectsuchanexportedfestivallikeMother’sDay.“Respectandloveforparentscanhavevariousformsandwaysofexpression,whichisfarmoreprofoundthanwhatafestivalcouldexpress,”arguedbyopponents.Itisthelovethatmatters,notthefestivalitself.

【TeachingProcedure】

Step1:观看视频TheRealMother’sDay并回答问题

1. WhatsthedateofInternationalMothersDay?

2. WhendidAnnaJarvisstartMothersDay?

3. Whatdidwhitecarnationssymbolize?

4. Nowadays,Mothersisbecomingmoreandmorecommercial,sodoyouthinksellingthingsonMothersDayismoreimportantthanitsrealmeaning?Whyorwhynot?