practice always makes perfect why i want a wife unit four
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Practice Always Makes Perfect
Why I want a wife
Unit Four
Practice Always Makes PerfectDiscussion before class
When you first read the title, who do you think is the writer, a man or a woman?
If you are a boy, answer this question: why you want a wife?
If you are a girl, do you think this is a question worth answering? Then why you want a husband, if you really want.
Practice Always Makes PerfectGlobal reading
Why does the author as a woman want a wife?
What do you think is the reason for her to write such an article?
What are the reasons mentioned by the author?
Practice Always Makes PerfectGlobal reading (s)
• Does the author need a wife or a slave?• If there was such a wife, what does the husband
do?• Should a good wife be the example like the
writer describe?• If you can restart your life, which will you
choose, to be a man or to be a woman?• If you were a man, do you want a wife of the
type in this article?
Practice Always Makes PerfectGlobal reading (s)
• The whole passage used the same sentence at the most place. "I want a wife......” Is it too monotonous?
• The author herself is a wife, why she need a wife ？• According to the text, how many main parts shoul
d “a wife’s duties” include?• What’s your opinion about the wife’s responsibiliti
es in today’s society ?
Practice Always Makes PerfectWhy I want a wife—about the text
Class 1 group 2To take care of children/husband/physical needs/social life
Class 1 group 3I need a wife :• Who will work and send me to school• Who will take care of my physical needs• Who won’t bother me• Who will take care of the details of my social life• Who is sensitive to my sexual needs
Practice Always Makes PerfectWhy I want a wife—about the text
Class 2 group 1I want a wife who will take care of my physical /the details of my social lifeI want a wife who understands me/ is sensitive to my sexual needs
Class 2 group 4• to support me • to take care of my physical needs• to take care of the details of the social life• not to bother me with rambling complaints• to satisfy my sexual needs
Practice Always Makes PerfectWhy I want a wife
• I want a wife who is not only beautiful but also smart. She knows how to dress up and looks pretty at any time any place. She is wise and knowledgeable as well. But she won’t buy a lot of clothes and make-ups. Because they cost too much.
• I want a wife who will take care of the housework.. She should make sure that when I get up, breakfast is ready. When the meals are finished, the dishes are done. If we have kids, she will be the one who read bedside stories.
• I want a wife who can give us a baby. She will be happy to be pregnant with a big stomach for 10 months. She won’t feel painful during childbirth.
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph one
Words and phrases
classification incidentally
Questions:
According to her classification, who she is?
What does the author mean by saying “I belong to that classification…”?
Why does she say it is not “incidentally”?
Practice Always Makes PerfectDetailed understanding (s)
para1 line2: 分析这句话的结构并解释
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph two
Words and phrases
a male friend of mine on the scene fresh from ex-wife iron
It occurred to me that…
Questions:
Line 2: “He had one child, who is, of course, with his ex-wife.” Why does the author use of course here? What does she imply?
Practice Always Makes PerfectDetailed understanding (s)
L1: Not too long ago a male friend of mine appeared on the scene fresh from a recent divorce. 分析
L2: He had one child, who is, of course, with his ex-wife. 分析结构
L3: As I thought about him while I was ironing one evening, it suddenly occurred to me that I too, would like to have a wife. (translate)
L4: Why the author say “I, too, would like to have a wife” instead of “I would like to have a wife, too.” 其中“ too” 的作用是什么，是否可以省略， why?
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph three
Words and phrases
economically independent if need be dependent (upon) keep track of (dentist appointment) eat properly nurturing attendant (to)
arrange for (schooling)/ arrange to be around/arrange to lose time have social life with one’s peers
a small cut (in) tolerate (tolerant) needless to say
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph three
Questions:What is the reason mentioned in this paragraph?• I want a wife who will work and send me to school.
(line 3)• I want a wife to take care of my children while I am
studying. (line 3)
• I want a wife to arrange and pay for the care of the
children while working at the same time.
(keep track of dentist appointment /eat properly/a good nurturing attendant /arrange for schooling/ arrange to be around/ arrange social life)
Practice Always Makes PerfectDetailed understanding (s)
L1:Why does the author want to go back to school?
L1: What’s the function of the first sentence? (Can it be deleted?)
L4: I want a wife to keep track of the children's doctor and dentist appointments. And to keep track of mine, too. (anything wrong with the grammar?)
L7 I want a wife……schooling . 为什么不能这样用：to my children and arranges …
L7-9:“I want a wife………takes them to the park, the
zoo, etc” 句子结构并解释。
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph four
Words and phrases
physical needs pick up after when need be see to a good cook do the cleaning up sympathize with take a vacation change of scene
Practice Always Makes PerfectDetailed understanding
(s)L2: What’s the meaning of “A wife who will pick up aft
er my children, a wife who will pick up after me”?
L3-5 :“I want a wife………so that I can find what I
need the minute I need it” 句子结构并解释 .
L4: keep track of 做何解释
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph four
Questions:What is the reason mentioned in this paragraph?• I want a wife who will take care of my physical ne
eds.
(house/ clothes/ personal things/ meal/ sickness/ vacation)
Practice Always Makes PerfectDetailed understanding (s)
L3-5:I want a wife……I need it. 解释并分析句子结构
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph five
Words and phrases
bother…with… rambling (complaint) come across (difficult point)
Questions:
What must and mustn’t this wife do?
No complaints, just listening and obeying.
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph six
Words and phrases
social life be invited out baby-sitting arrangement entertain sb. take care of the needs of (the guests) a second helping (glass) be replenished serve coffee
Questions:What is the reason of having a wife in this paragraph?
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph six
Questions:When the author say social life, what does she refer to?
What is a wife expected to do when they are invited out?
When guests are invited home, what are the tasks of the wife?
What is the requirement for the wife when doing the serving?
take care of baby-sitting arrangement (line 2)
clean the house / prepare the meal (line 4)
take care of the needs of (the guests)/children (L5-11)
do not interrupt / leave me alone when I don’t want the company (L5/12)
Practice Always Makes PerfectDetailed understanding (s)
L3-5: ‘when I meet ..., I want a wife who will have the house clean, will prepare a special meal, serve it to me and friends. 前面有 2 个 will 并列，后面的 serve 和什么并列。
L5: I want a wife who will…, will … , and not interrupt … my friends.
为什么前面用了 will, 而 and 后面却没有？ L7-11:“I want a wife ………that their coffee is served
to them as they like it ” 句子结构并解释。
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph seven
Words and phrases
be sensitive to sexual needs passionately demand …attention be in the mood for assume the responsibility for… birth control remain faithful to… clutter up…with entail more than adherence to relate to (people)
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph seven
Questions:As for sexual needs, what is the husband’s expectation of the wife? be sensitive
be passionate when needed
no demanding when not asked
assume the complete responsibility for birth control
remain faithful but allow husband’s infidelity
Practice Always Makes PerfectDetailed understanding (s)
L6: What’s the meaning of “clutter up my intellectual life with jealousies”?
Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph eight--ten
Words and phrases
liberty replace…with… solely be left free
be through with quit working
Questions:What does the last sentence mean to you?
Practice Always Makes PerfectDetailed understanding
(s)Para 8
L1:If, by chance, I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife I already have, I want the liberty to replace my present wife with another one 作者是女的为什么要换妻子呢 ?(class1 group 3)
Para 10
What can we learn from the text when the author concludes the text with “My God, who would not want a wife?”