【正文】 to fall She stumble at/over the long word He stumbled and stopped reading. cf: stammer: to speak or say with pauses and repeated sounds, either habitually or because of excitement, fear, etc. stammerer stutter: to speak or say with difficulty in producing sounds, esp. habitually holding back the first consonant. stutterer 30. goodnaturedly: naturally kind, ready to help, to five, not to be angry A person or animal that is goodnatured is naturally friendly and does not easily get angry. a goodnatured policeman 31. mossy: moss: any of several types of a small flat green or yellow flowerless plant that grows in a thick furry mass on wet soil, or on a wet surface 32. hook: to catch with or as if with a hook to hook a fish / a rich husband hooknose Here: to attack with the horn of the cow 33. soothe: to make less angry, excited or anxious, fort or calm, to make less painful soothing words soothe one?s feelings 34. shingle: a small thin piece of building material (such as wood) often with one end thicker than the other for laying in overlapping rows as a covering for the roof or sides of building cf: tile。Lesson 4 Everyday Use for Your Grandmama Objectives of Teaching prehend the whole story learn to paraphrase the difficult sentences understand the structure of the text appreciate the style and rhetoric of the passage. lean and master the vocabulary and expressions Important and difficult points prehension of the whole story understanding of certain expressions appreciation of the writing technique , slangy or black English difference between nationalities in the US Background information The author wrote quite a number of novels, among them were The Color Purple which won the Pulitzer Prize of Fiction （普利策小說獎） and The American Book Award（美國圖書獎） . In 1985, the Color Purple was made into a movie which won great fame Detailed Study of the Text 1. wavy: having regular curves A wavy line has a series of regular curves along it. The wavy lines are meant to represent water. Here in the text the word describes the marks in wavy patterns on the clay ground left by the broom. *image 1* (此處加一細曲線圖 ) 2. groove: a long narrow path or track made in a surface, esp. to guide the movement of sth. A groove is a wide, deep line cut into a surface. The cupboard door slides open along the groove it fits into. 3. homely: simple, not grand, (of people, faces, etc.,) not goodlooking, ugly If someone is homely, they are not very attractive to look at。 uased in . 4. awe: Awe is the feeling of respect and amazement that you have when you are faced with sth. wonderful, frightening or pletely unknown., wonder The child stared at him in silent awe. 5. confront: to face boldly or threateningly, encounter If a problem, task, or difficulty confronts you, or you are confronted with it, it iss sth. that you cannot avoid and must deal with I was confronted with the task of designing and building the new system. 6. totter: to move in an unsteady way from side to side as if about to fall, to walk with weak unsteady steps The old lady tottered down the stairs. 7. limousine: A limousine is a large and very fortable car, esp. one with a glass screen between the front and back seats. Limousines are usually driven by a chauffeur [ou] cf: sedan / saloon is a car with seats for four or more people, a fixed roof, and a boot (the space at the back of the car, covered by a lid, in which you carry things such luggage, shopping or tools) that is separate from the seating part of the car convertible: a car with a soft roof that can be folded down or removed sports car: a low usu. open car with room for only 2 people for traveling with high power and speed coupe [?ku:pei] a car with a fixed roof, a sloping back, two doors and seats for four people station wagon (Am E) / est