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英语美文欣赏
2015-2016学年(下)松溪一中高一英语校本选修课程
英语美文欣赏
任课教师:
上课地点:
高一(8)班
Lesson1TheTastebyRoaldDahl(2periodsrequired)
Lesson2 The Swing byMary Gavell(2periodsrequired)
Lesson3The Lady or the Tiger?
ByFrank Stockton(2periodsrequired)
Lesson4Guests of the NationbyFrank O’Connor(2periodsrequired)
Lesson1RoaldDahl:
TheTaste
(2periodsrequired)
Teachingobjectives:
1. Tomastersomeexpressionsinthepassage
2.TextforReading
3.InterpretationandDiscussion
Teachingdifficulties:
1.Tofindthemeaningbehindthewords
2.Towriteashortstoryafterreading
Time:
2 periods
Teachingprocedures:
1.QuestionsforDiscussion:
(Suggestedanswersforreference)
(1)Canyouexplainthewriter’splotting--whichpartistheexposition,orcomplication,orclimax,orresolutionofthisshortstory?
(exposition:
lines1-17);complication:
lines18-404;climax:
lines405-425;resolution:
lines426-431)
(2)ThenarratorseemstoberathersuspiciousofPratt’smotive.Canyoufindtheplacesinthestorywhereheshowshissuspicionandunderlinethem?
HewascompletelyengrossedinconversationwithMike’seighteen-year-olddaughter,Louise.…Ashespoke,heleanedcloserandclosertoher,andthepoorgirlleanedasfarasshecouldawayfromhim,noddingpolitely,ratherdesperately…(lines67-72)
… in two short swallows he tipped the wine down his throat and turned immediately to resume his conversation with Louise Schofield. (lines 78-80)
Except that, to me, there was something strange about his drawling voice and his boredom:
between the eyes a shadow of something evil, and in his bearing an intentness that gave me a faint sense of uneasiness as I watched him. (lines 121-124)
And yet, curiously, his next questions seemed to betray a certain interest.You like to increase the bet?
‖ (lines 138-139)
It was a solemn, impassive performance, and I must say he (Pratt) did it well. (line 289) 6) … he was becoming ridiculously pompous, but I thought that some of it was deliberate… (lines 316-317)
2.Explanationandinterpretation:
(Explaintheimpliedmeaningofthefollowingsentences,andpointouttheirsignificanceinthecontextofthestory.)
(1)He(Pratt)wascompletelyengrossedinconversationwithMike’seighteen-year-olddaughter,Louise.Hewashalfturnedtowardsher,smilingather…(Pratthadaninterestinhisfriend’sdaughterandshowedthatalmostopenly.Thisshowsthatheisnotagentleman,butamean-mindedperson.)
(2)(Thenarrator):
―Butwhythestudy?
‖Mike:
―It’sthebestplaceinthehouse.Richardhelpedmechooseitlasttimehewashere.‖(Thisisaforeshadowing.RichardPratthadsetthetrap.Fromtheverybeginningofthebetting,Pratthadalreadyhadtheplan,andstepbystepheledMikeintothetrap.)
(3)…andthenhe(Mike)pickeduphisknife,studiedthebladethoughtfullyforamoment,andputitdownagain.
(Hewasmakinganefforttorestrainhimselfandsuppresshisanger,buthemightdoanythingifhecannotcontrolhimselfinanexplosivemoment.Pratt’sdesireforhisdaughterwasoutrageousandhehadbeenchallenginghispatienceforalmosttoolong.)
(4)Itwasasolemn,impassiveperformance,andImustsayhe(Pratt)diditwell.(ThenarratorseemedtohavenoticedthatwhatPratthadstagedwasawell-prepared―performance.‖)
3. Suggested Homework:
(Turn the short story into a performable short play.)
Task One:
Divide the class into groups of six.
Task Two:
Rewrite the story in the form of a play. Shorten it by keepingonly the necessary conversation and cutting away the rest. Add a brief introd-uction and some conclusive comments.
Task Three:
Prepare to act out the story with 6 characters in the play – thenarrator who introduces the story at the beginning and makes a brief comment at the end, Mike Schofield, his wife,hisdaughterLouis,RichardPrattandthemaid.
Lesson2Mary Gavell:
The Swing
(2periodsrequired)
1.QuestionsforDiscussion:
(Suggestedanswersforreference)
(1)Whatisthesignificanceoftheopeningsentence―Asshegrewold,shebegantodreamagain‖?
Isitonlytheoldagethatcausesthemothertodreamanddaydreammoreoftennow?
(Dreamisareplacementofwhatshecannothaveinreallife.Asshegrewold,shebecamelessactivephysicallyandfeltmorelonelyinheremotionallife.Thatiswhy,mostofherdreamsareabouttherememberedpast,thelifewithherson.)
(2)WhatisitaboutJulius,thehusband,thatannoysthewife?
Isheanannoyingperson?
Whydoyouthinkhebehavesthewayhedoes?
Doesheunderstandheremotionalsituation?
(The husband, Julius, suffers from the same problem. Old age made him physically weak so he moved about less and talked less. He shares the feeling of loneliness, but the man’s reaction is different from his wife. The ending part of the short story proves that. He keeps the emotion to himself, becoming more withdrawn and behaving, in his wife’s eyes, rather strangely.)
(3) In one of the flashbacks, there is description of one of the Sunday dinners at the adult son’s home. How is the mother-son conversation different from her talks with her boy on the swing?
(The conversation between the mother and her adult son does not have the intimacy and attachment it once had when the son was a boy. Behind the mature politeness, there is some distance between generations. While in the past, they could talk about anything and everything and could share true sentimen-ts.)
(4) How do you explain the jacket hanging on the nail?
(We cannot explain it realistically or rationally, unless we regard is also as part of the dream. There is a literary school of writing called ―magic realism,‖ in which the real and the fantastic are merged for a special effect. So, this can best be understood as a touch of ―magic realism.‖)
2.Explanation and Interpretation:
(Explain the implied meaning of the following sentences, and point out their significance in the context of the story.)
(1) (The mother thought:
) I wish that when I ask him how he is he wouldn’t tell me that there is every likelihood that the Basic Research Division will be merged with the Statistics Division.‖
(The grown-up son’s interest is in his work, while the mother’s interest is in his personal life. Her question shows her concerned of him as a son, but his mind bends on his career. He is now living in a world that his mother knows little about, and he is no longer as dependent on her as he waswhenhewasachild.Themotherfeelssomesadnessbecausetheconversationonceagainremindsherofthefactthathersonhaslefthernestandnowisflyingonhisownwings.)
(2)Shehadhadtheancientpianotuned…hadbeenreadingbooksonChina…andwasgoingtodigit(phlox)allupandtryiris(inthegarden)…(Shehasbeentryingtofindthingstodo,possiblytokillboredomandloneliness.)
(3) He came every night or two after that, and she lay in bed in happy anticipation, listening for the creak of the swing.
(She waits, lying in bed, for the happy time with eagerness. So the meeting with her son in dream highlights the problem in her old age living with a reticent and inactive husband. It is her only moment of great joy – remembering the life of the past.)
Lesson3Frank Stockton:
The Lady or the Tiger?
(2periodsrequired)
Teachingobjectives:
1. Tomastersomeexpressionsinthepassage
2.TextforReading
3.InterpretationandDiscussion
Teachingdifficulties:
1.Tofindthemeaningbehindthewords
2.Towriteashortsummaryafterreading
Time:
2 periods
Teachingprocedures:
1.QuestionsforDiscussion:
(Suggestedanswersforreference)
(1)Whydidn’tthekingapproveofthelovebetweenhisdaughterandtheyoungmanofhiscourt?
(Becauseofthedifferenceinsocialpositions,oneistheprincess,theotherisalowlycourtier.Thekingwouldnotcarewhethertherewastruelovebetweenthem.)
(2)Whydidtheprincesslovethecourtiersomuch?
Canyoubrieflydescribewhatsortofpersonshewas?
(Theprincesswasa―ferventandimperious‖person,likeherfather.Shealsoinheritedfromherfatherthesemi-barbaricnatureandhadhotbloodthatmadehercarelittleabouttheconsequences.Whatismore,thecourtierwas―handsomeandbravetoadegreeunsurpassedinallthiskingdom‖andtheprincesswaswell-satisfiedwiththeyoungmaninspiteofhisstation.)
(3)WhydidtheKingbelievethetrialofthearenawasagoodwayofsolvingsomeoftheproblemsinhiskingdom?
(Intworespects.Generally,becauseofthesuspense,themasseswouldbeentertainedandpleased.Thethinkingpartofthecommunitycouldbringnochargeofunfairnessagainstthisplan.‖(lines86-87)Inthisparticularcasewiththecourtier,―Nomatterhowtheaffairturnedout,theyouthwouldbedisposedof,andthekingwouldtakeanaestheticpleasureinwatchingthecourseofevents.‖(line116-117)
(4) In a sense, it was not the young man but the princess who was actually under the trial -- in the court of conscience. Did she save her love by pointing to the door leading to the lady-in-waiting, or did she prefer to see her lover die rather than see him marry someone she hated?
(Thisisaquestionthathasnot―rightor―wrong‖answers.Possiblyweshouldsay,itisnoteventheprincesswhowasactuallyputunderthetrial,itisthereaderwhoismakingadecisionaccordingtohis/herinclination.)
2.Explanation and Interpretation:
(Explain the implied meaning of the following sentences, and point out their significance in the context of the story.)
(1) He was greatly given to self-communing, and, when he and himself agreed upon anything, the thing was done. (line 7)
(That means the king was a despot. He discussed only with himself, and there was not law to prevent him from anything that
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