Unit 10 英语短篇小说教程
新标准大学英语三unit10 第一篇文章 课件
the friend of a friend has seen them several times.
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True story? Probably not. It's a classic example of what's called in many languages an urban myth. An urban myth is a story you hear by word of mouth. It usually describes something which might have happened, an apocryphal, second-hand story told as if it were true, just about plausible enough to be credible, about some event which has supposedly happened to a real person. Factual or not, it's likely to rely on expert storytelling and on a trustworthy source,
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address to return the coat.
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An old woman opens the door of the
house, and the driver explains what has happened. It turns out that the coat does belong to the old woman's daughter, but she was killed several years before on the same stretch of road where the driver picked her up. That day was the anniversary of the accident.
英语短篇小说教程电子教案-Unit10
Marx: economic determinism Freud: psychological determinism Comte: social and environmental determinism
Darwin and Literary Naturalism:
Darwin’s theory of evolution provided an entirely new explanation of the origin of human beings, not as special creation by God, but as the result of evolution, gradual changes from lower species of animals to today’s form.
naturalism（自然主义）； heredity（遗传）； environment（环境）； determinism（宿命论）； amoral（超道德）
Literary Naturalism:
As a literary movement, it was most active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in France, America and England.
Characteristics of Naturalism
A Brief Summary:
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大学基础英语教程 第三册
Unit 10 Famous People
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Academy Awards (the Oscars)
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
美国电影艺术与科学学院奖
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While-reading Activities
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2.1.1 Understanding the major details of the text 2.1.2 Understanding the organization of the text
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Hepburn Survived While Others Faded Away
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Hepburn Survived While Others Faded Away
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The crowd just faded away. 人群刚刚散去.
She’s fadeing away, ie dying. 她已奄奄一息了.
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He hoped that he could get a free ride with his classmates so that he could save some money.
英语短篇小说教程本科课件Unit9、10
Romanticism vs. Realism:
The key words
Romanticism: Expression Realism: Reflection
Romanticism: author-centered Realism: reader-centered
Characteristics of Realism:
Some quotations about literary realism:
The surface details, the common actions, and the miner catastrophes of a middle-class society constituted the chief subject matter of the movement. Most of the realists avoided situations with tragic or cataclysmic implications. Their tone was often comic, sympathetic, frequently satiric. (A Handbook to Literature)
英语短篇小说教程
Short Stories in English: A Reading Course
Unit Seven
Realistic Fiction Reading: “Guests of the Nation” by Frank O’Connor
Literary realism:
Literary realism refers to the trend and the movement which began in the second half of the 19th century. The rise of realism is seen as a protest against the highly subjective approach of romanticism. The romantic fiction tends to represent life according to what the author imagines life should be – more picturesque, fantastic, adventurous, or heroic than actual. Realism, on the other hand, attempts to present life as it really is.
新编英语教程 unit 10
The introduction of Lully and Wagner
Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) french court and operatic composer.
(1813-1883) leading German composer of the late 19th century,
From Composer to interpreter to listener
Paragraph 1-3 the composer
Para.1 : he (the composer) gives us himself
Para.2: sentence 1
Para. 3: It is the interreactions of personality and period that results in the formation of a composer’s style.
Listen out (for) infml to listen carefully, esp.for an expected sound 留心听：
留神着听小宝宝有没有醒来 Listen out for the baby in case she wakes up.
2.…he need not “copy” nature like the sculptor; A sculptor（雕刻家） is a person who uses wood,
英美文学欣赏最新版教学课件英国文学Unit 10 James Joyce
英美文学欣赏（第四版）
He would create proudly out of the freedom and power of his soul, as the great artificer whose name he bore, a living thing, new and soaring and beautiful, impalpable, imperishable.
（注解：他来到海边，神与物游，纵情于自然的瑰丽和心灵的自由驰骋。 他在经历着一种新生，他将“用他的灵魂的自由和力量，骄傲地创造出 一个新的、向上的、美丽的、摸不着的、永不毁灭的生命。”）
英美文学欣赏（第四版）
He started up nervously from the stoneblock for he could no longer quench the flame in his blood. （注解：他脱光了脚，独自站在水中，“一个新的充满野性的生命开始 在他的血管里吟唱了。”）
—James Joyce
英美文学欣赏（第四版）
Quotations
You made me confess the fears that I have. But I will tell you also what I donot fear. I do not fear to be alone or to be spurned for another or to leave whatever I have to leave. And I am not afraid to make a mistake, even a great mistake, a lifelong mistake and perhaps as long as eternity too.
高三英语Unit10Americanliterature人教版知识精讲.doc
高三英语Unit10Americanliterature人教版知识精讲.doc高三英语Unit 10 American literature人教版【同步教育信息】一. 本周教学内容Unit 10 American literature二. 重点难点学习美国文学知识，复习非谓语动词用法。
三. 具体内容1. There was an electric bell that did not work, …work：to be active in a proper wayto make a person or a machine workto produce an effecteg.You need to find which method works best for you.The clock doesn’t work today.The color doesn’t work for me.2. Della finished crying and attended to her cheeks with the powder rag.Attend to sb. /sth.：give help to or direct one’s efforts and interest to eg.You’d better attend to that thin girl; she’s going to faint.I have argument matter to attend to.3. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated.Expense：cost esp. of money but also time or effortAt a great/little/no expenseAt one’s expenseAt the expense ofeg.I bought a car at little expense.He tried to be clever at my expense.He finished the job at the expense of his health.4. There were two possessions of the James Dillingham Youngs in which they both took great pride.Take pride in：eg.She took great pride in her brave son.5. It was worthy of the watch.Worth：be worthWorthy：be worthy ofWorthwhile：adj. worth doingeg.The person who doesn’t help others is not worth helping.He is worthy of dislike.The boss gave me a worthwhile job.【典型例题】[例1] I didn’t ______ the _____ seriousness of the country’s problems until I went there myself.A. realize; trueB. recognize; realC. realize; realD. recognize; true答案：A解析：前项所缺的词，同意为“意识到”，后项所缺的词，同意为真正的严重性，true 意为“真正的”，“与事实一致”的。
英语人教版八年级上册8年级上 Unit 10 阅读教学
Unit 10 If you go to the party, you’ll have a great timePeriod 5Teaching contents: 2a—2dTeaching importance and difficulties:1. Understanding of Section B 2b.2. Give advice to others who have problems.Ability goals: To improve ability of speaking, reading, writing and understanding.Moral goals: If you have any problems, don’t be afraid or run away.Teaching procedures:Step 1 Greetings and Lead in1. GreetingsT: How are you?Ss: I’m fine, thanks. And you?T: I’m happy. But …2. Make a survey on what problems they have3 Group work:Do you have any problems or troubles in your daily life?What kinds of things do you worry about?Step 2 Presentation1. Show a survey about the top eight problems among the middle school students and ask them to count how many problems they have.(1) We have too much homework.(2) When we get lower grades, our parents and teachers will be angry.(3) We have little spare time to do the things we like.(4) People often misunderstand the relationship between boys and girls.(5) When we make a mistake, teachers will always ask us to write self-criticisms.(6) We don’t have many friends or often quarrel with friends.(7) Parents can’t always understand us.(8) Parents often read our diaries.2. Then check their answers and ask how do you deal with the problems? (或用2e的问题)3. Ask students to choose what they should do if they have problems.a. Keep them to myself.b. Talk to my parents or friends.c. Turn to an expert for help.4. Skim the passage and choose the best way to solve problems. (b)And make the students answer some comprehensive questions.(1) What is the main idea of this passage?(2) In Paragraph 2, the writer used the story of Laura to .(3) According to the passage Robert Hunt might be .5. 2c.Read the passage again and answer some more questions in detail.(1) What problems do students these days have?(2) For Laura, what helps a lot?(3) What did Laura’s parents do after she told them what happened?(4) In Robert’s opinion, what should we do best?Step 4 Finish 2dStep 5 SummaryIn our lifetime, we’ll meet different kinds of troubles. When troubles come, we can’t run away from them. We should face them bravely. After we solve our problems, we’ll find we learn a lot from them.Step 6 homeworkRead the passage 10 times. Write a short passage about your worries in life.。
《英语短篇小说教程》练习参考答案unit11、12
《英语短篇⼩说教程》练习参考答案unit11、12《英语短篇⼩说教程》练习参考答案Keys to Unit ElevenJames Thurber: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty1)Opinions of Understanding:(1) Which of the following adjectives best describes Walter Mitty’s real life?A. Colorful.B. Uneventful.C. Noble.D. Exciting.(2) Which of the following is an unsuitable adjective to describe Walter Mitty’s wife?A. Fussy.B. Bossy.C. Considerate.D. Unsympathetic.(3) What sort of “secret life” of Walter Mitty does the “hospital operation room” episode reveal to us?A. He desires for a life of romance and excitement.B. He wishes to make glorious contributions to the nation.C. He yearns to be an important and respected person.D. He would rather be a heroic victim than a nobody.(4) What sort of “the secret life” of Walter Mitty do the “courtroom trial” and the “execution by a firing squad” episodes reveal to us?A. He desires for a life of romance and excitement.B. He wishes to make glorious contributions to the nation.C. He yearns to be an important and respected man.D. He would rather be a heroic victim than nobody.(5) What is the author’s attitude to the character he portrays?A. Critical.B. Mocking.C. Sympathetic.D. Scornful.2) Questions for discussion:(Suggested answers for reference)(1) How are reality and fantasy associated in this story? Give examples.(Usually it is in this way: something in the real life, for example, doing, seeing or hearing something, would triggers off somefantasy. Driving a car leading to the fantasy of piloting a hydroplane; putting on gloves and hearing the name of Dr. Renshaw leading to the operation episode; hearing a newspaper boy shouting something about the trial leading to the courtroomepisode; sitting in the lobby and reading news about Second World War leading to the bomber-pilot episode and standing against the wall of a drug-store leading to the episode of facing a firing squad.)(2) Does Mitty appear to be a comic, grotesque, and ridiculous person?(It is not the author’s intention to show the ridiculous side of Mitty’s life. Through creation of such a character, the writer intends to reveal the unfortunate life of some city dwellers. Their lives, like that of Mitty’s, are suffocated by the monotony and triviality of the modern middle-class life. The daydreams seem to be the only escape from the meaning less repetition of the day-to-day existence.)(3) Find out what is in common in the five pieces of Mitty’s daydream: the hydroplane, the medical operation, the trial, the bomber and the execution. What do these fantasies reveal to you about Walter Mitty?(These pieces of daydreams have one thing in common in which life is more adventurous, more heroic or more exciting than the actual existence, and in which he is a brave, respected or even a tragic central figure, rather than a nobody dominated by an bossy wife.)(4) How do you like the ending of the story? What is your interpretation?(There is a tragic sense in the last episode – the man being executed. This may reveal the inner wish of the protagonist that he would rather be a heroic victim than a person of no significance. And also, there is a hint of tragedy in his life.)(5) Compare Walter Mitty with Cervantes’Don Quixode (唐·吉诃德). What similarities and differences do you find in the two characters?(Mitty’s daydreams embody the clichés of adventure or war fiction and movies. While Cervantes’ Don Quixode is also influenced by the popular romance of his time and ridiculously acts out his fantasies, Mitty does not even have courage to do that and seems satisfied with dreaming about a sort of heroism as an escape from the imprisonment in triviality. In this sense, he is a modern Don Quixode)3) Explanation and interpretation:(Explain the implied meaning of the following sentences, and point out their significance in the context of the story.)(1) He looked at his wife, in the seat beside him, with shocked astonishment. She seemed grossly unfamiliar, like a strange woman who had yelled at him in a crowd.(Mitty was lost in his daydream, and was suddenly awakened from it and the world around him seemed rather unfamiliar.)(2) "You're tensed up again," said Mrs. Mitty. "It's one of your days. I wish you'd let Dr. Renshaw look you over."(“Tensed up” refers to Mitty’s state of fantasizing. His wife’s words indicate that Mitty had a habit of falling into daydreams and had once consulted a doctor for this problem.)(3) He put them (gloves) on, but after she had turned and gone into the building and he had driven on to a red light, he took them off again.(He obeyed to his wife humbly, but when she did not see him, he book them off as and act of rebellion.)(4) "Back it up, Mac! Look out for that Buick!" Walter Mitty jammed on the brakes. "Wrong lane, Mac," said the parking-lot attendant.(He didn’t seem to be able to do anything well and even a parking lot attendant could order and criticize him. This adds to his sense of depression, of being nobody.)(5) Then, with that faint, fleeting smile playing about his lips, he faced the firing squad; erect andmotionless, proud and disdainful…(The last episode of the fantasy reveals the mixed feelings of being a victim and being a hero. The end seems inevitably tragic but to Mitty’s imagination, maintaining a sort of heroism is possible. Mitty felt that he was beaten down by life, but in his heart he still kept high aspirations.)Suggested HomeworkAllow Walter Mitty to continue his fantasy once he arrived home from the shopping trip with his wife. Using your imagination and write a paragraph that may begin like this:He parked his car. In a few quick steps, he rushed to the door and pushed it open with determined suddenness. “Hands up, gentlemen!” he said.For reference only:He parked his car. In a few quick steps, he rushed to the door and pushed it open with determined suddenness. “Hands up, gentlemen! ” he said, pointing his gun at the three men sitting there. “FBI. We have been following you for quite some time.”The men in the room were totally unprepared. Two raised their hands over their heads, one hesitated and quietly moved his right hand to a pistol on the coffee table. He aims his gun at that man, “push that pistol to me, slowly. That’s right. It’s no use trying to do anything funny, let me warn you.”“Why do walk so quickly and push open the door like this? Go back to get the things in the car!” his wife said angrily.《英语短篇⼩说教程》练习参考答案Keys to Unit TwelveDonald Barthelme: The Glass Mountain1) Questions for Discussion:(Suggested answers for reference)(1) Do you find anything unusual about the structure of the story? Why do you think the writer chooses this manner of narration?(Firstly, the title sounds strange – there is no “glass mountain” in the real world. Secondly, the short story is made up of 100 sentences and each sentence is numbered. The title, if one is familiar with European fairy tales, reminds one of a popular story. The structure is very unusual, subverting the established form of fiction writing and creating a false perfection with the story beginning at Sentence One and ending at Sentence One Hundred. The author seems to being mocking at the literary convention by inventing a form that looks grotesque. )(2) What sort of person is the narrator, the first-person “I” who tries to climb the glass mountain?(Judging from what goes on in his mind, we find that the climber might be an intellectual, or a writer, as he is familiar with fairy tales and talks about the definition of “symbol” etc. So, the climbing can be seen not as actual, but as imagined and psychological. He is very much dissatisfied with the reality down “at the bottom of the mountain,” but the fanciful “golden castle”is unattainable. He finds himself stranded in the middle. He represents the spiritual plight of the “Modern Man.”) (3) There are a lot of symbols in the story such as the glass mountain, the golden castle, the dead knights, the enchanted princess, the climber and the act of climbing. Can you try to explain their symbolic meanings?(The glass mountain: the modern city life, or the impossible process of achieving meaning The golden castle: an ideal goal that is nothing but illusionThe fallen knights: the dead or dying traditionThe enchanted princess: aim or reward of hard endeavorThe climber: a modern man in predicament, trying to achieve self-realizationThe climbing: the difficult and impossible process toward the goalThe street scene: the real city life of confusion and chaosThe climbing irons and plumber’s friends: the ridiculous means for the “grand” taskThe “acquaintances”: the uncultured, unmannered generation of people. )(4) How do you interpret the ending of the story?(Through imagination, with the eagle carrying him to up to the palace, the climber finally reaches the castle. But with his “golden touch,” the symbol changes into a princess, like cliché in old stories, and the climber is disappointed and disillusioned. He seems to have realized that the whole thing is nothing but fairy-tale fantasy.)(5) The whole story appears to be very absurd. What sort of reality can you see behind the apparent absurdity?(Despite the absurdity in the form and contents, we can find in the short story a lot of things that are related to the reality in the West, as the writer sees it:1. the narrator/climber’s sense of frustration and alienation2. the life of confusion and disorder in the city3. people’s inability to achieve a state of glory4. the loss of tradition5. the replacement of culture by hooliganism.6. the loss of aim and meaning in life with only imagined idealism which one knows is unrealizable.)2) Explanation and Interpretation:(Explain the implied meaning of the following sentences, and point out their significance in the context of the story.)(1) 18. The mountain towers over that part of Eighth Avenue like some splendid, immense office building.(“Eighth Avenue” suggests the location is a city, possibly New York, and the glass mountain is a glass-surfaced modern skyscraper. It indeed is an office building.)(2) 78. My acquaintances were debating the question, which of them would get my apartment?(They were certain that the climber “I” would inevitably fall and die in the end, like all the “knights.”)(3) 80. “At the same moment a door opened, and he saw a courtyard filled with flowers and trees, and there, the beautiful enchanted princess.” (The Yellow Fairy Book)96. At the same moment a door opened, and I saw a courtyard filled with flowers and trees, and there, the beautiful enchanted symbol.(In the popular fairy tale, the ultimate aim of the hero is to rescue the “princess,” but the modern climber found it to be no more than a mere “symbol,”– something abstract, remote, and devoid of solid meaning.)(4) 97. I approached the symbol, with its layers of meaning, but when I touched it, it changed into only a beautiful princess.(A symbol can be interpreted differently – with its layers of meaning, but the popular culture points to only one direction of interpretation. The symbol of happy ending, as in numerous tales, is represented by the union of the brave and the beautiful:“the youth married the princess and lived happily ever after.” The climber seems to dislike this kind of wishful fantasy.)(5) 98. I threw the beautiful princess headfirst down the mountain to my acquaintances.(Obviously, this is an act of great disappointment. The climber seems to be totally disillusioned at the outcome, having realized the impossibility and futility of such an attempt. Hesubverts his own purpose of trying to achieve something heroic or glorious.)。
英美短篇小 说Unit 10 The Company of Wolves-文档资料
realistic or mundane environment.
Or in other words, it is a kind of modern fiction in which fabulous and fantastical events are included in a narrative that otherwise maintains the “reliable” tone of objective realistic report.
the Cheltenham Festival Literary Prize. All of the stories share a common
theme of being closely based upon fairy tales or folk tales. However, Angela Carter has stated:
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Writing features
Feminist writer: reworking of myth and fairy tale from a feminist point of view
parts according to its contents.
The first part mainly focuses on wolves' nature and inherent traits, with three relevant examples concerning werewolves for better portrayal and rendering, while the other part is just the adaptation for Little Red Ridding Hood, shaping a completely new image of the protagonist compared with the traditional one.
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Therefore, Naturalists are pessimistic, holding a view of determinism, regarding human beings as passive victims of biological nature and social environment.
Literary Naturalism and Amoralism:
Therefore the Naturalists are often amoral in their attitude, neither condemning nor praising their characters for actions over which they have little control.
urges – fear, hunger and sex; tends to place characters in controlled environment, giving
them “experimental conditions.”
The Story :
Jack London:
The Law of Life
(1) theory of evolution (Origin of Species) (2) survival of the fittest (3) the metaphor of Jungle (4) Herbert Spencer’s Social Darwinism
Marx: economic determinism Freud: psychological determinism Comte: social and environmental determinism
On what basis can we categorize this short story as a piece of Naturalistic writing?
Reading Tips:
Jack London’s Naturalistic fiction is most typically represented by his “Northland tales” set in the Arctic region（北 极圈）. For a Naturalist, this setting provides ideal “experimental condition” as it highlights the overwhelming power of natural forces and incapability of human beings. Life is portrayed according to Darwin’s theory of survival of the fittest – or rather, the survival of the tribe. Please note the elements of amoralism and determinism in the short story. The appalling tale is told in a matter-of-fact manner, allowing little room for human sentiments or moral judgment. This is not because Jack London was heartless and inhuman, but because he imagined a situation in which some of the basic ideas of Naturalism could be explored, magnified and discussed.
Thank you!
Literary Naturalism:
As a literary movement, it was most active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in France, America and England.
Naturalism is a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity to its study of human beings.
英语短篇小说教程
Short Stories in English: A Reading Course
Unit Ten
Naturalistic Fiction Reading: “The Law of Life” by Jack London
Naturalism: a few key words
naturalism（自然主义）； heredity（遗传）； environment（环境）； determinism（宿命论）； amoral（超道德）
is pessimistic about human capabilities, holding a deterministic view of life;
tries to be amoral in their judgment of human behavior; is frank in the portrayal of human beings driven by fundamental
What has the setting to do with the theme of the short story?
What is “the law of life”? Can you underline some of the words in the story that explain what the “law” is?
In an important sense, naturalism is the writer’s response to the revolution in thought that modern science has produced.
Literary Naturalism:
Emile Zola:
A short poem by American naturalistic writer Stephen Crane:
A man said to the universe: “Sir, I exist!” “However,” replied the universe, “T A sense of obligation.”
Human beings and their relations to the surroundings:
Naturalism is a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity and detachment to its study of human beings; that characters can be studied through their relations to their surroundings.
The ideal of a Naturalist was the selection of truthful instances to be placed in the “laboratory conditions” of fiction, where the hypotheses of the theories about the nature and operation of the forces that worked on human beings could be put to the test.
Darwin and Literary Naturalism:
Darwin’s theory of evolution provided an entirely new explanation of the origin of human beings, not as special creation by God, but as the result of evolution, gradual changes from lower species of animals to today’s form.
Characteristics of Naturalism
A Brief Summary:
A Naturalist writer generally –
strives to be honest and objective and aims at a “scientific” representation of the materials;
Questions for Discussion:
What do you think of the Indian tradition of abandoning their sickly elders? Was it the writer’s intention to reveal and condemn the inhumane and inhuman practice?
The theory of Naturalism affirms that all beings and events in the universe are natural and therefore can be fully known by the methods of scientific investigation.