Unit 3 A Dill Pickle 教案(综英一)
Unit_03_A_Dill_Pickle_现代大学英语精读第三册第三单元

Critics praised her for
her capturing the essence of Chekhov's art for stories emphasizing atmosphere and actual life rather than exciting plot, and
man and the woman from their speech and behaviors?
Part 1 (1-12) – appreciation
decorated with sth peel an orange opposite
The bank is opposite the supermarket. (prep.) Answers are given on the opposite page. (adj.)
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Katherine Mansfield
I. Introduction to the author
Kaborn in Wellington, New Zealand, was an outstanding short story writer.
III. Structure of the text
Part 1 (1-12), coming across of the two people Part 2 (13-22), recalling of Kew Garden Part 3 (23-44), recalling of the trip to Russia Part 4 (45-52), recalling of the man’s childhood Part 5 (53-66), ending of the story
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(She smiled because she was very glad to see her old friend. He frowned because he could not recognize her. That he closed his eyes implied he was searching his memory.)
1.I don’t feel very well. I can’t bear this weather. Loathe it(cold). 2. …and of how it(the trick of interrupting her) used to exasperate
her six years ago. 3. But now, as he spoke, the memory faded. His was the truer.
The man: egotistical; self-conscious; self-involved; selfengrossed; insensitive to others’ feelings; stingy
Character Analysis
Examples for the woman’s character:
the text to support the sketches. c) discuss the major themes of the story. 2. Difficulty: Appreciate literature a) read the story from a particular perspective: feminism; b) interpret the symbols. c) Use of stream of consciousness (paras 16-21) 3. Grammar: exclamatory sentences; rhetorical question 4.Writing: learn to describe a scene or object with accuracy: verbs.
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A Dill PickleReminiscence n.回忆,怀旧,引起联想的相似事物Egoism n.利己主义Appetizer n.开胃菜(used to stir up their appetite)Seasoning n.调味品正文部分:Was seated 表状态be sitting 表动作Decorated with somethingHe was peeling an orange.(peel:strip something of the skin/take off the peel of something表达可能有问题)Shock of recognition in her 对于认出……感到震惊Meet one’s eyes 与……眼神相遇lit up(be lighted up)Strike a match n.划火柴Lay down=put down放下(也有state something officially之意,正式宣布,陈述)Push back his chair 推后他的椅子(可以形容一种突然站起,椅子推后的场景)Exclaim vi.(to cry out suddenly,as from surprise or emotion)Won’t you sit down?(won’t you表示对别人热切的帮助或者服务)She sat down opposite him.(opposite prep.)Stare at v. Fix one’s eyes on other thingsStaring at her with that eager,lighted(发光的,表示喜欢的) look. Raise her veil v.掀起面纱Unbutton her high fur collar v.解开高领毛衫领口Can’t bear something v.难以忍受某事Bear the weather v.忍受这种天气Loathe vt.憎恶,厌恶(to dislike somebody/something greatly)#########程度递进的词语:Dislike——loathe;like——adoreSmall——tiny;possible——probableAngry——furious;tired——exhaustedPleased——overjoyed;interesting——fascinatingShudder vi./n.发抖,战栗Interrupt=disturb(It’s a habit;showing selfishness and indifference)Tap on the table v.敲击桌面(strike or hit with a light sound)That’s settled.那就这么定了。
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第七页,共49页。
Character Analysis
The man
Questions for thinking:
1. What is the man’s name? Why isn’t he given a name?
2. Was the man still in love with Vera? If not, why did he seem so happy talking to her and ask her to stay?
3. Why did he “let it go at that” when Vera told him she had sold her piano?
text to support the sketches.
c) discuss the major themes of the story.
2. Difficulty: Appreciate literature a) read the story from a particular perspective: feminism; b) interpret the symbols.
4. No, I’ve no piano. Sold. Ages ago.
5. “ The dog was called Bosun,” “What dog? Had you a dog?”
6. But as she watched him draw her glove through his fingers, gentle, gently, her anger really did die down./she lifted her head as though she drank something.
Lesson 3 A Dill Pickle Key to Exercises

2 Supply responses to the remarks by translating the Chinese in brackets, type off rhetorical question listed below. 1. Why? Hasn't she been preparing for it all the time?
/knowledgeable/gifted/talented/creative/original.
He/She is a person with a heart of gold / a person of integrity / a man of mission.
In negative terms:
10. He was standing in front of his house on a hill, only about a hundred meters apart/away from the wharf when the tsunami camblanks with the appropriate words.
2 Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.
1. unreasonable/irrational/unacceptable 2. unsettled
3. learned/well-educated
4. unfolded
5. One glance at the car, and he knew that it was beyond repair. He looked ahead and found the desert stretching as far as the eye could see without a soul in sight. Ho knew he was in a terrible fix.
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Unit 3 The Dill Pickle1. GlossaryWord list:1.astound2. bound3. decorate4.exsaperate5.haunt6. indecision7.luxury8.mockery9.sufficient 10.unfold2. Key words: snap/fix/stretch/beyond/apart3. Phrases, idioms and expressionsapart from sb. as everas it werebe a habit with sb.be amazed atbe decorated withbe out of all proportion to the occasionbound to one’s feet break inbreak out loud and tragic clutch atdie downdrum on the tablefix one’s stare upon flap atfor all your telling me go for a picnichaven’t a corner inone’s heart forhold the hand to one’scheckhover over sb.lay down sth.lean back in one’s chairlean overlet it go at thatprick up one’s earsput one’s head in sb.’slapput one’s arms round sb.ripple against the banksin silent, velvet wavesroll overshare sth. With sb.slumber so long withinone’s bosomsnap the cigarette casetotake such a leap back tothat timetap the end of one’scigarette against theashtraywave sb./sth.away4. Synonymsparticular; specialshiver; shudderangry; exasperated; infuriated wonderful; admirable; marvelous; splendidshock; astoundsad; tragic; mournful; melancholy dislike; hate; loathe5. Grammar1) exclamatory sentence2) four structures: as though; what it is……that; what had remained of……; wrote to me as you did6. Background information1) author2) Corsica3) the Volga River4) Kew Gardens5) The Black Sea6) Siberia7. Preview questions about the text.1) How do you like this story? Do you think it a good example of the kind of short stories Mansfield is famous for?2) What is the story about? Is there any particularly interesting plot in the story? What is the power of the story mainly based on?3) What do you know about these two characters? Can you give a character sketch for each of them based on the bits of information scattered in the text and the clues provided by the author?4) Do you find any lines particularly beautiful?8 Text structure and the main idea of this passage9. Writing Devices1) the use of rhetorical questions2) the use of wh-questions10. Sentence Paraphrase1) I’m still just as ignorant for all your telling me. (13)2) But now, as he spoke, that memory faded. His was truer. (15)3) He had lost all that dreamy vagueness and indecision. (22)4) Now he had the air of a man who has found his place in life. (22)5) As he spoke……she felt the strange beast that had slumbered so long within her bosom stir, stretch itself, yawn, prick up its ears, and suddenly bound to its feet, and fix its longing, hungry stare upon those far away places. (31)Quiz1. Put in the right form or derivative of the word1) The interior ______ (decorate) of this hotel will be in traditional Chinese style.2) We need someone with ______ (manage) skills.3) Those gentle ______ (roll) hills are a delightful sight.4) It is not a serious problem. But it is quite ______(trouble).5) Never act on ______ (impulse). ______ (impulse) people always do things they will regret later.2. Choose the best answer.1. There is no ___ in the world for her children.A. love greater than a motherB. love greater than that of a motherC. love greater as a motherD. great love as that of a mother2. I didn't see her in the meeting-room this afternoon. She ___ at the meeting.A. mustn't have spokenB. shouldn't have spokenC. needn't have spokenD. couldn't have spoken3. Pop music is such an important part of society ___ it has even influenced our language.A. asB. thatC. whichD. where4. Just as the builder is skilled in the handling of his bricks,___ the experienced writer is skilled in the handling of his words.A. asB. soC. thusD. like5. __ it may be, there is no place like home.A. As humbleB. Though humbleC. Humble asD.If humble6. New ideas sometimes have to wait for years __ they are fully ac cepted.A. whenB. beforeC. afterD. where7. Which of the following is INCORRECT?A. Many a boy and many a girl have seen the film before.B. He said he would go to Shanghai on business the next day.C. I forgot to bring your umbrella with me.D. His father has left his homeland for fifty years.8. He must have lived a happy life a few years ago, ___ he?A. didn'tB. hasn'tC. mustn'tD. can't9. What does "You cannot give him too much money" mean?A. You shouldn't give him too much money.B. The more money you give him, the better.C. You can't give him a lot of money.D. You ought to give him less money.10. He never hesitates to make __ criticisms __ are considered helpf ul to others.A. so... thatB. so... asC. such.., that D . such.., as11. The followings are all correct responses to "Do you mind my smo king here?" EXCEPTA. No, do it please.B. No, of course not.C. I'm sorry.D. Yes, go ahead.12. The reason why he has been such a success is ___ he never giv es up.A. whatB. thatC. becauseD. how13. One is not guilty until he __A. has provedB. has been provedC. is provedD. will be proved14. Paper produced every year is four times __ the weight of the w orld's production of vehicles.A. /B. that ofC. whichD. of15. If you are a member of a club, you must __ to the rules ofthat club.A. conformB. appealC. referD. access16. I tried to relax because I knew I would use up my oxygen soon er, __A. the more excited I gotB. I got excited moreC. and more I got excitedD. and I got more excited17. The toy maker produces a __ copy of the space station, exact i n every detail.A. minimalB. minimumC. miniatureD. minor18. I should like to rent a house, modem, comfortable and __ in a quiet neighborhood.A. all in allB. above allC. after allD. over all19. Some parents are only concerned __ their children's grades in st udies.A. ofB. atC. aboutD. for20. This disease __ itself in yellowness of the skin and eyes.A. manifestsB. modifiesC. magnifiesD. exposesDecoration; managerial/management; rolling; troublesome; impulse, impulsive BDBBC BDABD DBCAA ACBCA(注:可编辑下载,若有不当之处,请指正,谢谢!)。
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4.
In what tone did he mention the break-up letter? Do you think he really understood now what Vera had written about him? Do you agree with what the man said about Vera? Did he understand her to some extent?
Text Analysis Character
Analysis
Vera
5. What does the “strange beast” stand for? Why does the author describe it as a “strange beast”? Is this image conventionally associated with women? 6. How do you understand that Vera was “born out of her time”?
Warming up Objectives
1.
Understand the story: theme & character.
2.
• •
Appreciate literature:
read between the lines; read the story from a particular perspective: feminism; interpret the symbols.
Text Analysis
Theme
Questions for thinking:
1.
Do you think the character of the two lovers plays an important role in their relationship? What do you think results in the failure of their love and communication? How would you describe the two characters’ relationship as presented in the story? Do you think this is a typical love story? If not, why does the writer choose to tell it this way? Or what is her real purpose in writing such a story?
英语专业精读教学中学生赏析能力的培养——以“A Dill Pickle”为例
422020年36期总第528期ENGLISH ON CAMPUS英语专业精读教学中学生赏析能力的培养——以“A Dill Pickle”为例文/刘少仙精读教学在本科英语教学中的核心地位毋庸置疑,其中心任务是提升学生的阅读能力,即:理解能力,赏析能力和应用能力。
赏析能力要求学生理解文章、努力提高欣赏水平,“学会细细品味文章的思想美、修辞美、结构美、逻辑美、音韵美。
了解不同的题材、作家、时代、观点、文体和风格,关切人世间各种问题,倾听过去各种优秀人物的真知灼见”。
只有学生有了一定的赏析能力,他们才能从赏析的视角去理解原文、剖析原文、挖掘原文的言下之意和言外之意、体会文章的主题美、思想美和语言美。
赏析能力的培养如此重要,笔者却无法在知网中找到与在精读教学中培养英语专业本科生赏析能力直接相关的论文。
因此,本论文尝试以杨立明主编的《现代大学英语精读》课文“A Dill Pickle”(《一块莳萝泡菜》)为例,从英语专业精读教学的角度出发,探究如何在精读教学中培养学生的赏析能力,以期填补这一研究上的空白。
一、“课文标题”赏析“居文之首,勾文之要”是对标题在文中特殊作用的概括。
标题是一篇文章的点睛之处,是作者的神来之笔。
大凡名篇佳作都有一个好标题,它们能够成功拨动读者心弦、激发读者的阅读兴趣、引发读者的遐思。
它们或揭示中心思想、或概括主要内容、或暗示行文线索、或奠定文章基调、或明确描写对象、或交代故事发生的环境、或设置悬吸引读者……在进行英语专业的精读教学时,对文章标题美的赏析必不可少。
以“A Dill Pickle”为例。
它讲述的是女主人公Vera六年后偶遇前男友,两人坐在餐厅,回忆从前的一些往事。
男人讲述了他去俄罗斯旅行的经历,伏尔加河上的生活是那么的“随意、自由、无拘无束”,当他们在黑海边野餐时,一位友好的马车夫走过来对他们说:“来一块莳萝泡菜吧!”感受敏锐细腻的Vera 立刻在脑海里勾勒出一幅美好的画面:“尽管她不敢肯定莳萝泡菜是何物,但仿佛看到泛绿的瓶子里有一个鹦鹉嘴一样的红辣椒”。
Unit3ADillPickle专题培训课件
And his memory _u_n_f_o_ld__ed_ as he listened to the familiar song.
Warming up
3. Learn to describe a scene or object with accuracy: verbs.
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Unit 3
Author
Background
History
Background
Author
Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) • rebellious, dangerously witty, and
Her Life
Background
Author
Her Works
• In a German Pension (1911) • The Garden Party: and Other Stories (1922) • The Doves’ Nest: and Other Stories (1923) • Bliss: and Other Stories (1923) Stream of consciousness Characters’ psychological activities with detailed
Objectives
1. Understand the story: theme & character.
2. Appreciate literature:
• read between the lines; • read the story from a particular perspective: feminism; • interpret the symbols.
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Text Analysis Character Analysis
The man
Questions for thinking:
1. What is the man’s name? Why isn’t he given a name?
Objectives
1. Understand the story: theme & character.
2. Appreciate literature:
• read between the lines; • read the story from a particular perspective: feminism; • interpret the symbols.
2. What do you think results in the failure of their love and communication?
3. How would you describe the two characters’ relationship as presented in the story? Do you think this is a typical love story? If not, why does the writer choose to tell it this way? Or what is her real purpose in writing such a story?
descriptions and symbolism
Background
Author
Her Influence
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任教课程年月日Unit 3一、授课时间:第6、7周二.授课类型:理论课9课时;实践课3课时三.授课题目:A Dill Pickle四.授课时数:12五.教学目的和要求:通过讲授课文使大学生了解如何欣赏文学作品,学会从小说中人物的谈话、行为动作以及他们的感觉、态度来了解人物的内心活动和性格特征,学会读懂小说的言外之意。
要求学生主动地预习课文,课前准备练习,学会分析文章体裁和进行段落划分。
六.教学重点和难点:1)背景知识的传授:Katherine Mansfield2)文章的体裁分析及段落划分;3)语言点的理解:Word study: prefix+root (press)Grammar Focus: 1)what 引导的感叹句2)how 引导的感叹句3)其他形式的感叹句七.教学基本内容和纲要Part One Warm – up1.1 DictationKatherine Mansfield (1888—1923), British short-story writer, was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She is considered one of the greatest masters of the short-story form. At the age of 18 she settled in London to study music and to establish herself as a writer. In 1918 she married English literary critic ,John Middleton Murry.Mansfield's middle class provided the setting for many of her stories and mortality—perhaps due to her illness—dominated her writing. Her background years were burdened with loneliness , illness, jealousy and alienation —all reflected from her work in the bitter depiction of marital and family relationships of her middle-class characters.1.2 Poem AppreciationC a m o m i l e T e a——by Katherine Mansfield1.3 Objectives1.Understand the story: theme & character.2.Appreciate literature:•read between the lines;•read the story from a particular perspective: feminism;•interpret the symbols.任教课程年月日3. Learn to describe a scene or object with accuracy: verbs.Part Two Background Information2.1 Author Katherine Mansfield2.2 Her Works2.3 Her style2.4 A Dill PicklePart Three Text Appreciation3.1 Text Analysis3.1.1 Theme of the text3.1.2 Structure of the text3.2 Writing Technique3.2.1 modernism, symbolism and feminism3.2.2 simile and metaphor3.2.3 contrast3.3 Sentence Paraphrase.Part Four Language Study4.1 Phrases and Expressions4.1.1 Word list:4.1.2 Phrases and expressions list:4.1.3 Word Building4.2 Grammar4.2.1 Reflective Verb4.2.2 Reflective PronounPart Five Extension5.1 Group discussion5.2 Translation八、教学方法和措施本单元将运用黑板、粉笔、多媒体网络辅助教学设备等教学手段,主要采用以学生为主体、教师为主导的任务型、合作型等教学模式,具体运用教师讲授法、师生讨论、生生讨论等方法进行教学。
九.作业,讨论题,思考题完成课后练习;多看英语报刊杂志及英语经典小说,扩大阅读量;精听与泛听相结合,逐步提高自己的听力水平;积极参加英语角等有助于提高英语口语的活动;坚持用英语写日记;做一些专四相关练习;十.参考资料:1)杨立民主编,《现代大学英语精读》(3)第二版,学生用书。
北京:外语教学与研究出版社,2012。
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4)黄源深,虞苏美等主编,《综合英语教程》(1-4册)。
北京:高等教育出版社,1998。
5)《高等学校英语专业英语教学大纲》,北京:外语教学研究出版社,2000。
6)Judy Pearsall主编,《新牛津英语词典》。
上海:上海外语教育出版社,1998。
7)丁往道、吴冰等编著,《英语写作手册》。
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8)张道真,《现代英语用法词典》(重排本)。
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十一、课后小结任教课程年月日Unit 3 A Dill PickleP a r t O n e Warm upI. DictationKatherine Mansfield (1888—1923), British short-story writer, was born in Wellington, New Zealand. She is considered one of the greatest masters of the short-story form. At the age of 18 she settled in London to study music and to establish herself as a writer. In 1918 she married English literary critic ,John Middleton Murry. Mansfield's middle class provided the setting for many of her stories and mortality—perhaps due to her illness—dominated her writing. Her background years were burdened with loneliness , illness, jealousy and alienation —all reflected from her work in the bitter depiction of marital and family relationships of her middle-class characters.II. Poem Appreciation: C a m o m i l e T e a——by Katherine MansfieldOutside the sky is light with stars;There's a hollow roaring from the sea.And, alas! for the little almond flowers,The wind is shaking the almond tree.How little I thought, a year ago,In the horrible cottage upon the LeeThat he and I should be sitting soAnd sipping a cup of camomile tea.Light as feathers the witches fly,The horn of the moon is plain to see;By a firefly under a jonquil flowerA goblin toasts a bumble-bee.We might be fifty, we might be five,So snug, so compact, so wise are we!Under the kitchen-table legMy knee is pressing against his knee Our shutters are shut, the fire is low,The tap is dripping peacefully;The saucepan shadows on the wallAre black and round and plain to see.Part Two Background InformationI. Author Katherine Mansfield 1888–1923, British author, born in New ZealandHer original name was Kathleen Beauchamp. She is regarded as one of the masters of the short story. A talented cellist (大提琴演奏家), she did not turn to literature until 1908.Her WorksIn a German Pension(1911), her first published book.Bliss (1920) which collected Mansfield's family memoirs and secured her reputation as a writer. The Garden Party(1922), her finest work written during the final stages of her illness which established her as a major writer.Later volumes of stories include The Dove’s Nest (1923) and Something Childish (1924; U.S. ed. The任教课程年月日Little Girl, 1924).Other collections and poems: journal, letters, and scrapbook (edited by her husband) .Her Adventurous Spirit1.Famously, Mansfield remarked "risk, risk everything".2.It was largely through her adventurous spirit, her eagerness to grasp at experience and to succeed in her work, that she became ensnared in disaster. . . If she was never a saint, she was certainly a martyr, and a heroine in her recklessness, her dedication and her courage.3.Her last words were: "I love the rain. I want the feeling of it on my face."Her StyleMansfield's stories, which reveal the influence of Chekhov, are simple in form, luminous and evocative in substance. With delicate plainness they present elusive moments of decision, defeat, and small triumphThemes of Mansfield's novelsThemes: different human relationships interacting with each other; social classes and inequality in bourgeois society; the frenzied exhortation to live, which is central to all her writings; the opposition of convention and nature; the elevation of the great artist as the model for living and, by extension; art as a means of being"real"; the notion that destiny isa function of desiring—to want something strongly enough is to legitimise the means of getting it.In her most persuasive work, Mansfield found a way of pressing the threads of such a credo into the weave of her fiction.The story of the rises and falls in Mansfield's popularity is fasci5nating, as it shifts with the major social, political and literary trends.Mansfield's portrayal of social classes and the injustices of bourgeois society had obvious appeal to the Chinese. One of the translators, Tang Baoxin, writes:“With remorseless irony she lays bare the hypocrisy and shallowness of the leisured class and their men of letters.”Her Feministic Remarks on Women 1."I'm so keen upon all women having a definite future—are not you? The idea of sitting and waiting for a husband is absolutely revolting and it really is the attitude of a great many girls. . . It rather made me smile to read of your wishing you could create your fate—O how many times I have felt just the same. I just long for power over circumstances."Her Influence on the Short Story 1.Her influence on the development of the short story as a form of literature was also notable. Among her literary friends were Aldous Huxley, Virginia Woolf, who considered her overpraised, and D.H. Lawrence. 2."I was jealous of her writing—the only writing I have ever been jealous of."—Virginia WoolfHer Quotes1.Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it is only good for wallowing in...2.I always felt that the great high privilege, relief and comfort of friendship was that one had to explain nothing...3.Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order... II. Dill Pickle Cucumber reserved in salty and spicy water with such ingredients as pepper, garlic, dill and vinegar. In Russia, it is eaten with hamburger as an appetizer III. Pictures Kew Gardens任教课程年月日1.Kew Gardens, on the banks of the River Thames in southwest London, represents 250 years of landscape and garden history. The site also houses 40 historically significant buildings, including Kew Palace, Queen Charlotte's Cottage, and the Palm House.Kew Palace was the home of Augusta, Princess of Wales in the 18th century The Palm House has 10 miles (16 kilometers) of stainless steel glazing bars.CorsicaCorsica, a region of France, was ruled over the centuries by the Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Goths and Saracens. It was eventually sold to France by the Genoese.Located in the western Mediterranean, just to the north of Sardinia, it's 160 km (99 miles) southeast of Nice, France, and 82 km (51 miles) west of Tuscany, Italy.Famous for its independent spirit, rugged beauty, olive oil, wine and citrus fruit, Corsica was the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte.Corte is the natural boundary between Corsica of North and Corsica of South. It reigns as a sentry from the top of its rocky peak, over the valleys where the Tavignano and the Restonica have cut from their torrents gorges so beautiful that they are classified as a "big national place of interest".Like a masterpiece that the final touch must sublimate, the gods only could give Corsica, in its extreme south, a unique place of interest. This one takes the look of a white ship which proudly attacks the open sea: Bonifacio !The VolgaThe V olga River is the longest river in Europe, about 2,300 miles (3,700 km). It originates at an elevation of only 740 feet (225 m) in the Valday Hills northwest of Moscow, and connects with the Rybinsk Reservoir. The river heads east past Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. From there it turns south past Samara and Volgograd. At V olgograd, it links, through canals, with the Don River and Black Sea. Since the initial elevation is so low, the river flows slowly, and finally enters the Caspian Sea, below sea level in a wide delta near Astrakhan.In winter the river freezes to a depth of about 6 feetThe V olga River, being the longest in Europe has many cruise boats passing on its ways every day.The Black Sea The Black Sea (known as the Euxine Sea in antiquity) is an inland sea between southeastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Bosporus and the Sea of Marmara, and to the Sea of Azov by the Strait of Kerch.The most important river entering the Black Sea is the Danube. The Black Sea has an area of 422,000 km² and a maximum depth of 2,210 m.The Bulgarian coastline of the Black Sea doesn't have many islands. Those that exist are mostly small, uninhabited and covered with algae.Countries bordering on the Black Sea are Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia and Georgia.From this map, we can see that important cities along the coast include: Istanbul, Burgas and so on SiberiaSiberia is the biggest part of Russia. It occupies two thirds part of Russia. It stretches from the borderline of Europe in the Ural Mountains to the very East of Russia at the Pacific Ocean and from the Arctic Ocean to the borders with China and Mongolia.任教课程年月日Siberia is the land of taiga's and tundra's wilderness, thousands of rivers and lakes.Siberia has many big cities with history, intense cultural life, and theaters. The cities of Tomsk, Irkutsk, and Novosibirsk , the capital of Siberia ,are famous for their colleges and research institutions.Baikal is a beautiful lake located in the southeastern part of Siberia. It is the deepest freshwater lake on the earth and the largest reservoir of fresh surface water.Irkutsk kept the spirit of a 19th century Russian city. In the center, there are blocks of traditional wooden buildings with typical carvings. Krasnoyarsk is located in south-central Siberia on the 6th-longest river in the world, the Yenesei RiverPart III Text AppreciationI. Text Analysis 1.StructurePlot of the story:a young woman and a young man who had been lovers once met again after six years of separation. They sat and reminisced…Setting of the story: in a restaurantProtagonists:Vera and her ex-lover (his name was never told)Theme of the story:about the relationship between lovers: the heroine's sensitivity and the man'sinsensitivity to others—their feelings, attitudes and inner motivations. The man's egoism prevented him from seeing how greatly their lives had diverged in the six years since they parted.2.Sentence Analysis(Para. 2)He closed his eyes(searched his memory)an instant, but opening them his face lit up as though he had struck a match in a dark room一闪而过的兴奋使他脸上露出光彩。