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Unit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperU3AdditionallnformationfortheTeacher’sReferenceTextTheAntandthegrasshopperWarm-upActivitiesFurtherReadingSpeakingSkillsAdditionalWorkUnit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperWarm-upActivitiesWarm-up11.Theteachermaydividestudentsintofiveorsixgroupsandaskthemtointroduceanyfablethattheyhaveheardoftotheirgroupmembers.2.IntroducetothestudentsthefableTheAntandtheGrasshopperandinvitecommentsontheantandgrasshopperinthefable.Towhichpartydoesyoursympathygo?Inafieldonesummer’sdayaGrasshopperwashoppingabout,chirpingandsingingtoitsheart’scontent.AnAntpassedby,bearingalongwithgreattoilanearofcornhewastakingtothenest.Unit3TheAntandtheGrasshopper“Whynotcomeandchatwithme”,saidtheGrasshopper,“insteadoftoilingandmoilinginthatway?”“Jamhelpingtolayupfoodforthewinter”,saidtheAnt,“andrecommendyoutodothesame”.“Whybotheraboutwinter?”saidtheGrasshopper,“wehavegotplentyoffoodatpresent.”ButtheAntwentonitswayandcontinueditstoil.WhenthewintercametheGrasshopperhadnofoodandfounditselfdyingofhunger,whileitsawtheantsdistributing,everyday,cornfromthestorestheyhadcollectedinthesummer.ThentheGrasshopperknew:Itisbesttoprepareforthedaysofnecessity.Warm-up2Unit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperSomersetMaughamwasafamousEnglishnovelist,short-storywriter,playwrightandcritic.HewasborninParisandeducatedatKing’sSchool,Canterbury,andatHeidelberg.InWorldWarI,heservedasasecretagent.Hequalifiedin1897asadoctorfromSt.Thomasmedicalschoolbutabandonedmedicineafterthesuccessofhisfirstnovelsandplays.Hisplayersarenolongerpopular,andhisfamerestsonhismanyshortstoriesandfourofhisnovels:OfHumanBondage(1915),TheMoonandSixpence(1919),CakesandAle(1930)andTheRazor’sEdge(1944).Theserevealacynicalbutsometimescompassionateviewofhumanity.AIFTTR1AdditionallnformationfortheTeacher’sReference1.SomersetMaughamUnit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperAIFTTR22.LaFontaineLaFontainewasaFrenchwriter,rememberedespeciallyforhisFables(1668-1694),moraltalesdrawnfromAESOPandorientalsourceswhichheusedtocommentsatiricallyoncontemporarysociety.Unit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperAIFTTR33.MonteCarloMonteCarloisatownintheindependentprincipalityofMonaco,ontheMediterraneancoastknownastheFrenchRiviera.Itisaninternationalresortwithagamblingcasino,ayachtharborandanannualautomobilerallyandtheMonacoGrandPrixcarrace.Unit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperTextTheAntandtheGrasshopperNotesIntroductiontotheAuthorandtheArticlePhrasesandExpressionsExercisesMainIdeaoftheTextUnit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperMIOTT1MainIdeaoftheTextInthisshortstory,SomersetMaugham,bydescribingtwobrothers’attitudestowardlife,examinesthenatureandinconsistentqualitiesofhumanbeings.Georgewasahard-workingandrespectablemanwithadecentjobasalawyer.Hewasalsoafaithfulhusbandandlovingfathertofourdaughters.Hebelievedthattheindustryshouldberewardedandgiddinesspunished.HisbrotherTom,however,wasanunscrupulousandgood-for-nothingscoundrel.Hephilanderedwiththeprettiestgirls,danced,ateinthemostexpensiverestaurants,anddressedbeautifully.Heborrowedmoneyfromrelativesandfriends.Atthebeginning,hefooledGeorgeUnit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperMIOTT2bymakingemptypromisesrepeatedly.Lateronheevenwenttosuchanextremethatheblackmailedhisbrother.Loadingmoneytohisbrother,GeorgeappearedtobeinTom’sfavoratthefirstsight.Onasecondthought,readerscanfindthatGeorgehelpedhisbrotheronlyforhisownsake.Forinstance,hegaveTomsomemoneyinorderthatTommightquithisjobasabartender.Bydoingso,hesavedhisfaceandthegoodreputationofhisfamily.ButunfortunatelyTomtookadvantageofhisweaknessofvanityoverandoveragain.ThestoryoffersanewinterpretationofthefableofLaFontaineTheAntandtheGrasshopperwhoseclassicalteachingisthatinanimperfectworldindustryisrewardedandgiddinesspunished,andrevealsthedualpersonalityofordinarypeople.Unit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperIntroductiontotheAuthorandthearticleIntroductiontotheAuthorandtheArticleWilliamSomersetMaugham(1874-1965)wasafamousEnglishnovelist,short-storywriter,playwrightandcritic.HewasborninParisandeducatedatKing’sSchool,Canterbury,andatHeidelberg.Afterqualifyingasamedicalstudenthebecameasuccessfulplaywrightandnovelist.Hisplaysarenolongerpopular,andhisfamemainlyrestsonhismanyshortstoriesandfourofhisnovels,OfHumanBondage(1915);TheMoonandSixpence(1919),CakesandAle(1930)andTheRazor’sEdge(1944).Unit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperIntroductiontotheAuthorandthearticle2Inthisshortstory,whichischosenfromMaugham’sCollectedShortStories,Maugham,bydescribingtwobrothers’attitudestowardlife,examinesthenatureandinconsistentqualitiesofhumanbeings.Unit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperWhenIwasaverysmallboyIwasmadetolearnbyheartcertainofthefablesofLaFontaine,andthemoralofeachwascarefullyexplainedtome.AmongthoselearnedwasTheAntandtheGrasshopper,whichisdevisedtobringhometotheyoungtheusefullessonthatinanimperfectworldindustryisrewardedandgiddinesspunished.Inthisadmirablefable(Iapologizefortellingsomethingwhicheveryoneispolitely,butinexactly,supposedtoknow)theantspendsalaborioussummerPart2_T1WilliamSomersetMaughamTheAntandtheGrasshopperTextUnit3TheAntandtheGrasshopperPart2_T2gatheringitswinterstore,whilethegrasshoppersitsonabladeofgrasssi