现代大学英语精读 北外L1-Half a Day

HalfaDayNaguibMahfouzObjectivesUnderstandthestructureandthegeneralideaofthestoryThinkabouthowtointerpretthestoryKnowsomethingabouttheauthorSolveyourownquestionsaboutthestoryWarmupFirstdayofschool…WarmUpFirstdayatschool…In1957,fifteen-year-oldDorothyGeraldineCountsandthreeotherstudentsbecamethefirstAfricanAmericanstudentstoattendthepreviouslyallwhiteHardingHighSchoolinCharlotte,NorthCarolina.WarmUpFirstdayatschool…Afive-minutewritingtaskMyFirstDayatBFSUTrytowriteasmuchaspossibleaboutyourfirstimpressionsandfeelingsofBFSUWorkingroupsof4Compareyournoteswithyourfriends’andfindoutthesimilarimpressionsandfeelingsthatyouallhaveRepresentativesfrom2groupswillreporttothewholeclassIsthisastoryaboutmagic?Workingroupsanddiscussthemeaningofthestoryat2levels:SuperficialmeaningUnderlyingimplicationsBepreparedtosummarizeyourmainideaandpresentSuperficialMeaning1Para.1-7Theboy’sreluctancetogotoschoolHismisgivingsaboutschool2Para.8-16TheBoy’slifeatschool:RichandcolorfulRequiringdisciplineandhardwork3Para.17-20Attheendofschoolday:Everythinghaschanged!UnderlyingImplicationsTime?Life?Education?Change?Socialreality?…(p.6)NaguibMahfouz1911-2006Bornin1911,educatedatCairoUniversityWroteshortstoriesandhistoricalnovelsbeforeWWIITurnedtowritenovelsofsocialrealismafterWWIILaterworkscombinedrealism&symbolismAprolificwriter:nofewerthan30novels,morethan100shortstories,andmorethan200articles.HisWorksTheCairoTrilogy:PalaceWalk,PalaceofDesire,SugarStreet(firstpublished1957)TheTimeandPlaceandOtherStories,1991HisInfluenceThefirstArabWritertowintheNobelPrizeinLiterature–1988,TheCairoTrilogyDepictsrealisticallythesocialandpoliticallifeinEgyptHisclassicalandlucidstylerejuvenatedliteraryArabicwithoutrecoursetocolloquialisms…throughworksrichinnuance-nowclear-sightedlyrealistic,nowevocativelyambiguous-hasformedanArabiannarrativeartthatappliestoallmankindaDickensoftheCairocafésandtheBalzacofEgypt.UnderlyingImplicationsDoyouthinkthesuddenchangeoftheboy’sagesymbolizessomething?Doyouthinktheboy’sfirstdayatschoolsymbolizessomething?Allegory1.Aliterary,dramatic,orpictorialdeviceinwhichcharactersandeventsstandforabstractideas,principles,orforces,sothattheliteralsensehasorsuggestsaparallel,deepersymbolicsense.(寓言，讽喻一种文学、戏剧或绘画的艺术手法，其中人物和事件代表抽象的观点、原则或支配力，从而使表面含义含有或表达一种对等的，但更深刻的象征意义)2.Astory,picture,orplayinwhichthisdeviceisused.JohnBunyan'sPilgrim'sProgressandHermanMelville'sMobyDickareallegories.(寓言体小说，寓意画，寓言剧运用这种寓言艺术手法而作的小说、绘画或戏剧。约翰·班扬的《天路历程》和赫尔曼·麦尔维尔的《白鲸记》都是寓言体作品)ThequestionImostwanttoaskWritedownonequestionthatyoumostwanttoaskonapieceofpaper.Itcanbeaquestionabouthowtounderstandaword,aphrase,asentence,aparagraph,thestructureofthestory,oranyotherquestionrelatedtothetext.Yourquestionswillbecollectedandre-distributed.TackleourownquestionsWorkingroupsof4andtrytosolvethe4questionsfromyourclassmates.Bepreparedtopresenttotheclass:Whatareyourquestionsabout?Whattypeofquestionsarethey?Whatareyoursuggestedanswers?Howdidyougetyouranswers?Helpme!…watchingourprogress…(Para.2)…thatmakesusefulmanoutofboys.(Para.4)…therewasreallyanygoodtobehadin…(Para.5)Todayyoutrulybeginlife.(Para.7)Thosewhowereabletookadvantageoftheopportunitiesforsuccessandhappinessthatpresentedthemselves.(Para.16)Lesson1–HalfaDayPlot:alittleboy’sfirsttimetogotoschoolSetting:onthewaytoschoolatschoolonthewayhomeProtagonist/Narrator:“I”–theboyinthestoryThemeofthestory:whatdoyouthink?AShortStoryDetailedAnalysisPara.1-7MainIdeasHowdidtheboyfeelaboutgoingtoschool?Findtextualevidence.Whywashefeelingso?Listthefather’scommentsaboutschool.Whatdoyouthinkofthem?Schoolisaplacethatmakesusefulmenoutofboys.Don’tyouwanttobeusefullikeyourbrothers?Putasmileonyourfaceandbeagoodexampletoothers.Beaman.Todayyoutrulybeginlife.LanguageandDetailsWordsPhrasesSentencePatternGrammarclutchconvincethrowintomakeoutoftearfromclingtoTheday+thatclauseThereisno/anygoodindoingIwastobethrownintoclutchinghisrighthandstreetlinedwithgardensLanguageandDetailsclutchholdtightly,usu.infear,anxiety,orpainSilentandpale,thegirlclutched(to/onto)hermother’schest.这个苍白安静的小女孩紧紧地靠在母亲胸前Adrowningmanwillclutchatastraw.他紧紧地抓着钱，匆忙走向银行Clutchingthemoneyinhishand,hehurriedtothebank.Lesson1–HalfaDay•Theydidnotmakemehappy,however,asthiswasthedayIwastobethrownintoschoolforthefirsttime.“As”introducesanadverbialclauseofreason.Nounphraseusu.followedbyarelativeclauseisusedasanadverbialoftime.Butmynewclothesdidnotbringanyhappinesstome,becauseitwasthedayIwasforcedtogotoschoolforthefirsttime.LanguageandDetailsBetodosth:futuretenseindicatingintentionorplanLanguageandDetailsMoreexamples:我出生在中国开始改革开放的那一年。IwasbornintheyearChinabeganitsopening-upandreformpolicy.救护车到的时候，已经太晚了。Bythetimetheambulancearrived,itwastoolate.ThemomentIsawhim,Irecognizedhewasthecriminalwantedbythepolice.ObserveandSummarizeTheburglarwasthrownintoprison.Thejokethrewherintoafitoflaughter.Thenewsofaninternationalwarthrewthewholenationintopanic.forcetogotocausetobeinastateofLesson1–HalfaDay“Whyschool?”Iaskedmyfather.“WhathaveIdone?”ellipticalquestionWhydoIhavetogotoscho