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Unit7TheLuncheonWilliamSomersetMaugham毛姆WilliamSomersetMaughamnovelist,playwright,short-storywriter,highestpaidauthorintheworldinthe1930s.MainAchievementsHisreputationasanovelistrestsprimarilyonfourbooks:OfHumanBondage(1915)TheMoonandSixpence(1919)CakesandAle(1930)TheRazor'sEdge(1944)longnovelsLizaofLambeth1897《兰姆贝思的丽莎》Mrs.Craddock1902《克雷杜克夫人》TheBishop'sApron1906《主教的围巾》TheMagician1908《魔术师》OfHumanBondage1915《人生的枷锁》TheMoonandSixpence1919《月亮和六便士》ThePaintedVeil1925《彩巾》CakesandAle1930《寻欢作乐》TheNarrowCorner1932《偏僻的角落》TheTheatre1937《戏院》ChristmasHoliday1939《圣诞节》UpattheVilla1941《别墅里红运高照之人》TheHourbeforetheDawn1942《黎明前的时分》TheRazor’sEdge1944《刀锋》ThenandNow1946《时常》Catalina.ARomance1948《卡塔琳娜——一段罗曼史》Orientations1899《东向礼拜》TheBritishAgent1928《一个英国间谍》FirstPersonSingular1931《第一人称短篇小说六篇》Cosmopolitans1936《四海为家的人们》September'sBird1939《九月公主和夜莺》(TheUnconquered)1944《不可征服的人》CreaturesofCircumstance1947《环境的产物》ShortnovelsComediesLadyFrederick1912《弗雷德里克夫人》OurBetters1923《比我们高贵的人们》TheConstantWife1925《忠实的妻子》TheSacredFlame1928《圣火》TheBreadwinner1930《养家活口的人》Warm-UpQuestions•1.Whichistherestaurantyouwouldmostliketobeinvitedto?•2.Whenhandedthemenubyyourhost,doyouhesitatetochooseexpensivedishesorjustpickwhateveryoulike?•3.Whenamenandawomangooutforamealtogether,shouldthemanalwayspay?•4.Haveyoueverexperiencedanyawkwardsituationwhenyoudon’thaveenoughmoneywithyou?Howdoyoumanagetogetoutofsuchanembarrassment?ItemContentHostGuestWhereWhenWhyWhatHowdidthehostfeelaboutit?Ayoungman,theauthor,Amiddle-agedladyAtFoyot’s,averyexpensiverestaurantOnaThursdayabouttwentyyearsagoTheladybeggedhimtoSalmon,caviare,champagne,asparagus,ice-cream,coffee,apeachHeregrettedthathehadn’trefusedher.Hehatedthewoman.Buttwentyyearslater,hebegantofeelcomfortable.GlobalReading•Whatisthedifferencebetween“theluncheon”and“aluncheon”?•Itmustbeanunforgettableluncheon?•Whotreatedwhom?•Whydidhe/shetreathim/her?•Wheredidheorshetreathimorher?•Whatdidheorshetreathimorherto?•Howdidthehostfeelaboutit?GlobalReadingReadandfindexpressionsforthechangeoftheauthor’mood•Iwasstartledwhenthebilloffarewasbrought.•Myheartsankalittle.•IfancyIturnedatriflepale.•Myheartsank.•Panicseizedme.•Iwaspastcaringnow.Findevidenceforthefollowing•Theauthormadealivingbywriting.•Hetriedtomaintainthehightasteoflife.•Peoplewithrichexperiencesknowbetterhowtodealwithflattery.Shehadreadabookofmine.IfIcutcoffeeforthenexttwoweeksIwasflatteredandwastooyoungtohavelearnedtosaynotoawoman.•Heappearedtobegenerousatthebeginning.•Thewomancriticizedtheauthorforeatingtooheavyaluncheon.Iasked,hospitablestill.Shetookmequiteseriouslytotask.“…”Whatcanyouinferfromthefollowing?Iwasearningbarelyenoughmoneytokeepbodyandsoultogether.IfIcutoutcoffeeforthenexttwomonthsIcouldmanagewellenough.Sheatethecaviareandsheatethesalmon.Shetalkedgailyofartandliteratureandmusic.Iwatchedthewickedwomanthrustthemdownherthroatinlargemouthfuls.Iwaspastcaringnow.Read,askandanswer•Roleplay:oneasthewriter,theotherasajournalist1)Whendidyoufirstmeetthelady?2)Howdidyougettoknowher?3)HowwasitthatyouinvitedhertodinneratFoyot’s?4)Whatwasyourfirstimpressionofthelady?5)Howdidyoufeelwhentheladyfirstsaidsheneverateanythingforluncheon?6)Whathappenedthen?Andwhatdidyoudo?7)Whydidn’tyoupreventherfromorderingsomuch?8)Whatdidyouhaveforluncheonthatday?9)Howmuchwasleftforyouatlast?10)Howdidyoufeelwhenyousawhertwentyyearslater?Furtherquestions•Discusshowtheauthorspenthisnextmonth?•What’sthepurposeofauthorinwritingthisstory?•Doyouthinkitisaninventedstoryorisitatruestory?•Whatwouldyoudoifyouweretheauthor?Whyorwhynot?inanswerto:inresponseto,asananswertoInanswertoyourcriticism,Iwouldsuggestthatyouhavecompletelymisunderstoodmypurpose.Thedoctorcameatonceinanswertomyphonecall.WordsandExpressionsWhatdoesthephrase“duringtheinterval”mean?Atthetimebetweentwoactsofaplay.duringtheintervalThe_______betweenthetwobuildingsis30meters.DuringtheintervalAtintervals(sometimes)AtlongintervalsAtwideintervalsAtmonthlyintervalsAtintervalsofproximately12daysintervalParaphrasethissentence.Bothofusaregettingold.(这是上了年纪的人在感慨青春不再时常用的表达方式。)We’renoneofusgettinganyyounger.Whatdoesthissentencemean?Thisisarhetoricalquestion,i.e.aquestionaskedforthesakeofeffect,noanswerisbeingneededorexpected.Hereitisaskedtoemphasizethattheauthorhaseveryreasontorememberthelunchverywellindeed.DidIremember?IhadatinyapartmentintheLatinQuarteroverlookingacemetery,andIwasearningbarelyenoughmoneytokeepbodyandsoultogether.overlook:vt.Fromtheirhouseonthehillside,theycanoverlookthewholecityofHongKong.1)haveaviewof(sth.)fromabove我们可从家中俯瞰教堂。Weoverlookthechurchfromourhouse.Hisserviceshavebeenoverlookedforyears.2)lookatbutnotsee;notnotice;miss他没有看出第一页中有个拼写错误。Heoverlookedaspellingerroronthefirstpage.keepbodyandsoultogether:toremainaliveJohnwasunemployed.Mostoftheyearhehadhardlymadeenoughmoneytokeepbodyandsoultogether.在大萧条时期，很多老人无法维持生计，悲惨地死去了。AtthetimeoftheGreatDepression,alotofoldpeoplecouldn’tkeepbodyandsoultogetheranddiedinmisery.1.Whatcanbeinferredfromthesentence?Theauthorwasverypoorandwasearningjustenoughmoneytoremainalive.2.Translatethesente