新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材-高级英语-第二册-Unit3

Unit3TheFiddler新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）高级英语2电子教案3DetailedReadingContents24516WarmUpGlobalReadingConsolidationActivitiesTextAppreciationFurtherEnhancementSection1:WarmUpAnswerthefollowingquestionsbeforeyoureadthetext.1.What,accordingtoyourunderstanding,ishappiness?2.Readthehappinessquotationsinthepicturesandshareyourinterpretationswithyourpartner.3.Doyouagreewiththepeopleabove?Whyorwhynot?Lead-inBackgroundInformationSection1:WarmUpLead-inBackgroundInformationSection1:WarmUpLead-inBackgroundInformationSection1:WarmUpLead-inBackgroundInformationSection1:WarmUpLead-inBackgroundInformationSection1:WarmUpAbouttheAuthorHermanMelville:thecelebratedauthorofseveralbig19th-centurynovelsaboutthesea.Moby-Dick(1851),thestoryofthefanaticalCaptainAhabandhishuntforthegreatwhitewhaleofthetitle,isnowconsideredoneoftheclassicsofAmericanliterature.1819-1891BackgroundInformationLead-inSection1:WarmUpMelville’sothernovelsincludeTypee(1846),Omoo(1847),andBillyBudd(publishedposthumouslyin1924).Melvillepublishedlittleafter1860anditwasn’tuntilthe1900sthathegainedhisreputationasoneofearlyAmerica’sgreatauthors.“TheFiddler”wasfirstpublishedinHarper’sNewMonthlyMagazineinSeptember1854.BackgroundInformationLead-inSection2:GlobalReadingDecidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor’spurpose.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaA.Tosuggestawaytogetoutofdepression.B.Todescribethemaincharacter’sdisillusionment.C.Toillustratethequalitiesofanidealmatureman.D.Torevealtherelationshipbetweenfameandhappiness.Section2:GlobalReadingPleasedividethetextintodifferentpartsaccordingtotheplotdevelopmentofthestoryandsummarizethemainideaofeachpart.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartI(Paragraphs1-2)TheBeginning:DisillusionmentParagraphs1-2revealthenarrator’sdisillusionmentwithhisdreamofwinningimmortalfamethroughliteraturewhenhispoemmeetsnegativeresponse.PartII(Paragraphs3-11)FirstEncounterandImpressionParagraphs3-11describethenarrator’sfirstencounterwithHautboy,wholeaveshimagoodimpressionandarouseshiscuriosity.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartIII(Paragraphs12-15)TransitioninMoodThispartshowsanimportanttransitionalstageofHelmstone’schange:Hestartstoputhimselfinanobjectivepositionandcriticizehimself,whichisasignofreconstructinghisdilapidatedworldandshiftinghismindfrominteriortoexterior.Section2:GlobalReadingPartIV(Paragraphs16-40)SuperficialPresumptionThispartistheinitialstageoftheprocessoftherevealingofHautboy’sidentitywhichnotonlyvividlymirrorsHelmstone’simageofaself-deceptiveintellectualsnob,butalsorevealsthereasonwhyhefailsinhispursuitofhappiness—theuncompromisingconflictbetweenhisinstinctivedesireforhappinessandhisfalseunderstandingofhappinessasasignofshallowness.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartVI(Paragraph60)TheEnding:ActionHelmstone’stakingfiddlelessonsofHautboysuccessfullyconveystheauthor’smessageofpursuinghappinessbygettingridofexcessiveself-admirationandcultivatingsincereinterestintheexteriorworld.PartV(Paragraphs41-59)FiddlingPerformance:RevelationandEpiphanyHautboy’sbreathtakingperformanceoffiddlingandtheultimateexposureofhisidentitybecomethelaststrawthatdismantlesHelmstone’smansionofprejudiceandfalseknowledge.Section2:GlobalReadingSection3:DetailedReading1Somypoemisdamned,andimmortalfameisnotforme!Iamnobodyforeverandever.Intolerablefate!2Snatchingmyhat,Idasheddownthecriticism,andrushedoutintoBroadway,whereenthusiasticthrongswerecrowdingtoacircusinaside-streetnearby,veryrecentlystarted,andfamousforacapitalclown.3PresentlymyoldfriendStandardratherboisterouslyaccostedme.4“Wellmet,Helmstone,myboy!Ah!What’sthematter?TheFiddlerQUESTIONSection3:DetailedReadingHaven’tbeencommittingmurder?Ain’tflyingjustice?Youlookwild!”5“Youhaveseenit,then?”saidI,ofcoursereferringtothecriticism.6“Ohyes;Iwasthereatthemorningperformance.Greatclown,Iassureyou.ButherecomesHautboy.Hautboy—Helmstone.”7Withouthavingtimeorinclinationtoresentsomortifyingamistake,IwasinstantlysoothedasIgazedonthefaceofthenewacquaintancesounceremoniouslyintroduced.Section3:DetailedReadingHispersonwasshortandfull,withajuvenile,animatedcasttoit.Hiscomplexionrurallyruddy;hiseyesincere,cheery,andgray.Hishairalonebetrayedthathewasnotanovergrownboy.FromhishairIsethimdownasfortyormore.8“Come,Standard,”hegleefullycriedtomyfriend,“areyounotgoingtothecircus?Theclownisinimitable,theysay.Come;Mr.Helmstone,too—comeboth;andcircusover,we’lltakeanicestewandpunchatTaylor’s.”9Thesterlingcontent,goodhumor,andextraordinaryQUESTIONSection3:DetailedReadingruddy,sincereexpressionofthismostsingularnewacquaintanceacteduponmelikemagic.[1]Itseemedmereloyaltytohumannaturetoacceptaninvitationfromsounmistakablykindandhonestaheart.10DuringthecircusperformanceIkeptmyeyemoreonHautboythanonthecelebratedclown.[2]Hautboywasthesightforme.Suchgenuineenjoymentashisstruckmetothesoulwithasenseoftherealityofthethingcalledhappiness.[3]Thejokesoftheclownheseemedtorollunderhistongueasripemagnumbonums.Nowthefoot,QUESTIONSection3:DetailedReadingnowthehand,wasemployedtoattesthisgratefulapplause.Ifanyhitmorethanordinary,heturneduponStandardandmetoseeifhisrarepleasurewassha