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Unit4 Reading
The wonder of literature
Lead-in: a guessing game
Read the descriptions about a book.
Tell me the name of the book.
Guessing Game 1
Both his parents were killed by an evil wizard.
He has a scar on his forehead.
He made great friends in a magic school
Its theme is about friendship and bravery.
Guessing Game 2
There are four people traveling to the West for Buddhist scriptures.
They beat monsters and overcome difficulties all the way.
Their hard work finally pays off.
Guessing Game 3
It describes the rise and fall of four families.
It is a tragedy(悲剧).
It vividly reflects the life in Qing dynasty.
Read the excerpts on the book and try to understand the meaning.
My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest.
Classics can stand the test of time.
我在生活中尝试做的任何一件事,我都是全身心地投入去做的。 无论做什么,我都奉献了我的全部。
You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it.
你永远不能拥有太多的天空。你可以在天空下睡去,醒来又沉醉。在你忧伤的时候,天空会给你安慰。可是忧伤太多,天空不够,蝴蝶不够,花儿也不够。大多美好的东西都不够。于是,我们去我们所能,好好的享用。
What qualities do you think great works should have
Are they great works of literature
Read for structure
Para. 1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Para.6
Para. 1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
Para.6
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 5
Para. 6
Introduction
Body
Summary
An introduction to the topic of “literature”.
Three significant qualities of literature
Definition of literature
Identify the structure
Read for details
What’s the story about
walk on the beach
shell
hold it to the ear
explain
Heard strange, low, musical sounds
the sounds are too faint for human ears
Unnoticed music of the old
Paragraph 1
Para.1
A child and a man were walking on the beach when the child found a shell and held it to his ear. Suddenly he heard strange, low, musical sounds.
shell n.贝壳
musical adj.悦耳的
music n.音乐
musician n.音乐家
孩子和男人在海滩上散步,孩子发现了一枚贝壳,把它放到了耳边。突然,他听到了奇怪、低沉、悦耳的声音。
Para.1
These sounds seemed to be from another world and the child listened to them with wonder.
seem v.似乎
wonder n.惊讶,惊叹
wonderful adj.奇妙的,极好的
with+名词 (相当于副词)
with wonder = wonderfully
这声音仿佛来自另一个世界,孩子听后十分惊奇。
Para.1
Then the man explained that the child heard nothing strange, and that the shell caught a range of sounds too faint for human ears.
a range of 一系列
a series of
faint adj.模糊的,微弱的
随后男子解释说,孩子听到的声音没有什么奇怪的,只不过是贝壳捕捉到了种种对于人的耳朵来说过于微弱的声音而已。
宾语从句
Para.1
What amazed the child was not a new world, but the unnoticed music of the old.
amaze v.使...惊奇,使...惊愕
unnoticed 未被注意到的
使孩子惊奇的其实不是一个新世界,而是旧世界那被人忽视的乐音。
Para.1
What amazed the child was not a new world, but the unnoticed music of the old.
amaze v.使...惊奇,使...惊愕
unnoticed 未被注意到的
使孩子惊奇的其实不是一个新世界,而是旧世界那被人忽视的乐音。
Paragraph 2
The topic sentence
Some such experience as this lies in store for us when we begin the study of literature.
the story of the man and the child
the study of literature
hear unnoticed sounds
analogy
analogy
What does the man stand for
The man stands for people who make an effort to explain and understand literature.
What does the child stand for
The child stands for people who love and enjoy literature.
Behind every book is a man, behind the man is the race, and behind the race are the natural and social environment.
The meaning
每本书的背后是一个人,一个人的背后是民族,民族的背后是自然和社会环境。
Para.2
Some such experience as this lies in store for us when we begin the study of literature.
experience n.经验
lie in 存在,在于
in store (for ab.) 即将发生在(某人身上)
当我们开始学习文学的时候,我们也会有如此这般的体验。
Para.2
In a word, we have now reached a point where we wish to enjoy and understand literature. The first step is to determine some of its significant qualities.
in a word 总而言之
reach 到达
determine v. 确定,决定
significant quality n.重要特质
定语从句
总之,我们现在已经到了想要欣赏和理解文学的阶段。第一步是确定它的一些重要特质。
Para 3-5 : Finish the chart
Qualities of literature
(4)______________
Its permanence
(3)________________
__________________
_____________________
(2)__________________
_____________________
Its description of
truth and beauty
Its appeal to our
feelings and imagination
Universal interest
Personal style
Para 3 : Read for the structure
The first quality of literature is its description of truth and beauty. Some truth and beauty remain unnoticed until a sensitive human soul brings them to our attention, just as the shell reflects the unnoticed sounds. A hundred men may pass a field and see only dead grass; but a poet stops, looks deeper, sees truth and beauty, and writes, “Yesterday’s flowers am I.” One who reads it is capable of seeing the beauty that was hidden from his eyes before.
Point
Explanation
Example
hear unnoticed sounds
analogy
notice unnoticed
truth and beauty
The quality
Its
Description
Of
truth and beauty
Paragraph 3
Para.3 : Have a discussion
How do you understand the line of the poet”Yesterday’s flowers am I”
What does “I” refer to
Para.3 : Have a discussion
How do you understand the line of the poet”Yesterday’s flowers am I”
Yellow dead grass
Beautiful flowers
A poet
A hundred men
VS
A sensitive human soul brings the unnoticed beauty to our attention.
Para.3
The first quality of literature is its description of truth and beauty.
quality n.品质
description n.描述
describe v.描述
文学的第一个特质是它对真与美的描写。
Para.3
Some truth and beauty remain unnoticed until a sensitive human soul brings them to our attention, just as the shell reflects the unnoticed sounds.
remain vi 保持,依然
sensitive adj.敏感的
bring...to one’s attention 使...注意到...
reflect v.反射
一些真与美一直被忽视,直到一个敏锐的人类灵魂让它们引起我们的注意。正如贝壳捕捉到了我们未曾注意的声音一样。
Para.3
One who reads it is capable of seeing the beauty that was hidden from his eyes before.
be capable of 能
hide v.隐藏
读了这句诗的人便能看到以前隐匿在眼前的美。
The second quality of literature is its appeal to our feelings and imagination. Its attraction lies more in what it awakens in us than what it says. When Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus asks in the presence of Helen, “Was this the face that launched a thousand ships ” he opens a door through which our imagination enters a new world, a world of love, beauty and heroism.
point
explanation
example
Para 4 : Read for the structure
Para 4 : The second quality
Its appeal
to our feelings
and imaginations
The examples
“Was this the face that launched a thousand ships ”
What does Helen look like
What are the ships used for
a world of love, beauty and heroism
Open a door through which our imagination enters a new world, a world or love, beauty and hetoism.
Para.4
The second quality of literature is its appeal to our feelings and imagination.
文学的第二个特质在于它能吸引我们的情感和想象力。
Para.4
Its attraction lies more in what it awakens in us than what it says.
lie in 在于
awaken 唤醒
文学的魅力更多在于它唤起了我们什么,而不在于它说了什么。
Para.4
When Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus asks in the presence of Helen, “Was this the face that launched发动,使...启动 a thousand ships ” he opens a door through which our imagination enters a new world, a world of love, beauty and heroism.
克里斯托弗·马洛笔下的浮士德博士当着海伦的面问:“这就是那张让上千艘战舰为之起航的面庞吗?”此时他便打开了一扇门,通过这扇门,我们的想象力进入了一个充满爱、美和英雄主义的新世界。
in the presence of 当着...的面;有……在场
=in one’s presence
The third quality of literature, coming out of the other two, is its permanence. To achieve this, it should contain two elements: universal interest and personal style. Good literature reflects the most basic of human nature—love and hate, joy and sadness, fear and hope. It also takes on a personal style—no writer can describe
human life without reflecting his own life and experiences.
point
explanation
further
explanation
Paragraph 5:Draw a mind map
Paragraph 5
Universal interest
01
Personal style
02
Permanence
The quality
Universal interest
the most basic of human nature
reflect
love and
hate
joy and
sadness
fear and
hope
Personal style
WHY
No writer can describe human life without reflecting his own life and experiences.
Para.5
The third quality of literature, coming out of the other two, is its permanence.
come out of...来自于...
permanence n.永恒
文学的第三个特质是其持久的生命力,它源于前两个特质。
现在分词后置定语
Para.5
To achieve this, it should contain two elements: universal interest and personal style. Good literature reflects the most basic of human nature—love and hate, joy and sadness, fear and hope.
Paragraph 5:Draw a mind map
Universal interest
01
Personal style
02
Permanence
The quality
the most basic of human nature
reflect
love
and
hate
joy
and
sadness
fear
and
hope
because
No writer can describe human life without reflecting his own life and experiences.
Paragraph 6
In summary, literature is the expression of life in forms of truth and beauty, the written record of man’s thoughts and feelings, and the history of the human soul.
Para.6
In summary, literature is the expression of life in forms of truth and beauty, the written record of man’s thoughts and feelings, and the history of the human soul.
总之,文学是以真和美的形式对生命的表达,是人类思想和感情的写照,是人类灵魂的历史。
Reading for structure
PEEL structure:
Para3-5: PEE
Para 6: L
总结的句子
Summarize Para. 3-5
Reread the paragraphs and try to write a summary.
Summary
In this article, the author describes _______________________________: ___________________________________________, ___________________ ________________________ and _____________________.
its description of truth and beauty
its permanence
its appeal to our
feelings and imagination
the wonder of literature
Summary Para.2
Some truth and beauty remain unnoticed until a sensitive human soul brings them to our attention, just as the shell reflects the unnoticed sounds.
A __________ human soul can bring hidden _________________ to our attention, just as ___________________________________.
sensitive
truth and beauty
the shell reflects the unnoticed sounds
The second quality of literature is its appeal to our feelings and imagination. Its attraction lies more in what it awakens in us …
Good literature can __________ our feelings and arouse our ________________.
Summary Para.3
awaken
imagination
Summary Para.4
The third quality of literature, coming out of the other two, is its permanence. To achieve this, it should contain two elements: universal interest and personal style.
Literary classics should contain two __________: ________________ and ________________.
elements
universal interest
personal style
In this article, the author describes the wonder of literature: its description of truth and beauty, its appeal to our feelings and imagination and its permanence.
A sensitive human soul can bring hidden truth and beauty to our attention, just as the shell reflects the unnoticed sounds. __________, good literature can awaken our feelings and arouse our imagination. _____________, literary classics should contain two elements: universal interest and personal style.
Summary Para.4
Besides
Furthermore
Appreciate the poem
Behind every book is a man, behind the man is the race(民族), and behind the race are the natural and social environment.
If we want to appreciate the poem fully, what should we know at first
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