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The wonder of literature
Lead in
read these key words
devote oneself to sensitive
earnest significant
butterfly description
reflect capable
soul determine
literature appeal
shell
in store (for sb)
Learning aims
To understand the general idea and structure of this passage.
To master the usages of these key words
self-study
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Introduction
Body
Summary
An introduction to the topic of “literature”.
Three significant qualities of literature
Definition of literature
Identify the structure
awaken launch
permanence element
universal author
summary in summary
feature novel
therefore issue
draw on topic
upper ought to
gap collection
context section
specific mean
particular in particular
transport
turkey extremely
destroy biography
autobiography
attempt stage
straighten poetry
strain chapter
alongside accomplish
noble mushy
confused flash
clear up weave
be on the point of doing sth
Learning-aims
By the end of this class,we will be able to
Review the meaning of these key words and key phrases
Master the usage of these key words
Guidance&exploration
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. These sounds seemed to be from another world and the child listened to them with wonder.
hold sth. to one’s ear把……放在耳边
seem to do sth 似乎做某事
seem +adj 似乎......
listen to 听..........
Then the man explained that the child heard nothing strange, and that the shell caught a range of sounds too faint for human ears. What amazed the child was not a new world, but the unnoticed music of the old.
explain (v)解释—explanation (n)解释
a range of一系列;各种
not.........but 不是........而是.......
Some such experience as this lies in store for us when we begin the study of literature. Let a little song appeal to the ear, or a great book to the heart, and we discover a new world, a world of dreams and magic. To enter and enjoy this new world, we need to love literature, and make an effort to explain it.
such...as像…那样的;诸如…之类的
Such as 例如
lie in store for sb.等着某人, 即将发生到……的身上
appeal to 对……有吸引力;呼吁;申诉
be appealing/attractive to=对……有吸引力
make an effort to do sth. 努力……
Behind every book is a man, behind the man is the race, and behind the race are the natural and social environments. We must know all these, if the book is to speak its whole message. 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总之;一句话;
in other words换句话说,也就是说
wish to do sth 希望做某事
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.
bring sth. to one’s attention引起某人的注意
reflect= be a reflection of反映;是……的反映
die (v)死
death (n)死亡
dead(adj)死的
dying (adj)垂死的
be capable of doing sth. 有……的能力=have the capability of doing sth.
be able to do sth. 能够做某事
be hidden from one’s eyes 不为……所见
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.
have an appeal to one’s feelings and imagination
激发某人的感受与想象力
lie in=be in= exist in存在于;在于
awake sth. in sb. 唤起;唤醒;激发某人身上的……(品质/特质)
in the presence of当着……的面
open a door to 打开……之门
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.
come out of从..出来;从…产生,来自于
the other two其他两个
take on 承担,呈现,接纳,具有
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.
(Adapted from William J. Long's English Literature: Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World)
in summary= to sum up= in one word 总之
In forms of 以......的形式
adapt...from 从……改编……;
be adapted from 由……改编而来;