(共32张PPT)
Unit 4 Exploring literature
Reading (Ⅱ)
Qualities of literature
Its _________ of truth and beauty
Its ________ to our feelings and imagination
_______________
___________
____________
description
appeal
Personal style
Universal interest
Permanence
1. a. 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. (para. 2, lines 8–9)
让一首小曲娱悦我们的耳朵,让一部巨著触动我们的心灵,这样我们便会发现一个全新的世界,一个充满梦想和魔力的世界。
to attract or interest sb
a quality that makes sb/sth attractive or interesting
b. The second quality of literature is its appeal to our feelings and imagination. (para. 4, line 21)
文学的第二个特质在于它能打动我们的情感,启发我们的想象力。
verb
noun
a. She appealed to the high court against her sentence.
b. Our school appeals to the students to set aside an hour every day to take exercise.
to make a formal request to a court or to sb in authority for a judgement or a decision to be changed
to make a serious and urgent request
She made an appeal to the high court against her sentence.
Our school made an appeal to the students to set aside an hour every day to take exercise.
verb
verb
noun
noun
2. The first step is to determine some of its significant qualities. (para. 2, line 14)
第一步是确定它的一些重要特质。
determine vt. to discover the facts about sth
a. Have you determined the date for the wedding
b. He determined that his son shall have a good education.
vt. to officially decide and/or arrange sth
vt. & vi. to decide definitely to do sth
I have determined on/upon working as a teacher in the countryside after graduation.
determine
on/upon doing sth
to do sth
Translate the following sentence.
我已经决定毕业后做乡村教师。
I have determined to work as a teacher in the countryside after graduation.
From the ____________ expression on his face, we knew that he was __________ to take up the job, which needed great patience and ______________.
Verb Adjective Noun
determine
determination
determined
determined
determined
determination
I determine to study hard to make my dream come true.
I am determined to study hard to make my dream come true.
significant adj. large or enough to have an effect or be noticed
Adjectives Adverbs Nouns
important
significant
important
significantly
significance
importantly
importance
3. The first quality of literature is its description of truth and beauty. (para. 3, line 15)
文学的第一个特质是它对真与美的描写。
description n. the act of writing or saying in words what sb/sth is like
Police have issued a description of the man.
Translate the following sentence.
警察发布通告,描述了那个人的样貌特征。
aa description of
give
issue
Police have issued a __________ description of the man.
detailed
brief
general
...
description n.
describe vt.
I can’t wait to describe to you what senior high school life is like.
Translate the following sentence.
我迫不及待想要跟你描述高中生活是什么样子的。
to say what sb/sth is like
4. Some truth and beauty remain unnoticed until a sensitive human soul brings them to our attention, just as the shell reflects the unnoticed sounds. (para. 3, lines 15–17)
有些真与美一直不为人所察觉,直到一个敏锐的人类灵魂让它们引起我们的注意,这就正如贝壳把那些被人忽视的声音呈现出来一样。
reflect vt. to throw back light, heat, sound, etc. from a surface
Translate the following sentence.
窗户反射着午后明媚的阳光。
The windows reflected the bright afternoon sunlight.
Good literature reflects the most basic of human nature—love and hate, joy and sadness, fear and hope. (para. 5, lines 28–29)
好的文学作品反映了人性最基本的内涵—爱与恨、喜与悲、恐惧与希望。
It also takes on a personal style—no writer can describe human life without reflecting his own life and experiences. (para. 5, lines 29–30)
它也带有个人风格——没有哪个作家能够在描写人类的生活时不反映其个人生活和经历。
reflect vt. & vi. to show what something is like or the nature of sth or sb’s attitude or feeling
Translate the following sentence.
你的选择反映了你对美的好品味。
Your choice reflects your good taste of beauty.
a. His face was reflected in the mirror.
b. She needs time to reflect on your suggestion.
vt. usually passive to show the image of sb/sth on the surface of sth such as a mirror, water or glass
vt. & vi. to think carefully and deeply about sth
be reflected in
reflect on/upon
5. One who reads it is capable of seeing the beauty that was hidden from his eyes before. (para. 3, lines 19–20)
读到这句诗的人可以发现曾视而不见的美。
capable a. having the ability or qualities necessary for doing sth
She is a very capable teacher.
having the ability to do things well
I am perfectly capable of looking after myself.
Translate the following sentence.
我完全有能力照顾自己。
6. To achieve this, it should contain two elements: universal interest and personal style. (para. 5, lines 26–27)
要实现这一点,它须包含两个要素:广泛的关切和个人的风格。
contain vt. to have sth inside it or as part of it
She was unable to contain her excitement.
The government has made great efforts to contain the epidemic.
vt. to keep your feelings under control
vt. to prevent sth harmful from spreading or getting worse
contain
The box _________ a number of letters, ________ those from her admirers and of course her husband’s letter ________ well.
include
contains
including
included
If one thing includes another, it has the second thing as one of its parts.
If something contains something else, it has that thing inside it or as part of it.
element n. a necessary or typical part of sth
Cost is a key element in our decision.
Translate the following sentence.
成本是我们决策时考虑的一个重要因素。
element
a(n)
essential
important
...
vital
7. 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 human soul. (para. 6, lines 31–32)
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。
in summary
in general
in short
in conclusion
to conclude
on the whole
summary n.
summarize vt. & vi.
The author summarizes his views in the introduction.
Translate the following sentence.
作者在序言里概述了他的观点。
a short statement that gives only the main points of sth, not the details
to give a summary of sth, to give a statement of the main points
appeal (to)
determine
significant
description
reflect
capable (be capable of)
contain
element
(in) summary
Consolidation
description contain significant be capable of
element reflect in summary appeal to
B1
The passage below is about a classic work of plete the passage with the correct forms of the words and phrases in the box below.
reflects
appeal to
significant
description
contains
are capable of
elements
In summary
Help remember the words you are trying to learn
Help you express yourself better by making your speech or writing richer and more colourful
Synonyms
Antonyms
words with the same or nearly the same meaning
words with opposite meanings
B2
Find the synonyms and antonyms in the article and think of more on your own.
Synonyms
Antonyms
low—faint
love—enjoy
unnoticed—hidden
significant—important
new—old
love—hate
important—unimportant
attraction—appeal
joy—sadness
Examples are useful in that they support your argument or help explain an idea that may be difficult for the reader to understand. Try to give proper examples when you express an opinion.
B3
The article gives examples to explain ideas more clearly to the reader. Find the examples in the article and give an example to support the idea below.
Examples in the article
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.
Examples in the article
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.
Give an example to support the idea below
Some people believe that classics are old and boring and have nothing to do with life today. However, this is not true. ________________________________
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For example, Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina can still teach us not to build our own happiness on someone else’s pain.
Choose one adjective from the text and look it up in the dictionary to find out relevant phrases, adverb form, noun form, synonyms and antonyms.
Homework