(共32张PPT)
UNIT 4
Exploring Literature
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Reading
1. Students can learn some words and phrases.
2. Students can get the main idea of this passage.
3. Students could develop a positive attitude literature.
Learning Aims:
Brainstorming: What’s your favourite character Write down on your book.
Harry Potter
Princess
What are the important value of an important character
personal appearance
body
active experience
personal relationship
What is your favourite book
Try to predict the main idea of this passage.
The wonder of literature
Narrative
What is the genre of this passage
What is the writing purpose of this passage
To show the charm of literature
Please write down the structure of this passage.
Part.1 Para.1-2
The wonder of literature
Part.2 Para.3-5
Part.3 Para.6
Introduction
Body
Summary
What is the main idea of this passage
The genral introduction and qualities of literature
Vocabulary
literature / l tr t (r)/ n. 文学,文学作品
shell / el/ n. 贝壳;壳
in store (for sb) 即将发生(在某人身上),等待着(某人)
appeal / pi l/ vi. 有吸引力;申诉;呼吁 n. 吸引力;申诉;呼吁
determine /d t m n/ vt. 确定;支配;决心 vi. 决心
significant /s ɡ n f k nt/ adj. 有重要意义的,显著的
description /d skr p n/ n. 描述,形容,说明
sensitive / sens t v/ adj. 感觉敏锐的;体贴的
Vocabulary
soul /s l/ n. 灵魂;心性,内心
reflect /r flekt/ vt. & vi. 反映,显示;反射;沉思
capable / ke p bl/ adj. 有能力,有才能;能力强的
awaken / we k n/ vt. & vi. 唤起,被唤起;(使)醒来
launch /l nt / vt. 使(船)下水;开始从事,发动
permanence / p m n ns/ n. 永久,持久性
contain /k n te n/ vt. 包含,含有,容纳
element / el m nt/ n. 要素,基本部分
universal / ju n v sl/ adj. 普遍的,共同的
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.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.
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。这声音仿佛来自另一个世界,孩子听后十分惊奇。随后那个男人解释说,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。让孩子为之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。
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重点词汇
on the beach 在海滩上 ; 上岸
be from 来自 ; 生长在 ; 出身于
a range of 一系列 ; 一排 ; 一大片
faint 昏倒 ; 昏厥 ; 微弱的,不清楚的
amazed 吃惊的 ; 大为惊奇
unnoticed 被忽视 ; 未被注意到的
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. 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.
当我们开始学习文学的时候,我们也会有如此这般的体验。让一首小曲愉悦我们的耳朵,或者让一部巨著触动我们的心灵,这样我们就会发现一个全新的世界,一个充满梦想和魔力的世界。要进入这个新世界,并享受其中的乐趣,我们需要热爱文学,并尽力去解读它。每本书背后都有一个人,此人身后是一个族群,这个族群背后是自然和社会环境。如果要了解一本书所传递的全部信息,我们就必须要了解所有这些内容。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。
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重点词汇
in store for 就要出现在…身上;即将发生在…身上
a little 一点
appeal to 呼吁 ; 向…请求 ; 诉诸武力 ; 向…投诉
new world 新世界;新大陆;西半球,美洲
make an effort 努力,做出努力,尽一番努力
In a word 总而言之;简言之;一句话
first step 第一步 ; 第一步骤 ; 初步
some of 中的一些
qualities 质量 ; 品质
Someone who love literature.
What does the child stand for
Someone who try to explain and understand literature.
What does the man stand for
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.
文学的第一个特质是它对真与美的描写。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。一百个人走过田野,眼中所见的可能都只是枯草,而诗人驻足,看得更深,他看到了真与美,遂写下:“昨日之花即是我。”读了这句诗的人便能看到以前隐匿在眼前的美。
Take notes quickly!
重点词汇
quality 质量 ; 品质
unnoticed 被忽视 ; 未被注意到的
just as 正像 ; 正在…的时候
poet 诗人
be capable of 可以…的 ; 能…的
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.
文学的第二个特质是在于它能打动我们的情感,启发我们的想象力。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。当克里斯托弗·马洛笔下的浮士德博士当着海伦的面问道:“这就是那张让上千艘战舰为之起航的面庞吗?”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。
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重点词汇
appeal to 呼吁 ; 向…请求 ; 诉诸武力 ; 向…投诉
awaken 醒来 ; 唤起 ; 被唤起
Christopher Marlowe 克里斯托弗·马洛
in the presence of 在…面前
Helen 海伦
a thousand 一千
new world 新世界;西半球,美洲
heroism 英雄精神 ; 英勇表现
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.
文学的第三个特质是其持久的生命力,它源于前两个特质。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。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。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。
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重点词汇
universal interest 普遍利益
personal style 个人作风
reflects 反映 ; 反射 ; 显示,表明
hate 仇恨 ; 憎恨 ; 厌恶 ;
joy 快乐 ; 喜悦 ; 乐趣
sadness 悲伤 ; 难过 ; 悲痛 ; 使人悲伤的事
writer 作家 ; 作者 ; 撰写人
human life 人类生命
reflecting 反映 ; 反射 ;
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)
总之,文学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。
(改编自威廉 · J. 朗恩的《英语文学:历史及其对英语世界生活的意义》)
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重点词汇
In summary 总结 ; 总之 ; 总而言之
written record 书面记录
thoughts and feelings 思想和感受
Adapted from 改编的 ; 改编自
William 威廉
English Literature 英国文学 ; 英语语言文学
Significance 意义 ; 重要性 ; 含义 ; 意思
English-Speaking 说英语的
How do you understand these words :Yesterday’s flowers am I
A sensitive human soul brings the unnoticed beauty to our attention.
Try to write down the qualities of literature:
The description of truth and beauty
The appeal to our feelings and imagination
The permanence
Try to make a summary about literature according to the passage.
Talk with others.
Write your ideas.
Literature is the expression of life, the writer’s thoughts and feelings, and the history of human beings.
Thank you!