(共14张PPT)
The wonder of literature (II)
Language points
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice.
文学是那种让人一读再回味无穷的艺术。
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.
1. 【句子分析】A child and a man were walking on the beach when the child
found a shell and held it to his ear.
【句子翻译】
一个小孩与一位男士正在海滩上散步, 小孩突然看到了一个贝壳, 他拾起贝壳并放在耳边。
【句式解构】be doing...when... 正在做……, 这时……, when是并列连词。
【拓展】 含并列连词when的常用句式:
① be doing...when... 正在做……突然(这时)……
② be about to do...when... 刚要做……突然 (这时)……
【写作链接】我们刚要出发,天就开始下雨了。
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We were about to start when it began to rain.
2. "Suddenly"=All of a sudden 是一个副词,用来表示某事突然发生或出现,使情景更加生动。
例句:Suddenly, a loud noise broke the silence of the night.
忽然,一阵吵闹声划破寂静的夜。
【写作链接】
We were having a pleasant conversation when suddenly the power went out.
1. 她正走在街上时,突然被石头绊倒了。(trip over)
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2. 我们正在进行愉快的谈话时突然停电了。
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She was walking along the street when suddenly she tripped over a stone.
3. 【句子分析】What amazed the child was not a new world, but the unnoticed music of the old.
本句中what在从句中作主语, 引导主语从句, 另外, 它还可以引导宾语从句和表语从句等。
Then the man explained that the child heard nothing strange, and that the shell caught a range of sounds...(P1L4)
Its attraction lies more in what it awakens in us than what it says. (P4L2)
【划分从句技巧】找准句子的谓语动词,牢记“一山不容二虎原则”
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.
4. Some such experience as this lies in store for us when we begin the study of literature.
【句子解析】Some such experience as this": 这部分构成了一个名词短语,其中 "such" 用来修饰 "experience",表示 "类似的" 或 "同样的"。"as this" 则是引导定语从句的部分,进一步说明 "experience" 的性质。
【语法填空练习】
1. This poem is such a beautiful piece of writing ______ I've ever read.
2. The story was ______ an exciting adventure as we've ever heard.
3. His essay is such _______ impressive composition as I've seen from him.
4. The play was such an enjoyable performance_______ we've ever watched.
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5. Behind every book is a man, behind the man is the race, and behind the race are the natural and social environments.
【知识点总结】这句话是一种完全倒装结构,通常是为了强调句子中的某一部分内容,常用于地点方位副词、表语和介词短语前置的情况。(标志词+V+S+其他)
【写作链接】
1. 谎言的背后是母亲深沉的爱。
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2. 出现在Hellen面前的是她深爱的父母。
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Behind the lie is the deep love of a mother.
In the presence of Hellen were her beloved parents.
6. In a word, we have now reached a point where we wish to enjoy and understand literature.
【知识点总结】"point" 在定语从句中用来进一步说明主句中所描述的情况或状态,使得句子更加具体和清晰。
【练习巩固】
1. We have reached a point _____ we can no longer ignore the environmental issues.
2. This is the stage ______we need to make important decisions about our future.
3. She has come to a point ______ she realizes the importance of work-life balance.
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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.
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.
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.
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)