课件23张PPT。 success in American literature) Sold more than 5 million within 48 hours
won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953
won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954the spirit of U. S. A
President Kenny described him
“second to none who influence
American people”
Ernest HemingwayReading time Why did Hemingway
won the Nobel Prize for Literature with this
short novel? Topic sentencesHemingway’s famous fiction “the old man and the sea” won the Nobel Prize. Briefly introduce the main idea of the story.The novel is not only a simple adventure story, but also the story of one’s refusal to be defeated.The Background and prototype of the novel.P1P2P3P44Story time 6555? 84 days?
without?catching?a?fish ?on the?85th?day
take his boat into the sea
hook the marlin
unable to pull?it?in
?the?fish pulls the boat three days later
kill the big fishsharks appear
old man fight
return home a skeleton of marlin
What kind of person is Santiago? Santiago’s appearanceThe old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles
in the back of his neck. His hands had deep-creased
scars but none of the scars were fresh. They were as
old as erosions in a fishless desert. Everything about
him was old except his eyes and they were the same
color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.1. Underline the adjectives used to describe his appearance.
2. Why is the desert “fishless”?
3. Why are the eyes“cheerful and undefeated”?
Santiago’s appearanceThe old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles
in the back of his neck. His hands had deep-creased
scars but none of the scars were fresh. They were as
old as erosions in a fishless desert. Everything about
him was old except his eyes and they were the same
color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.1. Underline the adjectives used to describe his appearance.
2. Why is the desert “fishless”?
3. Why are the eyes“cheerful and undefeated”?
Partgaunt 瘦削憔悴的wrinkle 皱纹,褶皱crease折痕, 褶皱scar伤疤, 伤痕erosion腐蚀,侵蚀2019-12-30The old man is cheerful and undefeated. Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated. Santiago’s characterWe can use physical description
to show a person’s character Sentence by sentenceThe old man was thin and gaunt with deep wrinkles
in the back of his neck.
His hands had deep-creased scars but none of the
scars were fresh.
They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert.
Everything about him was old except his eyes and
they were the same color as the sea and were
cheerful and undefeated.Physical appearanceFurther informationVivid pictureSimileHemingway’s writing style3. His shirt had been patched so many times that it was like the sail and the patches were faded to many different shades by the sun.
2. Now is no time to think of what you do not have.
Think of what you can do with what there is.1. “ A man is not made for defeat”, he said, “a man can be destroyed, but not defeated.”Alliteration 头韵Repetition 重复Simile 明喻Hemingway’s writing style It is silly not to hope.
人不抱希望是很傻的。
2. My?big?fish?must?be?somewhere.?
一定有属于我的大鱼在什么地方等着。
3. But, then, nothing is easy.
不过,话说回来,没有一桩事是容易的。
Iceberg principle The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.
1. Simple words
2. Vivid image
3. Rich emotion
4. Deep thought
Hemingway’s writing style He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish… the sail was patched with flour sacks and , furled, it looked like the flag of permanent defeat.
Write a descriptive passageThink of a person or place, either from your imagination or which you know already, write a short descriptive passage about the person or place.Thanks to the book Whatever difficulties we encountered we should face with confidence, persist in the end, and never retreat.
We give thanks to the book, for it lets us know our shortcomings and correct them in time, so we become a socially useful people.