选修10 Unit 5 Enjoying novels Using LanguageⅠ课件（24张PPT）

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Unit 5
Enjoy novels
Using language
“The Proposal”
What does a successful proposal need?
◆ a romantic setting
◆ a right timing
◆ a speech full of passionate love
◆ mutual love between both lovers
Elizabeth Bennet met and disliked Mr. Darcy, a rich and handsome landowner, almost at once for his proud ways and rude manners. When she meets him a second time at his aunt’s house, she is astonished when he proposes marriage to her.
Mr. Darcy
Elizabeth Bennet
?
Proud:
1. They are so proud that the daughter is doing well at school.
2. She was too proud to admit she was wrong.
Para.1-2
Find out how proud Mr. Darcy was when he was making a proposal
He spoke fluently, but concentrated on her low social rank… (para.1);

But as he continued in his arrogant way, … (para.2);

… but it was evident from his face that he felt sure of her answer. (para.2).

care little about Elizabeth’s feelings
over-confident about his proposal
a lack of tenderness/passion
“Sorry, sir. I can’t marry you.”
Mr. Darcy’s proposal:
◆ a romantic setting
◆ a right timing
◆ a speech full of passionate love
◆ mutual love between both lovers

a failed proposal
unromantic
wrong
proud
a lack of
1.with great surprise/ struggled to control the expression on his face;
2. demanded a reason.
Para.3-4
Reason 2:
Elizabeth thought he was to blame for Mr. Wickham’s hardships.
reason
Reason 1:
Elizabeth thought Mr. Darcy prevented her sister’s marriage.

What do you think about Elizabeth’s opinions of Mr. Darcy?
Are they true to the fact?
prejudice
prejudice
Reason 2:
Elizabeth thought he was to blame for Mr. Wickham’s hardships.
Reason 1:
Elizabeth thought Mr. Darcy prevented her sister’s marriage;
“I did everything in my power to separate my friend from your sister, and I rejoice in my success.”
“His hardships,” replied Darcy angrily, “have been great indeed.”

Wickham’s hardships are not great at all!
proud
Para. 4
“The Failed Proposal”
prejudice
proud
What’s the real reason for the failed proposal according to the writer?
◆ Their characters (proud and prejudice)
Para. 4
“The Proposal”
from Pride and Prejudice
Wickham
wicked:
evil, very bad or harmful
ham:
an actor
“He is poor because of you. He is innocent yet you treated his hardships with extreme unkindness.”
antagonist(反派)
A novel is like an iceberg—writer’s intention is always deeply hidden in the ocean.
The information on surface
The writer’s real intention and purpose
Wickham

To show Wickham’s evil and to infer Elizabeth’s prejudice
Mr. Murdstone
(from David Copperfield)
Falstaff
(from King Henry IV)

Tess
(from Tess of the D'Urbervilles)
Murder stone:
a man who is extremely cruel
False stuff:
a man who has no real abilities but pretends to have
Death:
a girl who has a bad fate
Names in works of literature
Hidden meaning
“A true writer always tells more and a true reader always feels more.”
Para. 5-7
Can you find some sentences that have hidden meanings.
“Thank you for being so outspoken. My faults are heavy indeed.” (Para. 5)

2. “… and if I had flattered you, it might have been different.” (Para. 5)

3. “It spared me any concern I might have felt in refusing you if you had behaved more like a gentleman.” (Para. 6)


Para.5-7
“Thank you for being so outspoken. My faults are heavy indeed.”
I don’t think I have any faults. (irony)
Para.5-7
“… and if I had flattered you, it might have been different.”
You might accept my proposal if I flatter you like others.

You are no different from other girls who only want to hear good words.
Para.5-7
“It spared me any concern I might have felt in refusing you if you had behaved more like a gentleman.”
You are not acting like a gentleman;
I was concerned about your feeing for refusing you;
But now I don’t feel regretted or sad for refusing your proposal.
“The Proposal”
不是普通意义上的求婚（鲜花，戒指，簇拥的人群和人们的祝福），作者通过求婚这个行为把小说男女主人公人物最大的特点、性格冲突以及阶级矛盾体现出来了，是小说的高潮之一。
Jane Austen
Born in 1775, England, from a religious family;
Educated mainly by her father and her own reading;
Began to write in her teens and Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility are two most well-known novels;
Love & marriage are two important themes in her works.
Unmarried for the whole life and never traveled too much.

Thank you!
“The Proposal”
from Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet met and disliked Mr. Darcy, a rich and handsome landowner, almost at once for his proud ways and rude manner. When she meets him a second time at his aunt’s house, she is astonished when he proposes marriage to her.
Mr. Darcy
Elizabeth Bennet
?
Proud: someone who is proud feels that they are better or more important than other people.
Para.5-7
Para.1-2
Find out how proud Mr. Darcy is when he was making a proposal
He spoke fluently, but concentrated on her low social rank… (para.1);

But as he continued in his arrogant way, … (para.2);

… but it was evident from his face that he felt sure of her answer. (para.2).

“The Proposal” from Pride and Prejudice

What does a successful proposal need?
◆ a romantic setting
◆ a romantic