北师大版英语高二选修六Unit 16 Stories Literature spot 6 课件（54张ppt）

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选修六 Unit 16 Stories (8)
高二年级 英语


Literature spot 6
The Shepherd Andreas
How to describe vividly

What illustration have you designed for this article?
description + your impression


Descriptions of Andreas

Voice/ sound:
Appearance:
Action:
Facial expression:



Descriptions of Andreas
Voice/ sound: shout, gruffly, bearish, cry,
slow laugh rumbles
Appearance: deformed leg, thick and scarred hands,
yellow cloth, white moustache, army jacket
Action: slide off, name, pluck off, poke, pantomime, bang
Facial expression: cautious smile, frustrated,
face proclaims laughter, guffaw

Impression of Andreas

Hardworking, tough: leg, hands
Plain, unsophisticated: bored, ask for a cup
Kind, friendly: greet, name the flowers, communicate
Straightforward, manly: wave away apologies, in one go
…


Andreas placed his deformed left leg resting on the stone, with his boot cut open and a cane in his hand. I emphasized his hands which are thick and rough with broken nails. I want to show that he is tough, hardworking and easygoing. (G1802 隋润叶)
How to describe vividly?
Read and compare:
We both take in the view before us: slender Marcos, eating my melon rinds and poppies; olive trees; the curved and plummeting body of the land, its shapes of green, sage-green, yellow, almond; rose and purple and gray shadow.
b. We see the donkey, flowers and trees, and the colorful land in
my yard.

How to describe vividly?
Read and compare:
a. Now a slow laugh rumbles in his throat. Every line of his face
proclaims laughter. He slaps his knees, guffawing.
b. He began to laugh slowly and loudly for a long time.

clear and precise


1. Precise words
Can you find the precise words for the following objects?
Plant:
Clothing:
Color:


1. Precise words
Can you find the precise words for the following objects?
Plant: chamomile blooms, poppies, olive trees,
dandy’s flower
Clothing:
Color:

1. Precise words
Can you find the precise words for the following objects?
Plant: chamomile blooms, poppies, olive trees,
dandy’s flower
Clothing: lapel, army jacket, boot
Color:

1. Precise words
Can you find the precise words for the following objects?
Plant: chamomile blooms, poppies, olive trees,
dandy’s flower
Clothing: lapel, army jacket, boot
Color: sage green, almond, purple and grey

1. Precise words
Can you find the precise words for the following actions?
laugh:

speak:
use the cane:

1. Precise words
Can you find the precise words for the following actions?
laugh: smile cautiously, guffaw, slow laugh rumbles, every
line proclaims laughter
speak:
use the cane:

1. Precise words
Can you find the precise words for the following actions?
laugh: smile cautiously, guffaw, slow laugh rumbles, every
line proclaims laughter
speak: shout, cry, demand, parrot
use the cane:

1. Precise words
Can you find the precise words for the following actions?
laugh: smile cautiously, guffaw, slow laugh rumbles, every
line proclaims laughter
speak: shout, cry, demand, parrot
use the cane: pull, point with, bang

1. Precise words
Choose the verbs for the pictures.
tiptoe, creep, stride, dart, stroll


stroll
tiptoe
stride
dart
creep
Have a try
Complete the description with the following words.

tiptoe, creep, stride, dart, stroll

Stella out from her hiding place behind a hedge. She to her brother, who was in the street. She patted him on the back and away.
strode
tiptoed
strolling
darted
crept
How to describe vividly?

The sky opens over everything like wide blue hands. And all around us, lassoing the entire island, the sea.
“How do you go to the mountains?” he parrots back to me, almost shouting.
Figure of speech：
simile (明喻), metaphor (暗喻), personification (拟人)
2. Figure of speech
Simile:
The old man’s face is like a map of time.
Metaphor:
The hallway was zebra-stripped with darkness and moonlight.
Personification:
There was only dry sand dancing in the early wind and seabirds marching up and down watching the waves.

2. Figure of speech
Please finish the sentences using the proper figure of speech.
A?creek?twines?the?vast?green?field?just?like
.
2. It’s cold outside and the snow the ground.
3. The moon behind the clouds as the
stars .
a blue satin ribbon
clothed
watched us gently
blinked their eyes in fatigue
How to describe vividly?

1. He pulls his cane from its resting place in the ropes of
the saddle, maneuvers Marcos to a stone, where he
aims the cane, then slides off the donkey’s back.
2. He grabs the tea-pot with one large hand, pours tea into
the palm of the other, and raises it to his lips.

Useful structure: action chain (连续动作)
How to describe vividly?

Barba Andreas names the plants for me, pointing with his cane and leaning down to pluck off the chamomile blooms.
He cries and bangs his cane on the ground, demanding a cup.

Useful structure: present participles (现在分词)

How to describe vividly?

1. They appear early one morning while I am sitting
outside, my back against the wall of the spitaki, a cup of
tea cradled in my hands.
2. They appear… My back is against the wall. A cup of tea
is cradled in my hands.

Useful structure: absolute structure (独立主格结构)
3. Useful structures
Absolute structure

sentence + (with)/ (,) n. + p.p/ prep./ a.

1) She turned to me, (with) dark eyes brilliant and excited.
2) He came in, (with) hat in hand and pipe in mouth.
3) A man stood there, (with) his face hidden by the
upturned collar and a cap pulled low.

Have a try
Describe the people with the
provided words, using useful
structures.
Example:
He stood with hands on
hips, tapping his foot impatiently,
and sighing as he frowned angrily.




Have a try
2.
He ripped his hair and ground his teeth,
his eyes bulging and face red with
anger.
He stood there, eyes bulging and face
red with anger. He couldn’t help ripping
his hair and grinding the teeth.

Have a try
3.
She blushed and giggled, (with) eyes
lowered and legs crossed.





Have a try
4.
He cast a furtive glance over his
shoulder as he tiptoed, his hands
hiding documents in the overcoat.





Writing
Read the beginning and ending of a story, predict what might have happened and write it down in a vivid way.
Beginning: The moon was high and the house was silent. The four sisters slipped out of bed. They knew they shouldn’t be doing this, but they had to find what they had lost. One by one they climbed out of the window.

Ending: “But I’m here,” said a small voice. And from behind their father appeared little Sue. Her three sisters stared, and then all three fainted, as if they’d seen a ghost. Little Sue turned to her father and explained, “I got tired looking for the ring, so I came home and went back to bed.”



What happened in between? Use your imagination!

P. 61 Put the body of the narrative in the correct order.
e (Sophie recalled the events.)
b (Girls played with jewellery.)
g (Sue lost a ring.)
d (Girls walked to the pond.)
c (Girls searched for the ring.)
f (The ring was found, but Sue was lost.)
a (They went back to tell their father.)

Can you make it more vivid?

Clear, precise words
Figure of speech
Useful structures

Moonlight sprinkled over the distant mountain and the house was in deep silence that even the dust in the air was motionless that night, afraid to make a sound. The four sisters slipped out of bed. They knew they shouldn’t be doing this but they had to find what they had lost. One by one they climbed out of the window.





As the four girls tiptoed away from the house towards the pond, the events of the day leading up to this point repeated like a washed-out but vivid film in Sophie’s mind, leaving her worries.
Early that morning, Grandmother had left. She was staying the night in town and would return to the farm the next day. Grandmother had resplendent jewellery that she had never let Sophie, Emma, Pam or little Sue touch it. So they decided to play with it while she was away.


They each put on a piece of jewellery and then went for a stroll by the pond, walking regular steps with each other under the warm sunshine which made their jewellry sparkle. They had been having fun and frolic all day, until they got tired and dragged their bodies home. When they finally came home for dinner, they each put their piece back in grandmother’s jewellery box, but little Sue’s fingers were bare.



She had lost Grandmother’s diamond ring! So now they were walking towards the pond, stepping on the moonlight which seemed to have been crushed and integrated into the darkness. The camphor tree on the roadsides watched them going, making sound under the blowing of wind.





When they got to the pond which seemed to be different from the shining mirror during the daytime and was in dark blue now, they all started searching for the ring. The three older girls didn’t notice little Sue moving towards the water.






Suddenly, Emma saw the ring sparkling in the grass. She called her sisters, and Sophie and Pam ran over. “Thank goodness, you’ve found it!” said Pam. “But where’s little Sue?” asked Sophie. At that moment everyone was realizing the situation and panicked, acting nothing but searching carefully in every corner to look for Sue, crying out her names, hoping to hear an echo. But what had been resounding in the darkness were only their own voices. Sue was nowhere to be seen. Then suddenly they looked at the pond


and had an epiphany. “She can’t swim!” Sophie cried in a heart-broken tone.
“Sue’s drowned!” screamed the girls as they ran back to the house. Their father, woken by the screams, met them at the door. “What’s going on?” he asked in a pressing voice, pale and frowning. Emma held out her hand showing her father the ring. “We had to find it,” she cried, “but we weren’t watching and Sue fell in and drowned.”


“But I’m here,” said a small voice. And from behind their father appeared little Sue. Her three sisters stared, and then all three fainted, as if they’d seen a ghost. Little Sue turned to her father by clinging to his hands and explained in an innocent and aggrieved voice, “I got tired looking for the ring so I came home and went back to bed.”
(G1812 乔心怡)
aggrieved: feeling that you have been treated unfairly


When the world was enveloped by darkness, the moon made its way to the center of the sky, glittering small splashes of gold here and there. Silence hung around, and the four sisters could even hear the beats of their hearts. They slipped out of bed. They knew they shouldn’t be doing this, but they had to find out what they had lost. One by one they climbed out of the window.
?



As the four girls tiptoed away from the house towards the pond, Sophie pondered about the events of the day leading up to this point.
When the morning light first pierced through the darkness that day, Grandmother had left. She was staying the night in town and would return to the farm the next day. Grandmother had exquisite jewellery, but she never let Sophie, Emma, Pam or little Sue touch it. So they decided to play with it while she was away.


They each put on a piece of jewelry and then sneaked out to the pond where they frolicked all day. When they finally returned home, exhausted but contented, they each put their piece back in Grandmother’s jewellery box, but little Sue’s fingers were bare.
?
She had lost grandmother’s diamond ring! So now they were walking towards the pond to find it. The darkness was like smeared charcoal, only broken by the pale moonlight.


When they got to the pond surrounded by willow trees and filled with clear water that glittered and sparkled underneath the moon, they all started searching for the ring. The three older girls didn’t notice little Sue stumbling towards the water. ?






Suddenly, Emma saw the ring sparkling in the grass. She cried out to her sisters, and Sophie and Pam ran over. “Thank goodness, you’ve found it!” Said Pam. “But Where’s little Sue?” asked Sophie. The sisters glanced around them. She was nowhere to be seen. Then they looked at the pond. “She can’t swim!” cried Sophie in horror.





“Sue’s drowned!” screamed the girls as they ran back to the house. Their father, woken by the screams, met them at the door. “What’s going on?” he asked with his brows furrowed in worries. Emma held out her hand showing her father the ring. “We had to find it,” she cried, “but we weren’t watching and Sue fell in and drowned.”




“But I’m here,” said a small voice. And from behind their father appeared Sue. Her three sisters stared, and then all three fainted, as if they’d seen a ghost. Little Sue turned to her father and murmured, a little guilty now that she had sensed the worries and tension in the air, “I got tired looking for the ring, so I came home and went to bed.”
(G1813 张卓然)


Summary

1. Precise words
2. Figure of speech
(simile, metaphor, personification)
3. Useful structures
(action chain, present participle, absolute structure)
Homework

Continue to improve the story on P. 61 with vivid descriptions. Remember to apply every strategy we have learnt today.