unit1halfaday.ppt

Unit 1 Half a day,Naguib Mahfouz 纳吉布马福兹,Realism Balzac: La Comdie Humaine 人间喜剧 ；Eugnie Grandet 欧也妮葛朗台 Dickens：The adventure of Oliver Twist雾都孤儿 ; A tale of two cities 双城记,Discussion,1. Do you remember your first day of going to primary school? Describe your feeling at that time. 2. What about the first day of coming to this university?,Para1-7,1. What was the boys feeling of going to school? How do you know? 2. What did his father told him about school?,My mother stood at the window watching our progress, and I turned towards her from time to time, hoping she would help.(para2) What does “progress” mean here? Slow and difficult movement towards the school.,We walked along a street lined with gardens (para3) a street where there are gardens along both sides lined with : past participle phrase used here to modify “a street”. It can be regarded as a relative clause cut short, eg. a novel (that was) written by Charles Dickens personal computers (that are) made in China,Its a place that makes useful men out of boys.(para4) make(out)of sb/sth: to make sb/sth become Hardship helps make a man out of a boy. 请补充句子：University is a place that makesout of,I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building.(para5),I didnt think it was useful to take me away from home and put me into that building with high walls.,There is no good to be had in doing sth(para5). It is no good/use doing sth. Its no good crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收; 事已如此，后悔也没有用了。,para5,to tear oneself/sb away from: to make sb leave a place or a person unwillingly because one has to Cant you tear yourself away from the TV for dinner？,Main idea of Para1-7,The narrators unwillingness to go to school Unwillingness: clutch(cling to), be thrown into, tear away from home, throw into,Whats the main idea of Para8-16?,it seemed that my misgivings had had no basis.(para13) perhaps my doubt, worry and fear about what school would be like were all groundless.,Our path, however, was not totally sweet and unclouded.(para15) School wasnt just fun and pleasure.,It was not all a matter of playing and fooling around.(para15) all: completely a matter of sth.: a situation that involves sth. to fool around: to waste time instead of doing sth. that you should be doing,What we did at school wasnt just playing and wasting time doing nothing useful. Learning is a matter of seeing much, suffering much and studying much.,para15,Give rise to: to cause or produce sth Poor living conditions give rise to many diseases.,Even more frequently she would resort to physical punishment.(para15) She used physical punishment more than she scolded us. resort to: make use of; turn to sth as a solution. Try not to resort to violence.,para16,Nothing lay ahead of us but exertion, struggle, and perseverance. Nothing but: only 可以分开，也可以连用，接动词或名词。 If you read the report, you can do nothing but agree. A single person doing nothing but drink and smoke looks suspicious. She nodded, because for shame she could do nothing but nod. They gave me nothing but trouble I have nothing but admiration for her. For a time we could see nothing but high endless desert. That man has brought her nothing but misery.,para16,Those who were able took advantage of the opportunities for success and happiness that presented themselves. to present itself/ themselves: (formal) to appear, happen If there came opportunities, capable students would seize them to achieve success and happiness.,Para8-16,Retell the boys experiences at school and what he realized.,Para17-20,What did the narrator find after school?,para17,in vain 1. 无效果的，无用的 Your efforts will not be in vain. 2. 白费地，徒劳地 I tried to help him, but in vain. Mark waited for them all day in vain.,para18,spin: turn around quickly spin, spun, spun,Text Appreciation,Structure of the text Part 1 (para. 1- ) a