Unit 9Pearl

Unit9Pearl Abouttheauthor JohnSteinbeck 1902 1968 BorninSalinas California camefromafamilyofmoderatemeans Steinbeck snovelscanallbeclassifiedassocialnovelsdealingwiththeeconomicproblemsofrurallabour Hismoreseriousfictionisoftenaggressiveinitssocialcriticism In1939hepublishedwhatisconsideredhisbestwork TheGrapesofWrath thestoryofOklahomatenantfarmerswho unabletoearnalivingfromtheland movedtoCaliforniawheretheybecamemigratoryworkers AmonghislaterworksshouldbementionedEastofEden 1952 TheWinterofOurDiscontent 1961 whichwonhimaNobelPrize HediedinNewYorkCityin1968 JohnSteinbeck 1902 1968 QuestionsforDiscussion 1 Whatisthestoryabout 2 Whatdoyoufeelafterreadingthestory 3 Whatdifferentpeoplearedescribedinthestory Whatdifferentresponsesdotheyhavetothenews Canyouidentifytheirmentalitiesfromthedescriptions 4 Arethereanyreal lifecounterpartsyoucanthinkof WritingMethod Animportantfeatureofthewritingistheoutstandinguseofmetaphor Findthecasesofmetaphorinthestory andtrytoexplainhowthecomparisonsaremade Metaphors L 1 Atownhasanervoussystem L 9 Thenewssweptonpast L 37 Theessenceofpearl L 42 Thenewsstirredupsomething L 44 Thepoisonsacsofthetown Sentencestoexplain L 15 Thenewscametothedoctor L 26 Theywaitedintheirchairsuntil L 37 Theessenceofpearlmixedwith L 38 Everymansuddenlybecamerelated L 43 Theblackdistillatewaslikethescorpion L37 38 Theessenceofpearlmixedwithessenceofmenandacuriousdarkresiduewasprecipitated Thepearlwasextremelyvaluableandmenwereinsatiablygreedybynature Whenthepearlwascovetedbymen evildesireforwealthwasbred Thegreatvalueofthepearlandman sinsatiabledesiretopossesswealthcombinetoformastrangesortofwickedness astrangewickedgreedquickly L42 44 Thenewsstirredupsomethinginfinitelyblackandevilinthetown theblackdistillatewaslikethescorpion orlikehungerinthesmelloffood orlikelonelinesswhenlovewaswithheld Thenewsevokedinsatiable evildesiredeeplyhiddeninthepeopleofthetown andthelustforwealth justthelustforfoodbyahungrymanorthelustforlovebyalonelyperson wasaspoisonousasthescorpion hurtingeverybodystandinginitsway Kinoandthepearl WhowasKino Whatdidhefindoneday Whatwashegoingtodoaboutit Whathappenedtohisbaby Whatisatownlike Doesnewstravelthroughatownquickly Howfastcanittravel L1 Atownislikeacolonialanimal Atownisjustlikeananimal whichlivestogetherwithotheranimals L1 5Sentences Atownisathingseparatefromallothertowns sotherearenotwotownsalike Newsseemstomovefasterthan fasterthanwomencancallitoverthefences talkaboutittotheirneighboursoverthefencesthatseparatetheirhomes L1 5Sentences Hekepthisbusinesslettersandprivatelettersinaseparatefiles Shekepthertextbooksseparatefromfiction Thetwofriendsseparatedowingtodifferentviewsontheresearchproject separate V Adj V Adj Adj scramble v adv prep tomovequickly esp withsomedifficulty usingyourhandstohelpyou 迅速而吃力地 爬 攀登 Shemanagedtoscrambleoverthewall Hescrambledtohisfeetaswecamein 我们进来时 他慌忙站起身 forsth topush fightorcompetewithothersinordertogetortoreachsth争抢 Theaudience dfortheexits scrambledeggs 炒蛋 Therewasamadscrambleforthebestseats N dart adv prep tomovesuddenlyandquicklyinaparticulardirection猛冲 突进 dart 飞镖 猛冲 aglance lookatsb tolookatsbsuddenlyandquicklyHe edanimpatientlookatVicky Adog edacrosstheroadinfrontofme Shemadea forthedoor L6 24 Howdoesthewriterdescribethewaynewstravel sweptonpastthebrushhouses washedinafoamingwaveintothetown Beforepantinglittleboyscouldstrangleoutthewords theirmothersknewit Beforepantinglittleboys pant v 气喘 Hisbreathcameinshortpants 他气息急促 Shefinishedtherace ingheavily Hefoundher ingforbreathatthetopofthehill pants短裤panta loons 女式灯笼裤 pantfor aftersb sth towantsth sbverymuch Theendofthenovelleavesyoupantingformore 小说的结尾让人感到意犹未尽 strangle 扼死 sbtodeath strangled 哭声 说话声等的 哽塞的 stranglehold n 掐脖子 onsth 压制 束缚 这家公司现在垄断了市场 Thecompanynowhada onthemarket L13 forthatmatter spoken usedtoaddacommentonsththatyouhavejustsaid就此而论 在这方面 L25 35 Whowerementionedhere Whatdidtheydo Whatwastheirwishdeepinsidetheirheart Why semblance n U ofsth written 假象 外观 外貌 Theceasefirebroughtabouta ofpeace 停火协议带来了表面的和平 Lifeatlastreturnedtosome ofnormality 生活似乎终于恢复了正常 squint v 眯着眼睛看 into againstthesun 眯起眼看太阳 在阳光下眯起眼 n 斜视Hewasbornwitha 他生下来就斜视 allmannerofsb sth manydifferenttypesofpeopleorthings Theproblemcanbesolvedinallmannerofways Allmannerofthings happening were L36 45 Whatfunctiondidthisparagraphserve WhatdoyouthinkwillhappentoKinonext residue technical asmallamountofsththatremainsattheendofaprocess 剩余物 残渣 law 剩余遗产pesticide sinfruitandvegetables The oftheestatewasdividedequallyamonghischildren precipitate v formal tomakesth especiallysthbad happensuddenlyorsoonerthanitshould使 突然降临Hisresignation daleadershipcrisis 他的辞职立即引发了领导层的危机 stirsbup 激励 鼓动stirsthup 激起 感情 anger discontent hatred挑起 煽动 争执或事端 adebate puff v at onsth Tosmokeacigarette pipe etc sthout使喷出 冒出 烟或蒸汽 Chimneyswerepuffingoutcloudsofsmoke informal tobreatheloudlyandquickly especiallyafteryouhavebeenrunningIwasstartingto alittlefromtheclimb bepuffedupwithpride etc tobetoofullofpride etc 自满Hefeltgrownup puffedupwithself importance 他觉得长大了 便自以为了不起 puffandpant puffandblow informal 喘吁吁 sthup toswellHercheeks up 1 当他们连滚带爬地赶到现场时 小偷已经逃跑了 scramble2 我们要和各种社会弊病作斗争 socialdisease 3 很多国家都在想抢先解决电脑千年虫问题 Scramble themillenniumbug 4 一个中学生要跟上百人争取上大学的机会 感到压力很大 5 感到失望 他放弃了考大学的机会 6 谁将为你们主持婚礼 7 为了钱 他竟把女儿嫁给一位60岁的老头 8 以美国为首的北约于1999年5月7日轰炸中国驻南大使的消息像冒着泡沫浪花那样迅速传遍了全世界 他们的野蛮行径激起了全世界人民的愤怒 stir wrath theirbarbarianaction 9 他们结婚已有二十年而且婚后生活一直很幸福 10 他游泳游了80多英里之后 终于连滚带爬上了岸 1 Whentheyscrambledtothescene thethiefhadescaped 2 Weshouldfightagainstallvarietiesofsocialdisease 3 Manycountriesscrambletoremovethemillenniumbug fromthecomputer 4 Amiddle schoolstudentmayfeelmuchpressurewhenhehastoscrambleforapositioninauniversitywithnearly100competitors 5 Feelingdisappointed hegaveupthescrambletoenteruniversity 6 Whoisgoingtomarryyou 7 Heevenmarriedhisdaughtertoan60 year oldmanformoney ssake 8 ThenewsthatNATO headedbytheU S A bombedtheChineseEmbassyinYugoslaviaspreadovertheworldinafoamingwave Theirbarbarianactionstirredwrathupamongpeopleworldwide 11 那个奄奄一息的人上气不接下气地说出了他最后的希望 Thedyingman pantout 12