现代大学英语精读1-Unit-5推荐课件

1、The Nightingale and the RoseThe Nightingale and the RoseOscar WildeThe Nightingale and The RoseOscar WildeR einforcementT ext AnalysisThe Nightingale and the RoseB ackgroundW arming upUnit 5Questions / ActivitiesCheck-on PreviewObjectivesWBTRThe Nightingale and the RoseUnit 5Warming upWarming upQues

2、tions/ActivitiesWBTR Can you name some of the fairy tales that you have read? Who are the most famous fairy tales collectors and writers? Can you tell which fairy tales the following pictures illustrate?Warming upQuestions / ActivitiesWBTR The prince asked who she was and how she came there. She loo

3、ked at him tenderly and with a sad expression in her dark blue eyes, but could not speak. Warming upQuestions / Activities “Oh, very badly indeed!” she replied. “I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know what was in my bed, but I had something hard under me, and am all ov

4、er black and blue. It has hurt me so much!” Questions / ActivitiesWarming up But the emperor isnt wearing any clothes! Warming upQuestions/Activities Yes Beast, I will marry you. Warming upQuestions/Activities For a long time he stood gazing at her face, so full of serenity, so peaceful, lovely and

5、pure, and he felt spring to his heart that love he had always been searching for and never found. Warming upQuestions/Activities And then the Nightingale began to sing. “That is it!” said the little girl. “Listen, listen! And its sitting there!” And she pointed to a little gray bird up in the boughs

6、.Warming upQuestions/Activities “She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student, “but in all my garden there is no red rose.”Warming upQuestions/ActivitiesWarming upCheck-on Preview Complete the words according to the explanation. 1. c_ 1. having a deep pu

7、rplish red 111111111111111111 color 2. e_ 2. a very strong feeling of joy 111111111111111111 and happiness 3. c_ 3. a transparent natural 111111111111111 mineral that looks like ice 4. p_ 4. to pick 5. f_ 5. to move (the wings) quickly and lightly up and downWBTRWarming upCheck-on Preview 6. s_ 6. t

8、o fly high up into the sky 7. w_ 7. very unhappy 8. s_ 8. a ray of sunlight 9. e_ 9. a bright green precious stone 10. g_ 10. a channel at the edge of a road next to the pavement where water collects and flows awayWBTR Questions on the content1. How do you like the story?2. Do you think the story tr

9、agic? Why?3. Do you find it a touching story? What touches you most?4. Whats the theme of the story?5. Do “the nightingale” and “the rose” have symbolic meanings? What are they?TWBRWarming upCheck-on PreviewWarming upObjectives Understand the structure and the general idea of the story Think about h

10、ow to interpret the story Know something about the author Learn to appreciate the beauty in this story and analyze how it is createdWBTRBackgroundGenreAuthorBWTRThe Nightingale and the RoseUnit 5BackgroundHis LifeOscar Wilde1854-1900u Born and raised in Dublin, IrelanduHe went to Oxford University w

11、here he achieved a distinguished academic record. uAn advocate of aestheticism and a follower of the philosophy of “art for arts sake”.BWTRAuthor BackgroundBWTRLady Windermeres FanThe Importance of Being EarnestAn Ideal HusbandThe Happy PrinceThe Selfish GiantHis WorksAuthor BackgroundHis QuotesBWTR

12、u“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” u“I have nothing to declare but my genius.”u“Men become old, but they never become good.”(Lady Windermeres Fan)u“Men know life too early. Women know life too late. That is the difference between men and women.” (A Woman of No Impo

13、rtance)u“Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.”(The Sphinx Without a Secret)Author BackgroundArt for Arts SakeBWTR A slogan meaning that the beauty of art is reason enough for pursuing them that art does not have to serve purposes taken from politics, religion, economics, and so on. Sam

14、uel Taylor Coleridge, Edgar Allan Poe, and Oscar Wilde argued for the doctrine of art for arts sake. Author BackgroundGenreFairy Talesu The frequent use of personificationu The symbolic meaning given to wordsu The vivid, simple narration, which is typical of the oral tradition of fairy talesu The re

15、petitive pattern usedBWTRDetailedAnalysisStructureThemeThe Nightingale and the RoseUnit 5Text AnalysisTWBRStyleText AnalysisTheme Love is better than life. Love for loves sake. True love cannot survive in a practical world. TWBR252021/8/22 Questions on the Style1. Do you think the language poetic? C

16、an you select some poetic sentences from the story?2. What do you think contribute to the sense of beauty in this story?3. How do you feel about the tragic ending?4. How much does it contribute to the impressiveness of the story?5. If you were the writer, how would you like to end it?6. What techniq

17、ues do you think the author used in writing a fairy tale? TWBRText AnalysisStyle Why Are the Sentences Impressive?1. “My roses are white,” it answered, “as white as the foam of the sea, and whiter than the snow upon the mountain.”2. She sang first of the birth of love in the heart of a boy and a gir

18、l.3. She sang of the birth of passion in the soul of a man and a maid.4. She sang of the love that is perfected by Death, of the love that dies not in the tomb.TWBRText AnalysisStyleText Analysis Syntactic device yet for want of a red rose my life is made wretched. (for emphasis)Crimson was the gird

19、le of petals, and crimson as ruby was the heart.She passed through the grove like a shadow and like a shadow she sailed across the garden.Night after night have I sung of him.TWBRStyleText AnalysisStructure1Paras. 1-12The Nightingale was struck by the “mystery of love”. 2Paras. 13-45The Nightingale

20、built a red rose with her life-blood. 3Paras. 46-54The Student discarded the red rose.TWBRText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisMain IdeaSentence ParaphraseWords & ExpressionsExercisePart I Part II Part III TWBRText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Main IdeaHow did the Nightingale think of the Student?W

21、hat do the “green lizard”, the “Butterfly” and the “Daisy” symbolize?Key:She thought the Student was a true lover who badly needed a red rose for his love.They symbolize people who do not believe in true love.Text AnalysisDetailed Analysis yet for want of a red rose my life is made wretched. (para.

22、3)Part I: Sentence Paraphrasebecause of the lack of miserable, very unhappyText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Words & ExpressionsWordsPhrasesSentence PatternGrammarwretcheddear flingcynicfor want ofsing of dance toflutter aboutsomething ofNight after night have I sung of him.InversionText Ana

23、lysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Exercise Translate the following sentences into English, using words in brackets. 1. 想不出更好的词，就让我们称它为自我中心论吧. (for want of ) 2. 我父亲喜欢古币，他算得上一个收藏家。(something of) Key: 1. For want of a better word, lets call it self-centrism. 2. My father loves ancient coins. He is somethin

24、g of a collector.Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Main Idea How do you understand the following sentences? “She sang first of the birth of love in the heart of a boy and a girl For she sang of the birth of passion in the soul of a man and a maid For she sang of the Love that is perfected by De

25、ath, of the Love that dies not in the tomb.” Key: It symbolizes the three different stages of love in life. The first stage is the birth of love which often exists in teenagers; in the second stage love becomes mature and is characterized with strong passion in adults; the last stage is the perfecti

26、on of love that is made perfect by sacrifice and will thus live in eternity.Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisWordsPhrasesSentence PatternGrammarbloomstainchillpieceecstasyfilmdelicatesoar intonip the budsbuild out of compare tobe fond of sweep over ebb awaylinger onas white as the foam of the sea, and

27、whiter than the snow upon the mountainrepetitioncomparisonPart : Words & ExpressionsText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Sentence Paraphrase “She has form,” he said to himself, as he walked away through the grove. “That cannot be denied. But has she got feeling? I am afraid not. In fact, she i

28、s like most artist: she is all style without any sincerity.” (para. 33) Paraphrasing: “form” is the design, pattern or structure as opposed to the substance. In music, it refers to such things as melody, rhythm, and harmony. His comments on the Nightingales music remind us of what people said about

29、Oscar Wildes views on art. .Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Exercise Translate the following sentences into English, using words in the brackets. 1. 与其他工业城市相比，这个城市污染最少。(compare to ) 2. 即使花被拿走，香味仍会萦绕在房间。(linger on) 3. 抓住这个机会吧，不然你一辈子都会后悔的。(take) 4. 那块淡蓝色的窗帘和深色的地毯不相配。(go with) 5. 当他得知需要花很大的功夫时，他

30、的热情就渐渐消失了。(ebb away) 答案见备注栏 Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart III: Main IdeaIs the ending beyond your expectation? How does this surprising ending contribute to create a sense of beauty and make the story tragic?It helps to create a sharp contrast between the pure idealistic love and the cruel real

31、ity, which creates a strong sense of beauty in the end. Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisWordsPhrasesthrow ungratefulfrownguttergo withupon my wordPart : Words & ExpressionsText AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart III: Exercise Translate the following sentences into English, using words in the brackets.1

32、. 那块淡蓝色的窗帘和深色的地毯不相配。(go with)2. 总统最后决定接受联合国的斡旋提议。(go with)3. 很多准妈妈担心伴随着二手烟而来的对胎儿健康的潜在伤害。(go with)4. 相信我，你今天看起来迷人极了。(upon my word) 答案见备注栏RWBTThe Nightingale and the RoseUnit 5ReinforcementStudents Interpretation of the Text On the symbolic meanings of the nightingale and the red rose:The red rose sym

33、bolizes true love, esp. tangible love, or an embodiment of true love, while the nightingale is the true lover.The rose and the nightingale is two in one, as the nightingale pours her heart and soul into the rose. RWBTReinforcementInterpretation On Nightingales Sacrifice:It is worthwhile, because: Love in her heart deserves what it costs. She died for her own belief. Its Nightingales love for “LOVE” itself that impulses her to make such great sacrifice. “Love for Loves Sake” It