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1、A Hanging综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Learning ObjectivesBasic features of English descriptive narrationKey language & grammar pointsGeorge Orwell and his worksWriting strategies: dynamic description, first-person narration综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Pre-questionsHow much do you know about our nations criminal law? Does it

2、contain capital punishment?综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Do you think the death penalty should be abolished in a civilized society?Pre-questions综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Author George Orwell 乔治奥威尔Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author.His work is mark

3、ed by a profound consciousness of social injustice, an intense, revolutionary opposition to totalitarianism, a passion for clarity in language and a belief in democratic socialism.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Author George Orwell 乔治奥威尔综合教程5(第2版)电子教案AuthorOrwells major works:NovelsBurmese Days (1934)Coming Up for A

4、ir (1939)Animal Farm (1945)Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)EssaysShooting an Elephant (1936) Inside the Whale (1940) Boys Weeklies (1940) 综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Famous quotes“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”“Minds are like parachutes they only function when o

5、pen”“Four legs good, two legs bad.” His InfluenceOrwells influence on popular and political culture remains apparent, with numerous of his literary concepts, and the term Orwellian entering the popular vernacular.Author综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Text IntroductionThe text, which is a descriptive narration, relate

6、s a true story about the execution of a condemned prisoner in Burma. It describes experience of his watching a criminal being hanged while the author served in the British Imperial Police in Burma. The whole story is full of dynamic, gruesome, and miserable narrative descriptions that are impressive

7、 and unforgettable.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案StructurePart 1(P1) the introductory part, which presents the background knowledge (P2-14) constitute the body of the storyPart 2Part 3(P15-22) form the denouement of the story, where thought-provoking descriptions are provided and some tragic anecdotes inserted综合教程5

8、(第2版)电子教案Culture NotesRam (paragraph 10): Ram is the 7th incarnation of Vishnu and the central figure of the Ramayana epic. The Ramayan is the very soul of India. It is a complete guide to God-realization, the path to which lies in righteousness. The ideals of man are beautifully portrayed in it. Ev

9、eryone should emulate those ideals and grow into ideal human beings and ideal citizens.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingParagraph 1: questions1. Where and when did the story take place?综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingParagraph 1: questions1. Where and when did the story take place?The story took place in

10、 Burma on a sodden morning of the rains.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed Reading “It was in Burma, a sodden morning of the rains.” ParaphraseThe story took place in Burma on a very wet morning during the rainy season.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed Readingthe condemned cells: the very small rooms in a prison where pri

11、soners, who had been sentenced to death and who were due to be hanged within a week or two, were being kept 综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed Reading“a row of sheds fronted with double bars” a line of one-story buildings whose front was strengthened with both inner and outer barsExplanation综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detail

12、ed Reading“Each cell measured about ten feet by ten and was quite bare within except for a plank bed and a pot for drinking water.” Paraphrase Each condemned cell was about ten feet long and ten feet wide, in each of which there was only a plank bed and a pot for drinking water. 综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detail

13、ed Readingsquat vi. a. sit on ones heels or on the ground with the knees drawn up under or close to the body; b. occupy an empty building or settle on unoccupied land, etc. without permission 1.The old man was squatting down by the fire, smoking a tobacco pipe.2.Some homeless people were squatting i

14、n that deserted house.e.g.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed Readingdrape sth. round/over sth. else: hang (cloth, curtains, a cloak, etc.) loosely on sth. elsee.g.1.A fur coat was draped round her shoulders.2.Dustsheets were draped over the furniture in the house.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingParagraph 2: quest

15、ions1. How many warders were guarding the convicted man and preparing him for the gallows? How were the warders guarding the man?综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingParagraph 2: questions1. How many warders were guarding the convicted man and preparing him for the gallows? How were the warders guarding th

16、e man?Six tall Indian warders were guarding him and getting him ready for the gallows. Two of them stood by with rifles and fixed bayonets, while the others handcuffed him, passed a chain through his handcuffs and fixed it to their belts, and bound his arms tightly to his sides. They crowded very cl

17、ose about him, their hands gripping him carefully all the while, as if feeling him to make sure he was there.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed Reading2. How did the man react while the warders were getting him ready? Paragraph 2: questions综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed Reading2. How did the man react while the warders

18、 were getting him ready? Paragraph 2: questionsThe condemned prisoner stood without trying to put up any resistance. He quite willingly let his limp arms be tied up with the ropes, as though he paid no attention to what was happening.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Hindu (paragraph 2): a person who believes in and pr

19、actices Hinduism, a religious tradition of Indian originCulture Notes综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed Readingwarder n. a jailer, a person who works as a guard in a prisone.g.The POWs (prisoners of war) clubbed their warder to death and escaped from the concentration camp.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed Readinghandcuff

20、 n. a pair of lockable linked metal rings for securing a prisoners wristsvt. put handcuffs one.g.1.The detective took out his handcuffs and put it on the mans wrist.2.The policeman pounced upon the terrorist and had him handcuffed before he could make an attempt to resist.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed Read

21、inglash vt. fasten things together securely with ropes, etc.; tie sth. securely in position with ropes, etc.e.g.1.The slave trader lashed the slaves tightly to rings on the board.2.The captain lashed down the cargo on the deck.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed Reading“But he stood quite unresisting, yielding h

22、is arms limply to the ropes, as though he hardly noticed what was happening.” Paraphrase But he stood, without putting up any resistance. He let the warders bind up his limp arms with the ropes, as if he were not aware of what was happening. limply adv. not stiffly or firmly; in a way which lacks st

23、rength or energye.g.He gestured and responded limply, for he had been much weakened physically.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed Reading“Eight oclock struck and a bugle call floated from the distant barracks.”Paraphrase The clock struck eight oclock and a bugle call drifted from the distant barracks.综合教程5(第2版)

24、电子教案Detailed Readingfloat vi. move in air, water or gas; drift slowlye.g.1. Look! A red and yellow balloon is floating across the blue sky.2. The aroma of the brewed coffee floated from the kitchen. 综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingThe superintendent of the jail, who was standing apart from the rest of

25、 us, moodily prodding the gravel with his stick. Paraphrase The head of the jail, who was standing at a distance from the rest of us, feeling so gloomy and sullen that he was poking the gravel with his d vi. to poke sth. with ones finger or sth. pointede.g.The boy is prodding the sandy beac

26、h with a stick, enjoying it very much.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingFor Gods sakeThis phrase is used when you want to make a request or ask a question or when you are annoyed, surprised, impatient, etc.Variations:For (heavens/Christs/goodness/Petes) sake综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Dravidian 达罗毗荼族人 (paragraph 4) t

27、he term applied to a linguistically related group of people in India composed mainly of the traditionally lower caste members of Indian society such as the Tamil and more isolated highland tribes such as the Ghats and the TodasCulture Notes综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingYes sir, yes sir, he bubbled.

28、Yes sir, yes sir, he uttered in a lively manner.Paraphrase综合教程5(第2版)电子教案5.Well, quick march, then. The prisoners cant get their breakfast till this jobs over.6.We set out for the gallows. Two warders marched on either side of the prisoner, with their rifles at the slope; two others marched close aga

29、inst him, gripping him by arm and shoulder, as though at once pushing and supporting him. The rest of us, magistrates and the like, followed behind.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案7.It was about forty yards to the gallows. I watched the bare brown back of the prisoner marching in front of me. He walke

30、d clumsily with his bound arms, but quite steadily. At each step his muscles slid neatly into place, the lock of hair on his scalp danced up and down, his feet printed themselves on the wet gravel. And once, in spite of the men who gripped him by each shoulder, he stepped slightly aside to avoid a p

31、uddle on the path.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案8. It is curious, but till that moment I had never realized what it means to destroy a healthy, conscious man. When I saw the prisoner step aside to avoid the puddle I saw the mystery, the unspeakable wrongness, of cutting a life short when it is in fu

32、ll tide. This man was not dying, he was alive just as we are alive. All the organs of his body were working bowels digesting food, skin renewing itself, nails growing, tissues forming all toiling away in solemn foolery. His nails would still be growing when he stood on the drop, when he was falling

33、through the air with a tenth of a second to live. Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案8.His eyes saw the yellow gravel and the gray walls, and his brain still remembered, foresaw, reasoned reasoned even about puddles. He and we were a party of men walking together, seeing, hearing, feeling, understanding

34、the same world; and in two minutes, with a sudden snap, one of us would be gone one mind less, one world less.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案9. The gallows stood in a small yard. The hangman, a gray-haired convict in the white uniform of the prison, was waiting beside his machine. He greeted us with

35、a servile crouch as we entered. At a word from Francis the two warders, gripping the prisoner more closely than ever, half led half pushed him to the gallows and helped him clumsily up the ladder. Then the hangman climbed up and fixed the rope around the prisoners neck.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案

36、10. We stood waiting, five yards away. The warders had formed a rough circle round the gallows. And then, when the noose was fixed, the prisoner began crying out to his god. It was a high, reiterated cry of Ram! Ram! Ram! Ram! not urgent and fearful like a prayer or a cry for help, but steady, rhyth

37、mical, almost like the tolling of a bell.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案11. The hangman climbed down and stood ready, holding the lever. Minutes seemed to pass. The steady crying from the prisoner went on and on, Ram! Ram! Ram! never faltering for an instant. The superintendent, his head on his chest

38、, was slowly poking the ground with his stick; perhaps he was counting the cries, allowing the prisoner a fixed number fifty, perhaps, or a hundred. Everyone had changed color. The Indians had gone gray like bad coffee, and one or two of the bayonets were wavering.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案12. S

39、uddenly the superintendent made up his mind. Throwing up his head he made a swift motion with his stick. Chalo! he shouted almost fiercely.13. There was a clanking noise, and then dead silence. The prisoner had vanished, and the rope was twisting on itself. We went round the gallows to inspect the p

40、risoners body. He was dangling with his toes pointing straight downward. Very slowly revolving, as dead as a stone.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案14. The superintendent reached out with his stick and poked the bare brown body; it oscillated slightly. Hes all right, said the superintendent. He backed

41、out from under the gallows, and blew out a deep breath. The moody look had gone out of his face quite suddenly. He glanced at his wrist watch. Eight minutes past eight. Well, thats all for this morning, thank God. Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案15. The warders unfixed bayonets and marched away. We wa

42、lked out of the gallows yard, past the condemned cells with their waiting prisoners, into the big central yard of the prison. The convicts were already receiving their breakfast. They squatted in long rows, each man holding a tin pannikin, while two warders with buckets march round ladling out rice;

43、 it seemed quite a homely, jolly scene, after the hanging. An enormous relief had come upon us now that the job was done. One felt an impulse to sing, to break into a run, to snigger. All at once everyone began chattering gaily.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案16. The Eurasian boy walking beside me nod

44、ded toward the way we had come, with a knowing smile, Do you know sir, our friend (he meant the dead man) when he heard his appeal had been dismissed, he pissed on the floor of his cell. From fright. Kindly take one of my cigarettes, sir. Do you not admire my new silver case, sir? Classy European st

45、yle.17. Several people laughed at what, nobody seemed certain.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案18. Francis was walking by the superintendent, talking garrulously, Well, sir, all has passed off with the utmost satisfactoriness. It was all finished flick! Like that. It is not always so oah no! I have kno

46、wn cases where the doctor was obliged to go beneath the gallows and pull the prisoners legs to ensure decease. Most disagreeable.19. Wriggling about, eh? Thats bad, said the superintendent.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案20. Ach, sir, it is worse when they become refractory! One man, I recall, clung t

47、o the bars of his cage when we went to take him out. You will scarcely credit, sir, that it took six warders to dislodge him, three pulling at each leg.21. I found that I was laughing quite loudly. Everyone was laughing. Even the superintendent grinned in a tolerant way. Youd better all come and hav

48、e a drink, he said quite genially. Ive got a bottle of whiskey in the car. We could do with it.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案22. We went through the big double gates of the prison into the road. Pulling at his legs! exclaimed a Burmese magistrate suddenly, and burst into a loud chuckling. We all beg

49、an laughing again. At that moment Francis anecdote seemed extraordinarily funny. We all had a drink together, native and European alike, quite amicably. The dead man was a hundred yards away. Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Paragraph 1 Analysis The first part of the narrative story, introduces the set

50、ting and the characters of the story and briefly describes the bad living conditions of the condemned men, who lived in small cells, each of which measured about ten feet by ten and were quite bare within.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Paragraphs 2-7 Analysis These paragraphs describe how a condemned

51、 prisoner was prepared for the gallows, how he was escorted on his way to the gallows and how he reacted, behaved, and marched.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Paragraph 8 Analysis This paragraph describes the writers thoughts and feelings when he saw the prisoner step aside to avoid the puddle on the

52、path. He realized what it meant to destroy a healthy, conscious man. He saw the mystery, the unspeakable wrongness, of cutting a life short when it is in full tide.Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Paragraphs 9-14 Analysis This part makes up the climax of the narrative story the most shocking part of th

53、e tragic story. In this part, there is a detailed description of the terrible scene: When the hangman fixed the rope around the prisoners neck and fastened the noose, the prisoner began crying out to his god. He kept crying steadily until he was hanged. Everyone had changed color. Also, there is a g

54、ruesome account of an inspection of the dead body, which was slowly revolving, as dead as a stone. Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Paragraphs 15-22 Analysis These paragraphs form the denouement or conclusion of the story, where thought-provoking descriptions are provided and some disagreeable anecdote

55、s inserted. Detailed Reading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingParagraph 6: question How was the condemned man escorted to the gallows?Two warders marched on either side of the prisoner, with their rifles at the slope; two others marched close against him, gripping him by arm and shoulder, as though at o

56、nce pushing and supporting him.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingParagraph 7: questionHow did the prisoner walk?He walked clumsily with his bound arms, but quite steadily. At each step his muscles slid neatly into place, the lock of hair on his scalp moved rhythmically up and down, and his feet left foo

57、tmarks on the wet gravel which formed the surface of the path. And once, in spite of the men who gripped him by each shoulder, he stepped slightly aside to avoid a puddle on the path.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingParagraph 8: questionWhat is the main idea of this paragraph?This paragraph conveys the

58、 message that the writer saw the unspeakable wrongness of putting a life to an end when it is in full tide. In other words, he realized that it was terribly wrong to hang a healthy, conscious man.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingParagraph 8: questionHow do you understand the sentence “his eyes saw the

59、yellow gravel and the grey walls”?It paints a picture of the monotonous splashes of colors at the prison, or perhaps the image may relate to grave (which is a symbol of death). This emphasizes the fact that the prisoner is doomed, and providing a touch of depression or death by making use the dull c

60、olors.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Detailed ReadingParagraph 8: activityQuestion for discussionWhat does the author imply by repeating “the prisoner stepped aside to avoid the puddle”? (Paras. 7-8)On one hand it shows that he is mentally and physically healthy and vigilant; on the other hand the puddle may foreshadow