阅读university days--James Thurber

1、University DaysUniversity Days -James ThurberRemarks on University Life1、Its interesting, colorful, but challenging and competive.2、If you cherish it, you will be blessed with a rich life.3、University is a stage where you are able to show off.4、University is a small society which you can learn to su

2、rvive.5、University is a gold mine in which you dig out the most precious stone if you work hard enough.6、University is a communications network where you are not lonely.Contends 1. The Arthour 2. Background Information 3. New Words and Phrease 4. The Structure 5. Questions for Comprehension James Th

3、urberHe was an American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright. The best American humorist since Mark Twain. He is known for the irony, satire and whimsical(异想天开的) humour of his stories about ordinary American life. His books include My Life and Hard Times(1933), from which this text is taken, a

4、nd My World and Welcome to It(1943).Background InformationJames Thurber attended Ohio State University from 1913 to 1918, but left without a degree. Tall, thin, and blind in one eye from a childhood accident, he suffered through the athletic and military program of the university in the World Warper

5、iod.In this essay Thurber recalled some of the high and low points of his years at Ohio State of University. The essay is included in his “autobiograph” My Life and Hard Times.Words and Phrasesenrage nred v. 激怒maladjustment mldstmnt n. 失调grimly rml adv.严格地abruptly brptl adv. 突然地eligible eldbl adj. 合

6、格的lenient li:nint adj. 仁慈的distribution dstrbju:n n. 分配drill drl v. 训练execute ekskju:t v. 处死summon smn v. 召唤，传唤Phreasein a fury 在狂怒中take away from 减损，贬低take a great deal out of sb. 让某人身心疲惫不堪stay abreast of 与齐头并进，不拉下round off 使圆满结束，使完美get away with sth 做了坏事而不被发现fall back on 转而依靠cut out for 适合于，天生是的料st

7、art off 开始little short of 简直可以说是 The StructureAnecdote.(Para.1-Para.4) It ridicules the botany teachers insistence on teaching the unteachable.Anecdote.(para.5-Para.12) It ridicules the economics teachers leniency and Bolenciecwczs dumbness.Anecdote .(Para.13) It ridicules two unreasonable requireme

8、nts for gymnasium work: taking off glasses and stripping.Anecdote .(Para. 14 ) It ridicules the low literary level of the student-journalist. Anecdote.(Para. 15-Para17 ) It ridicules the continual repetition of squad maneuvers and the generals brainlessness and unbecoming conduct.VII. No conclusion.

9、Questions for Comprehension1、How did the narrator view his university days? Did he view his courses with fond memory? He viewed his university days in a good-humored way and he saw the funny side of his trouble with his courses. 2、What time was it when the narrator was in the university? What kind o

10、f military training did he receive? He was in the university during the First World War. The military training he received was of the type during the Civil War period. 3、What impression do you get from this piece of work? University education in the States at that time was outdated, inhumane, disord

11、erly, ineffective, and Thurber seems to be very critical of it. (Or a lot of funny things occurred in his university days, and he seems to be enjoying a nostalgias(怀旧), warm and cheerful memory, through he makes fun of the university somehow.)Summary The main purpose which the writer has in mind is

12、to share with the reader some experiences that he had as a student at Ohio State university through narration intertwined with description. He wishes to make the reader see, feel and hear as vividly as possible what he saw, felt and heard in his university days and to share with the reader the events that had happened to him. He also uses this story to show how professors