TheDryRock学习教案

1、会计学1TheDryRock第一页，共10页。Irwin ShawPlot SummaryDetailed Questions Character AnalysisConflicts Theme (s)Language Points第1页/共9页第二页，共10页。Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author. “Irwin Shaws material is fresh, and he handles i

2、t with rich understanding and superb techniqueup to a point. Then he lays it on too thick or too pat.”第2页/共9页第三页，共10页。“Ford runs into a cab driven by an old man. The driver of the Ford gets nasty when the cabby insists on seeing his licence, and hits him. He tries to reason with the old man, who is

3、yelling for police. The argument is settled by a policeman who takes them to the station house. The old man is persuaded against pressing charges. “A decent young man betrays all human decency under wifely pressure, in his responsibility as witness of a street fight between a gangster and a proud li

4、ttle taxi driver.” 第3页/共9页第四页，共10页。What does the title “The Dry Rock” means?What was the name of the Ford man?What do you have to say about the dinner party?Why did the cabby insist on calling police?What did Rusk on the way to the police house?Why was Rusk anxious about a possible trial?What did Fi

5、t mean by “shrugged sadly” (P63) ?第4页/共9页第五页，共10页。FA small man of fifty, in a cap and a ragged coat, with a heavy accent, gently, wearily, calmly, with dignity, anxiously Cabby TarloffF Harshly, shouted, glared, snarled, balefully, savagely, growled, hoarsely Ford man Rusk第5页/共9页第六页，共10页。4. Characte

6、r AnalysisF Reassuringly, impartial, judicious, patiently, sadly, his voice low, silently, I FitzsimmonsFBitterly, gloomily, disdainfully, elegant, witty, sadly, coldly, Wife Helen第6页/共9页第七页，共10页。AFeeling insulted, Tarloff insisted on a legal punishment on Rusk. Regretfully, Rusk tried hard to persu

7、ade Tarloff out of pressing charges.FTarloff and Rusk AFit tried to offer help to the cabby, while Helen kept trying to get them out of the trouble.F Fitzsimmons and Helen How were the conflicts settled eventually?第7页/共9页第八页，共10页。Unnecessary and overelaborate formalitiesThe dry rock of principle and reponsibilityRise above principle and do whats right.We talk on principle, but we act on interest.The more laws, the less justice. An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.We lose dignity if we tolerate t