华联学院大学英语精读课件06 The Pearl

1、Unit 6 The PearlJohn Steinbeck About the author: John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr.(February 27, 1902 December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for thePulitzer Prize-winning novelThe Grapes of Wrath(1939),East of Eden(1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men(1937). As the author of twenty-se

2、ven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories, Steinbeck received theNobel Prize for Literaturein 1962. 约翰斯坦贝克美国作家。生于加利福尼亚州的一个中产阶级家庭。小时生活在小镇、乡村和牧场，很早接触欧洲古典文学作品。1919年入斯坦福大学攻读大学。期间，当过牧场农工和修路队的运输工。他熟悉社会底层的人们，许多作品都以他们为主人公，表现了底层人的善良、质朴的品格，创造了“斯坦贝克式的英雄”形

3、象。 创作大致可以分为三个时期。第一个时期是30年代前后，愤怒的葡萄（1939）为代表。后者是20世纪美国文学的经典。该作品曾获普利策奖。40年代是他创作的第二个时期。主要作品月亮下去了珍珠（1947）以颂扬开朗乐观的生活方式来比衬贬社会中的倾轧和狭隘的现象，探讨金钱、文明和人性的关系。50年代初写出了两部长篇小说伊甸园以东（1952）和烦恼的冬天（1961）。他认为：“战后的美国社会是富有了，但产生了一种厌倦情绪、一种消耗性的病态。”斯坦贝克由于他“通过现实主义的、富于想象的创作，表现出富于同情的幽默和对社会的敏感的观察”，1962年获得诺贝尔文学奖。 The Pearlis anovell

4、aby American authorJohn Steinbeck, published in 1947. It is the story of apearl diver, Kino, and explores mans nature as well as greed and evil. Steinbecks inspiration was a Mexican folk tale, which he had heard in a visit to the formerly pearl-rich region in 1940.In 1947, it was adapted into a Mexi

5、can film. The story is one of Steinbecks most popular books and has been widely used in high school classes. New words and phrases:Part C scorpion colonial/colony dart foam nervous/ nerve plaster stern agent restlessly patron precipitate sacPart D for that matter in despair take ones place all manne

6、r of ask a favor of sb. stir upRead the text and answer the following question: What different strata/ levels of people were described by the author in responding to the news? And how did they respond? Key: the working-class women, the priest, the shopkeepers, the doctor, the beggars, the agents of

7、the buyerordinary working-class women who are eager to let others share what they knowpriests who try to raise money for one reason or anothershopkeepers whose only concern is to sell their wares for a good profitdoctors who cure the sick often for their own gainbeggars who live on almspearl buyers

8、who are expert at buying valuable pearls at the lowest possible pricecolonial & colony: Americas gun tradition dates to the 17th century, whencolonialsettlers often had to provide their own protection. 美国人拥有枪支的传统可追溯至17世纪，当时的殖民地居民不得不用枪支来保护自己。Acolonyof seals lay basking in the sun. 一群海豹躺着晒太阳。树上生活着一群蜜蜂

9、。 There lived acolonyof bees on the tree.dart n. &v. The girl turned and darted away through the trees. 女孩转身穿过树林飞速跑开了。Markov died after being struck by a poison dart. 马尔科夫身中毒镖而亡。Dart-道奇nervous & nerves:我紧张得饭都吃不下。 I was toonervousto eat. 消费者对未来非常忧虑。 Consumers are verynervousabout the future.Everynerv

10、ein her body was tense. 她的每一根神经都绷得紧紧的。He never got (up) enoughnerveto meet me. 他从没有足够的胆量来见我。He had thenerveto ask me to prove who I was. 他竟敢要求我证明我自己的身份。If you say that you havetouched a nerveortouched a raw nerve, you mean that you have accidentally upset someone by talking about something that they

11、 feel strongly about or are very sensitive about. Alistair saw Henry shrink, as if the words had touched anerve. 阿利斯泰尔看到亨利向后缩了一下，好像那些话触到了他的痛处。strangle The kidnapperstrangled the child with a piece of string. 那个绑架者用根绳子把这小孩勒死了。 When I attended his lecture, I always tried hard tostrangleyawns. 我上他的课时，总

12、是竭力地制止自己打呵欠。for that matter 就那件事而论， 关于那一点 Ibelievethesamethingwouldbetrueinplaceslikebraziloranywhereelseforthatmatter. 我想，就这一点来说，巴西或其他任何地方同样也该这样。 How,forthatmatter,doyoudistinguishpatriotism fromracism? 在这个问题上，你将如何区别爱国主义和种族主义？stern a. He said stern measures would be taken against the killers. 他说将严惩

13、凶手。迈克尔狠狠瞪了那个人一眼。 Michael gave the man a stern look. We will take the necessary steps, she said sternly. “我们将采取必要措施，”她厉声说道。stir up ThecasewillalsostirupfurtherdebateaboutthewayAmericaspatentsystemoperates. 这个案件也引起了人们对美国专利法执行方式的更深入的辩论。 As usual, Harry is trying to stir up trouble. 像往常一样，哈丽正试图找麻烦。 音乐可以

14、激发我们的想象力。 Musiccanstirupourimagination.Translation A1. I really doubt if the treated drinking water will truly provide sufficient minerals that are essential to human health.2. As to how the splendid Maya Culture disappeared all of a sudden from the Earth, it remains a mystery hard to solve.3. When

15、it was made plain that its a big rat/mouse that had caused the breakdown of the transmission system, we all felt relieved. Soon the system was brought back to its normal operation.4.He was almost driven to despair when he learnt that he was considered too old to take part in the space voyage. Hes sp

16、ent 3 years preparing for this long-dreamed-of trip. 5. The trip turned out to be a disaster, for the only means of transport available in that area were donkeys. We spent most of out time being jolted on the backs of these animals, almost stifled by the heat and swirling dust.6. He was not a very p

17、opular professor among the students because he would invariably wander off his topic during the course of his lecture and drag the class into the time for break.7. The prominent collector declared that his collection included some invaluable paintings that nobody could afford to buy.8. To save the l

18、ife of the little boy stung by a scorpion, the villagers used all the means and ways available to reduce the effect of poisoning.9. The annual Ice Sculpture Festival in this town attracted all manner of people from all over the country.10. Some countries were reduced to extreme poverty caused by war

19、 and natural disasters. For that matter, a U.N. official insisted that the developed countries should take their responsibility to make new contributions to the economic development of the developing countries.Translation B: “Toot, toot, toot”The car swept on through the village, and the villagers w

20、ere puzzled, as the mountain village seldom had visitors. When its finally made plain who had come, the villagers, old and young, were all excited- small boys scrambled and darted, shouting; old man followed, panting; young girls run, giggling, all coming to see the car. Sensing the excitement, Old Mack, the driver, now a gold mine owner, felt proud. His eyes