英语专业现代大学英语32.Through-the-Tunnel

ThroughtheTunnelDorisLessing整理pptAuthorBiographyDorisMayLessingCHwasbornon22October1919inPersia(nowIran)andgrewupinSouthernRhodesia(nowZimbabwe).SheisagreatrealistwriterinthetraditionofthemajorContinentalnovelistsofthe19thcentury.In2007,LessingwastheeleventhwomanandtheoldesteverpersontoreceivetheNobelPrizeinLiterature.In2008,TheTimesrankedherfifthonalistof"The50greatestBritishwriterssince1945".mainnovelsincludeTheGrassisSinging1950,TheGoldenNotebook

1962,andfivenovelscollectivelyknownasCanopusinArgos.整理pptstyleherearlystoriesconcernthetrialsandtribulationsofgrowingupmostofLessing'sworks,concerntheconfusingandoftencontradictoryrolesofwomeninsocietycommonthemes:anindividualconfrontingpreconceivedassumptionsaboutlifeinanattempttoachievewholeness整理pptSummary

ThestorytellsayoungEnglishboy,Jerry,aswellashismotherspendsholidayinaforeignbeach.Whenhecomeshere,hefindssomelocalchildrencannotonlydiveforalongtime,butalsoswimthroughalongtunnel.Becauseofthecuriositytonewthingsandtheisolationbetweenhimandthesechildren,Jerrymakesadecisiontochallengehimselfbyswimmingthroughthetunnel,eventhoughhisskillandexperiencearenotsufficient.Inordertoreachhisgoal,hedoesnumerousexercisestosuccesseventually,whichalsomeansthegrowthtohim.

整理pptSymbolismthenarrowanddarktunnel

-theprocessofgrowingupsafebeach---wildbay–theknownworldandtheunknownworld,(

very

crowded

and

well

known---

dangerous,sharp

rocks)practicingdiving(nose-bleeds,exhaustion,anddizziness)-growingpainsthenativeboys-negative

guide

forJerrymother-positiveguideforJerry(provideJerrywithmorefreedomandopportunitytogrowup)goggle-anewidentity(akindofhiddenstrengthandnewinsightintomaturity).整理pptcharacterJerryisagoodandobedientboy.Maybebecauseoflackingamaleroleinhisgrowingup,heappearedatfirstinthestorytobeabitweakandtimid.Buttheexperienceofgoingthoroughthetunnelmadehimstronger.整理pptJerry’smotherisarational,thoughtfulandresponsiblewoman.SheisawidowandJerryisheronlychild.Butinsteadofbeingtooprotectiveanddoting,shedecidestobeneitherpossessivenorlackingindevotiontoherson.Sheisstrugglingtobeareasonablemothertoateenageboy.整理pptWritingFeatures1.Lessingusesthethirdpersonpointofviewinthewholearticletoletthestorymoreobjectiveandflexiblesothatshecandescribeallsidesofthestorywithease.2.narrativeanddescription

Adjectives:immensenumbersofwordsconcerningcolortopresentthesea,therocks,thetentacleandthetunnelvividlypreviously.整理pptaseriesofverbstodepicttheboyespeciallythehardtrainingforpreparinghisadventureandtheprocedurewhereheswimthroughthetunnel,whichbothrevealtheboy’scourageaswellasdeterminationandexpresshisexpecttoripeThepsychologicaldescriptiontheenvironmentaldescription

整理pptQuestionsfordiscussionwhat

drives

Jerry

to

go

with

his

mother

to

the

beach

on

the

first

morning?Do

you

think

that

if

the

foreign

boys

spoke

Jerry’s

language

he

would

still

feel

the

need

to

prove

himself?

Why

or

why

not?

DoyouthinkthatJerry'sdeterminationinachievinghisgoalishealthy?Whyorwhynot?Bytheendofthestory,howhasJerrychanged?HowdoesLessingdescribetheboy'sbehaviorinthebeginningofthestoryincomparisontohisbehaviorattheend?整理pptthemesSafetyVs.ChallengeDependenceVs.IndependenceChildishnessVs.MaturityAbandonmentVs.Persistence整理pptTopicsforfurtherdiscussionWeoftenhearpeopletalkingabout“growingpains”.Didyouhavesuchkindofexperience?Whathelpedyougetoverthegrowingpains?Whatdoyouthinkparentscandotohelptheirkidstogrowup?整理pptNewWords-1contrition

sorrowforsinarisingfromfearofdamnationchivalry

courtesytowardswomenpossessivehavingorshowingadesiretocontrolordominate

cravinganintensedesireforsomeparticularthing

supplicationahumblerequestforhelpfromsomeoneinauthoritypoisecausetobebalancedorsuspendedgropesearchblindlyoruncertainlyloomcomeintoviewindistinctly,oftenthreateningly

整理pptNewWords-2feat

anotableachievement

defiantboldlyresistingauthorityoranopposingforce

beseechaskfororrequestearnestlynagbotherpersistentlywithtrivialcomplaints

pesterannoypersistentlyswerveturnsharply;changedirectionabruptlyclamberclimbawkwardly,asifbyscramblingclammyunpleasantlycoolandhumidincredulousnotdisposedorwillingtobelieve;unbelieving

整理pptNewWords-3wriggletomoveinatwistingmotion,(especiallywhenstruggling)panickythrownintoastateofintensefearordesperationconvulsiveresemblingaconvulsioninbeingsuddenandviolentlapsepassintoaspecifiedstateorconditionpropelcausetomoveforwardwithforce整理pptSuckerThedishonestbusinessmangotholdofasuckerlistan