老人与海英文1介绍ppt课件

1、.,老人与,海,明威,.,The Old Man and the Sea, is a story of friendship between a young boy and an fisherman tormented（折磨，纠缠） by hunger and weeks bad luck. Santiago, a once strong, proud man is coming to terms with his failing abilities and age. After many weeks of returning home to his small village, day af

2、ter day with nothing in his boat, Santiago is forced to accept the other villagers small charities. He resolve(决定 ，决心） to sail far out to sea in search of a catch that will redeem （恢复，挽回）his self-confidence. Early the next morning, he descends（下降） to his fishing skiff小船，舟）, and rows （划船）out, into th

3、e dark sea, saying good-bye to his friend, the small boy, and the safety of the beach, perhaps for the last time.,.,This story happened in 1940th near a Gulf Stream（墨西哥湾流） in Cuba（古巴）. The main character Santiago is an old man, who fishes alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and lives a small village

4、. He is characterized as someone struggling against defeat. The second character Manolin is a young boy whom Santiago teaches to fish. The litter boy is his loyal friend. Language is great simplicity（简洁） and power.It is a song of praise of heroism.,.,Later that day his luck turns and he hooks（钩，钓） t

5、he giant marlin（枪鱼，青枪鱼）. The battle（战斗） begins, not just with the fish, but with himself as well; the battle for his life, his regained（恢复，重新获得） youth and the return of his peers（凝视，同等） respect. For two days and two nights his adversary（对手，敌手） pulls him further out to sea. Memories of his youth fill

6、 his vision, memories of battles fought and of scars healed. （治愈，痊愈）For hours at a time the physical game, he convinces himself, is only winnable if he can triumph（胜利，凯旋） mentally. Unable to loosen or even adjust his grip,（握紧，柄 ）for fear that his foe（敌人，反对者） would sense his failing strength, Santiag

7、o is forced into a motionless prison, escape from which, is in the hands of his greatest adversary ever.,.,The theme of the book is courage .,.,It won the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. The author wants to told readers ,you will be supposed to like this old person same mind lofty aspiration, and w

8、ill even better pursue even better, the bigger goal, dont easy give up your goal in your life. In life, some losses are unavoidable, we should treat the optimistic attitude , cant worry about petty gain or loss .,.,In this book, the main character always dreams of lions .This suggests that Santiago longs for strength.So the lions represent strength. Also ,Santiago has a good friend and follower, a little boy.He represents new hope.He admires Santiago very much and wants to be the next Santiago. The gaint marlin represents trouble and foe which are o