Unit 7 The Chaser综合教程三

1、Unit1,Unit 7 The Chaser,Watch the video clip and answer the following questions.,Why does the man choose to propose to his girlfriend in the Starlight room? 2. Why does the woman say no to his proposal?,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 1,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information,It

2、is because the Starlight room is a romantic and magic place to propose.,It is because she feels he is not ready for marriage.,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 2,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information,It has been three years since our first date. Time has really gone by fast. Yep.

3、 And over the past few weeks, I have been doing some thinking, mainly thinking about the human condition. A lot of life comes down to making sacrifices and deciding which direction is my life gonna go. Could you please leave? Thank you very much. Are you OK? Yeah. OK?,Video Script1,Audiovisual Suppl

4、ement,Cultural Information,Man: Woman: Man: Woman: Man: Woman:,From The Bachelor,A lot of life comes down to deciding what am I willing to sacrifice because obviously if you choose one path in life, well, you know, you cant choose the other. Thats kind of where I found myself lately, ever since we,

5、you and I, in our relationship, en, have reached that place. That place. The upshot is “you win.” “You win”? Was that a proposal? “You win” was just the last part of it. The whole thing was a proposal. The “you win” had a context. Arent you even gonna look at it? But, first, can we just, can we retr

6、ace the mental steps that led to “you win”? Like when you say you and I have reached that place. What place?,Man: Woman: Man: Woman: Man: Woman:,Video Script2,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information,You know what I mean. Shit or get off the pot? Did you really just say “shit or get off the pot”?

7、 Right here in the starlight room? What is a big deal? Why cant you just say “fish or cut bait”? Because we always say “shit or get off the pot.” Everybody says “shit or get off the pot.” Not in the Starlight Room! What is it with the Starlight Room? Magic, Jimmy. Romance. You know, the whole reason

8、 why you come up here to propose. You see the lights in the city. You have a wonderful meal. You listen to beautiful music. And it casts this romantic spell. When you say “shit or get off the pot”, all the magic just suddenly disappears. Now all you have left is bowel trouble.,Man: Woman: Man: Woman

9、: Man: Woman: Man: Woman:,Video Script3,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information,I am sorry. I didnt think youd get so upset over a figure of speech. Its not the words, Jimmy. Its the whole approach. God, its as if you deliberately What? What? You dont want to marry me, do you? I just proposed to

10、 you. Yeah, but the way that you proposed, you werent asking me to marry you. You were asking me to say no. Just put it on. All right? Please. If you dont want to marry me, Jimmy, I dont want to be married to a guy who doesnt want to get married.,Man: Woman: Man: Woman: Man: Woman: Man: Woman:,Video

11、 Script4,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information,ring and a formalized asking of a question such as “Will you marry me?” Often the proposal is a surprise. In many Western cultures, the tradition has been for the man to propose to the woman.,Cultural information 1,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural

12、Information, The proposal of marriage is an event where one person in a relationship asks for the others hand in marriage. If accepted, it marks the initiation of engagement. It often has a ritual quality, sometimes involving the,1. Proposal of Marriage,presentation of an engagement,2. Engagement,Cu

13、ltural information 2,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information, An engagement is a promise to marry, and also the period of time between proposal and marriage which may be lengthy or trivial. During this period, a couple is said to be affianced, betrothed, engaged to be married, or simply engaged.

14、 Future brides and grooms are often,or fiancs respectively (from the French word “fianc”).,referred to as fiance, The duration of the courtship varies vastly.,Cultural information 3,Audiovisual Supplement,Cultural Information, Long engagements were once common in formal arranged marriages. In 2007,

15、the average engagement time in the United States was 17 months, but the figure around the world varies greatly depending on culture and customs.,The short story is a fable of love with a strong sarcastic tone. The protagonist, Alan Austen, wants to find an easy solution to the problem of love by pur

16、chasing a love potion. However，its not the love potion that the old man intends to sell primarily, but “life cleaner”. The theme of “The Chaser” is the cynicism of experience, portrayed on a field of Alans youthful naivety and the old mans pessimistic certainty. The title of this short story is some

17、how a pun. “A chaser” can be a person that pursues someone like in “a woman chaser”. In addition, it can refer to a weaker alcoholic drink taken after a strong one. A whisky, like the potion, intoxicates. A beer chaser, like the “life cleaner”, mollifies the harshness of the spirits. The potion and

18、the poison go together like a strong alcoholic drink and a chaser.,Global Reading - Text Analysis,Structural Analysis,Text Analysis,Structural analysis,Structural Analysis,Text Analysis,This short story, which combines elements of horror and love, is built almost entirely through dialogue between a

19、young man, Alan Austen, who is deeply in love and wants to possess his lover entirely, and an unnamed old man who believes in a life free of romantic involvement. In “The Chaser” John Collier uses:,the dramatic irony of the title to initialize a cynical landscape;,and the understatement of the endin

20、g to enclose the cynical world of the old man, a world which Alan is entering.,Structural analysis,Structural Analysis,Text Analysis,Paragraph 1: In this part, the protagonist, Alan Austen, has been introduced. Paragraphs 2-12: The old man is trying to sell his mixture. Paragraphs 13-45: Austen got

21、to know about the love potion and in the end bought it.,Detailed reading 1,Detailed Reading,The Chaser,John Collier,1 Alan Austen, as nervous as a kitten, went up certain dark and creaky stairs in the neighborhood of Pell Street, and peered about for a long time on the dim hallway before he found th

22、e name he wanted written obscurely on one of the doors.,Detailed reading2-3,2 He pushed open this door, as he had been told to do, and found himself in a tiny room, which contained no furniture but a plain kitchen table, a rocking-chair, and an ordinary chair. On one of the dirty buff-coloured walls

23、 were a couple of shelves, containing in all perhaps a dozen bottles and jars. 3 An old man sat in the rocking-chair, reading a newspaper. Alan, without a word, handed him the card he had been given. “Sit down, Mr. Austen,” said the old man very politely. “I am glad to make your acquaintance.”,Detai

24、led Reading,Detailed reading4-7,Detailed Reading,4 “Is it true,” asked Alan, “that you have a certain mixture that has er quite extraordinary effects?” 5 “My dear sir,” replied the old man, “my stock in trade is not very large I dont deal in laxatives and teething mixtures but such as it is, it is v

25、aried. I think nothing I sell has effects which could be precisely described as ordinary.” 6 “Well, the fact is ” began Alan. 7 “Here, for example,” interrupted the old man, reaching for a bottle from the shelf. “Here is a liquid as colourless as water, almost tasteless, quite imperceptible in coffe

26、e, wine, or any other beverage. It is also quite imperceptible to any known method of autopsy.”,8 “Do you mean it is a poison?” cried Alan, very much horrified. 9 “Call it a glove-cleaner if you like,” said the old man indifferently. “Maybe it will clean gloves. I have never tried. One might call it

27、 a life-cleaner. Lives need cleaning sometimes.” 10 “I want nothing of that sort,” said Alan. 11 “Probably it is just as well,” said the old man. “Do you know the price of this? For one teaspoonful, which is sufficient, I ask five thousand dollars. Never less. Not a penny less.” 12 “I hope all your

28、mixtures are not as expensive,” said Alan apprehensively.,Detailed reading8-12,Detailed Reading,Detailed reading13-16,Detailed Reading,13 “Oh dear, no,” said the old man. “It would be no good charging that sort of price for a love potion, for example. Young people who need a love potion very seldom

29、have five thousand dollars. Otherwise they would not need a love potion.” 14 “I am glad to hear that,” said Alan. 15 “I look at it like this,” said the old man. “Please a customer with one article, and he will come back when he needs another. Even if it is more costly. He will save up for it, if nec

30、essary.” 16 “So,” said Alan, “you really do sell love potions?”,17 “If I did not sell love potions,” said the old man, reaching for another bottle, “I should not have mentioned the other matter to you. It is only when one is in a position to oblige that one can afford to be so confidential. ” 18 “An

31、d these potions,” said Alan. “They are not just just er ” 19 “Oh, no,” said the old man. “Their effects are permanent, and extend far beyond the mere casual impulse. But they include it. Oh, yes they include it. Bountifully, insistently. Everlastingly.” 20 “Dear me!” said Alan, attempting a look of

32、scientific detachment. “How very interesting!”,Detailed reading17-20,Detailed Reading,Detailed reading21-25,Detailed Reading,21 “But consider the spiritual side,” said the old man. 22 “I do, indeed,” said Alan. 23 “For indifference,” said the old man, “they substitute devotion. For scorn, adoration.

33、 Give one tiny measure of this to the young lady its flavour is imperceptible in orange juice, soup, or cocktails and however gay and giddy she is, she will change altogether. She will want nothing but solitude and you.” 24 “I can hardly believe it,” said Alan. “She is so fond of parties.” 25 “She w

34、ill not like them any more,” said the old man. “She will be afraid of the pretty girls you may meet.”,Detailed reading26-32,Detailed Reading,26 “She will actually be jealous?” cried Alan in a rapture. “Of me?” 27 “Yes, she will want to be everything to you.” 28 “She is, already. Only she doesnt care

35、 about it.” 29 “She will, when she has taken this. She will care intensely. You will be her sole interest in life.” 30 “Wonderful!” cried Alan. 31 “She will want to know all you do,” said the old man. “All that has happened to you during the day. Every word of it. She will want to know what you are

36、thinking about, why you smile suddenly, why you are looking sad.” 32 “That is love!” cried Alan.,33 “Yes,” said the old man. “How carefully she will look after you! She will never allow you to be tired, to sit in a draught, to neglect your food. If you are an hour late, she will be terrified. She wi

37、ll think you are killed, or that some siren has caught you.” 34 “I can hardly imagine Diana like that!” cried Alan, overwhelmed with joy. 35 “You will not have to use your imagination,” said the old man. “And, by the way, since there are always sirens, if by any chance you should, later on, slip a l

38、ittle, you need not worry. She will forgive you, in the end. She will be terribly hurt, of course, but she will forgive you in the end.” 36 “That will not happen,” said Alan fervently.,Detailed reading33-36,Detailed Reading,Detailed reading37-40,Detailed Reading,37 “Of course not,” said the old man.

39、 “But, if it did, you need not worry. She would never divorce you. Oh, no! And, of course, she will never give you the least, the very least, grounds for uneasiness.” 38 “And how much,” said Alan, “is this wonderful mixture?” 39 “It is not as dear,” said the old man, “as the glove-cleaner, or life-c

40、leaner, as I sometimes call it. No. That is five thousand dollars, never a penny less. One has to be older than you are, to indulge in that sort of thing. One has to save up for it.” 40 “But the love potion?” said Alan.,Detailed reading41-45,Detailed Reading,41 “Oh, that,” said the old man, opening

41、the drawer in the kitchen table, and taking out a tiny, rather dirty-looking phial. “That is just a dollar.” 42 “I cant tell you how grateful I am,” said Alan, watching him fill it. 43 “I like to oblige,” said the old man. “Then customers come back, later in life, when they are better off, and want

42、more expensive things. Here you are. You will find it very effective.” 44 “Thank you again,” said Alan. “Good-bye.” 45 “Au revoir,” said the man.,What is the image of Alan Austen in the first part?,Detailed reading1-Quesion,Alan Austen is depicted as a timid, skeptical and hesitant character. Throug

43、h descriptions like “as nervous as a kitten,” “peering about for a long time on the dim hallway”, the writer creates a sense of apprehension.,Detailed Reading,The sophisticated old man had encountered many young men who had been in the grip of romantic desire before, but who eventually got tired of

44、the possessive love they had experienced. He knew for sure that Austens possessive love wouldnt last long. It would eventually bore and repel him. He expected that when his enthusiastic passion changed into hatred, Austen would come to him again, because he had already seen those disillusioned custo

45、mers return to buy the “chaser” so that they could be free from the women for whom they had previously bought the love potion.,Why do you think the old man told Austen about the life-cleaner before selling the love potion?,Detailed reading7-Quesion,Detailed Reading,What is the implied meaning of the

46、 old mans remark, “Young people who need a love potion very seldom have five thousand dollars. Otherwise they would not need a love potion”,Detailed reading13-Quesion,What the old man means is that a young man who falls in love one-sidedly is seldom rich enough to win a girls heart; if he were rich

47、enough, it would be much easier for him to win the girls hand. His words imply that money is one of the crucial factors for love. If a man is not rich, he can rarely expect to be loved by a girl.,Detailed Reading,What is Austens understanding of love?,Detailed reading23-32-Quesion,Austen was filled

48、with illusions and unrealistic expectations of love. To him, love meant the entire possession of the lover. When the old man talked about the magic effect of the love potion and described the expectant possessive love, Austen cried “That is love!”, which suggests that he was overwhelmed with joy.,De

49、tailed Reading,Detailed reading39-Quesion,Detailed Reading,What does the old mans remark in Paragraph 39 “ one has to be older than you are, to indulge in that sort of thing” mean?,Young people tend to be over-passionate for love, sometimes senselessly and irrationally, while the old, just like the

50、old man who sells the mixtures, would take a cool and sensible, sometimes even cynical attitude toward love.,Detailed reading1 Activity,Class Activity Role play,Detailed Reading,Work in pairs and role play the dialogue.,Make sure youve tried your best to learn the lines by heart.,You can also ask a

51、fellow student to supply a prompt.,Then discuss with each other how you understand the two roles in the story.,peer fulfill the wishes of,e.g.,She asked him to lend her his car, and he willingly obliged (her). I should/would be obliged if you could speak louder.,e.g.,The heavy snow obliged me to aba

52、ndon the car and continued on foot. Eric felt obliged to resign after such an unpleasant quarrel with the vice president.,2. make it necessary for sb. to do sth.,detachment n. the state of not reacting or being involved in sth. in an emotional way,Detailed reading5 detachment,e.g.,She studied the bl

53、ood with detachment.,Detailed Reading,Derivation:,detach (v.), detached (a.),As the pianist suddenly fell ill the day before the concert, we had to find someone to substitute for him.,Detailed reading6 substitute,Detailed Reading,substitute v. put sth. or sb. in place of another,substitute A for B =

54、 replace B with A substitute for: replace,e.g.,They were expected to substitute violence for dialogue. The doctor advised him to substitute low-fat cheese for butter.,Comparison:,e.g.,Detailed reading6substitute,If dairy milk disagrees with your stomach, soya milk could be a good substitute.,e.g.,De

55、tailed Reading,substitute n. sb. or sth. that takes the place of another,Detailed reading6 giddy,Detailed Reading,Isabels giddy young sister-in-law,e.g.,giddy a. not serious; too interested in amusement,Detailed reading7 rapture,Detailed Reading,They stared with rapture at the new opera house. Smith

56、 was in / went into raptures at / about the news.,e.g.,rapture n. great joy and delight,Derivation:,rapturous (a.), rapturously (ad.),Detailed reading8draught,Detailed Reading,Heavy curtains at the windows cut out draughts.,e.g.,draught n. a current of air blowing through a room,Detailed reading9 ov

57、erwhelm 1,Detailed Reading,The family of the victim was overwhelmed by / with grief. The need to talk to someone, anyone, overwhelmed me.,e.g.,overwhelm v. 1. give sb. a particular feeling very strongly,2. make powerless by using force,Government troops overwhelmed the rebels. The attacker overwhelm

58、ed the young man by squeezing his throat.,e.g.,Detailed reading9 overwhelm 2,Detailed Reading,overwhelming (a.): very large or very great,e.g.,The overwhelming majority of small businesses go broke within the first twelve months.,Derivation:,a fervent desire to win There is a growing sense of nation

59、al fervency in the state.,Detailed reading9 fervently,Detailed Reading,It is a cause for which we have campaigned fervently these past four years. We fervently believe in the peaceful reunification of the motherland.,e.g.,fervently ad. with deep sincere feelings,fervent (a.), fervency (n.),e.g.,Derivation:,Detailed reading9- phial,Detailed Reading,a phial of blood,e.g.,phial n. a small bottle, especially for liquid medicines,Detailed reading9 I think nothin