out of the mists.ppt

1、Unit 7,Out of the mists,Discuss the following question,What are the differences between your childhood and that of todays children? I think my childhood didnt have the good material conditions as todays children we didnt have the good studying environment , but we have more freedom ,and less pressur

2、e than them,Nebulous：not clear A nebulous concept（模糊的概念） Wrap：to cover sth completely in paper or other material wrap up sth : to cover sth He spent the evening wrapping up the Christmas presents. wrap A (up) in Bwrap B round ( around ):to cover sthsb in material in order to protect it. I wrapped th

3、e baby (up) in a blanket. I wrapped a blanket around the baby.,We children were woken if there was an air raid ，wrapped in blankets and carried round to my grandparents，who lived in the next street in a flat with a basement ，a reasonable protection against the sort of bombs which were dropped in the

4、 first war 如果有空袭，小孩子们就被唤醒，用毯子裹着，被抱到祖父母的房子里，祖父母住在后边一条街上一幢有地下室的公寓里，这是躲避一战时那种炸弹的好地方。,be on leave: absent with permission 休假 He was gone to Paris on leave. have a terrible job to do: to use great effort to do 费很大的力气做。 It was quite a terrible job to find his flat. Indignant: angry at something unjust or

5、unfair be indignant at/sth 对某事感到愤慨 be indignant with sb对某人表示愤愤不平 She was very indignant at the way she had been treated.,knock sb up: to wake sb knocking on their door. 敲门唤醒 We are very sorry to knock you up at this hour. knock sth up: to prepare or make sth quickly and without much effort.快速并轻易完成 S

6、he knock up a meal in ten minutes. cross: annoyed or quiet angry 可做名词、动词、形容词 be crosswith sbat sth I was cross with him for being late.,We were all indignant when he told us that he had knocked up the landlady of a country pub called the Rising Sun two miles from our lodgings，who was so cross at bei

7、ng woken that she refused to give him directions。 当父亲告诉我们他深夜敲醒了一家离我们住处有两英里的名叫日出乡村酒馆的房东，房东很生气她被吵醒拒绝告诉父亲指路时，我们怒不可遏。,Many country people in that war, being perfectly safe, wrapped themselves in a cocoon of selfishness, but in the last war most experiences were widely shared and people were more generou

8、s to each other. 第一次世界大战时期许多乡村人们感到很安全，于是就把自己裹在自私的茧中，但在二战期间，因为大多数人都有共同的战争经历，所以相互都变得更宽宏大量。,be up to: reach, less than, equal to I can take up to four people in my car.(至多) the duty or responsibility of somebody Its up to you to decide whether to go or not. get fly into a temper 发脾气 勃然大怒 goodbad temper

9、 脾气好坏 in a temper 生气 be deprived of deprive sb of sth :to prevent sb from having or doing sth , especially sth important They were imprisoned and deprived of their basic right. Sickness deprived me of the pleasure of meeting you.,with impunity :without any danger of being published. No one can break

10、 the law with impunity. in the wrong: have done sth bad or illegal The driver was undeniably in the wrong. Im sorry, Im in the wrong. put sb in the wrong冤枉某人，委屈某人,I could not even accidentally break a cup or glass with impunity, and even today the smashing of crockery, which gets such a laugh in a T

11、V sit-com, gets only a shudder from me. 甚至我无意中打碎了一个杯子也逃不了惩罚就是取消一些难得的乐事的资格。我被剥夺了参加渴望已久孩子们的圣诞节宴会的权利。甚至到今天打碎陶瓷，这样的事会在情景剧中引人发笑，却仍会令我发抖。,I was frightened of my parents, being born too soon for Dr. Spock. I caught the tail end of the Victorian philosophy that parents were perfect, and children always in t

12、he wrong, a righteous target for round-the-clock criticism. 我怕我父母，因为生得太早，我没有享受到斯波克大夫提出的民主式抚养孩子的教育，当时我正赶上维多利亚风气的末期，维多利亚时期抚养孩子的观点是，父母是完美的，而错误总在孩子一方，因此孩子理应是经常受批评的对象。,This made me very shy in company, and as a child I had none of the social ease of my lucky grandchildren, who assume unless it is proved

13、to the contrary that grown-ups are their friends. 这使我在伙伴中感到非常胆怯，我小的时候不像我幸运的孙子们那样在人群中自由自在。他们认为，大人们是孩子们的朋友，除非有证据表明并非如此。,1. The first p.p.: Anne introduces briefly her early childhood days in the First world War, living with her mother, sister, brother an d a nanny while her father was away at the fron

14、t.,Summarize the paragraphs,2. The 2nd p.p.: Anne tells her clearest memories of her wartime-experiences of being woken in the night when there was an air raid or at the unexpected arrival of her father on leave, including an interesting anecdote of her father looking for the family in the depths of

15、 night,3. The 3rd p.p.: Anne tells how strict the Victorian philosophy of child rearing was with vivid description of how she was punished for cutting a pair of knickers to pieces.,Summarize the story,The article records Annes reminisces of her early childhood days in the First World War. As she said, her memories are nebulous because she was so young to register them. Her memories are like scenes emer