lesson-3-the-rite-of-spring.ppt

1、The Rite of Spring,Arthur Miller,Arthur Miller (Oct. 17, 1915-Feb. 10, 2005),One of the most important playwright and essayist in contemporary America. Works: Death of a SalesmanThe CrucibleA View from the BridgeAll My Sons Prizes: Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1949) New York Drama Circle Critics Award

2、Tony Award for Best Author Kennedy Center Honors (1984)Praemium Imperiale (2001),Arthur Miller,Early life born in Harlem, New York City into a rich family The family went bankrupt during the Great Depression Education University of Michigan first majored in journalism and worked as a reporter and ni

3、ght editor for the student paper switched his major to English enrolled in a playwriting seminar Marriages Mary Grace Slattery (19401956) Marilyn Monroe (19561961) Inge Morath (19622002),Structure,Part （para.1-2）the introduction They reason why the writer starts a garden as a way of celebrating the

4、coming of spring Part (para. 3-10) the body A lists of reasons for keeping a garden making choices and progress a reminder of how delicate, bountiful and easily ruined the surface of the earth is moral senses: care and love, persistence and patience, learning from mistakes character building: spirit

5、ual growth, striving Part (para. 11-12) conclusion Gardening keeps people hopeful for the future, even in the coldest days of December.,Vocabulary (part 1),patch n. a small piece of land, especially one used for growing vegetables or fruit a small piece of material e.g. There are patches on the knee

6、s of his pants. an eyepatch a nicotine patch a small area of something, especially one which is different from the area around it e.g. a bald patch on the top of his head a black dog with a white patch on its back,Vocabulary (part 1),tell vt. to distinguish one thing or person from another e.g. to t

7、ell the difference between to tell A from B to tell A and B apart,Vocabulary (part 1),instinct n. a natural tendency for people and animals to behave in a particular way using the knowledge and abilities that they were born with rather than thought or training e.g. His first instinct was to run away

8、. Children do not know by instinct the difference between right and wrong.,Vocabulary (part 1),at work: being in ones job e.g. The child goes to a nursery while his mother is at work. having an effect on something e.g. There were forces at work changing the character of the banking structure,Vocabul

9、ary (part 1),justify vt. to show that somebody/something is right or reasonable e.g. Her success had justified the faith her teachers had put in her. to give an explanation or excuse for something or for doing something e.g. Dont try to justify your mistakes.,Vocabulary (part 1),resolve v. to make a

10、 firm decision to do something e.g. to resolve to do sth. = be determined to do sth. resolution n. e.g. a new year resolution,Vocabulary (part 1),rational adj. reasonable, sensible , able to think clearly and make decisions based on reason rather than emotions,Vocabulary (part 1),waft v. to drift, t

11、o move, or make something move, gently through the air e.g. Delicious smells wafted up from the kitchen.,Vocabulary (part 1),hysterically adv. in a state of extreme excitement, and crying, laughing, etc. in an uncontrolled way,Vocabulary (part 1),melt v. to become or make something become soft / liq

12、uid as a result of heating e.g. The snow melted in the following day.,Text Analysis (part 1),When you think how easy and cheap, relatively, it is to buy a bunch of carrots or beets, why raise them?,elliptical sentence. The complete sentence : Why would you raise them?”,carrots,beets,Text Analysis (p

13、art 1),And root crops especially are hard to tell apart, when store-bought, from our own. It is really hard to recognize the difference of root crops we buy from stores and those we grow.,bought from a store,Text Analysis (part 1),There is a human instinct at work here, a kind of back-breaking make-

14、believe that has no reality. back-breaking: very hard and tiring, physically-consuming make-believe: imagining or pretending things to be different or more exciting than they really are What causes this is probably human nature. Mankind tends to exercise by nature and unrealistically pretend that wh

15、at they have done is better than it really is.,Text Analysis (part 1),Now, if you could raise hot dogs outside your window, youd really have something you could justify without a seconds hesitation. If you could grow hot dogs outside your window, you will be 100% sure that this is the right thing to

16、 do.,Text Analysis (part 1),As it is, though, I cannot deny that when April comes I find myself going out to lean on the fence and look at that miserable plot of land, resolving with all my rational powers not to plant it again. As it is: As it turns out / The reality is that e.g. I thought he would

17、 get better. As it is, he is getting worse. However, in reality, I have to admit that when April comes I leaned on the fence and look at this patch painfully and reasonably made up my mind not to garden any more.,adverbial clause of time,main clause,adverbial of purpose,present participle phrase / a

18、dverbial of manner,Text Analysis (part 1),But inevitably a morning arrives when, just as I am awakening, a scent wafts through the window, something like earth-as-air, a scent that seems to come up from the very center of this planet. But inevitably just as I am waking up in a morning, a pleasant sm

19、ell floats up and pour in though the window. It smells like earth and it seems to rise from inside the earth.,Text Analysis (part 1),And the sun means business, suddenly, and has a different, deeper yellow in its beams on the carpet. To mean business: to be serious about something e.g. I could tell

20、from the look on her face that she meant business. The sun suddenly gets serious and the yellow sunlight on the carpet looks different and deeper.,Text Analysis (part 1),The birds begin screaming hysterically, thinking what I am thinkingthe worms are deliciously worming their way through the melting

21、 soil. to worm ones way: to move like a worm More similar verbs: e.g. This success rocketed him to a top position. She ducked her head to avoid being hit. The beggar wolfed down the bread in less than a second. The birds start to cry really loudly. We are thinking the same thing: the soil is becomin

22、g soft and the delicious worms are moving across the soil.,Vocabulary (part 2 para.3-4),conflict n. a situation in which serious disagreement or argument are involved e.g. to be in conflict with sb. conflict between A and B conflict over sth.,Vocabulary (part 2 para.3-4),moist adj. slightly wet e.g.

23、 Water the plants regularly to keep the soil moist. soaked adj. very wet: e.g. Youre soaked through! (= completely wet),Vocabulary (part 2 para.3-4),weed-free -free: without the thing mentioned e.g. fat-free yogurt a trouble-free life toll-free calls duty-free shops,Vocabulary (part 2 para.3-4),rot

24、v. to decay, to decompose, to be destroyed gradually by natural processes; to destroy something in this way e.g. The continual rain will rot the rice. Some of rubbish rot away over a long time.,Vocabulary (part 2 para.3-4),grass,hay,hay mulch,Vocabulary (part 2 para.3-4),compose v. to combine togeth

25、er to form a whole composition n. the different parts which something is made of e.g. the composition of the board of directors a piece of music or art, or a poem, or a writing,Text Analysis (part 2 para.3-4),It is not only pleasure sending me back to stare at that plot of soil, it is really conflic

26、t. Rewrite the above sentence with a coordinate conjunction. It is not only pleasure but also conflict that send me back to stare at that plot of soil.,Text Analysis (part 2 para.3-4),It worked perfectly, keeping the soil moist in dry times and weed-free. It took a very good effect and kept the soil

27、 slightly wet when the climate was dry and kept weeds from growing.,Text Analysis (part 2 para.3-4),But black plastic looks so industrial, so unromantic, that I have gradually moved over to hay mulch. But black plastic is too unnatural and ugly. So I have gradually changed it to hay mulch.,changed t

28、o, shifted to,Text Analysis (part 2 para.3-4),Besides, it looks lovely, and comes to us free. Whats more, it is pretty to look at and we dont have to pay for it.,free of charge,Vocabulary (Part2 para.5),delicate adj. easily damaged or broken e.g. Be careful with those delicate plates.,Vocabulary (Pa

29、rt2 para.5),bountiful adj. in large quantities, giving generously e.g. He is bountiful of gift In the early days of the nation, Americas bountiful resources seemed virtually inexhaustible.,Vocabulary (Part2 para.5),load v. to put a large quantity of things or people onto or into something e.g. Sacks

30、 of corns were being loaded onto the truck.,Vocabulary (Part2 para.5),fertile adj. (of soil) that plants grow well in e.g. Anything grows in this fertile ground. fertilizer n. a substance added to soil to make plants grow better,Vocabulary (Part2 para.5),Sparing adj. careful to use or give only a li

31、ttle of something e.g. A sparing use of sugar will add a special flavor to the dish. You should have been more sparing of / with your money.,Vocabulary (Part2 para.5),broadcast v. to send a program out by radio waves e.g. This program is being broadcast in stereo. to tell a lot of people about somet

32、hing e.g. He broadcast the secret to the whole school. to sow seeds into the ground,Text Analysis (Part2 para.5),Keeping a garden makes you aware of how delicate, bountiful, and easily ruined the surface of this little planet is. If you keep a garden, it will remind you how generous the land of the

33、earth is to human and how fragile and easily damaged it is.,Text Analysis (Part2 para.5),In that 50-by-70-foot patch there must be,50*70 feet,Text Analysis (Part2 para.5),and the same goes for the other crops.,the same applies to / is true of,Text Analysis (Part2 para.5),I suppose if you loaded the

34、soil with chemical fertilizer these differences would be less noticeable, but I use it sparingly and only in rows right where seeds are planted rather than broadcast over the whole area. I guess if I use a lot of chemical fertilizer, there wont be so much difference. But I am careful about it and us

35、e only a few of it and only in rows where there are seeds. I dont load it everywhere.,Text Analysis (Part2 para.5),Im not sure why I do this beyond the saving in fertilizer and my unwillingness to aid the weeds. Except the fact that I dont want to pay too much in fertilizer and that I dont want to h

36、elp the weeds to grow, I dont know for sure why I do this.,besides, apart from, except,Vocabulary (Part2 para.6),neurotic adj. not behaving in a reasonable, calm way, because you are worried about something e.g. Shes neurotic about getting fat.,Vocabulary (Part2 para.6),pointless adj. having no purp

37、ose; not worth doing e.g. We must put an end to the pointless discussion. It s pointless trying to keep your this secret when it is a common knowledge already.,Vocabulary (Part2 para.6),paternal adj. connected with being a father; typical of a kind father maternal adj. connected with being a mother

38、e.g. Her maternal instinct was aroused when she saw the crying baby. My partner is on maternal leave.,Vocabulary (Part2 para.6),strangle v. to kill people by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe e.g. I was so mad at him that I would just strangle him. to prevent something from

39、growing or developing e.g. The dictators first step was to strangle the free press. I tried very hard to strangle my unhappiness.,Text Analysis (Part2 para.6),Also, your paternal or maternal instincts come into play because helpless living things are depending on you, require training and encouragem

40、ent and protection from enemies. Also, your natural desire to take care of children start to take an effect because those plants need help and rely on you. You need to teach them, encourage them and prevent enemies from harming them.,start to take an effect, come at work,Text Analysis (Part2 para.6)

41、,In some cases, as with beans and cucumbers, your children as it were begin to turn upon you in massive numbers, growing more and more each morning and threatening to follow you into the house to strangle you in their vines. Beans and cucumbers can be said to be your children. They grow so fast and

42、produce so many vines that they almost crawl into the house. These naughty children turn to you at the same time, making you hard to breathe.,as you might say, used to make an inexact description,just like,Vocabulary (Part2 para.7-8),occupation n. a job or profession e.g. Coal mining has always been

43、 a dangerous occupation. the way in which you spend your time, especially when you are not working e.g. Shopping is her main occupation.,Vocabulary (Part2 para.7-8),chaos n. a state of complete confusion and lack of order e.g. After the failure of electricity supplies the city was in chaos. Science

44、seeks the unity under the chaos of natural phenomena.,Vocabulary (Part2 para.7-8),thin v. to become or make something become less thick or fewer unthinned: adj. not having been thinned yet,Vocabulary (Part2 para.7-8),mistress n. a woman with whom a married man is having an affair the female head of

45、a house, especially one who employed servants,Vocabulary (Part2 para.7-8),cultivate v. to grow plants or crops hand-cultivating n. the planting with ones hands,Vocabulary (Part2 para.7-8),squat v. to crouch, to put your body close to the ground by bending your legs,Vocabulary (Part2 para.7-8),cast v

46、. to throw away e.g. Don t cast away these old papers ; they might come in useful.,Vocabulary (Part2 para.7-8),skeptical adj. having doubts, not believing, doubtful, incredulous, unconvinced e.g. be skeptical about / of Realizing his own limitations, he was skeptical about running for the Republican

47、 presidential nomination. He cast a skeptical look at his partner.,Vocabulary (Part2 para.7-8),bind v. (bound, bound) to tie things with ropes or strings e.g. His hands were bound together and he couldnt move. The prisoner was bound to a chair. be bound to do something: certain or likely to happen e

48、.g. If you do not make any effort, you are bound to lag behind.,Text Analysis (Part2 para.7-8),This is when my wife becomesopenly nowmistress of the garden. pun: the clever or humorous use of a word that has more than one meaning,Text Analysis (Part2 para.7-8),A consumer of vast quantities of vegeta

49、bles, she does the thinning and hand-cultivating of the tiny plants. As a person who eat a lot of vegetables, she grows the plants with her hands and picks out those unwanted ones so that there will be room for plants to grow.,Text Analysis (Part2 para.7-8),Squatting, she patiently moves down each r

50、ow selecting which plants shall live and which she will cast aside. She crouched there and moves from row to row, choosing which plants she will keep and which to pull up and throw away.,Text Analysis (Part2 para.7-8),She looks about skeptically. about: adv. in many directions; here and there, every

51、where e.g. Several children were running about on the beach. Don t fling your clothes about on the chair ; hang them up. She look around with doubts.,Text Analysis (Part2 para.7-8),She is an outspoken, truthful woman, or she was until she learned better. She is a woman who always says whats on her m

52、ind and always tells the truth. At least she was until she realized it was unwise to do so.,saying exactly what you think, regardless of the consequence,honest, saying only what is true,Text Analysis (Part2 para.7-8),Tomatoes in damp soil tend more to get fungi. fungi: plural noun form of “fungus” I

53、f you plant tomatoes in the wet area of the garden, they are more likely to get fungi.,Text Analysis (Part2 para.7-8),But by October nothing in the garden matters, so sure am I that I will never plant it again. But it is October and too late for anything in the garden to grow. I was so certain that I will never use the garden to grow things anymore.,Vocabulary (Part2 para.9),glisten v. (of something wet) to shine glitter v. to shine brightly with small flashes of reflected light,Vocabulary (Part2 para.9),thrust v. to push o