现代大学英语精读4lesson5_text appreciation.ppt

1、Part Three,Text Appreciation,ENTER,Text Appreciation,Text Analysis Writing Device Sarcasm Sentence Paraphrase,Contents,Plot of the drama Scene of the drama Protagonists of the drama Conflicts of the drama Climax of the drama Writing techniques of the drama Theme of the drama,Text Analysis,For refere

2、nce,Discuss these questions with your partners.,To be continued on the next page.,Plot: seventeen years after the bank raid, the ex-bank robber and the hero are brought together again to see how different fate has affected their lives. Scene: in Vics Spanish villa Protagonists: Vic (the ex-convict)

3、but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. Samuel Johnson,examples for appreciation,Writing Device,The end of Writing Device.,4. The thoughtless are rarely wordless. Howard W. Newton 5. A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years. Edward R. Murrow

4、 6. Few rich men own their own property. The property owns them. Robert G. Ingersoll,examples for appreciation,Sentence Paraphrase 1,Some days I couldnt look at her at all. My hands would shake and my voice used to crack when I spoke and Id feel sick in my stomach. (Para. 39),I loved her so much tha

5、t sometimes I did not even dare to look at her. Often when I saw her, my voice would go hoarse and I would feel sick.,donating a habitual action in the past,go to 2,to change sharply in pitch, as from emotion,violent emotional reaction at seeing his beloved,Sentence Paraphrase 2,She was generally ve

6、ry nice and polite, but, so far as romance went, I think I was definitely at the bottom of the reserves as far as she was concerned. (Para. 39),go to 3,She was nice and polite to me just as she was to everybody. But if we are talking about love, I definitely would be the last one to win her heart. (

7、I definitely would be her last choice.),love affair,in the lowest or least favorable position,extra young men kept on the list in case a substitute is needed,Sentence Paraphrase 3,How rotten. Arent people rotten, sometimes? (Para. 50),How terrible! How disgusting! Dont you think people are terrible,

8、 deserting their friends like that?,rhetorical question,go to 4,morally corrupt or despicable,indicating that she suddenly realizes that she must not be too sweeping,Sentence Paraphrase 4,go to 5,Sharon, its passing thing, I promise. Its something we all go through. (Para. 98),experience,lasting for

9、 only a short time; transitory,Sharon, I can assure you that this feeling wont last very long. You will grow out of it. We all have this experience when we are young.,Sentence Paraphrase 5,And if you are honestly clinging on to life in the hope of getting one tiny scrap of care or consideration back

10、 from that self-centered, selfish man, then all I can say is, youd better jump in there now, Sharon, and cut your losses. (Para. 104),holding to,And if you really want to continue to live hoping that you will get a little bit of care and consideration from that selfish and egotistic man, then my onl

11、y suggestion is that youd better jump into the swimming pool now, so that you will not be hurt more.,a little bit of,go to 6,to put an end to your losses,Sentence Paraphrase 6,Sharon, understandably, is a little shaken by this outburst. (Para. 104),Sharon had never expected Trudy to say these things

12、 about her husband. She is shocked.,a sudden expression of strong feeling,to disturb or agitate,go to 7,Sentence Paraphrase 7,Nobody would miss her except the national union of bakers. (Para. 137),go to 8,Nobody cares whether she lives or dies. She is of no importance to anybody except to the nation

13、al union of bakers, because she is such a big consumer of their products.,pay attention to the sarcastic tone,Sentence Paraphrase 8,Douglas reacts like a charger on hearing the bugle call. (Para. 144),Douglas responds like a fearless horse when it hears the bugle call. (History is now repeated. Vic,

14、 though now rich and successful, is still the bank robber in his heart, and Douglas, though aware that what he did seventeen years ago was rash and silly, reacts exactly in the same way when the occasion arises.),go to 9,simile,Sentence Paraphrase 9,She lands a blow that Vic doesnt care for. (Para.

15、140),She gives him a blow that he does not quite like/a blow he does not find amusing/a blow that hurts.,go to 10,to deliver,Sentence Paraphrase 10,Sharon comes up for air and props herself against the side of the pool, breathlessly and strangely happy. (Para. 152),Sharon comes to the surface to take a breath. She leans against the side of the swimming pool and appears breathless and happy in an od