UINT 8 A Friend in Need.ppt

1、,口令：RAPID708,UNIT 8 A Friend in Need,美少女组,Warming-up questions,Free Discussion,Background Infomation,Skimming,Further understanding,Important sentences & Key words,Text Appreciation,Warming-up Questions,1、Do you believe your first impression? 2、Have you ever been hurt badly by your friends？ 3、What w

2、ould you do when your friend hurt you?,He was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s.,William Somerset Maugham （25 January 1874 16 December 1965),Introduction,His father was a lawy

3、er who handled the legal affairs of British embassy in Pairs, and Maugham was born there. When he was 8 years old, his mother passed away, and at the age of 10, his father also passed away. And he inherited parents legarcy which was 300 pounds every year. After that, Maugham was sent to UK to be rai

4、sed by a paternal uncle and the move was damaging as Henry Maugham was cold and emotionally cruel.,Childhood,Marriage,Although homosexual, Maugham entered into a relationship with Syrie Wellcome, the wife of Henry Wellcome, a pharmaceutical magnate（制药巨头）. They had a daughter named Mary Elizabeth Mau

5、gham, (19151998).Henry Wellcome sued his wife for divorce, naming Maugham as co-respondent. In May 1917, Syrie Wellcome and Maugham were married. But the marriage was unhappy, and Syrie divorced him in 1929,Maugham had been writing steadily since the age of 15 and fervently wished to become an autho

6、r, but as he was not of age, he refrained from telling his guardian. For the next five years, he studied medicine at St Thomas Hospital in Lambeth, London. During these 5 years, he not only had a chance to know the living condition of the lowest class people, but developed keen eyes to analyse human

7、 and society as well.,Career,In 1947，Maugham instituted theSomerset Maugham Award（毛姆奖）, awarded to the best British writer or writers under the age of thirty-five for a work of fiction published in the past year.,TheSomerset Maugham Award（毛姆奖）,BOOKS,NOVELS,ARTICLES,COLLECTIONS,PLAYS,BOOKS EDITED,16,

8、25,19,10,16,20,189,UNPUBLISHED PLAYS,11,22,COLLECTED EDITIONS,Dramas,Long Novels,Short Novels,Comedies,Famous Works,Writing Style,Influenced by the published journals of the French writer Jules Renard, Ibsen and Oscar Wilde. Maugham had enjoyed for their conscientiousness（责任心）, wisdom and wit. His c

9、omedies was influenced by Oscar Wilde a lot. Mainly about family, love and the twists（曲折） in marriage. Describe the situations and customs in the upper class . Express the doubts about the society morality. More satiric（讽刺） than humourous. He always hold calm, impersonal aloof（没有人情味的，冷漠） even partic

10、ular attitudes with some satire and mercy to observe life in almost all his works.,Summary of the text,This is a story about Edward Hyde Burton(the main character),a merchant who appeared gentle,and his name sake(相同姓名的人) Lennt Burton.Lenny was a young man good at playing bridge(打桥牌)but he had so ste

11、ady job.One day Lenny went to Edward to ask for a job.Edward told Lenny that if he could swim for 3 miles,he would get a job.Edward knew it would be difficult for Lenny to succeed.Lennt accpeted the challenge and drowned.When Edward was asked whether he knew Lenny would drown,he replied that he didnt have got a vacancy at that time.,Text Division,