综英3Unit7TheChaser.ppt

Unit 7The Chaser,By John Collier,Teaching Objectives,1.To understand the theme of the fable;2.To grasp key language points.3.To appreciate the writing style;4.To reflect on the ways of finding true love through discussion;,Content,Pre-reading questions Background informationBrief introduction to the authorLanguage points Structural analysisText studyExercises,Welcome Team 4 to give us a presentation!,Pre-reading Questions,1.Have you ever loved anyone or been loved?What does love mean to you?2.Love has been associated with money,social status and other material concerns.How do you feel about that?Do you still believe in true love?3.Do you think love can be fostered?How?,What is true Love?,How can we find true love?,What is the key to lasting love?,Some Tips for You,Begin as friends.Make a list of likes and dislikes.Increase your visibility.Show your good side.Love Yourself!,Understand that love is a state of mind and heart;Love is Specific;Settle for commitment;Talk about everything-except divorce;Want the best for each other;Only one person can be crazy at a time;Love wants the real thing.,A poem to share,Dance like no one is watching,Love like youll never be hurt,Sing like no one is listening,and live like its heaven on earth.-William Purkey,Background information,Love potion:A magical potion,drug or charm that supposedly has the power to make a person fall in love with another or excite sexual passion.Its often made by a magician,sorcerer or witch.,Love potion,Siren:(in ancient Greek mythology)a group of women-like creatures whose sweet singing charmed sailors and caused the wreck of their ships.Any dangerously seductive womanWarn of danger,Sirens,Sirens,Brief introduction to the author,John CollierBritish playwright,poet and novelist.Best known for his short stories,many of which appeared in The New Yorker from the 1930s to the 1950s.,His stories may be broadly classified as fantasies,but are really special.They feature an acerbic wit and are usually ironic or dark in tone.,Language points,1.peer vi.(at,into):look carefullypeer at the traffic lightspeer into the distanceShe peered at the tag to read the price.The sun was peering through the clouds.太阳从云中隐约出现。,n.peer pressureAs peers,we should help each other.peerless adj.unrivaled,incomparable,2.Oblige vt.(1)to do sb.a favor;to fulfill the wises of She asked him to lend her his car,and he willingly obliged her.I should be obliged if you could speak louder.,(2)to make it necessary for sb to do sth.The heavy snow obliged me to abandon the car and continued on foot.Eric felt obliged to resign after such an unpleasant quarrel with the CEO.,We are much obliged to you for your help.Could you oblige me with ten yuan?Much obliged!口谢谢!be obliged to sb.be obliged to do sth.oblige(sb.)with 给.,3.imperceptible:cannot be noticed or felt because so small,slight or gradual Marthas hesitation was almost imperceptible.perceive;perception;perceptible:a perceptable limp easily perceptible sounds perceptible changes in behavior,4.apprehensively:full of anxiety about sth.apprehend;apprehension E.g.They looked at each other apprehensively.Students are waiting with apprehension for their final exam results.anxious,agitated,concerned,uneasy,worried,fearful,5.make sbs acquaintance:to meet somebody for the first time E.g.He made her acquaintance at a dance.a nodding/bowing acquaintance acquaint oneself with acquaint sb.with/of be/get acquainted with/of,6.be overwhelmed by joy(1)to give sb.a particularly intense feeling The family of the victim was overwhelmed by/with grief.The need to talk to someone overwhelmed me.His generosity overwhelmed us.,(2)to make powerless by using forceGovernment troops overwhelmed the rebels.The boat was overwhelmed by the waves.The policy was adopted by an overwhelming majority.,Theme of the Text,A young man wanted to buy a love potion from an old man to win his dream girls love.Their dialogues form a sharp contrast,one is being green and passionate,the other being calm,sensible and philosophical.,Structural analysis,Part 1:(Para 1)The protagonist,Alan Austen,has been introduced.Part 2:(Para 2-12)The old man is trying to sell his mixture.Part 3:(Para 13-45):Alan got to know about the love potion and bought it.,Text study,1.What is the image of Alan Austen in part.1?Alan Austen is depicted as a timid,skeptical and hesitant character.,2.Why do you think the old man told Austen about the life-cleaner before selling the love potion?9.open for discussion,3.What is the implied meaning of the old mans remark.“Young people who need a love potion very seldom have five thousand dollars.Otherwise they would not need a love potion”?(para.13),What the old man means is that the young men who fall in love one-sidedly are seldom rich enough to win a young girls heart.If they are rich,it will be easier for them to gain girls hearts,and they dont need to buy love potions.The old man suggests that money is an important factor for love.,paraphrase,It is only when one is in a position to oblige that one can afford to be so confidential.p17Just because I am able to do you a favor(sell you the love potion),I feel safe telling you so much about my other medicines.,Paraphrase,“For indifference,”said the old man,“they substitute devotion.For scorn,adoration.”p23 substitute A for B=replace B with A“They,the love potions,”said the old man,“will help change the girls attitute towards you.She will no longer hold you in contempt.Instead,she will begin to give you her deep-felt love and care.”,4.What are the effects of the love potion?Describe them in detail.P19-37The love potion has a powerful,everlasting effect.It will make a gay girl care nothing but her lover.She will feel jealous of him when her lover is with other girls.She will want to be everything to him.She will be only interested in her lover and take every concern of his.Even if he slips a little,she will forgive him in the end.In a word,she will love him deeply if she drinks the love potion.,5.What is Austens understanding of love?Austen is filled with illusions and unrealistic expectations of love.To him,love meant the entire possession of the lover.possessive love,6.Whats the function of the last line?Au revoir=goodbye,untill we meet againIt carries an ironic double meaning.It suggests that the old man expects the young man will return for the glove/life-cleaner one day.This shows his cynical pessimism about love.,7.What moral lessons can be drawn from the story?One of the moral lessons we can draw from the story is that love is precious.It is easy for one to fall in love but hard for one to keep it fresh.So we must be wise and cherish love.Love is not to possess someone entirely but to give him/her enough freedom and respect.,Excercises,1.feeling very nervous,worried and afraid2.everything I sell could be well deemed as extraordinary3.difficult to notice4.which is more than enough5.have much more everlasting effects than the momentary impulse6.with extreme happiness and enthusiasm,II.creaky peered acquaintance detachment raptures giddy overwhelmed obliged,III.,obscurity;acquainted;perceptible apprehension;indifferent;rapt overwhelmingly;disobliging,IV.,save up care about indulge in reached for peered about deals in,V.perceptible/perceivable/noticeable postmortem;anxiously/fearfully temporary/transient;grave/cheerless profoundly/rigorously/strongly apathetically/indifferently;reasonVI.except,have,accept,imagine,was,achieve,Translation Excercises,1.To me,you are definitely more than an acquaintance.2.Many artisans in this region deal in a variety of handicrafts.3.They went into raptures over the unexpected success.4.Much to my surprise,he analyzed with detachment the dangerous situation that threatened all of them.,5.She peered at the stranger from behind the curtain.6.During the holidays,he indulged in the luxury of a bath of sunshine on the beach.7.When she learnt the news of his death,she was overwhelmed with grief.8.Im not in favor of buying a house on the installment plan;instead,I maintain that everyone of us should save up for a rainy day.,Fill in blanks:if;no;through;with does;that;want;here sung;and;but;upon precious;nor,Writing,What is the most important condition of marriage?In old society our marriages were arranged by our parents,but we now take initiative to arrange our marriages.In the old days stress was put on equal social and economic status of the two families,which was considered a condition of a good match.,Now love marriages boil down to more or less the same thing,except that stress is no longer completely placed on the condition of the two families,but mainly on the two individuals themselves.And conditions vary with the trend of the time.Someone says that lacking of money in a new marriage might bring trouble and chronic quarrelling.Someone says that education is the most important condition for a good marriage,because a couple whose educational level do not match are not likely to have much in common.Someone says that age is very important condition for a happy marriage because if the couple belong to different age groups,they tend to have different interests and find it hard to understand each other.,In my opinion,love should be the most important condition for marriage because a marriage without love is like hell in which the couple suffer for the rest of their lives.Romantic love will enable the couple to conquer many difficulties in their life and romantic love can lead to the healthy psychological development of the couple.Marriage based on romantic love will bring forth healthy and intelligent children.Happy and harmonious atmosphere is good for the development of children.A happy marriage helps one to achieve more in ones career,marriage without love are most likely to end in divorce which creates many social problems.,To sum up,a marriage based on romantic love alone will not last long,we also have the sense of responsibility.We should understand each other,support each other,and take care of each other.All those are the most important conditions for marriage.,Passage Dictation,The Importance of Keeping a Good MoodIt is necessary and important for people to keep a good mood in their daily life in this fast-paced modern society.First of all,todays society is full of competition that develops very quickly.As a result,there is a lot of pressure on everyone.People usually feel stressed as they try hard to do their best in education,career or family situations.,It is thus very important that they should keep a good mood.A cheerful person is likely to be optimistic when he or she faces challenges and competitions and is likely to succeed.Even when he or she meets a difficult situation,if he or she keeps a good mood and is cool-headed,they can use their intelligence to solve the problem,