大学精读课程第11单元B1U.ppt

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1、,Maheegun My Brother,Eric Acland,Maheegun My Brother,Unit 11,Questions/Activities,Check-on Preview,Objectives,W,B,T,R,Warming up,Maheegun My Brother,Unit 11,Game:Fill in the following blanks with names of animals.,as blind as a _as brave as a _as busy as a _as cunning as a _as fierce as a _as gentle

2、 as a _as proud as a _as timid as a _,batlionbeefoxtigerlambpeacockrabbit,Warming up,Questions/Activities,Check-on Preview,W,B,T,R,Warming up,How did the boy meet the young Maheegun?How long did Maheegun stay with the boy?Why did Maheegun leave the boy?When did the boy meet the Maheegun again?Why di

3、d the boy cry after Maheegun saved him?,Objectives,W,B,T,R,Warming up,Through this unit,students willknow something about Easter;analyze the theme,the organization and the language style of the text;learn the vocabulary describing animals and the snow and other useful words and expressions in the te

4、xt;review grammar items such as the to-infinitive,the“modal+have done”structure,the inverted sentence,and the time adverbial;review figures of speech,including simile and personification.,Background,Culture Tips,Unit 11,Genre,B,W,T,R,Maheegun My Brother,A Short StorySetting(time and place):Time:an u

5、nusually cold spring Place:northern country Main characters:Mheegun and the boy,Background,Genre,Plot(the events that form a story):A 14-year old boy saved a dying wolf cub who,two years later,came to his rescue when he was attacked by two hungry wolves.Conflict:A struggle of some kind on which a st

6、ory is based:A struggle of man against man A struggle of man against natureAn inner struggle in which a character attempts to overcome a fear,make a decision,or understand a situation,etc.,Background,Genre,Wolves:Facts,Type:Mammal Diet:Carnivore Average life span in the wild:6 to 8 years Size:Head a

7、nd body,36 to 63 in(91 to 160 cm);Tail,13 to 20 in(33 to 51 cm)Weight:40 to 175 lbs(18 to 79 kg)Group name:Pack Protection status:Endangered,Background,Culture Tips,Cultural Stereotype of Wolves:Many of the prevailing stories depict wolves in a negative waysuch as in Aesops Fables.Infiction,the wolf

8、 is sometimes represented as an evil creature which preys on small children and livestock.However,are wolves really cruel and aggressive?Please express your ideas on the topic.,Background,Culture Tips,Capitoline Wolf,Wolves in Legend:The she-wolf who raised the twin founders of Rome,Romulus and Remu

9、s.When the twins father was overthrown by his brother Amulius,he ordered them to be cast into the river Tiber.They were rescued by a she-wolf who cared for them until a herdsman found and raised them.,Background,Culture Tips,Little Red Riding Hood,Wolves in Stories:“Grandmother,what big arms you hav

10、e!”“All the better to hug you with,my dear.”“Grandmother,what big legs you have!”“All the better to run with,my child.”“Grandmother,what big ears you have!”“All the better to hear with,my child.”“Grandmother,what big eyes you have!”“All the better to see with,my child.”“Grandmother,what big teeth yo

11、u have got!”“All the better to eat you up with.”,Background,Culture Tips,cry wolfwolf in sheeps clothinghave a wolf in the stomachset the wolf to keep the sheep,Background,Idioms on Wolves:,Culture Tips,喊叫“狼来了”，发假警报,披着羊皮的狼,饿到极点,引狼入室,Wolves and Dogs,Buck,from Call of the Wild,Wolves were domesticated

12、 several thousand years ago,and selective breeding produced dogs.Does this picture of Buck remind you anything of Maheegun?,Background,Culture Tips,Nowadays,嫁人要嫁灰太郎！,Background,Culture Tips,Text Analysis,T,W,B,R,Maheegun My Brother,Unit 11,The story depicts the ideal relationship between humans and

13、wild animalsthey are fellow creatures on the earth,and therefore should treat each other like brothers as a way of mutual protection and mutual respect.,Text Analysis,Theme,Text Analysis,Structure,1,Paras.1-3When the boy was 14,he was allowed to keep Maheegun,a wolf he found.,2,Paras.4-37The happy d

14、ays the boy and Maheegun had together and how Maheegun came to the boys rescue.,3,Paras.38-44The brothers returned to where they each belonged.,T,W,B,R,Gone was the puppy-wool coat.In its place was a handsome black mantle.In sailed Mrs.Yesno.On the top was the clear outline of a great wolf sitting s

15、tillThere,about 50 feet away,crouched my two attackersThere stood a giant black wolf.,Text Analysis,Rhetorical Devices,Inversion,Simile and Metaphor,We hunted the grasshoppers that leaped about like little rockets.For the next two years I was as busy as a squirrel storing nuts for the winter.Gone wa

16、s the puppy-wool coat.In its place was a handsome black mantle.,Text Analysis,Rhetorical Devices,Oxymoron,white darkness(para.23)Why is it white darkness?Because the light was so strong that it blinded the author;and it can be read as a metaphor too.Men are so brilliant that sometimes they are blind

17、ed by their own bias.It is a literary figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory words,terms,phrases or ideas are combined to create a rhetorical effect by paradoxical means.e.g.silent cry/loving hatred/living death,Text Analysis,Rhetorical Devices,Main Idea,Sentence Paraphrase,Words&Expres

18、sions,Exercise,Part I Part II Part III,T,W,B,R,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I:Main Idea,How did I save Maheegun?When and where did I find Maheegun?What kind of state was he in at the time?How do you know that the wolf cub was weak and small?Did grandfather immediately decide to take him back

19、?Can you guess why?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I:Sentence Paraphrase,Text Analysis,spring was late in coming.(para.1)Paraphrasing:In that spring,it was unusually cold.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Words,Phrases,Grammar,faintshiverwigglegain,Part I:Words&Expressions,pic

20、k up,time adverbial,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I:Exercise,Fill in the blanks by choosing the following words in proper form.pick/shiver/gain/faint/pick up/wiggle答案见备注栏,The sounds grew _.He _ as he heard the strange noise in the night.A dog _ his tail.He quickly _ experience.We _ apples fro

21、m the tree.She _ French very quickly.,Part II:Main Idea,How did we become partners?How does the description of young Maheegun in paragraph 4 impress you?How did the boy must have felt when he told people about these mischievous acts?In what way did he change in appearance and in manners?Why grandpa

22、decided to take Maheegun to the north shack?Was Mrs.Yesno responsible?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II:Main Idea,How did Maheegun save me?How many years passed after Maheegun left us?What did I do during the years?Did I miss him?How did the boy get trapped in a snowstorm?What situation was I

23、 in after I got lost in the snowstorm?(lost,cold,weak,hungry)What did the boy do to stay alive in the wildness?How did Maheegun save me?Why did I cry?How would you describe the boys reunion with Maheegun?How did they both feel?How was it that Maheegun could arrive in time to save the boy?,Text Analy

24、sis,Detailed Analysis,Why and how did Maheegun return to the wilderness?Why did Maheegun become restless?Why did he finally leave?Why didnt grandpa stop him?How did the boy feel when he found Maheegun gone?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II:Main Idea,Not that we didnt have our troubles.(para.5

25、)Paraphrasing:When I say the year I got Maheegun was the happiest year of my life,I dont mean that Maheegun never caused troubles.,Part II:Sentence Paraphrase,Detailed Analysis,Text Analysis,It all served to fog my mind with pleasure so that I forgot my Grandpas repeated warnings,and one night left

26、Maheegun unchained.(para.8)Paraphrasing:Although my Grandpa had told me to chain Maheegun at night,I forgot to do so one night because I was so happy with him.,Part II:Sentence Paraphrase,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,The whole white world thrilled to that wild cry.(para.14)Paraphrasing:The whole

27、snow-covered world seemed to be greatly aroused/stirred by the passionate cry of Maheegun.,Part II:Sentence Paraphrase,Detailed Analysis,Text Analysis,I tried to tell myself it was all for the best(para.17)Paraphrasing:I tried to tell myself it would be good for Maheegun in the end though at first i

28、t would be hard for both of us,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II:Sentence Paraphrase,Everything had been smothered by the fierce whiteness.(para.25)Paraphrasing:Everything had been heavily covered by thick snow,and its whiteness was frightening.,Part II:Sentence Paraphrase,Detailed Analysis,Te

29、xt Analysis,A great white stillness had taken over and with it,biting cold.(para.27)Paraphrasing:The storm had blown itself out.Now nothing in this white world moved.It was quiet and terribly cold.,Part II:Sentence Paraphrase,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,The cold and loss of blood were taking the

30、ir toll.(para.36)Paraphrasing:As I had lost a lot of blood,and it was extremely cold,I was beginning to feel very weak.,Part II:Sentence Paraphrase,Detailed Analysis,Text Analysis,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,not thatall for the bestblow outtake overtear apartwork ones way out ofget sth.doingtake

31、 its toll,Words,Phrases,mischievouspokechecksliphittearsmotherseeslash,Part II:Words&Expressions,Not that we didnt have our troubles.(para.5)Not that:used to say you are not suggesting something e.g.,Language Points,(1)She wouldnt tell me how much the bag costs not that I was really interested.(I am

32、 not really interested.)可别以为我对这事感兴趣。(2)He hasnt come.Not that he said he would.(he didnt say he would)我可不是说他说过要来。,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,The year I found Maheegun,spring was late in coming.(para.1)(the first time/the last time/the year/the month/the week/the hour/the moment+relative clause)

33、=time adverbial,Language Points,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Word Study,smother(para.25):to conceal,to cover e.g.(1)The chef smothered the cake in chocolate.(2)The latest violence smothered any remaining hope for a peace agreement.(3)Smother an animal/a fire/a sneeze,Text Analysis,Detailed Analys

34、is,see(para.26):to be the time when/the place where an event happens;to witness e.g.(1)September 11,2001 saw a coordinated terrorist strike on the United States.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Word Study,slash(para.28):to cut with forceful sweeping strokes e.g.(1)Pines were slashed by workers,and h

35、omeless birds scattered.(2)He slashed his way through the bush.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Word Study,Fill in blanks by choosing the following words with the right form.upset/fog/mischievous/leap/quiet/own/chase/scatter/mantle答案见备注栏,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II:Exercise,Tom is a _ ch

36、ildThe bad news _me.The boy _the dog.The wind_.Steam _my glasses.The flock of birds _when a shot was fired.The dog _over the fence.On a summer night n,a _of dust hangs over the roads.,Text Analysis,Part III:Main Idea,Questions:Who came to rescue the boy with the police dog team?(2)How many days did

37、the boy sleep?(3)Where did Maheegun go at last?d,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part III:Sentence Paraphrase,It was quite some time before my eyes came into focus enough to see my grandfather sitting by my bed.(para.41)Paraphrasing:It took quite some time for my eyes to adjust themselves to be able

38、 to see my grandfather sitting by my bed.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Words,Phrases,Sentence Pattern,Grammar,Part III:Words&Expressions,come upcome into focus,as ifsee sb.doing sth.,use of should,riflescream,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part III:Exercise,Fill in the blanks with proper proposi

39、tions.1.I screamed and ran _ him,falling _ the snow.(para.39)2.Then I fell forward _ my face,_ the snow.(para.40)Key:toward,through,on,into,R,W,B,T,Reinforcement,Discussion,Unit 11,Maheegun My Brother,Summary,Game,Depiction of Wolves,wolf-cub,she-wolf,timber wolf,black wolf;puppy-wool coat,handsome

40、black mantle lay his head between his front paws；unchained；become restless；sit with his nose to the sky；check the wind；sitting still；ears pointed；alert；muzzle；wild cry；stirred；deep rumble of pleasure in his throat；howl；food cry；snarl；whimper；hunting partner；their teeth would pierce my bones；crouch；w

41、ith their tails between their legs；lick；head up.,Reinforcement,Summary,Depiction of Snow(1),The world looked all white with snow；The snow had made a blanket of white darkness;Big flakes of snow began drifting down；The snow thickened fast;,Reinforcement,Summary,Depiction of Snow(2),Snow-filled creek

42、bedEverything had been smothered by the fierce whiteness；A great white stillness had taken over and with it,biting cold.,Reinforcement,Summary,Please close your book for a minute,and do the cloze,which is the paragraph 14 in the text,and compete with your partner on who can do a better job in making

43、 the description vivid:The whole white world _ to that wild cry.Then after a while,from the distance came a softer call in reply.Maheegun _,with the deep rumble of pleasure in his throat.He _ down the rock and _ out across the ice.答案见备注栏,Reinforcement,Game,What roles do you think wild animals play i

44、n nature?Can you tell us a touching story between man and(wild)animals?,Reinforcement,Discussion,Look at the following pictures of wild animals in Kruger National Park in South Africa before you do the cloze on page 45;then read the quote on page 50 and discuss with your partner on what should be done to preserve the wild lives.,Reinforcement,Discussion,