Unit 1 英語泛讀

1、Unit 1Genius and Craftsman天才和巧匠Part I Background: 1. Robert FrostPart I Background: 1. Robert FrostvRobert Frost (1874-1963),羅伯特弗羅斯特 v1. American poetv2. Four-time Pulitzer Prize （普立茲獎）winningv3. Highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech

2、v4. Employed settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes v5. Popular and oft-quoted poems: “After Apple-Picking”, “The Road Not Taken”, “Home Burial” and “Mending Wall”Part I Background: 2. Sputnik人造衛(wèi)星Part I Ba

3、ckground: 2. SputnikvSputnik 1 ( Elementary Satellite-1) was the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. It was launched into an elliptical （橢圓形）low earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, and was the first in a series of satellites collectively known as the Sputnik program. The unanti

4、cipated announcement of Sputnik 1s success precipitated （突然引起） the Sputnik crisis in the United States and ignited （引發(fā)）the Space Race within the Cold War.Part II Comprehension of the text: questionsvCheck paragraph number: 29 paragraphsvTitle: Genius and the CraftsmanvQ1: Refer to the box. Whats mai

5、n idea of this article? (Tell in one sentence.)vQ2: What can we infer from “but few of them know” in terms of the content of the article? Part II Comprehension of the text: questionsvI. Introduction: Para.1-6 (2minutes to read)vQ3. Why does the writer describe his experience of a peach tree at the b

6、eginning? Whats the writing technique?vQ4: What is the meaning of “more” in Para. 3, according to the text?vQ5: Which sentence in Para 4 includes the main point? What are the two things we need to know if we want to understand story writing? （reading skills here）Part II Comprehension of the text: qu

7、estionsvII. Body: Para.7-11 (2 minutes to read)vQ1: Whats the main idea of this part?vQ2: A metaphor is used in this part. What is the story emerging in the writers mind compared to? What is this rhetorical device called?Part II Comprehension of the text: questionsvIII. Body: Para. 12-28 (10 minutes

8、 to read)v1. Whats this part about?v2. Whats the function of Paragraph 12? v3. What do we learn from this part as important for craftsmanship?v4. What are the advantages of rewriting?vIV. Conclusion Para. 29vAppeal to and encourage the readerPart II Comprehension of the text: questionsvWhat are the

9、personal experiences included in the article?vWhat do you think of the function of the personal experiences in the article? vWill the main idea be affected if all the personal experiences are removed?Part II Comprehension of the text: questionsvReading skill I: resolving the pronounsvanaphora (回指，前指

10、回指，前指); cataphora （后指）（后指）vRead Paragraph 5. What does “it” in the first two sentences refer to? What about “it” in third land forth sentence? And “it” in the last two sentences?vRead Paragraph 13. What does the first “it” refer to? And what does the second “it” refer to. vRead Paragraph 18. Whats t

11、he meaning of “it” in the sentence “the story it creates is so original; it is yours alone. No one else can know it or write it.”vThe use of “but”, “however”: presenting the focus, the most important informationPart II Comprehension of the text: languagev1. I saw nothing of the trees origin, nothing

12、 of the might which had forced open a pit you could break your teeth on, and nothing of the principle which held it separate from the oaks and the grasses. vPit: n. 桃核 vMight: n. powervParallel structure：nothingnothing nothing .v2. All that appeared to me was a profound and eerie grace.vProfound and

13、 eerie gracev深邃而神秘的魅力深邃而神秘的魅力 Part II Comprehension of the text: languagevSpellbound: fascinated，如癡如狂，如中魔咒 vSpell: a sequence of words used to perform magic咒語v“Blood of bats and teeth of rats, turn this little girl into a cat.” v“Money, money come to me In abundance three times three May I be enrich

14、ed in the best of ways Harming none on its way This I accept, so mote it be 心如此愿 Bring me money three times three! Part II Comprehension of the text: languagev3. In any case, the lucid impressions (印象 ) of childhood and early youth, more or less unconditioned, unexplained, unchecked, lie in the memo

15、ry, live and timeless. 4. Enigma, wonder, fear, rapture, grandeur, and trivia in every degree and combination, these early impressions throb and wait for what? 5. It would seem their wounds want lancing; their secret knowledge wants telling; the discoveries would be shared, and woes admitted, and th

16、e airy tracery of beauty given form. vLucid: lit clear and easy to understand 清晰的 vlive and timelessv栩栩如生，永不磨滅 vEnigma, wonder, fear, rapture, grandeur, and trivia v困惑、彷徨、畏懼、喜悅、輝煌和平庸 Part II Comprehension of the text: languageEnigma: a person or thing that is mysterious, difficult to understand; mys

17、tery, puzzle 神秘 Rapture: lit a feeling of intense pleasure; ecstasy喜悅 Grandeur: (building or scenery) splendor, impressiveness 輝煌 Trivia: (trivium) trifles, niceties 瑣事 Throb: beat, sound strongly with a regular rhythm悸動 Lance: prick, pierce, cut open (lancet 柳葉刀, spear茅 ) 刺穿 Airy: giving an impress

18、ion of light gracefulness and elegance 輕盈的，飄渺的Tracery: branching pattern （一種）花紋，圖案 Part II Comprehension of the text: languagev6. Thus variously laden we move through life, and now and then an experience, often slight, prizes the memory and seizes upon one of those live, expectant impressions of lon

19、g age, and a quickening takes place.vLaden: adj. lit loaded, burdenedvPrize: v. force apart, openvprizes the memory撬開了記憶之門 vExpectant: adj. (someone) having or showing excitement that something, usually good, is about to happen 期待的 vlive, expectant impressions 栩栩如生，呼之欲出的印象 vQuicken: v. (fetus) begin

20、 to show signs of life 胎動，萌動Part II Comprehension of the text: Languagev7. I continue to rewrite at intervals, letting it cool in between times, and rewrite as many times as needed until the words seem to fit the story smoothly and comfortably, always trying for a wording that clings as wet silk cli

21、ngs, and always reaching for that mastery which can fashion a body of words that is no more than a filament. vWording: 遣詞造句；詞語選擇vFashion: vt. make, createvmastery can fashion a body of words that is no more than a filament.駕馭游絲一樣的文字的技巧v filament： （燈泡里的 ）鎢絲鎢絲Part II Comprehension of the text: languag

22、ev8. Rereading tends to condone errors in writing; rewriting tends to reveal them. Self-conscious flamboyance shows up for what it is; what you considered a clever understatement is often revealed as an evasion of something difficult to state, but which is vital to the story and worthy of clarity. 9

23、. Your judgment and sensitivity sharpen as you are forced to face, word by deadly word, the ill-written ungainly passages. 10. You cannot improve one sentence, one paragraph without improving your skill. You begin to see that mastery is no pipe dream, but a possibility.vCondone: accept (sth morally

24、wrong), forgive; ignore寬容 vFlamboyance: behavior that is very noticeable, confident and exaggerated 炫耀，浮夸； 嬌柔做作vUnderstatement: a statement which suggests that sth has much less of a particular quality than if really has 低調陳述；含蓄表達vUngainly: awkward, clumsy 粗劣的，笨拙的vPipe dream: dream experienced when smoking an opium; unrealizable dream; day dream; castle in the air, fantasy 空想，白日夢 Words and expressionsvAt twilight 黃昏vA profound and eerie grace（神秘的）vSpellbound （著迷的）vCanny （聰明的）vLucid impressions （清晰的）vEnigma （謎，困惑）, rapture （喜悅）,