【原創(chuàng)課件】仁愛英語九年級下Unit 6 Topic 2Section D(麥琪的禮物)

TheGiftOfMagiTheauthorHewasknownas“EncyclopediaofAmeicanlifewithhumor”美國生活的幽默的百科全書WilliamSydneyPorterO.HenrySept11,1862-June5,1910ShortstoriesWarmcharacterizationClevertwistedendingsTheanalysisof

TheGiftofMigiTheNameTheSettingTheWrittingStyleTheNarratorTheThemes

Thename:ThegiftofMagiThemagi,asyouknow,werewisemen--wonderfullywisemen--whobroughtgiftstotheBabyinthemanger(馬廄).TheyinventedtheartofgivingChristmaspresents.Beingwise,theirgiftswerenodoubtwiseones.Andherethenarratortoldusastoryabouttwofoolishchildreninaflatwhomostunwiselysacrificedforeachotherthegreatesttreasuresoftheirhouse.Butinfactthesetwowerethewisest.Theyarethemagi.

那三位麥琪，讀者都知道，全都是有智慧的人——非常有智慧的人，他們把禮物帶來送給出生在馬槽里的圣嬰耶穌。他們首創(chuàng)了圣誕節(jié)饋贈禮物的風俗。由于他們是聰明人，毫無疑問，他們的禮物也是聰明的禮物，如果碰上兩樣東西完全一樣，可能還具有交換的權利。在這兒，我已經笨拙地給你們介紹了住公寓套間的兩個傻孩子不足為奇的平淡故事，他們極不明智地為了對方而犧牲了他們家最最寶貴的東西。不過，讓我們對現(xiàn)今的聰明人說最后一句話，在一切饋贈禮品的人當中，那兩個人是最聰明的。在一切饋贈又接收禮品的人當中，像他們兩個這樣的人也是最聰明的。無論在任何地方，他們都是最聰明的人，他們就是麥琪。為什么小說名字是“麥琪的禮物”？SettingAdrabflat

inagraycityonChristmasEveThenarratorcallsourattentionalmostimmediatelytothetwomostimportantdetailsofthestory'ssetting:ittakesplaceonaChristmasEve,anditstwomaincharactersliveinaveryunassumingflat.

TheactionofthestorydependsonthefactthatChristmasissufficientlyclosethatDellaneedstobuyapresentnow,evenwithhersmallamountofmoney.Thecouple'sveryhumbleabodebringsouttheirpovertyvividly.It'stheirpovertywhichbothforcesthemtomakethesacrificestheydo,andwhichmakesthosesacrificesmeaningful.O.Henrysketchestheflatwithjustenoughdetailtoconveyanimageofitssqualor:it'scheap,sparselyfurnished,andhasabrokenmailboxandabrokendoorbell.WritingStyleOral

---(capturethatfeelingoftellingastoryorally)Simple---

(simplesentences,easytounderstanding.)Informal----(incompletesentences)

Narrator:ThirdPersonIt‘sasifthenarratorseeseverything,butusuallylimitshimselftoDella’spointofviewbychoiceforstorytellingpurposes.

ThethemesThemeofLoveThemeofSacrificeThemeofWealthThemeofWomenandFemininity

“TheGiftofMagi”isthestoryofapoor,youngcouplewhoseloveforeachotheristhemostimportantthingintheirlives.Suchistheirlovethatthey‘reledtosacrificetheirmostvaluablepossessionstofindChristmasgiftsforeachother.Thewarmhometheymaketogethercompareswiththeirpovertyandthedrearyworld沉悶的世界outside.Theirloveseemstoknownobounds無限,thoughDella(thewife)worriesabouthowhersacrificewillaffectherhusbandbecauseofhowitaffectsherlooks.Ifevertherewereastorywiththemessagethatallyouneedtobehappyislove.loveThetwomaincharactersin“TheGiftofMagi”areahusbandandwifewhogiveuptheirmostpreciouspossessionstobeabletoaffordgiftsforeachotheronChristmasEve.Thestoryseemstobeallaboutsacrifice.Dellagoesthroughtheprocessofdecidingtomakethesacrifice

andgoingthroughwithit,onlytodiscoverthatherhusbandhasmadethesamesacrifice.Thestory‘snarratorassuresusthatintheirwillingnesstogiveupalltheyhave,theyhaveproventhemselvesthewisestofallgift-givers.Sacrificewealth

Inmanyways,“TheGiftofMagi”isastoryaboutwhatitmeansforsomethingtobevaluable.Doessomething‘svaluelieinhowmuchmoneyitisworth?Orareotherthingsmorevaluablethanmoney?Themaincharactersareverypoor–thisisrepeatedlytoldinthestory–andyetthestorysuggeststhattheirloveforeachothermakesthemveryrich.Itislove,whichmakesthemtogiveuptheonlythingstheyhavetobuypresentsforeachother.Perhapstheirpovertyiswhatenablesthemtoappreciatewhatreallymatters.麥琪的禮物送給誰

“麥琪的禮物”獻給我愛的人，帶去浪漫的愛、溫馨的情

“麥琪的禮物”給親朋好友送去最誠摯的生日祝福

“麥琪的禮物”送給你童心未泯的孩子引領他去鑿開幸福的大門

“麥琪的禮物”送給追逐夢想的學生，告訴他理想、信念是一個人的脊梁

“麥琪的禮物”送給那徘徊在街頭的少年，能告訴他人生本來沒有迷途

“麥琪的禮物”送給你為情所困的朋友，告訴他愛是一種付出

“麥琪的禮物”送給那踏上絕路的無助者，能告訴他珍惜生命是一種責任

“麥琪的禮物”送給你并不喜歡的人，能讓他體會寬容原來如此美麗

“麥琪的禮物”送給你面臨困境的兄弟，也許你給了他一條燦爛的生路

“麥琪的禮物”送給你生命中的另一半，能為你的家庭帶來一份福音

“麥琪的禮物”送給你躺在病床上的親人，給他與病魔交戰(zhàn)的勇氣

“麥琪的禮物”送給自己，給靈魂一次感動的機會

論文分析獨特的藝術手法和亙古不變的主題。藝術手法探究。Magi

IntheconventionalversionoftheChristmasstory,thewisemenormagi:Melchior（梅爾基奧爾）Gaspar（加斯帕）andBalthasar（巴爾撒澤）

startedthegift-givingcustomofChristmasbybringinggold（黃金）,frankincense(乳香),andmyrrh（歿藥）totheChristchild（指耶穌）onEpiphany（主顯節(jié)）,thedayonwhichtheinfantwaspresented.The3magihavebeendescribednotonlyaswisemen,butalsoaskingsorPersianpriestsanastrologers(占星家).

麥琪

東方三博士（Magi，讀作