研究生英语综合教程(下)Unit_5

研究生英语综合教程(下)Unit_5

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研究生英语综合教程(下)Unit_5

Unit 5

The Art of the Tale

研究生英语综合教程(下)Unit_5

Content

Starting out Reading Focus Reading More Practical Translation Focused Writing Final Project

研究生英语综合教程(下)Unit_5

Starting out—Task 1

Task 1Match the writers in the left column with their works in the right column on Page 126. Key: O. Henry: The Gift of the Magi Anton Chekhov: The Man in a Case Katherine Mansfield: The Garden Party Guy de Maupassant: The Necklace Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart Mark Twain: Running for Governor

研究生英语综合教程(下)Unit_5

Starting out—Task 1

Task 1 Work in pairs. Tell one of these stories to your partner. (P126) The Gift of the Magi: Jim and Della live in a furnished flat in New York City, scraping by on a minimal income in the early years of their marriage. On Christmas Eve, Della sells her beautiful, long hair for money to buy Jim a platinum chain for his pocket watch. On the same day, Jim sells his heirloom pocket watch to buy a set of hair combs that Della has admired. Although each is disappointed to find the gift they chose rendered useless, each is pleased with the gift they received, because it represents their love for one another.

研究生英语综合教程(下)Unit_5

Starting out—Task 1The Man in a Case: The story is told about Byelikov, “the man in a case”. Byelikov, a Greek-language teacher at a provincial school, is extraordinarily methodical both in his personal and professional life. A strict disciplinarian, he never makes exceptions to the rules. He always does things in the proper way, determined to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Although he and his colleagues have nothing to speak about, he regularly visits each one of them because it is the accepted thing to do. Every time something slightly irregular comes up, Byelikov cries, “Oh, how I hope it doesn’t reach the ears of the authorities!” Naturally, the other teachers hate him. At one point, Byelikov becomes enamored of Varinka, the sister of Kovalenko, a new teacher at the school. Everyone encourages this relationship, hoping that marriage will have a moderating influence on Byelikov. However, someone draws a humorous caricature of Byelikov and Varinka. Then, Byelikov sees Varinka and her brother bicycling in the park. Outraged, Byelikov goes to the brother to protest this scandalous behavior, but Kovalenko pushes him down some steps. Byelikov then becomes depressed, takes to his bed, and dies, thereby truly becoming a man in a box.

研究生英语综合教程(下)Unit_5

Starting out—Task 1The Garden Party: The Sheridans are getting ready for a garden party. Laura is supposed to be in charge, but the workers appear to know better, and her mother has ordered lilies to be delivered for the party without her approval. Miss Jose, her sister, tests the piano, and then sings a song in case she is asked to do so again later; the furniture is rearranged, and then they learn that their poor neighbor, Mr. Scott, who lives in a cottage near their main street, has died. While Laura believes the party should

be called off, neither Jose nor her mother agrees. The party is a success, and later Mrs. Sheridan decides it would be good of them to bring a basket full of leftover food to the Scotts’ house. She summons Laura to do so. The latter is let into the poor neighbors’ house by Mrs. Scott’s sister, and then sees the matron herself and her late husband’s corpse. The sight of his apparently sleeping body moves her to tears, and she runs off back to her own home, where she sobs in her brother Laurie’s arms.

研究生英语综合教程(下)Unit_5

Starting out—Task 1 The Necklace: A young lady who aspires to join the upper ranks of society is finally invited to a high-society affair given by her husband’s employer. Hoping to impress the guests and thus “fit in”, she borrows a diamond necklace from her friend. She goes to the evening party, and relishes in feeling special. When she gets home, however, she finds that the necklace is missing. She and her husband search desperately for it, but cannot find it. They go to a shop, and see that the same necklace is being sold for a huge amount of money. They purchase it, vowing to pay off the debt. It takes years, but after working ceaselessly, they pay off all the debt. By that time, the woman has completely lost her beauty. She bumps into the old friend on the street, and confesses to her that she had lost her original necklace, and had just paid off the debt on the one that had been given to replace it. The friend is in shock, and tells her that the necklace originally given her was a fake, and cost almost nothing.

研究生英语综合教程(下)Unit_5

Starting out—Task 1The Tell-tale HeartThe unnamed narrator of the story is a ¡ ° dreadfully nervous¡ ± character who disputes the allegation that he might be crazy. He contends that his disposition arises from a heightening of the senses: ¡ ° Abov e a ll wa s t hes en seo f hea ri ng acu te ly . ¡± T h e n a r rato r provides care to a wealthy elderly man. For some inexplicable reason, the narrator becomes obsessed with the diseased eye of the old man. The narrator likens it to a vulture¡¯s ey e and beco m e s so haunted by the ¡ ° Ev il Ey e¡± t h a t h e de ci d e s to m ur d e r th e old man. He meticulously plans the murder. After one week of preparation, the narrator charges into the old man¡¯s bed r oo m after midnight and kills him using the heavy bed the victim had been sleeping in, crushing and suffocating him. Even after the murder, the victim¡¯s hea rt con ti nue s bea ti ngf o r m any m i nu te s. The narrator carefully dismembe …… 此处隐藏：5931字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……