高级英语视听说(第二版)---教师用书及课后答案(3)

10. What happens to Nina’s nail while Thomas is announcing Nina as a

new star to the guests of the company? What does Nina find when she is trying to clean the nail in the bathroom? Why?

When Nina is presented by Thomas to the company's distinguished guests as the new Swan Queen, she sees her nail bleeding. Later she goes to the bathroom trying to clean it up and peel off the bleeding skin, but to her surprise, a second later she finds her finger in perfect condition. In fact, all the blood and the pain are out of her hallucination. As Nina is more strained by the role of Swan Queen, her hallucination is escalated to such a level that it starts to arouse her sense of physical pain. The bleeding may also indicate Nina's painful transformation from a disciplined and fragile self into a dark and destructive other.

11. Why does Nina feel uneasy when meeting Lily? How does she feel when

seeing Beth in the lobby?

With her own passion and desire being suppressed for too long a time, Nina only feels uneasy and cornered by the presence of the care-free Lily. Moreover, Thomas admires Lily's dancing and thus Nina takes Lily as her rival and thus feels more threatened by Lily. Nina shows sympathy to Beth when confronting her in the lobby. Beth viciously accuses her of seducing the director. Nina is embarrassed by the groundless accusation but she's not tough enough to defend herself.

12. Why does Thomas leave Nina the assignment of touching herself at home?

How does that relate to her role of Swan Queen?

The ultimate concern for Thomas is to bend Nina and mold her into the Black Swan so that she can be a Swan Queen even more successful than Beth. To push Nina to embody the dark impulse and sexuality of the Black Swan, he asks Nina to touch herself because he believes this

can help Nina arouse the lustful other self, and thus achieve the transcendence from a White Swan to a Black Swan. As an ambitious art director, all Thomas cares is the success of the show and he uses sexual seduction as a way to manipulate the mind and emotion of his dancer so that she can be made into a perfect Swan Queen.

13. What brings her to an abrupt stop at touching herself in the morning?

What is Nina afraid of?

Early next morning, when Nina is touching herself as suggested by Thomas, she suddenly sees her mom sleeping on the couch right beside her bed and that brings an abrupt stop at her attempt. For all the years, Nina's mom is always by her side, trying to bring her up as

a perfect little girl always depending on mom's care and instruction.

Nina has been reduced to an infant who cannot freely grow up into her full self and as mom's sweet little girl, Nina is so afraid of her mom's watchful eyes and so scared by the idea of breaking the rule of perfection that she has been held for years.

14. What happens to Beth? What is Thomas’s attitude toward her? How does

the incident affect Nina?

Feeling abandoned, Beth walks to the street, gets hit by a car, and her legs are seriously injured. Thomas feels sure that Beth does it on purpose because she always acts out of a destructive impulse. Nina is quite shocked and feels guilty for taking the role from Beth. Though Thomas assures Nina it has nothing to do with her and she should not get distracted by the tragic incident, the guilt of destroying Beth and the fear of being later destroyed by someone else still adds up the pressure on Nina.

15. In their late hour practice, how does Thomas inspire Nina through

action and words? Does Nina think Thomas is a brilliant teacher? Why or why not?

Thomas picks up the role of the prince to show Nina how to be seductive and dominant while dancing the Black Swan. At first, Nina moves stiffly and nervously, but soon she starts to respond to Thomas’ seductive words, touches and kisses. Nina cries for her slow improvement, and she believes Thomas is a brilliant teacher. Thomas is harsh and tender, strict and helpful, making efforts to mobilize her full potential, helping her achieving real perfection on stage, and thus make her dream come true.

16. Nina has been feeling frustrated at not able to perform well the Black

Swan. What happens to Nina when she is taking a bath? What does Nina finally see in her mirror? Why is Nina being haunted by the dark figure of her other self?

Back at home, Nina is taking a bath and she starts to touch herself again, trying to follow the director's suggestion to let go of herself.

When she immerses herself into the water and opens her eyes, she sees drops of blood dripping from above and suddenly, she sees her other self showing up right above her, giving a scary and evil grin at her.

Jumping out of the water, Nina sees blood on two of her fingers. When getting out of the tub, Nina sees in the mirror the bleeding scratches on her back, and she starts to cut off her nails but only to see her vicious other self again in the mirror, staring at her with hatred.

17. Why is Nina’s mom so concerned about Nina’s career? How would you

describe the relationship between the mom and the daughter?

Nina's mom is once a ballerina who also dreams to be a star dancer.

But then she falls in love with her director, gives birth to her daughter, Nina, and that brings an end to her career. Nina's mom wants Nina to achieve what she fails to achieve at a young age. However, the mom's high expectation and possessive control lead to an unbridgeable distance between the two of them.

18. How does the evening at the night bar affect Nina? Why does Nina

fantasize with Lily in her room? How does Nina feel about herself sexually and emotionally?

Nina resents her mom’s control and to show protest, she accepts Lily's invitation to go out to the night bar for fun. The evening soon turns out to b …… 此处隐藏：6472字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……