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1、Unit 8 The Open WindowPart One Preparationn1. How Do You “See” the PicturenLook at the picture and discuss with your partner the following questions.n1) Who do you think the two characters are? What do they do in life?n2) What is each of them thinking about? What can you learn about their relationsh

2、ip and their personality from what they are thinking?n3) Was the picnic planned on purpose for that reason? Explain.n4) Use your imagination to figure out the reasons why the man (woman) in the picture wants to kill the woman (man)?n2. Describing Feelings.nRead the situation (P.314) and write 3 or 4

3、 complete sentences describing how the girlfriend felt ( use past tense & third person point of view)n3. Figurative Language Just as painters draw pictures in colors, so writers paint pictures in words. They use figurative language - language that compares- to produces images in their descriptio

4、ns or narrations. Personification: treating sth. that is without life as a human being or representing it in human form e.g. Four evergreen shrubs stood at each corner, where they struggled to survive the dust and fumes from a busy main road.插話：這個可以設(shè)計為畫圖練習(xí)n給學(xué)生3-5分鐘時間畫一個人。然后讓他們配對描述自己畫的人，讓搭檔來根據(jù)描述來畫。最后

5、兩個人圖畫得最像的有獎。n說明：這個游戲?qū)W生特別喜歡，不算太費時間， 10-15分鐘即可。如果能增加相關(guān)的語言表達(dá)作為lead-in可能效果更好。nFigurative comparisons help us visualize the unfamiliar and the abstract. nA simile is one form of figurative language. It compares one thing with another, using the words “l(fā)ike” or “as” when comparing. nE.g. It sounds like a

6、machine gun.n cool as spring watern After the mole devoured its prey, it sank into the earth as a submarine sinks into the water.nA metaphor is a comparison of two things without the use of words like “l(fā)ike” or “as”.nE.g. someone clammed up and wouldnt talk (comparing the persons closed mouth with t

7、he tightness of a closed clam)n Bob has a stone face.(comparing the unchanging expression with the immobility of stone)n Every muscle in my body ached and cried for mercy.nThe difference between simile and metaphor:nSimile: After the mole devoured its prey, it sank into the earth as a submarine sink

8、s into the water.nMetaphor: After the mole devoured its prey, it was a submarine sinking into the water.nHere the metaphor doesnt work because the earth is not mentioned. The reader cannot readily imagine what the mole was actually doing, and therefore cannot make sense out of the comparison.nMetaph

9、or: Every muscle in my body ached and cried for mercy.nSimile: Every muscle in my body ached and was like a victim crying for mercy.nHere the simile breaks the flow of the sentence. Since the reader can easily image who might be crying for mercy, you dont need to specify victim. Using the shortcut o

10、f the metaphor, you can go straight to cried. nWhen the reader cannot imagine a missing element, you have to mention it, and you will probably need a simile. But when the reader can supply the missing element, there is no need to mention it, and you can take full advantage of the intensity and compr

11、ession that a metaphor provides.nDistinguish between simile, metaphor and personification in the following:n1.Time and tide wait for no man.n2.He is as stupid as an ass.n3.Dr. Grey is a walking encyclopedia.n4.An idea spoke within him, racing through his mind.n5.The wind whistled through the trees.n

12、6.The flame, like a form of wildlife, crept as a lion creeps on its belly towards its prey. n7.The pen is mightier than the sword.n8.From the burning look in his eye, I knew he was angry with me.n9.Like a surfer, he sat as though he were waiting for that wave of the day.n10.She painted her nails a f

13、unny orange, like the tip of a hot soldering iron.n11. All the world is a stage, n And all the men and women merely players.n1.P ,2.S,3.M,4.P,5.P,6.S,7.M,8.M,9.S,10.S11.MnDescribing a persons appearance using similes.nYour father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, friend , teacherIn-class Reading Th

14、e Open Window nput up with (l.2): to be willing to accept (sth. that is unpleasant or not desirable)ne.g. I can put up with the house being untidy, but I hate it if its not clean.n Hes finding it difficult to put up with the pain.nendeavor(l.3): vi. try (fml)ne.g. They endeavored to make her happy b

15、ut in vain.nendeavor: n. attempt or effortne.g. Please make every endeavor to arrive punctually.nsuccession(l.5) : number of things or people coming one after the other in time or order; seriesne.g. a succession of wet days, defeats, poor leadersnbe supposed to (l.6): to have to; to have a duty or a

16、 responsibility tone.g. The children are supposed to be at school by 8:45 a.m.n What are you doing out of bed youre supposed to be asleep.nbe supposed to: be intended tone.g. We were supposed to have gone away this week, but Debbies ill so we couldnt go.nmigrate (l.7)n1) (候鳥等候鳥等) 定期移棲定期移棲, 魚群洄游魚群洄游n

17、e.g. Many birds migrate south for the winter.2) 遷移遷移, 移居移居e.g. The workers migrate from farm to farm.migrating: adj.e.g. Migrating swallows return to the same place each spring.migration: The biologists studied the route of the birds migration. emigrate: 移居國外移居國外e.g. Mary emigrated from Germany to F

18、rance during the second World War .immigrate: 移居入境移居入境e.g. My parents immigrated to the U.S from Hungry in 1956.nbury oneself in a particular place (l.8): go and spend time there, usually alonene.g. He would voluntarily bury himself in these desert regions.nbury yourself in your work/studies:ne.g. Y

19、ou will have to bury yourself in your studies if you are to pass the exam.nbury your head in the sand(ostrich policy)ne.g. We cant continue to bury our heads in the sand we must learn to face facts.nDistinct(l.17): easily heard, seen, felt or understood; definitenE.g. The footprints are quite distin

20、ct; they must be fresh.nDistinctive: having a special quality, character or appearance that is different and easy to recognize nE.g. a rock band with a distinctive soundnLong complex sentences are distinctive of Henry Jamess later style.nPractically(l.18).: almost; virtuallynE.g. It rained practical

21、ly every day.Discussionn1. What do you think of the little girl in the story? Support your answer with the details in the story.n2. Do you think you would enjoy her company? Explain your ideas.n3. Suppose what Vera said was true, what will be the ending of the story like?Key to exercisesn2. Finding

22、cluesn1) tragedy(l.23) 2. dreadful(l.38) n3) their bodies were never recovered (l.39) 4)creepy feeling(l.48) 5) little shudder(l.49)n6)horrible (l.58) 7) ghastly (l.59) n8) unfortunate coincidence(l.62) n9) shivered (l.73) 10) dazed horror (l.75) 11) chill shock (l.75) 12) nameless fear(l.75) 13) No

23、iselessly they neared the house (l.80) n14) most extraordinary man (l.88) n15) ghost (l.90) 15) cemetery (l.92) n16)newly dug grave (ll.93-94) 17) lose their nerve(l.95)Vocabulary:n1. 1) I 2) D 3) H 4) A 5) J 6) C 7) E 8) F 9)G 10) Bn2. 1) A. recover B. restored C. restoredn 2) A. emigrate B. immigr

24、ated C. migraten 3) A. stammers B. muttering C. stammern 4) A. fragments B. section C. portionn 5) A. masculine B. masculine C. malen 6) A. successive B. succession C. successorn3. 1) restful 2) brisk 3) scarcity n 4) yawned 5) to a day 6) retreat n 7) endeavor 8) broke off 9) avoidance 10) put up w

25、ith 11) chanted n12) waterproofn4.nThe statement by the militarynas far as the eye could seenLifes difficult enoughnWe suddenly became conscious ofnout of place in a palacenundergone a series of modificationsnin the nature of a campaignndesperate need of repairnshouldnt judge by appearancesnrefused

26、to give wayAfter-Class ReadingPassage IDo you know anything about O. Henry and his style? What do you know about his short fiction “The Last Leaf”? If you have ever read this story, would you try your best to retell it to your group members? If you have not yet read it, would you please make a guess

27、 as to what this story could be like?There are four characters in the story. What techniques does the author use to make each of them real?The Last Leaf and its AuthornO. Henry，pseudonym of William Sydney Porter，was born in North Carolina on September 11，1862. He worked as apprentice, pharmacist, co

28、wboy, clerk, book keeper since he was fifteen years old. Accused of embezzling funds from bank, he fled to Honduras. On hearing his wifes illness, he came back, but was sentenced to a three-year imprisonment. The tough life experience laid a deep foundation of his writing career. After released in 1

29、901, he moved to New York, wholly devoted himself to literature. The ten years ever since is his last ten years and his splendid ten years. Writing at the rate of more than one story per week, he published ten collections of stories and over 600 short stories during his lifetime, all of which are ab

30、out the life of ordinary people in New York City. The Last Leaf”, first published in 1905. nThe setting is Greenwich Village, New York, 1905. Johnsy, Sue and Behrman are three of the impoverished artists. One autumn, Johnsy suffers from Pneumonia that has killed so many people at that time. Johnsy i

31、s in despair that she depends her life on the ivy leaves outside the window. She believes that the moment the last leaf falls she will die. Her friend, Sue doesnt know what to do except worrying and constant nursing. Then on a cold, rainy, windy night, when it is quite apparent that the last leaf is

32、 “dying”, Old Behrman, who regards himself as “special mastiff-in-waiting to protect the two young artists”, defies the cold, wet night to paint a leaf on the outdoor vine to restore the dying Johnsys will to live. The doctor tells Sue that Mr. Berhman died of pneumonia during the night. They found

33、his body in your alley, next to a ladder and a lantern, and a palette of green and yellow paints. Heaven knows what he was doing out there. The last leaf, which raises Johnsys hope of living when she sees it the next morning, is Behrmans masterpiece that eluded him in life. nThe Last Leaf, moving al

34、ong around the corethe last leafthe masterpiece, sings the praise of the sincere friendship and the noble spirit-selfless sacrifice of ordinary people. The story about the three artists is not an occasional incident, but the life of the improvised, unpublished, would-be “great artists”. They are at

35、the lower class of the society and strive for success, strive to accomplish a great masterpiece. They give support to each other, even without hesitation to sacrifice their own life. Their life will not be less splendid than that of the upper class because of poverty. On the contrary, they are great

36、 because of their fraternal love and the priceless friendship as the evergreen ivy leaf, which constitute their noble spirit.In English, there are many ghost stories related to hunting and fishing. Are there any particular contexts that often give rise to Chinese ghost stories? If so, give some exam

37、ples.Would you like to turn to Page 360. Then work in pairs to think of a good topic sentence to unite each of the following groups of sentences. Write the topic sentence in the space provided. Remember that a topic sentence is both general and focused.1) The form of money people have used has undergone many changes through the centuries. - Money has a long history and has evolved in an interesting way. - Let us examine ho