Unit 4 The Story of an Eyewitness[最新]

1、The story of an eyewitness by Jack LondonSan Francisco after earthquakeSan Francisco after earthquakeSan Francisco after earthquakePara. 11. Find powerful but negative words usedby the writer to describe the result of the earthquake. 2. Find the repetition of a word to describethe result of the eart

2、hquake.3. What did the writer want to tell usby using these words?4. What were in the city before the earthquake? What kind of a city it was beforethe earthquake?Powerful but negative words are: never and nothing1. Never before in history has a city been so completely destroyed. A city has never bef

3、ore been so completely destroyed in history.2. Nothing is left of it but memories and some houses far from the centre of the city. Nothing of the city but and is left.The repetition of the word is gone1. San Francisco is gone.2. Its businesses are gone.3. The factories, hotels and palaces are gone t

4、oo. 4. All of the ways man had made to keep the city safe were gone in the 30 seconds the city moved.Man had made ways to keep the city safe.The city moved in that 30 seconds.2. What did the writer want to tell usby using these words? The writer wanted to make it clearthat the earthquake had complet

5、elydestroyed the city of San Francisco, which gives readers an impression (印象印象)of entire hopelessness.3. What were in the city before the earthquake? What kind of a city it was before the earthquake? Before the earthquake there werebusinesses, factories, hotels, palaces, railways and great pipes fo

6、r carryingwater. It was a busy, rich, convenient, comfortable and safe city. But now everything is gone.Para. 2 Find parallel sentences in this paragraph and try to understand the sentences.1. A list of buildings undestroyed was now only a few addresses.2. A list of the brave men and women would fil

7、l a library. 3. A list of all those killed will never be made.1. make ruins of some of the citys bestbuildingsdestroy some of the citys best buildings2. not be a danger to those in the street not be dangerous to those people3. A list of was now only a few addresses. Only a few buildings were not des

8、-troyed.4. A list of would fill a library. The names of brave people would berecorded in the history of the city.5. A list of will never be made. There were too many people killed.We will never know their names.6. Amazing as it may seem, Although it may seem amazing, ( surprising ) How does the writ

9、er use contrast (對比對比) to describe the people in the earthquake?The writer used the following contrast:1. The disaster happened in the center of the city. Out in the sea, it was calm. 2. Later even the streets are strangely calm for a time. Wednesday night was a quiet night.3. In all those terrible hours I saw notone woman who cried, not one man wasexcited.4. Never in all San Franciscos his