ExtendedreadingTheOldManandtheSeaUnit4

ExploringliteratureManisnotmadefordefeat.Amancanbedestroyedbutnotdefeated.——ErnestHemingwayWhatdoyouknowabout?ErnestHemingwayErnestHemingwayNationalityOccupationMasterpiecesTheSunAlsoRisesAFarewelltoArmsForwhomtheBellTollsTheOldManandtheSeaAchievements:AmericanWriter,JournalistNobelPrizeinLiterature

TheOldManandtheSeaTheOldManandtheSea,ashortheroic

novelwrittenby

ErnestHemingway,waspublishedin1952andawardedthe1953

PulitzerPrize

forfictionand1954NobelPrizeinLiterature.Itwashislastmajorworkoffiction.Thestoryfocusonanagingfishermanwhospenthisentirelifeattheseaandstruggledforhislifeagainstbadluck,bigfish,sharksandtheseaitself.Pre-readingWhatisHemingwaywellthoughtoffor?WhatdoesTheOldManandtheSeatell?Heiswellthoughtofforhisuniquewritingstyle.IttellsthestoryofafishermannamedSantiago.Aftercominginempty-handedforeight-fourdays,Santiagoattemptstocatchahugefish.Readtheintroductionandanswerthequestions.Let’slearnmoredetailsoftheattempt.

Didtheoldmannearlycatchthefish?Howdoyouknow?Yes,hedid.Inline9itsays“For

just

a

moment

the

fishturnedalittleonhisside.”andinline25ittellsus“Onthenextturn,henearlyhadhim.”Howmanyroundsdidtheoldmanbattlewiththefishfromline6toline29?Threerounds.Fast-readingFirstroundSecondroundThirdroundLines7-11Lines25-29Lines12-24Round1:Lines7-111.WhatpersonalitiescanyoutellaboutSantiago?

Ambitious,confident,unyielding,patient…2.What’syourpredictionofSantiago’sbattlewiththefish?

Wecanseefromthefirstroundthatthefishisnoteasytoconquersothatthebattlemustbeatoughandtorturedjourney.ThereisstillalongwaytogobeforeSantiagoeventuallydefeatsthefish.Close-reading2.WhatpersonalitiescanyoutellaboutSantiago?Determined,rational,faithful…1.Didtheoldmanfeeldisappointedafterthetworounds’failure?

No.hedidn’t.Fromhiswordswecanseethathewassureofthefactthatthefishwasboundtodie,indicatingthattheoldmanwasstillconfidentofwinning.Round2:Lines12-24Close-reading1.WhydidSantiagohighlypraisethefish?Inthisway,Santiagoadmittedthatthefishwasreallyarespectableenemy,thustoemphasizethatthefishwasworthyofhiscontinuouseffort.2.What’syourunderstandingofthelastsentenceofthispart?ItindicatesthatSantiagowillnevergiveupuntilthelastmoment.Itisawaytofurtherconvincehimselfofthefinalvictory.Round3:Lines25-29Close-readingHegotconfused.Hisheadwas________.Hehadbeen____________________________.Hefelthimself_______.Hefelthimselfgoingbefore________.Keepyourheadclear.___________________________.________________________________.I'lltryitagain.________________________.WhathefeltWhathesaid/thoughtnotclearonthepointoffeelinghimselfgogoinghestartedClearup,head,clearupIdon'tknow.ButIwilltryitoncemoreI'lltryitonceagainReadtherestpartoftheexcerptandfigureoutthepersonalitytraitsoftheoldman.Close-readingWhatdoyoufindwhenyoucomparetheoldman’sfeelingswithhiswordsorthoughts?Hisphysicalconditionwasgettingworseandworsewhilehiswillpowerbecamestrongerandstronger.DiscussionWouldyougiveupornotifyouweretheoldman?Ⅱ.Choosethebestanswer.1.Whichcanbeusedtodescribetheoldfisherman?A.Humorous. B.Tough.C.Considerate. D.Stubborn.2.Whycouldn’ttheoldmanreachforthewateralthoughhismouthwastoodrytospeak?A.Becausehisarmswerenotlongenoughtogetthewater.B.Becausethewaterwasonanotherboatwhichistoofaraway.C.Becausetherewasnowaterleftontheboat.D.Becausebothofhishandswereusedtocontrolthefish.BDHehadbeenonthepointoffeelinghimselfgoeachtime.…hefelthimselfgoingwhenheturnedthefish.…,andhefelthimselfgoingbeforehestarted.“Imovedhim,”theoldmansaid.“Imovedhimthen.”

Imovedhim,hethought.

Repetition—toawakenreaders’feelingsAppreciationⅢ.選詞填空novel;name;struggle;onthepointof;right;strength;defeat;faint;oughtto;

attemptToknowmoreaboutHemingway，you1.

readoneofhismostfamous2.

The

Old

Man

and

the

Sea，inwhichhetellsthestoryofanoldfisherman3.

Santiago.Aftercominginempty-handedfor84days，Santiago4.

tocatchahugefish.Sohebeginshis5.

withthefish.Althoughhefelt6._____,heheldonthegreatfishwithallhis7._______sothathecouldgetitover.Thefish8.

himselfandswamaway.Forseveraltimes，hefelthehadbeen9.

feelinghimselfgo，buthenevergaveup.Amancanbedestroyedbutnot10.

.oughttonovelsnamedattemptsstrugglerightedonthepointofdefeatedfaintstrengthLanguagePoints1.ErnestHemingway,anAmericanwriterofnovelsandshortstories,iswellthoughtofforhisuniquewritingstyle.thinkof想起；認為,評價；想出；關心Itbehovesustothinkofthesedangers.我們理應考慮這些危險。Wethinkofyouasoneofthefamily.我們把你看作家中的一員。bewellthoughtof(for

…)(因為...)被高度評價1.Itriedtothinkaboutalltheproblemsthatwereaheadofmetomorrow.我試著想考慮一下明天要面對的所有問題。2.Thinkbacktoyourchildhoodandtrytoidentifyyourearliestmemory.回想一下你的童年，并試著找出你腦中最早的記憶。3.Youshouldthinktwiceaboutemployingsomeoneyou'venevermet.雇用素不相識的人應三思而行。4.Shesaidsheneedstimetothinkitover.她說她需要時間仔細考慮它。

Translation2.Heisextremelygoodatdescribingtheadventuresoftoughmenwhohebelieves“canbedestroyedbutnotdefeated”.extremelyadv.極度，非常extremeadj.極度的;極端的,嚴重的;過分的,偏激的;盡頭的Thisspeciesisextremelyrare.Operationofthedeviceisextremelysimple.Theheatinthedesertwasextreme.Thegirlswereafraidofsnakesandpickedtheirwayalongwithextremecaution.非常非常地極端極度的2.Heisextremelygoodatdescribingtheadventuresoftoughmenwhohebelieves“canbedestroyedbutnotdefeated”.defeatvt.打敗，戰勝；使受挫；使困惑n.失敗；擊敗；戰勝Youmustlearntoacceptdefeatwithgoodgrace.你必須學會欣然承認失敗。Hehandilydefeatedhischallengers.他輕而易舉地打敗了向他挑戰的人。Theplayer

(defeat)inthegame，buthedidn’tloseheart.wasdefeated3.Aftercominginempty-handedforeighty-fourdays，Santiagoattemptstocatchahugefish.attemptvt.嘗試；企圖n.努力；嘗試；企圖attempttodosth.嘗試/企圖做某事makeanattempttodosth.嘗試/企圖做某事Carolinemadeafaintattemptatalaugh.卡羅琳勉強地笑了一下。Iwillattempttoanswerallyourquestions.我將努力回答你的全部問題。n.努力；嘗試vt.嘗試；企圖4.Hefeltfaintagainnowbutheheldonthegreatfishallthestrainthathecould.(line12)

strainn.&v.

Hernewjobhasputagreatstrainonher.Theirmarriageisundergreatstrainatthemoment.Readinginabadlightwillstrainyoureyes.strainedadj.

1Shegaveastrainedlaugh.astrainedlaugh/strainedrelations2Herfacelookedstrainedandweary.拉力，壓力，張力損傷，拉傷勉強的、緊張的神色不寧的，憔悴的5.

ThistimeI’llpullhimover.

pullover(使)靠岸；把……開到路邊；靠邊停車Pulloverafteryouturnrightatthisstopsign.Hewaitedseveralminutesforacartopullupalongside.Someoldbuildingshavebeenpulleddown

inthisarea.Everyonewasveryconcernedwhetherhewouldpullthrough.Thetrainpulledin

andallthepassengersgotoff.

pullover(使)靠岸；把……開到路邊；靠邊停車pullup停車，停止pulldown拆毀；摧毀pullin(火車等)到站，進站；駛向路邊/某處?？縫ullthrough康復，痊愈；渡過難關Pulloverafteryouturnrightatthisstopsign.Someoldbuildingshavebeenpulleddown

inthisarea.Everyonewasveryconcernedwhetherhewouldpullthrough.Thetrainpulledin

andallthepassengersgotoff.Hewaitedseveralminutesforacartopullupalongside.5.

ThistimeI’llpullhimover.6....thefishpulledpartwayoverandthenrightedhimselfandswamaway.partaway半途，部分地______________________________whenshearrived.她到達的時候會議已經進行了一段時間了。Theywerepartwaythroughthemeetingright

v.

使...回到正常位置，把...扶正Atlast,theplane________________(恢復了平穩),andeveryonewassafeandsound.righteditself7.NeverhaveIseenagreater,ormorebeautiful,oracalmerormorenoblethingthanyou,brother.表示否定意義的副詞或短語，如never，seldom，little，hardly，rarely，innoway，innocase，atnotime，bynomeans，in/undernocircumstances，nowhere等放到句首，要使用部分倒裝，即把助動詞、情態動詞或系動詞be放在主語之前。NotuntilyesterdaydidlittleJohnchangehismind.InnocountryotherthanBritain,ithadbeensaid,canoneexperiencefourseasonsinthecourseofasingleday.1.Neverbeforehasourcountrybeensoprosperousandpowerfulasitistoday.2.Onlyifateachergivespermissionisastudentallowedtoentertheroom3.Onnoaccountshouldthesoldiersbeblamedforwhathappened.

Translation1.我們的國家從來沒有像今天這樣繁榮富強。2.只有得到老師的允許，學生才能進入這個房間。3.無論如何，士兵們不應該為所發生的事受到責備。onthepointofdoing即將...之時，正要...的時候Wewereonthepointofgivingup.Hewasonthepointofsayingsomething______thephonerang.他正要說些什么的時候，電話響了。Isthereanymoredebateonthepointoftheorder?就程序問題還有任何爭議嗎?8.Hehadbeenonthepointoffeelinghimselfgoeachtime.when9.Thefishrightedhimselfandswamoffagainslowlywiththegreattailweavingintheair.withthegreattailweavingintheair是“with＋賓語＋賓語補足語”結構，在句中作伴隨狀