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大学英语unit6答案

大学英语Unit6答案

Unit6TheHumanTouch

BeforeReading>>BackgroundInformation

I.O.Henry

O.Henry（1862~1910）:

Americanwriterofshortstories,bestknownforhisironicplottwistsandsurpriseendings

-HewasbornonSeptember11,1862inNorthCarolina,wherehespenthischildhood.

-HewenttoTexasin1882andworkedatvariousjobs—asatellerinanAustinbank（1891~1894）andasanewspapermanfortheHoustonPost.

-In1898anunexplainedshortageintheAustinbankwaschargedtohim.Althoughmanypeoplebelievedhiminnocent,hefledtotheHonduras,butreturnedtobewithhiswife,whowasfatallyill.Heeventuallyservedthreeyearsinprison,wherehefirststartedwritingshortstories.

-UponhisreleasehesettledinNewYorkCityandbecameahighlysuccessfulandprolificcontributortovariousmagazines.Althoughhisstorieshavebeencriticizedasshallowandcontrived,O.Henrydidcatchthecolorandmovementofthecityandevidencedagenuinesympathyforordinarypeople.Hisapproximately300storiesarecollectedinCabbagesandKings（1904,TheFourMillion（1906,http:

//www.literaturepage.com/read/thefourmillion.html）,TheVoiceoftheCity（1908）,Options（1909）,andothers.

-HediedonJune5,1910inNewYorkCityattheageofforty-seven.Analcoholic,hediedvirtuallypenniless.

II.WhatAreTheyFamousFor?

Doyouknowthesegreatestartistsandtheirmasterpieces?

StevenSpielberg（1947~）:

Americanmotion-picturedirector,producerandexecutive,whoachievedgreatcommercialsuccessandisamongthemostpopularfilmmakersofthelate20thcentury

Masterpieces:

Schindler’sList,JurassicPark,SavingPrivateRayn,etc.

Mozart（1756~1791）:

Austriancomposer,thecentrallyimportantcomposeroftheclassicalera,andoneofthemostinspiredcomposersintheWesternmusicaltradition

Masterpieces:

SymphonyNo.40inGminor（G小调第40号交响曲），Variationson“Ah,vousdirai-je,Maman”（“小星星”变奏曲）

XuBeihong（1895~1953）:

ModernChinesemasterofFineArts（美术）

Masterpieces:

Horses

PabloPicasso（1881~1973）:

Spanishpainterandsculptor,generallyconsideredthegreatestartistinthe20thcentury

Masterpieces:

TheBarefootGirl,Self-portrait,etc.

LeonardoDaVinci（1452~1519）:

Florentineartist,oneofthegreatmastersofHighRenaissance（文艺复兴盛期）,celebratedaspainter,sculptor,architect,engineerandscientist

Masterpieces:

MonaLisa,TheLastSupper,etc.

RalphLauren（1939~）:

Americanfashiondesigner,thefounderoftheclothingcompanycalledPolo.

Masterpieces:

clothingformen,womenandchildren,beddingandbathluxuries,giftsandmuchmore

WangXizhi（303~379）:

WangXizhiisknownastheSageofCalligraphy（书法）.HeisrememberednotonlyforrevolutionizingtheartofChinesewriting,butalsoforhiscompletedevotiontothistraditionalChineseartform.

Masterpieces:

LanTingXu（thePreludeoftheOrchidPavilion）,etc.

WilliamShakespeare（1564~1616）:

Englishplaywrightandpoet,recognizedinmuchoftheworldasthegreatestofalldramatists

Masterpieces:

AsYouLikeIt,Othello,Macbeth,KingLear,Hamlet,RomeoandJuliet,MerchantofVenice,MidsummerNight’sDream,TwelfthNight,etc.

GlobalReading>>PartDivisionoftheText

Apieceofnarrationusuallyconsistsofanumberofscenes.Ineachscenetherearedifferentcharacterswhointeractwitheachother.Nowputdown,inthefollowingtable,thecharactersandmajoreventsofthesevenscenesinTextA.Thefirstonehasbeendoneforyou.

Parts

Para（s）

Characters

Events

1

1~2

Sue,Johnsy

Sue’sroommateJohnsycaughtpneumonia.

2

3~8

thedoctor,Sue

ThedoctortoldSuethatJohnsyneededastrongwilltoliveon.

3

9~17

Johnsy,Sue

Johnsydecidedthatshewoulddiewhenthelastivyleaffell.

4

18~21

Behrman,Sue

SuetoldBehrmanaboutJohnsy’sfancy.

5

22~33

Sue,Johnsy

AsJohnsywasencouragedbythelastleafthatwouldn’tgiveintotheweather,herwilltolivereturned.

6

34~37

thedoctor,Sue

ThedoctortoldSuethatJohnsywouldrecover,butBehrmancaughtpneumoniahimselfandhiscasewashopeless.

7

38~39

Sue,Johnsy

SuetoldJohnsyaboutthekinddeedthatBehrmanhadperformedwithoutanythoughtofself.

GlobalReading>>QuestionsandAnswers

Thestoryis,asindicatedbyitstitle,builtaroundthelastivyleaf.Inotherwords,thelastivyleafisthemainthreadthatrunsthroughthewholestory.Thefollowingquestionsareintendedtohelpyougetaclearideaofthispoint.

1.Whatwas,atfirst,Johnsydeterminedtodoifthelastivyleafshouldfall?

（=Shemadeuphermindtodiewhenthelastleaffell.）

2.Whatdidshedecidetodowhenshesawthelastleafstillclingtothevineaftertwonights’rainandwind?

（=Shedecidednottogiveupherlife.）

3.Howwasitthatthecoldfiercewinddidnotblowawaythelastleaf?

（=Behrman,akindneighbor,whowasawareofJohnsy’sstateofmind,riskeddeathtopaintthelastleafandsaveher.）

4.WhydidSuecallthepaintedleafBehrman’smasterpiece?

（=Becauseitwassoperfectthegirlsbothmistookitfortherealthing.）

GlobalReading>>Scanning

ScanTextAandfindoutothercluesbesides“thelastivyleaf”,whichhelporganizethestoryintoawhole.

Clue1:

thelastleaf

Clue2:

thedoctor’sthreevisits

Clue3:

soup

Clue4:

theBayofNaples

Clue5:

Behrman’smasterpiece

thedoctor’sthreevisits

1.Johnsywasseriouslyill.（Paras.3~8）

2.Johnsyhada50-50chanceforsurvivalanddeathwhileOldBehrmanwasincurablysick.（Paras.34~36）

3.Johnsywassuretorecover.（Para.37）

soup

1.Johnsyrefusedtotakeanysoupwhenshedecidedtodiewiththefallofthelastleaf.（Para.16）

2.Whenshewasshakenaliveagainbythatundyinglastleaf,oneofherfirstdesireswastodrinksomesoup.（Para.31）

theBayofNaples

1.Beforeshefellill,JohnsyhadwishedtopainttheBayofNaples.（Para.5）

2.Inspiredbythelastleaf,Johnsyagainlookedforwardtopaintingit.（Para.33）

Behrman’smasterpiece

1.OldBehrmanwasafailureinart.Hehadalwaystalkedaboutamasterpiece,yethewasunabletodeliverit.（Para.18）

2.“SomedayIwillpaintamasterpiece,andweshallallgoaway.”（Para.20）

3.Finally,OldBehrmanpaintedhismasterpieceatthecostofhislife.（Para.39）

GlobalReading>>FurtherUnderstanding

I.StoryTelling

SupposeyouareSue,tellusinthefirstpersonastorywhichmaycoverthefollowingpoints:

1.HowdidJohnsyandyoumeet.

2.Howdidshegetill.

3.WhatdidthedoctortellyouaboutJohnsy’sillness.

II.DialogueMaking

MakeadialoguebetweenSueandBehrmanaccordingtothesentence“ShetoldhimofJohnsy’sfancy,andhowshefearedshewould,indeed,lightandfragileasaleafherself,floataway,whenherslightholdupontheworldgrewweaker”inParagraph19.

III.Discussion

1.WhatencouragedJohnsytoregainthewilltoliveandhow?

2.Accordingtoyou,howwouldJohnsyreactafterrealizingwhatMr.Behrmanhaddoneforher?

DetailedReading

I.DifficultSentences

1.“Johnsy”wasfamiliarforJoanna.

2.Paraphrasethesentence.

3.（=“Johnsy”wasapetnameforJoanna.）

4.TheyhadmetatacafeonEighthStreetandfoundtheirtastesinart,chicorysaladandbishopsleevessomuchintunethatthejointstudioresulted.

5.Whatare“chicorysalad”and“bishopsleeves”

6.

7.（=Thepicturesshowwhat“chicorysalad”and“bishopsleeves”are.）

8.Whydidthejointstudiocomeintobeing?

9.（=Becausethetwogirlshavesomanythingsincommon.）

10.InNovemberacold,unseenstranger,whomthedoctorscalledPneumonia,stalkedaboutthedistrict,touchingonehereandtherewithhisicyfingers.Johnsywasamonghisvictims.

11.Whatkindofrhetoricalmethodisusedhere?

12.（=Personification.）

13.Whatdoes“touchingonehereandtherewithhisicyfingers”mean?

14.（=Itmeanstheillnessspreadquicklyfromonetoanother.）

15.Whatdoes“victims”meanhere?

16.（=The“victims”werethosewhohadgottheillness.）

17.“Iwilldoallthatsciencecanaccomplish.ButwhenevermypatientbeginstocountthecarriagesinherfuneralprocessionIsubtract50percentfromthecurativepowerofmedicines.”

18.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.

19.（=“只要是科学能做到的，我会尽一切努力的。

可是，但凡病人开始计算她出殡的行列里有几辆马车的时候，我就要把医药的疗效减去一半。

”）

20.Whatcanyouinferfromthesentence?

21.（=Johnsywasseriouslyill.Thedoctorheldoutlittlehopeforherbecausesheseemedtolosethewilltohangontolife.）

22.I’llnotbegoneaminute.

23.Whatisthemeaningofthesentence?

24.（=Iwillbebackinafewminutes.）

25.Fortheresthewasafiercelittleoldman,whomockedterriblyatsoftnessinanyone,andwhoregardedhimselfasguarddogtothetwoyoungartistsinthestudioabove.

26.Judgingfromthephrase“mockedterriblyatsoftnessinanyone”,whatkindofpersonwasMr.Behrman?

27.（=Mr.Behrmanwasakindofpersonwholaughedgreatlyatanyonewhoshowedweaknessinfrontofhim.）

28.HowisthecharacteristicofMr.Behrmanillustratedinthefollowingtext?

29.（=WhenhearingofJohnsy’sfancy,andhowSuefearedJohnsywould,lightandfragileasaleafherself,floataway,Mr.Behrman,“withhisredeyesplainlystreaming,shoutedhiscontemptforsuchfoolishimaginings”.）

30.But,Lo!

Afterthebeatingrainandfiercewindthathadenduredthroughthenight,thereyetstoodoutagainstthebrickwalloneivyleaf.

31.Whatdoes“endure”mean?

32.（=Itmeans“continue”.）

33.Whatisthefunctionof“thathadenduredthroughthenight”

34.

35.（=Itisanattributiveclauseusedtomodify“thebeatingrainandfiercewind”.）

36.Whatisthesubjectofthewholesentence?

37.（=Thesubjectis“oneivyleaf”.Themainsentence