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新编英语教程Book4Unit3

UnitThree

Lead-in

1.MovieClip

2.Quotes

1.MovieClip

Watchthemovieclipandanswerthefollowingquestions.

1.AccordingtoDr.Pritchard,whichtwoquestionsshouldbeansweredtodetermineapoem’sgreatness?

Thetwoquestionsare:

One:

Howartfullyhastheobjectiveofthepoembeenrendered给予表达?

Two:

Howimportantisthatobjective?

2.WhydidMr.Keatingaskhisstudentstoripouttheentirepageinthebook?

Becausehewantedthemtolearntothinkforthemselvesandsavour欣赏...的风味wordsandlanguage.

Discussion:

Doyouthinkitfalserespecttokeepthebooksyoureadphysicallycompleteandundamaged?

Whyorwhynot?

（Thisisanopenquestion.）

Script

（FromDeadPoetsSociety）

-Gentlemen,openyourtexttoPage21oftheintroduction.Mr.Perry,willyoureadtheopeningparagraphoftheprefaceentitled“UnderstandingPoetry”?

-“UnderstandingPoetry”byDrJ.EvansPritchard,Ph.D.Tofullyunderstandpoetry,wemustfirstbefluentwithitsmetre韵律格律,rhyme韵脚andfiguresofspeech.Thenasktwoquestions.One:

Howartfullyhastheobjectiveofthepoembeenrendered?

And,two:

Howimportantisthatobjective?

Questiononeratesthepoem'sperfection.Questiontworatesitsimportance.Andoncethesequestionshavebeenanswered,determiningapoem'sgreatnessbecomesarelativelysimplematter.Ifthepoem'sscoreforperfectionisplottedonthehorizontalofagraph,anditsimportanceisplottedonthevertical,thencalculatingthetotalareaofthepoemyieldsthemeasureofitsgreatness.AsonnetbyByronmightscorehighonthevertical,butonlyaverageonthehorizontal.AShakespeareansonnet,ontheotherhandwouldscorehighbothhorizontallyandvertically,yieldingamassivetotalarea.Therebyrevealingthepoemtobetrulygreat.Asyouproceedthroughthepoetryinthisbook,practisethisratingmethod.Asyourabilitytoevaluatepoemsinthismannergrows,sowill...sowillyourenjoymentandunderstandingofpoetry.

-Excrement屎.That'swhatIthinkofMr.J.EvansPritchard.We'renotlayingpipe.We'retalkingaboutpoetry.Imean,howcanyoudescribepoetrylikeAmericanBandstand?

IlikeByron.Igivehima42.ButIcan'tdancetoit.Now,Iwantyoutoripoutthatpage.Goon.Ripouttheentirepage.Youheardme.Ripitout.Ripitout!

Goon.Ripitout.Thankyou,Mr.Dalton.Gentlemen,tellyouwhat.Don'tjusttearoutthatpage.Tearouttheentireintroduction.Iwantitgone,history.Leavenothingofit.Ripitout!

Rip!

Begone,J.EvansPritchard,Ph.D.!

Rip撕裂!

Shred撕碎!

Tear!

Ripitout!

IwanttohearnothingbutrippingofMr.Pritchard!

We'llperforate穿孔it,putitonaroll!

名册It'snottheBible.You'renotgonnagotohellforthis.Goon.Makeacleantear.Iwantnothingleftofit.

-Weshouldn'tbedoingthis.

-Rip!

Rip!

Rip!

-Ripitout!

Rip!

Ripit!

Yeah!

Ripitout!

-Ripit!

-Whatthehellisgoingonhere?

-Idon'thearenoughrips.

-Mr.Keating.

-Mr.McAllister.I'msorry,I...Ididn'tknowyouwerehere.

-Iam.

-Ah.Soyouare.Excuseme.

-Keepripping,gentlemen.Thisisabattle,awar.Andthecasualtiescouldbeyourheartsandsouls.Thankyou,Mr.Dalton.Armiesofacademicsgoingforwardmeasuringpoetry.No!

Wewillnothavethathere.NomoreofMr.J.EvansPritchard.Now,myclass,youwilllearntothinkforyourselvesagain.Youwilllearntosavourwordsandlanguage.Nomatterwhatanybodytellsyou,words,andideascanchangetheworld.

2.Quotes

Readthefollowingquotesandtellyourclassmateswhichoneisyourfavorite.Stateyourreasons.

Booksaretomankindwhatmemoryistotheindividual.

—JohnLubbock

Peopledie,butbooksneverdie.Nomanandnoforcecanabolishmemory.

—FranklinRoosevelt

Booksarethequietestandmostconstantoffriends;theyarethemostaccessibleandwisestofcounselors;andthemostpatientofteachers.

—C.W.Eliot

Thereadingofallgoodbooksislikeaconversationwiththefinestmenofpastcenturies.

—ReneDescartes

Therearetwomotivesforreadingabook:

onethatyouenjoyit;theotherthatyoucanboastaboutit.

—BertrandRussell

Readingfurnishesthemindonlywithmaterialsofknowledge,itisthinkingthatmakeswhatwereadours.

—JohnLocke

Readingwithoutreflectingislikeeatingwithoutdigesting.

—EdmundBurke

Booksaretheever-burninglampsofaccumulatedwisdom.

—G.W.Curtis

Text

I.TextI

1.Pre-ReadingQuestions

2.TheMainIdea

3.BackgroundNotes

4.Text

5.CommentsontheText

6.Exercises

II.TextII

1.Text

2.Comprehension

TextI

1.Pre-ReadingQuestions

Youmusthaveheardofthephrasereadbetweenthelinesandknowwhatitmeans.Ifyoudon’t,lookupthephraseinadictionaryandfindoutwhatitmeans.

Mostprobablyyouwon’tfindwritebetweenthelinesinanydictionary.Whatmightthisphrasemean?

Arethetwophrasesinanywayrelatedtoeachother?

Shouldthephrasewritebetweenthelinesbetakenliterallyorfiguratively?

Whatmightbethecontentofthetext?

Thinkaboutthesequestionsbeforereading.

Foryourreference

Thedictionarydefinitionofreadbetweenthelinesis:

“findmoremeaningthanthewordsappeartoexpress;gathermoremeaningsfromatextthatarenotactuallystated,butimplied”.

Writebetweenthelinesisnotasetphrase.Thewriterhasinventedthisphrasebyfollowingthepatternofthesetphrasereadbetweenthelinesandreplacingreadwithwritetostresstheimportanceofwritingnotesandcommentsinthebookoneisreading.Inspiteoftheword“writing”inthetitle,thisessayisactuallyapieceofgoodadviceonhowto“read”efficiently.

2.TheMainIdea

Readthetextrapidlyoncetogetthemainidea.Whilereading,keepthesequestionsinmind:

Whatdoesthewritermeanbywritingbetweenthelines?

Isthewriterfororagainstwritingbetweenthelines?

Whatishischiefargument?

Foryourreference

Thewriteristryingtopersuadethereadertowritedowninthebookheisreadinghisreactionstothetext.Thereader’sreactionsmayincludehisquestions,hisagreementsordifferencesofopinionwiththeauthor,hisdoubtsandsoon.Inthiswaythereaderwillbedoingthemostefficientkindofreading.

3.BackgroundNotes

（1）ParadiseLost

ParadiseLost isan epicpoem in blankverse bythe17th-centuryEnglishpoet JohnMilton.Thepoemconcernsthe Biblical storyofthe FallofMan:

thetemptationof AdamandEve bythe fallenangel Satan andtheirexpulsionfromthe GardenofEden.Milton'spurpose,statedinBookI,isto"justifythewaysofGodtomen”.Itwasoriginallypublishedin1667intenbooks,withatotalofovertenthousandindividuallinesof verse.Asecondeditionfollowedin1674,changedintotwelvebooks（inthemannerofthedivisionof Virgil's Aeneid）withminorrevisionsthroughoutandanoteontheversification. ItisconsideredbycriticstobeMilton's"majorwork",andtheworkhelpedtosolidifyhisreputationasoneofthegreatestEnglishpoetsofhistime.

（2）Rembrandt伦布兰特荷兰画家

RembrandtHarmenszoonvanRijn（15 July1606 –4 October1669）wasa Dutch painterand etcher腐蚀铜板制作者.Heisgenerallyconsideredoneofthegreatestpaintersand printmakers in Europeanarthistory andthemostimportantin Dutchhistory. Hiscontributionstoartcameinaperiodofgreatwealthandculturalachievementthathistorianscallthe DutchGoldenAge when DutchGoldenAgepainting,althoughinmanywaysantithetical对立的tothe Baroque stylethatdominatedEurope,wasextremelyprolificandinnovative.

（3）GonewiththeWind

GonewiththeWind isanovelwrittenby MargaretMitchell,firstpublishedin1936.Thestoryissetin ClaytonCounty,Georgia,and Atlanta duringthe AmericanCivilWar and Reconstruction.Itdepictstheexperiencesof ScarlettO'Hara,thespoileddaughterofawell-to-doplantation大农场owner,whomustuseeverymeansatherdisposaltocomeoutofthepovertyshefindsherselfinafter Sherman’s“MarchtotheSea”.Mitchellreceivedthe PulitzerPrizeforFiction forthebookin1937.Thebookwasadaptedintoa 1939Americanfilm.GonewiththeWind istheonlynovelbyMitchellpublishedduringherlifetime.

4.Text

WritingBetweentheLines

Youknowyouhavetoread“betweenthelines”togetthemostoutofanything.Iwanttopersuadeyoutodosomethingequallyimportantinthecourseofyourreading.Iwanttopersuadeyouto“writebetweenthelines”.Unlessyoudo,youarenotlikelytodothemostefficientkindof

reading.

I

（1）contend声称主张争论,quite

（2）bluntly率直地迟钝地,thatmarkingupabookisnotanactof（3）mutilation毁损butoflove.

Therearetwowaysinwhichonecanownabook.Thefirstisthepropertyrightyouestablishbypayingforit,justasyoupayforclothesandfurniture.Butthisactofpurchaseisonlythe（4）preludetopossession.Fullownershipcomesonlywhenyouhavemadeitapartofyourself,andthebestwaytomakeyourselfapartofitisbywritinginit.Anillustrationmaymakethepointclear.Youbuyabeefsteakandtransferitfromthebutcher’siceboxtoyourown.Butyoudonotownthebeefsteak

（1）inthemostimportantsenseuntilyouconsumeitandgetitintoyourbloodstream.

（2）Iamarguingthatbooks,too,mustbeabsorbedinyourbloodstreamtodoyouanygood.

Therearethreekindsofbookowners.Thefirsthasallthestandardsetsandbest-sellers—unread,untouched.Thesecondhasagreatmanybooks—afewofthemreadthrough,mostofthemascleanandshinyasthedaytheywerebought.（Thispersonwouldprobablyliketomakebookshisown,but（3）isrestrainedbyafalserespectfortheirphysicalappearance.）Thethirdhasafewbooksormany—everyoneofthemdog-eared卷角的翻旧了的and（5）dilapidated残破的荒废的,shakenandloosenedbycontinualuse,markedand