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2015-2016学年（下）松溪一中高一英语校本选修课程

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任课教师：

上课地点：

高一（8）班

Lesson1TheTastebyRoaldDahl（2periodsrequired）

Lesson2 The Swing byMary Gavell（2periodsrequired）

Lesson3The Lady or the Tiger?

ByFrank Stockton（2periodsrequired）

Lesson4Guests of the NationbyFrank O’Connor（2periodsrequired）

3. Suggested Homework:

（Turn the short story into a performable short play.）  

Task One:

  Divide the class into groups of six. 

Task Two:

  Rewrite the story in the form of a play. Shorten it by keepingonly the necessary conversation and cutting away the rest. Add a brief introd-uction and some conclusive comments. 

Task Three:

 Prepare to act out the story with 6 characters in the play – thenarrator who introduces the story at the beginning and makes a brief comment at the end, Mike Schofield, his wife,hisdaughterLouis,RichardPrattandthemaid.

Lesson2Mary Gavell:

 The Swing 

（2periodsrequired）

1.QuestionsforDiscussion:

（Suggestedanswersforreference）

（1）Whatisthesignificanceoftheopeningsentence―Asshegrewold,shebegantodreamagain‖?

Isitonlytheoldagethatcausesthemothertodreamanddaydreammoreoftennow?

（Dreamisareplacementofwhatshecannothaveinreallife.Asshegrewold,shebecamelessactivephysicallyandfeltmorelonelyinheremotionallife.Thatiswhy,mostofherdreamsareabouttherememberedpast,thelifewithherson.）

（2）WhatisitaboutJulius,thehusband,thatannoysthewife?

Isheanannoyingperson?

Whydoyouthinkhebehavesthewayhedoes?

Doesheunderstandheremotionalsituation?

（The husband, Julius, suffers from the same problem. Old age made him physically weak so he moved about less and talked less. He shares the feeling of loneliness, but the man’s reaction is different from his wife. The ending part of the short story proves that. He keeps the emotion to himself, becoming more withdrawn and behaving, in his wife’s eyes, rather strangely.）  

（3） In one of the flashbacks, there is description of one of the Sunday dinners at the adult son’s home. How is the mother-son conversation different from her talks with her boy on the swing?

（The conversation between the mother and her adult son does not have the intimacy and attachment it once had when the son was a boy. Behind the mature politeness, there is some distance between generations. While in the past, they could talk about anything and everything and could share true sentimen-ts.）

（4） How do you explain the jacket hanging on the nail?

（We cannot explain it realistically or rationally, unless we regard is also as part of the dream. There is a literary school of writing called ―magic realism,‖ in which the real and the fantastic are merged for a special effect. So, this can best be understood as a touch of ―magic realism.‖） 

2.Explanation and Interpretation:

（Explain the implied meaning of the following sentences, and point out their significance in the context of the story.）

（1） （The mother thought:

） I wish that when I ask him how he is he wouldn’t tell me that there is every likelihood that the Basic Research Division will be merged with the Statistics Division.‖ 

（The grown-up son’s interest is in his work, while the mother’s interest is in his personal life. Her question shows her concerned of him as a son, but his mind bends on his career. He is now living in a world that his mother knows little about, and he is no longer as dependent on her as he waswhenhewasachild.Themotherfeelssomesadnessbecausetheconversationonceagainremindsherofthefactthathersonhaslefthernestandnowisflyingonhisownwings.）

（2）Shehadhadtheancientpianotuned…hadbeenreadingbooksonChina…andwasgoingtodigit（phlox）allupandtryiris（inthegarden）…（Shehasbeentryingtofindthingstodo,possiblytokillboredomandloneliness.）

（3） He came every night or two after that, and she lay in bed in happy anticipation, listening for the creak of the swing. 

（She waits, lying in bed, for the happy time with eagerness. So the meeting with her son in dream highlights the problem in her old age living with a reticent and inactive husband. It is her only moment of great joy – remembering the life of the past.） 

Lesson3Frank Stockton:

 The Lady or the Tiger?

（2periodsrequired）

Teachingobjectives:

1. Tomastersomeexpressionsinthepassage

2.TextforReading             

3.InterpretationandDiscussion 

Teachingdifficulties:

1.Tofindthemeaningbehindthewords

2.Towriteashortsummaryafterreading

Time:

 2 periods

Teachingprocedures:

1.QuestionsforDiscussion:

（Suggestedanswersforreference）

（1）Whydidn’tthekingapproveofthelovebetweenhisdaughterandtheyoungmanofhiscourt?

（Becauseofthedifferenceinsocialpositions,oneistheprincess,theotherisalowlycourtier.Thekingwouldnotcarewhethertherewastruelovebetweenthem.）

（2）Whydidtheprincesslovethecourtiersomuch?

Canyoubrieflydescribewhatsortofpersonshewas?

（Theprincesswasa―ferventandimperious‖person,likeherfather.Shealsoinheritedfromherfatherthesemi-barbaricnatureandhadhotbloodthatmadehercarelittleabouttheconsequences.Whatismore,thecourtierwas―handsomeandbravetoadegreeunsurpassedinallthiskingdom‖andtheprincesswaswell-satisfiedwiththeyoungmaninspiteofhisstation.）

（3）WhydidtheKingbelievethetrialofthearenawasagoodwayofsolvingsomeoftheproblemsinhiskingdom?

（Intworespects.Generally,becauseofthesuspense,themasseswouldbeentertainedandpleased.Thethinkingpartofthecommunitycouldbringnochargeofunfairnessagainstthisplan.‖（lines86-87）Inthisparticularcasewiththecourtier,―Nomatterhowtheaffairturnedout,theyouthwouldbedisposedof,andthekingwouldtakeanaestheticpleasureinwatchingthecourseofevents.‖（line116-117）

（4） In a sense, it was not the young man but the princess who was actually under the trial -- in the court of conscience. Did she save her love by pointing to the door leading to the lady-in-waiting, or did she prefer to see her lover die rather than see him marry someone she hated?

（Thisisaquestionthathasnot―rightor―wrong‖answers.Possiblyweshouldsay,itisnoteventheprincesswhowasactuallyputunderthetrial,itisthereaderwhoismakingadecisionaccordingtohis/herinclination.）

2.Explanation and Interpretation:

  （Explain the implied meaning of the following sentences, and point out their significance in the context of the story.）  

（1） He was greatly given to self-communing, and, when he and himself agreed upon anything, the thing was done. （line 7） 

（That means the king was a despot. He discussed only with himself, and there was not law to prevent him from anything that he decided to do.） 

（2） the accused person was instantly punished if he found himself guilty…（line 78） 

（Bytheking’slogic,itwastheaccusedwhoopenedthedoorbyhisownhandandledtotheconsequences.Sotheaccusedhimself―decided‖whetherheisguiltyornot）

（3） …she loved him （the young courtier） with an ardor that had enough of barbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong. （line 97） 

（The love relation was made warm and strong by the very nature that the princess had inherited from her semi-barbaric father.） 

3.Suggested Homework:

Write a story summary in 200 words. The summary may begin like this:

For reference only:

（FrankStockton’s―TheLady,ortheTiger?

‖isastoryaboutamansentencedtoanunusualpunishmentforhavingaromancewiththeking'sbeloveddaughter.Takentothepublicarena,hewasfacedwithtwodoors,behindoneofwhichstoodafiercetiger,andbehindtheotherafairlady.Thekingwasnotsurewhetherapersonsolowinstationcouldaspiretoonesofarabovehim,butanywayputtheyoungmaninthearena.Hewaseithertobeeatenbythebeastormarriedtotheyounglady.Somehowtheprincesshadacquiredthesecrethiddenevenfromthekinghimselfandknewbehindwhichofthetwodoorsstoodawomanthatshehatedintenselyoutofjealousy.Onthedayofthetrial,thearenawasfilledwithpeoplewiththekingandtheprincesssittingoppositethetwindoors.Theyoungmanbowedtothekingandthrewaglanceattheprincess.Shemadeaquickmovementtowardtheright.Withouthesitation,hewentdirectlytothedoorontheright.Nowtheproblemremains:

whatwasbehindtheclosethedoorontheright,theladyorthetiger?

）

Lesson4Frank O’Connor:

 Guests of the Nation

（2periodsrequired）

1.OpinionsofUnderstanding:

（1）Theargumentoverthe―NextWorld‖revealsthatHawkinsandNoble_______.

A.werebitterabouteachother

B.werecloseintheirrelationship

C.sharednocommonlanguage

D.haddeep-rootedprejudices

（2）Theoldwomanofthecottagewherethesoldiersstayedinisportrayedas______.

A.anignorantcountrywomanB.apatrioticmemberofthenation

C.beingrudetoboththeEnglishandtheIrishsoldiers

D.havingtruehumansentimentsandemotions

（3）WhydidBelcher,themanoffewwords,suddenlybecomesotalkativeinthelastsection?

Explainyourchoice.

A. He wanted to cover up his fear. 

B. He wanted to inform the Irish lads about his personal life.   

C. His dream of a normal family life somehow expressed itself. 

 D. He thought the Irish might let him go after hearing his past misfortunes.

2.QuestionsforDiscussion:

（Suggestedanswersforreference）

（1）Whydoyouthinktheauthorchose―GuestsoftheNation‖asthetitleoftheshortstory?

（Obviously,―guests‖inthetitlereferstothetwoEnglishprisoners,and―thenation‖referstoIreland.Unconsciously,theIrishguardsreferredtothemas―ourguests‖ratherthan―enemysoldiers.‖Thefourofthemcou