Unit 3 A_Dill_Pickle 蒔蘿泡菜

1、A Dill PickleA Dill PickleKatherine MansfieldTransation Exercises 1. 蒔蘿泡菜 2. 她眼里帶著心不在焉的神色。 3. 我們對他的惡劣行為非常惱怒。 4. 她總是想起過去的事. 5. 有一架飛機(jī)在我們的房子上盤旋 6.他是一個性格復(fù)雜的人喜怒無常，憂郁寡歡。 7. 做鬼臉 8. 豎起耳朵 She had a dreamy look in her eyes. We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. A plane is hover on our house. He is a compl

2、icated man moody and melancholy dill-小茴香Lesson 9 A Dill PickleThe end of Dill Pickle. Cucumber reserved in salty and spicy water with such ingredients as pepper, garlic, dill and vinegar. Questions: When do people eat dill pickles? How does a dill pickle taste? Whats the main function of dill pickle

3、s? 1. Normally, people usually eat them during the meals in order to stir up their appetite. 2. A dill pickle tastes sour, spicy, bitter and sweet. 3. They serve as appetizer. Word Studyegoist: n. a person who is always thinking about themselves or what is best for themselves. 自我主義者 egoism n. 自我主義 A

4、bout the TextAbout the TextWord Studyexasperate: v. If someone or something exasperates you, they annoy you and make you feel frustrated or upset 激怒;觸怒;使生氣 e.g.He exasperated her at last. 他終于把她激怒了。 She was exasperated at/by his stupidity.Geranium天竺葵Wild GeraniumMarigold 萬壽菊verbena美人櫻 A D i l lPickle

5、narcissus，narcissism，narcissist，narcissistichaunt: vi.1) to visit (said of ghosts) regularly; 2) to return repeatedly to the mind, e.g. 她總是想起過去的事. Memories of the past haunt her. Im haunted with gloomy thoughts and sad memories. 我常為悲觀的思想和悲痛的追念所困擾。 haunting adj. continually recurring to the mind; （聲音

6、、形象、話語等）令人難忘的，縈繞心頭的 The show is both entertaining and haunting, funny and tragic. 這出戲是給人愉悅的,也是令人難以忘懷的,是詼諧的,也是悲慘的。About the TextAbout the TextWord Studymaniac n. (1) mad person; (2) person with extreme liking (for sth) 狂熱分子 e.g. Shes a football maniac. 足球迷About the TextAbout the TextWord Studygrimace

7、 n. an ugly twisted expression on the face to cause laughter or to show pain,disgust,etc e.g. Thomas made a grimace after he had tasted the wine. 托馬斯嘗了那葡萄酒后做了個鬼臉.About the TextAbout the TextWord Studyinfuriate: vt. make sb extremely angry e.g. It infuriated me to think of the money weve wasted. 他們沒完

8、沒了地批評把我給氣壞了I was infuriated by their constant criticism. 我對他極為生氣 I am infuriated with him.About the TextAbout the TextWord Studyloathe: hate sth very much厭惡；憎惡 e.g, 兩個男人互相看不順眼 The two men loathe each other.About the TextAbout the TextWord Studyself-engrossed adj occupied with ones own thoughts or in

9、terest; paying no attention to anything other than ones own business 以自我為中心的 hover1) To remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air: 盤旋；徘徊e.g. 蝴蝶在花間飛翔Butterflies hover from flower to flower.2) be in an uncertain situation or state of mind. He hovered between staying and leaving.在去留問題上，他猶豫不決

10、了。我猶豫不決今晚是聽音樂會還是看戲。Im hovering between the concert and the play tonight.3) price, value, or score stays at more or less that level and does not change much: (價格、價值、分?jǐn)?shù)等）上下波動e.g. The price hovers with demand.價格隨著需求的變化而波動。melancholy N. adj A feeling of thoughtful sadness 憂郁，愁思 憂郁的，使人悲傷的 E.g. 在他的散文中貫穿著一

11、種憂郁的情緒。 a feeling of melancholy runs through his prose. 我立即陷入無限的愁思之中 All at once I fell into a state of melancholy.purr v. intr.（不及物動詞） To make or utter a soft, vibrant sound: 產(chǎn)生或發(fā)出一種輕柔且顫動的聲音： The cat purred. The sewing machine purred. 貓發(fā)出嗚嗚聲?？p紉機(jī)嗚嗚地響著 v.tr.（及物動詞） To express by a soft, vibrant sound.

12、 （人愉快或勸說別人時）輕柔地說話 You can tell me the truth, she purred. “你可以告訴我真相，”她輕聲說。prick 1) pricks holes刺；戳；扎 2) prick her finger with the needle. 戳傷；扎傷 3) pricks up ones ears to listen eagerly when sb suddenly hear an interesting sound or an important piece of information 豎起耳朵聽, 注意地聽 prick up oneself 打扮自已; 炫

13、耀自已ripple When the wind ripples plants or trees, they move in a wave-like motion. (植物等)如波浪起伏;（使）呈波狀起伏 樹冠在微風(fēng)中婆娑搖曳。 The tops of the trees rippled in the breeze A slight wind rippled the crops in the valley. 一陣微風(fēng)吹過，山谷里的莊稼便隨風(fēng)起伏。slumber to sleep peacefully 睡眠，熟睡； She fell into a deep and peaceful slumber

14、. 她睡著了，睡得又沉又香 The older three girls are still slumbering peacefully. 稍大的 3 個女孩還在安靜地睡著。A D i l lPickleChinese PagodaChinese PagodaA D i l lPickle Background InformationAbout the AuthorAbout the Author Katherine Mansfield An outstanding short story writer. She was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 18

15、88. She studied at Queens College, London, where she met John Middleton Murry, a famous critic, whom she later married. After years of ill-health and struggle as a freelance writer and reviewer, she achieved success with Bliss and Other Stories (1920) and The Garden Party (1922). Just as she won wor

16、ld fame, however, her health grew worse. She died of tuberculosis in 1923.A D i l lPickle She was a prominent modernist writer of short fiction who wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. When she was 19 Mansfield left New Zealand and settled in the United Kingdom, where she became friends

17、with modernist writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. During the First World War she contracted extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which led to her death at the age of 34.About the AuthorAbout the Author Critics praised her for her capturing the essence of Chekhovs art for stories emphasizing a

18、tmosphere and actual life rather than exciting plot, and for her “refreshing originality” and “ sensitivity to beauty”. 瑟琳曼斯菲爾德，(Katherine Mansfield)，短篇小說家。1888年生于新西蘭惠靈頓。于倫敦皇后學(xué)院學(xué)習(xí)期間結(jié)識勞倫斯和著名評論家約翰默里，其后與默里結(jié)婚。凱瑟琳長期遭受病痛折磨，作為一個自由撰稿人和批評家，她筆耕不輟，終于以天賜的福及其他故事和游園會取得成功。評論家贊譽(yù)其捕捉到了契訶夫的藝術(shù)精髓，側(cè)重生活的原汁原味而非出其不意的情節(jié)，創(chuàng)新讓人

19、耳目一新，對美有敏銳的直覺。在獲得世界聲譽(yù)的同時，她的健康每況愈下，1923年因肺結(jié)核病逝。 Mansfields creative years were burdened with loneliness, illness, jealousy, alienation - all this reflected in her work with the bitter depiction of marital and family relationships of her middle-class characters. Her short stories are also notable for

20、their use of stream of consciousness.About the AuthorAbout the Author Her Influence Revolutionized the English short story; Marked the maturity of English short story; Was often compared to Dickens and Chekhov.Text AnalysisuSetting of the story: uin a restaurantuProtagonists: uVera and her ex-lover

21、(his name was never told)Main Idea This is a story about a young man and a young woman who had been lovers once and now meet again after six years of separation, and as they reminisce, we begin to know what happened six years ago that finally led to the end of their relationship.Lesson 9 A Dill Pick

22、leCharacter AnalysisVeras changeThe mans changeLesson 9 A Dill PickleCharacter Analysis: Veras changePhysical Changes：Lesson 9 A Dill PickleLesson 9 A Dill PickleCharacter Analysis: The mans changeLesson 9 A Dill PickleWhat they have in common:interest in music, traveling and loneliness (both were l

23、onely)Lesson 9 A Dill PickleWhat do they have in common?Text AnalysisStructure1Paras. 1-12A chance reunion2Paras. 13-60His story and her story3Paras. 61-66The second breakupSpeaking Activities1. Role playDramatize the scene of their reencounterpay attention to the subtlety of tone, look, and action.

24、2. Love counselingImagine that you are a relationship counselor and give advice to the two lovers on what goes wrong in their relationship and how they can make up, if possible.1. Characteristics of modernist writing:symbolic imagesfragmented plottrivial subjectspsychological insight, “stream of con

25、sciousness” Text AnalysisStyle Many of the images in the story are deliberately symbolic. Can you find them? e.g. dill pickle Veras glove the strange beast 3. Why is the story titled “A Dill Pickle”? How is it relevant to a love story? What might it represent symbolically, if it does? A dill pickle

26、tastes sour, spicy, bitter and sweet. It may symbolize the feeling of Vera, a mixture of flavors. Veras life is very dull. So the meeting serves as an appetizer just as a stone is thrown into the motionless water and stirs up various desires to break the dull life of Vera. From the mans point of vie

27、w: Vera is just an appetizer, not a main course, meaning she is not a person that the man would like to spend the whole life with. She only makes his dull life a little colorful.How differently did Vera and the man react to their chance reencounter? Why? Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Discuss

28、ion 2. Do you think the man meant it when he said that Vera looked “so well”? Why did he say so? No, she was not feeling well.2. She smiled, he frowned. (p. 2)vShe smiled because she was very glad to see her old friend. He frowned because he could not recognize her.vFrown: move ones eyebrows togethe

29、r because one is angry, unhappy or confused.vfrown on/upon: disapprove sth.ve.g. My parents always frown on late nights out. 1. peel: n. the skin of the fruit（水果）皮，外皮 a banana peelv. to Peel an apple: take off the skin of an orange to peel potatoespeel offvviv1.peel off the outer layer of something剝

30、去v我花了兩天時間才揭下這些標(biāo)簽vIt took me two days to peel off the labels.v2remove（clothing）脫衣服v They peeled off their clothes and jumped into the waterv他們脫去外衣，跳入水中。 ve.g. Housewives routinely peel off crisp I0 000 ($ 82) notes to pay for their shopping.3. He closed his eyes an instant, but opening them his face

31、lit up as though he had struck a match in a dark room. (p. 2)paraphrase:v When he remembered who she was, he suddenly looked very excited.vLight up (with):v becomes bright; or sb suddenly looks pleased or happyv照亮; （使）變得喜悅ve.g On September 5 a massive display of fireworks will light up the sky here.

32、v9月5日會有大型焰火表演照亮這里的夜空vHer face lit up with happiness when she saw her beloved.About the TextAbout the TextExpressions3. You were saying: an expression used to encourage someone (you just interrupted) to continue to speak4. this trick of his: trick: clever action 小把戲 the trick of interrupting her Episode 1 (13-15): first date His memory: Sunshine flower, her beautiful vo