全新版大學(xué)英語第三冊unit 6-The last leaf

Unit6

ThelastLeaf遼寧石油化工大學(xué)外語學(xué)院第四教學(xué)部田蘇TeachingProceduresABriefIntroductiontotheAuthorTextAnalysisVocabularyLearningSummary4123Homework5IntroductiontotheAuthor O.Henry(1862-1910),thepseudonym(筆名)ofWilliamSydneyPorter,wasadistinguishedAmericanstorywriter.MainWorksTheCopandtheAnthemTheGiftoftheMagiTheLastLeafSurpringendingsWritingStyleThevividnessofdetailsCoincidence1.SurprisingendingsTheGiftoftheMagiTIP:Hissurpriseendingisespeciallylikedbyreadersandmakesallreadersthinkofitlongafter.In“TheGiftoftheMagi〞,O.Henryusedthemostfamoustrickending.ThestorytellsreadersabouthowapooryounghusbandandwifebuyeachotheraChristmaspresent,thoughtheyarebothnearlypenniless.TheymakeuptheirmindstogetasuitableChristmasgiftfortheothersideforsincerelove.Thewifehasherbeautifulhaircutoffandsellsthehairtobuythehusbandagoldwatchchain.Hesellshiswatchtogetasetofcombs.Whenheandshefinallyknowwhatisthematter,bothofthemfeelverysurprisedandatthesametime,theyfeelmuchdisappointed,forthepresentsthattheyhaveboughthavenouseatthistime.Theconceptionofthisisreallyingeniousandclever.Whenthestoryisover,thereadersbecomeintoxicatedintheminutearrangementofthewriter,andmeanwhilearedeeplymovedbythisyoungaffectionatecouple.2.ThevividnessofdetailsO.Henryoftenobservesthepeopleandthingsaroundhim,sohealwaysgivesadescriptionofvividdetailsinhisshortstories.Hedoeshisbesttomakehisportrayalexactandexquisite.Theverystyleofthestoriesisabsorbing.Suchdetaileddescriptionmakeseveryreaderindulgehimintheplotsofthestory.Themorepeoplereadsuchwritings,themoretheyareinterestedinthecharactersandplotsinthestories.3.CoincidenceCoincidenceisanothercharacteristicofO.Henry’swriting.Inmanyofhisstories,therearemanycoincidentalplots.In“TheGiftofMagi〞,DellasellsherlonghairtogetJimagoldwatchchain,andJimsellshiswatchtobuyDellaasetofcombs.Howcoincidentalitisreally!TextAnalysisCharactersinthestoryTextOrganizationIntroductiontothePlotThreads1243CharactersDoctorJohnsySueOldBehamanTextOrganization12345671-23-89-1718-2122-3334-3738-39Johnsycaughtpneumonia.ThedoctortoldSuethatJohnsyneededastrongwilltoliveon.Johnsydecidedthatshewoulddiewhenthelastleaffell.SuetoldBehrmanaboutJohnsy’sfancy.AsJohnsywasencouragedbythelastleafthatshedecidednottogiveupandliveon.AsJohnsyrecovered,Behrmancaughtpneumoniaandhiscasewashopeless.SuetoldJohnsythatBehrmanhadperformedakinddeedwithoutanythoughtofself.scenescharactersparagrapheventsThreadsThread1Thelastleaf

Thread2Thedoctor’sthreevisits

Thread3Soup

Thread4MasterpieceThread1Thestoryis,asindicatedbyitstitle,builtaroundthelastivyleaf.Inotherwords,thelastivyleafisthemainthreadthatrunsthroughthewholestory.Atfirst,JohnsywasdeterminedtodiewhenthelastivyleaffallWhenshesawthelastleafstillclingtothevineaftertwonight’srainandwind,shedecidednotogiveupherlife.Thecoldfiercewinddidnotblowawaythe“l(fā)astleaf〞becauseBehrmanriskedhislifetopaintthelastleaf.Attheendofthestory,SuecalledthepaintedleafBehrman’smasterpiecebecauseitwassoperfectthatthegirlsbothmistookitfortherealthingThread2Johnsywasseriouslyill.Johnsyhada50-50chanceforsurvivalanddeathwhileoldBehrmanwasincurablysick.Johnsywassuretorecover.Thedoctor’sthreevisitsareanother“thread〞thathelpsmakethestoryacoherentpiece.Scanthestoryandunderlinethesentencesthatindicatethispoint.Thread31.Johnsyrefusedtotakeanysoupwhenshedecidedtodiewiththefallofthelastleaf.2.Whenshewasshakenaliveagainbythatundyinglastleaf,oneofherfirstdesireswastodrinksomesoup.Scanthestoryandunderlinethesentencesthatindicatethispoint.Soupisanother“thread〞thathelpsmakethestoryacoherentpiece.Thread4Masterpieceisanother“thread〞thathelpsmakethestoryacoherentpiece.Scanthestoryandunderlinethesentencesthatindicatethispoint.OneTwoThreeOldBehrmanwasafailureinart.Hehadalwaystalkedaboutamasterpiece,yethewasunabletodeliverit.“SomedayIwillpaintamasterpiece,andweshallallgoaway.〞Finally,oldBehrmanpaintedhismasterpieceatthecostofhislife.Introductiontotheplot1趣味相投的兩個年輕畫家Sue和Johnsy成了好朋友，擁有一間共同畫室。2Johnsy得了肺炎，很虛弱，只能隔著小窗看著窗外那棵幾乎光禿禿的常青藤，并在不停數(shù)著樹上的葉子。Introductiontotheplot3Johnsy情緒很低落，跟Sue說，樹上最后一片樹葉落下的日子就是她離去的日子，Sue很擔(dān)憂她。4Sue把Johnsy的想法告訴了也很關(guān)心她的老畫家Behrman。Introductiontotheplot5一夜疾風(fēng)暴雨后，Johnsy看到樹上仍留有一片樹葉，重新鼓起了活下去的勇氣。6Behrman冒著風(fēng)雨在墻上畫了一片樹葉,因感風(fēng)寒，得了肺炎死了。VocabularylearningLanguagePoints1UsefulExpressions2Vocabularylearningjoint=join(參加)+t(n)1.jointadj.共同的；連接的；構(gòu)詞①Thehouseisourjointproperty.

這房子是我們的共同財(cái)產(chǎn)。②Theseforeignershaveputforwardaproposalforajointventure.

這些外國人提出了一個合資企業(yè)的建議。例句搭配jointeffect共同努力jointownership共同所有VocabularylearningManypetsarevictimsofoverfeeding.有許多寵物因喂食過量而遭殃。2.victimn.犧牲品，受害的人(或動物)例句fallavictimto成為…的受害者例句搭配派生victimizevt.使?fàn)奚鞘芎?，欺騙VocabularylearningIwasreallyscaredbyhisfiercelook.我被他兇狠的表情嚇壞了。3.fierceadj.兇猛的;憤怒的例句fierceeffort拼命努力搭配派生fiercelyadv.〔副詞〕fiercenessn.〔名詞〕Vocabularylearning①Ialwayshavethefancythathewillcomeback.我常常夢想他會回來。②I'vesuddenlytakenafancytodetectivestories.我突然喜歡上了偵探小說.4.fancyn.夢想幻覺；愛好例句aftersb’sfancy中某人意catchthefancyofsb.吸引某人搭配派生fancifuladj.存在于想象中的，想象出來的近形fantasyn.想象〔的產(chǎn)物〕Vocabularylearning①Thestreamisshallow.那條小溪水很淺。②Myeyeswerestreamingwithtears.我的眼中流下了淚水。5.streamn.河；流vi.&vt.流例句streamyadj.多河川的；流水般的派生近形screamvi.尖叫n.尖叫聲辨析currentstreamCurrent可指空氣，水，電等的流，強(qiáng)調(diào)流動的方向或路線以及力量和速度。Stream主要指“溪流〞，強(qiáng)調(diào)源源不斷流動的概念Vocabularylearningsubtract8from10youhave2.10減8得2。6.subtractvt.減，減去，去掉例句subtractsth.(fromsth.)~減去搭配派生subtractiveadj.(可)減少的，負(fù)的subtractionn.減(法)近形abstractadj.抽象的n.摘要Vocabularylearning①Hejustwalkedinbarefeetontheruggedpath.

他赤腳走在崎嶇的小路上。②Tomearnabaresubsistencewage.湯姆掙得工資勉強(qiáng)糊口。7.bareadj.赤裸的；僅僅的例句bearn.熊v.負(fù)擔(dān),忍受,帶給,具有,擠,向近形辨析bare,nakedbareadj.指物體外表沒有遮蓋，沒有裝飾；或人的局部軀體露。nakedadj.赤裸的，無保護(hù)的。指人時表示一絲不掛的，指物時表示無保護(hù)層或無裝飾物Vocabularylearning①It’sasintowastefood.浪費(fèi)糧食是一種罪過。②JonahsinnedbynotobeyingwhatGodtoldhimtodo.

約拿不遵照上帝囑咐的去做而犯了罪.8.sinn.罪，罪孽vi.犯罪例句sinfuladj.有罪的,有過失的sinlessadj.無罪的;無辜的sinnern.犯罪者派生辨析crime;sin

crime:觸犯法律的罪行

sin:冒犯上帝或宗教的罪惡、罪孽Vocabularylearning①There'sanacuteshortageofwaterinthecity.

城里嚴(yán)重缺水。②Apaintermustbeanacuteobserver.

畫家必須敏于觀察。9.acuteadj.尖的，銳的；敏銳的例句acutedisease急性發(fā)作的病acuteangle銳角搭配辨析keen,acute,sharp,shrewd這些形容詞均有“銳利的、敏銳的、機(jī)敏的〞之意。keen多指對復(fù)雜艱深的事物或問題有敏銳的觀察和敏捷的理解。acute側(cè)重感覺敏銳，能分辨出一般人難以覺察的細(xì)微區(qū)別。sharp指人頭腦精明、敏銳或機(jī)敏。shrewd指有頭腦，善于判斷分析，精明過人Vocabularylearning①Therewerescarcelyahundredpeoplepresent.出席的缺乏一百人。②Tomysurprise,theguideturnedouttoknowscarcelyawordofEnglish.讓我吃驚的是，那個向?qū)缀跻稽c(diǎn)英語都不懂。10.scarcelyadv.僅僅；幾乎不例句scarcelyany幾乎沒有搭配辨析hardly,

scarcely,

barely這些副詞均含“幾乎不〞之意。hardly指接近最低限度，差不多沒有多余，強(qiáng)調(diào)困難和程度。scarcely指不太充分，不太夠，缺乏，不能令人滿意，強(qiáng)調(diào)數(shù)量。barely指僅僅夠，一點(diǎn)不多，強(qiáng)調(diào)沒有多余。

Vocabularylearning①He'sgofortherestfortherestofthenow.他今天不會回來了。②Savetherestforthefoodfortomorrow.把其余的吃的留到明天。

11.fortherest至于其他，除此以外例句Vocabularylearning①Thisisoneofthethingsthatstandoutinmymemory.②OntherecordIhavejustplayed,thefirstsongstandsoutfromalltheothers.12.standout引人注目,顯眼;突出,出色例句Usefulexpressions〔1〕磚樓某人在某方面的品味燈籠袖是…和諧的可怕的蔓延這一地區(qū)intune(with)…One’stasteinsth.bishopsleevesbrickbuildingstalkaboutthedistractUsefulexpressions〔2〕到處一成希望那不勒斯灣醫(yī)藥療效吹著輕快的口哨curativepowerofmedicinesonechanceintentheBayofNapleshereandtherewhistlingamerrytuneUsefulexpressions〔3〕倒著數(shù)空蕩蕩的沉悶的院子常青藤低聲地兩眼一直盯著窗外inawhisperabare,drearyyardivyvinecountbackwardkeepone’seyesfixedoutthewindowUsefulexpressions〔4〕住在底層過分，過度嘲笑看護(hù)人光線暗淡的guarddogtoexcess.mockatliveonthegroundfl