新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材(修订版)综合教程1 Unit7__When_Lightning_Struck
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1-4
5-9
Paragraphs
Main idea This part tells the readers what the passengers saw and did after they landed safely. These two paragraphs constitute the last part of this story.
I to the girl—the young woman to me
2) after the landing
passengers—the older woman—the young woman
--End: now
I remember—I wish—I realize
Detailed reading
17
• a glamous young woman: • as xonfident is the young businessman, tried to comfort the author, offered her cell phone to anyone who wanted to make a call • an older woman: • generously offered her bos of chocolates to the businessman • passangers in general: • calm. no one paniced. no one screamed.
18
• Identify the sequence of happenings
--Beginning: when struck
I—flight attendants—passengers
the girl—the young businessman—the pilot
--Body: 1) before the landing
3
Structure analysis of the text (2): stylistic features • This text is a piece of narration, which is reasonably orgainized—with a begining, a body and an end.
14
• A large part of narration is devoted to describing how passangers on the plane, including the suthor herself, behaved when the plane was hit by lightening and when it finally landed safely. Try to find in the narration some specific descriptions of the reaction and behaviour of the following people.
7
•
Theme: not pay back but pass on kindness from generation to generation.
8
Structure analysis Chronological order:
The actions are presented mainly in the order of their occurrence, following the natural time sequence of the happenings.
16
• • • •
a high school girl from town in east Texas: scared and most likely looking pale the authhor herself: worried, but still trying to encourage the young girl • a young businessman: • looked worried, but confident
4
• What's the pupose of a narrative text?
• It is not always just to tell the reader what happened; more often than not, it sends a message to the reader, which, in some cases, is implied, and in others explicitely stated.
Collocation:
be struck by lightning: be hit by lightning e.g. The tower has been struck by lightning.
Derivation:
lightning: adj.
20
• slam:
• to shut loudly and with force
9
• The tone is objective and emotional, with concrete or detailed accounts of the actual situations and touching scenes.
10
2. Work out the structure of the text by completing the table. Paragraphs Main idea The author tells us about the setting and the unexpected happening, and introduces some main characters including the writer. This part narrates and delineates the feelings, thoughts, and actions of the writer and other passengers on the plane when they were faced with the dangerous situation.
6
• The writer intends to tell us about her unusual, unforgetable travel experience in order to eulogize her fellow passengers, praise their fine deeds and inspire others to copy them.
13
Structural Analysis
• Part I (para. 1—4) Setting and characters 背景和人物 Our plane was unexpectedly struck by lightning, and the worried passengers were informed about an emergency landing. Part II (para. 5—9) Climax 达到高潮 Throughout the emergency landing, “I” was proud of the passengers’ perfect self-control in the crisis and their efforts to comfort one another. Part III (para. 10—12) Falling action 情节转弱 After the safe landing, “I” felt relieved and was deeply touched by “my” fellow passengers’ kind deeds while waiting for alternative flights.
•
•
•
Part IV (para. 13—14) Resolution 尾声 “My” adventurous plane trip taught me that what is most important is not to pay back kindness to a specific fellow passenger but to pass it on at large.
10-12
13-14
12
Five Elements of the Narrative
• Context When, where and to whom the emergency in the narrative happened • Selection of details Selecting relevant details with the theme in mind • Organization The chronological order • Point of View The first person narrator • Theme Praise for a virtue
Unit 3 When Lightning Struck
Produced by Fay
1Hale Waihona Puke Contents• • • • • • • • Pre-reading questions Background information Structure analysis Comprehension questions Group disscussion Language points of Text I Grammatical items Exercises
• Is there a message the author intends to send to the reader through the narration? If yes, then what is it? Is it implied or explicitly stated?
5
• The story is the writer’s objective and vivid narration of her extraordinary, unforgettable travel experience on a plane.
lightning: n. a powerful flash of light in the sky caused by electricity passing from one cloud to another or to the earth, usu. followed by thunder e.g. He runs as fast as lightning.
• 她将盒子砰地摔在桌上。
• She slammed the box down on the table.
• slam the door in somebody’s face: to close a door hard when someone is trying to come in
2
Structure Analysis
• What’s style?
• What’s the author’s purpose of narrating?
• What’s the theme? • How is the plot developed or organized? • What about the tone of the piece? • What is the structure?
15
• • • • • •
a high school girl from town in east Texas: the authhor herself: a young businessman: a glamous young woman: an older woman: passangers in general:
1-4
5-9
Paragraphs
Main idea This part tells the readers what the passengers saw and did after they landed safely. These two paragraphs constitute the last part of this story.
I to the girl—the young woman to me
2) after the landing
passengers—the older woman—the young woman
--End: now
I remember—I wish—I realize
Detailed reading
17
• a glamous young woman: • as xonfident is the young businessman, tried to comfort the author, offered her cell phone to anyone who wanted to make a call • an older woman: • generously offered her bos of chocolates to the businessman • passangers in general: • calm. no one paniced. no one screamed.
18
• Identify the sequence of happenings
--Beginning: when struck
I—flight attendants—passengers
the girl—the young businessman—the pilot
--Body: 1) before the landing
3
Structure analysis of the text (2): stylistic features • This text is a piece of narration, which is reasonably orgainized—with a begining, a body and an end.
14
• A large part of narration is devoted to describing how passangers on the plane, including the suthor herself, behaved when the plane was hit by lightening and when it finally landed safely. Try to find in the narration some specific descriptions of the reaction and behaviour of the following people.
7
•
Theme: not pay back but pass on kindness from generation to generation.
8
Structure analysis Chronological order:
The actions are presented mainly in the order of their occurrence, following the natural time sequence of the happenings.
16
• • • •
a high school girl from town in east Texas: scared and most likely looking pale the authhor herself: worried, but still trying to encourage the young girl • a young businessman: • looked worried, but confident
4
• What's the pupose of a narrative text?
• It is not always just to tell the reader what happened; more often than not, it sends a message to the reader, which, in some cases, is implied, and in others explicitely stated.
Collocation:
be struck by lightning: be hit by lightning e.g. The tower has been struck by lightning.
Derivation:
lightning: adj.
20
• slam:
• to shut loudly and with force
9
• The tone is objective and emotional, with concrete or detailed accounts of the actual situations and touching scenes.
10
2. Work out the structure of the text by completing the table. Paragraphs Main idea The author tells us about the setting and the unexpected happening, and introduces some main characters including the writer. This part narrates and delineates the feelings, thoughts, and actions of the writer and other passengers on the plane when they were faced with the dangerous situation.
6
• The writer intends to tell us about her unusual, unforgetable travel experience in order to eulogize her fellow passengers, praise their fine deeds and inspire others to copy them.
13
Structural Analysis
• Part I (para. 1—4) Setting and characters 背景和人物 Our plane was unexpectedly struck by lightning, and the worried passengers were informed about an emergency landing. Part II (para. 5—9) Climax 达到高潮 Throughout the emergency landing, “I” was proud of the passengers’ perfect self-control in the crisis and their efforts to comfort one another. Part III (para. 10—12) Falling action 情节转弱 After the safe landing, “I” felt relieved and was deeply touched by “my” fellow passengers’ kind deeds while waiting for alternative flights.
•
•
•
Part IV (para. 13—14) Resolution 尾声 “My” adventurous plane trip taught me that what is most important is not to pay back kindness to a specific fellow passenger but to pass it on at large.
10-12
13-14
12
Five Elements of the Narrative
• Context When, where and to whom the emergency in the narrative happened • Selection of details Selecting relevant details with the theme in mind • Organization The chronological order • Point of View The first person narrator • Theme Praise for a virtue
Unit 3 When Lightning Struck
Produced by Fay
1Hale Waihona Puke Contents• • • • • • • • Pre-reading questions Background information Structure analysis Comprehension questions Group disscussion Language points of Text I Grammatical items Exercises
• Is there a message the author intends to send to the reader through the narration? If yes, then what is it? Is it implied or explicitly stated?
5
• The story is the writer’s objective and vivid narration of her extraordinary, unforgettable travel experience on a plane.
lightning: n. a powerful flash of light in the sky caused by electricity passing from one cloud to another or to the earth, usu. followed by thunder e.g. He runs as fast as lightning.
• 她将盒子砰地摔在桌上。
• She slammed the box down on the table.
• slam the door in somebody’s face: to close a door hard when someone is trying to come in
2
Structure Analysis
• What’s style?
• What’s the author’s purpose of narrating?
• What’s the theme? • How is the plot developed or organized? • What about the tone of the piece? • What is the structure?
15
• • • • • •
a high school girl from town in east Texas: the authhor herself: a young businessman: a glamous young woman: an older woman: passangers in general: