The Telephone 现代大学英语课件
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• the city had approximately
• 100,000 residents.
2. In those days, there was no real need for a calendar or a watch to keep track of the hours, days, months, and years. to keep track (of): to keep oneself informed about a person, situation, etc, e.g. They try hard to keep track of all the new developments in the IT industry. The boy has kept track of his favorite sports stars. Cf. to lose track (of): to fail to remain informed: He loses track of time whenever he surfs the Net. During WWII, the Chinese couple lost track of their son who was studying in Britain.
The Map of Lebanon
The Site of an Old Castle
• National Emblem
National Flag
•
Beirut at Night
Fishing Along the Coast of Beirut
Lebanese Old Man
Lebanese Lady
• …they were ready to toss back and forth, like a ball, the latest rumors going around the village.
• Magdaluna became a skeleton of its former self, desolate and forsaken, like the tombs, a place to get away from.
We knew what to do and when to do it, just as the Iraqi geese knew when to fly north, driven by the hot wind that blew in from the desert.
… the two important-looking men from the telephone company, who proceeded with utmost gravity, like priests at Communion, to wire up the telephone. I wriggled my way through the dense forest of legs to get a firsthand look at the action. Her house was an island of comfort, an oasis for the weary village men, exhausted from having so little to do.
. The narrative is set in a village in Lebanon. It provides us with some cultural background of the Arab world, which is strategically important because of its geographical position and its rich oil reserves (though not in Lebanon). In the new century, the
world is becoming a global village. It is important for students of English to learn about other cultures so that they can communicate effectively with people from different ethnic backgrounds. The students also have much to learn from the structural organization and narrative techniques of the essay. The text can be conveniently divided into two parts. The introduction, which extends over the first ten paragraphs, making up more than one-third, provides background information: very detailed description of the villagers’ way of life before the
telephone came. The second part is about how the telephone was installed, what changes it brought about in the village. The transition between sections and paragraphs is smooth. The most striking narrative technique is the use of figure of speech with a local flavor. For example:
3. The only timepiece we had need of then was the sun.
The ch we needed at that time.
need: a strong feeling that you want sb/sth or must have sth, e.g.
• He was born in a small town about 100 kilometers southwest of Hangzhou.
• The Browns live 150 miles west of London.
• Sidon: a city on Lebanon’s southern coast, approximately 25 miles south of Beirut. It is one of the country’s largest ports and one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In 1985,
III. Detailed Discussion of the Text
1. When I was growing up in Magdaluna, a small Lebanese village in the terraced, rocky mountains east of Sidon… Magdaluna: a village that lies in the Lebanon Mountains running parallel to the Mediterranean coastline. A narrow plain lies along the Mediterranean coastline. In some places the plain is just wide enough for a road. east (west, etc) of: at a distance to the east (west, etc), e.g.
• Cf. need: a situation when sth is necessary or must be done, e.g.
• As the helicopter arrived, Katie knew that her desperate need to direct her own rescue was over.
thing coming into people’s lives. Like globalization, any invention is a double-edged sword.
The coming of the telephone left Magdaluna desolate (negative effect), but it broke the seclusion of the village. We cannot resist a good thing because it might have some negative effects, just as we cannot throw the baby out with the bath water.
• There’s no need to apologize.
• 4. It rose and set,…
• In the remaining part of the paragraph, the writer summarizes what life was like in home village when was a child. The villagers followed the life pattern generation after generation. He uses a series of action verbs to emphasize the unchanging cycle of birth, marriage, toil and death in the small Lebanese village. The paragraph ends with the conclusion that with life as it was, there was no need to keep track
There was a time in the country when you’d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need. (Book l, Lesson 12, para. 1)
to have no need of: to not need, e.g. We have no need of this old desktop now that we’ve bought an up-to- date one.
Lesson 10
The Telephone
by Anwar F. Accawi
• II. Introductions
1. About the author (see P.300) 2. About the Text
The telephone is one of the most wonderful inventions of all times. With the arrival of more sophisticated means of telecommunications, it still remains an important instrument in our daily life. The text describes, from a little boy’s perspective, how the telephone affected people’s way of life in a Lebanese mountain village. The essay raises the question of what attitude we should adopt toward new things, whether we should welcome them or boycott them. The question is not so easy to answer, but the writer’s conclusion seems to be that whether you like it or not, you cannot stop a good
• 100,000 residents.
2. In those days, there was no real need for a calendar or a watch to keep track of the hours, days, months, and years. to keep track (of): to keep oneself informed about a person, situation, etc, e.g. They try hard to keep track of all the new developments in the IT industry. The boy has kept track of his favorite sports stars. Cf. to lose track (of): to fail to remain informed: He loses track of time whenever he surfs the Net. During WWII, the Chinese couple lost track of their son who was studying in Britain.
The Map of Lebanon
The Site of an Old Castle
• National Emblem
National Flag
•
Beirut at Night
Fishing Along the Coast of Beirut
Lebanese Old Man
Lebanese Lady
• …they were ready to toss back and forth, like a ball, the latest rumors going around the village.
• Magdaluna became a skeleton of its former self, desolate and forsaken, like the tombs, a place to get away from.
We knew what to do and when to do it, just as the Iraqi geese knew when to fly north, driven by the hot wind that blew in from the desert.
… the two important-looking men from the telephone company, who proceeded with utmost gravity, like priests at Communion, to wire up the telephone. I wriggled my way through the dense forest of legs to get a firsthand look at the action. Her house was an island of comfort, an oasis for the weary village men, exhausted from having so little to do.
. The narrative is set in a village in Lebanon. It provides us with some cultural background of the Arab world, which is strategically important because of its geographical position and its rich oil reserves (though not in Lebanon). In the new century, the
world is becoming a global village. It is important for students of English to learn about other cultures so that they can communicate effectively with people from different ethnic backgrounds. The students also have much to learn from the structural organization and narrative techniques of the essay. The text can be conveniently divided into two parts. The introduction, which extends over the first ten paragraphs, making up more than one-third, provides background information: very detailed description of the villagers’ way of life before the
telephone came. The second part is about how the telephone was installed, what changes it brought about in the village. The transition between sections and paragraphs is smooth. The most striking narrative technique is the use of figure of speech with a local flavor. For example:
3. The only timepiece we had need of then was the sun.
The ch we needed at that time.
need: a strong feeling that you want sb/sth or must have sth, e.g.
• He was born in a small town about 100 kilometers southwest of Hangzhou.
• The Browns live 150 miles west of London.
• Sidon: a city on Lebanon’s southern coast, approximately 25 miles south of Beirut. It is one of the country’s largest ports and one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In 1985,
III. Detailed Discussion of the Text
1. When I was growing up in Magdaluna, a small Lebanese village in the terraced, rocky mountains east of Sidon… Magdaluna: a village that lies in the Lebanon Mountains running parallel to the Mediterranean coastline. A narrow plain lies along the Mediterranean coastline. In some places the plain is just wide enough for a road. east (west, etc) of: at a distance to the east (west, etc), e.g.
• Cf. need: a situation when sth is necessary or must be done, e.g.
• As the helicopter arrived, Katie knew that her desperate need to direct her own rescue was over.
thing coming into people’s lives. Like globalization, any invention is a double-edged sword.
The coming of the telephone left Magdaluna desolate (negative effect), but it broke the seclusion of the village. We cannot resist a good thing because it might have some negative effects, just as we cannot throw the baby out with the bath water.
• There’s no need to apologize.
• 4. It rose and set,…
• In the remaining part of the paragraph, the writer summarizes what life was like in home village when was a child. The villagers followed the life pattern generation after generation. He uses a series of action verbs to emphasize the unchanging cycle of birth, marriage, toil and death in the small Lebanese village. The paragraph ends with the conclusion that with life as it was, there was no need to keep track
There was a time in the country when you’d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need. (Book l, Lesson 12, para. 1)
to have no need of: to not need, e.g. We have no need of this old desktop now that we’ve bought an up-to- date one.
Lesson 10
The Telephone
by Anwar F. Accawi
• II. Introductions
1. About the author (see P.300) 2. About the Text
The telephone is one of the most wonderful inventions of all times. With the arrival of more sophisticated means of telecommunications, it still remains an important instrument in our daily life. The text describes, from a little boy’s perspective, how the telephone affected people’s way of life in a Lebanese mountain village. The essay raises the question of what attitude we should adopt toward new things, whether we should welcome them or boycott them. The question is not so easy to answer, but the writer’s conclusion seems to be that whether you like it or not, you cannot stop a good