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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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上课地点：高一（8）班

Lesson 1 The Taste by Roald Dahl (2 periods required) Lesson 2 The Swing by Mary Gavell(2 periods required) Lesson 3 The Lady or the Tiger? By Frank Stockton(2 periods required)

Lesson 4 Guests of the Nation by Frank O’Connor(2 periods required)

Lesson1 Roald Dahl: The Taste

(2 periods required)

Teaching objectives:

1. To master some expressions in the passage

2. Text for Reading

3. Interpretation and Discussion

Teaching difficulties:

1.To find the meaning behind the words

2.To write a short story after reading

Time: 2 periods

Teaching procedures:

1. Questions for Discussion: (Suggested answers for reference)

(1) Can you explain the writer’s plotting -- which part is the exposition, or complication, or climax, or resolution of this short story? (exposition: lines 1-17); complication: lines 18-404; climax: lines 405-425; resolution: lines 426-431)

(2) The narrator seems to be rather suspicious of Prat t’s motive. Can you find the places in the story where he shows his suspicion and underline them?

He was completely engrossed in conversation with Mike’s eighteen-year-old daughter, Louise. … As he spoke, he leaned closer and closer to her, and the poor girl leaned as far as she could away from him, nodding politely, rather desperately…(lines 67-72)

… in two short swallows he tipped the wine down his throat and turned im mediately to resume his conversation with Louise Schofield. (lines 78-80)

Except that, to me, there was something strange about his drawling voice an d his boredom: between the eyes a shadow of something evil, and in his bear ing an intentness that gave me a faint sense of uneasiness as I watched him. (lines 121-124)

And yet, curiously, his next questions seemed to betray a certain interest.Yo u like to increase the bet?‖ (lines 138-139)

It was a solemn, impassive performance, and I must say he (Pratt) did it well . (line 289) 6) … he was becoming ridiculously pompous, but I thought that some of it was deliberate… (lines 316-317)

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 (Pratt) was completely engrossed in conversation with Mike’s eighteen-year-old daughter, Louise. He was half turned towards her, smiling at her…(Pratt had an interest in his friend’s daughter and showed that almost openly. This shows that he is not a gentleman, but a mean-minded person.)

(2) (The narrator): ―But why the study?‖Mike: ―It’s the best place in the house. Richard helped me choose it last time he was here.‖(This is a foreshadowing. Richard Pratt had set the trap. From the very beginning of the betting, Pratt had already had the plan, and step by step he led Mike into the trap.)

(3) …and then he (Mike) picked up his knife, studied the blade thoughtfully for a moment, and put it down again.

(He was making an effort to restrain himself and suppress his anger, but he might do anything if he can not control himself in an explosive moment. Pratt’s desire for his daughter was outrageous and he had been challenging his patience for almost too long.)

(4) It was a solemn, impassive performance, and I must say he (Pratt) did it well. (The narrator seemed to have noticed that what Pratt had staged was a well-prepared ―performance.‖)