大学英语精读第二册课件Unit 4
大学英语精读Book2 Unit4
2.To whom are the awards granted?
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3.When were the first Nobel Prizes awarded?
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on December 10, 1901, the fifth anniversary of Nobel’s death; in the captial of Sweden, Stockholm.
Unit 4
The Professor and the Yo-Yo
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
— Albert Einstein
Background Information Discourse Analysis
Language Points
II. Text Analysis:
The Professor and The Yo-Yo
Question: Why is the text entitled “The Professor and the Yo-Yo”?
⑴ An appealing title arouses readers’ interests
II. Background Information---Einstein:
1940
He became a United States citizen. Declined an offer to become president of Israel.
November 18,1952
April 18, 1955
1919
II. Background Information---Einstein:
1921
大学英语精读第二册unit4
1) few2) A little3) little4) few5) a few little6) a few few7) little8) few1) function2) corresponded with each other3) immune to4) at ease5) displayed6) approach7) puzzle8) a household word9) capable of carrying out10) so much so that1) a series of2) approaches3) are pursuing4) ambition5) fame6) come to terms with7) work out8) singled out9) personality10) taken apart11) at ease12) observe13) modest14) application15) curiosity16) solutions1) He writes exclusively for the "Washington Post".2) The friendship your people have for our people impressed me deeply during my visit in your country./ I was deeply impressed during my visit in your country by the friendship your people have for our people.3) It took Joe a long time to come to terms with the fact that he would no longer be able to go sailing again.4) Jim's grandfather believes more in fresh air and exercise than in medicine.5) Owing to his poor education he was frustrated in his attempt to find a good job.6) Most American cities are relatively small in terms of population when compared to Chinese cities like Shanghai and Beijing.1) emotional2) angry3) atomic4) exclusive5) famous6) jealous7) safe8) simple9) important10) valuable11) central12) delightful/delighted13) feasible14) fortunate15) personal16) capable17) sandy18) original19) curious20) easy1) typewriter2) honeymoon3) airport4) schoolmaster5) necklace6) eyesight7) loudspeaker8) sunrise9) heartbeat10) blood-test11) motorcycle12) crossroad13) spaceship14) superpower15) lifeboat16) rainstorm1) handbook/handmade/handsaw/handshake/handwork/handwriting2) housebreaker/housekeep/housekeeper/house arrest/housemate/housework3) workbook/workday/workmate/workshop/worksite/worktable4) bookkeeper/bookmark/book review/bookseller/bookshelf/bookstall5) riverside/roadside/bedside/dockside/inside/outside6) classroom/living room/reading room/waiting room/consulting room/dark room1) a drop of blood2) a grain of wheat3) a length of rope4) a lump of sugar5) a ball of string6) a block of marble7) a roll of toilet paper8) a helping of pie9) a blanket of heavy mist10) a slice of beef1) Joe's father was seen to return after dark.2) The wind was heard to roar through the trees.3) I don't think Tom can be made to take the boss's orders.4) The young man was seen to enter the building next to the bank.5) When she was in Shanghai the actress was heard to say she had long thought of this city as her second home.6) After the minister of education had finished speaking at the press conference, he was made to answer all sorts of questions.1) The doctor advised (that) Mike (should) stay in hospital until he was fully recovered.2) Cathy's father insisted (that) she (should) take a two-week rest before going back to work.3) The chairman of the Trade Union suggested (that) a special committee (should) be set up to look into the problem./ The chairman of the Trade Union suggested (that) they set up a special committee to look into the problem.4) The commander ordered (that) our company (should) start the attack before dawn.5) Knowing Jack to be dishonest, I demanded (that) he (should) tell me nothing but the truth.6) The dean of the philosophy department requested (that) the visiting scholar (should) give a lecture on Sartre.1) bewildered2) impressed3) modest4) profound5) displayed6) ambition7) singled out8) puzzle9) capable10) at ease1) by2) with3) listened4) gave5) told6) lecture7) sure8) Why9) for10) agreed11) two12) hall13) before14) place15) began16) single17) success18) people19) shaking20) followed21) before22) stopped23) a24) listened25) not26) nodded27) did28) thought29) but30) order31) was32) answer1) childhood2) a slow start3) mathematics4) grew up5) devote himself to research6) world-famous7) explain8) you think it's two hours9) the physical world10) conquer翻译1) 那小女孩跑得太快，身体一下失去平衡，跌倒了。
大学英语精读第二册unit4the professor and the yo yo
Do you know any proverbs of Einstein?
1. ―Imagination is more important than knowledge. ‖
2. Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.(一个从未犯错的人是因为他不曾尝试新鲜事物。 )
Pattern:
impress somebody with something: 使某人牢记某事 impress something on somebody 使某人牢记某事 be impressed by/with 被…所感动,对---留下深刻印象
Eg: We were deeply impressed by his deeds.
ambition:
n. a strong desire to achieve something, such as fame or power 野心；抱负，雄心 His ambition to become a millionaire has come true. A sparrow cannot understand the ambition of a swan. 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志。
The Yo-Yo
The Yo-Yo is a simple toy consisting of a grooved double disk with a string about the center. The player holds the end of the string which unwinds itself as the disk is dropped. Then by a slight jerk on the string, the player causes it to rewind itself, and to reel up back to the hand. Since 1930 it has become a popular toy.
大学英语精读二第四单元
Key words
• Frustrate vt. 挫败；使受挫折 adj. 无益的，无效的 These questions frustrated me... 这些问题让我沮丧。 • Frustrating 令人沮丧的 frustrated 沮丧的 e.g. I’ am very frustrated when hear that we lost the bask etball game . e.g. It’ s a frustrating news that we lost the basketball ga me.
Grammar
• I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein 我一直对爱因斯坦的个性惊叹不已。 • 一个句子里只能有一个主语和谓语,这个句子的主语是I,谓 语是 lost,所以后面的that was einstein是用来修饰the personality的定语从句.
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As a boy and then as an adult, I never lost my wonder at the personality that was Einstein. He was the only person I knew who had come to terms with himself and the world around him. He knew what he wanted and he wanted only this: to understand within his limits as a human being the nature of the universe and the logic and simplicity in its functioning. He knew there were answers beyond his intellectual reach. But this did not frustrate him. He was content to go as far as he could.
现代大学英语第二版精读2 Unit 4 The man in the water
Translation of Text A水中人穸杰•罗森布赖特就灾难而言，这次灾难虽然可怕，但并非绝无仅有，肯定也不是美国空难史上最严重的一次。
其特别之处在于发生在地面交通高峰时刻，坠落时飞机撞到了一座桥上。
另外一个特别之处就是空难发生的地点——华盛顿，在严冬里突如其来的一阵强风中，钢铁的机身猛烈撞击到钢铁的桥面，把这个布局合理、井然有序的城市，搞得一片混乱。
从华盛顿国家机场起飞后，喷气式飞机一般都像觅食的海鸥一样，会在各个总统纪念碑上空盘旋一阵。
此刻，那架坠落的飞机即是其中的代表。
除了金属与金属之间的冲突，此次空难也是色彩上的视觉冲突---有着“空中花园”之称的蓝绿相间的佛罗里达航空公司的一架客机，坠人了充满了灰色冰块、黑压压的河水中。
毫无疑问，这一切都引人注目，不过，除了人员死亡之外，其他因素都没有什么特别之处，虽说死亡总不是一般事件，但也未必会引起上百万人落泪或关注。
那么这次空难为什么如此震撼人心呢？也许在这次空难中，人们看到的不仅仅是一次机械故障。
也许，人们根本不认为这是人类的一次失败，而是看到了自身品质的某种胜利。
毕竟，这是两种自然力量---恶劣的天气与人的品德之间的冲撞。
上周三，恶劣的天气与以往一样无情，把第90次航班从空中掀了下来。
就在当天下午，人性在摸索中、抗争中挺身而出，对抗死神。
此次事件的四位英雄中，有三位能讲叙自己的事迹。
唐纳德•厄舍和尤金•温莎是美国国家公园巡警的一个直升机的机组成员，他们冒着生命危险一次次地将起落架放入水中救起幸存者。
在电视屏幕他俩并肩而坐，提起他的英勇事迹，他们说当时只是做了自己分内的事情。
28岁的勒尼•斯库特尼克是国会预算办公室的职员，谈起他跳下本将一名受伤的妇女救上岸时，他说：“我从来都没想过自己会这样做。
”他补充“总得有人下水救人。
”他说的是每个英雄都说的活，但此话无论重复多少遍，听者的敬仰丝毫不减。
实际上，没有人要求哪个人非得下水救人，可有人自觉下去了，这正是人们久久不能忘怀这次灾难的原因之一。
大学英语精读二U4TheProfessorandtheYo-Yo
the atomic bomb? Why? 5. Describe the appearance of Einstein.
motion of particles( 粒 子 ), the nature of light, and the
relationship between energy and inertia(惯性 ).
第四页，编辑于星期五：二十点 五十二分。
Before Reading
Global Reading
displayed no special promise.
■ 第三页，编辑于星期五：二十点 五十二分。
Before Reading
Global Reading
Detailed Reading
After Reading
Date
March 14, 1879
1903
Event
Born in Ulm(乌尔姆 ), Germany, the elder child of a businessman and a musical mother.
After Reading
October 1939
Wrote to Franklin Roosevelt(罗斯 福 ), President of the United States,
on the possibility of manufacturing a nuclear bomb(核 弹)
November 18,1952
现代大学英语(精读)2--lesson4
2. for want of: for the lack of For want of a better word, let’s call it Mefirstism. (As I can’t think of a better word, let’s call it me-firstism.) For want of something better to do she decided to try gardening. (As she could not find anything more interesting to do, she decided to try gardening.)
Quotes from Wilde
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell. The Duchess of Padua. The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. Lord Arthur Savile's Crime. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance. Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young. Young men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faithless and cannot. The Picture of Dorian Gray.
Oscar O’Wilde
(1854-1900)
Oscar O’Wilde
大学英语精读第二册 unit 4
immune
• • • • Adults are often immune to chicken pox. Few men are immune to her charms. 动物的免疫系统会受到压力的影响。 Stress seems to affect the immune defenses of animals.
1. Marry and Peter corresponded with each other for many years before they met. correspond to 相当于 2. Her job corresponds with her interests. correspond with 1.与...通信 3. The American Congress corresponds to 2. 相符合，相一致 the British Parliament. 4. 他言行不一。 His actions do not correspond with his words.
pretension
• The play mocks the pretensions of the new middle class. • She talked of her rich friends with great pretension.
pretentious adj.自命不凡的 speech/writing style
deduce <==> induce 归纳
赏你一丈红 Give you a 3.3333 meters' red！
贱人就是矫情 Your sister！Bitch is so bitch！
What a pretentious wretch 华妃 the Imperial Concubine of the Second Highest Rank Hua
大学英语精读第二册第四课课件
Text interpretation
Answer the questions
Comprehension Ex 2 on p.83
What type is the text, generally? A. narration B. exposition C. description D. argumentation
The Professor and the Yo-yo
Useful expressions Text interpretation Word family Sentence structure Translation Reading skill Guided writing Homework
Useful expressions
适中的价格 减轻疼痛 液晶显示器 保持平衡 环球旅行 简体中文 知识分子 A modest price Ease the pain LCD Keep balance Universal travel Simplified Chinese Intellectuals
Useful expressions
Hale Waihona Puke Text interpretation
9. He was beyond any pretension. 10. Material things meant nothing to him. 11. He believed in simplicity, so much so that… 12. When I suggested that he try shaving cream… 13. …I presented him with a tube of shaving cream. 14. … he was beaming with the pleasure of… 15. Then he reverted to using plain water. 16. He didn’t have the slightest interest in … 17. …a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water…
现代大学英语精读第二版book2unit4
• Match the words with their correct meaning in the text.
1. aesthetic 2. chaotic 3. commitment 4. standoff 5. impact a. a determination to do what one considers to be his duty b. being central or most important c. a situation in which neither side in a fight can gain an advantage d. the force of one object striking or hitting another e. concerning beauty, esp. beauty in art f. a stop or pause g. in a state of complete disorder and confusion
Background
Genre
– What kind of article do we have for this lesson? Where do we generally find it? – What does this article concentrate on? Does it focus on the description of the disaster or how people are saved? Why?
Background News Feature
• A news feature does not cover all the details a news report has to contain and only focuses on certain aspects of the event on which the reporter has something to say. Though the details about the news event have to be true and exact, the reporter can add his/her own comment and interpretation of the event, which he/she is not allowed in a news report.
现代大学英语精读第二版 第四单元课件
• Do you like the story? Why/Why not? • Read aloud the sentences/paragraphs you like best and
say why. • What is the story about? • How do you understand the historical background
• The KGB, the last in a series of Soviet security agencies dating from 1917, was officially disbanded（解散）when the USSR collapsed.
• During its years of operation the agency’s main directive was to protect the Soviet regime from internal and external threats by means of a vast police and spy network.
Warming up Questions / Activities
FBI
• It also provides services to other law enforcement agencies, including fingerprint identification, laboratory analysis of criminal evidence, police training, and access to a centralized crime information database.
undercover operation
大学英语精读第三版第二册Unit 4教案PPT
• 2.Key words and expressions: • 1). modest: • a. having, showing , not a too high opinion of one’s merits, abilities, etc. For example: • Asian women are more modest and shy, yet they tend to have an inner force. • b. moderate; not large in size or amount. For example: • The police came to suspect the man who lived a luxurious life on a modest income. • 2). balance: • Useful phrases: keep one’s balance; lose one’s balance; be in balance; be out of balance; off balance. • Special attention: ‘in the balance’ means ‘undecided’. For example: • Though her life was in the balance, she thought only of the safety of her fellows.
大学英语精读2第四单元
• 3. What do you know about the life of Einstein?
Before Reading
Global Reading
Detailed Reading
After Reading
Retelling the Story Directions: Read the following story three times and then retell it in small groups. After that, say something else about Albert Einstein. Albert Einstein One day the famous scientist Albert Einstein came across an old friend of his in a street in New York. “Mr. Einstein.” Said the friend, “it seems that you need to have a new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is.” “It doesn’t matter,” answered Albert Einstein. “No one knows me here in New York.” Several years later, they met in New York again. Einstein had become a world-famous physicist by then, but he still wore the same old overcoat. Once more his friend tried to persuade him to buy a new one. “There’s no need now,” said Einstein. “Everybody here knows me.”
现代大学英语第二版精读2Unit4KeytoExercisesTheManintheWater
现代大学英语第二版精读2Unit4KeytoExercisesTheManintheWaterKey to Exercises Less on 4 The Man in the Water Vocabulary 11 in compete nee2 immoral3 impossible4 in complete5 impers onal6 in direct7 in direct8 immovable9 immortal10 impolite11 in formal12 improper13 impartial14 impatie nt15 in correct16 in capable17 in sig ni fica nt18 impractical19 imperfect20 insen sitive21 impermissible22 impe netrable23 in differe nt24 immovable25 in visible26 immodest27 immature28 in valuable29 in variable30 immeasurable2) Guess the meaning of the following suffixes(1) -eeReferee; employee; payee; divorcee; trainee(2) -eervolun teer; pion eer; engin eer; profiteer;(3) -essStewardess; actress; con ductress; tigress; lion ess; duchess; coun tess; mistress;prin cess; hostess;3) T ran slate the followi ng expressi ons pay ing special atte ntio n to the compo und nouns in bold type made of verbs+adverbs.经济起飞欢送会梦想复辟可耻的出卖后续讨论产品用后就扔的现代经济脸上涂脂抹粉/化妆品用得太多8. 严重的精神崩溃9. 给了个表示许可的信号10. 怀疑这是有意掩盖真相我们叫个外买吧在那个军事接管以后给学生一些讲义改革的好处这联盟最后的破裂学校中途撤学的人第二天清晨仍能感觉酒后头昏/宿醉出来参加投票的人不多21 employer2 un faste n3 bad/evil4 uniden tified5 con cerned/cari ng/in terested/sympathetic6 immovable7 impers onal8 irresp on sible9 selfish ness10 in dividual/pers on al/specific/private11 shallow12 un dress13 slightly/somewhat/i n part14 deny15 groom31 air crashes/air collisio n and other disasters2 huma n n ature and character3 the tail sect ion of a jet pla ne4 huge chu nks of ice5 a floatati on ring6 faste n the seat belt7 cultural con flict/clash8 Flight 9119 mecha ni cal failure10 huma n tragedy11 harsh remarks12 make a disti ncti on betwee n good and evil13 preside ntial monuments14 typical/classic circumsta nee15 uni versal character16 a public hero17 emotio nal impact18 a mome nt of high traffic19 en duri ng won der20 Air Florida21 Con gressi onal Budget Office22 mass casualties41 refer to; known as2 in reality; as ever; resp on sible for3 brought; to tears; sticks4 worth; refer to; On the other hand; make a careful distinction5 came to the con clusi on; for6 takes off; on behalf of7 to be sure; care about; rise to the occasi on8 resp on sible for; acco unt for51 to; as2 on; to3 to; of4 on; in; un der5 accordi ng to; over6 with; at; at7 aga in st; for; to8 on, to9 on, to10 In/Owi ng to/Because of; of61 The fact that he was able to avoid the seem in gly in evitable crash made him a n ati onal hero.2 Of the four stude nts who risked their lives to try to drag the drow ning childre n to shore, two n ever retur ned.3 The Japa neseare known for their long life spa n. They believe they owe this to their eating habits/the composition of their diet, which contains a lot of fish products.4 I know Harris. I couldn ' t imagine a man like him making such stupid remarks.5 After testing her loyalty many times, he is now going to give her the most dan gerous task.6 I hear that Lincoln delivered an extremely powerful speech on that occasion. Whatever did he actually say?7 That this time they must be ready to challe nge death was clear to everybody. But no one regretted this move.8 As accide nts go/ As far as accide nts are concern ed, this one was not special: a crazy young man drives a car on a university campus and kills a young woman student. What is unusual is the fact that the man dares to challenge the people who want to take him to Public Security Bureau, because his father is a local police officer.9 Every time/Whe never we decide on a finan cial policy, wehave to make a clear distinction between short-term interests and Iong-term interests.10 Although it was early October, people could already be seen driving across the froze n river.Respondto or rewrite each of the remarks, using an appositive clause and the words in brackets.1. The boy ' s fear that he would fail the exam in ati on is totally groun dless.2. I have a/the feeling that the farmer ' s wife doesn ' t like the way some young people behave.3. A year after the pla ne crash, the couple still clung to the hope that their son would oneday retur n home.4. I think the police 'opinion that the victim was partly responsible for theft is ridiculous.5. The international community welcomes the news that the two countries have decided to return to the negotiating table.6. A lot of scientists don' think the result of their research is absolute proof that global warming isn ' t really happening.7. Ted decided to join the team, for he came to the con clusi on that he had more to gain tha n lose.8. Our departme nt head seems to have accepted the fact that wome n gen erally have better com muni cati on skills.1) anybody (usually in questions) / somebody (when you expect a “ yes ” answer2) anybody else ' s3) Everybody4) every one. Nobody5) no one else6) No one7) anyone (in questi ons)8) some one else9) Every one, no one10) NobodyUsing anything, somethi ng, everythi ng, nothing.1) everythi ng2) something (when “ yes ” is expected) /anything3) no thi ng4) somethi ng, any thi ng5) somethi ng6) no thi ng7) anything8) Someth ing, anything9) somethi ng(10) noth ingFill in each blank with ONE suitable word.(1) made⑵ while(3) scheduled⑷ took(5) takeoff⑹by(7) But(8) dan gerous(9) turn(10) Somethi ngQ Tran slate the senten ces using the word in brackets and an appositive clause.1. The fact that he is somebody ' s relative won ' t change our opinion of him.2. The wives of the miners trapped in the pit for three days were overjoyed by the n ews that theirmen had all bee n rescued.3. We must accept the possibility that we might be wrong.4. There ' s little hope that the patient will suvei.5. The faculty shares the opinion that the majority of this year' feeshmen are promisi ng.6. In spite of our econo mic growth, we should bear/keep in mi nd the fact that ours is still adevelop ing coun try.7. We should hear his explanation before we jump to the conclusion that he' to blame.8. There aren ' m any people who still cling to the idea that man should conquer nature ratherthan live in harmony with it.Q Ide ntify and correct the mistake(s) in each of the sen ten ces.1. Every one in our class went to the intern ati onal book fair.2. Every one of their new products became popular soon after it was laun ched.3. The Chin ese Delegati on expressed the hope that the two sides would soon stop fighting inthe area.4. I don ' t like the way (in which) he speaks to his patients.5. Is there anyone in the office?6. I think it was the director ' s fault, and nobody else is responsible for the disaster.7. Has anyone got anything importa nt to say?8. Lee Ying can' be in the library. I saw her going to the sports ground just a mome nt ago.9. If the fir efighters hadn ' t been caught in a traffic jam, they would have arrived anhour earlier.10. Not only did the medical team save many earthquake victims, but they also helped them torecover from the shock.。
现代大学英语精读2 Lesson4 The Nigtingale and the Rose
Lesson Four: The Nightingale and the Rose1. Group WorkⅠ. Genre and writing device1) This is a fairy tale. Fairy tales usually bear the following characteristics:A. They are primarily meant for children.B. They are full of supernatural or magical elements, imaginary persons, animals and objects.C. They use symbols to explain or reveal deeper meanings about life. (That’s why the best fairy tales such as those by Anderson contain deeper meanings and are also eagerly read by adults.)D. They are vivid, simple in narration, which is typical of the oral tradition of fairy tales.2) The writing techniques used in the writing include: personification, repetition, inversion, simile and metaphor. Find sentences from the text that contain these devices.A. Personification (treating sth that is without life as a human being or representing it in human from)B. Simile and metaphorSimile: …her voice was like water bubbling from a silver jar.…as white as the foam of the sea…Metaphor: ...and the cold crystal moonC. RepetitionD. InversionⅡ. Plot: A young student thought that he was madly in love with the professor’s daughter. He felt miserable because he could not find a single red rose in the whole garden to give to his love, and he knew that without the rose she would not agree to dance with him in the ball to be given by the prince the next day. The Nightingale overheard this and was deeply touched by what she believed was the expression of the young man’s true love. So she decided to help the young man, but she was told that the only way to get a red rose in this cold winter was for her to build it out of her music and her heart’s blood. The Nightingale of course also valued her life, but she was ready to lay down her own life for the happiness of the young couple. She therefore did what she was told to do. The next morning, the most beautiful red rose appeared, but the Nightingale was found dead under the rose-tree. Not knowing what it had cost to produce the rose, the student thought that he was very lucky to find this flower and he immediately plucked it and ran to the professor’s daughter. The professor’s daughter, however, turned him down because she had already agreed to dance with the Chamberlain’s nephew who had given her precious stones. The student was very angry, so he threw the rose away and returned to his reading.Ⅲ. StructurePart 1: Nightingale struck by the “the mystery of love”(Para. 1-12)Part 2: Nightingale looking for a red rose to facilitate the love (Para. 13-34)Part 3: Nightingale sacrificing her life for a red rose (Para. 35-45)Part 4: Student discarding the red rose (Para. 46-54)Ⅳ. Symbolic meanings of “Red rose”, “Lizard” “Butterfly” and “Nightingale”Red rose --- true love, which needs constant nourishment of passions of the lovers.Lizard --- cynic (cynical people).cynic: a person who sees little or no good in anything and who has no belief in human progress; person who shows this by sneering and being contemptuous.Nightingale --- a truthful, devoted pursuer of love, who dares to sacrifice his own precious lifeStudent --- not a true lover, ignorant of love, not persistent in pursuing loveⅤ. What meaning did Wilde want to convey in this tale? What do you think is the Wildean attitude toward love, romance, art and philosophy?This is a touching story of love, but not the love between the young student and the professor’s daughter, because neither of them understood what true love is. The girl was interested only in power and money, and the young man, in what he considered practical. The only person who understood love, treasured love, and was ready to sacrifice her life for love was the Nightingale. For her love is eternal music, love is the most precious thing: even more precious than life itself, and true love is always in the giving rather than in the taking.The story however, contains some veiled comments on life. Oscar Wilde advocated the idea of art for art’s sake, so what the student said about the Nightingale’s music (“It has form, but no feelings”) could be viewed as a sarcastic response to the author’s critics. Wilde seemed to be saying here that he was like the Nightingale, singing song after song, producing love and beauty with blood from his heart, and yet the world was too stupid to understand and appreciate himIn Wilde’s comments in a letter to one of his friends (May 1888), he wrote:The nightingale is the true lover, if there is one. She, at least, is Romance, and the student and the girl are, like most of us, unworthy of Romance. So, at least, it seems to me, but I like to fancy that there may be many meanings in the tale, for in writing it I did not start with an idea and close it in form, but began with a form and strove to make it beautiful enough to have many secrets and many answers.Ⅵ. What is love? Is love better than life, as the Nightingale believed? Interview other students in your group and summarize your ideas.2. Language Pointsunder/ beneathunder below underneathover above under underbeneathThe four words all mean “in a lower position relatively to some other object or place”. 下方（任何位置）1) Below (opposed to above) applies to sth that is anywhere in a lower place than the object of reference.Under (opposed to over) applies to sth which is below in a relatively vertical line and it may imply actual covering. 正下方c.f. The village is under/ below the plane.2) Beneath is an equivalent of both below and under, but it may imply distance between the objects.e.g. the submarine beneath the ship. 距离较远3) Underneath is often used in place of under or beneath. It is, however, the preferred term when thereis the intent to imply complete or nearly complete concealment. 完全覆盖e.g. mines underneath the city/ garments worn underneath a dress4) Under is used when there is the intent to express movement from one side to another.从一面到另一面e.g. The boy crawled under the table.5) In its extended sense, beneath frequently suggests social, moral, or general inferiority. 身份地位低下e.g. She married beneath her./ He consider such a job beneath him. 下嫁/ 有失身份6) In their extended sense, under and below agree in expressing inferiority but differ in the immediacy ofthe relation expressed. Thus one officer may be below another in rank without being under him in immediate subordination.（职位低，不一定是下属）Similarly, with reference to deficiency, below is commonly used in general, under in more specific relations. 表示“低于”的时候，below笼统，under 具体e.g. those below him (those in a lower or inferior position, rank) 比他职位低的人those under him (those under his charge) 受他管理的人below the average standard/ below normal temperaturesthose under six years of age/ a temperature under 307) Fixed expressions: under cover, under way, under present situations, under construction(Under is more generally used.)blossom1) compareflower : a technical term, referring to the part of a plant, often beautiful, which produces seedsbloom : a flower, esp. a large one; a flower grown esp. to be looked at (大的、供观赏)的花blossom: a flower esp. of a fruit tree2) extended usea. flower: the best part, the most perfect 精华部分，精英，最佳部分e.g. S he was in the flower of her youth. 正值豆蔻年华The flower of the nation’s young men died in that battle. 优秀青年b. bloom: a time of perfection, vigor or beauty 开花期，繁荣时期，繁盛时期e.g. the bloom of youth / Our friendship is blooming.c. blossom: sth analogous to a natural blossom (freshness or development) 长成，发展成e.g. Mozart blossomed (as a composer) very early in life. 在童年就崭露头角After a shy girlhood, she is blossoming out into a beautiful young woman. 亭亭玉立3) Phrase: The roses are in full flower/ bloom/ blossom. (in bud)4) Parts of a flower: bud, petal, stalk (花梗), ovary(子房), sepals(花萼), stamens(雄蕊), thornPlants: daisy, rose, oak-tree, daffodilbosom1) comparebreast: either of two parts of a woman’s body that produce milk, or the smaller parts on man’s body (Longman) chest: upper front of the body from the neck to the stomach 胸部，胸腔bosom: woman’s breast, usu. used in its extended meaning: 胸怀，怀抱，关怀2) translate:I’ll keep it in my bosom. 牢记心中He grew up in the bosom of his family. 在家庭的关怀下长大bride1) People in a weddingbridebridegroombridesmaidbest manchillycool: moderate, refreshing coldness a cool breeze 凉爽chilly: coldness that makes one shiver (Twenty Years Ago) a chilly wind 凉飕飕cold: a general term, sometimes means just a lack of warmth cold wind 寒风frosty: very cold, cold with frost freezing wind 凛冽的寒风Other words: icy, frigid, freezingjewels/ plants/ animalsjewels opal plants daisy animals nightingale(gems) ruby rose lizardamber oak-tree butterflycrystal daffodil (fly, dragonfly, firefly)emeralds doveOther precious stones: diamond, sapphire, jade, topaz, pearlebb1) comparethe ebb and flow of (life): the regular increase and decrease of sth, constant fluctuation 消长，兴衰，起伏2) examplesHis courage is ebbing away.The tide is on/ at the ebb. (diminishing, declining) 退潮，每况愈下My luckfling1) comparecast: throw (formal or old fashion)fling: throw violentlyhurl: throw with force (over a long distance)e.g. cast a net/ spell/ toss (up) 扔钱币/ toss over2) Translate the following sentences, paying attention to the meanings of “fling”.He flung his clothes on the floor with anger. (to throw violently, with force)猛地一扔She flung herself down on the sofa. (to move violently or quickly) 一把推/扑到在She flung back her head proudly. (to move violently or quickly) 一甩He flung himself into the task. (to devote to) 投身flush1) meaningMary’s face flushed (crimson) with embarrassment.blushedbecame red2) compareThe gunshot flushed a nightingale from the bush. (try to capture by forcing out)The bird still fluttered after it had been shot down. (move quickly and lightly up and down) arterymusical instrumentstringed instrument: harp, violinmusical instrument percussion instrument: drumwind instrument: pipe, hornbrass instrumentreed instrumentdelicateShe has a delicate hand = She has a small and beautiful hand.柔软的丝绸，娇嫩的皮肤delicate machine (carefully made, exquisite) 精巧的机器delicate china (fragile, easy to break or damage) 易碎的瓷器delicate sense of smell (sharp, sensitive) 敏锐的嗅觉微妙的delicacy: softness, tendernesssoarThe jet soared into the air. (The jet went up high in the air quickly) 急速升入高空Prices are soaring. (Prices are rising rapidly.) 物价飞涨Our spirits soared. (We suddenly feel very happy.) 精神高涨3. Expressionsfor/ from the want of a red rose wretchedbecause of the lack of a red rose miserable, unhappye.g. The plants died for/from want of water.He stayed home for want of anything better to do.They lived in want = They lived in povertyAre you in want of money? = in need ofsit lonely (adj.) –subject complementsit silentThe lizard laughed outright. the mouth of a riverburst out laughing. the foot of the pageGive me a red rose and I will sing you my sweetest song. (as a result of this)Come late again, and you will be fired.nip the buds nip sth in the budstop the growth of the buds stop or destroy sth at an early stage in its developmentstaincolor, dye, tarnishthe topmost spray of the rose treethe highest twig (small branch) of the rose tree (which bears buds, leaves or flowers)linger on in the skystayed in the sky, reluctant to leaveIt’s body trembled all over with ecstasyAll its body trembled with intense delightIt will not go with my dress.It will not match my dress.4. Dictation1. beneath 11. dedicate2. crimson 12. flutter3. bloom 13. cynic4. sincerity 14. bubble5. instrument 15. emerald6. ecstasy 16. linger7. crystal 17. jewel8. flush 18. splendid9. wretched 19. banish10. vein 20. artificialThe story tells of a young student who thought he was madly in love with the professor’s daughter. He felt miserable because he could not find a single red rose in the whole garden to give to his love, and without therose she would not agree to dance with him. The Nightingale overheard this and was deeply touched by what she believed was the expression of the young man’s true love. She decided to help the young man, but she was told that the only way to get a red rose in the severe winter was for her to build it out of her music and her heart’s blood. The Nightingale of course also valued her life, but she was ready to sacrifice her own life for the happiness of the young couple. The next morning, the most beautiful red rose appeared, but the Nightingale was found dead under the rose-tree. Not knowing what it had cost to produce the rose, the student thought that he was very lucky to find this flower and he immediately plucked it and ran to the professor’s daughter. The professor’s daughter, however, turned him down because she had already agreed to dance with the Chamberlain’s nephew who had given her precious stones. The student was very angry, so he threw the rose away and returned to his reading.。
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6、balance n.& eg. off balance
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6、condition of being steady 平衡&keep in a state of balance eg.not in balance; unsteady 失去平衡的 7、have a strong effect on the mind or feelings of 给...深刻的印象 8、character 个性 9、宇宙，天地万物 10、the science or method of reasoning 逻辑(学);推理(法)
My brother once gave the Professor a toy, a bird that balanced on the edge of a bowl of water and repeatedly dunked its head in the water. Einstein watched it in delight, trying to deduce the operating principle. But be couldn't.
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Munro had a penchant for mocking the popular customs and manners of Edwardian England. He often did so by depicting characters in a setting and manner that would contrast their behavior with that of the natural world; often demonstrating that the simple and straightforward rules of nature would always trump the vanities of men. This is demonstrated gently in The Toys of Peace where parents from Edwardian England are taught a lesson that is still familiar to modern parents. And it is demonstrated with striking clarity in the highly recommended story The Interlopers. The Open Window is a fine example of his more humorous work is a highly recommended read.
While Framton is waiting for Mrs. Sappleton to come down, her fifteen-year-old niece tells him why the French window is kept open. Framton tries to distract Mrs. Sappleton’s attention from the window by talking about his health. Framton runs off at seeing Mrs. Sappleton’s husband and brothers, leaving the Sappletons puzzled except the niece.
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He was so slow that he did not learn how to talk until he was two years old. He could barely pronounce the words without mouthing them silently first. All of his teachers thought that he would never succeed.
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• Equation for his special theory of relativity.
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Albert Einstein 阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦
Einstein’s personality both as a scientist and as a man.
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German-born American theoretical physicist.
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A branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experimental tools to probe these phenomena.
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Albert Einstein (1879～1955) was born in Germany, to a Jewish family. He was visiting the United States when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 and, being Jewish, did not go back to Germany and settled in the United States, becoming an American citizen in 1940.
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