英语短篇小说阅读指导 ppt课件

The policeman arrested the old man for possession.
In the _p_r_i_so_n____ an old man The old man was policemen released from prison.
On the way ___h_o_m_e___
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Warm-up activity—sentence relay game
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Warm-up activity—sentence relay game
• 1. Every man is guilty of all the good he didn’t do. • 2. Love is like war: easy to begin but hard to stop. • 3. Hope is being able to see light despite the darkness. • 4. The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. • 5. When anger rises, think of the consequences. • 6. Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.
an old man The social worker a social worker drove the man home.
At __h_o_m_e___
an old man
The old man made
the peppersoup.
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Focusing on emotions
Setting: in the prison
Tip: Read emotions through the setting!
sad, not respected, abandoned, lonely,
hopeless, …
*faded yellow shirt … windowless room … *The only source of heat came from … the plastic mattress and the rough blanket the blank-faced police woman had handed him. *The policeman dramatically held the blue plastic bag at an arm’s length to the old man … *… the Seiko watch that had stopped working the day his beloved Evelyn left. *No one spoke to him as he walked slowly towards the exit. 7
Focusing on emotions
Setting: outside the station the night before
This part of the story is told in flashback(倒叙).
That had taken some time, so much he missed the last train and when the police found him shivering outside the locked up station, so cold he couldn’t answer loudly enough the pink-faced big copper who yelled in his face, “What’s your name sir?” spraying his face with spittle as he did so, leaving them no choice but to search an exhausted, frozen old black man and finding him in possession of mysterious condiments including a bag of dried bitter-leaf which could of course be mistaken for anything that resulted in him getting read his rights and charged with … possession???
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Guidance on reading short stories
---focusing on emotions 把握短篇小说中的情感表达
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A sample of a short story
• Setting: when and where • Characters: who • Plot: what • Theme: the message of the story
Focusing on emotions
Setting: on the way home
Tip: Read emotions through characters’ interaction!
ignored, not respected, missing home, lonely …
*“Mr. Easy-nwa?” … take him far away from this unhappy place of expressionless faces, clipped accents and people who did not even attempt to pronounce his name right. *“A bit far from home,” she said as she drove fast … wondered if she meant … or 50,000 miles from Enugu, a city in Negeria. He did not bother replying as this woman had plenty to say about the weather, bad drivers, her daughter’s school play … 8
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Initial understanding
Is the story organized in such an order?
Setting
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Plot
Outside the __s_ta_t_io_n___ the
night before
an old man a policeman