Unit 6 The Pearl John Steinbeck
Unit 6 The Pearl John Steinbeck
★About the author: John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr.(February 27,1902- December 20,1968)was an American writer.He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize- winning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939),East of Eden (1952 and the novella of Mice and Men (1937).As the author of twenty-seven books,including sixteen novels,six non-fiction books,and five collections of short stories,Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962
★ About the author: John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prizewinning novel The Grapes of Wrath (1939), East of Eden (1952) and the novella Of Mice and Men (1937). As the author of twenty-seven books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books, and five collections of short stories, Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962
● 约翰：斯坦贝克美国作家。生于加利福尼亚州的一个中产 阶级家庭。小时生活在小镇、乡村和牧场，很早接触欧洲古典 文学作品。1919年入斯坦福大学攻读大学。期间，当过牧场 农工和修路队的运输工。他熟悉社会底层的人们，许多作品都 以他们为主人公，表现了底层人的善良、质朴的品格，创造了 “斯坦克式的英雄”形象。 创作大致可以分为三个时期。第一个时期是30年代前后 《愤怒的葡萄》(1939)为代表。后者是20世纪美国文学的 经典。该作品曾获普利策奖。，40年代是他创作的第二个时期。 主要作品《月亮下去了》《珍珠》（1947)以颂扬开朗乐观 的生活方式来比衬贬社会中的倾轧和狭隘的现象，探讨金钱、 文明和人性的关系。 50年代初写出了两部长篇小说《伊甸园 以东》（1952)和《烦恼的冬天》（1961)。，他认为：“战 后的美国社会是富有了，但产生了一种厌倦情绪、一种消耗性 的病态。 斯坦贝克由于他“通过现实主义的、富于想象的创作，表 现出富于同情的幽默和对社会的敏感的观察”，1962年获得 诺页尔文学奖
• 约翰·斯坦贝克美国作家。生于加利福尼亚州的一个中产 阶级家庭。小时生活在小镇、乡村和牧场，很早接触欧洲古典 文学作品。1919年入斯坦福大学攻读大学。期间，当过牧场 农工和修路队的运输工。他熟悉社会底层的人们，许多作品都 以他们为主人公，表现了底层人的善良、质朴的品格，创造了 “斯坦贝克式的英雄”形象。 创作大致可以分为三个时期。第一个时期是30年代前后， 《愤怒的葡萄》（1939）为代表。后者是20世纪美国文学的 经典。该作品曾获普利策奖。 40年代是他创作的第二个时期。 主要作品《月亮下去了》《珍珠》（1947）以颂扬开朗乐观 的生活方式来比衬贬社会中的倾轧和狭隘的现象，探讨金钱、 文明和人性的关系。 50年代初写出了两部长篇小说《伊甸园 以东》（1952）和《烦恼的冬天》（1961）。他认为：“战 后的美国社会是富有了，但产生了一种厌倦情绪、一种消耗性 的病态。” 斯坦贝克由于他“通过现实主义的、富于想象的创作，表 现出富于同情的幽默和对社会的敏感的观察” ，1962年获得 诺贝尔文学奖
● The Pearl is a novella by american Tohn Steinbeck author John Steinbeck,published in 1947.It is the story of a pearl diver,Kino,and explores man's nature as well as greed and evil. Steinbeck's inspiration was a Mexican folk tale,which he had heard in a visit to the formerly pearl-rich region in 1940.In 1947, it was adapted into a mexican film. The story is one of Steinbeck's most popular books and has been widely used in high school classes
• The Pearl is a novella by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1947. It is the story of a pearl diver, Kino, and explores man's nature as well as greed and evil. Steinbeck's inspiration was a Mexican folk tale, which he had heard in a visit to the formerly pearl-rich region in 1940.In 1947, it was adapted into a Mexican film. The story is one of Steinbeck's most popular books and has been widely used in high school classes
New words and phrases: ·Part C scorpion colonial/colony dart foam nervous/nerve plaster stern agent restlessly patron precipitate sac ·Part D for that matter in despair take one's place all manner of ask a favor of sb. stir up
★ New words and phrases: • Part C scorpion colonial/colony dart foam nervous/ nerve plaster stern agent restlessly patron precipitate sac • Part D for that matter in despair take one’s place all manner of ask a favor of sb. stir up
*Read the text and answer the following question: What different strata/levels of people were described by the author in responding to the news?And how did they respond? Key:the working-class women,the priest,the shopkeepers,the doctor,the beggars,the agents of the buyer
★Read the text and answer the following question: What different strata/ levels of people were described by the author in responding to the news? And how did they respond? Key: the working-class women, the priest, the shopkeepers, the doctor, the beggars, the agents of the buyer
ordinary working-class women who are eager to let others share what they know priests who try to raise money for one reason or another shopkeepers whose only concern is to sell their wares for a good profit doctors who cure the sick often for their own gain beggars who live on alms pearl buyers who are expert at buying valuable pearls at the lowest possible price
• ordinary working-class women who are eager to let others share what they know • priests who try to raise money for one reason or another • shopkeepers whose only concern is to sell their wares for a good profit • doctors who cure the sick often for their own gain • beggars who live on alms • pearl buyers who are expert at buying valuable pearls at the lowest possible price
·colonial&colony: America's gun tradition dates to the 17th century,when colonial settlers often had to provide their own protection. 美国人拥有枪支的传统可追溯至17世纪，当 时的殖民地居民不得不用枪支来保护自己。 A colony of seals lay basking in the sun. 一 群海豹躺着晒太阳。 ·树上生活着一群蜜蜂。 There lived a colony of bees on the tree
• colonial & colony: America’s gun tradition dates to the 17th century, when colonial settlers often had to provide their own protection. 美国人拥有枪支的传统可追溯至17世纪，当 时的殖民地居民不得不用枪支来保护自己。 • A colony of seals lay basking in the sun. 一群海豹躺着晒太阳。 • 树上生活着一群蜜蜂。 There lived a colony of bees on the tree
·dart n.&v. The girl turned and darted away through the trees. 女孩转身穿过树林飞速跑开了。 Markov died after being struck by a poison dart. 马尔科夫身中毒镖而亡。 10 30 40 50 60 80
• dart n. &v. The girl turned and darted away through the trees. 女孩转身穿过树林飞速跑开了。 Markov died after being struck by a poison dart. 马尔科夫身中毒镖而亡
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