edda edo09A2∥pe Teaching objectives: Symbolism as a main technique of modernist writers Time distribution 1. the first 2 period ● text study an introduction of symbolism in the works of Mansfield oral discussion: do you think people can ever overcome the isolation from one another mentioned in the text? Teaching procedures Step 1: Introduction of Background Knowledge *k about the writer * the setting of the story Step 2 Text Study Discussion Questions What is your impression of Vera? What is your impression of her friend? Why do you think he is not given a name? Do you think he was ever truly in love with Vera? Is he still in love with her? Why do you think he carried out the couple's travel plans? Why do you think she didnt? Step 3: Words and Phrases Learning Word Study 1)Egoist-egotist-egocentric-self-engrossed /altruist 2) Bound n跃进,跳,范围,限度(pl) dj正要启程的,开往.去的(for),被束缚的,装订的 跳跃,限制 The young animals were bound ing about the field.这些小动物在地上跳着跑。 He cleared the hed ge at one bound beyond the bounds of reason超出理性的范围 The US is bounded on the north by Canada and on the south by mexico bound for home回家
1 Lesson 9 A Dill Pickle Teaching Objectives: Symbolism as a main technique of Modernist writers Time Distribution: 1. the first 2 periods: ⚫ text study ⚫ an introduction of symbolism in the works of Mansfield. 2. The next 2 periods ⚫ all the exercises ⚫ oral discussion: do you think people can ever overcome the isolation from one another mentioned in the text? Teaching Procedures: Step 1: Introduction of Background Knowledge * About the writer ** the setting of the story Step 2 Text Study Discussion Questions: What is your impression of Vera? What is your impression of her friend? Why do you think he is not given a name? Do you think he was ever truly in love with Vera? Is he still in love with her? Why do you think he carried out the couple’s travel plans? Why do you think she didn’t? Step 3: Words and Phrases Learning Word Study: 1) Egoist-egotist-egocentric-self-engrossed / altruist 2) Bound n.跃进, 跳, 范围, 限度(pl.) adj.正要启程的, 开往...去的(for), 被束缚的, 装订的 v.跳跃, 限制 The young animals were bounding about the field.这些小动物在地上跳着跑。 He cleared the hedge at one bound. beyond the bounds of reason 超出理性的范围 The US is bounded on the north by Canada and on the south by Mexico. bound for home 回家
This train is bound for Shangh It' s bound to rain soon.不久就会下雨的。 I' m bound to blame him我不得已才责备他的 e's bound to go, and nothing will stop him.他决定要走,任何事都阻止不了他。 be engrossed in sth全神贯注于某事;热心于 Engrossed in his book he forgot the time.他全神贯注地看书忘记了时间。 Newton was so engrossed in his laboratory work that he often forgot to eat 4)Exasperate -aggravate-anger- annoy- infuriate-irritate- madden-vex The teachers were exasperated at / by bob's cheat in the examination 6)Prick up its ears vt.刺,扎;竖起 Remorse pricks me悔恨使我不安。 My duty pricked me on我的责任驱策着我。 Prickⅵi剌,扎;(感到)剌痛;[古]策马前进(on, forwards;(耳朵)竖起,耸峙(酒)变 酸 le thorns of roses prick rather badly My conscience pricks kick against the pricks以卵击石;螳臂挡车,自找苦吃(来自《圣经》) prick- -eared ad竖耳的;(人)耳朵显露的(尤指英国17世纪不戴假发的圆颅党成员) prickspur n(14世纪以前流行的一种马刺up cLutch at 抓住,攫住n离合器 cluch-adhere cling grasp hold stick vtⅵ抓住;抓紧;攫住 The falling man clutched the rope.正在降落的人紧紧地抓住了绳子。 (与at连用)试图抓住 He clutched at the branch but could not reach it n(pl) be in sb. 's clutches在某人掌握之下 fall [get]into [out of] the clutches of c.f. clench one's fist/teeth Exercises. P55 To parrot,训练(某人)使机械地复述或模仿 parrot textbooks死背课本 to face the eventuality;不测事件 prepared for any eventuality以防万 To desist:(常与from连用)停止:中止 to desist from gossiping停止说闲话
2 This train is bound for Shanghai. It's bound to rain soon. 不久就会下雨的。 I'm bound to blame him.我不得已才责备他的。 He's bound to go, and nothing will stop him. 他决定要走，任何事都阻止不了他。 3) Engrossed: be engrossed in sth.全神贯注于某事; 热心于 Engrossed in his book he forgot the time. 他全神贯注地看书忘记了时间。 Newton was so engrossed in his laboratory work that he often forgot to eat. 4) Exasperate –aggravate- anger- annoy- infuriate- irritate- madden-vex The teachers were exasperated at / by Bob's cheat in the examination. 6) Prick up its ears: vt. 刺, 扎; 竖起 Romorse pricks me.悔恨使我不安。 My duty pricked me on.我的责任驱策着我。 Prick vi.刺, 扎; (感到)刺痛;[古]策马前进(on, forwards);(耳朵)竖起, 耸峙;(酒)变 酸 The thorns of roses prick rather badly. My conscience pricks. kick against the pricks 以卵击石; 螳臂挡车, 自找苦吃(来自《圣经》) prick-eared adj.竖耳的; (人)耳朵显露的(尤指英国 17 世纪不戴假发的圆颅党成员) prickspur n.(14 世纪以前流行的一种)马刺-up 8) Clutch at: v.抓住, 攫住 n.离合器 cluch-adhere cling grasp hold stick vt, vi 抓住；抓紧；攫住 The falling man clutched the rope. 正在降落的人紧紧地抓住了绳子。 （与 at 连用）试图抓住 He clutched at the branch but could not reach it. n.(pl) be in sb.'s clutches 在某人掌握之下 fall [get]into [out of] the clutches of c.f.: clench one’s fist/teeth Exercises: P. 55. To parrot, 训练(某人)使机械地复述或模仿 parrot textbooks 死背课本 to face the eventuality; 不测事件 prepared for any eventuality 以防万一 managerial personnel To desist: （常与 from 连用）停止；中止 to desist from gossiping 停止说闲话
A few exercises to go over 视察;查看 We went over the build ing.我们查看了这座大楼。 查阅 Ve must go over the accounts carefully before we settle them 在结账之前,我们必须仔细查阅账目。 You must go over the instructions of how it works before you use the micro-wave 在使用微波炉前要先看看它的使用说明。 复习 Go over the lesson again.把功课再复习一遍。 To back ou/down让步,退却;放弃 他们不愿让步 Since most of the people present agreed with her, I had to back down 大多数到会的人都同意她的意见我只好放弃原来的意见了 He has backed down from the position he took last week 他已放弃他上星期所采取的立场 back out食言,未能履约 You promised to help you mustn' t back out now 你答应过要帮忙的,你不应该自食其言 back out of逃避(责任等),打退堂鼓 It is too late to back out of the de 现在打退堂鼓为时已晚。 She agreed to my idea.她同意我的想法。 I quite agree with what you say你所说的我很赞成 agree on对…意见一致 We agree on this count.在这一点上,我们的意见一致。 agree with sb.1)同意某人的话 2)适宜健康;与…相宜 3)〈语法〉一致;相符合 The liquor did not agree with me.这酒不适合我喝。 To bear down on/upon boil down to等于;归结为 The whole matter boils down to the fact that you two don't like each other 这件事除去枝节不管,可以归结为你们俩谁也不喜欢谁 Most of the crimes may boil down to a question of money 大多数犯罪归结起来可以说都是金钱问题。 To brush aside推至一旁;排除漠视;不理;撇开不管 brush away刷去,刷掉;挥去,撇开不管;漠视 To be broken/ destroyed/shattered
3 A few exercises to go over: 视察；查看 We went over the building. 我们查看了这座大楼。 查阅 We must go over the accounts carefully before we settle them. 在结账之前，我们必须仔细查阅账目。 You must go over the instructions of how it works before you use the micro-wave oven. 在使用微波炉前要先看看它的使用说明。 复习 Go over the lesson again. 把功课再复习一遍。 To back out/down 让步，退却；放弃 They refused to back down. 他们不愿让步。 Since most of the people present agreed with her, I had to back down. 大多数到会的人都同意她的意见,我只好放弃原来的意见了。 He has backed down from the position he took last week. 他已放弃他上星期所采取的立场。 back out 食言，未能履约 You promised to help — you mustn't back out now. 你答应过要帮忙的，你不应该自食其言。 back out of 逃避（责任等），打退堂鼓 It is too late to back out of the deal. 现在打退堂鼓为时已晚。 She agreed to my idea. 她同意我的想法。 I quite agree with what you say.你所说的我很赞成。 agree on 对…意见一致 We agree on this count.在这一点上,我们的意见一致。 agree with sb. 1) 同意某人的话 2) 适宜健康；与…相宜 3) 〈语法〉一致；相符合 The liquor did not agree with me. 这酒不适合我喝。 To bear down on/upon boil down to 等于；归结为 The whole matter boils down to the fact that you two don't like each other. 这件事除去枝节不管，可以归结为你们俩谁也不喜欢谁。 Most of the crimes may boil down to a question of money. 大多数犯罪归结起来可以说都是金钱问题。 To brush aside 推至一旁; 排除 漠视; 不理; 撇开不管 brush away 刷去, 刷掉; 挥去;撇开不管; 漠视 To be broken/ destroyed/shattered:
Broken: Crushed by grief由于悲伤而心碎的: died of a broken heart Shattered To damage seriously; disable:使垮掉严重破坏;使无能力 His health was shattered by the disease.他的健康因疾病而恶化 To cause the destruction or ruin of, destroy:毁坏引起…的毁坏或毁灭;破坏: The outcome of the conflict shattered our dreams of peace and prosperity 冲突的后果摧毁了我们对和平与繁荣的梦想 I didn't just/exactly/quite want to walk Lovable/loving/lovely Well-paired/ well-suited/well-combined/well-married There are several reasons for Norway being particulary well suited for an introduction of hydrogen cars I began reading this book find ing Max to be a very refined, dignified British man, who would be well paired with Claire Then beat egg mixture into chocolate mixture until well combined not being well married, it will be a good excuse for me hereafter to leave my wife supposing(that) Supposing it rains what shall you do?假使下雨,你会怎么办呢 provided that I will come provided that I am well enough Provided that you aime Step 4: Discourse analyses with emphasis on the symbolism: In this selection, the author uses a great deal symbolism. In following the tendencies of most Modernist writers, everyday objects in this story carry a great deal of significance in piecing together the overall meaning. Explain the significance and symbolic value of the objects listed on this page am Dill pickle- After hearing her friends story, Vera conjures a false impression of a dill pickle. (a red chili like a parrot's beak) This is sy mbolic of the false impression Vera also forms of her friend. Such misconceptions ensure that a rekindling of their romance will never occur. It is also significant that Vera describes the pickle as sour, a word that could also describe the couples past love affair Quiz with no emphasis from "right"VS. " wrong"answers, instead place the emphasis on individual perception that is strongly supported Black sea Four characteristics of modernism
4 Broken: Crushed by grief:由于悲伤而心碎的：died of a broken heart. Shattered: To damage seriously; disable: 使垮掉严重破坏；使无能力： His health was shattered by the disease.他的健康因疾病而恶化 To cause the destruction or ruin of; destroy: 毁坏引起…的毁坏或毁灭；破坏： The outcome of the conflict shattered our dreams of peace and prosperity. 冲突的后果摧毁了我们对和平与繁荣的梦想 I didn’t just/exactly/quite want to walk. Lovable/loving/lovely Well-paired/ well-suited/well-combined/well-married: There are several reasons for Norway being particulary well suited for an introduction of hydrogen cars . I began reading this book finding Max to be a very refined, dignified British man, who would be well paired with Claire Then beat egg mixture into chocolate mixture until well combined not being well married, it will be a good excuse for me hereafter to leave my wife supposing (that): Supposing it rains what shall you do? 假使下雨，你会怎么办呢？ provided that: I will come provided that I am well enough. Provided that you aime Step 4: Discourse analyses with emphasis on the symbolism: In this selection, the author uses a great deal symbolism. In following the tendencies of most Modernist writers, everyday objects in this story carry a great deal of significance in piecing together the overall meaning. Explain the significance and symbolic value of the objects listed on this page. Example: Dill pickle - After hearing her friend’s story, Vera conjures a false impression of a dill pickle. (a red chili like a parrot’s beak) This is symbolic of the false impression Vera also forms of her friend. Such misconceptions ensure that a rekindling of their romance will never occur. It is also significant that Vera describes the pickle as sour, a word that could also describe the couple’s past love affair. Quiz with no emphasis from "right" vs. "wrong" answers, instead place the emphasis on individual perception that is strongly supported. piano – Vera’s glove – Black Sea – Four characteristics of Modernism
1)Use of images as subtle symbols-evoking emotion in readers'minds 2) Tendency to present human experiences in fragments that readers had to piece together in their own minds 3)Use of the techniques of real ism and naturalism- taking up subjects previously considered too trivial or too unpleasant for literature 4)Attention to the new psychological insights of Freud, Jung, and other pioneer psychologists-inner workings of characters' minds Step 5: Dealing with the possible problems asked by the students
5 1) Use of images as subtle symbols - evoking emotion in readers' minds 2) Tendency to present human experiences in fragments that readers had to piece together in their own minds 3) Use of the techniques of realism and naturalism - taking up subjects previously considered too trivial or too unpleasant for literature 4) Attention to the new psychological insights of Freud, Jung, and other pioneer psychologists - inner workings of characters' minds Step 5: Dealing with the possible problems asked by the students