Comprehensive English I UNIT 1 Half A Day School of Foreign Languages
Comprehensive English I School of Foreign Languages UNIT 1 Half A Day
Contents Background Information Critical reading Words Expressions Grammar Sentence Patterns Writing Retelling
Contents Background Information Critical reading Words & Expressions Grammar & Sentence Patterns Writing & Retelling
Part 1 Backgound Information ○Naguib Mahfouz The first Chinese Nobel Prize winner Rip Van Winkle Egypt in history and today
Part 1 Backgound Information Naguib Mahfouz The first Chinese Nobel Prize winner Rip Van Winkle Egypt in history and today
About the Author-Naguib Mahfouz os/Huynh Conae >Born in 1911,educated at Cairo University >Wrote short stories and historical novels before WWIl >Turned to write novels of social realism after WWII >Later works combined realism symbolism >A prolific writer:no fewer than 30 novels,more than 100 short stories,and more than 200 articles
About the Author—Naguib Mahfouz ➢ Born in 1911, educated at Cairo University ➢Wrote short stories and historical novels before WWII ➢Turned to write novels of social realism after WWII ➢Later works combined realism & symbolism ➢A prolific writer: no fewer than 30 novels, more than 100 short stories, and more than 200 articles
His Publications 门aguib Mahfou IB0看L0Y WH壮CH司班目 The Time and the Place 集Np初来O得Ita The Cairo Trilogy:Palace The Time and Place Walk,Palace of Desire, and Other Stories,1991 Sugar Street(first published 1957)
His Publications The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (first published 1957) The Time and Place and Other Stories, 1991
His Influence The first Arab Writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature-1988,The Cairo Trilogy His Depicts realistically the social achievements and political life in Egypt His classical and lucid(明了易懂的)style rejuvenated(使恢复活力)literary Arabic without recourse to colloquialisms(口语) Praise by the Swedish Academy "who,through works rich in nuance-now clear-sightedly realistic,now evocatively ambiguous-has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind
His Influence The first Arab Writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature – 1988, The Cairo Trilogy Depicts realistically the social and political life in Egypt His classical and lucid (明了易懂的)style rejuvenated （使恢复活力）literary Arabic without recourse to colloquialisms （口语） His achievements Praise by the Swedish Academy : "who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind
The first Chinese Nobel Prize winner in literature The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 is awarded to Chinese writer Mo Yan "who with 《红高粱》、《檀香刑》、 His works hallucinatory realism merges 《丰乳肥臀》、《生死疲 folk tales,history and the 劳》、《蛙》、《酒国》 contemporary,"said Englund at a press conference. His name: 通过幻觉现实主义 莫言 第一个获得诺贝尔 将民间故事、历史 文学奖的中国籍作 与当代社会融合在 家。以一系列乡土 一起。 Features of His 作品崛起，被归 魔幻现实主义、意 his writing achievement 类为“寻根文学” 识流、黑色幽默、 作家 卡夫卡式荒诞
His name: 莫言 His works Features of his writing His achievement 《红高粱》、《檀香刑》、 《丰乳肥臀》、《生死疲 劳》、《蛙》、《酒国》 通过幻觉现实主义 将民间故事、历史 与当代社会融合在 一起 。 魔幻现实主义、意 识流、黑色幽默、 卡夫卡式荒诞 第一个获得诺贝尔 文学奖的中国籍作 家。以一系列乡土 作品崛起 ，被归 类为“寻根文学” 作家 The first Chinese Nobel Prize winner in literature The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 is awarded to Chinese writer Mo Yan "who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary," said Englund at a press conference
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving Main Rip Van Winkle-a henpecked husband who loathes character "profitable labor". Setting of Rip Van Winkle takes place in British colonial New York, the story near the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains in pre- revolutionary times. Plot of the It describes a poor peasant's strange experience story Drama of Rip Van Winkle helped a stranger distribute wine.He the story drank a little and soon fell asleep.But when he woke up and went back to his village,it was 20 years later Theme of the story Forever and rapid changes are unavoidable and sometimes unpleasant
Rip Van Winkle Main character Setting of the story Plot of the story Rip Van Winkle - a henpecked husband who loathes “profitable labor”. Rip Van Winkle takes place in British colonial New York, near the Hudson River and Catskill Mountains in prerevolutionary times. It describes a poor peasant’s strange experience. by Washington Irving Drama of the story Theme of the story Rip Van Winkle helped a stranger distribute wine. He drank a little and soon fell asleep. But when he woke up and went back to his village, it was 20 years later. Forever and rapid changes are unavoidable and sometimes unpleasant
Egypt in history and today In history In modern world a regional and middle One of the power,with significance in Status in North Africa the Middle four ancient the world East and the Muslim world civilizations The Great Sphinx 总统阿卜杜勒法塔赫塞西， Symbols and the pyramids of 总理易卜拉欣马赫莱卜 Giza,the River Nile, Membership in OIC,WTO. APEC,GROUP 77,LAS
The Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Giza, the River Nile, In history In modern world 总统阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·塞西， 总理易卜拉欣·马赫莱卜 Membership in OIC, WTO, APEC, GROUP 77, LAS Symbols a regional and middle power, with significance in North Africa, the Middle East and the Muslim world Egypt in history and today One of the four ancient civilizations Status in the world
Part 2 Critical Reading ○Outlining Comprehension Check Exploring beyond the text
Part 2 Critical Reading Outlining Comprehension Check Exploring beyond the text