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2015-2016学年（下）松溪一中高一英语校本选修课程
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上课地点：高一（8）班
Lesson 1 The Taste by Roald Dahl (2 periods required) Lesson 2 The Swing by Mary Gavell(2 periods required) Lesson 3 The Lady or the Tiger? By Frank Stockton(2 periods required)
Lesson 4 Guests of the Nation by Frank O’Connor(2 periods required)
Lesson1 Roald Dahl: The Taste
(2 periods required)
Teaching objectives:
1. To master some expressions in the passage
2. Text for Reading
3. Interpretation and Discussion
Teaching difficulties:
1.To find the meaning behind the words
2.To write a short story after reading
Time: 2 periods
Teaching procedures:
1. Questions for Discussion: (Suggested answers for reference)
(1) Can you explain the writer’s plotting -- which part is the exposition, or complication, or climax, or resolution of this short story? (exposition: lines 1-17); complication: lines 18-404; climax: lines 405-425; resolution: lines 426-431)
(2) The narrator seems to be rather suspicious of Prat t’s motive. Can you find the places in the story where he shows his suspicion and underline them?
He was completely engrossed in conversation with Mike’s eighteen-year-old daughter, Louise. … As he spoke, he leaned closer and closer to her, and the poor girl leaned as far as she could away from him, nodding politely, rather desperately…(lines 67-72)
… in two short swallows he tipped the wine down his throat and turned im mediately to resume his conversation with Louise Schofield. (lines 78-80)
Except that, to me, there was something strange about his drawling voice an d his boredom: between the eyes a shadow of something evil, and in his bear ing an intentness that gave me a faint sense of uneasiness as I watched him. (lines 121-124)
And yet, curiously, his next questions seemed to betray a certain interest.Yo u like to increase the bet?‖ (lines 138-139)
It was a solemn, impassive performance, and I must say he (Pratt) did it well . (line 289) 6) … he was becoming ridiculously pompous, but I thought that some of it was deliberate… (lines 316-317)
2. Explanation and interpretation: (Explain the implied meaning of the following sentences, and point out their significance in the context of the story.)
(1) He (Pratt) was completely engrossed in conversation with Mike’s eighteen-year-old daughter, Louise. He was half turned towards her, smiling at her…(Pratt had an interest in his friend’s daughter and showed that almost openly. This shows that he is not a gentleman, but a mean-minded person.)
(2) (The narrator): ―But why the study?‖Mike: ―It’s the best place in the house. Richard helped me choose it last time he was here.‖(This is a foreshadowing. Richard Pratt had set the trap. From the very beginning of the betting, Pratt had already had the plan, and step by step he led Mike into the trap.)
(3) …and then he (Mike) picked up his knife, studied the blade thoughtfully for a moment, and put it down again.
(He was making an effort to restrain himself and suppress his anger, but he might do anything if he can not control himself in an explosive moment. Pratt’s desire for his daughter was outrageous and he had been challenging his patience for almost too long.)
(4) It was a solemn, impassive performance, and I must say he (Pratt) did it well. (The narrator seemed to have noticed that what Pratt had staged was a well-prepared ―performance.‖)
3. Suggested Homework:
(Turn the short story into a performable short play.)
Task One: Divide the class into groups of six.
Task Two: Rewrite the story in the form of a play. Shorten it by keeping only the necessary conversation and cutting away the rest. Add a brief introd -uction and some conclusive comments.
Task Three: Prepare to act out the story with 6 characters in the play – the narrator who introduces the story at the beginning and makes a brief comme nt at the end, Mike Schofield, his wife, his daughter Louis, Richard Pratt and the maid.
Lesson2 Mary Gavell: The Swing
(2 periods required)
1. Questions for Discussion: (Suggested answers for reference)
(1) What is the significance of the opening sentence ―As she grew old, she began to dream again‖? Is it only the old age that causes the mother to dream and daydream more often now?
(Dream is a replacement of what she cannot have in real life. As she grew old, she became less active physically and felt more lonely in her emotional life. That is why, most of her dreams are about the remembered past, the life with her son.)
(2) What is it about Julius, the husband, that annoys the wife? Is he an annoying person? Why do you think he behaves the way he does? Does he understand her emotional situation?
(The husband, Julius, suffers from the same problem. Old age made him phy sically weak so he moved about less and talked less. He shares the feeling of loneliness, but the man’s reaction is different from his wife. The ending part of the short story proves that. He keeps the emotion to himself, becoming m ore withdrawn and behaving, in his wife’s eyes, rather strangely.)
(3) In one of the flashbacks, there is description of one of the Sunday dinner s at the adult son’s home. How is the mother-son conversation different fro m her talks with her boy on the swing?
(The conversation between the mother and her adult son does not have the in timacy and attachment it once had when the son was a boy. Behind the matu re politeness, there is some distance between generations. While in the past, they could talk about anything and everything and could share true sentimen -ts.)
(4) How do you explain the jacket hanging on the nail?
(We cannot explain it realistically or rationally, unless we regard is also as p art of the dream. There is a literary school of writing called ―magic realism,‖ in which the real and the fantastic are merged for a special effect. So, this can best be understood as a touch of ―magic realism.‖)
2. Explanation and Interpretation:
(Explain the implied meaning of the following sentences, and point out their significance in the context of the story.)
(1) (The mother thought:) I wish that when I ask him how he is he wouldn’t tell me that there is every likelihood that the Basic Research Division will be merged with the Statistics Division.‖
(The grown-up son’s interest is in his work, while the mother’s interest is in his personal life. Her question shows her concerned of him as a son, but his mind bends on his career. He is now living in a world that his mother knows little about, and he is no longer as dependent on her as he was when he was a child. The mother feels some sadness because the conversation once again reminds her of the fact that her son has left her nest and now is flying on his own wings.)
(2) She had had the ancient piano tuned… had been reading books on China… and was going to dig it (phlox) all up and try iris (in the garden)… (She has been trying to find things to do, possibly to kill boredom and loneliness.)
(3) He came every night or two after that, and she lay in bed in happy antici pation, listening for the creak of the swing.
(She waits, lying in bed, for the happy time with eagerness. So the meeting with her son in dream highlights the problem in her old age living with a reti cent and inactive husband. It is her only moment of great joy – remembering the life of the past.)
Lesson3 Frank Stockton: The Lady or the Tiger?
(2 periods required)
Teaching objectives:
1. To master some expressions in the passage
2. Text for Reading
3. Interpretation and Discussion
Teaching difficulties:
1.To find the meaning behind the words
2.To write a short summary after reading
Time: 2 periods
Teaching procedures:
1. Questions for Discussion: (Suggested answers for reference)
(1) Why didn’t the king approve of the love between his daughter and the young man of his court? (Because of the difference in social positions, one is the princess, the other is a lowly courtier. The king would not care whether there was true love between them.)
(2) Why did the princess love the courtier so much? Can you briefly describe what sort of person she was? (The princess was a ―fervent and imperious‖person, like her father. She also inherited from her father the semi-barbaric nature and had hot blood that made her care little about the consequences. What is more, the courtier was ―handsome and brave to a degree unsurpassed in all this kingdom‖and the princess was well-satisfied with the young man in spite of his station.)
(3) Why did the King believe the trial of the arena was a good way of solving some of the problems in his kingdom? (In two respects. Generally, because of the suspense, the masses would be entertained and pleased. The thinking part of the community could bring no charge of unfairness against
this plan.‖(lines 86-87) In this particular case with the courtier, ―No matter how the affair turned out, the youth would be disposed of, and the king would take an aesthetic pleasure in watching the course of events.‖(line 116-117)
(4) In a sense, it was not the young man but the princess who was actually u nder the trial -- in the court of conscience. Did she save her love by pointing to the door leading to the lady-in-waiting, or did she prefer to see her lover d ie rather than see him marry someone she hated?
(This is a question that has not―right or―wrong‖answers. Possibly we should say, it is not even the princess who was actually put under the trial, it is the reader who is making a decision according to his / her inclination.)
2. Explanation and Interpretation:
(Explain the implied meaning of the following sentences, and point out thei r significance in the context of the story.)
(1) He was greatly given to self-communing, and, when he and himself agre ed upon anything, the thing was done. (line 7)
(That means the king was a despot. He discussed only with himself, and ther
e was not law to prevent him from anything that he decided to do.)
(2) the accused person was instantly punished if he found himself guilty…(li ne 78)
(By the king’s logic, it was the accused who opened the door by his own hand and led to the consequences. So the accused himself ―decided‖whether he is guilty or not)
(3) …she loved him (the young courtier) with an ardor that had enough of b arbarism in it to make it exceedingly warm and strong. (line 97)
(The love relation was made warm and strong by the very nature that the pri ncess had inherited from her semi-barbaric father.)
3. Suggested Homework:
Write a story summary in 200 words. The summary may begin like this: For reference only:
(Frank Stockton’s ―The Lady, or the Tiger?‖is a story about a man sentenced to an unusual punishment for having a romance with the king's beloved daughter. Taken to the public arena, he was faced with two doors, behind one of which stood a fierce tiger, and behind the other a fair lady. The king was not sure whether a person so low in station could aspire to one so far above him, but anyway put the young man in the arena. He was either to be eaten by the beast or married to the young lady. Somehow the princess had acquired the secret hidden even from the king himself and knew behind which of the two doors stood a woman that she hated intensely out of jealousy. On the day of the trial, the arena was filled with people with the king and the princess sitting opposite the twin doors. The young man bowed to the king and threw a glance at the princess. She made a quick movement toward the right. Without hesitation, he went directly to the door on the right. Now the problem remains: what was behind the close the door on the right, the lady or the tiger? )
Lesson 4 Frank O’Connor: Guests of the Nation
(2 periods required)
1. Opinions of Understanding:
(1) The argument over the ―Next World‖reveals that Hawkins and Noble _______.
A. were bitter about each other
B. were close in their relationship
C. shared no common language
D. had deep-rooted prejudices
(2) The old woman of the cottage where the soldiers stayed in is portrayed as ______.
A. an ignorant country woman
B. a patriotic member of the nation
C. being rude to both the English and the Irish soldiers
D. having true human sentiments and emotions
(3) Why did Belcher, the man of few words, suddenly become so talkative in the last section? Explain your choice.
A. He wanted to cover up his fear.
B. He wanted to inform the Irish lads about his personal life.
C. His dream of a normal family life somehow expressed itself.
D. He thought the Irish might let him go after hearing his past misfortunes.
2. Questions for Discussion: (Suggested answers for reference)
(1) Why do you think the author chose ―Guests of the Nation‖as the title of the short story? (Obviously, ―guests‖in the title refers to the two English prisoners, and ―the nation‖refers to Ireland. Unconsciously,
the Irish guards referred to them as ―our guests‖rather than ―enemy soldiers.‖The four of them could play cards together, or argue on some topics and generally enjoyed the time they spent together. It’s ironic that the ―guests‖were finally shot for doing nothing wrong on their part.)
(2) What were the reasons for killing Hawkins and Belcher? Were they good reasons? The answer can be both yes and no. Please support your argument.
Most of the ―reasons‖justifying the killing of Hawkins and Belcher are given by the petty office Donovan:
1. "The enemy have prisoners belonging to us"' he says, "and now they're talking of shooting them. If they shoot our prisoners, we'll shoot theirs." (lines 125-126)
2. "There were four of our fellows shot in Cork this morning and now you're to be shot as a reprisal." (lines 219-220)
3. "I never said I had anything against you. But why did your people take out four of our prisoners and shoot them in cold blood?" (lines 236-237)
4. "…because you'd know you'd be shot for not doing it." (line 269)
5. "You understand that we're only doing our duty?" (line 243)
One the one hand, these are good reasons because the war demands such actions: soldiers should obey orders, to fulfill their duty, or they would be shot for disobeying orders; violence should be repaid by violence as a reprisal. But on the other hand, the war logic is against the common sense and against human nature.
3. Explanation and interpretation: (Explain the implied meaning of the following sentences, and point out their significance in the context of the story.)
(1) It wasn't the hanging round that was a trouble to me at all by this time. I had worse things to worry about. (―Worse things‖refer to the two Irish guards’sincere concern and deep worry about the ill fate that might befall the two English prisoners of war.)
(2) I rose from the table and caught him before he reached the door. "What do you want?" I asked. (Hearing the footsteps, the narrator quickly went to the door to stop Donovan from coming in. He knew the officer might be bearing the bad news, and blocked the entrance. Unconsciously, he stood on the side of the English, and acted as if he were their protector.)
(3) …she didn't stop advising them until Jeremiah Donovan lost his temper a nd turned on her. He had a nasty temper, I noticed.
(Donovan had a bad temper that day. Why? The bad temper might be caused by the nasty job ahead of executing the two English youngsters. This proba bly had very much saddened him.)
(4) Belcher sounded as though whatever unforeseen thing he'd always been waiting for had come at last.
(Belcher was a person with few words, but he was observing and thinking al l the time. He seemed to know and anticipate that something bad might happ en to them.)
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