2021年文学英语赏析课程典型考点解析

《文学英语赏析》课程典型考点解析

中央电大本资源系依照教材内容及特点，找出课程学习中必要引起注重核心考点，并结合历届考题加以分析，供学生在自主学习、期末复习时使用，也可作为教师进行面授教学、归纳课程重点根据。

典型考点4：文学作品赏析（戏剧）

考点扫描

重要考察学生对戏剧这种体裁英语文学作品理解及有关文学常识运用。

（二）真题链接

（-1）

Macbeth：My dearest love，Duncan comes here tonight.

Lady Macbeth：And when goes hence?

Macbeth：Tomorrow，as he purposes.

Lady Macbeth：O，never Shall sun that morrow see. Your face，my thane，

is as a book where men May read strange matters. To beguile the time，Look like the time；bear welcome in your eye，Your hand，your tongue；look like the innocent flower，But be the serpent under’t. he that’s coming Must be provided for；and you shall put This night’s business into my dispatch，Which shall to all our nights and days to come Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom.

Macbeth：We will speak further.

(Macbeth)

Questions

1. Which of the following is the proper paraphrase for the line “To beguile

the time，look like the time”?(Write the letter representing your choice on

the answer sheet.)

A. Seize the hour. Seize the day.

B. Make your appearance fit the occasion.

C. Enjoy as you may，for tomorrow you may die.

2. In her speech，Lady Macbeth ____________. (Write the letter representing your choice on the answer sheet.)

A. tells Macbeth to behave normally as hospitable host and leave the murdering part to her to arrange

B. persuade Macbeth to act as a serpent and carry out the murder in person

C. asks Macbeth for suggestions as how entertain Duncan

3. What does Lady mean by “Your face …is as a book where … men may read strange matters”?

（三）考点解析

考生要通过仔细阅读这篇戏剧节选，从原文寻找答案，若原文没有直接可用答案，还必要靠自己归纳或进行推理。归纳时尽量采用原文单词和词组来重组，注意答案简短和书写工整，太长太乱答案很也许会影响教师评阅。如果有字数限制，还应注意不能超过字数限制。

1. B.

beguile和look like都暗含“fit”意思。

2. A.

“O，never Shall sun that morrow see. Your face，my thane，is as a book where men May read strange matters. To beguile the time，Look like the time；bear welcome in your eye，Your hand，your tongue；look like the innocent flower，But be the serpent under’t.”这一段话是叫Macbeth保持镇定，举止如常，即“to behave normally”。“and you shall put This night’s business into my dispatch”可以理解为“leave the murdering

part to me to arrange”。

3. Your face is giving you away or your looks betray your feelings.

（四）考点拓展

涉及对姓名、家庭、社交等各个方面容易产生culture shock考察，重要以案例分析形式进行考察。

请同窗们练习如下题目：

Passage 2

Elizabeth：The Deputy Governor promise hangin’if they’ll not confess，John. The town gone wild，I think. She speak of Abigail，and I thought she were a saint，to hear her. Abigail brings the other girls into the court，and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel. And folks are brought before them.

And if they scream and howl and fall to the floor—the preson’s clapped in the jail for bewitchin’ them.

Proctor (wide-eyed)：Oh，it is a black mischief.

Elizabeth：I think you must go to Salem，John. (he turns to her.) I think so. You must tell them it is a fraud.

Proctor (thinking beyond this)：Aye，it is，it is surely.

Elizabeth：Let you go to Ezekiei Cheever—he knows you well. And tell him what she said to you last week in her uncle’s house. She said it had naught to do with witch craft，did she not?

Proctor (in thought)：Aye，she did，she did. (Now a pause.)

Elizabeth (quietly，fearing to anger him by prodding)：God forbid you keep that from the court，John. I think they must be told.

Proctor (quietly，fearing to anger him by prodding)：Eye，they must，they must. It is a wonder they do believe her.

Elizabeth：I would go to Salem now，John—let you go tonight.

Proctor：I’ll think on it.

Elizabeth (with her courage now)：You cannot keep it，John.

Proctor (angering)：I know I cannot keep it. I say I will think on it! Elizabeth (hurt，and very coldly)：Good，then let you think on it. (She stands to walk out of the room.)

Proctor：I am only wondering how I may prove what she told me. If the girl’s a saint now，I think it not easy to prove she’s a fraud，and the town gone so silly.

She told it to me in a room alone—I have no proof of it.

Elizabeth：You were alone with her?

Proctor (stubbornly)：For a moment alone，aye.

Elizabeth：Why，then，it is not as you told me.

Proctor (his anger rising)：For a moment，I say. The others come in soon after. Elizabeth (quietly—she has suddenly lost all faith in him)：Do as you wish，then.

(She starts to turn).

Proctor：Woman. (She turns to him.) I’ll not have your suspicion any more. Elizabeth (a little loftily)：I have no—

Proctor：I’ll not have it!

Elizabeth：Then let you not earn it.

Proctor (with a violent undertone)：You doubt me yet?

Elizabeth (with a smile，to keep her dignity)：John，it were not Abigail that you must go to hurt，would you falter now?I think not.

Proctor：Now look you—

Elizabeth：I see what I see，John.

Proctor (with solemn warning)：You will not judge me more，Elizabeth. I have good

reason to think before I charge fraud on Abigail，and I will think on it. Let you look to your own improvement before you go to judge your husband any more.

I have forgot Abigail，and—

Elizabeth：And I.

Proctor：Spare me！You forget nothin’and forgive nothin’. Learn charity，woman.

I have gone tiptoe in this house all seven month since she is gone. I have not

moved from there to there without I think to please you，and still an everlasting funeral marches round your heart. I cannot speak but I am doubted，every moment judged for lies，as though I come into a court when I come into this house! Elizabeth：John，you are not open with me. You saw her with a crowd，you said. Now you—

Proctor：I’ll plead my honesty no more，Elizabeth.

Elizabeth (now she would justify herself)：John，I am only—

Proctor：Now more！I should have roared you down when first you told me your suspicion.

But I wilted，and，like a Christian，I confessed. Confessed！Some dream I had must have mistaken you for God that day. But you’re not，you’re not and let you remember it！Let you look sometimes for the goodness in me，and judge me not.

Elizabeth：I do judge you. The magistrate sits in your heart that judges you. I never thought you but a good man，John—(with a smile)__only somewhat bewildered. Proctor (laughing bitterly)：Oh，Elizabeth，your justice would freeze beer! (Arthur Miller. The Crucible.)

Questions

4. What would you have said to John，if you had been Elizabeth?

5. What do you think John and Elizabeth looked like?Try to describe their physical

appearance.