花园里的独角兽 学案 -2023-2024学年高一英语作文复习专项

unicorn n.独角兽 crop v.(牲畜)吃 browse v.浏览；吃 booby n.蠢蛋 The Unicorn in the Garden ------ by James Thurber ①Once upon a sunny morning a man who sat in a breakfast nook(角落) looked up from his scrambled eggs(炒鸡蛋) to see a white unicorn with a golden horn quietly cropping the roses in the garden. The man went up to the bedroom where his wife was still asleep and woke her. “There’s a unicorn in the garden,” he said. “Eating roses.” She opened one unfriendly eye and looked at him. ②“The unicorn is a mythical beast(神话中的巨兽),” she said, and turned her back on him. The man walked slowly downstairs and out into the garden. The unicorn was still there; now he was browsing(吃) among the tulips(郁金香). “Here, unicorn,” said the man, and he pulled up a lily(百合) and gave it to him. The unicorn ate it gravely(严肃地). With a high heart, because there was a unicorn in his garden, the man went upstairs and roused his wife again. “The unicorn,” he said,” ate a lily.” His wife sat up in bed and looked at him coldly. “You are a booby,” she said, “and I am going to have you put in the booby-hatch(精神病院).” ③The man, who had never liked the words “booby” and “booby-hatch,” and who liked them even less on a shining morning when there was a unicorn in the garden, thought for a moment. “We’ll see about that,” he said. He walked over to the door. “He has a golden horn(角) in the middle of his forehead,” he told her. Then he went back to the garden to watch the unicorn; but the unicorn had gone away. The man sat down among the roses and went to sleep.stare at sb 盯着某人看 slink(slunk) v.偷偷摸摸地溜着走 ④As soon as the husband had gone out of the house, the wife got up and dressed as fast as she could. She was very excited and there was a gloat(沾沾自喜) in her eye. She telephoned the police and she telephoned a psychiatrist(精神科医生).giggle v.咯咯笑着说 squint at sb 眯着看，窥视 stretch one’s neck 伸长脖子 It is at this moment that… 正是在这个时候，…… seize sb v.捉住 subdue sb 征服，制服，捉拿 ⑤“Did you tell your wife you saw a unicorn?” asked