Unit 4 Exploring literature Welcome to the unit & Reading 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）必修第二册

Unit 4 Exploring literature Welcome to the unit & Reading Lead-in: Speak up the English names of the books The Story of Stone / A Dream of Red Mansions(n. 大厦;大楼;官邸;住所;住宅;宿;) Journey to The West 2 The Water Margin (J.H.Jackson 版) Outlaws of the Marsh (沼泽) All Men Are Brothers (赛珍珠版) Romance(传奇) of Three Kingdoms/ Three Kingdoms Lead-in: Speak up the English names of the books 3 1 Historical Records 2 The Analects of Confucius 3 The Classic of Mountains and Rivers 4 The Art of War 5 The Three-Word Chant 6 The Romance of West Chamber 7 Strange Tales of a Lonely Studio 8 The Gay Genius 《史记》 《论语》 《山海经》 《孙子兵法》 《三字经》 《西厢记》 《聊斋志异》 A guessing game:Do you know these classics? 《苏东坡传》 P116 4 Pre-reading: Lead-in (P43) Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. — Ezra Pound 伟大的文学只不过是在最大程度上承载意义的语言。 —— 埃兹拉 庞德 该句出自美国诗人和文学评论家埃兹拉 庞德(1885—1972)的《如何阅读》(How to Read)。这句话说明了文学语言承载着丰富的内涵,阅读文学作品时我们要认真揣摩和体会。 charge with承载;指控 to the utmost possible degree在最大可能的程度上 Pre-reading: Welcome to the unit (P43) Classics can stand the test of time. Read the excerpts below from two famous works of literature and discuss the following questions. stand v.经受 Welcome to the unit Classics can stand the test of time. Read the excerpts below from two famous works of literature and translate them together. My meaning simply is, that whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do well; that whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself to completely; that in great aims and in small, I have always been thoroughly in earnest. — David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens You can never have too much sky. You can fall asleep and wake up drunk on sky, and sky can keep you safe when you are sad. Here there is too much sadness and not enough sky. Butterflies too are few and so are flowers and most things that are beautiful. Still, we take what we can get and make the best of it. —The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros 我的意思是,无论我在生活中想做什么