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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,Richard Selzer,THE DISCUS THROWER,1/42,ABOUT THE AUTHOR,Richard Selzer,1928:born in Troy,New York,1948:graduated from Union college,Surgeon,Writer,2/42,AS A SURGEON,1953:received M.D from Albany Medical College,1960:completed a surgical internship and residency at Yale University,Until 1985:remained as Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery,back,3/42,AS A WRITER,1973:Rituals of Surgery,(first collection of,short stories,),1976:Mortal Lessons:Notes on the Art of Surgery,1979:Confessions of a Knife,(a collection of 24,essays,roughly half of which are,surgical memories,),1982:Letters to a Young Doctor,1986:Taking the World in for Repairs,1990:Imagine a Woman,1990:A Mile and a Half of Ink(a,diary,),4/42,5/42,AWARDS,National Magazine Award,American Medical Writers Award,Guggenheim Fellowship,His articles have appeared in many magazines,6/42,ABOUT HIS WRITING,In 1991,he,contracted,Legionnaires,disease,but went on to document his recovery in Raising the Dead:A Doctors Encounter with His Own Mortality,In his writing,he draws upon his experience as a surgeon,and as one critic points out,he“force physicians to think about the morality of medicine.”,7/42,This text is a piece of,narration,.The narrator,as a doctor,had a unique habit of“spying on”his patients for the sake of better medical treatment.He met with a particular patient who is,blind,and has,amputations,(截肢),of both legs,.Though the patient is legless,he,requires a pair of shoes,everyday.He,refuses his food,and has a strange habit of,throwing his china plate against the wall,of his room.This caused a conflict between the man and the head nurse.Finally the patient died,and the doctor discovered that the man starved himself to death when he paid attention to the repeatedly washed place where the scrambled eggs dropped to the floor.,About the Text,8/42,What to think of this man,how to understand him,and how to treat him?,9/42,WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS,Nouns,Verbs,Adjectives,Adverb,Preposition,Stance,Repose,Bonsai,Facsimile,Cache,Kickshaw,Stump,Scab,Forceps,Shard,Disinfectant,Dome,Accomplice,Oatmeal,Assemble,Tan,Prune,Acknowledge,Scramble,Probe,Heft,Furtive,Close-cropped,Vile,Snowbound,Inert,Deceased,Dignified,Awkwardly,Athwart,10/42,STANCE,NOUN,1,、,the opinions that sb has about sth and expresses publicly,e.g.What is the newspapers,stance on,the war?,2,、,the way in which sb stands,especially when playing a sport,11/42,REPOSE,Noun U a state of rest,sleep or feeling calm,e.g.1,、,She went outside seeking a few moments of repose.,2,、,In repose,his face was sad.,Verb,1,、(,of an object,),to be or be kept in a particular place,2,、(,of a person,),to lie or rest in a particular place,12/42,BONSAI,Noun(pl.bonsai),C a small tree that is grown in a pot and prevented from reaching its normal size,Uthe Japanese art of growing bonsai,13/42,FACSIMILE,NOUN,C an exact copy of sth,a facsimile edition,摹本版,C,U(formal)=FAX:a facsimile machine,14/42,CACHE,NOUN,a hidden store of things such as weapons,an arms weapons(,隐藏武器,),15/42,KICKSHAW,NOUN,a fancy but insubstantial cooked dish,especially one of foreign origin,e.g.Many restaurants put out pictures of their kickshaw to attract customers.,16/42,STUMP,NOUN&VERB,Noun C the short part of sbs leg or arm that is left after the rest has been cut off,Verb,1(informal)to ask question that is too difficult for them to answer or give them a problem that they cannot solve,e.g.Kate was stumped for words.,凯特张口结舌。,2 to walk in a noisy,heavy way,especially because you are angry or upset,17/42,e.g.He stumped off,muttering under his breath.,他嘴里嘟哝着,脚步重重走了。,3,to travel around making political speeches,especially before an election,e.g.He stumped around the country trying to build up support.,他在全国各地巡回演讲,争取更多支持。,18/42,SCAB,NOUN,C a hard dry covering that forms over a wound as it heals,Forceps,noun pl.,an instrument used by doctors,with two long thin parts for picking up and holding things,a pair of forceps,一把镊子,19/42,SHARD,NOUN(ALSO SHERD),A piece of broken glass,metal,etc.,shards of glass,玻璃碎片,Disinfectant,noun C,U,A substance that disinfects,a strong smell of disinfectant,呛人消毒剂气味,20/42,DOME,NOUN,A round roof with a circular base,the dome of St Pauls Cathedral,圣保罗大教堂穹顶,21/42,ACCOMPLICE,NOUN,A person who helps another to commit a crime or to do sth wrong,e.g.One of the officers is charged with murder.The other is charged as an accomplice.,22/42,OATMEAL,NOUN,U flour made from crushes oats,used to make cookies,23/42,ASSEMBLE,VERB,to come together as a group,to bring people or things together as a group,e.g.All the students were asked to assemble in the main hall.,to fit together all the separate parts of sth,装配,组装,e.g.The shelves are easy to assemble.,搁架很轻易装配。,24/42,TAN,VERB,if a person or their skin tans or is tanned,they become brown as a result of spending time in the sun,e.g.My skin tans really easily.,25/42,PRUNE,VERB,to cut off some branches from a tree,bush,etc.so that it will grow better and stronger,e.g.When should you prune apple trees?,to make sth smaller by removing parts,to cut off parts of sth,e.g.Staff numbers have been pruned back to175.,26/42,ACKNOWLEDGE,VERB,to show that you have noticed sb or sth by smiling,waving,etc,e.g.I was standing next to her,but she didnt even acknowledge me.,to accept that sth is true,e.g.she refuses to acknowledge the need for reform.,27/42,SCRAMBLE,VERB,To move quickly,especially with difficulty,using your hands to help you,e.g.she managed to scramble over the wall.,To push,fight or compete with others in order to get or to reach sth,To manage to achieve sth with difficulty,or in a hurry,without much control,To cook an egg by mixing the white and yellow parts together and heating them,sometimes with milk and butter,scrambled eggs,28/42,PROBE,VERB,To ask questions in order to find out secret or hidden information about sb/sth,e.g.he didnt like the media probing into his past.,To touch,examine or look for sth,especially with a long thin instrument,e.g.the doctor probed the wound for signs of infection.,29/42,HEFT,VERB,Lift or hold(something)in order to test its weight,e.g.,Anne hefted the gun in her hand,.,30/42,FURTIVE,ADJECTIVE,attempting to avoid notice or attention,typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble;secretive,e.g.He stole a furtive glance at her.,suggestive of guilty nervousness,the look in his eyes became furtive,Derivatives,furtively,adverb,furtiveness,noun,31/42,CLOSE-CROPPED,ADJ.,(of hair or grass)cut very short,32/42,VILE,ADJ.,(informal)extremely unpleasant,e.g.he was in a vile mood.,(formal)wicked,completely unacceptable,e.g.the vile practice of taking hostages,扣押人质卑鄙行径,Derivatives,vilely,adv.,Vileness,n,.,33/42,SNOWBOUND,ADJ.,prevented from travelling or going out by snow or snowy weather,e.g.he was snowbound in the nearby mountains,covered in snow or inaccessible because of it,a snowbound Alpine village,34/42,INERT,ADJ.,lacking the ability or strength to move,e.g.,she lay inert in her bed.,lacking vigour,an inert political system,Derivatives,inertly adv.Inertness n.,35/42,DECEASED,Adj.:recently dead,the deceased mans family,(,the deceased,)noun,a person who has died,especially recently,36/42,DIGNIFIED,ADJ.,having or showing a composed or serious manner that is worthy of respect,e.g.she maintained a dignified silence.,a dignified old lady,Derivatives,dignifiedly adv.,37/42,AWKWARDLY,ADV.,Not smoothly or gracefully,ungainly,e.g.“Im sorry,”he said awkwardly.,she fell awkwardly and broke her ankle.,Derivatives,awkward adj.,awkwardness n.,38/42,ATHWART,preposition,1 from side to side of;across,a counter was placed athwart the entrance,2 in opposition to;counter to,these statistics,run,sharply,athwart,conventional presumptions,adverb,1 across from side to side;transversely,one table running athwart was all the room would hold,2 so as to be perverse or contradictory,our words,ran athwart,and we ended up at cross purposes,39/42,The image of the old man gives readers a strong,contrast,.On one hand,the old man is seriously ill:,blind and legless,.According to the common sense,he is supposed to be,weak,pitiful and hopeless,.However,His abnormal behaviors of asking for shoes and throwing his plate of eggs at a wall every day,give us an impression of,a tough guy,.Rather,though blind,he can throw the plate at the same place in his ward,.,And from the description of his throwing activity we know that he seems to be,trained,and,still has physical power,.He,never cries,never tears and is never feat by destiny,.He,wants dignity,psychologically refuses to accept the fact and denies he is a useless person.Such a,calm,stubborn person with strong self-esteem,shows the readers life vitality(,生命力,活力),against personal misfortune.,40/42,THEME,This story makes people reflect on life and death.The patient in the novel tends to despise and deny the coming death with strong life desire.Its reasonable that all of us are trying to avoid everything connecting with death.The fear of death is born from the bottom of heart.However,death is not so mysterious.Its only a natural process that everybody must face sooner or later.,There is no need to fear it,for nobody could change it.What we can only do is to change our attitude and do something meaningful when we know death is approaching.,41/42,Do not be feat by death,and always show others ones vigorous life.Chase for the glory of life and face death calmly and undauntedly.This is what we should do.,42/42,
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