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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,Unit 1 Text2,The Dinner Party,Song Yixuan,Xiao Yao,Xiao Ying,1/80,Unit 1 The Dinner Party,Warm-up Questions,1,Background Information,2,New words and Phrases,3,T,ext,4,Text Analysis,6,Activities,5,2/80,3/80,Some Remarks about Women,Frailty,thy name is woman,!,William Shakespeare,女人，你名字叫脆弱。,Of,all people,servants and women are the most,difficult,to behave to.,Confucius,唯小人与女子难养也。,Women are referred to as,the,weaker sex.,4/80,Who do you think are braver in a case,of,crisis,men or women?,2.If you are a man,are you ready to protect a woman in danger?Why?,If you are a woman,do you expect protection from a man?Why?,Warm-up Questions,5/80,About the Author and the Story,Information related to the text,The Dinner Party by Mona Gardner,an,American woman writer,is selected from The Saturday Review of Literature,1941.,Mona Gardner,an American woman writer.,Most of her short stories were written,for the Saturday Evening Post magazine,6/80,Cobras,found in some parts of Africa and Asia,are poisonous snakes.Most cobras bite their victims and their bite may cause death within a few hours.,2.Cobra,7/80,The king cobra,the largest of all poisonous snakes,may reach a length of 18 ft(5.5 m)and feeds chiefly on other snakes.,8/80,Women have long been referred to as“,weaker sex,”or“,fairer sex,”considered naturally weaker than men,squeamish,unable to perform the work that requires muscles or pluck the courage to face up to any crisis.And even today,such a prejudice has not entirely been eliminated and the,argument in the text shows,how,hard long-standing prejudices die.,3.Prejudice Against Women,9/80,10/80,General Reading,Read in,The Dinner Party,11/80,Time,Characters,Event,Place,narrative text,a colonial official and his wife,and the guests,during the colonial period,India,General Reading,how the hostess showed her great courage and presence of mind when facing danger,12/80,Rearrange the Order of the Pictures,_,3,_,2,_,5,_,1,_,4,6,_,13/80,Development of the Story,A,heated discussion on,women,The hostess strange,expression and action,The naturalists reaction,The hostesss answer,Opening,Development,Climax,Ending,response and contrast,14/80,1.The setting of the story is in India and the time of the story is during the First World War.,F,It took place before the First World War.,2.,The guests attending the party are the persons with high social status.,T,3.The room where the party was held is very big and quite good.,T,True or False,15/80,4.In the discussion,the young girl points out that women are braver than men.,F,The girl only means women are now braver than they were in the past.,5.,When the American naturalist notices a strange expression coming over the hostess face,he immediately knows that there is a snake in the room.,F,It is not until he sees the boy place a bowl of milk on the veranda that he knows that.,True or False,16/80,6.After the American realizes what is happening in the room,he is very astonished.,T,7.The trick the American uses then shows that he is a cowardly man.,F,He is a clever and calm man.,8.From the last sentence of the story,we can come to the conclusion that the hostess is calmer than the American.,T,True or False,17/80,1,）,.How many persons are mentioned in this story except the servants?Who are they?,Twenty one.They are the host,hostess and their guests.,2).What was the subject of the discussion between the young girl and the major?,They had a heated discussion about how women react to a crisis.,Questions About the Text,18/80,3).How was the American naturalist aware of the existence of a snake?,He noticed what was happening to the hostess and the boy.,19/80,Detailed Reading,Read in,The Dinner Party,20/80,Old words or expressions,New words or expressions,big,not covered,lively,grow beyond,times,time of difficulty,shut,sudden wish to do sth.,dispute,appear,become shorter or smaller,statue,give a signal,probable,authoritative,noisy confusion,weak,spacious,bare,spirited,outgrow,era,crisis,slam,impulse,argument,emerge,contract,image,motion,likely,commanding,commotion,faint,New,words,21/80,Para,1,The country is India.A,colonial,official,and his wife are giving a large dinner party.They are seated with their guests officers and their wives,and a visiting American,naturalist,in their,spacious,dining room,which has a,bare,marble floor,open,rafters,and wide glass doors opening onto a,veranda.,Detailed Reading,The Dinner Party,22/80,Para,2,A,spirited,discussion,springs up,between a young girl who says that,women have,outgrown,the jumping-on-a-chair,-,at-the-sight-of-a-mouse,era,and a major who says that they havent.,Detailed Reading,The Dinner Party,23/80,Para,3“A womans reaction in any,crisis,”the major says,“,is to,scream.,And,while,a man may,feel like,it,he has,that ounce more of control,than a woman has.,And that last ounce is what really counts.”,Detailed Reading,The Dinner Party,24/80,Para,4,The American does not join in the,argument,but watches the other guests.As he looks,he sees a strange expression come over the face of the hostess.She is,staring straight ahead,her muscles,contracting,slightly.With a slight gesture she,summons,the servant standing behind her chair and whispers to him.The servants eyes,widen,and he quickly leaves the room.,Detailed Reading,The Dinner Party,25/80,Para,5 Of the guests,none except the American notices this or sees the servant,place,a bowl of milk on the veranda just outside the open doors.,Detailed Reading,The Dinner Party,26/80,Para,6,The American,comes to,with a start.,In India,milk in a bowl means only one thing,bait,for a snake.He realizes there must be a,cobra,in the room.He looks up at the rafters,the,likeliest,place but they are bare.Three corners of the room are,empty,and in the fourth the servants are waiting to serve the next course.There is only one place left under the table.,1.Whats the reaction of the American after seeing the boys action?,2.Where is the cobra?,Detailed Reading,The Dinner Party,27/80,Para,7 His first,impulse,is to jump back and,warn,the others,but he knows the,commotion,would,frighten,the cobra,into,striking.He speaks quickly,the tone of his voice so,commanding,that it silences everyone.,28/80,Para,8“I want to know just what control everyone at this table has.I will count three hundred thats five minutes and,not one,of you is to move a muscle.Those who move will,forfeit,50 rupees.Ready!”,Did he jump back and warn the,others?What did he do instead?,Why?,Detailed Reading,The Dinner Party,29/80,Para,9 The 20 people,sit like stone images,while he counts.He is saying“.two hundred and eighty”when,out of the corner of his eye,he sees the cobra,emerge,and,make for,the bowl of milk.Screams,ring out,as he jumps to,slam,the veranda doors safely shut.,Detailed Reading,The Dinner Party,30/80,Para,10,“You were right,Major!”the host exclaims.“A man has just shown,us an example of perfect self-control.”,Para,11,“Just a minute,”the American says,turning to his hostess.“Mrs.Wynnes,how did you know that cobra was in the room?”,Why does the American ask this question?,Para,12 A,faint,smile,lights up,the womans face as she replies:“Because it was,crawling,across my foot.”,Detailed Reading,The Dinner Party,31/80,spring up:,arise,develop or grow quickly and as if from nowhere,突然开始，突然出现,eg.,Suspicion,sprang,up in her mind.,at the sight of:,on seeing,一看见,eg.The old man flew into a rage at the sight of her daughter dancing with that young man.,Detailed Reading,The Dinner Party,32/80,be+to do,这一结构表示已经计划好安排、职责、必要性等未来要发生事情。,feel like,doing sth/sth,:,想要做某事,Paraphrase:,Although,a man may also feel like screaming as a woman does,he has,a little bit more of self-control,than a woman and,that a little bit more of self-control is really important/really makes the difference.,33/80,Even though a man may want to jump on a chair at the sight of a mouse,he has at least the last bit of self-control to refrain from jumping up.And it is this last bit of self-control that matters.,34/80,colony n.,殖民地,colonial,adj.,殖民地,colonial rule,殖民统治,British Colony,35/80,bare,:,1.,adj,.,not covered;with no plants growing on it,不铺地毯；赤裸；光秃,bare feet,a bare head,a bare floor,赤脚,光头,光地板,假如我记得不错话，在你故乡附近有座光秃秃小山。,If my memory serves me,there was a bare hill near your hometown.,2)no more than;mere,刚才够，勉强,His income can only buy,the bare necessities of life,.,Note:barely adv.,仅仅，只不过，几乎不,2.,v,.reveal,露出，暴露,e.g.The lady screamed as the snake,bared its teeth,.,露出,了牙齿,36/80,language points,bare:adj.,V.,completely unclothed;,lay bare;make public;,barely hardly,bare,naked,bald,barren,37/80,empty:a.,空，未装东西；空虚,无意义,无目标,.,vacant:a.,空，空缺,(,指无人占用,),hollow:a.,空心，中间空,blank:a.,空白，无字，茫然,Synonym,bare&empty,empty a.,1)have nothing or nobody in or inside,My mind seems completely empty of ideas,.,(be empty of something),2)without sense or purpose,empty words/talk/dreams/promise,38/80,outgrow:v.,长得穿不下,(,衣服,),；,增加得容不进,(,某地,),她已经长得连校服都不能穿了。,She has already outgrown her school uniform.,企业发展得办公室都不够用了。,The company has outgrown its offices.,39/80,outgrow:,vt,.,1)grow more than;grow too large for,长得比,快,;,生长速度超出,e.g.:He has outgrown his elder brother.,out-,前缀：,表示比较程度差异关系前缀,“,超出，过分”,:,outdo,(,超出，胜过,),outnumber,(,数量多于,;,比,多,),Detailed Reading,outgrow,40/80,crisis n.time of great danger,difficulty,危机，危急关头,政治,/,金融,/,经济危机,political/financial/economic crisis,41/80,crisis:,n,.,(pl.crises),time of difficulty,danger,etc.,危机,危急关头,economic crisis,energy crisis,经济危机,能源危机,In times of crisis its good to have a friend to turn to.,come to a crisis,face a crisis,pass a crisis,at a crisis,Eg:Many American people lost their jobs in the economic crisis of 1929.,陷入危机,面临危局,渡过危机,脱离危险期,在紧急关头,He has reached the crisis in his illness.,他病情已经到了危急关头,危难时好在有朋友能够投奔。,42/80,argument n.,争吵，争论，争辩,have an argument with sb about sth,我们和服务员就账单发生了争吵。,We had an argument with the waiter about the bill.,argue,v.,争论，争吵，争辩,43/80,contract,n.,协议，合约，契约,v.,与,订立协议,v.become less or smaller,使收缩，缩小,玻璃遇冷收缩。,Glass contracts as it cools.,萎缩市场,a contracting market,get a disease or a bad habit,染上,44/80,contract:,vi,.-n.contraction,1).,make or become smaller or shorter,收缩，缩小，缩短,Metal contracts as it cools.,金属遇冷收缩。,3).settle,or arrange by formal arrangement,订（契约）,Note:shrink v.,缩小；缩短；尤指布缩水,My shirt has shrunk so much after washing that I cant wear it any more.,2).make or become tighter or narrower,缩紧；缩窄,Her stomach contracted,at the sight of,a dead rat.,contract:n.,合约，协议，契约,draw up a contract,sign a contract,break the contract,草拟协议,签署协议,撕毁协议,45/80,her muscles contracting slightly:,1)her muscles tightened almost unnoticeably.,2)This is an absolute construction,（独立主格结构）,used as an adverbial of behavior or way.,What can we infer from the sentence,“The boys eyes widen:he quickly leaves the room.”?,46/80,widen v.to become wider,to make sth wider,使变宽，加宽，拓宽,他诧异地睁大了眼睛。,His eyes widened in surprise.,47/80,likely adj.probable,可能，,be likely to do,入场券可能很贵。,Tickets are likely to be expensive.,48/80,Likely:,(adj.)probable,可能，有希望,It is likely to rain.,It is likely that,they will lose the election.,Pattern:be likely to do sth.,It is likely that,(adv.)probably,可能地,(,多与,most,very,连用,),他们很有可能坐汽车来,They will very likely come by car.,Note:unlikely a.&adv.,（反义词）,likelihood n.,可能性,Not likely!=Certainly not!,决不可能！,49/80,come to:,1)be aware of,regain consciousness,意识到、清醒,2)occur to sb.,想起,3)amount to,be equal to,到达,The old lady fainted on the street and found herself in the first aid room when she came to.,Jims rent comes to thirty per cent of his salary.,It suddenly came to her that she had forgotten to take the key.,The American comes to with a start:,The American suddenly realizes what is happening and this startles him.,Detailed Reading,50/80,come to a conclusion/decision:,come to no good end:,When it comes to+n./doing something :,得出结论,得出结论,谈到，说到,51/80,impulse:,(n.),sudden wish to do sth.,冲动，一时念头,Collocation:,a man of impulse,act on impulse,feel an impulse to do sth.,易冲动人,一时冲动，一时心血来潮,有做某事冲动,Dont act on impulse.You will regret it later.,52/80,frighten sb.into doing sth.:,cause sb.to do sth.by frightening him,恐吓某人做某事,frighten sb.into(doing)sth.;,frighten sb.out of doing sth.;,恐吓某人不要做,frighten sb.+adv.,把,吓走,e.g.:He waved his torch to frighten the wolf away/off.,be frightened of=be afraid of,frighten to death,Detailed Reading,frighten,：,53/80,warn:,vt,.,1)give notice of possible danger to;,警告,；告诫,2)inform in advance of what may happen,预先通知,Pattern:warn somebody of,warn somebody that,warn somebody not to do something,Eg:We had,warned him of,the danger but he,turned a deaf ear,to,our warning.,孩子们被告诫不要给陌生人开门,The children,were warned not to open,the door to a stranger.,54/80,slam:v.to shut with a lot of force,making a loud noise (,使,),砰地关上,我听见他砰地把门关上了。,I heard the door slam behind him.,他怒气冲冲地从房子里出来，随手把门砰地关上。,He stormed out of the house,slamming the door as he left.,55/80,emerge:to come out of a dark,enclosed or hidden place(,从暗处或隐蔽处,),出现，出现，露出,emerge from sth,游泳者从湖水中浮出来。,The swimmer emerged from the lake.,emergence,n.,出现，出现,新证据出现,the emergence of new evidence,辨析：,emergency n.,突发事件，紧急情况,紧急出口,the emergency exit,56/80,emerge:,vi,.,come or appear(from somewhere),出现，出现；,(,问题等,),发生，,(,事实等,),暴露,太阳从云层后面露出来。,The sun,emerged from,behind the clouds.,If the economy goes on like this,another crisis will emerge soon.,emerge&appear,这两个动词都有“出现”之意。,emerge,强调缓缓出现过程。,appear,强调公开露面，被看见。,57/80,make for:,move(esp.quickly)towards,走向,当上完课后，每个人都往餐厅走去。,e.g.:,When the class was over,everyone made for the dining room.,2)cause;lead to;result in;help;favor sth.,造成,e.g.:Poor service does not make for satisfied customers.,Detailed Reading,When he realized the police had spotted him,the man _ the exit as quickly as possible.a.made up for b.made outc.made for d.made up,Answer:c.,make up for:,填补，偿还,make out:,书写,列出；勉强认出,make up:,虚构；组成；化装,58/80,ring out:,(of a voice,bell,etc.)sound loudly and clearly,响起,一声枪响响起，接着是一片寂静。,e.g.:A shot rang out,and then there was silence.,59/80,faint:adj.,that cannot be clearly seen,heard or smelt,(,光，声，味,),，微弱，不清楚,低声,in a faint voice,微弱光,a faint light,淡淡香水味,a faint smell of perfume,虚弱无力，昏眩,她突然感到快要昏倒。,She suddenly felt faint.,60/80,light up:,cause to be bright with light or colour;,give light to,Eg:The candles on the Christmas tree,lit up the room,.,Her face,lighted/lit up,when she heard the good,news.,a faint smile lights up ones face:,脸上露出一丝淡淡微笑,61/80,crawl,：,vi.,爬，爬行，匍匐行进,有只蜘蛛正顺着你腿往上爬。,Theres a spider crawling up your leg.,一看到这些小虫子，我全身起鸡皮疙瘩。,I felt my flesh crawl at the sight of these small insects.,62/80,激烈争论,出人意料方式,举行盛大晚宴,追捕,/,查到,坐下,来访美国博物学家,宽大餐厅,激烈讨论,a heated discussion,in an unexpected way,give a large dinner party,track down,be seated,a visiting American naturalist,a spacious dining room,a spirited discussion,一看见,真正主要是,at the sight of,what really counts,Useful Expressions,63/80,参加争论,两眼盯着正前方,突然醒悟,最有可能地方,使,受惊吓而去做,像石雕一样端坐着,join in an argument,stare straight ahead,come to with a start,the likeliest place,frighten into doing,sit like a stone image,走向,镇静自若典范,且慢,脸上露出一丝淡淡微笑,make for,an example of
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