1、The Tapestry of FriendshipUnit 5.Warming-upnDoyoukeepintouchwithyourchildhoodfriends?How?nWhatdoyouneedfriendsfor?.Whats friendship?Always treating people the way you would want them to treat you.Always smile and say hello when greeting other people.Doing something good for someone when no one is lo
2、oking.Always lift up your friends spirits with positive words and actions.Always being courteous,pleasant,and never misbehave.Always respect others differences:gender,abilities,culture,race,and ethnicityAlways speak and act genuinely.You should assist others when they are in need.Do not be a followe
3、r.Do not sacrifice character.Always show consideration for others.Then,you will have F.R.I.E.N.D.S.H.I.P.nF:FriendlynR:RespectnI:IntegritynE:EncouragingnN:NicenD:DiversitynS:SinceritynH:HelpfulnI:IndividualnP:Politeness.Whatcanfriendshipsgive?nForfunnTosharefeelingsnTofindunderstandingandsupportnTof
4、eelneededandusefulnTobeyourself.WhatMakesAGoodFriendship?nSharedInterestsnSharedValuesnTrustnHonestynRespectnCooperationnReliabilitynSupportnUnderstandingnSensitivitynForgivenessnTolerance.nLifeislikeanecho.nWhatyougiveiswhatyouwillget.nWhatyousendiswhatyouwillreceive.ThekindsoffriendshipsnSameGende
5、rnMale-female.Friendship between WomennAwomandidntcomehomeonenight.Thenextdayshetoldherhusbandthatshehadsleptoveratagirlfriendshouse.Thenmancalledhiswifes10bestfriends.Noneofthemknewanythingaboutit.Friendship between MennAmandidntcomehomeonenight.Thenextdayhetoldhiswifethathesleptoveratabuddyshouse.
6、Thewomancalledherhusbands10bestfriends.Eightofthemconfirmedthathehadsleptover,andtwoclaimedhewasstillthere!.About the authornEllenGoodmannSheisanAmericanoriginal.Herabundanttalents-intellect,wit,style,newsjudgment-setherapartwithanlanuniquelyherown.HerPulitzerPrizewinningcommentaryappearsinmorethan3
7、75newspapers.nEllenGoodman,isaBostonGlobeOnlinecolumnistandastylishwriterwithahumanizingtouchonanyissue,publicorpersonal.Sheiswidelyacclaimedasavoiceofsanity,andreadersdependonhertohelpthemmakesenseoftheirchanginglivesandrelationships.About the author.About the textnThistextistakenfromClose to Home,
8、whichwaspublishedbyTheBostonGlobeCompany/WashingtonPostWritersGroupin1979.TapestrynAheavyclothwovenwithrich,oftenvaricoloreddesignsorscenes,usuallyhungonwallsfordecorationandsometimesusedtocoverfurniture.Tapestryntapestrycarpet用染色经线织成图案的地毯ntapestrysatin织锦缎nSomethingfelttoresemblearichlyandcomplexlyd
9、esignedcloth:thetapestryofworldhistory.e.g.Suchstrangeeventsareallpartoflifesrichtapestry.这些怪事都是丰富多彩的人生的一部分。.The purpose of the textnP69Ex.InThistextdistinguishestwokindsoffriendship:thatbetweenmenandthatbetweenwomen.Structural analysisnItcanbedividedintofourparts.Part I paragraph 1-2nWhatkindoffilm
10、didthewomanjustsee?Whatdidshethinkofit?.Girlfriendsn nItisabelievablerelationshipItisabelievablerelationshipstoryofayoungJewishstoryofayoungJewishwomanwhoistryingtomakeitwomanwhoistryingtomakeitonherown,copingwithwork,onherown,copingwithwork,romanceandfriendshipattheromanceandfriendshipatthesametime
11、andhastoacceptsametimeandhastoacceptthemarriageofherbestfriendthemarriageofherbestfriendandroommate.Itseemedandroommate.Itseemedalmostrevolutionaryin1978almostrevolutionaryin1978whenitwasfirstreleased.Itiswhenitwasfirstreleased.Itisasmallmoviethatmadeabigasmallmoviethatmadeabigsplashwithitsfocusonsp
12、lashwithitsfocusonwomensinteriorlives.womensinteriorlives.slighta.ofsmallimportanceoronsideration;trifling:slightmatters.微不足道小事nnotintheslightest:notatall.slight1)她动不动就生气。nShetakesoffenceattheslightestthing.2)你一点也没使我为难。nYoudidntembarrassmeintheslightest.budgetn.theamountofmoneyneededoravailableforap
13、articularpurpose.nafamilybudget家庭收支预算nbudgetplan分期付款vt.planthespendingofnbudgetonestimebi.savemoney(foraparticularpurpose)nbudgetforthecomingyearadj.cheapabudgetdress.budgetn我们精打细算就能买辆新汽车了nIfwebudgetcarefully,wellbeabletoaffordanewcar.chasen.Utheactofpursuingsomeoneorsomething.nAfteralongchase,wecau
14、ghtthethief.cosmic1)relatingtotheuniversenPhysicsisgovernedbycosmiclaws.ncosmicbeing2)verygreatncosmicinfluencencosmicscandal.affectingadj.inspiringstrongemotion:moving.nDepartureisanaffectingscene.1)他去世的消息使她深感悲痛。nShewasdeeplyaffectedbythenewsofhisdeath.2)这是一部关于一个病入膏肓的女人的感人戏剧。nItwasanaffectingdramaa
15、boutawomanwithaterminalillness.affect vt.to make someone feel strong emotions passiveWe were all deeply affected We were all deeply affected by the news of her death.by the news of her death.to influence;to do something in order to produce an effect on someone or somethingeffecteffect n.n.The change
16、 in climate may affect your The change in climate may affect your health,ie be bad for you.health,ie be bad for you.panvt/i.swing(avideoorfilmcamera)tofollowanobjecttohaveanall-roundviewofit摇动(镜头)拍全景.nThecamerapannedslowlyacrosstothedoor.Comparepan&zoomin/outnpan:move(afilmcamera)fromsidetoside,upan
17、ddown,etc.,followinganactionwhichisbeingrecordedonfilmortelevisionnzoomin/out:causetheobjectbeingphotographedtoappearnearer/further.n.E.g.Olderdriversaremorelikelytobeseriouslyinjuredbecauseofthefragilityoftheirbones.nfragileadj.easilydamagedorbrokenfragility.resiliency(resilience)n.theabilitytoreco
18、verreadilynRubberhasmoreresiliencythanwood.nresilientadj.n这个橡皮球弹性很大,很快就恢复原来的形状了。nThisrubberballisveryresilientandimmediatelyspringsbackintoshape.tissuen.1)network,webnHisstoryisatissueoflies.他的话是一派谎言.2)massofcellsformingthebodyofananimaloraplantnmusculartissue3)thin,softpaperforwrappingthings,protec
19、tingdelicatearticles,etc.Paraphrase:1.Slowly,it panned across the tapestry of friendshipshowing its fragility,its resiliency,its role as the connecting tissue between the lives of two young women.(Para.2,lines1-3)Step by step it showed an all-sided view of the complex structure of friendship:How it
20、was easily broken;how it was recovered;and how it connected the lives of the two young women.Part II paragraph 3-61.Whydoestheauthorlistthemoviesthewomanhadseenthatyear?nTodescribethewomansobservationoftheshiftoffocusofthecinema2.Whatdoestheauthordiscusstheshiftoffocusfor?nSoastoadvancetheargumentfo
21、rthedistinctionbetweenthetwotypesoffriendship:thatbetweenmenandthatbetweenwomen.drasticadj.nadrasticremedy烈性的药物ntakedrasticmeasures采取果断措施激烈手段nadrasticdebate激烈的辩论nmakedrasticchange做彻底的改变.buddyn.CaclosefriendnSynonym:chum,pal.flickn.1)acinemafilm2)quicklightblow,withawhiporthetipofafingernByaflickofhi
22、swhip,hedrovetheflyfromthehorseshead.3)quicksharpmovementnHehittheballwithjustaflickofthewrist.v.nHairnflicking.Trendyntrendy clothes.nThetrendyrockgroupisonlyaflashinthepan.n这个新潮摇滚乐队只是昙花一现。nmiddle-agedtrendiesn赶时髦的中年人.casualtrendyformal.bingen.Ifyougoonabinge,youdotoomuchofsomething,suchasdrinkinga
23、lcohol,eating,orspendingmoney.狂饮作乐1)a short period when you do too much of something,especially drinking alcoholnaweek-endbinge周末狂饮.binge2)excessive indulgence in anythingnashoppingbinge抢购nagamblingbinge赌徒naneatingbinge暴食nTheywentonabingelastnight.n他们昨夜出去狂饮作乐。.Paraphrase:This wasnt just another bing
24、e of trendiness,but a kind of cinema vrit.(para.4,line 1)The shift of focus from Male Buddy movies to the Female Friendship flicks was not just a crazy trend catering to the new fashion;instead it reflected the reality of social changes and developments.This wasnt simply a shift from one fashion to
25、another,but a truthful description of friendship.这不是潮流的变迁,而是对友谊的真实刻画。.Across millions of miles of celluloid,the ideal of friendship had always been male(Para.5,lines 1-2)In numerous movies,the ideal friendship had always been between men.Paraphrase:Metonymy:借代,换喻,转喻 A figure of speech in which one w
26、ord or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid神枪手与智多星轻喜剧风格的西部片。两位主人公都是反英雄类的典型,是令人愉快的个人主义者。特别是保罗纽曼,自命不凡,永远乐观,从没杀过人,整天幻想着全世界的银行都已时机成熟待他轻取,实实的一个空想家。他与搭档神枪手罗伯特雷福德爱着同一个女人,他们最擅长的就是在打抢或逃亡时还一路诙谐打趣,这与传统西部片里的歹徒绝对两样。影片温情而饶有趣味,因纽曼和雷福德的表演而大放光芒。两位男星
27、英俊迷人无疑是主要吸引力,但他们确实也得益于编剧威廉高曼的机智诙谐和导演的超一流水准。该片最终获得奥斯卡最佳剧本、最佳摄影、最佳音响、最佳音乐项大奖。人们把它推为首席非主流西部片.Cullv.choosefromvarioussourcesninformationculledfromvariousreferencebooksnextractsculledfromthebestauthors?n佳作选段.anthropologyn.Thescientificstudyoftheorigin,thebehavior,andthephysical,social,andculturaldevelopm
28、entofhumanbeings.bondv.toformaclosepersonalrelationship.nMostofthetime,smileisamessagewesendtootherpeople-communicatingjoyfuldisposition,awillingnesstobondandsoon.There had been something almost atavistic about these visions of attachments as if producers culled their plots from some pop anthropolog
29、y book on male bonding.(Para.5,lines 3-5)These stories on mens friendship were almost like being inherited from our grandfathers.It seemed that the producers of these movies had selected their stories from some popular anthropology books on friendship between men.Paraphrase:.primal1)firstororiginal;
30、primevalnthelossoftheirprimalinnocence2)fundamental;essentialMoneywasaprimalnecessitytothem.n对于他们,钱是主要的需要。nSynonym:primary,chief,main.Movies portrayed the idea that only men,those direct descendants of hunters and Hemingways,inherited a primal capacity for friendship.(Para.5,lines 5-6)Movies gave us
31、 an impression that only men,the posterity of hunters and Hemingway,had the instinctive ability of making friends.只有男人那些猎手和海明威式人物的后代才继承了结交朋友的天性。Paraphrase:.Ernest HemingwaynoneofthemostfamousAmericanwritersofthe20thcentury.(novelsandshortstories)nBut man is not made for defeat,a man can be destroyed
32、 but not defeated.pick on sb.choosesb(esprepeatedly)forpunishment,criticismorblamenShetoldMomtheboyswerealwayspickingonher.nSynonym:tease,bully.That duality must have been mortally wounded in some shoot-out at the Youre OK,Im OK Corral.(Para.6,lines 1-2)The two sides must have been mortally wounded
33、in the gunfire in the movie.Paraphrase:.Part III paragraph 7-181.Whatsthefundamentaldifferencebetweenbuddiesandfriends?nTheformeris-orientedwhilethelatteris-oriented.actionemotion.Part III paragraph 7-182.Whataretheconditionsofmenbecomingbuddiesandofwomenbecomingfriends?nTheMaleBuddinessisbasedonthe
34、needforco-operationintheactivitiesthatmenareengagedinorintheadversitytheyareconfrontedwith.nIncontrast,theFemaleFriendshipbordersonlove,theneedformutualemotionalsupport.border on1.benexttosthnThetwovillagesborderoneachother.2.bealmostthesameassth:nTheboysreplytohisteacherwasborderingonrudeness.n那男学生
35、回答教师的问话时态度近乎粗鲁.n我兴奋的近乎于疯狂了。nIwasinastateofexcitementborderingoninsanity.attachmentnaffection,devotionnattachv.nIdontattachanyimportance/significancetotheserumors.nNoblameattachestoyouinthisaffair.n这件事不怪你.nfeelastrongattachmenttoonesfamilyn十分恋家.adversitydifficulties,misfortune,hardship,disasternMr.Hu
36、anghasbeenagoodfriendtomeinadversityorinprosperity.nAdj.adverse:unfavourable,contrarynThedevelopmentwasadversetoourinterests.这种发展与我们的利益背道而驰。n通往幸福的道路总是布满艰难困苦。nTheroadtohappinessispavedwithadversities.accessory 1.athingwhichcanbeaddedtosomethingelseinordertomakeitmoreusefulorattractive.nTheaccessories
37、ofherdressaremoreexpensive.2.personwhohelpsanotherinacrimenShewaschargedwithbeinganaccessorytotheembezzlementoffunds.through the wars together corporate or athletic or military?(para.10,line 2)through the commercial,athletic or military strives together一个男人曾经告诉过她,男人们只有一起在商场、竞技场或战场上竞争过才会成为真正亲密的朋友。Par
38、aphrase:They had to soldier together.(para.10,lines 2-3)They had to struggle together.他们得一起坚持下去。.count.asregardAasBnTwochildrenundertheageoftencountasoneperson.nYouvenogirlofyourown,youmustcountmeasyourdaughter.ncounthimasbeingveryreliable.loathsomeadj.causinghatedordisguste.g.Hesaloathsomeman.nloat
39、htodosth:unwilling,reluctante.g.Iamloathtogoonsuchshortnotice.nnothingloath:quitewilling;eagere.g.Heconsentedatonce,nothingloath.confidencen(oftenpl.)asecretorprivatemattertoldtosomeoneunderaconditionortrust.e.g.Afrienddoesnotbetrayconfidences.朋友是不会泄露秘密的nidiom:in(strict)confidenceasasecretnImtelling
40、youthisin(strict)confidencesodontbreatheawordofit.nCompare:confidential&confident.n1)Weare_ourChinesecomradeswillwinthevictory.n2)Ihad_inmyownyouthandenergy.n3)Thisinformationis_.confidentconfidenceconfidential.Buddies hang tough together;friends hang onto each other.(para.11)Buddies hold on togethe
41、r in face of adversity;friends cling tightly to each other for emotional support.伙伴们一起坚持;朋友们相互依靠。Paraphrase:.wretchedadj.inadeplorablestateofdistressormisfortune;nSynonym:miserablenTheirwretchedlifeconstitutesasharpcontrasttotheluxuryoftherich.nWhatawretchedexistencethepeopleintheslumlead!.restraint
42、nHisragewasbeyondrestraint.n他怒不可遏。nIamundernorestraintwhatever.n我不受任何束缚。nrestraintoftraden贸易限制nrestraintonexportandimportn限制进出口nrestrainv.BabbittnAnow-rarenicknamederivedfromtheSinclairLewisbookofthesamename;itcanbelooselydefinedasanuncultured,“square”,typicallymiddle-agedandmiddle-classbusinessmanc
43、haracterizedbytimidityandignoranceoftheirphilistinism(平庸).She had reread Babbitt recently,that extraordinary catalogue of male grievances.(para.16,lines1-2)Recently she read the novel Babbitt again.To the main character Babbitt readers may have a lot of resentment.catalogue of:a series of catalogue
44、of failures,disasters,errors Paraphrase:.The only relationship that gave meaning to the claustrophobic life of George Babbitt had been with Paul Riesling.(Para.16,lines 2-3)Paraphrase:George Babbitt led a claustrophobic life.The only thing that made his life meaningful was his relationship with Paul
45、 Riesling.唯有与保罗瑞斯林的关系才使乔治拉伯特幽闭的生活有了意义。.Para 17nWhywasthewomanshockedbymensdescriptionoffriendship?nBecausemensstandardofintimatefriendshipissodrasticallydifferentfromwomensthatundersuchcircumstancesasdescribedinParagraph17womenwouldnotcounteachotherasclosefriendsatall.What distinctions?n nBuddy(male
46、)Buddy(male)n nFriend(female)Friend(female)in the reflection of acts more signs and expressions of love bonded lovedface adversity together face each other do things together be togetherlinked to activities a special category for friendsbecome friends through“wars”after sharing some secretsbuddies h
47、ang tough together friends hang onto each otherKeep the worst from each other friends confessbuddies seek approval friends seek acceptanceIn restraint,die for each,never hug,not meet or call often,.Part IV paragraph 19Inwhatwaysdobuddiesandfriendsdiffer?nBuddiesarethoseyoucandothingstogetherwithinyo
48、urlifetime,butfriendsarethosewithwhomyoucansharerosesandthornsinyourlife.ProverbsnIcannotbeyourfriendandyourflatterertoo.朋友不能阿谀奉承。nKeepgoodmencompanyandyoushallbeofthenumber.近朱者赤,近墨者黑。nLifewithoutafriendisdeath.没有朋友,虽生犹死。nHeisagoodfriendthatspeakswellofusbehindourbacks.背后说好话,才是真朋友。.ProverbsnEverythi
49、ngisgoodwhennew,butfriendswhenold.东西是新的好,朋友是老的亲。nFriendsagreebestatdistance.朋友之间也会保持距离。nFriendsarethievesoftime.朋友是时间的窃贼。nThebestoffriendsmustpart.天下无不散之筵席。.ProverbsnBirdsofafeatherflocktogether.物以类聚,人以群分。nBooksandfriendsshouldbefewbutgood.读书如交友,应求少而精。nChooseanauthorasyouchooseafriend.择书如择友。nEvenrec
50、koningmakeslongfriends.亲兄弟,明算账。(彼此无账友情久长。).nAhedgebetweenkeepsfriendshipgreen.君子之交淡如水。nAjokenevergainsanenemybutlosesafriend.戏谑不能化敌为友,只能使人失去朋友nAmanisknownbyhisfriends.什么人交什么朋友。Proverbs.nAfriendinneedisafriendindeed.患难见真情。nAfriendiseasierlostthanfound.得朋友难,失朋友易。nAfriendisneverknowntillamanhasneed.需要之






