高级英语No-Signposts-in-the-Sea名师优质课获奖市赛课一等奖课件.ppt

Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,鲍春燕于,2009,年,1,月,本幻灯片资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据，如有不当之处，请参考专业资料。,No Signposts in the Sea,by Victoria(Vita)Mary Sackville-West,第1页,No Signposts in the Sea,15,vv,by Victoria(Vita)Mary Sackville-West,Introduction of the author,Analysis of language in the text,Brief introduction of the text,Further,discussion,第2页,Vita Sackville-West,Born:1892,Knole Castle,Died:1962 aged70,Nationality:English,Occupation:,poet,novelist,gardener,key words:,Personal life,Marriage,Bisexuality,Honour,第3页,Vita Sackville-West was born in Knole Castle,第4页,Her best Known Poetry Today,第5页,Her best Known Novels Today,The Edwardians,All Passion Spent,第6页,Vita Sackville-West has also,worked as a gardener,第7页,Victoria(Vita)Mary Sackville-Wests,personal life,She was born at Knole House in Kent.She spent her early life with this ancient and huge house;because she was a woman,she could not inherit it,and this affected the rest of her life.She was the wife of Sir Harold Nicolson.Both she and Nicolson were members of the Bloomsbury group.,She was famous for her exuberant aristocratic life,her strong marriage,and her passionate affairs with women.,第8页,Bloomsbury Group,.friends and relatives.London.20th century.Their works deeply,influenced literature,aesthetics,criticism,economics,modern,attitudes towards feminism,pacifism,and sexuality.,An English collectivity,第9页,Bloomsbury Group,The memebers came from mostly upper middle-class professional families.,第10页,Bloomsbury Group,Almost everything about Bloomsbury appears to be controversial,including its membership and name.,第11页,Her marriage with Harold Nicolson,1913 Harold Nicolson,Diplomat/journalist,Broadcaster/MP/author,Fellow bisexual,Open marriage,Same-sex relations,Outside marriage,第12页,Affair with Violet Trefusis,This affair had the deepest and most lasting effect on Vitas personal life.It eventually ended badly,with Trefusis pursuing Sackville-West to great lengths,until Sackville-Wests affairs with other women finally took their toll,but Trefusis refused to give up.Despite the poor ending,the two women were devoted to one another,and deeply in love.,第13页,The affair for which Sackville-West is most remembered was with the prominent writer Virginia Woolf in the late 1920s.In consequence,Woolf wrote one of her most famous novels,Orlando.,Affair with Virginia Woolf,第14页,弗吉尼亚,伍尔夫,Virginia Woolf,英国著名女作家，在小说创作和文学评论两方面都有卓越贡献。世界三大意识流作家之一，女权主义运动先驱人物。深受弗洛伊德心理学、女性主义及同性恋运动影响。她在文学上成就和创造性至今依然产生很大影响。,第15页,The Land,won the,Hawthornden Prize,in 1927.,She won it again,becoming the only writer to,do so,in 1933 with her,Collected Poems,.,In 1946 Sackville-West was made a,Companion,of Honor,(,声誉勋爵士,)for her services to,literature.,Honour,第16页,Hawthornden Prize,霍桑登奖,The oldest of the famous British literary prizes,founded in 1919 by Alice Warrender.,Awarded annually to an English writer for the best work of imaginative literature,esp.designed to encourage young authors.,第17页,Edmund Carr:,an influential political columnist and bachelor,who had devoted all of his time to the career,having little time to entertain himself before he,decided to take the voyage abroad.,Laura:,an,intelligent and warm,widow and an acquaintance,of Edmund Carrs.,Colonel:,an Empire builder,who appear quite knowledgeable.,About the novel,第18页,Suppose one has been informed that ones days in the world are numbered,what do you think one may choose to do as the best option?,What is the ultimate purpose of the author to have three main characters in the novel?,What is the implication of the title after the introduction?,Questions for predictions,第19页,Detailed study of the text,1.,have an eye for:,to have the ability to see,judge and,understand clearly;to have a keen,appreciation of something,have eyes only for:,to desire or be interested in,have an eye to:,to,have as ones aim or purpose,have set eyes on:,to see,look at,第20页,2.,rich colours:,deep intense colours such as dark red,olive green”,a rich banquet rich wine rich odours,rich soil a rich mine,a rich prize,a rich harvest,a country rich her natural resources,Detailed study of the text,第21页,3.,venture:,to express an opinion at the risk of criticism,objection and denial.,4.,political leader:,(journey)leading article/political editorial,5.,beguile oneself:,cause time to pass without being noticed,kill ones time,idle away ones time,while away ones time,Detailed study of the text,第22页,6.,deferential:,showing deference;very respectful.,7.ill-informed:,ignorant.Ill means badly,imperfectly,wrongly,improperly.,e.g.,ill-tempered ill-advised,ill-treatment ill-defined,ill-mannered ill-founded,ill-considered ill-bred,Detailed study of the text,第23页,8.,opinionated:,holding unreasonably or obstinately to ones,own opinions,stubborn.,9.,Right:,conservative,Left:,revolutionary,Detailed study of the text,第24页,10.,try not to tease him by,Carr knew if he put forward some literal views the conservative Colonel would look puzzled,so he refrained from doing so.,tease:,mock or make fun of playfully,e.g.,Dont take it seriously-hes only teasing.,Detailed study of the text,第25页,11.I observe with amusement extent of a bored distaste.,I was once so completely absorbed in the important affairs of the world that I devoted all my attention and time to them and only occasionally rest by reading poetry or listening to music.Yet now these world problems no longer hold any interest for me.Actually I dislike them and they bore me now.I feel quite amused as I watch how this dramatic change in perspective is taking place.,Detailed study of the text,第26页,(1)concern:a matter of interest or importance.,(2)to the exclusion of:so as to keep out,leave out,excluding.,e.g.,All editorials were about the general election to the exclusion of all other topics.,(3)to the extent of a bored distaste:to such an extent or degree that they give me a bored distaste.,Detailed study of the text,第27页,12.,glutton:,a person who eats too much food and drink,gluttonous:indulging in sth.excessively.,greedy,-,greed,ravenousness,-,ravenous,rapacious,-,rapacity voracious,-,voracity,covetousness,-,covetous,avarice,-,avaricious,gluttonously to cram:to eat like a glutton,too much and greedily;greedily filling his life with gentler things.,Detailed study of the text,第28页13.releasing some suppressed inclination which in fact was always latent:setting free my likings and wishes,which had always existed but been ignored or suppressed.,inclination:liking or wish,e.g.,She has no inclination to be an actress.,You must think of our feelings instead of following your own inclinations.,Detailed study of the text,第29页,14.Dismissive as Pharisee,I regard:I was as puritanical as a Pharisee and I contempt all those who live a less practical life than my own and view them as impractical inhabitant on the moon.,(1)dismissive:showing indifference or disregard.,e.g.,Dont be so dismissive of her talent.,(2)plane:a level of existence.,Detailed study of the text,第30页,(3)Pharisee:member of a Jewish religious sect(from about 120 BC).They were more puritanical than the other sects;term now applied to a hypo critical or over righteous person.,(4)moonlings:inhabitants of the moon,Detailed study of the text,第31页,15.Protests about damage to“natural beauty”froze me with contempt:I was not moved by the protests about damage to“natural beauty”and I viewed them with great contempt.,freeze:to make or keep motionless,or stiff,unable to show ones feelings.,e.g.,He froze the little girl with his stern gaze.,We all froze at the sight of the snake.,Detailed study of the text,第32页,16.a lake dammed into hydraulic use:a dam is built on a lake in order to make use of its water power.,-,17.And so it was for all thing:and this was my view for all things,thats how I looked at all things.,Detailed study of the text,第33页,18.A hard materialism was my creed,accepted as a law of progress:I firmly believed in uncompromising materialism which in my opinion represented the law of human progress.,-,19.any ascription of disinterestedbut my scorn:I not only disbelieved people when they said they did things out of unselfish motives,I also held them in contempt.,Detailed study of the text,第34页,20.And now see how I standwater-colors of sunsets:Just imagine how I have changed now.Here I stand,sentimental and sensitive,like an old unmarried women painting a water-color picture of sunset.,1)sentimental:having or showing tender and delicate feelings in an excessive way.,(2)sensitive:having or showing keen sensibility.,(3)water-color:a painting done with pigments mixed with water.,Detailed study of the text,第35页,21.flatter oneself that:to hold the self-satisfying or self-deluding belief that,22.I am gloriously and adolescently silly:I am delightfully and childishly silly.,(1)gloriously:(colloquial)delightfully,enjoyably.,(2)adolescent:youthful,immature.,Detailed study of the text,第36页,23.Clovis:referring perhaps to the savage pagan king of the Frands,who was later converted to Christianity and become a gentle Christian monarch.,24.suffering from calf-love into the bargain:moreover experiencing the pain of puppy love.,(1)calf-love:immature love that adolescent boys and girs may feel for each other.,(2)into the bargain:in addition,moreover.,Detailed study of the text,第37页,25fill:all that is needed to satisfy.,eat and drink ones fill.,26.The young moon lies on her backfor a virgin:Here the narrator personifies the moon,describing it as a beautiful virgin.,as:,引导非限制性定语从句，指代整句话内容。,e.g.,She was an intelligent woman,as is shown by her letters.,He is a solider as is clear from his manners.,Detailed study of the text,第38页,27.Not a star but might not shoot down:Every single star might come down quickly.,but:adv.used for emphasis,28.disperse:to cause to separate and go in different directions;move away from each other.,e.g.,The crowd dispersed.,The wind dispersed the cloud from the sky.,Detailed study of the text,第39页,29.creep:move slowly;crawl;to go stealthily.,The cat was creeping silently towards the mouse.,30.liberated being:human being freed from all worries,mental pressures,human frailties,etc.,31.mythological water:magic waters,that appear in mythology,such as the Lethe,the river of forgetfulness whose water produced loss of memory in those who drank of it.,Detailed study of the text,第40页,32.Endymion:in Greek mythology a beautiful shepherd loved by Selene,the moon goddess.,33.Olympus:mountain range on the borders of Macedonia and Thessaly in northern Greece;home of the Gods in Greek mythology.,34.All weight is liftedI am one with the night:I feel that I am weightless and totally absorbed by the night.,Detailed study of the text,第41页,35.pantheism:the doctrine or belief that God is the universe and its phenomena(taken or conceived of as a whole)or the doctrine that regards the universe as a manifestation of God,泛神论,多神教,.,This sentence implies that man is passing and transient while Nature,the objective world,is lasting.,Detailed study of the text,第42页,36.I have come to this:I have changed to such an extent.,37.discard:throw or cast away;get rid of.,e.g.,History discarded him.,38.incapable of:not allowing or admitting.,39.malice:active ill will;desire to harm another,spite,40.scorn off my neighbor:defeat by neighbor in competitions;gain some advantage over my neighbor.,Detailed study of the text,第43页,41.voluptuous:giving a fine delight to the senses;giving a satisfying feeling of rest and enjoyment,安逸,42.Thus I imagine,mustafter the solemnity of absolution:I imagine devoted religious people must feel as clean and pure as I do now when they leave the solemn confessional after gaining pardon of their sins.,Detailed study of the text,第44页,(1)the pious:the pious people,who show religious devotion and are zealous in the performance of religious obligation.,(2)the confessional:a small,enclosed place in a church,where a priest hears confessions.,(3)absolution:a remission of sin;specially,in the Roman Catholic Church,such remission is formally given by a priest.,Detailed study of the text,第45页,43.rippled with little white ponies:White ponies(small horses)are a metaphor referring to the spray of waves.,44.the lazy satin of blue:the slow,smooth blue water like a piece of satin.,lazy:moving slowly.(a lazy river),Detailed study of the text,第46页,45.marbled at the edge where the passage of our ship has disturbed it:when our ship passes,it disturbs the slow,smooth blue water as if cutting a piece of satin into two.At the edge there are streaks of white sea spray and blue or green water.They look like marble.,marble:n.,大理石,v.to satin or color sth.to look like marble.,a book with marbled edges.,Detailed study of the text,第47页,46.precipitous bluff:extremely steep cliff.,47.arid:lacking sufficient water or rainfall.,Detailed study of the text,第48页,48.no sign of habitation:no sign that this place is inhabited.,49.bleach and barren:Alliteration.,(1)bleached:white,colorless.(bleach:to whiten),(2)barren:not producing crops or fruit;having little or,no vegetation.,e.g.barren soil;barren hills,Detailed study of the text,第49页,50.forbidding:looking dangerous,threatening or disagreeable.,51.These coasts remind me ofall they have to give at a glance:Analogy.The author compares the sheer steep cliffs to forbidding,unapproachable people,and the barren sandy beach to people who have nothing to reveal.,Detailed study of the text,第50页,52.with ranges of mountainsbe scaled be the most daring:Behind the stern cliffs,rising high into the sky are ranges of mountains and peaks which only the most daring people climb.The mountains may have all kinds of beautiful things hidden in them,things that cannot be seen from outside.,(1)soar:go upwards or high in the sky.,高耸,(2)scale:climb up by means of a ladder,攀登,Detailed study of the text,第51页,53.high altitudes,：,high place,high region.,altitude:the height of a thing above the earths surface or above sea level,It means a high place or region when used,in the plural form.,54.grow unravished among their crags and valleys,：,grow,unharmed,among the rocky crags or deep in the valleys.,ravish:to take or carry away by force;to rape.,Detailed study of the text,第52页,55.So do I let my imagination play over the recesses of Lauras character,：,In the same way,I let myself freely imagine what the innermost part of Lauras character presents.,recess:(,pl,.)a secluded,withdrawn or inner place,eg.,the recesses of the forests;the recesses of the subconscious;the innermost recesses of the heart,Detailed study of the text,第53页,56.so austere for the discovery of the venturesome:(She looks)so severe outwardly,but inwardly she is full of tenderness,like delicate flowers waiting for the daring to discover,Laura,serious though she may look,has a profound feelings of tenderness in the recesses of her character.The mysterious peaks are to be scaled by the most daring.Similarly only the courageous can discover the secrets in the innermost place of Lauras heart.,Detailed study of the text,第54