MaheegunMyBrother解读学习课程

1、 Eric Acland British writer, was born in England in 1906 and died in 1982; a prolific writer: Drums of Niagra, Adventure Westward, Princess Elizabeth, etc.第1页/共60页第一页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。R einforcementT ext AnalysisMaheegun My BrotherB ackgroundW arming up第2页/共60页第二页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Questions/ActivitiesChec

2、k-on PreviewObjectivesWBTRWarming upMaheegun My Brother第3页/共60页第三页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Game: Fill in the following blanks with names of animals. as blind as a _ as brave as a _ as busy as a _ as cunning as a _ as fierce as a _ as gentle as a _ as proud as a _ as timid as a _Warming upQuestions/Activities

3、bat lion bee fox tiger lamb peacock rabbit第4页/共60页第四页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Check-on PreviewWBTRWarming up How did the boy meet the young Maheegun? How long did Maheegun stay with the boy? Why did Maheegun leave the boy? When did the boy meet Maheegun again? Why did the boy cry after Maheegun saved him?第5页/

4、共60页第五页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。ObjectivesWBTRWarming up Through this unit, we are expected to get to know sth about Easter; analyze the theme, the organization and the language style of the text; learn the vocabulary describing animals and the snow and other useful words and expressions in the text; review g

5、rammar items such as the inverted sentence, and the time adverbial; review figures of speech, including simile and personification.第6页/共60页第六页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。BackgroundCulture TipsGereBWTRMaheegun My Brother第7页/共60页第七页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。A Short Story Setting (time and place): Time: an unusually cold spri

6、ng Place: northern country Main characters: Mheegun and the boyBackgroundGenre第8页/共60页第八页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 Plot (the events that form a story):A 14-year old boy saved a dying wolf cub who, two years later, came to his rescue when he was attacked by two hungry wolves. Conflict: A struggle of some kind

7、on which a story is based: A struggle of man against man A struggle of man against natureAn inner struggle in which a character attempts to overcome a fear, make a decision, or understand a situation, etc.BackgroundGenre第9页/共60页第九页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Wolves: Facts Type: Mammal Diet: Carnivore Average lif

8、e span in the wild: 6 to 8 years Size: Head and body, 36 to 63 inches (91 to 160 cm); Weight: 40 to 175 lbs (18 to 79 kg) Protection status: Endangered BackgroundCulture Tips第10页/共60页第十页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Cultural Stereotype of Wolves: Many of the prevailing stories depict wolves in a negative waysuch a

9、s in Aesops Fables. In fiction, the wolf is sometimes represented as an evil creature which preys on small children and livestock. BackgroundCulture Tips第11页/共60页第十一页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 Little Red Riding Hood第12页/共60页第十二页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 Little Red Riding Hood 小红帽 A story about a little girl whose name w

10、as called Little Red Riding Hood, on her road to his grandmas house, she was encountered a big bad wolf and told him where she was heading for. The wolf went to her grandmas house and swallowed her. He disguised himself as the girls grandma and waiting for the girls coming. 第13页/共60页第十三页，编辑于星期六：六点 十

11、四分。 cry wolf wolf in sheeps clothing have a wolf in the stomach keep the wolf from the door set the wolf to keep the sheepBackground Idioms on wolves:Culture Tips 喊叫“狼来了” 披着羊皮的狼 饿到极点引狼入室勉强度日第14页/共60页第十四页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Capitoline Wolf Wolves in Legend: The she-wolf who raised the twin founders of Rom

12、e, Romulus and Remus. When the twins were ordered to be cast into the river Tiber, they were rescued by a she- wolf who cared for them until a herdsman found them.BackgroundCulture Tips第15页/共60页第十五页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。todayBackgroundCulture Tips第16页/共60页第十六页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。a typical image depicted in many

13、 literary worksBackgroundCulture Tips第17页/共60页第十七页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Culture TipsEaster is a festival Celebrating the rebirthof Jesus Christ. The day falls on the first Sunday after the fullmoon following the March equinox. 第18页/共60页第十八页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Culture Tips Christian People engage in lots of acti

14、vities to observe this special holiday. One of them is to decorate eggs. These painted and dyed eggs symbolize a new life. 第19页/共60页第十九页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Culture Tips The Easter bunny is depicted as the animal bringing Easter eggs. In legend, the creature carries colored eggs, candy and toys in his bas

15、ket to the homes of children. 第20页/共60页第二十页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。DetailedAnalysisRhetorical DevicesStructureThemeText AnalysisTWBRMaheegun My Brother第21页/共60页第二十一页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 The story depicts the ideal relationship between humans and wild animalsthey are fellow creatures on the earth, and therefore sh

16、ould treat each other like brothers as a way of mutual protection and mutual respect .Text AnalysisTheme第22页/共60页第二十二页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Text AnalysisStructure1Paras. 1-3When the boy was 14, he was allowed to keep Maheegun, a wolf he found.2Paras. 4-37The happy days the boy and Maheegun had together and

17、 how Maheegun came to the boys rescue. 3Paras. 38-44The brothers returned to where they each belonged.TWBR第23页/共60页第二十三页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Main IdeaSentence ParaphraseWords & ExpressionsExercisePart I Part II Part III TWBRText AnalysisDetailed Analysis第24页/共60页第二十四页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Part I: Main Idea H

18、ow did I save Maheegun? When and where did I find Maheegun? What kind of state was he in at the time? How do you know that the wolf cub was weak and small?Did grandfather immediately decide to take him back? Can you guess why?Text AnalysisDetailed Analysis第25页/共60页第二十五页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Detailed Analys

19、isPart I: Sentence ParaphraseText Analysisspring was late in coming. (para. 1)Paraphrasing: In that spring, it was unusually cold.第26页/共60页第二十六页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisWordsPhrasesGrammarfaintshiverwigglegainPart I: Words & Expressionspick uptime adverbial第27页/共60页第二十七页，编辑于星

20、期六：六点 十四分。Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Exercise Fill in the blanks by choosing the following words in proper form. pick/shiver/gain/faint/pick up/wiggle1.The sounds grew _.2.He _ as he heard the strange noise in the night.3.A dog _ his tail.4.He quickly _ experience.5.We _ apples from the t

21、ree.6.She _ French very quickly.第28页/共60页第二十八页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 Gone was the puppy-wool coat. In its place was a handsome black mantle. In sailed Mrs. Yesno. On the top was the clear outline of a great wolf sitting still There, about 50 feet away, crouched my two attackers There stood a giant black wo

22、lf.Text AnalysisRhetorical DevicesInversion第29页/共60页第二十九页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Simile and Metaphor We hunted the grasshoppers that leaped about like little rockets. For the next two years I was as busy as a squirrel storing nuts for the winter. Gone was the puppy-wool coat. In its place was a handsome blac

23、k mantle.Text AnalysisRhetorical Devices第30页/共60页第三十页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Oxymoron white darkness ( para. 23 ) Why is it white darkness? Because the light was so strong that it blinded the author; and it can be read as a metaphor too. It is a literary figure of speech in which opposite or contradictory wo

24、rds, terms, phrases or ideas arecombined to create a rhetorical effect by paradoxical means.e.g. silent cry/loving hatred/living death Text AnalysisRhetorical Devices第31页/共60页第三十一页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Part II: Main IdeaHow did we become partners?How does the description of young Maheegun in paragraph 4 im

25、press you? How did the boy must have felt when he told people about these mischievous acts? In what way did he change in appearance and in manners?Why grandpa decided to take Maheegun to the north shack? Was Mrs. Yesno responsible? Text AnalysisDetailed Analysis第32页/共60页第三十二页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Part II:

26、Main IdeaHow did Maheegun save me? How many years passed after Maheegun left us? What did I do during the years? Did I miss him? How did the boy get trapped in a snowstorm? What situation was I in after I got lost in the snowstorm? (lost, cold, weak, hungry ) What did the boy do to stay alive in the

27、 wildness? How did Maheegun save me? Why did I cry? How would you describe the boys reunion with Maheegun? How did they both feel? How was it that Maheegun could arrive in time to save the boy?Text AnalysisDetailed Analysis第33页/共60页第三十三页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Why and how did Maheegun return to the wildernes

28、s? Why did Maheegun become restless? Why did he finally leave? Why didnt grandpa stop him? How did the boy feel when he found Maheegun gone?Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Main Idea第34页/共60页第三十四页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 Not that we didnt have our troubles. (para. 5) Paraphrasing: When I say the year I

29、 got Maheegun was the happiest year of my life, I dont mean that Maheegun never caused troubles.Part II: Sentence ParaphraseDetailed AnalysisText Analysis第35页/共60页第三十五页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 It all served to fog my mind with pleasure so that I forgot my Grandpas repeated warnings, and one night left Maheeg

30、un unchained. (para. 8)Paraphrasing: Although my Grandpa had told me to chain Maheegun at night, I forgot to do so one night because I was so happy with him.Part II: Sentence ParaphraseText AnalysisDetailed Analysis第36页/共60页第三十六页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 The whole white world thrilled to that wild cry. (para.

31、 14) Paraphrasing: The whole snow-covered world seemed to be greatly aroused/stirred by the passionate cry of Maheegun. Part II: Sentence ParaphraseDetailed AnalysisText Analysis第37页/共60页第三十七页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。I tried to tell myself it was all for the best (para. 17)Paraphrasing: I tried to tell myself

32、 it would be good for Maheegun in the end though at first it would be hard for both of us Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Sentence Paraphrase第38页/共60页第三十八页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 Everything had been smothered by the fierce whiteness. (para. 25) Paraphrasing: Everything had been heavily covered by thi

33、ck snow, and its whiteness was frightening.Part II: Sentence ParaphraseDetailed AnalysisText Analysis第39页/共60页第三十九页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 A great white stillness had taken over and with it, biting cold. (para. 27)Paraphrasing: The storm had blown itself out. Now nothing in this white world moved. It was qu

34、iet and terribly cold. Part II: Sentence ParaphraseText AnalysisDetailed Analysis第40页/共60页第四十页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 The cold and loss of blood were taking their toll. (para. 36) Paraphrasing: As I had lost a lot of blood, and it was extremely cold, I was beginning to feel very weak.Part II: Sentence Parap

35、hraseDetailed AnalysisText Analysis第41页/共60页第四十一页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Text AnalysisDetailed Analysisnot thatall for the bestblow outtake overtear apartwork ones way out ofget sth. doingtake its tollWordsPhrasesmischievouspokechecksliphittearsmotherseeslashPart II: Words & Expressions第42页/共60页第四十二页，编辑于

36、星期六：六点 十四分。Not that we didnt have our troubles. (para. 5) Not that: used to say you are not suggesting something e.g. Language Points (1) She wouldnt tell me how much the bag costs not that I was really interested. (I am not really interested.) 可别以为我对这事感兴趣。(2) He hasnt come. Not that he said he woul

37、d. (he didnt say he would)我可不是说他说过要来。Text AnalysisDetailed Analysis第43页/共60页第四十三页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 The year I found Maheegun, spring was late in coming. (para. 1)(the first time/ the last time/ the year/ the month/ the week/ the hour/ the moment + relative clause) = time adverbialLanguage Points Text

38、AnalysisDetailed Analysis第44页/共60页第四十四页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Word Study smother ( para. 25): to conceal, to cover e.g.(1) The chef smothered the cake in chocolate.(2) The latest violence smothered any remaining hope for a peace agreement.(3) Smother an animal / a fire / a sneeze Text AnalysisDetailed Analy

39、sis第45页/共60页第四十五页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 see (para. 26) : to be the time when/ the place where an event happens; to witness e.g. (1) September 11, 2001 saw a coordinated terrorist strike on the United States.Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisWord Study第46页/共60页第四十六页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 slash ( para. 28): to cut with

40、 forceful sweeping strokes e.g. (1) Pines were slashed by workers, and homeless birds scattered. (2) He slashed his way through the bush.Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisWord Study第47页/共60页第四十七页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。 Fill in blanks by choosing the following words with the right form. upset/fog/mischievous/lea

41、p/quiet/own/ chase/scatter/mantle 答案见备注栏 Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II: Exercise1.Tom is a _ child2.The bad news _me.3.The boy _the dog.4.The wind_.5.Steam _my glasses.6.The flock of birds _when a shot was fired.7.The dog _over the fence.8.On a summer night n, a _of dust hangs over the roads

42、.第48页/共60页第四十八页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Text AnalysisPart III: Main Idea Questions: (1) Who came to rescue the boy with the police dog team?(2) How many days did the boy sleep?(3) Where did Maheegun go at last?第49页/共60页第四十九页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart III: Sentence Paraphrase It was quit

43、e some time before my eyes came into focus enough to see my grandfather sitting by my bed. (para. 41) Paraphrasing: It took quite some time for my eyes to adjust themselves to be able to see my grandfather sitting by my bed.第50页/共60页第五十页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisWordsPhrasesSenten

44、ce PatternGrammarPart III: Words & Expressionscome upcome into focusas ifsee sb. doing sth.use of shouldriflescream第51页/共60页第五十一页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart III: Exercise Fill in the blanks with proper propositions. 1. I screamed and ran _ him, falling _ the snow. (para. 39

45、) 2. Then I fell forward _ my face, _ the snow. (para. 40) Key: toward, through, on, into 第52页/共60页第五十二页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。RWBTReinforcementUnit 11Maheegun My Brother第53页/共60页第五十三页，编辑于星期六：六点 十四分。Depiction of Wolves wolf-cub, she-wolf, timber wolf, black wolf; puppy-wool coat, handsome black mantle lay his head between his front paws；unchained；become restless； sit with his nose to the sky；check the wind；sitting still；ears pointed；alert；muzzle；wild cry；stirred；deep rumble of pleasure in his throat；howl；food cry；snarl；whimper；