Unit 8 The man in asbestosPPT精选文档

1、1The Man in AsbestosStephen Leacock 2Questions / ActivitiesCheck-on PreviewObjectivesThe Man in AsbestosUnit 8Warming up3BackgroundGenreA Short Sci-fi Story Science fiction:1) books, films or cartoons about an imagined future, especially about space travel or other planets (http:/dictionary.cambridg

2、)4BackgroundGenreA Short Sci-fi Story 2) abbreviation SF or sci-fi, a form of fiction that deals principally with the impact of actual or imagined science upon society or individuals. The term science fiction was popularized, if not invented, in the 1920s by one of the genres principal advocate

3、s, the American publisher Hugo Gernsback(雨果根斯巴克). The Hugo Awards(雨果奖,堪称科幻艺术界的诺贝尔奖) given annually since 1953 by the World Science Fiction Society, are named after him. These achievement awards are given to the top SF writers, editors, illustrators(插图画家）, films, and “fanzines.”（fan+magazine) (发烧友办的杂

4、志）(www.B)5BackgroundGenreA Short Sci-fi Story 3) a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible (or at least non-supernatural) content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal（超自然异常的） abilities. Exploring the consequences

5、of scientific innovations is one purpose of science fiction, m a k i n g i t a l i t e r a t u r e o f i d e a s . ()6DetailedAnalysisStructureThemeUnit 8Text AnalysisThe Man in Asbestos7Text AnalysisTheme The “perfect” future or a nightmare Utopian ideas and disasters Humanity lost

6、 in the progress of human society 8Text AnalysisStructureIPara. 1-6Sleeping into the distant future IIPara. 7-78Experiencing the distant futureIIIPara. 79-81Waking up from the distant future7-28Astonished29-55Thrilled56-66Doubtful67-78Angry 12349Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I(1-6): Main Idea W

7、hy did the narrator want to visit the future? How did the narrator fall into sleep? In what way might visiting the future in sleep be “straight suicide”? What is the narrators profession? How do you know? What do people often dream of? Do you have the sense of time in our dreams?10Text AnalysisDetai

8、led AnalysisPart I: Sentence ParaphraseTo begin with, let me admit that I did it partly from jealousy. （para.1)because of, out of“From” is sometimes used to indicate reason. E.g.The dog died from the wound on its leg.The girl suffers from homesickness.(here) used to give the first important reason f

9、or sth.Or: at the start of a process, event or situation. E.g. There were six of us to begin with, but then two people left.Paraphrasing: It is true that the first important reason for me to visit the distant future in sleep is that I as a writer am jealous of other writers that can do it.to agree t

10、hat sth. is true, esp. unwillingApparently jealousy is not a thing one would be proud of.11Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Sentence ParaphraseTo begin with, let me admit that I did it partly from jealousy. （para.1)because of, out of“From” is sometimes used to indicate reason. E.g.The dog died

11、from the wound on its leg.The girl suffers from homesickness.(here) used to give the first important reason for sth.Or: at the start of a process, event or situation. E.g. There were six of us to begin with, but then two people left.Paraphrasing: It is true that the first important reason for me to

12、visit the distant future in sleep is that I as a writer am jealous of other writers that can do it.to agree that sth. is true, esp. unwillingApparently jealousy is not a thing one would be proud of.12Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Sentence ParaphraseIt seemed unfair that other writers should

13、be able at will to drop into a sleep of four or five hundred years, and to plunge headfirst into a distant future and be a witness of its marvels.(para.2) a thing or person that is very surprising or causes a lot of admirationThis indicates that the narrator had some positive expectations for the fu

14、tureParaphrasing: Surprisingly other writers are able to fall asleep and stay asleep for four or five hundred years whenever they like, and they can go right into a distant future in their sleep without heisitation to see all the wonders, while I havent done this yet. Im also a writer, so this unfai

15、r. to go right intowithout hesitationsee, experienceIndicating surpriseformal subject “it” in the place of a subject clause for balanced sentence structure13Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Sentence ParaphraseIt was, in a way, clear, straight suicide, but I did it.(para.5) This is exaggeration

16、of the risks involved in his plan for humorous effect. dropping into a sleep of four or five hundred years and plunge headfirst into the distant futureParaphrasing: Clearly there is to a certain extent great risk in dropping into a sleep of four or five hundred years and plunge headfirst into the di

17、stant future, but I did it in spite of the risk.To a certain extent, with reservations, in some respects14Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Sentence ParaphraseI could feel my senses leaving methe very existence of the outer world was hushed. Dimly I could feel the days go past, then years, and t

18、hen the long passage of the centuries. (para.6)Do you know the difference in usage and meaning between “to feel sb. doing sth.” and “to feel sb. do sth.”silent and stillParaphrasing: I could feel that I was becoming more and more insensitive to the things around methe world around me had become sile

19、nt and still(used to add emphasis to a noun) exact, particularHere it denotes the action of “to pass”, as in “the passage of time” and “the passage of the law”15Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Words & ExpressionsWordsPhrasesWordsadmit; should; passage Phrasesto begin with; do sth. from jea

20、lousy; at will; drop into a sleep; plunge into; make preparations for; feel sb. do/doing; fall into sleepSentence PatternGrammarthe formal subject “it”16Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Exercise 1Translate the following sentences into English, using Translate the following sentences into Englis

21、h, using words in the brackets.words in the brackets.要求文科学生修高级数学课程，太荒谬。(it)It is ridiculous that liberal arts students should be required to take advanced math courses. 2. 不应允许雇主随意解雇员工。(will)Employers shouldnt be allowed to fire employees at will.3.欧洲遭遇经济危机时，许多欧盟国家债台高筑。(plunge)Many EU countries plun

22、ged into great debts when the economic crisis hit Europe. 青年男子承认他不明白夜莺在唱什么。(admit)The young man admitted that he did not understand what the nightingale was singing. 17Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart I: Exercise 2Fill in the blanks with the verbs in their appropriate forms.1. Did you hear somebod

23、y_ (cry) help just now?2. The mother watched her son _(walk) away from home for his fist day at school.3.The old man smelt something _(burn) in the house.4. I saw a little boy _ (eat) three Big Macs at McDonalds today.5. She felt her little brothers hand _ (tremble) in hers and pull him behind her.c

24、ryingwalkburningeattrembling18Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1(7-28): Main Idea What kind of a man did the author see when he reopened his eyes centuries later? Why is it that the narrator seemed unable to determine his age? What did time mean to MIA? Why was it odd that the narrators first q

25、uestion was about MIAs clothes? Why did people in MIAs world wear clothes made of asbestos? Why was the narrator on a platform in a museum? What did the narrator see when he came onto Broadway? How did he feel?19Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1: Sentence ParaphraseDont you keep track of them

26、anymore? (para.15) Paraphrasing: Dont you record time anymore? / Dont you care to know the time anymore?to keep a record of sth. or make certain that you know or remember what has happenedopposite: to lose track of sth.20Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1: Sentence Paraphrase“Stop,” I said, my

27、brain reeling. “Tell me one thing at a time.” (para.19)Paraphrasing: “Stop,” I said, and my head seemed to be moving round and round in a whirling motion so that I felt dizzy, bewildered, and completely puzzled. “Tell me these things one by one.”absolute construction as adverbial, more examples:He s

28、aid yes, his eyes fixed on the floor. (past participle)He said yes, his eyes shining with excitement. (present participle)He said yes, his cap in his hand. (preposition phrase)He said yes, his face red with shyness. (adjective)one by one, one after another21Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1: S

29、entence ParaphraseI see, you must have been asleep a long time.(para.20)The pattern “must have done” is used here to show that sth. was very likely, probable, or certain to be true. Compare:He must have argued with her.He might have argued with her.He would have argued with her.He could have argued

30、with herHe should have argued with her.He couldnt have argued with her.He shouldnt have argued with her.He neednt have argued with her.22Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1: Sentence Paraphrase“But here,” he said. (para.25) but now, but listen, but look23Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1:

31、Sentence ParaphraseBut the moment we came out upon the street, I stood riveted in astonishment. (para.26)Paraphrasing: When we went out of the museum and onto Broadway, I was so astonished that I stood still as if fastened to the ground with a rivet.adverbial clause introduced by a nounSimilarly:The

32、 first time I drank, I got drunk.The winter left my hometown, it snowed often.The way I see it, you are getting cheated.24Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1: Sentence ParaphraseIn place of the roaring thoroughfare that I had know, this silent, moss-grown desolation.(para.27)Instead ofa lively a

33、nd busy main streetthis silent wasteland covered with moss25Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1: Sentence ParaphraseAnd was this the era of the conquest that I had hoped to see?(para.28) It refers to mans conquest of nature. Up until very recently, people still believed that by relying on scienc

34、e and technology, we would be able to make nature serve our needs; we would conquer nature as its master. Note that the conquest might also be about the principles of nature, like aging. Human beings have always dreamed of beating disease and death, anyway.26Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1:

35、Sentence ParaphraseThis picture of desolation rendered me almost speechless.(para.28) to render: to cause to be or become, make27Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1: Sentence Paraphrase .humanity was destined to move forward.(para.28) Paraphrasing: Based on Darwinian theories of evolution, throu

36、gh struggle for survival and natural selection, people believe that humanity is sure/certain/bound to move forward, since the inevitable law is the survival of the fittest, progress is not only desirable, but also inevitable. 28Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1(7-28): Words & ExpressionsWo

37、rdsPhrasesWordsrenderPhraseshave a way of doing; keep track of; used to do; one at a time; spring to ones lips; find out about; in astonishment; in place of; fall into ruin; to and fro; take for granted; be destined to doSentence PatternGrammarabsolute construction; adverbial clause introduced by a

38、noun29Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-1: ExerciseTranslate the following sentences into English, using Translate the following sentences into English, using words in the words in the brackets.brackets.1. 她的丈夫在事故中去世，让她毫无希望。(render)The death of her husband in the accident rendered her hopeless.

39、2. 任何作弊企图都必将失败。(destine)Any attempt to cheat in the exam is destined to fail. 3. 法律面前人人平等是理所当然的。(grant)It is taken for granted that everyone is equal before the law. 4. 应该鼓励人们购物时用纸袋子，换掉塑料袋。(place)People should be encouraged to use paper bags in place of plastic bags for shopping.30Text AnalysisDetai

40、led AnalysisPart II-1: ExerciseTranslate the following sentences into English, using Translate the following sentences into English, using words in the words in the brackets.brackets.5. 设计这个表格是为了帮助学生们了解他们的进步。(track)This table is designed to help the students keep track of their progress. 6. 她走进我办公室的

41、那一刻我就知道麻烦来了。(adverbial clause)The moment she walked into my officer, I knew trouble came.7. 她满脸幸福地拆开了生日礼物。(absolute construction)She unwrapped the birthday gift, happiness on her face.31Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2(29-55): Main Idea In what more ways was MIAs world different from the narr

42、ators world? How did the narrator feel when he saw and heard about those differences? How did work disappear? How had the narrator felt about fashion before this trip and how did he feel about it now? Do you believe man will eventually conquer nature? Do you believe there will be one day when work i

43、s completely eliminated?32Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2: Sentence Paraphrase“Oh, done away with long ago,” he said.(para.31) to do away with: to get rid of sth. or stop using sth., for example:Computerization has enabled us to do away with a lot paper work.These ridiculous regulations shou

44、ld be done away with immediately.Paraphrasing: The man in asbestos said, “Oh, we got rid of the transportation vehicles a long time ago.”33Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2: Sentence ParaphraseIts just the same being here as being anywhere else.(para.33) The formal subject “it” is used here in

45、 the place of the gerund phrase “being here” for balance of sentence structure.Paraphrasing: There is no difference between being here and being anywhere else (so there is no need to move anywhere).34Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2: Sentence ParaphraseA thousand questions surged into my mind

46、 at once.(para.34)a lot of questions: “a thousand” is not used as an exact number here; it is an exaggerated way of saying many.Paraphrasing: Immediately my head was full of questions. to surged: to rise, roll, move or swell forward in or like waves 35Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2: Sentenc

47、e ParaphraseI looked at him a moment open-mouthed.(para.37)Paraphrasing: I looked at the man in asbestos for a moment with my mouth open because I was too surprised. adjective as subject complement, more examples:She went away ashamed.The student looked at the professor confused.36Text AnalysisDetai

48、led AnalysisPart II-2: Sentence ParaphraseI tried to pull my senses together.(para.38)to pull ones senses together: to calm down and thinkCompare: to pull oneself together (to recover ones self-control; to regain command of ones emotions)Paraphrasing: I tried to calm down and think clearly. 37Text A

49、nalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2: Sentence Paraphrase.I must go at it systematically.(para.38)Paraphrasing: I must start finding out about this new and undreamed-of future in a well planned orderly way.to go at: to attack (sb.) or to start doing sth. with a lot of energy and enthusiasmCompare: to g

50、o about (to begin to do sth. or deal with sth.)in a well planned, organized and orderly way38Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2: Sentence ParaphraseWhy,.it died out of itself. Machinery killed it.(para.40)Paraphrasing: Why, work for human beings disappeared without external interference. Machin

51、es did all the work so that human beings didnt have to work anymore. to die out: to stop existing completelyan assembly of machines or mechanical apparatusesMachinery is a collective noun but is uncountable, other similar nouns include: luggage, furniture, equipment, jewelry, stationary, etc.by itse

52、lf, without external interference39Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2: Sentence ParaphraseYou were all caught in the cogs of your own machines.(para.42)Paraphrasing: You could not escape the consequences of your industrialization. / You became the slave of your own machines.to be caught in: to

53、be trapped or stuck in a place or a situation not able to get out40Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2: Sentence ParaphraseAgriculture went overboard.(para.46) Paraphrasing: Agriculture was eliminated. / Agriculture died out.to go overboard: (here) to fall over the side of the boat into the wate

54、rNote: “To go overboard” might also mean: to go to extremes; to do sth. too much or to be too excited or eager about sth., as in:I dont suppose therell be more than six people eating so I wouldnt go overboard with food.41Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2: Sentence ParaphraseEating and all that

55、 goes with it.(para.46)Paraphrasing: Eating and everything related to it (such as cooking)to go with: to be related to, to have something to do with42Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2: Sentence ParaphraseThat, of course, could never have been if it hadnt been connected with the revolt of women

56、 and the fall of Fashion.(para.47)“The revolt of women” refers to the first wave of feminist movement (also known as womens movement or womens liberation) of the 18th through early 20th centuries, mainly dealing with womens suffrage and geared towards white, middle class, educated women. The second

57、wave came in the 1960s and lasted through the late 1980s, and it was mainly concerned with gender inequality in politics, laws and culture. The third wave came in the 1990s. Fashion is a general term for a popular style of practice, especially in clothing, foot wear and accessories. Diversity and ch

58、ange are important features of fashion which is not supposed to last long. Only the disappearance of fashion can dress people in the same unchangeable asbestos clothing.43Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2: Sentence ParaphraseI was about to launch into one of my old-time harangues about the she

59、er vanity of decorative dress, when（para.48)dress not to keep one warm or cover the private parts of ones body but to make one look beautiful or different; fashionable clothesspeech of strong feeling, usually delivered before a gatheringObviously the narrator had some negative sentiments for fashion

60、 and used to make speech against it.upon or after which, and thenNote the sentence pattern:be about to do / be doingwhen44Text AnalysisDetailed AnalysisPart II-2(29-55): Words & ExpressionsWordsPhrasesWordsPhrasesgasp out; do away with; get about; die out; go at; bit by bit; be caught in; pull ones senses