英语泛读教程3：Unit 15

1、Unit 15 Love of Life (I)The information you can get from the titlepThe topic of the passage: a tale of human unequaled endurance and ardent love of life burning in human soulpThe focus of the writing: how a man struggles to survive when traveling in the wildernessOverviewpLead in Introduction of Jac

2、k LondonpText: Love of Life (I) Vocabulary, text analysis, and exercises pHome Reading: Love of Life (II) pFast ReadingIntroduction of Jack LondonpBorn: January 12, 1876pDied: November 22, 1916 pOccupation : Novelist, journalist, short story writer and essayist pLiterary movement: Realism and Natura

3、lism pFamous novels: The Call of the Wild 野性的呼唤 White Fang 白牙 The Sea-Wolf 海狼 The Iron Heel 铁蹄 Martin Eden 马丁伊甸Text Love of Life (I)Vocabulary1. wince v.畏缩，退避2. savor n.滋味，气味，食欲3. exertion n.发挥，运用，努力4. sediment n.沉淀，沉积物 5. crevice n.裂缝，裂隙6. remorseless a.冷酷的，无情的7. ravenously adv.贪婪的，渴望的 8. bellicose

4、 a.好战的，好斗的 9. germane a.贴切的，有密切关系的10. evict v.驱逐，逐出Text AnalysisPart I: Paragraph 1-22 The difficulties after he was deserted.Part II: Paragraph 23-endhe was in the death line. Exercises p(A) c p(B) a b b a c b c c d b bp(D) b a b c c a a a c d b bHome Reading Love of Life (II) Vocabulary1. genial a

5、.亲切的，友好的，和蔼的2. lugubriously adv.悲哀的，伤心的3. gloat v./ n.幸灾乐祸，心满意足的注视Exercisespc d a c d d d cFast ReadingVocabularypOnep1. prosecution n.检查，经营，起诉p2. render v.致使，提出，实施p3. ascertain v.确定，查明，探知pTwop1. reckon v.测算，估计，认为p2. antedate v.先于，前于p3. stripling n. 年轻人p4. metropolis n.大都市pThreep1. nugget n.天然金块，矿块p2. plague v.折磨，使苦恼p3. entrepreneur n.企业家，主办者p4. nucleu