英语优秀课件unit5-The-Nightingale-and-the-Rose

1、 Lesson 5 The Nightingale and the Rose Oscar WildeWarm-upA love quizFairy talesAbout the authorArt for arts sakeQuotes from Oscar Wildea Love Quiz 1.You are walking to your loves house. There are two roads to get there. One is a straight path which takes you there quickly, but is very plain and bori

2、ng. The other is curvy & full of wonderful sights on the way, but takes quite a while to reach your loves house. WHICH PATH DO YOU CHOOSE? Short or Long? On the way, you see two rose bushes. One is full of white roses; the other is full of red roses. You decide to pick twenty roses for your love. (Y

3、ou could pick all of the same color or half & half or whatever combination that suits your taste.) WHAT COLOR COMBO DO YOU CHOOSE? Take a Love QuizYou finally get to your loves house. You ring the bell and a family member answers the door. You can ask the family member to get your love, or you may g

4、et him/her yourself. WHAT DO YOU DO? Ask or Get Yourself?Take a Love QuizNow, You go up to your loves room. No one is there. You could leave the roses by the windowsill or on the bed. WHERE DO YOU PUT THE ROSES? Window or Bed? Take a Love QuizLater its time for bed. You and your love go to sleep in

5、separate rooms.You wake up in the morning and go to your loves room to check up on him/her. You enter the room: IS HE/SHE AWAKE OR SLEEPING?Take a Love QuizIts time to go home now and you start to head back. You can take either road home now. The plain and boring one that gets you home faster or the

6、 curvy and sight-filled road that you can just take your time with. WHICH ROAD DO YOU CHOOSE? Short or Long?Take a Love QuizNow analyze your answers: 1. The road represents your attitude towards falling in love. If you chose the short one, you fall in love quickly and easily. If you chose the long o

7、ne, you take your time and do not fall in love that easily. Take a Love Quiz2. The number of red roses represents how much you expect to give in a relationship. The number of white roses represents how much you expect to receive in a relationship. So, if a person chose all red with one white rose, h

8、e/she gives 90% in the relationship, but expects to receive only 10% back. Take a Love Quiz3. This question shows your attitude in handling relationship problems. If you asked the family member to get your love, then you are the type who wants to avoid problems. If you went to get your love yourself

9、, then you are pretty direct and solve the problem right away.Take a Love Quiz4. The placement of the roses indicates how often you would like to see your love. Putting the roses on the bed means, you want to see them a lot. If you placed the roses by the window this means you dont mind seeing each

10、other once in a while. Take a Love Quiz5. Finding your love asleep: You accept your love the way they are. Finding them awake means you expect them to change for you. Take a Love Quiz6. The short and long roads now represent how long you could stay in love. If you chose the short one, you fall out o

11、f love easily. If you chose the long one, you tend to stay in love for a long, long time.About RosesRed RosesRed - Love, Respect and Courage White RosesWhite - Innocence, Purity, Secrecy, Silence, Reverence, Humility and (according to some sources) True LoveYellow RosesYellow - Joy, Friendship, Jeal

12、ousy, Hope and Freedom The daffodilDAISY What are the symbolic meanings of “Red rose”, “Lizard” “Butterfly” and “Nightingale”?Why do all these plants and animals can talk in the story?Fairy taleWhats a fairy tale?Warming-upCan you name some of the fairy tales that you have read?Can you tell which fa

13、iry tales the following pictures illustrate? Are you familiar with them?Who are the most famous fairy tale collectors and writers?The prince asked who she was and how she came there; She looked at him tenderly and with a sad expressions in her dark blue eyes, but could not speak “Oh, very badly inde

14、ed!” she replied. “I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know what was in my bed, but I had something hard under me, and am all over black and blue. It has hurt me so much!” But the emperor isnt wearing any clothes! Yes Beast, I will marry you For a long time he stood gazi

15、ng at her face, so full of serenity, so peaceful, lovely and pure, and he felt spring to his heart that love he had always been searching for and never found. And then the Nightingale began to sing. “That is it!” said the little girl. “Listen, listen! And its sitting there!”And she pointed to a litt

16、le gray bird up in the boughs.“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student, “but in all my garden there is no red rose.”Who is your favorite writer of fairy tales?Can you recall some of their works?Fairy Tale Collectors and WritersCharles Perrault(1628-

17、1703)Sleeping Beauty Little Red Riding Hood Blue Beard Puss In Boots The Fairies CinderellaRicky With The Tuft Little Tom ThumbThe Brothers Grimm (Jacob 1785-1863 and Wilhelm 1786-1859) devoted their lives to collecting these German legends, originally published in 1812 as Childrens and Household Ta

18、les. Cinderella Little Red Riding Hood The Sleeping Beauty Snow WhiteRumpelstiltskin Rapunzel The Twelve Dancing PrincessFairy Tale Collectors and WritersHans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)The Little Mermaid The Little Match GirlThe Ugly DucklingThe Princess and the Pea (The Real Princess)The Consta

19、nt Tin SoldierThe Snow QueenThe Emperors New ClothesThe NightingaleOscar Wilde (18541900) The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, The Remarkable Rocket, A House of Pomegranates, (1891)The Young King, The Birthday

20、of the Infanta, The Fisherman and his Soul, The Star-ChildUse your own words to tell these stories.The Brothers GrimmWhat are Fairy Tales?Witches and Queensgiants and elves (精灵) princes and princessestalking animals Marvelous and magical things happen: a boy may become a birda princess may sleep for

21、 a hundred years Always same ending and similar theme: truth prevails over deceptiongenerosity is ultimately rewardedhard work overcomes obstacleslove, mercy and kindness are the greatest powers of allCommon Writing Techniques1)The frequent use of personification2)The symbolic meaning given to words

22、3)The vivid, simple narration, which is typical of the oral tradition of fairy tales4)The repetitive pattern usedAndersen Comparison Grimms magical elements, happy endingAndersen not always a happy ending, focus more on lessons and messagesWilde?.About the authorAbout the AuthorOscar Wilde was born

23、in Dublin, Ireland on October 16, 1854. Early Death(1900)Be educated in Trinity College, Dublin(都柏林圣三一学院)In May 1895, Wilde was prosecuted and imprisoned for homosexuality under the terms of the Criminal Law Amendment Act(刑事法修正法令). BosieBobby,Bosie has insisted on dropping here for sandwiches. He is

24、 quite like a narcissusso white and gold. I will either come Wednesday or Thursday night to your rooms. Send me a line. Bosie is so tired; he lies like a hyacinth on the sofa, and I worship him.Yours, OSCARAbout HomosexualitySappho 萨福 The first female poet in Acient GreeceMichelangeloB.1475-1564米开朗基

25、罗 The Italian artist（unmarried -homosexuality）LeonardoDaVersace1452-1519达芬奇 The Italian artistHomosexual has the equal rights as any body else.Oscar Wildes works The Happy Prince And Other Tales 快乐王子和其他故事-Fairy taleThe Picture of Dorian Gray道林格雷的画像FictionPlays: Lady Windermeres Fan温德密尔夫人的扇子A Woman o

26、f No Importance无足轻重的女人 An Ideal Husband 理想的丈夫 The Importance of Being Earnest认真的重要性Why did Oscar Wilde write fairy tales?Wildes two volumes of fairy tales, The Happy Prince (1888) and A House of Pomegranates(石榴之家) (1891) were written, according to a letter of 1888, partly for children and partly for

27、 those who have kept the childlike faculties of wonder and joy. An advocate of aestheticismA complete idealist, perfectionistA genius good at creating a sense of beauty in his literary works “As an aesthete, the eccentric young Wilde wore long hair and velvet knee breeches(天鹅绒及膝马裤).His rooms were fi

28、lled with various objects such as sunflowers, peacock feathers, and blue china; Wilde claimed to aspire to the perfection of the china.”Quotes from Oscar Wilde:“Art for arts sake”“I have nothing to declare but my genius ” associated with the aesthetic doctrine that art is self-sufficient and need se

29、rve no moral or political purpose The only purpose of the artist is art, not religion, or science, or interest. He who paints or writes only for financial return or to propagandize political and economic interests can only arouse feeling of disgust.Oscar Wildes belief -Art for Arts SakeArt for Arts

30、Sakeshould not paint or write for financial, political or religious reasons. “ Ah, I have read all that the wise men have written my life is made wretched.” (para.3)“ She has form. That cannot be denied. But has she got feeling? Im afraid not. In fact, like most artists, she is all style without any

31、 sincerity.” (para.34)Reading for funQuotes from Oscar Wilde1 些许坦诚，埋下祸根；毫无心机，即是火坑。1. A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.2 男人交友不动情，个个女人皆称心。2. A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her.3 宽恕不争，气死仇人。3. Always forgive your enemies;

32、nothing annoys them so much.4 吃穿不愁，神思不游。4. Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination.5 何为时装？丑陋无比，半年一易。5. Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.Quotes from Wilde6 已过年少时，难晓天下事。6. I am not young enough to know everything.7 上帝

33、造人，过于逞能。7. I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.8 幻觉乃快乐之首。8. Illusion is the first of all pleasures.9 个人如一己之愿，未为自私；众人如一己之愿，方为自私。9. Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.10 被人谈论已够糟，不被谈论更糟糕。10. The only thing w

34、orse than being talked about is not being talked about. As a advocate of aestheticism, idealist, perfectionist, pursuer of beauty & true love, what does Wilde want to express in the story?Text analysisReading comprehension1)What is the Students problem? What makes him so sad? Why is it so important

35、for him to have a red rose?2)How does the Nightingale finally get the rose for the Student? What happens to the Nightingale?3)What happens to the rose? Does the Professors daughter appreciate it? Does the Student treasure it?QuestionsAbout the plot The story began when the nightingale overheard the

36、student crying for a red rose because without it his lover would not dance with him. But there was no rose in the garden because it was winter . So the student was desperate. The nightingale was determined to help the student. She went to ask the first rose-tree, but it said that her roses were whit

37、e; she went to the third rose-tree, but it said that her roses were yellow; finally she went to the third rose-tree, but it said that it would not have any red rose in this cold weather unless the nightingale would agree to sing to it by moonlight with her breast against a thorn until it pierced her

38、 heart and she could stain the rose with her hearts blood. The nightingale agreed because she believed that true love was better even than life, and she was willing to sacrifice her life to make the young student happy. So the rose was made and the nightingale died. The student thought himself very

39、lucky to find this beautiful red rose. He picked it and hurried to his love. But the young woman turned him down because she had agreed to dance with another man who came from a rich and powerful family and had given her real jewels. The student decided that love was really stupid, not practical. He

40、 angrily threw away the red rose and returned to his books. An analysis of the text structurePartsParagraphs Main IdeasPart One Paras. 1-12Nightingale struck by “the mystery of love”Part TwoParas. 13-34Nightingale looking for a red rose to facilitate the lovePart ThreeParas. 35-45Nightingale sacrifi

41、cing her life for a red rose Part FourParas. 46-54Student discarding the red roseTheme of the story The nightingale is the true lover, if there is one. She, at least, is Romance, and the Student and the girl are, like most of us, unworthy of Romance. Nightingale sacrifices its own life for pure love

42、s sake. A true love needs wholehearted devotion and passion. Text AnalysisFairy taleQuestion: What genre can this story be categorized into?Optimism PessimismFairy tales conclude with the clich typical of most fairy tales, They all lived happily ever after, implying better living circumstances for a

43、ll. Wildes fairy tales have no happy endings. His tales end mostly in unresolved tensions, provoking readers to consider necessary improvements which need to be made within the social order. Even in his most popular tales, the protagonists parison What are the symbolic meanings of “Red rose”, “Lizar

44、d” “Butterfly” and “Nightingale”?red rose - true love, which needs constant nourishment of passions of the lovers. It can be divided into three stages: love in the heart of a boy and a girl; love in the soul of a man and a maid; and love that is perfected by Death, that does not die in the tomb. Nig

45、htingale a truthful, devoted pursuer of love, who dares to sacrifice his own precious life.Wildes comments Nightingale is the only lover The nightingale is the true lover, if there is one. She, at least, is Romance, and the student and the girl are, like most of us, unworthy of Romance. -Oscar Wilde

46、 Nightingale- the great singer at nightthe only lover.Student not a true lover, ignorant of love, not persistent in pursuing loveLizard cynic : a person who sees little or no good in anything and who has no belief in human progress; person who shows this by sneering and being contemptuous.The Butter

47、fly represents one kind of people who like flattering. They dont judge things themselves but depend on others.The Daisy represents some coward people who have concern towards others but dare not show this concern directly.Text AnalysisQuestion: Whats Oscar Wildes belief on love and art? Self-comment

48、 on his own life “Some said my life was a lie but I always knew it to be the truth; for like the truth was rarely pure and never simple.” “ I dont to earn a living, I want to live.”Paradoxical, contradictory, well-turned phraseWildean dichotomy(二分法) Duality in all aspects fascinates and confuses: th

49、e Anglo-Irishman with nationalist sympathies; the protestant with life-long Catholic leanings; the married homosexual; the musician of words and painter of language who confessed that writing bored hima figure of paradox and contradictionText Analysis“I had genius, a distinguished name, high social

50、position, brilliancy, intellectual daring; I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art: I altered the minds of men and the colour of things: there was nothing I said or did that did not make people wonder. I treated Art as the supreme reality, and life as a mere mode of fiction: I awoke the imagi

51、nation of my century so that it created myth and legend around me: I summed up all systems in a phrase, and all existence in an epigram(讽刺诗).”a figure of paradox and contradiction王尔德关于艺术三原理： 艺术除了表现它自身之外，不表现任何东西。 一切坏的艺术都是返归生活和自然造成的，并且是将生活和自然上升为理想的结果。 生活模仿艺术无甚于模仿生活。撒谎讲述美而不真实的故事，乃是艺术的真正目的。Text Analysis

52、Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. St. Augustine There is no remedy for love but to love more. Thoreau To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best. William M. Thackeray As the ocean is never full of water, so is the heart never full of love. Anonym

53、ousOne should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. Oscar WildeTo love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance. Oscar WildeA man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. Oscar WildeYoung men want to be faithful and are not; old men want to be faith

54、less and cannot. Oscar WildeComparative Study of Quotes on LoveOptimism PessimismPessimism About the Future“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”Text AnalysisQuestion: What do you t

55、hink is Wildes attitude toward love, romance, art and philosophy? Content (Three stages of love)Form (The beauty of language) Text Analysis For reference: The nightingale is the true lover, if there is one.She, at least, is Romance, and the Student and the girl are, like most of us, unworthy of Roma

56、nce.So, at least, it seems to me, but I like to fancy that there may be many meanings in the tale, for in writing it I did not start with an idea and clothe it in form, but began with a form and strove to make it beautiful enough to have many secrets and many answers.(Wildes comments in a letter to

57、one of his friends)Form ContentText AnalysisFor reference: His fairy tales have been described as “poems in prose”.an appreciation of beautiful thingsAnd the marvelous rose became crimson, like the rose of the eastern sky. Crimson was the girdle of its petals, and crimson as a ruby was the heart the

58、n she gave one last burst of music. The white moon heard it, and she forgot the dawn, and lingered on in the sky. The red rose heard it and trembled all over with ecstasy, and opened its petals to the cold morning air. Text Analysis “Death is a great price to pay for a red rose” “It is more precious

59、 than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the market-place. It may not be purchased of the merchants, ” Alliteration: the use of identical consonant with different vowels assonanceassonancealliterationAssonance: the resemblance of sound

60、 between syllables in nearby words, arising from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not the consonantsFor reference: His fairy tales have been described as “poems in prose”.Text Analysis For reference: head vs. heartThe Students one-sided preference for word knowledge over emotions is c