华联学院大学英语精读课件03 Writing between the lines

1、Unit 3Writing Between the LinesMortimer Jerome Adler(1902-2001)Jack: Whats that? Tracy: Its a Chinese lantern. Jack: Oh, its so beautiful. Tracy: The streets will be full of lanterns at the night of Yuanxiao Jie and Zhongqiu Jie. Jack: Oh, therere some characters on it. Tracy: Its a riddle. Jack: Ri

2、ddle? Tracy: Yeah. People will try to solve the puzzles on the lanterns at the night of the LanternFestival. Some English Riddles:1what man cannot live in a house? Key： snowman（雪人）2What never asks questions but gets a lot of answers?Key： dictionary （字典）3.I am a dragon, but I cant fly. I am a snake,

3、but I cant bite. I am a worm, but I can cross the river day and night. Key: bridge4.Whats the smallest bridge in the world？Key: The bridge of a nose5.Which can move faster，heat or cold？ Key: Heat. You can catch coldPre-reading questions:1) When youre reading, will you write down anything? If yes, wi

4、ll u write on the book or the note book?2) Do you know the meaning of the idiom- “read between the lines”?3) Do you know the meaning of the title “writing between the lines”? The writer has invented the phrase to stress the importance of writing notes and comments in the book one is reading.Find mor

5、e meaning than the words appear to express; gather more meanings from a text that are not actually stated, but impliedRead the text, and think of the organization of it:Part 1 Para 1: The introduction-the author puts forward his argument: Unless u write b/t the lines, ure not likely to do the most e

6、fficient kind of reading.Part 2 Para2-Para 10 The body of the essayPart 3 Para 11: Conclusion Marking up a book is an expression of the readers agreements or differences of opinion with the author.Whatwillhappentoourintellectualproperty? 我们的知识产权会发生什么？Escalatingpropertypricesthreatenedanassetbubble.

7、不断攀升的房地产价格则可能导致资产泡沫。Oneconcernisthatthepropertybubblewillburst. 一个关切点是房地产泡沫会破裂。Manyhospitalsandschoolsaredilapidated.许多医院与学校也因破旧而荒废。她躺在一间破旧的房子里. Shewaslyinginadilapidatedroom.Who is Rembrandt? Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 伦勃朗哈尔曼松凡莱因（16061669）欧洲17世纪最伟大的画家之一，也是荷兰历史上最伟大的画家。伦勃朗早年从师 P.拉斯特曼，1625 年在家乡开设

8、画室。画作体裁广泛，擅长肖像画、风景画、风俗画、宗教画、历史画等。 Gone with the Windis a novel written byMargaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is set in Clayton County, Georgia, andAtlantaduring theAmerican Civil War. It depicts the experiences ofScarlet OHara, the spoiled daughter of a well-to-do plantation owner,

9、 who must use every means at her disposal to come out of the poverty she finds herself in.Margaret Mitchell received thePulitzer Prize for Fictionfor the book in 1937. The book was adapted into a1939 American film.Gone with the Windis the only novel by Mitchell published during her lifetime. 乱世佳人（上、

10、下）称得上有史以来最经典的爱情臣著之一，由费雯丽和克拉克盖博主演的影片亦成为影史上“不可逾越的”最著名的爱情片经典。小说以美国南北战争为背景，主线是好强、任性的庄园主小姐斯佳丽纠缠在几个男人之间的爱恨情仇，与之相伴的还有社会、历史的重大变迁，旧日熟悉的一切的一去不返，既是一首人类爱情的绝唱，又是一幅反映社会政治，经济、道德诸多方面的巨大而深刻变化的宏大历史画卷。本片曾荣获第12届奥斯卡最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳女主角、最佳女配角、 最佳改编剧本、最佳摄影、最佳艺术指导、最佳剪接八项大奖。 New words and phrases:property prelude beefsteak butch

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12、ve off be supposed to consist inThe triumph of science in England can be traced back to the 17th Century, and under the influence of science, the English language and the way it has been used has undergone many changes. Much earlier English had replaced Latin as the language of science and scholarship. The rise of scientific writing in England helped to establish a simple, plain kind of prose as dominant in modern written English. The plain style is not, of course, confined to science; its found in all kinds of expository