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优异精品课件文档资料LessonTwelveTheKindnessofStrangersIntroductiontothetextPlot:TheauthortraveledacrosstheStatesalonetofindoutifpeoplewerewillingtohelpstrangers.

Setting:PeopleintheUnitedStatesseemtohavebecomemoreandmoreindifferenttootherpeople’sneeds.

Protagonists:“I”andthepeoplehelping“I”ThemeofthestoryTheauthorofthisarticletriestotellpeoplethatbasedonhispersonalexperience,onecanstilldependonthekindnessofstrangersintheUnitedStates.StructureofthetextPart1(paras.1—4)about:Thereasonwhytheauthordecidedtostartonthisjourney.

Part2(paras.5—7)about:Theauthor’splanforthetrip.Part3(paras.8—11)about:Theauthorwastreatedwithkindnesseverywherehewent.Part4(paras.12—15)about:Theauthor’sexperienceattheWilson’s.authorTennesseeWilliams(1911—1983)OneofAmerica’sgreatestplaywrights,andcertainlythegreatesteverfromtheSouth,TennesseeWilliamswrotefictionandmotionpicturescreenplays,butheisacclaimedprimarilyforhistwenty-fivefull-lengthplays—nearlyallofwhicharesetintheSouth,butwhichattheirbestriseaboveregionalismtoapproachuniversalthemes.Languagestudy1.tocomeupon:tomeet,find,ordiscoverbychanceorbyaccidentDuringtheirtriptheycameuponanunknownanimal.Theotherday,Icameuponaveryinterestingbookthatdealswiththisissue.2.toleavesb./sth.done:tomakesb./sth.stayinacertainstateTheyleftthefooduntouched.Neverleavethedoorunlocked.3.gamble:ariskymatteroract;playcardsorothergamesformoneye.g.Idon’tknowifIcanrelyonhim,butIamwillingtotakea~.~on:taketheriskthatsthwillgowell,orasonewishes,afterdoingsththatdependsonite.g.TheycarriedouttherobberyonChristmasDay,~ingonnoonebeinginthebuilding.I’ll~onhishonestyandlendhimthemoney.gambleHelostlotsofmoney~ingatpoker.Heis~ingwiththepassengers’livesdrivingasfastasthat.Don’t~withyourfuture.4.pullHehadtopulluphiscarattheredlight.ThepolicemanorderedhimtopulloverShepulledintoletthetruckpass.pull-VP

pullover/off:(ofavehicle)moveovertoonesideoftheroadpullin:(ofatrain)arriveatastation;(ofvehicle)moveovertoonesideoftheroadandstoppullout:(ofatrain)leaveastationpullahead:togetinfrontbymovingfasterpullaway:(ofavehicle)starttomoveoffpullup:(causeto)cometoastop5.wouldrather…than…I’dratherstayhomethangoouttomorrow.We’dratherliveasimplelifewithcleanair,cleanwaterandfoodthanalifeofluxuriesinaheavilypollutedplace.6.compassionvs.sympathy

Compassion:impliespityaccompaniedbyanurgetohelporspareE.g.Movedby~,Ididn’tpressforpaymentThenurseattendedtothewoundeddayandnightwithgreat~.The~atejudgegavetheyoungoffenderalightsentence.

sympathy

impliessuchasamenessoffeelingasenableonetoreallyunderstandoreventosharethesorrowetc.ofothersE.g.Hefelttremendous~forthewarorphans.Hefelt~forhersuffering.

7.nowwe’retalkingaverygoodidea---Isuggestwefirstgetahamburgerandthenabigice-cream.---Nowwearetalking!Let’sgo.---Let’scallitaday.Wecan’tworkallday.---Nowwearetalking.8.Tellyouwhat.---I’dliketogoverymuch.Butit’stoofaraway.---Tellyouwhat.Youtakemycar.I’mnotgoinganywheretoday.---Iwon’tbeabletocomebackuntil7.ButIhavetopickupmysonat5:30.---Tellyouwhat.I’llpickupyoursonandbringhimtomyplace.9.tobescheduledtodosth.:tobeplannedthatsb.willdosth.orsth.willhappenT