精读英语第一册第一课half-a-day

LessonOneHalfaDayNaguibMahfouzI.Warm-upQuestionsWhotookyoutoschool?Whatwasyourschoollike?hatwasthefirstimpressionofyourfirstteacher?Didyoumakeanyfriends?...Doyourememberyourfirstdayofyourschool?II.BackgroundInformation1.Writing---theprotagonistreturnsafterbeingabsentforashorttimetofindeverythingchangedbeyondrecognition.2.Thebestexample---WashingtonIrving’s(1783—1859)“RipVanWinkle”3.Thistechniqueisoftenusedtoemphasizedrapidchangesinsociety.CulturalbackgroundArabicculturalsettingBackgroundInformation

AbouttheauthorBornin1911,educatedatCairoUniversityWrote

shortstoriesandhistoricalnovels

beforeWWIITurnedtowritenovelsofsocialrealismafterWWIILaterworkscombinedrealism&symbolism

Aprolificwriter:nofewerthan30novels,morethan100shortstories,andmorethan200articles.NaguibMahfouzHisWorksTheCairoTrilogy:PalaceWalk,PalaceofDesire,SugarStreet

(firstpublished1957)TheTimeandPlaceandOtherStories,1991HisInfluenceThefirstArabWritertowintheNobelPrizeinLiterature–1988,TheCairoTrilogy

DepictsrealisticallythesocialandpoliticallifeinEgyptHisclassicalandlucidstylerejuvenatedliteraryArabicwithoutrecoursetocolloquialismsIII.TextAnalysisPlot:alittleboy’sfirsttimetogotoschool

Setting:onthewaytoschoolatschoolonthewayhome

Protagonist/Narrator:“I”–theboyinthestory

Theme

ofthestory:whatdoyouthink?TextStructureParas.1-7Theboy’sreluctancetogotoschoolHismisgivingsaboutschooParas.8-16TheBoy’slifeatschool:RichandcolorfulRequiringdisciplineandhardworkPara.17-20Attheendofschoolday:Everythinghaschanged!SentenceParaphrase

Iwalkedalongsidemyfather,clutchinghisrighthand.(1)presentparticipleasadverbialmodifierIwalkednexttomyfather,holdinghisrighthand.Theydidnotmakemehappy,however,asthiswasthedayIwastobethrownintoschoolforthefirsttime.

(1)“As”introducesanadverbialclauseofreasonButmynewclothesdidnotbringanyhappinesstome,becauseitwasthedayIwasforcedtogotoschoolforthefirsttime.Mymotherstoodatthewindowwatchingourprogress,andIturnedtowardsherfromtimetotime,hopingshewouldhelp.presentparticiplephrase,actingasadverbialofaccompanyingcircumstancesMymotherstoodatthewindowwatchingourslowanddifficultmovementtowardstheschool,andIlookedbackatherfrequently,hopingshewouldstopmyfathertakingmetoschool.Whyschool?”Iaskedmyfather.“WhathaveIdone?”(3)ellipticalquestionrhetoricalquestionWhydoIhavetogotoschool?Idon’tthinkI’vedoneanythingwrongtobepunishedlikethis.Itwasnotallamatterofplayingandfoolingaround.

completelytowastetimeinsteadofdoingsth.thatyoushouldbedoingWhatwedidatschoolwasn’tjustplayingandwastingtimedoingnothinguseful.Thentherewasabandannouncingtheopeningofacircus,withclownsandweightlifterswalkinginfront.“With+n.+doing”constructionisus