unit7 The luncheon

Unit7TheLuncheonWilliamSomersetMaugham毛姆WilliamSomersetMaughamnovelist,playwright,short-storywriter,highestpaidauthorintheworldinthe1930s.fromBritainMainAchievementsHisreputationasanovelistrestsprimarilyonfourbooks:OfHumanBondage(1915)TheMoonandSixpence(1919)CakesandAle(1930)TheRazor'sEdge(1944)longnovelsLizaofLambeth1897《兰姆贝思的丽莎》Mrs.Craddock1902《克雷杜克夫人》TheBishop'sApron1906《主教的围巾》TheMagician1908《魔术师》OfHumanBondage1915《人生的枷锁》TheMoonandSixpence1919《月亮和六便士》ThePaintedVeil1925《彩巾》CakesandAle1930《寻欢作乐》TheNarrowCorner1932《偏僻的角落》TheTheatre1937《戏院》ChristmasHoliday1939《圣诞节》UpattheVilla1941《别墅里红运高照之人》TheHourbeforetheDawn1942《黎明前的时分》TheRazor’sEdge1944《刀锋》ThenandNow1946《时常》Catalina.ARomance1948《卡塔琳娜——一段罗曼史》Orientations1899《东向礼拜》TheBritishAgent1928《一个英国间谍》FirstPersonSingular1931《第一人称短篇小说六篇》Cosmopolitans1936《四海为家的人们》September'sBird1939《九月公主和夜莺》(TheUnconquered)1944《不可征服的人》CreaturesofCircumstance1947《环境的产物》ShortnovelsComediesLadyFrederick1912《弗雷德里克夫人》OurBetters1923《比我们高贵的人们》TheConstantWife1925《忠实的妻子》TheSacredFlame1928《圣火》TheBreadwinner1930《养家活口的人》Warm-UpQuestions1.Whichistherestaurantyouwouldmostliketobeinvitedto?2.Whenhandedthemenubyyourhost,doyouhesitatetochooseexpensivedishesorjustpickwhateveryoulike?3.Whenamenandawomangooutforamealtogether,shouldthemanalwayspay?4.Haveyoueverexperiencedanyawkwardsituationwhenyoudon’thaveenoughmoneywithyou?Howdoyoumanagetogetoutofsuchanembarrassment?ItemContentHostGuestWhereWhenWhyWhatHowdidthehostfeelaboutit?Ayoungman,theauthor,Amiddle-agedladyAtFoyot’s,averyexpensiverestaurantOnaThursdayabouttwentyyearsagoTheladybeggedhimtoSalmon,caviare,champagne,asparagus,ice-cream,coffee,apeachHeregrettedthathehadn’trefusedher.Hehatedthewoman.Buttwentyyearslater,hebegantofeelcomfortable.GlobalReadingWhatisthedifferencebetween“theluncheon”and“aluncheon”?Itmustbeanunforgettableluncheon?Whotreatedwhom?Whydidhe/shetreathim/her?Wheredidheorshetreathimorher?Whatdidheorshetreathimorherto?Howdidthehostfeelaboutit?GlobalReadingReadandfindexpressionsforthechangeoftheauthor’moodIwasstartledwhenthebilloffarewasbrought.Myheartsankalittle.IfancyIturnedatriflepale.Myheartsank.Panicseizedme.Iwaspastcaringnow.FindevidenceforthefollowingTheauthormadealivingbywriting.Hetriedtomaintainthehightasteoflife.Peoplewithrichexperiencesknowbetterhowtodealwithflattery.Shehadreadabookofmine.IfIcutcoffeeforthenexttwoweeksIwasflatteredandwastooyoungtohavelearnedtosaynotoawoman.Heappearedtobegenerousatthebeginning.Thewomancriticizedtheauthorforeatingtooheavyaluncheon.Iasked,hospitablestill.Shetookmequiteseriouslytotask.“…”Whatcanyouinferfromthefollowing?Iwasearningbarelyenoughmoneytokeepbodyandsoultogether.IfIcutoutcoffeeforthenexttwomonthsIcouldmanagewellenough.Sheatethecaviareandsheatethesalmon.Shetalkedgailyofartandliteratureandmusic.Iwatchedthewickedwomanthrustthemdownherthroatinlargemouthfuls.Iwaspastcaringnow.Read,askandanswerRoleplay:oneasthewriter,theotherasajournalist1)Whendidyoufirstmeetthelady?2)Howdidyougettoknowher?3)HowwasitthatyouinvitedhertodinneratFoyot’s?4)Whatwasyourfirstimpressionofthelady?5)Howdidyoufeelwhentheladyfirstsaidsheneverateanythingforluncheon?6)Whathappenedthen?Andwhatdidyoudo?7)Whydidn’tyoupreventherfromorderingsomuch?8)Whatdidyouhaveforluncheonthatday?9)Howmuchwasleftforyouatlast?10)Howdidyoufeelwhenyousawhertwentyyearslater?FurtherquestionsDiscusshowtheauthorspenthisnextmonth?What’sthepurposeofauthorinwritingthisstory?Doyouthinkitisaninventedstoryorisitatruestory?Whatwouldyoudoifyouweretheauthor?Whyorwhynot?inanswerto:inresponseto,asananswertoInanswertoyourcriticism,Iwouldsuggestthatyouhavecompletelymisunderstoodmypurpose.Thedoctorcameatonceinanswertomyphonecall.WordsandExpressionsWhatdoesthephrase“duringtheinterval”mean?Atthetimebetweentwoactsofaplay.duringtheintervalThe_______betweenthetwobuildingsis30meters.DuringtheintervalAtintervals(sometimes)AtlongintervalsAtwideintervalsAtmonthlyintervalsAtintervalsofproximately12daysintervalParaphrasethissentence.Bothofusaregettingold.(这是上了年纪的人在感慨青春不再时常用的 表 关于同志近三年现实表现材料材料类招标技术评分表图表与交易pdf视力表打印pdf用图表说话 pdf 达方式。)We’renoneofusgettinganyyounger.Whatdoesthissentencemean?Thisisarhetoricalquestion,i.e.aquestionaskedforthesakeofeffect,noanswerisbeingneededorexpected.Hereitisaskedtoemphasizethattheauthorhaseveryreasontorememberthelunchverywellindeed.DidIremember?IhadatinyapartmentintheLatinQuarteroverlookingacemetery,andIwasearningbarelyenoughmoneytokeepbodyandsoultogether.overlook:vt.Fromtheirhouseonthehillside,theycanoverlookthewholecityofHongKong.1)haveaviewof(sth.)fromabove我们可从家中俯瞰教堂。Weoverlookthechurchfromourhouse.Hisserviceshavebeenoverlookedforyears.2)lookatbutnotsee;notnotice;miss他没有看出第一页中有个拼写错误。Heoverlookedaspellingerroronthefirstpage.keepbodyandsoultogether:toremainaliveJohnwasunemployed.Mostoftheyearhehadhardlymadeenoughmoneytokeepbodyandsoultogether.在大萧条时期，很多老人无法维持生计，悲惨地死去了。AtthetimeoftheGreatDepression,alotofoldpeoplecouldn’tkeepbodyandsoultogetheranddiedinmisery.1.Whatcanbeinferredfromthesentence?Theauthorwasverypoorandwasearningjustenoughmoneytoremainalive.2.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.我在拉丁区租了一套小小的公寓，从那里往下看去是一个公墓。我挣的钱只够勉强维持生活。Foyot’sisarestaurantatwhichtheFrenchsenatorseat,anditwassofarbeyondmymeansthatIhadnevereventhoughtofgoingthere.means:n.Wealthisameanstoanend,nottheenditself.1)amethodorwayThetelevisionisapowerfulmeansofdiffusingideas.Haveyouthemeanstosupportawife?2)money,incomeorwealth这家外国商行没有多大财力。Thisforeignfirmhaslittlemeans.Collocation:byallmeans一定；务必bynomeans决不bymeansof用；依靠byfairmeansorfoul不择手段的beyondone’smeans付不起Whatdoesitimply?Iwaspooratthattime.ItwasarestaurantwhosemealsweresoexpensivethatIhadnevereventhoughtofgoingthere.…anditwassofarbeyondmymeansthatIhadnevereventhoughtofgoingthere.Fewmen,Imayadd,learnthisuntiltheyaretoooldtomakeitofanyconsequencetoawomanwhattheysay.consequence:n.Isitofanyconsequencetoyou?1)importance尽管他在自己的国家举足轻重,但在此地却毫不显眼。Hemaybeamanofconsequenceinhisowncountry,buthe’snobodyhere.Asaconsequenceofbeinginhospital,Shellydecidedthatshewantedtobecomeanurse.2)effect,cause她的投资结果很惨,血本无归。Herinvestmenthaddisastrousconsequences.Collocation:asaconsequence因而，结果facetheconsequencesofone’saction自食其果inconsequence因此，结果taketheconsequences自食其果，承担责任consequence多指随某一事件引起的，必然或自然的不良结果，不强调直接的因果关系，而侧重事件发展的逻辑关系。result普通用词，含义广泛，侧重因某种原因所产生的最终结果，而不是眼前的结果。Whatdoesthissentencemean?Bythetimetheyhavelearnedtosaynotoawoman,mostmenarealreadytoooldandwhattheysayisnolongerimportanttoher.Inthissentence,“it”refersto“whattheysay”,whichistoolongandthereforehasbeenplacedattheendtokeepthebalanceofthesentence.“Ofanyconsequencetoawoman”istheobjectcomplement,meaning“importanttoawoman”.附带说一句，没有几个男人学会这一招，而到他们学会时，往往年事已高，他们说什么对女人来讲已无足轻重了。cutout:Thedoctortoldthemantocutoutsmoking.Wouldyouhelpmecutoutthedress?1)stopdoingorsaying,giveup2)remove,leaveoutHeaskedthestudentstocutoutnoiseandkeepquiet.我认为你最好删去最后一个句子。Ithinkyou’dbettercutoutthelastsentence.Collocation:cutthrough穿过cutback减少cutup切成碎片cutoff使……中断;割断cutin/into插嘴ShewasnotsoyoungasIexpectedandinappearanceimposingratherthanattractive.Whatdoestheauthorimplyinthissentence?Literally,shewasimpressiveduetohersize,appearanceordignity.Heretheauthor,Maughamissarcasticratherthancomplimentary.andshegavemetheimpressionofhavingmoreteeth,whiteandlargeandeven,thanwerenecessaryforanypracticalpurpose.1.Paraphrasethissentence.Herteethweremostimpressivetomebecausetheywerewhiteandlargeandeven,andmorethanenough.2.Whydidtheauthordescribehisimpressionofthewoman’steeth?Maughamhadtheimpressionthatshehadtoomanyteethandthattheywerelarge,whiteandeven.Theexaggerationhereaimsatcreatingagreedy,shark-likecharacter.长着一口洁白整齐的大牙齿，给我的印象是，其数目之多已超过了实际需要。seeminclinedtodosth.:haveatendencyorwishtodosth.Hefeltinclinedtotellherthetruthbutherefrainedfromdoingso.他性情懒惰。Heisinclinedtobelazy.reassure:vt.removethefearsordoubtsof(sb.)Whathesaidreassuredthenatives.警方让她放心,她的孩子很安全。Thepolicereassuredheraboutherchild’ssafety.beautiful:adj.(infml.)usedtomodifysth.thatapersonlikesverymuchHersonisveryearnest,andhassuchabeautifulnature.Thechickensoupisjustbeautiful.comein:becomeavailable;arriveThenewsabouttheincidenthasjustcomein.这里西瓜什么时候上市？Whendowatermelonscomeinhere?Collocation:comeout开花（出版）comeround(to)苏醒过来comeupto相等（达到）cometoone’sfeet站起身cometotermswith达成协议Whatdoesthissentenceimply?Whenone’sheartsinksonehasasuddenfeelingofunhappiness,sadness,disappointment,etc.Myheartsankalittle.byallmeans:Ifyoufeelyouhaveanyquestionstoask,byallmeansdoso.务必告诉她这一切。Byallmeanstellheraboutit.1)certainly,ofcourse2)tryingone’sbest,atanycostHetoldmetogetatrainticketbyallmeans.我一定得去探望我那生病的朋友。ByallmeansImustvisitmysickfriend.Shegavemeabrightandamicableflashofherwhiteteeth.1.Whatisthemeaningofthesentence?Shesmiledtomegailyandfriendly,showingherwhiteteeth.2.Whatcanyouinferfromthesentence?Thedescriptionofthewhiteteethindicatesthattheauthorisbeginningtoshowdislikeforherbigappetite.fancy:Ifancyheisannoyed.不努力你别想成功。Don’tfancythatyoucansucceedwithouthardwork.1.vt.1)believewithoutbeingcertain,think2)like,enjoyShedoesn’tfancywalkingintherain.我不想住在那所冰冷的房子里。Idon’tfancylivinginthatcoldhouse.3)imagineCanyoufancyyourselfonthemoon?Hefanciedhimselfasafamousscholar.Childrenusuallyhavealivelyfancy.2.n.1)powerofthemindtoimagine2)thingimaginedIhaveafancythathewillbelate.我是真听到有人进来还是仅仅是幻觉而已?DidIreallyhearsomeonecomein,orwasitonlyafancy?Pattern:fancysth.fancydoingsth.fancysb.doingsth.fancy+that(clause)cometo:ThefoodthatIboughtcomesto$5.Howmuchdoesourbillcometo?1)amountto2)concernTheschoolhasverygoodteachers,butwhenitcomestobuildings,itispoor.谈到数学我一窍不通。Whenitcomestomathematics,I’mcompletelyatsea.“Whenitcomesto…”意为“当提到……，当谈及……”相同意义表达的短语还有“Asfaras…beconcerned”。Whenmymuttonchoparrivedshetookmequiteseriouslytotask.takesb.totask:criticizeorscoldsb.;speakseverelytosb.forafaultorfailureTheyoungdriverwastakentotaskbythepolicemanforhiscarelessdriving.每当他考试不及格，他的父亲就严厉地批评他。Hisfatherwilltakehimquiteseriouslytotaskwheneverhefailsintheexamination.1.Whatdoesthesentencemean?WhenthewaiterbroughtthemuttonchopIhadorderedshecriticizedmeveryseriously.2.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.当我的羊排送上桌时，她一本正经地教训起我来。Whenmymuttonchoparrivedshetookmequiteseriouslytotask.might:n.power,strength,forceShestruggledwithallhermighttogetfree.坦克战是对装甲力量的检验。Thetankbattlewasatestofarmoredmight.Collocation:withallone’smight全力以赴地amanofmight大力士beyondone’smight超出自己的能力will:vt.influenceorcompel,esp.byexercisingthepowerofthemindWewilledhimtostop,buthewentpast.Hewilledhimselftostandsteady.assure:vt.Iassureyouthatsheishonest.它的质量我可以向你保证。Icanassureyouofitsquality.1)saypositively,withconfidence,promise2)cause(sb.)tobesure,certainTheytriedtoassurethenervousmanthatthebridgewassafe.assuresb.(sth.)assuresb.ofsth.assuresb.+that-clauseI’mnotintheleasthungryintheleast:atall,evenalittle,inanydegreeIdon’tmindintheleast.我一点没料到，这会给她带来如此的变化。ItwaschangingherinawaythatIhadnotintheleastexpected.Collocation:atleast至少tosaytheleast至少可以这样说leastofall最不lastbutnotleast最后的但不是最不重要的leaveover:Theydecidedtoleavethreepeopleovertobringthecasetoaclose.Youshouldn’tleavetoday’sworktilltomorrow.1)remain;reserve2)postpone;delaydoing(sth.)Thatmattercanbeleftoveruntilthenextmeeting.Theyleftoversendingananswertotherequest.他们对那项请求没有立即做出反应。Iwaspastcaringnowpast:adj.Thedisabledmanispastwork.金钱和名誉对他都已是过眼烟云了。Heispastmoneyandfamenow.1)nolongerinterestedinorabletodosth.2)nolongerintheconditionorstateSheispastherpeakincareer.那人已不再年富力强了。Themanhasbeenpasthisprime.3)beyondthepossibilityof他们的残暴行径非语言所能描述。Theircrueltiesarepastwords.1.Paraphrasethesentence.Inolongercareaboutit.Itisuselessformetoworryaboutit.2.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.我现在已经无所谓了。Iwaspastcaringnowinseason:(offreshfoods)available;attherighttimeforeatingormarketingHeneverboughtvegetablesthatarenotinseasoninordertosavemoney.Myfavoritefruitsarepineapple,peach,mangoandkiwi.Itisapitythattheyarenotinseasonnow.revenge:I’llhavemyrevengeonyouforwhatyouhavedonetome.他们对这个城市的人民疯狂报复。Theytookaterriblerevengeonthepeopleofthecity.1.n.punishmentgiventosomeoneinreturnforharmdonetooneselftake(have)revengeonsb.(sth.)2.vt.dosth.inrevengetoHamletrevengedhisdeadfatheronhisuncle.Herevengedhisfolksupontheirenemies.他替父老乡亲向敌人报了仇。revengesb.(sth.)revengeoneselfon(upon)sb.revengeoneselfforsth.berevengedonsb.…butwhentheimmortalgodstakeahandinthematteritispardonabletoobservetheresultwithcomplacency.take(have)ahandin:playapart(role)in,bepartlyresponsiblefor珍妮可能同那件事情很有关系。Janemayhavehadaconsiderablehandinthematter.Hedidn’tlikeotherstotakeahandinhisownbusiness.1.Paraphrasethesentence.…butwhenfateplaysapartinthematteritisforgivabletofeelsatisfiedwiththeresult.2.TranslatethesentenceintoChinese.但是竟连不朽的众神也被触怒而干预此事时，我怀着心满意足的心情目睹这个结局，想必也是可以原谅的了。…butwhentheimmortalgodstakeahandinthematteritispardonabletoobservetheresultwithcomplacency.令人尴尬的处境维持生活远远超出某人的经济能力受宠若惊对……无足轻重而不是留给某人……的印象似乎总是theembarrassingsituationkeepbodyandsoultogetherbefarbeyondone’smeansbeflatteredbeofanyconsequencetoratherthangivesb.theimpressionofseeminclinedto(dosth.)UsefulExpressions上市务必comein/beinseasonbyallmeans1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.11.油腻的东西12.吃得太饱13.教训起某人来14.习惯于15.效法某人的样子16.挥手让某人走开heavythingsoverloadone’sstomachtakesb.totaskbeinthehabitoffollowone’sexamplewavesb.aside17.以一种高傲的姿势18.作为进行……的理由19.竭尽全力地20.丝毫不withanairygestureasanexcuseforwithallone’smightnotintheleast21.不得不22.使自己做某事23.什么也不在乎了24.领班侍者25.参与，插手26.心满意足地beobligedto(dosth.)bringoneselftodosth.bepastcaringheadwaitertakeahandinwithcomplacency1.Whatarethecharacteristicsofthestory?2.What’sthetoneofthestory?Ironic/sarcastic,richunderstatement(富含克制的陈述)andhumorous.Simple,clear,straightforwardandfluent.DiscussionRetellingtheStorybyTalkingAboutthePictures