1、,B R _ main1,English Song Easy to be Hard,Maugham,Kobe,Yokohama,Bridge,Cocktail,Gin Fizzes,B R _ 1_main,English Song Easy to be Hard,The Band,Song Appreciation,Questions on the Song and the Text,B R _ 1_1,The Band,B R _ 1_1_pop,Three Dog Night: Jimmy Greenspoon, Cory Wells, Danny Hutton, Pat Bautz,

2、Michael Allsup, Paul Kingery. From 1969 to1974, nobody had more Top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets. During this period Three Dog Night was undoubtedly the most popular band in America: twenty-one consecutive Top 40 hits, eighteen straight Top 20s, eleven Top 10s, seven num

3、ber 1s, seven million-selling singles and twelve straight gold LPs. By late 75, they had sold nearly 50 million records. Since 1986, Three Dog Night has toured regularly. Their records continue to sell in great numbers and they receive regular airplay on radio stations around the world.,B R _ 1_2,So

4、ng Appreciation,B R _ 1_3,Questions on the Song and the Text,1. Do some people care too much for people in general but forget the needs of their closest friends?,Yes. Some people want to show their concern for people in general in public or create their public image but in the depth of their hearts,

5、 they just care about themselves.,2. What is the singer complaining about?,Too many people find it all too easy to be cold, to say no.,B R _ 2_1,Maugham,Maugham, W(illiam) Somerset:,18741965,Birthplace:,England,Nationality:,British,Achievements:,Of Human Bondage (1915) The Moon and Sixpence (1919) T

6、he Painted Veil (1925) Cakes and Ale (1930) Christmas Holiday (1939) The Hour Before the Dawn (1942),B R _ 2_2,Achievements:,The Razors Edge (1944) A Romance (1948) The Trembling of a Leaf (1921) The British Agent (1928) First Person Singular (1931) Ah King (1933) Quartet (1948) The Circle (1921) Ou

7、r Betters (1923) East of Suez (1922),B R _ 2_3,Maugham, W(illiam) Somerset (1874-1965): English author, whose novels and short stories are characterized by great narrative facility, simplicity of style, and a disillusioned and ironic point of view. Maugham was born in Paris and studied medicine at t

8、he University of Heidelberg and at Saint Thomass Hospital, London. His partially autobiographical novel Of Human Bondage (1915) is generally acknowledged as his masterpiece and is one of the best realistic English novels of the early 20th century. The Moon and Sixpence (1919) is a story of the confl

9、ict between the artist and conventional society, based,B R _ 2_4,based on the life of the French painter Paul Gauguin; other novels are The Painted Veil (1925), Cakes and Ale (1930), Christmas Holiday (1939), The Hour Before the Dawn (1942), The Razors Edge (1944), and Cataline: A Romance (1948). Am

10、ong the collections of his short stories are The Trembling of a Leaf (1921), which includes “Miss Thompson,” later dramatized as Rain; Ashenden: or The British Agent (1928); First Person Singular (1931); Ah King (1933); and Quartet (1948). He also wrote satiric comedies The Circle (1921) and Our Bet

11、ters (1923) the melodrama East of Suez (1922), essays, and two autobiographies.,B R _ 2_2_pop,B R _ 3_1,Kobe,Kobe: one of the leading Japanese ports; a major industrial center and railway hub; a cultural center; heavily bombed during World War II but was rebuilt and enlarged,B R _ 3_2,B R _ 3_3,Kobe

12、, city, capital of Hyogo prefecture, S Honshu, Japan, on Osaka Bay. One of the leading Japanese ports, it is also a major industrial center and railway hub. It is part of a transportation network, which includes express trains and highways, that links it to Osaka, Kyoto, and Nagoya. It has shipbuild

13、ing yards, vehicle factories, iron and steel mills, sugar refineries, and chemical, rubber, and food-processing plants. A cultural center, Kobe has several colleges and universities and many temples and shrines. Kobe was heavily bombed during World War II but was rebuilt and enlarged, with much comm

14、ercial building taking place on landfill in Osaka Bay.,B R _ 4_1,Yokohama,Yokohama: Japans second largest city; one of the leading seaports in Japan; revived and prospered after the heavy bombardment during World War II;,B R _ 4_2,B R _ 4_3,Yokohama, city, capital of Kanagawa prefecture, SE Honshu,

15、Japan, on the western shore of Tokyo Bay, Japans second largest city and one of its leading seaports. Yokohama has excellent transportation links with most major Japanese cities. Virtually destroyed by an earthquake and fires in 1923, Yokohama was quickly rebuilt; the city was modernized, and extens

16、ive improvements were made in its harbor. Yokohama suffered heavy bombardment during World War II, but it revived and prospered. The city has four universities; a variety of Christian churches, Shinto shrines, and temples; and numerous parks and gardens, notably Nogeyama Park, which was created afte

17、r the earthquake.,B R _ 5_1,Bridge,Bridge, card game derived from whist, played with 52 cards by four players in two partnerships. Bridge probably originated in the Middle East in the 19th cent.,B R _ 5_2,B R _ 6,Cocktail,B R _ 6_pop,Cocktail, short mixed drink originating in the United States and s

18、erved as an appetizer. It generally has a basis of gin, whisky, rum, or brandy combined with vermouth or fruit juices and often flavored with bitters or grenadine. It is blended by stirring or shaking in a vessel containing cracked ice. The term is also applied to nonalcoholic beverages served as ap

19、petizers, e.g., tomato juice cocktail, and also to mixed, cut-up fruits and to shellfish and oysters served with a sharp sauce.,B R _ 7,Gin Fizzes,B R _ 7_pop,Gin, spirituous liquor distilled chiefly from fermented cereals, malted and unmalted, and flavored with juniper berries. It originated in Hol

20、land (thus the name Hollands, or Holland gin) but is now manufactured also in other countries, chiefly England and the United States. A type of gin developed in England is known as London gin; it is more highly distilled than Holland gin. Dry gin has been highly rectified. Old Tom gin is sweetened f

21、or use as a liqueur. Sloe gin is flavored with fresh sloes instead of juniper. Gin fizzes, a cocktail of gin, egg white, lime and lemon juice, sugar, and cream, shaken with ice and often topped with soda or seltzer.,G R _ main,Word-web,Prediction,Part Division of the Text,Further Understanding,G R _

22、 Further Understanding_ main,For Parts 1 you could not imagine that he could possibly raise it in anger; his smile was benign. Here was a man who attracted you because you felt in him a real love for his fellows. At the same time he liked his game of cards and his,D R _ Text 5,his cocktail, he could

23、 tell with point a good and spicy story, and in his youth he had been something of an athlete. He was a rich man and he had made every penny himself. I suppose one thing that made you like him was that he was so small and frail; he aroused your instincts of protection. You felt that he could not bea

24、r to hurt a fly. One afternoon I was sitting in the lounge of the Grand Hotel when Burton came in and seated himself in the chair next to mine.,D R _ Text 6,What do you say to a little drink? He clapped his hands for a boy and ordered two gin fizzes. As the boy brought them a man passed along the st

25、reet outside and seeing me waved his hand. Do you know Turner? said Burton as I nodded a greeting.,Ive met him at the club. Im told hes a remittance man. Yes, I believe he is. We have a good many here. He plays bridge well.,D R _ Text 7,They generally do. There was a fellow here last year, oddly eno

26、ugh a namesake of mine, who was the best bridge player I ever met. I suppose you never came across him in London. Lenny Burton he called himself. I believe hed belonged to some very good clubs. No, I dont believe I remember the name. He was quite a remarkable player. He seemed to have an instinct ab

27、out the cards. It was uncanny. I used to play with him a lot. He was in Kobe for some time. Burton sipped his gin fizz.,D R _ Text 8,Its rather a funny story, he said. He wasnt a bad chap. I liked him. He was always well-dressed and smart-looking. He was handsome in a way with curly hair and pink-an

28、d-white cheeks. Women thought a lot of him. There was no harm in him, you know, he was only wild. Of course he drank too much. Those sort of fellows always,always do. A bit of money used to come on for him once a quarter and he made a bit more by card-playing. He won a good deal of mine, I know that

29、.,D R _ Text 9,Burton gave a kindly chuckle. I knew from my own experience that he could lose money at bridge with a good grace. He stroked his shaven chin with his thin hand; the veins stood out on it and it was almost transparent. I suppose that is why he came to me when he went broke, that and th

30、e fact that he was a namesake of mine.,He came to see me in my office one day and asked me for a job. I was rather surprised. He told me that there was no more money coming from home and he wanted to work. I asked him how old he was.,D R _ Text 10,“Thirty-five,” he said. “And what have you been doin

31、g hitherto?” I asked him. “Well, nothing very much,” he said. I couldnt help laughing. “Im afraid I cant do anything for you just yet,” I said. “Come back and see me in another thirty-five years, and Ill see what I can do.”,D R _ Text 11,He didnt move. He went rather pale. He hesitated for a moment

32、and then he told me that he had had bad luck at cards for some time. He hadnt been willing to stick to bridge, hed been playing poker, and hed got trimmed. He hadnt a penny. Hed pawned everything he had. He couldnt pay his hotel bill and they wouldnt give him any more credit. He was down and out. If

33、 he couldnt get something to do hed have to commit suicide. I looked at him for a bit. I could see now that he was all to pieces. Hed been drinking more than usual and he looked fifty. The girls wouldnt have thought so much of him if theyd seen him then.,D R _ Text 12,“Well isnt there anything you c

34、an do except play cards?” I asked him. “I can swim,” he said. “Swim!” I could hardly believe my ears; it seemed such an insane answer to give. “I swam for my university.”,I got some glimmering of what he was driving at. Ive known too many men who were little tin gods at their university to be impres

35、sed by it.,D R _ Text 13,“I was a pretty good swimmer myself when I was a young man,” I said. Suddenly I had an idea. Pausing in his story, Burton turned to me. Do you know Kobe? he asked. No, I said, I passed through it once, but I only spent a night there. Then you dont know the Shioya Club. When

36、I was a young man I swam from there round the beacon and landed at the creek of Tarumi. Its over three miles and its rather difficult on account of the currents round the beacon. Well, I told my young namesake about it and I said to him that if hed do it Id give him a job.,D R _ Text 14,I could see

37、he was rather taken aback. “You say youre a swimmer,” I said. “Im not in very good condition,” he answered. I didnt say anything. I shrugged my shoulders. He looked at me for a moment and then he nodded. “All right,” he said. “When do you want me to do it?” I looked at my watch. It was just after te

38、n. “The swim shouldnt take you much over an hour and a quarter. Ill drive round to the creek at half past twelve and meet you. Ill take you back to the club to dress and then well have lunch together.”,D R _ Text 15,“Done,” he said. We shook hands. I wished him good luck and he left me. I had a lot

39、of work to do that morning and I only just managed to get to the creek at Tarumi at half past twelve. But I neednt have hurried; he never turned up. Did he funk it at the last moment? I asked.,No, he didnt funk it. He started all right. But of course hed ruined his constitution by drink and dissipat

40、ion. The currents round the beacon were more than he could manage. We didnt get the body for about three days.,D R _ Text 16,I didnt say anything for a moment or two. I was a trifle shocked. Then I asked Burton a question. When you made him that offer of a job, did you know hed be drowned? He gave a

41、 little mild chuckle and he looked at me with those kind and candid blue eyes of his. He rubbed his chin with his hand. Well, I hadnt got a vacancy in my office at the moment.,D R _ S_ For my own ,For my own part I find that the longer I know people the more they puzzle me.,1. What does “for my own

42、part” mean?,It means “as far as I am concerned”.,2. Translate this sentence into Chinese.,拿我自己來說，我發(fā)現(xiàn)，認(rèn)識一個人的時間越長，我就越感到困惑。,D R _ S_ Unless I had ,Unless I had heard the story from his own lips, I should never have believed that he was capable of such an action.,Paraphrase this sentence.,If I hadnt hea

43、rd the story told by himself, I should never have believed that he could do such a thing. This is a subjunctive mood.,D R _ S_ Here if ever ,1. Paraphrase this sentence.,Here if there ever was a man who is the same as he looks like.,Here if ever was a man all of a piece.,2. Translate the sentence in

44、to Chinese.,要說真有表里如一的人的話，那就是此公了。,D R _ S_ He played ,Paraphrase the sentence.,He played well and did it in a graceful way.,He played a good game and a generous one.,D R _ S_ he could tell ,he could tell with point a good and spicy story, and in his youth he had been something of an athlete.,1. What

45、can we infer from this part?,We know this guy was quite humorous and easy-going. The second sentence implies he looked healthy. Short and small as he is, he does not look morbid. All his things depict a good and kind elderly man.,2. Translate this part into Chinese.,他能繪聲繪色地講個來勁兒的段子什么的，他年輕時多少還是個運(yùn)動員呢。

46、,D R _ S_ He stroked his ,1. What can we infer from this sentence?,He was very frail. His appearance suggests no hurt. This description of his hand is a proof of what has been mentioned in LL.34-36 that he was very frail and could easily arouse others instincts of protection and seemed to be a man w

47、ho would not bear to hurt a fly.,2. Translate this sentence into Chinese.,他用瘦小的手摸了摸剃得光光的下巴；手上青筋鼓起，手白得幾乎透明。,He stroked his shaven chin with his thin hand; the veins stood out on it and it was almost transparent.,D R _ S_I suppose that,I suppose that is why he came to me when he went broke, that and t

48、he fact that he was a namesake of mine.,1. Analyze the structure of this sentence.,I suppose 后接賓語從句;從句中的主語為that; that and the fact 為前一個that 的同位語，用來進(jìn)行補(bǔ)充說明。也就是說,他來找我的原因有二：一是that (兩個that 指代的是相同的事件)， 二是the fact that。,2. Translate this sentence into Chinese.,大概就是因為這個，當(dāng)他落得一文不名的時候，就來找我了，再說他和我同姓。,D R _ S_ I

49、 got some,I got some glimmering of what he was driving at. Ive known too many men who were little tin gods at their university to be impressed by it.,Translate this sentence into Chinese.,我聽出了一點(diǎn)他話里的意思。上大學(xué)時自以為了不起的人我見得多了，我才不吃這套呢。,D R _ S_ But I neednt ,But I neednt have hurried; he never turned up.,Wh

50、at does the sentence imply?,He (Burton) was evil-minded and cold-blooded, having no sympathy at all.,D R _ S_ Well ,Well, I hadnt got a vacancy in my office at the moment.,What does the sentence imply?,Hed never taken seriously the friends need for help, or actually he had never thought of giving hi

51、s poor friend a hand.,D R _ word _definite1,definite: adj. clear; that cant be doubted,我們要求給一個確切的答復(fù)。,We demand a definite answer.,Its definite that hell come.,Collocation:,a definite success,絕對的成功,definite period of time,確切的時間,D R _ word _definite2,The doctor is quite definite about the patient havi

52、ng developed a lung cancer.,醫(yī)生非?？隙ú∪耸腔剂朔伟?The chairman asked the speaker to be more definite in his statements.,主席讓發(fā)言的人把話說得更明確些。,definite 表示某事界限分明,以至于就其意義或范圍不會產(chǎn)生任何疑問、誤解。例如：,definite containing or tasting like spice,People from Sichuan province like to eat spicy food.,在一些地方報紙上你可以讀到有關(guān)電影明星的下流故事。,You c

53、an often read spicy stories about film stars in the local newspapers.,D R _ word _instinct,相信你的直覺，你認(rèn)為對的就去做。,Trust your instincts and do what you think is right.,instinct: n. a tendency that one is born with to behave in a certain way without reasoning or training,Some animals hunt by instinct.,D R _

54、 word _clap,The teacher clapped her hands to attract the classs attention.,clap: v. strike (the inner surface of ones hands) together,The audience clapped enthusiastically as the singer stepped on to the stage.,D R _ word _sip,sip: v. drink (sth.), taking a very small amount each time,She sipped pol

55、itely at her drink.,他把玻璃杯內(nèi)飲料呷干。,He sipped the glass dry.,Pattern:,sip (at/from) sth.,D R _ word _in a way,in a way: to a certain extent but not entirely,The work is well done in a way.,I agree with you in a way, but there are still some areas on which I cant see eye to eye with you.,D R _ word _stro

56、ke,stroke: vt. pass the hand gently over (a surface), usu. several times,At the sight of her husband getting off the train, the woman walked forward and embraced him and gently stroked his white hair.,I reached out and stroked the babys cheek tenderly.,D R _ word _shave,shave: vt. cut or scrape thin

57、 slices from the surface of; vi. cut hair off ones face, etc. with a razor,In the Qing dynasty men shaved the front of the head and wore the hair at the back tied in a queue or pigtail.,He washed and shaved, then hurried out of the house.,D R _ word _transparent,transparent: adj. allowing light to p

58、ass through so that objects behind can be seen clearly,Her silk dress was almost transparent.,The cup is made of transparent colored plastic.,D R _ word _go broke,go broke: have no money; go bankrupt,He invested all his money in stocks; unfortunately he made one wrong choice after another and finall

59、y went broke.,許多跨國公司在經(jīng)濟(jì)危機(jī)期間都破產(chǎn)了，更不用說小企業(yè)了。,Many multinational companies went broke during the financial crisis, not to speak of small businesses.,D R _ word _stick to,stick to: refuse to abandon or change (sth.),The mother asked her son just to tell the cops what he saw and stick to his story.,The old man stuck to jogging every morning although he was eighty years old.,Collocation:,stick to ones word,遵守諾言,stick to the point,緊扣要點(diǎn),D R _ word _commit,commit: vt. do (sth. illegal or wrong),The man was suspected of committing murder.,D