1、Mr. Lovedays Little Outing,劉洋 劉月 龐敏琪,-Evelyn Waugh,Mr. Lovedays Little Outing,Evelyn Waugh Vocabulary Summary Main Idea Appreciation Detailed analysis Questions,Evelyn Waugh,Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh,known asEvelyn Waugh, was an English writer ofnovels,biographies, and travel books; and also was

2、a prolific(多產(chǎn)的，豐富的） journalist and reviewer. His best-known works include the early satires（諷刺文學(xué)作品）Decline and Fall(1928) andA Handful of Dust(1934), the novelBrideshead Revisited(1945), and the Second World War trilogySword of Honour(195261). As a writer, Evelyn Waugh is recognised as one of the gr

3、eat prosestylistsof the English language in the 20th century.,Born:28 October 1903Died:10 April 1966(62)Occupation:Writer,Vocabulary,Asylum salm 精神病院 Caprice kpris 變化莫測 Scuttle skt()l 急促奔跑 Loft lft 往高處擲 Soggy si 濕透的 Abominable bmnbl 糟透的 Culminate klmnet 到達高潮 rets()nt 沉默寡言的,Inmate nmet 精神病人 Segregati

4、on srie()n 隔離，分開 Lunatic luntk 精神病人 Foible fb()l 弱點，怪癖 Hoarding h(r)d 臨時圍籬 Regime reim 生活規(guī)則，體系 Faade fsd建筑物的（正面）,Uncompromising 不妥協(xié)的 Defective 身心有缺陷的人 Basely 卑鄙地 Shuffle 拖著腳走 Peevish 帶怒氣的 Jogging gait et小跑的步態(tài) petulantly petjlntli任性地，壞脾氣地,Tone Reproach Muddled Cuckoo Conjuring Gramophone Valet Thrott

5、le Looney bin bemused,（身體、器官的）健康狀況 責(zé)備，指摘 混亂的，雜亂無章的 瘋子，傻子 變戲法，施魔術(shù) 唱機，留聲機 伺候，服飾 掐死，使窒息 瘋?cè)嗽?困惑的，茫然的,anoint v.選定，指定 abstracted a.心不在焉的 disconcert v.使不安，使倉皇失措 uncouth a.粗野的，無教養(yǎng)的 cross-examine v.盤問，盤詰 pretension n.自稱，自夸 alienist n.精神病醫(yī)師（尤指在法庭作證者） glamour n.魅力 afflicted a.受折磨的 drive n.(公園等得）車行道 whimsically

6、 ad.離奇地，古怪地 reminiscence n.回憶，懷舊 strangle v.扼死，勒死 muse v.冥想,Miss Angela ，after ten years parting with her mental morbid father ，went for the first time to see him in the lunatic asylum where she is indifferent to her own father, but greatly touched by an another patient named Mr. Loveday who commits

7、 murder crime long ago and now is a good companion to her father and kind to everybody here. Chatting with him she finds him well and normal now and further asks him his future wishes and is told he would like to have an outing. Miss Angela consults books and professional people and finally triumphs

8、 in obtaining an opportunity for him to carry out his wishes. On the day of his departure the lunatic house holds a ceremony to celebrate his freedom and see him off. Miss Angela comes to attend the ceremony. Two hours later Mr. Loveday returns and says he has successfully fulfilled his wishes. A co

9、uple of days later an old bike is found beside the road side ditch together with the dead body of a young lady from the lunatic house on the way of home for tea. Miss Angela is murdered!,Summary,Main idea,The story exposes the cold reality of the society of his time in 1930s. Miss Angela shows cold

10、and indifferent attitude towards her own morbid father but out of curiosity evinces odd sympathy over another lunatic patient who finally killed her. The story is both an exposure and satire of his time and people.,Appreciation,Mr. Lovedays Little Outing is written from the point of view of intrusiv

11、e narrator, i.e. like Hemingways Killers, the stories give no clear hints of what are implied by the author, the reader has to associate the details and clues with a keen and perceiving eye.,Detailed analysis,For example in this story there is an important detail telling after Mr. Moping failed to h

12、ang himself on annual garden party day and is sent off to the lunatic asylum, then it writes: Since then Lady Moping had paid seasonal calls at the asylum and returned in time for tea, rather reticent of her experience. Her husband is away and each time Mrs. Moping pays a short visit and then back i

13、n time for tea.,Then in the end of the story when the dead body of the young lady is found, the author writes: Half a mile up the road from the asylum gates, they later discovered an abandoned bicycle. It was a ladys machine of some antiquity. Quite near it in the ditch lay the strangled body of a y

14、oung woman, who, riding home to her tea, had chanced to overtake Mr. Loveday, as he strode along, musing on his opportunities. Who could that be except Miss Angela?,Question1,1.Why do you think Lady Moping was rather reticent of her seasonal visit to the asylum where her husband was? Why were her ne

15、ighbours critical of her husbands living in that asylum? How was he treated there? Lady Moping was unwilling to talk about her visit perhaps because there wasnt much to talk about.Her husband was not getting any saner and was pretty much occupied in his own world. Her neighbours were critical of her

16、 husbands accommodation because they thought a wealthy man should live in a respectable place like a seaside nursing home rather than a mental institution even though he was well treated there and granted every consideration which his foibles permitted.,Question2,2.Why didnt Lady Moping send him to

17、a seaside nursing home as suggested by her friends?Was it because of financial reasons? Lady Moping felt no inclination to send him to a seaside nursing home becauseshe thought her husband had betrayed her basely on the one day in the year when she looked for loyal support and so the mental institut

18、ion was what he deserved.Thus,it was not because of financial reasons that Lady Moping refused to follow her friends suggestions.,Question3,Who was Loveday? Did lady Moping and Angela know he was in an inmate when they first saw him? Why was he in the Asylum? How was he treated there? According to t

19、he doctor was he qualified to be let out of the Asylum? Why did they keep him there? Loveday was an inmate who 35 years ago, killed a young woman quite unknown to him. He give himself up immidiately and was institutionalized ever since. Lady Moping and Angela didnt know he was an inmate when they fi

20、rst saw him because he seemed so sane. He had become the life and soul of the place and was allowed to mix freely with private wealthy patients. He was even allowed to receive small tips from the wealthy patients. According to the doctor, he was well enough to be let out of the Asylum. But since he had no relatives except a step-sister and since he was perfectly happy in the institution, they kept him there.,Question4,Do you think Loveday was happy in the Asylum? Did he crave in the free o