吉林大学：《综合英语精读》课程PPT教学课件（三）lesson 15 A Horseman in the Sky

Zassan Fiftee A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce

A Horseman in the Sky by Ambrose Bierce

1.Introduction 2.Text 3.Language points 4.Work on the text 5.Grammar 6.Grammar Exercise

1. Introduction 2. Text 3. Language points 4. Work on the text 5. Grammar 6. Grammar Exercise

Introduction Introduction 1)"Horseman in the Sky"is a poignant story in which we see a father and a son on opposite sides in a civil war.The story raises the issue of how difficult it can be to hold to one's principles.Is one loyal to one's cause or to one's family?This becomes an agonizing choice when these two loyalties are pitted against each other. 2)Background of the American Civil War:Before the war, there were really two Americas-an industrial north and an agricultural south 导言

Introduction Introduction 1) “Horseman in the Sky” is a poignant story in which we see a father and a son on opposite sides in a civil war. The story raises the issue of how difficult it can be to hold to one’s principles. Is one loyal to one’s cause or to one’s family? This becomes an agonizing choice when these two loyalties are pitted against each other. 2) Background of the American Civil War: Before the war, there were really two Americas－an industrial north and an agricultural south. 导言

Introduction Conflicting interests between the two became increasingly apparent.Southerners attributed their backwardness to northern expansion.Northerners, on the other hand,declared that slavery was responsible for the region's backwardness.For the middle 1840s,the slavery issue overshadowed all else in American politics.The majority of southern planters came to regard slavery as necessary and permanent.But more and more people believed that slavery was morally wrong. 导言

Conflicting interests between the two became increasingly apparent. Southerners attributed their backwardness to northern expansion. Northerners, on the other hand, declared that slavery was responsible for the region’s backwardness. For the middle 1840s, the slavery issue overshadowed all else in American politics. The majority of southern planters came to regard slavery as necessary and permanent. But more and more people believed that slavery was morally wrong. Introduction 导言

Introduction They organized a powerful anti-slavery movement and demanded slavery be abolished.In 1845,the acquisition of Texas and soon after,the territorial gains in the southwest resulting from the Mexican War, converted the moral question of slavery into a political issue. Should the new territories join the Union as slave states or free states?Senator Henry Clay,who twice before in times of crisis had come forward with compromise arrangements, 导言

They organized a powerful anti-slavery movement and demanded slavery be abolished. In 1845, the acquisition of Texas and soon after, the territorial gains in the southwest resulting from the Mexican War, converted the moral question of slavery into a political issue. Should the new territories join the Union as slave states or free states? Senator Henry Clay, who twice before in times of crisis had come forward with compromise arrangements, Introduction 导言

Introduction now once again solved the problem with a compromise. However,the fear many had of the expansion of slavery into the new western lands grew.The slavery issue became more bitter when Mrs. Stowe published her book"Uncle Tom's Cabin"in 1852. which exerted a great influence on people. Abraham Lincoln,who had long regarded slavery as an evil, was elected President of the United States in 1860. 导

now once again solved the problem with a compromise. However, the fear many had of the expansion of slavery into the new western lands grew. The slavery issue became more bitter when Mrs. Stowe published her book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in 1852, which exerted a great influence on people. Abraham Lincoln, who had long regarded slavery as an evil, was elected President of the United States in 1860. Introduction 导言

Introduction In response,South Carolina seceded from the Union and a few other southern states followed its example. Feb.8,1861,they formed the Confederate States of America.On March.4,1861,in his inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln refused to recognize the secession.His speech closed with a plea for restoration of the bonds of Union But the south turned deaf ears to it,and on April 12,guns fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston,South Carolina.The Civil War thus started. (The end of the introduction) 导言

In response, South Carolina seceded from the Union and a few other southern states followed its example. Feb.8, 1861, they formed the Confederate States of America. On March.4, 1861, in his inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln refused to recognize the secession. His speech closed with a plea for restoration of the bonds of Union. But the south turned deaf ears to it, and on April 12, guns fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War thus started. (The end of the introduction) Introduction 导言

Text TEXT One sunny afternoon in the autumn of the year 1861,a soldier lay in a clump of laurel,by the side of a road in western Virginia.He lay at full length upon his stomach,(2)his feet resting upon the toes,his head upon the left forearm.His extended 3 right hand loosely grasped his rifle

Text 课 文 TEXT One sunny afternoon in the autumn of the year 1861, a soldier lay in a clump of (1) laurel, by the side of a road in western Virginia. He lay at full length upon his stomach, (2) his feet resting upon the toes, his head upon the left forearm. His extended(3) right hand loosely grasped his rifle

Text But for a slight rhythmic movement of the cartridge box at the back of his belt he might have been thought to be dead.(4 He was asleep at his post of duty.(5 If detected he would be dead shortly afterward, death being the just and legal penalty for his crime.(6) The clump of laurel in which the criminal lay was in the angle of a road which went zigzagging downward through the forest.(7

Text 课 文 But for a slight rhythmic movement of the cartridge box at the back of his belt he might have been thought to be dead. (4) He was asleep at his post of duty. (5) If detected he would be dead shortly afterward, death being the just and legal penalty for his crime. (6) The clump of laurel in which the criminal lay was in the angle of a road which went zigzagging downward through the forest. (7)

Text At a second angle in the road was a large flat rock,jutting out northward,overlooking the deep valley from which the road ascended.(8 The rock capped a high cliff (9 a stone dropped from its outer edge would have fallen sheer (10)downward one thousand feet to the tops of the pines.The angle where the soldier lay was on the same cliff.Had he been awake, it might well have made him giddy to look below.(1

At a second angle in the road was a large flat rock, jutting out northward, overlooking the deep valley from which the road ascended.(8) The rock capped a high cliff; (9) a stone dropped from its outer edge would have fallen sheer (10) downward one thousand feet to the tops of the pines. The angle where the soldier lay was on the same cliff. Had he been awake, it might well have made him giddy to look below. (11) Text 课 文