成都信息工程大学（成都信工学院）：《大学英语》PPT教学课件（第四册）Unit 5 Cruelty

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Unit 5 Cruelty

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Text A A Friend In Need 1. Objectives 2. Background 3. Discussion 4. Structure Study 5. Language Study 6. Content questions 7. Essay Writing

Obiectives The students will be able to 1. Learn the main idea and structure of the text 2. Give reasons when they do the ranking activities and make predictions 3. Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text

Objectives The students will be able to: 1. Learn the main idea and structure of the text; 2. Give reasons when they do the ranking activities and make predictions; 3. Grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text;

Background Somerset Maugham(1874-1965: an English writer considered to be one of the best writers of short stories in the English language. He also wrote plays and novels. His novels and short stories are characterized by y great narrative facility, simplicity of style, and a disillusioned and ironic point of vIew Maugham was born in Paris and studied medicine at the University of Somerset Maugham Heidelberg and at Saint Thomas's (1874-1965) Hospital, London

Background Somerset Maugham (1874-1965): an English writer considered to be one of the best writers of short stories in the English language. He also wrote plays and novels. His 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 the University of Heidelberg and at Saint Thomas’s Hospital, London. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965)

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 Of Human bond。se by w somerset Maugham OF HUMAN BONDAGE

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 Six Pence(1919)is a story of the conflict between the artist and conventiona society, based on the life of the French painter Paul Gauguin 配AT看来 MOON PENCE MOON SIXPENCE

The Moon and Six Pence (1919) is a story of the conflict between the artist and conventional society, 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 Razor's Edge(1944), and Cataline: A romance(1948). KAEN Among 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 Manghan talas Singular(1931): Ah King(1933); and Quarter(1948)

Other novels are The Painted Veil (1925), Cakes and Ale(1930), Christmas Holiday(1939), The Hour Before the Dawn(1942), The Razor’s Edge(1944), and Cataline: A romance(1948). Among 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 Quarter(1948)

Discussion 1) Why do some people tend to be heartless and cruel? Were they born that way or did circumstances harden them? 2) What are the determining forces in shaping human nature? Some people seem easy to understand: their character appears obvious on first meeting Appearances, however, can be deceptive

Discussion 1) Why do some people tend to be heartless and cruel? Were they born that way or did circumstances harden them? 2) What are the determining forces in shaping human nature? • Some people seem easy to understand: their character appears obvious on first meeting. Appearances, however, can be deceptive

Structure Study Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas Part One Para 1 Part TWo Paras 2-3 Part Three Paras 4-51

Structure Study Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas Part One Para 1 Part Two Paras 2-3 Part Three Paras 4-51

Kevs to last exercise Part one: It is no easy job to judge people, for they aren't always what they appear to be. Part two: Kind and gentle, Edward Burton, a wealthy merchant, appeared as if he could not bear to hurt a fly Part three: As it turned out. Burton was cold-blooded enough to send a friend to certain death

Keys to last exercise: • Part one: It is no easy job to judge people, for they aren’t always what they appear to be. • Part two: Kind and gentle, Edward Burton, a wealthy merchant, appeared as if he could not bear to hurt a fly. • Part three: As it turned out, Burton was cold-blooded enough to send a friend to certain death