《现代大学英语 Contemporary College English》课程教学资源（PPT讲稿）Unit 1 Text A Half a Day

Unit i Text A Half a day Contemporary College English(Book 1) English Majors( Grade One Contestant No

Unit 1 Text A Half a Day Contemporary College English (Book 1) English Majors (Grade One) Contestant No. :

Warming-up Discussion First day of school FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL WHATEUER YOU DO DONT LET HIM SENSE OUR ANXIETY

First day of school … Warming-up Discussion

First day at school… In 1957, fifteen-year-old Dorothy Geraldine Counts and three other students became the first African American students to attend the previously all white Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina

In 1957, fifteen-year-old Dorothy Geraldine Counts and three other students became the first African American students to attend the previously all white Harding High School in Charlotte, North Carolina. First day at school …

Your first day at college frighte enel excited nel puzzled

frightened excited lonely puzzled ? Your first day at college …

Unit i ixt a Half a①ay Contemporary College English(Book 1) English Majors( Grade One

Unit 1 Text A Half a Day Contemporary College English (Book 1) English Majors (Grade One)

Naguib Mahfouz 1911-2006 Encarta Encyclopedia, AP/Wide World Born in 1911, educated at Cairo University Wrote short stories and historical novels before wwi Turned to write novels of social realism after Wwi Later works combined realism symbolism A prolific writer: no fewer than 30 novels, more than 100 short stories and more than 200 articles

Naguib Mahfouz 1911-2006 Born in 1911, educated at Cairo University Wrote short stories and historical novels before WWII Turned to write novels of social realism after WWII Later works combined realism & symbolism A prolific writer: no fewer than 30 novels, more than 100 short stories, and more than 200 articles

His Works NAG U FALACE WA,AACL通 The Time and the place The Cairo Trilogy The Time and Place Palace Walk Palace of and other stories, 1991 Desire, Sugar Street (first published 1957)

His Works The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (first published 1957) The Time and Place and Other Stories, 1991

His Influence The first Arab Writer to through works rich in win the nobel prize nuance -now clear-sightedly in literature realistic, now evocatively ambiguous- has formed an 1988, The Cairo trilogy Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind o Depicts realistically the a dickens of the Cairo cafes social and political life in egypt andthe balzac of Egypt His classical and lucid style rejuvenated literary arabic without

His Influence ◆The first Arab Writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature – 1988, The Cairo Trilogy ◆Depicts realistically the social and political life in Egypt ◆His classical and lucid style rejuvenated literary Arabic without recourse to colloquialisms … through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind "a Dickens of the Cairo cafés" and "the Balzac of Egypt

Underlying Implications Do you think the sudden change of the boys age symbolizes something? Do you think the boy 's first day at school symbolizes something?

Underlying Implications • Do you think the sudden change of the boy’ s age symbolizes something? • Do you think the boy’s first day at school symbolizes something?

Allegory 1. A literary, dramatic, or pictorial device in which characters and events stand for abstract ideas, principles, or forces, so that the literal sense has or suggests a parallel, deeper symbolic sense.(寓 讽喻一种文学、戏剧或绘画的艺术 手法,其中人物和事件代表抽象的观点、原则或支配力, 冬顶使表面含义含有或表达一种对等的,但更深刻的象征 2. A story, picture, or play in which this device is used. John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress and Herman Melville's Moby Dick are allegories (寓言体小说,寓意画,寓言剧运用这种寓言 艺术手法而作的小说、绘画或戏剧。约翰班扬的《天路 历程》和赫尔曼·麦尔维尔的《白鲸记》都是寓言体作品)

Allegory 1. A literary, dramatic, or pictorial device in which characters and events stand for abstract ideas, principles, or forces, so that the literal sense has or suggests a parallel, deeper symbolic sense. (寓言，讽喻一种文学、戏剧或绘画的艺术 手法，其中人物和事件代表抽象的观点、原则或支配力， 从而使表面含义含有或表达一种对等的，但更深刻的象征 意义) 2. A story, picture, or play in which this device is used. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Herman Melville's Moby Dick are allegories. (寓言体小说，寓意画，寓言剧运用这种寓言 艺术手法而作的小说、绘画或戏剧。约翰·班扬的《天路 历程》和赫尔曼·麦尔维尔的 《白鲸记》都是寓言体作品)