The Truth about Lying.pptVIP

The last leaf The truth about marriage 文革时期，一对新人去登记结婚，工作人员问及为什么要结婚，男同志高举着右手说：“伟大领袖毛主席告诉我们，团结就是力量！如果我俩团结起来，就更有力量去建设社会主义新中国！“ The Truth about Lying NAME: Feng Yang Lihua Xiao Yingpeng Zheng contents 1 [ Storys ] 2 [ Introductory questions ] 3 [ About the author ] 4 [ Difficult words and points ] 5 [ Further understanding of the first part ] Part 1 1 [ Storys ] 美国著名作家欧亨利的小说《最后一片叶子》,描写患肺炎的穷学生琼西看着窗外对面墙上的常春藤叶子不断被风吹落，她说，最后一片叶子代表她，它的飘落，代表自己的死亡。贝尔曼，一个伟大的画家，在听完休易讲述完室友琼西的故事后，在最后一片叶子飘落，下着暴雨的夜里，用心灵的画笔画出了一片“永不凋落”的常春藤叶，编造了一个善良且真实的谎言，从而维持一段即将熄灭的生命之光. Part 1 Part 1 Part 2 2 [ Introductory questions ] A B C Do you often lie? In what cases you may choose to lie? How do you categorize lying ?What lies are harmful? How does the writer feel about social lies? Part 2 Part 3 3 [ About the author ] Judith Viorst was born and brought up in New Jersey, graduated from Rutgers University, moved to Greenwich Village, and has lived in Washington, D.C., since 1960, when she married Milton Viorst, a political writer. They have three sons and seven grandchildren. Viorst writes in many different areas: science books, childrens picture books, adult fiction and non-fiction, poetry for children and adults, and three musicals, which are still performed on stages around the country. She is best known for her beloved picture book, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Part 3 The best-seller Necessary Losses (1986) and her comic novel , Murdering Mr.Monti (1994),which appeared on The New York Times best-seller list in hardcover and paperback for almost two years. Necessary losses: the loves, illusions, dependencies, and impossible expectations that all of us have to give up in order to grow. In Necessary Losses, Judith Viorst turns her considerable talents to a serious and far-reaching subject: how we grow and change through the losses that are an inevitable and necessary part of life. She argues persuasively that throu