L5 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.pptVIP

Lesson 5 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty James Thurber I. Pre-reading Tasks 1.1 Lead-in Questions: 1). Do you have any secrets that can share with us? 2). How many people spent some time daydreaming in the past 2 days? How many daydreamed about a relationship? How many daydreamed about some kind of competition? How many daydreamed that they were the star of something? Walter Mitty, 是美国作家 James Thurber在短篇小说 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty中所创造的一个人物。 这位主角是个典型的凡夫俗子，可是有一点与众不同，那就是他随时随地可以脱离现实、沈浸于英雄式的幻想中。它指的就是那些整天幻想的人。 这篇小说刊出后引起很大的反响。心理医生甚至以 Walter Mittys 来称呼这种英雄式的幻想症。这个角色可以视为西洋版的阿Q。 Thurber 的另一篇短篇