Unit 15 A Drink in the Passage.ppt

4、外国留学生的博客：（原文是英文，我试着翻译一下）今天，我坐公车去学校，上来一位老大爷。在我们国家是不能给男人让座的，因为年纪再大，也是男子汉，尊严上不能受这种侵犯。快到学校了，我站起来准备下车，没想到一个女人向大家说了些什么，一下子就过来几个年轻人按住了我，死活不让我下去。过了好几站，我看没人注意我了，才偷偷溜掉，顶着太阳又往回走了三站多。我现在都不知道是怎么回事儿。 Truth is a Matter of Perspective 5、发如雪的博客：今天，新染了头发。上了公车，我就迫不及待地想看看人们的反应。可车上的人都避开了我的目光，一个个装作没看见我。后来，一个外国人站了起来，接着几乎全车人都站了起来，非要我坐下不可，怎么解释都不听。天哪，我才十八呀，以后再也不敢把头发染成这么前卫的颜色了…… Truth is a Matter of Perspective Writing Devices Now study the following paragraph. What is the function of it? He said to me. “This is the second cognac I’ve had in my life. Would you like to hear the story of how I had my first?” (Para. 6) Do you know what flashback means? This paragraph serves to introduce a flashback. Flashback To be continued on the next page. Writing Devices Can you come up with a story told in a flashback? What is flashback? Flashbacks are interpolated narratives or scenes (often justified, or naturalized, as a memory, a reverie, or a confession by one of the characters) which represent events that happened before the time at which the work opened. Flashback The end of Flashback. Writing Devices metaphor simile alliteration simile The end of Writing Devices. Now study the following sentences and tell us what figurative speech is used in each and how it contributes to the expressive effect of the language. 1. It’s also the first time I’ve drunk a brandy so slowly. In Orlando you develop a throat of iron. (Para.5) 2. He sat slumped in his seat, like a man with a burden of incomprehensible, insoluble grief. (Para. 75) 3. What he was thinking, God knows, but I was thinking he was like a man trying to run a race in iron shoes, and not understanding why he cannot move. (Para. 75) Figurative Language Reinforcement Discussion Is it easy to detect the existence of racial (or religious) prejudice? Why or why not? Does racism only involve governments and politicians? Do you find any racial or ethnic or regional prejudice in the people around you? What ar