The Structure of Lesson 4 (复旦高级英语第一册).pptVIP

A Mild Attack of Locusts;The Structure of the Text;Para 1: A bumper harvest was in sight and farmers lived a comfortable life. Para 2: Introduction of the farm and different responses to the coming of locusts. Para 3: The coming of locusts.;Part 2: Para.4—19: The coming of locusts and the fight against them.;Part 2: Para.4—19: The coming of locusts and the fight against them. ;Part 3: Para.20—the end: The fight over, people’s responses to the disaster and their attitude to life.; The stylistic features of the story: 1. She makes use of specific, concrete details – sounds, light, movements, and color to render the scene realistic and vivid. sound: yell, ring, shout, clamour, thud, bang. Clang, sharp crack, … light: distorted, blazing, thick hot orange, red-tinged gold, blue and clear, … color: rust-colour, ox-blood, pink, dense black, reddish, red-brown, perverted blackness, ... movement: rise, pour, hoist, fall like hail, cling, crawl, onrush, swell, … walk: jog off, crawl, march bravely, wade through, plunge into, … ;2. She employs exaggeration and a range of imagery in describing the locusts to create a vivid picture: 1). a long low cloud advancing, … swelling forward 2). the smoke was rising from myriads of fires 3). the air gets thick with smoke 4). Behind the reddish veils in front which were the advance guards of the swarm, … 5). These beggars can eat … 6). looking at her with their beady old-men’s eyes, … 7). crunching locusts underfoot with every step,… 8). The trees were ragged mounds of glistening brown. 9). They were like small aircraft, manoeuvring for the take-off, trying their wings to see if they ere dry enough. ;3. She deliberately refers to the locust in different forms to avoid monotony: 1). a streak of rustcoloured air 2). a long low cloud advancing 3). the reddish veils …the advancing guards,