ThePearl基础英语第四册第九单元课件.ppt

Unit 9. The Pearl By John Steinbeck;·About The Author John Steinbeck(1902?– 1968) ，American novelist, story writer, playwright, and essayist. In 1962, won the Nobel Prize for literature for his realistic and imaginative writing, combining as it does sympathetic humor and keen social perception. (“通过现实主义的、富于想象的创作，表现出 富于同情的幽默和对社会的敏感的观察” ) Because of his strong sympathy for the migrant workers and the underdog in his novel,he was called the spokesman for the oppressed （被压迫者的代言人）. ·Major works Of Mice and Men 《人与鼠》 East of Eden 《伊甸园以东》 The Grapes of Wrath《愤怒的葡萄》 ; ;;;New wordsLanguage Points;;;;;fence/fens/ n.栅栏, 围墙, 买卖赃物的人  v.用篱笆围住, 束缚, 击剑, 回避 fencer 击剑运动员. fencing 击剑术; 击剑运动.  ~ (with sb/sth) 回避; 避免作正面回答:  E.G. Stop fencing with me answer my question!  别躲躲闪闪--回答我的问题! ;6.the nerves of the town were pulsing and vibrating with the news—Kino had found the Pearl of the World. ;7.Before panting little boys could strangle out the words, their mothers knew it.;sweep;9.… or married him for that matter;10.And when it was made plain who Kino was ,the doctor grew stern and judicious at the same time .;11.And the doctor ‘s eyes rolled up a little in their fat hammock and he thought of Paris .He remembered the room he had lived in there as a great and luxurious place .;12.The news came early to the beggars in the front of the church, and it made them giggle a little with pleasure ,for they knew that there is no alms-giver in the world like a poor man who is suddenly luckly