lesson4 text appreciation整理ppt.ppt

Sentence Paraphrase 6 They gave a window to it, with a white velvet backdrop, if there is anything called white velvet, and some complimentary words. (Para. 7) They gave a whole window to the sculpture with a white curtain at the back and some words in praise of the work. The curtain (backdrop) was made of white velvet, if there is such a thing as white velvet. words expressing praise/admiration go to 7 It’s hard to associate “white velvet” with “softness” “smoothness” in an apartheid country Sentence Paraphrase 7 … so I thought I’d go and see the window, and indulge certain pleasurable human feelings. I must have got a little lost in the contemplation of my own genius… (Para. 9) So I thought I’d go and see the window, and enjoy secretly some pleasant feelings—feelings of pride for example for one’s genius. I must have become too absorbed in my thinking about my own genius… be engrossed/absorbed in quiet, serious thinking about sth. go to 8 Sentence Paraphrase 8 I wasn’t only feeling what you may be thinking, I was thinking that one of the impersonal doors might open at any moment, and someone might see me in “white” building, and see me and van Rensburg breaking the liquor laws of the country. (Para. 39) You might be thinking that it was an insult to have me drink in the passage instead of inviting me into their apartment, to sit down and drink properly. Yes, I was feeling that way. But there was sth. else. I was also afraid that one of the cold, unfriendly doors might open at any moment and someone might see me in this “whites only” building, drinking with a white man and breaking the laws on drinking. go to 9 Sentence Paraphrase 9 Anger could have saved me from the whole embarrassing situation, but you know I can’t easily be angry. Even if I could have been, I might have found it hard to be angry with this particular man. (Para. 39) I could have simply left then and there angrily and thus freed myself from the awkward situation. But you know, I’m not the kind of