综英4 Unit8 the discus thrower.ppt

Unit8The Discus Thrower The main idea This part tells about how the man is found dead and the doctor discovered the secret that the man starved himself to death as is suggested at the end of the text by the doctor’s attention to the repeatedly washed place where the scrambled eggs dropped to the floor. In the evening I go once more to that ward to make my rounds. Paraphrase: In the evening I go to that sickroom again to visit my patients. The head nurse report to me that Room 542 is deceased. (1)Metonymy[m?t?n?m?] :the act of refering to sth by the name of sth else that is closely connected with it. So use Room 542 for the patient in the Room 542. (2)Silmily:And the blue eyes are frosted, looking inward like the window of a snowbound cottage. [k?tid?] The deceased VS The dead The deceased: the dead person(仅指死者一人） The dead: those who are dead(概括死者全体） Exercises: ________can never be raised up. ________of his family members in the accident was crushing blow to him. The head nurse reported to me that Room 542 is deceased. Room 542: the patient in Room 542 is deceased: is dead Paraphrase: The head nurse told me that the patient in Room 542 is dead. Review: the use of the number 542房间：Room 542 5路汽车：Bus No.5 1256飞机航班： Flight 1256 电话号码：Tel. No. 传真：Fax: 邮政编码： zip code 510006 postcode 510006 Nothing. There had been no sound. There be 句型 Exercise: There ____an English evening next Sunday. A. will have B. is to have C. will be D. is going to be Nothing. It’s a blessing, she says. Why the head nurse say that? Because she thinks that the patient does not have to suffer any more after his death and the health workers do not have to look after this troublesome patient any longer. I go into his room, a spy looking for secrets. Exercise: There are a lot of kids who know everything about computer-how to built them, how to take them 5._____, and how to write programs for games. 6