Man and Nature 研究生英语第二学期课件.ppt

A Wilderness Experience Part Division of the Text Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas 1 1-4 How the author felt about the wilderness the first morning she got to the Canadian island 2 5-12 How the author explored the island forest on her first afternoon there Parts Paragraphs Main Ideas 3 13-29 How the author made further explorations into the wilderness with Dalton, a young native of the island 4 30-34 How the author finally identified herself with nature amid the wilderness Table Completion What did Sally see, hear and smell in her new world during the first morning? Find out the sensory details in Part 1. Sight Color Smell Hearing Movement Questions: How did Sally feel about the wilderness the first morning? Did she enjoy it? How do you know? Language Points sentence analysis: Its wide and beautiful surface, delicate silver-blue, streamed with a mist that disappeared as I watched, for the light of the early sun, splintering on the tops of the mainland evergreen trees, was starting to fall on the mist and dissolve it. Curiously the lake’s level surface seemed to be moving in alternate glassy streams, right and left, an effect that sometimes occurs on quiet water, I don’t know why. 1. 1. What does “stream with” mean? It means to produce a continuous flow of liquid. 2. Translate the sentence into Chinese. 开阔迷人的湖面，呈一片淡淡的银蓝色，迷蒙的薄雾，我看着看着便消失了，原来是对岸大陆常青树林枝头闪耀着的朝阳，正照着晨雾使它消散。 pervasive: adj. existing everywhere The local attorney has called corruption in the police department “pervasive, rampant and systemic”. No one can ignore the pervasive influence of the army in national life. chatter: 1. n. informal talk, especially about things that are not serious or important Once the teacher left, the chatter in the classroom gradually rose to a din. 我已经听够了你没完没了的唠叨。 I’ve had enough of your constant chatter 2. vi. talk quickly in a friendly way