[英语学习]lesson9_The Most Dangerous Gameppt.ppt

The Most Dangerous Game Ⅰ.Open Discussion: 1.What games have you played? 2.What do you think are the functions of the game? 3. What do you think of the game in this text? 4. What does the title suggest? What are the meanings of “game”? n 1. a form of play or sport, or an example or type of this 2. wild animals, some birds and some fish, which are hunted or fished for food, esp. at certain seasons as a sport (Definitions from Longman Dictionary) An American author and journalist, probably best remembered for his short story The Most Dangerous Game. 2.One of the most popular American short story writers of his time and his stories. 3. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter. 4.He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 for best original story for the film Meet John Doe. * Once a Sloganeer (1922) * A Friend of Napoleon (1923) * The Most Dangerous Game (1924) * The Umps (1924) * Black Chrysanthemums (1927) * Heart of a Sloganeer (1929) * Cross-Eyed South-Paw (1929) Pitchers Are Peculiar (1930) * Meet John Doe (1941) Importance of the work (1924) winning the O’Henry Memorial Prize, the top short story prize in America Included as a classic into American primary school and high school textbooks and the world’s best short fiction anthologies Adapted into a dozen of films the latest one: Lethal Woman (1998); the best-known one: The Most Dangerous Game (1932) The story is often used by teachers in the U.S.A. to illustrate the important features of good fiction: a good fiction? a dramatic plot, vivid characterization and beautiful description. 2. Introduction to the text A remote island near Bermuda Triangle From the noon of the first day to the night of the third day Zaroff: a Cossack general in Czarist Russia. Avid hunter of big game. Trying to seek excitement and pl