Man and Nature 研究生英语第二学期教材.ppt

A Wilderness Experience;Part Division of the Text;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;Sight Color Smell Hearing Movement ;Sally felt:;relaxed and happy; Language Points;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 without stopping, especially about things that are not serious or important I couldn’t hear the film with her chattering away all the time. It really irritates me the way he chatters on about nothing all the time. ;Sentence Analysis: for this sacred experience, enjoyed alone, I would get up at dawn every day during that summer.;By saying “enjoyed alone”, does Sally mean that a companion would spoil her enjoyment of the natural beauty? No. When she was alone, there was only nature and the wilderness, without the presence of human beings. She was also excluded either because she played the role of a bystander who stood outside of the scene, just like a spectator in front of the picture of a landscape or because she had dissolved herself in the surroundings and “had no consciousness of her individual self”. ;boisterous: adj. someone, especially a child, who is boist