【ppt课件】高级英语第二册第5课件复习课程.pptVIP

Para124 I had made a logician out of Polly: I had turned Polly into a logician. out of: from (material etc. ) e.g. made out of stone She was worthy of me at last: This, once again, shows the conceit of the narrator. Polly was now good enough to be his wife. Para124 She was a fit ... well heeled children: mansion: a large, imposing house; stately residence well-heeled: (American slang) rich, prosperous Here the narrator describes the role, which he thinks, a wife should play. First she should be a proper hostess of a rich man who owns many mansions. In other words she should be good at entertaining his rich friends and clients and thus further his career. Second, she should be a good mother and properly look after his rich and prosperous children. Para135 You are the whole world…of outer space: For me you are as important as the whole world ,the moon, the stars, and the universe. Constellation: a number of stars that forms a shape in the sky 星座 para138 I was not… by the throat: I planned to be Pygmalion, to fashion an ideal wife for myself; but I became Frankenstein for Polly ( my student) ultimately rejected me ( her teacher). para138 Frantically … through me: Desperately I tried to stop the feeling of panic that was overwhelming me. Para 147 That did it: That was the finial straw. That made me lose my patience. That made me lose my self-control. Para 151 After he made… my hand: 省略句。 He did traitorous act after he promised, after he made a deal, after he shock my hand. Para 153 Look at me … coming from: Look at me – a clever student, a profound scholar, a man with a safe and secure future. Look at Petey – a stupid person, and emotionally unstable, a person with a very uncertain future. 用了对照的修辞手法. Writing techniques: Max Shulman has a style quite his own. The story goes forward at a very fast pace with a lively dialogue full of American colloquialism and slang. He employs a whole variety of writing techniques to make his story vivid, dramatic and colorful