2018_2019学年高中英语unit7thesea英美文化欣赏学案北师大版.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 5 Unit 7 The Sea英美文化欣赏 【导读】　《彼得·潘》是20世纪最伟大的童话巨著之一，是英国著名小说家、剧作家詹姆斯·巴里最著名的作品。这部充满想象与冒险的经典儿童故事里，叙述了温迪和彼得·潘等几个小孩在梦幻岛的奇遇。 The last sound Peter heard before he was quite alone were the mermaids retiring one by one to their bedchambers under the sea.He was too far away to hear their doors shut; but every door in the coral caves where they live rings a tiny bell when it opens or closes (as in all the nicest houses on the mainland)，and he heard the bells. Steadily the waters rose till they were nibbling at his feet; and to pass the time until they made their final gulp，he watched the only thing on the lagoon.He thought it was a piece of floating paper，perhaps part of the kite，and wondered idly how long it would take to drift ashore. Presently he noticed as an odd thing that it was undoubtedly out upon the lagoon with some definite purpose，for it was fighting the tide，and sometimes winning; and when it won，Peter，always sympathetic to the weaker side，could not help clapping; it was such a gallant piece of paper. It was not really a piece of paper; it was the Never bird，making desperate efforts to reach Peter on the nest.By working her wings，in a way she had learned since the nest fell into the water，she was able to some extent to guide her strange craft，but by the time Peter recognised her she was very exhausted.She had come to save him，to give him her nest，though there were eggs in it.I rather wonder at the bird，for though he had been nice to her，he had also sometimes tormented her.I can suppose only that，like Mrs.Darling and the rest of them，she was melted because he had all his first teeth. She called out to him what she had come for，and he called out to her what she was doing there; but of course neither of them understood the others language.In fanciful stories people can talk to the birds freely，and I wish for the moment I could pretend that this were such a story，and say that Peter replied intelligently to the Never bird; but truth is best，and I want to t