《英美诗歌鉴赏课件》English Poetry (2).pptVIP

And then they ate the black; Tho muckle thought the goodwife to hersel, Yet neer a word she spake. Then said the one unto the other, ‘Here, man, tak ye my knife; Do ye tak aff the auld man’s beard, And I’ll kiss the goodwife.’ ‘But there’s nae water in the house, Notes 1. Martinmas time----during the time of St. Martin’s feast, which falls on November 11th. 2. gae----Lowland Scots dialect meaning “go”. 3. hussyfskap---- The literary meaning is housewifery. Here it implies the making of puddings. 4. What ails thee at the pudding-broo----Why don’t you use the pudding broth as shaving water? 5. scad---- Lowland Scots dialect meaning “scald”. Discussion What does the poet describe? What kind of agreement do they achieve? Do the last two lines show the wife’s attitude toward her husband? If so, what kind of attitude? 4. Are there ballads in Chinese literature? Please give some examples and make a brief comparison between English ballads and Chinese ballads. 　当心！：Its Katie bar the door　　“Katie bar the door”源于一首风趣搞笑的苏格兰民歌“Get up and bar the door”（《起床来把门闩上》）。歌中唱道：就寝前，夫妻二人比着不上门闩，最后夫妻俩决定，谁先开口说话谁就起身去拴门。两个人就这么紧绷嘴唇较上了劲儿，谁知半夜盗贼乘虚而入，不但劫财劫物，还对这对“哑巴”夫妻实施许多恶行。后来，丈夫忍无可忍终于厉声质问盗贼，Katie（妻子）就在这时开了腔：“你输了，去上门闩”。　　由于在歌曲的高潮部分，丈夫反复唱着“Katie bar the door”，该短语遂被公众采用。随着时间的推移，“Katie bar the door！”逐渐演变为警告语：“当心、小心”。看下面一个例句：　　Listen, its Katie bar the door! Here comes trouble! 听着，当心点，麻烦要来了！ Section Three Romance Romance is primarily medieval fiction in verse or prose dealing with adventures of chivalry and love. It originally meant a work written in the French language. The three centuries after the Norman Conquest saw the large scale of the introduction of French culture and literature, and through French literature the introduction of Italian literature. In the Anglo-Norman period, the feudal system promoted the growth of chivalric romance. The great age of romance was the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and its chief breeding ground was the aristocratic society of France. From France,