英语泛读教程UnitFoolsParadise.pptxVIP

会计学1 I. TitleFool’s paradise – a state of delusive contentment or false hope, a state of illusion 虚幻的乐境，幻想第1页/共13页 II. AuthorIsaac Bashevis Singer was born on July 24, 1904 in Radzymin, Poland. He was one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century. His writing is a unique blend of religious morality and social awareness combined with an investigation of personal desires. Though his work often took the form of parables (寓言) or tales based on a nineteenth century tradition, he was deeply concerned with the events of his time and the future of his people and their culture.第2页/共13页 By the 1970s, he had become a major international writer. After World War II there were few Yiddish (意第绪语的,依地语,俚犹太人的) writers remaining but Singer was the major figure in Yiddish letters. His major two novels were The Penitent (1974) and Shosha (1978). The same year as his publication of Shosha, Singer won the Nobel Prize in literature 第3页/共13页 III. StructurePart I (para. 1- 5) ─ Atzel bacame psychologically ill – imagining that he was dead.Part II (para. 6 – 4rd para. from end of text) – the process to cure Atzel of his illnessPart III (last three paras) – Atzel and Aksah lived a happy life educated their children to study work hard.第4页/共13页 IV. Text Analysiscautionary – giving or serving as a warning;admonitory 警告的；告诫的 a cautionary tale; cautionary advice 警诫性的事件；忠告only – alone in kind or class; solehousehold – a domestic unit consisting of the members of a family who live together along with non-relatives such as servants 家庭take for granted – to consider as true, real, or forthcoming第5页/共13页 What illness did the young man suffer from?He was psychologically ill, imagining that he was dead.Why did he want to go to paradise so much?Because he was lazy by nature, he didn’t like to study and work hard. Paradise was just