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Mortresormeans“fortune”whileFortunado“treasure”.TheirdefectivenatureishighlightedwhentherevengerMortresor,whoisfullypreparedonpsychologicalandoperatinglevels,throwsthehardlypreparedbuttotallydeceivedwrong-doerFortunadointothedeepanddampcatacombandblocksupitsentrancewithhugerocks.

Unit719thCenturyAmericanPoets

1.HenryWadsworthLongfellow

（1）IShotanArrow…

1.Whydidthespeakerlosesightofhisarrowandsong?

Thearrowfliestooswiftlyandtoofarawaytobeseenbythespeaker;

whereasthesongisnaturallyinvisible.

2.Inwhatcircumstancesdidhefindthemagain?

Hefindsthemunexpectedlyyearslaterfromthetrunkofatreeandtheheartofafriend.

3.Whatdoarrowandsongstandforinthispoem?

Theimagesofarrowandsongheremaystandforfriendship.

（2）APsalmofLife

1.Whatkindofpersonisthespeakerofthispoem?

Thespeakerisamanofaction,alwaysoptimisticandcheerful,tryingtoachieveasmuchaspossibleintheshortspanoflife.

2.Accordingtothepoem,howshouldourlivesbeledtoovercomethefactthateachdaybringsusnearertodeath?

Weshouldworkharderandlivehappier.

3.Interpretthemetaphorof"

Footprintsonthesandoftime"

（line28）.

Themetaphorreferstohumandeedsinreallife.

2.WaltWhitman

（1）One'

sSelfISing

1.Whatisthesignificanceofsingingaboutone'

sself?

Itisanexaltationoftheindividualspirit,whichistypicalofAmericanpeople.

2.Whatisthedifferencebetweenphysiologyandphysiognomy?

Physiologyisasciencethatdealswiththefunctionsandlifeprocessofhumanbeings,whereasphysiognomyreferstoanartofjudgingcharacterfromcontoursoffaceitselfortheappearanceofaperson.

3.WhatdoesWhitmanmeanbythetermof"

theModernMan"

?

Hemeansthatamanshouldbefreefromanyprejudiceandpride,totallydifferentfromthetraditionalone,thatisfullofbias.

（3）OCaptain!

MyCaptain!

1.Whyistheword"

Captain"

capitalizedthroughoutthepoem?

Inthispoemtheword“Captain”speciallyreferstoAbrahamLincoln,presidentoftheUnitedStates.

2.Whatoverallmetaphordoesthepoetemployinthispoem?

Lifeisajourney.

3.Whydopeopleontheshoresexultandbellsring,whilethespeakerremainssosad?

Theywelcometheshipreturningfromitshardtrip,whereasthespeakerissadbecausethecaptainfailstoreceivehisownhonor.

3.EmilyDickinson

（1）ToMakeaPrairie…

1.Whatthingsareneededto"

make"

aprairie?

Inwhatsensecanonereallydoit?

Somegrassandinsectsandsmallanimals.Peoplecanmakeaprairiewiththeirimagination.

2.Howcan"

reveryalone"

createaprairie?

Theprairiestaysinone'

smind.

（2）SuccessIsCountedSweetest

1.Whyissuccess"

countedsweetestbythosewhone'

ersucceed"

Thosewhohavetastedthebitternessoffailurewouldhaveakeenerdesireforsuccess.

2.Whoare"

thepurplehost"

Theso-calledsuccessfulpeopleintheworld.

3.Whois"

he"

inthelaststanza?

Anyonewhoispursuinghissuccess.

（3）I'

mNobody!

1.Whoarethe"

pairofus"

and"

they"

inthispoem?

The"

referstothespeakerinthepoemandthereader,and"

referstothepublic,especiallythoseinpower.

2.Whatdoes"

anadmiringbog"

reallymean?

"

ItImpliesthevainandemptycommonpeople,whoarealwaysadmiringandpursuingthecelebrities.

3.Whatisthethemeofthispoem?

Therealadmirablelifeisasecludedandcommonone.

4.Doyouwanttobe"

nobody"

or"

somebody"

Explainyourreasons.

Differentpersonswouldhavedifferentanswerstothisquestion.Personally,Iprefertobenobody.

Unit1720th-CenturyAmericanPoets

1.EzraPound

InAStationoftheMetro

1.Whydoesthepoetcallthefacesofpedestrians"

apparition"

Thesepedestriansareallwalkinginahurryamidstthedrizzlingrain.

2.