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现代大学英语第一册教案unit6

Lesson6TheMonstersAreDueonMapleStreet

Author

RodSerlingisoneoftheleadingtelevisionplaywrightstodayintheUnitedStates,bestknownforhissciencefictionTVseries,TheTwilightZone.Thislittleplay,adaptedfromTomorrowScholasticLiteratureAnthologyisakindofsciencefiction（科幻小说）.Theauthorobviouslyisnotjusttellingusaninterestingstory.Hehassth.elsetotellus,anditisimportantforustounderstandhismessage.ThepresenttextisActOneoftheplay,whichwillbestudiedintensively.Theclimax（高潮），however,willbereachedinActTwo,whichisprintedhereasTextB.

TextAnalysis

•Plot:

ChaosonMapleStreetduetothesuspicionoftheattackofETsasbeingcalledMonsters

•Setting:

MapleStreetinatypicalAmericantown

•Protagonists:

Residents

•Languagestyle:

gotoWritingDevices

Ellipsis:

Ellipsisiscommoninspeaking.Someelementsinasentencearedropped.

e.g.“Guessitwas…”shouldbe”Iguess…”

“Cameawfulclose…”shouldbe”Icameawfulclose…”

Introduction:

Thisisashort2-actplay.Inreadingaplay,firstweshouldlearnaboutthesettingorbackground,andgettoknowthecharactersandtheirrelationstoeachother;thenwemustfindoutwhatishappening（theplotandthedramaticconflict）,andunderstandhowthedramaleadstotheclimaxorhowthedramaticconflictisresolved.Forlanguage,playsareparticularlygoodforlearningspokenEnglish.Studentsshouldpayparticularattentiontothepronunciationandintonation,aswellassuchspecialfeaturesoforalEnglishascontractions,ellipsesandcolloquialexpressions.Studentsarestronglyadvisedtoactoutthewholeplay.

Themeofthestory:

Inthisplay,theauthorseemstoemphasizethreefatalhumanweaknesses:

ourdeepsuspicionanddistrustofoneanother,oureagernesstofindascapegoat替罪羊,andourreadinesstoturnintoamob乌合之众.Itimpliesthatifwehumanbeingswanttobereallysafe,wemustkillthosemonstersinourhearts:

weshouldtrytounderstandandtrusteachother,tobelesseagertoassignblame,andtoresistthekindofgroup（mob）mentalitywhichtoooftenresultsinviolenceandtragedy.

Morality:

Thistextiswritteninthetraditionofsciencefiction.Sciencefictionusuallydescribesimaginaryfuturedevelopmentsinscience.Butunlike“RoundtheWorldin80Days”byJulesVerne,today’ssciencefictionoftentriestogiveamoralmessage.Therefore,theyaremore“fiction”than“science”.Thepresenttextisagoodexample.

Questions:

Howdoyouunderstandthetitleofthetext?

Howdidthestorytakeplace?

Whatwerepeople’sfirstreactionstothis?

WhydidTommytrytostopStevefromgoingaway?

HowdidGoodmanbecomethefirstsuspect?

DetailedDiscussionoftheText

ØTheMonstersAreDueonMapleStreet（title）

tobedue:

tobeexpectedtohappenorarriveataparticulartime预期的

Thetrainisdueinexactly20minutes.

onMapleStreet:

美国英语中，街道名称前用on;英国英语中用in.

Q:

Whoarethemonsters?

AretheyreallyresponsibleforallthetroublesthathappenonMapleStreet?

Wherearetherealmonsters?

Thetitleoftheplay:

the“monsters”seemtorefertothoseETs（extraterrestrial[′ɛkstrətə′rɛstrɪəl]外星人beings）whoareouttodestroyushumanbeingsonearth（theearthlings（科幻小说中，尤指相对外星人的）地球人orearthpeople）.Orsimplytosay,themonstersrefertothealiensfromtheouterspace.

WhiletheytriggerachainofreactionsonMapleStreet,theyarenotreallyresponsibleforallthetroublestheyhappenthere.

Whenwefinishtheplay,however,werealizethatmonstersactuallyliveinourownheartsandlieintheweaknessofhumannature,namely,thedeepsuspicionandofoneanother,theeagernesstofindascapegoat替罪羊,andthereadinesstoturnintoamob.Becauseofourweaknessesorwickedways,wetendtodestroyeachotherorseekourowndestruction.This,andnottheETs,isourrealenemyandrealdanger.

ØItisMapleStreet,aquiet,tree-lined,residentialstreetinatypicalAmericantown.（Para.1）

Thesequenceofadjectives:

Opinion:

beautiful，horrible，lovely，nice,etc.

Shape:

long，short，round,narrow,etc.

Age:

old，new，young,etc.

Colour:

red,black,orange,etc.

Origin:

British,Canadian,German,etc.

Material:

plastic，metal，aluminum,etc.[ə′lu′mɪnəm]铝

residential:

adj.住宅的

residencen.居住

residentn.居民,住户

reside[rɪ′zaɪd]vi.居住;定居dwell,inhabit,live

Theirresidentialbuildingislocatednexttothepark.

Therealityresidesinthepeople.

theresidentpopulation现住人口

dwellingn.ahouse,apartmentetcwherepeoplelive（正式）住处，住宅

dwellv.

dwellern.

Øleanagainststh:

upagainst

Shewasleaningagainstawallwithherfaceburiedinherhands.

ØAGoodHumorman（Para.1）

AmanwhosellsGoodHumorproductsorworksforGoodHumorCompany

“GoodHumor”isabrandoficecreamthatissoldintheUnitedStates.

Øtogossip（Para.1）:

vi.传播流言,说长道短

Shecanspendawholedaygossipingwithherneighbours.

她能一整天都跟邻居们说长道短。

n.apersonwholikestalkingaboutotherpeople'sprivatelives爱拨弄是非的人

Sheisanoldgossip.她是一个长舌妇。

Gossipy:

adj.爱闲谈的

ØAnothermanwatershislawn.（Para.1）

Like“water”,thefollowingnounscanalsobeusedasverbs:

land,screw用螺钉固定,face,back,grade,store,question,fish,book,ship,paper:

（coverwithwallpaper）用墙纸覆盖（洞，污点）,truck（driveatruck）驾驶卡车,bike,dust除去…的灰尘,etc.

Ø…looksupandlistenstothesoundofatremendousroarfromoverhead.（Para.2）

aterriblecontinuousloudnoise,especiallymadebyanimalslikelions,orbyamanoramachine.

ØAflashoflightplaysonhisface,…（Para.2）

Iflightplaysonsomething,itshinesonitandmovesaboutonit.

译文:

一道亮光划过他的脸，······

Ø…themanwhohasbeenpolishinghiscar,standstherespeechless,…（Para.2）

Subjectcomplementmodifying“theman”.Itisnotusedtomodifytheverb“stands”.

e.g.Thesunwasburninghot.

Hewaslyingthere,fastasleep.

Threemonthslater,shecamebackhome,penniless.

Ø…fromacrossthestreet.（Para.2）Note4

Payattentiontotheuseofdoubleprepositions.

e.g.Hejumpedoutfrombehindthetree.

ØWhatwasthat?

Ameteor?

（Para.3）Note5

Ø…Ididn’thearanycrash,though,didyou?

（Para.4）Note6

ØGuessitwasameteor,honey.Cameawfulclose,didn’tit?

（7）

Ellipsisiscommoninspeaking.Inbothofthesentencesabove,thesubjectisdropped.Thefullsentenceis“Iguessitwasameteor,honey.Itcameawfulclose,didn’tit?

”

Awful:

adj.a.verybadorunpleasant

e.g.areallyawfulbook

Theweatherwasawful.

Ifeltawfulaboutnotbeingabletohelp.

b.[onlybeforenoun]spokenusedtoemphasizehowmuchorhowgood,bad,etc.sth.is

e.g.anawfullot=averylargeamount

Itmadehimlooklikeanawfulfool.

c.look/feelawful:

tolookorfeelill

Youlookawful―what’swrongwithyou?

adv.AmEspokenawfully;very很；非常

Thatkid’sawfulcute,withherredcurls.

Awe:

[U]afeelingofrespectmixedwithfearandwonder.敬畏、惊惧.Eg.Healwaysstoodinaweofhisfather.

Awesome:

expressingorcausingfeelingsofawe.令人敬畏的，惊惧的。

anawesomeaccountoftheterrorsofwar.

Q:

Whoisheaddressing?

Heisaddressinghiswife.Thatiswhyheusestheword“honey”here.

Ø…thepowerisoff.（Para.10）

…Thereisnopower;powerisnolongerconnected.“Off”hereindicatesastateofnotworkingoroperating（ofamachineorelectricalappliance）.Itsoppositeis“on”.

ØIcan’tgetanybodyonthephone,either.（Para.11）

Ican’tgetanybodytoanswerthephone.

ØI’llcutthroughthebackyard…I’llberightback.（Para.16）

I’llcutacross/gorightthroughthebackyardratherthangoarounditinordertosavetime…I’llbebackverysoon;Iwon’tstaythere.

cutthroughaplace:

cut（sth.）withsharpmetalthrough（sth.）穿过,挤进

e.g.I’llcutthroughthebackyard.

Wecancutourwaythroughtheforestwithknives.

ØDoesn’tmakesense.（Para.17）

tohaveaclearmeaningandbeeasytounderstand

Acompleteformofthesentenceis:

Itdoesn’tmakesense.

“Itdoesn’thaveanyreasonorexplanation.”or“Ican’tunderstandit.”

e.g.NomatterhowItriedtoreadit,thesentencedidn’tmake（any）sense（tome）.

ØMaybeit’sanelectricalstormorsth.（Para.18）

“orsth.”isusedwhenyoucan’trememberordonnotwanttogiveanotherexampleofsth.youaretalkingabout.

e.g.Igetyousth.todrink—tea,coffee,orsth?

ØIcan’tgetathingontheradio.Noteventheportable.（Para.20）

Ievencan’tgetanythingontheportableradio.

Portable:

adj.lightandabletobecarriedormovedeasily便携/手提的

aportabletypewriter便携式打字机

aportablecomputer（alaptopcomputer）

portablephone手机

Otherexpressions:

mobilephone

cellphone

cellularphone

Øcheckwithsb.

a.agreewith跟…相符合

Doesthemerchandisecheckwiththeinvoice?

商品，货物;发票；账单

b.consult;asksb.（aboutsth.）;getpermissionfromsb.（todosth.）

跟…联系,跟…商量

It’swisetocheckwithyourdoctorbeforegoingonadiet.

ØAlittlepowerfailureandrightawaywegetallexcited.（P21）

见Note7“and”herefunctionsas“then”,indicatingtheresult.

E.g.Watertheseedsandtheywillgrow.

ØIfitwas,we’d…getabroadcastontheportable.（P22）

Ifitwasapowerfailure,wewouldstillbeabletogetabroadcastontheportableradio.

Øgetsth.straightenedout:

（P23）tosettleadifficultsituationbydealingwiththethings,e.g.thecause,problemsorconfusion解决问题（或困难）；清理；整顿

e.g.Itwilltakeawhilebeforethetwocountriescanstraightenouttheirdifferences.

ØOutofgas?

（P25）

Areyououtofgas?

/Haveyourunoutofgas?

Øfillup:

a.tomakeorbecomecompletelyfull注满（汽车的油箱）

Hehasfilledupthetank油箱withpetrol.

ØBrEb.complete（aform,etc.）（英）填写（表格等）

Fillupthequestionnaire,please.

ØIt’