HalfaDay课文讲解.docx

1、HalfaDay课文讲解Half a DayNaguibMahfousAbout the Half a DayFirst published in Arabic in 1989as part of a short story collection entitled The False Dawn. Included in an English-language collection entitled The Time and the Placein 1991.Belongs to his later phase and characterized by a shift from social r

2、ealism to a more modern, experimental mode of writing.An allegorical taleimplicates a commentary on the human condition; an entire life span is experienced as only half a day in the school of life and also alludes to the cycle of life, whereby the narrator passes through childhood, middle age and ol

3、d age in the course of one day.Uses a strategy commonly used in fiction writing the protagonist returns after being absent for a short time to find everything changed beyond recognition. The best example is Rip Van Winkle, a short story by American writer, Washington Irving.This technique is often u

4、sed to emphasize rapid changes in society.Three PartsPara. 1-7: the boys reluctance to go to school His misgivings about schoolPara. 8-16: the Boys life at school:Rich and colorful, Requiring discipline and hard workPara. 17-20: at the end of school day:Everything has changed!helplessStructurePlot故事

5、情节: a little boys first time to go to schoolSetting背景: on the way to schoolat schoolon the way homeProtagonist/Narrator主人公/讲述人: “I”the boy in the storyTheme of the story主题: rapid changes in societyDetailed Analysispara1S1-I walked alongside my father, clutching his right hand. 1. Whats the function

6、of the ing form clutching his right hand?2. Who clutched his right hand?3. Can you find some other ing form in this passagewhose function is the same as clutching his right hand?S2-All my clothes were new: the black shoes, the green school uniform, and the red cap. S3-They did not make me happy, how

7、ever, as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first time.1. What doesTheyrefer to?2. What is the function of the clause I was to be thrown into school for the first time?3. Can you identify the sentence type? Simple sentence, Compound sentence Complex sentence or Compound-complex

8、sentence4. Whats the part of speech of however?Detailed Analysispara2S1-My mother stood at the window watching our progress, and I turned towards her from time to time, hoping she would help. 1. Can you identify the sentence type?2. Can you find the logical subject of the presentparticiple phrases w

9、atching our progressand hoping she would help?3. What do you get from the phrase hoping she would help?4. What does watching our progressmean?Detailed Analysispara2S2-We walked along a street lined with gardens and fields planted with crops, pears, and date palms.1. Whats the function of lined with

10、gardens and planted with crops?2. Can you put in the omitted parts of lined withgardens and planted with crops?3. Can you find some more in this passage?Detailed Analysispara2S2-We walked along a street lined with gardens, and fields planted with crops: pears, and date palms.Detailed Analysispara2S2

11、-We walked along a street lined with gardens, and fields planted with crops: pears, and date palms.3. From above, can you summarize the similaritiesof all these sentences?Detailed Analysispara3S1-Why school? I asked my father. What have I done?”1. Whats the feeling of the boy?2. Whats the elliptical

12、 sentence?3. What is the rhetorical question?Summarypara1-3What do you get from these paragraphs?The boys feelingHelplessnew clothes did not make me happyThrown into schoolFrom time to timeHoping she would help Why school? What have I done?Detailed Analysispara4S3-Its a place that makes useful men o

13、ut of boys. 1. make(out) of sb/sth: cause sb/sth to be or become sth使某人某事物处於某状况或变成某事物:使其成为争论之点. Eg.Well make a footballer of him yet. 我们还是要把他造就成优秀的足球运动员Dont make a habit of it/Dont make it a habit. 不要养成那样的习惯. 2. What is the function of that makes useful men out of boys? Can you find some more in thi

14、s passage?3. Can you identify the sentence type?Detailed Analysispara5S2-I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building.1. It is no good/use doing sth. Or There is no good to be had in doing sth.: It is not us

15、eful to do做没有什么用处eg. Its no good crying over spilt milk. 覆水难收Its no use talking to him2. tear oneself/sb. away from .: leave sb/sth reluctantly 勉强使离开，忍痛舍去Eg.Do tear yourself away from the television and come out for a walk. 你别舍不得离开电视了, 出去散散步吧.The young artist couldnt tear himself away from da Vincis

16、 Mona Lisa. He couldnt tear himself away from the book.3. Can you identify the sentence type?Detailed Analysispara6S1-When we arrived at the gate we could see the courtyard, vast and full of boys and girls. 1. Whats the function of the adjective phrase vast and full of boys and girls?2. Can you put

17、in the omitted parts of this phrase?3. Can you identify the sentence type?Detailed Analysispara7S1-I hesitated and clung to his hand, but he gently pushed me from him. 1. Can you identify the sentence type?2. Whats the base/original form ofclung? Fling: 扔, 抛, 掷Sting: 蜇（伤）, 刺（伤）（某人）String: 装弦, 用线或细绳将

18、穿起来Swing: 摆动, 摇摆S2-“Be a man,” he said. 1. What does manmean here?S3-You will find me waiting for you when its time to leave. 1. Whats the function of waiting for you?2. Can you tell the difference between object complement and present participle as adverbial?Can you tell the difference between obje

19、ct complement and direct object?3. Can you identify the sentence type?4. Complete the Ex6 on page 14.Detailed Analysispara8I took a few steps. Then the faces of the boys and girls came into view. I did not know a single one of them, and none of them knew me. I felt Iwas a stranger who had lost his w

20、ay. But then some boys began to glance at me in curiosity, and one of them came over and asked, Who brought you?Detailed Analysispara11S1-I did not know what to say. 1. question word + to do sthS2-The gate was now closed. 1. Whats the function ofclosed? Is it a past participle as adjective or a past

21、 participle to form a passive voice?Detailed Analysispara11S3-Some of the children burst into tears. burst into: send out or produce sth suddenly and violently 突然而猛烈地发出或产生出某事物eg. The aircraft crashed and burst into flames. 飞机坠毁起火. burst into tears, song, angry speech突然哭唱吵起来trees bursting into leaf/

22、bloom/ blossom/ flower 长出新叶开花的树木burst outspeak suddenly and with feeling; exclaim 突然激动地说; 叫嚷: Eg.I hate you! she burst out. 我讨厌你! 她叫嚷道. (with the -ing form 与-ing连用) suddenly begin (doing sth) 突然开始（做某事）: Eg.burst out crying/laughing/singing 突然哭起来笑起来/唱起来.*Allow doing sth allow sb to do sthDetailed Ana

23、lysispara11S5-A lady came along, followed by a group of men. 1. Whats the function of followed by a group of men?S6-The men began sorting us into ranks. 1. sort: sth (out) (into sth); sth (out) from stharrange things in groups; separate things of one type, class, etc from things of other types, etc

24、将事物分类; 整理: Eg. He was sorting his foreign stamps into piles. 他正在整理外国邮票, 都分成一摞一摞的. We must sort out the good apples from the bad. 咱们得把好苹果拣出来, 同坏的分开.2. Can you list some verbs which should be followed by doing sth or by to do sth or both?agreeappearattempttendchoosedecidedeserveexpectofferhopeintendle

25、arnmanagerefusepromiseplanpreparepretendwantneedbegincontinueliketryforgetThe following verbs take a gerund.admit advise* allow* appreciate avoid consider delay deny discuss dislike enjoy escape excuse finish forbid* imagine include keep (on) mind miss permit* postpone practice quitrecommendresentre

26、sist risk stand stop suggestDetailed Analysispara11S7-We were formed into an intricate pattern in the great courtyard surrounded by high buildings; from each floor we were overlooked by a long balcony roofed in wood.1. Can you identify the sentence type? Why?2. Whats the function of the past partici

27、ple phrasessurrounded by high buildingsand roofed in wood?Detailed Analysispara13S1-Well, it seemed that my misgivings had had no basis. 1. Whats the function of the clause that mymisgivings had had no basis?2. Why the author use the two different tenses?3. What does the author convey to the reader?

28、S2-From the first moments I made many friends and fell in love with many girls. 1. What does the author convey to the reader?S3-I had never imagined school would have this rich variety of experiences.1.How can you explain the two different tenses?2.What are the experiences?Detailed Analysispara14S2-

29、In the music room we sang our first songs.1. Whats the base/original form of sang?Bgin, drink, ring, swim, spring*shrink收缩; 萎缩shrank, shrunk/shrunken (定语)*sink下沉sank, sunk/sunken(定语)*spin旋转spun/span(古语), spunS4-We saw a globe of the Earth, which revolved and showed the various continents and countri

30、es. 1. Whats the function of the clause which revolvedand showed the various continents and countries?S5-We started learning numbers, and we were told the story of the Creator of the universe. 1. What does the Creatormeans?2. Can you identify the sentence type? Why?Detailed Analysispara14S6-We ate d

31、elicious food, took a little nap, and woke up to go on with friendship and love, playing and learning.1. Can you identify the sentence type? Why?2. Whats the function of the phrase playing and learning?3. Whats the function of the infinitive phrase to go on with friendship and love?4. Whats the difference between the result infinitive and purpose infinitive?Detailed Analysispa