学年高中英语 Module 3 Adventure in Literature a.docx

1、学年高中英语 Module 3 Adventure in Literature aModule 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema Section Introduction & Reading-Pre-readingTheres one famous novel written by Mark Twain called TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn. It tells a story before the Civil War of the United States around 1850. Huck is

2、the hero in the novel. One day, Hucks father, Pap, extorts (强取) money from Huck which is earned by the little boy in an adventure. After Pap knows that his son is adoptedby the Widow Douglas, and he is warned to stay away fromher house, Pap kidnaps Huck, holding him in a cabin (小木屋) across the river

3、. Huck isso scared ofthe beating from his father that he escapes fromthe cabin by faking his death. Huck hides (藏) in Jacksons island, and comes across (遇见) Jim, Miss Watsons slave, who has run away from the unbearable heavy work. After a few days, they leave the island and intend to go to find a fr

4、ee land where slavery is prohibited (禁止). In the adventure of going to a “free land”， they meet the English “Duke” and the French “Dauphin”. Huck and Jimgo throughmany difficulties and dangers by following the “Duke” and “Dauphin”， and finally become good friends. In the end, they escape from the da

5、ngers. Jim becomes a free man as Miss Watson frees him in her will. Huck who has been tired of “civilizing (文明)”sets outanother adventure with Tom .Section_Introduction_&_Reading_PrereadingThe SteamboatThere was a big storm after midnight and the rain poured down. We stayed inside the shelterwe had

6、built and let the raft sail down the river. Suddenly, by the light of the lightning, we saw something in the middle of the river. It looked like a house at first， but then we realized it was a steamboat. It had hit a rock and was half in and half out of the water. We were sailing straight towards it

7、.pour/p/vi.(雨)倾盆而下；pour down倾盆而下shelter/elt/n.遮蔽物；栖身之地we had built为定语从句，其前省略了关系词that或which。by the light of借助于的光亮look like看起来像at first起初，开始的时候half in and half out of一半在里，一半露出straight adv.&adj.径直地(的)；直地(的)汽船第1段译文后半夜来了一场暴风雨，大雨倾盆而下。我们躲进了自己事先搭起来的避雨棚，让木筏沿河顺流而下。突然，借着闪电的光亮，我们看到河中间有东西。一开始它看上去像座房子，但后来我们意识到那是一

8、艘汽船。它触礁了，一半沉到水里，一半露在水面上。我们的木筏正径直朝着它驶去。“It looks as if itll go under soon，” Jim said, after a couple of minutes.“Lets go and take a look，” I said.“I dont want to board a sinking ship，” said Jim, but when I suggested that we might find something useful on the boat, he agreed to go. So we paddled over

9、and climbed on to the steamboat, keeping as quiet as mice. To our astonishment， there was a light in one of the cabins. Then we heard someone shout， “Oh please boys, dont kill me! I wont tell anybody！”A mans angry voice answered, “Youre lying. You said that last time. Were going to kill you.”It look

10、s as if .看上去好像，as if引导表语从句。a couple of一些，几个a couple of minutes几分钟，一会儿take/have a look看一看，其后若带宾语需加at。board vt.上(船、车、飞机等)on board在船上(或其他公共交通工具内)agree to do sth.同意做某事paddle/pdl/vi.用桨划(小船)keeping .为现在分词短语作伴随状语。as quiet as mice像老鼠一样安静地，静悄悄地；也可以说as quiet as a mouse，比喻安静极了。to ones astonishment令某人吃惊的是hear s

11、b. shout听到某人喊叫(整个过程)hear sb. shouting听到某人正在喊叫(正在进行)lie/laI/vi.说谎；撒谎 第25段译文“看起来它快要沉了，”过了一会儿，吉姆说。“我们去看看怎么回事儿，”我说。“我可不想上一艘要沉的船，”吉姆说。但当我提出我们可能在船上找到一些有用的东西时，他就同意去了。于是我们划了过去，蹑手蹑脚地、悄无声息地爬上了汽船。使我们大为吃惊的是，有间船舱里还亮着一盏灯。接着我们听到一个人的喊叫声：“哦，哥们儿，别杀我！我跟谁也不会说的！”一个男人用生气的声音回应道：“你在撒谎。上次你也是这么说的。我们要杀了你。”When he heard these

12、words, Jim panicked and ran to the raft. But although I was frightened, I also felt very curious， so I put my head round the door. It was quite dark, but I could see a man lying on the floor, tied up with rope. There were two men standing over him. One was short, with a beard. The other was tall and

13、 had something in his hand that looked like a gun.“Ive had enough of you. Im going to shoot you now，” this man said. He was obviously the one who had threatened the man on the floor. And it was a gun he had in his hand.“No, dont do that，” said the short man. “Lets leave him here. The steamboat will

14、sink in a couple of hours and hell go down with it.”panic/pnIk/vt.(使)恐慌；(使)惊慌失措其过去式、过去分词均为panicked。curious/kjris/adj.好奇的tie/taI/vt.(用绳、带等)绑，系，拴tie up把捆起来standing over him为现在分词短语作后置定语。beard/bId/n.胡须that looked like a gun为定语从句，修饰先行词something。如果先行词是复合不定代词，如something，引导定语从句的关系代词一般用that，而不用which。have had

15、 enough of .对已厌烦透了，受够了who .the floor为定语从句，修饰the one。threaten vt.威胁；恐吓he had in his hand为定语从句，其前省略了关系词that/which，关系词作从句中had的宾语。go down下沉 第68段译文吉姆听到这些话后，恐惧万分，向木筏跑了过去。而我尽管害怕，但也感到十分好奇，于是就把头凑向了那扇门。四周都很黑，但我能看见一个人被绳子捆着躺在地板上。有两个人围着他站着。其中一个是矮个儿，留着络腮胡子。另外一个是高个儿，手里拿着什么东西，看起来像是一把枪。“我受够你了。我现在就要毙了你。”这个男子说。显然他就是之前

16、威胁躺在地上的人的那个人。并且握在他手中的确实是一把枪。“不，别这么做。”那个矮个儿说，“我们把他扔在这儿吧。这只船再过几个小时就沉了，他也就跟船一起沉了。”When he heard that, the frightened man on the floor started crying. “He sounds as if hes going to die offright！” I thought. “I have to find a way to save him！”I crawled along the deck, found Jim, and told him what I had h

17、eard. “We must find their boat and take it away, then theyll have to stay here，” I said.Jim looked terrified. “Im not staying here，” he said. But I persuaded him to help me, and we found the mens boat tied to the other side of the steamboat. We climbed quietly in and as we paddled away we heard the

18、two men shouting. By then we were a safe distance away. But now I began to feel bad about what we had done. I didnt want all three men to die.as if hes going to die of fright在连系动词sounds后面作表语从句。die of死于fright/fraIt/n.恐惧；害怕find a way to do sth.设法做某事crawl/krl/vi.爬行；匍匐前进what I had heard为宾语从句，同时what在从句中作

19、heard的宾语。terrified/terfaId/adj.非常害怕的；极度恐慌的persuade sb. to do sth.说服某人做某事过去分词短语tied to the other side of the steamboat作后置定语，修饰boat，可换成定语从句which/that was tied to .。feel bad about对感到后悔 第911段译文听到那句话后，那个在地上已被吓傻的人开始哭了起来。“听起来他好像就要吓死了！”我想。“我得设法去救他！”我沿着甲板爬行，找到了吉姆，并告诉他我所听到的一切。我说：“我们必须找到他们的船并弄走它，然后他们就不得不待在这儿了。

20、”吉姆看上去很害怕，他说：“我不想待在这儿。”但我说服他帮我的忙，我们发现他们的小船拴在汽船的另一边。我们悄悄爬上了小船。当我们划着小船离开时，我们听到那两个人的吼叫声。而那时我们已经离他们有一段安全的距离了。但现在我开始后悔那么做了我不想让那三个人都死掉。PrereadingPlease match the words with their proper meanings.1curious Aa description of sth. that has happened2account Bhaving a strong desire to know about sth.3fright Ca

21、pleasant situation that you imagine4terrified Dto move forward on your hands and knees5fantasy Every frightened6crawl Fa feeling of fear7solve Gto make a liquid flow from a container8pour Hto find a way of dealing with a problem15_68_答案：15BAFEC68DHGLeadin1Do you like reading adventurous stories? Can

22、 you list some of them?Yes. TheAdventuresofTomSawyer, TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn, RobinsonCrusoe, TheAdventuresofPinocchio .2Look at the following pictures and choose the type of film they belong to.Adisaster Bdetective (crime)ChistoryDromantic Eadventure Fbiography答案：DBEFCAWhilereadingFastreadi

23、ngPut the sentences in order according to time.AThey heard three people talking in a cabin.BWhen Huck and Jim left the boat, Huck began to regret.CThey were staying inside the shelter when they saw a steamboat.DHuck and Jim climbed on to the steamboat.EThe man lying on the ground began to cry.答案：CDA

24、EBCarefulreadingRead the text and choose the best answers.1From the first paragraph, they found the steamboat_.Astopped at the side of the riverBhad hit a rock and was on the way to sinkChad hit a rock and had sunk under the riverDsailing down in the middle of the river2Why did they get on the steam

25、boat?AJim suggested that they should find something useful on the boat.BJim was happy to get on a sinking ship because it was exciting.CHuck persuaded Jim to get on the ship because he thought it might be useful.DHuck and Jim had to get on the ship because someone forced them to.3To their astonishme

26、nt, Huck and Jim found on the steamboat that_.Athere was a light in one of the cabins and two people were deadBthere were some people fighting on the boatCtwo people wanted to kill another one in one of the cabinsDnothing happened because they were frightened to get away from the boat soon4How did H

27、uck feel after taking away the mens boat?AHuck felt frightened because the man with a gun might kill them too.BHuck felt excited because the man would be saved in this way.CHuck felt happy because they could use the boat themselves.DHuck felt bad because they would all die without the boat.答案：14BCCD

28、StudyreadingAnalyze the following difficult sentences in the text.1We stayed inside the shelter we had built and let the raft sail down the river.句式分析本句是由and连接的并列句。第一个分句中含有定语从句we had built，修饰the shelter，从句中省略了关系代词that或which；第二个分句中含有“let宾语宾语补足语”结构。尝试翻译我们躲进了自己事先搭起来的避雨棚，让木筏沿河顺流而下。2But although I was fr

29、ightened, I also felt very curious, so I put my head round the door.句式分析尝试翻译而我尽管害怕，但也感到十分好奇，于是就把头凑向了那扇门。.阅读理解AArthur Miller (19152005) is universally recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century. Millers father had moved to the USA from AustriaHungary, drawn like so many others b

30、y the “Great American Dream”. However, he experienced severe financial hardship when his family business was ruined in the Great Depression of the early 1930s.Millers most famous play, DeathofaSalesman, is a powerful attack on the American system, with its aggressive way of doing business and its in

31、sistence on money and social status as indicators of worth. In Willy Loman, the hero of the play, we see a man who has got into trouble with this system. Willy is “burnt out” and in the cruel world of business there is no room for sentiment: if he cant do the work, then he is no good to his employer