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1、U3,Additional lnformation for the Teachers Reference,Text The Ant and the grasshopper,Warm-up Activities,Further Reading,Speaking Skills,Additional Work,Warm-up Activities,Warm-up 1,1. The teacher may divide students into five or six groups and ask them to introduce any fable that they have heard of
2、 to their group members. 2. Introduce to the students the fable The Ant and the Grasshopper and invite comments on the ant and grasshopper in the fable. To which party does your sympathy go?,In a field one summers day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its hearts content. An An
3、t passed by, bearing along with great toil an ear of corn he was taking to the nest.,“Why not come and chat with me”, said the Grasshopper, “instead of toiling and moiling in that way?” “Jam helping to lay up food for the winter”, said the Ant, “and recommend you to do the same”. “Why bother about w
4、inter?” said the Grasshopper, “we have got plenty of food at present.” But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants distributing, every day, corn from the stores they had collected in the
5、summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.,Warm-up 2,Somerset Maugham was a famous English novelist, short-story writer, playwright and critic. He was born in Paris and educated at Kings School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg. In World War I, he served as a se
6、cret agent. He qualified in 1897 as a doctor from St. Thomas medical school but abandoned medicine after the success of his first novels and plays. His players are no longer popular, and his fame rests on his many short stories and four of his novels: Of Human Bondage (1915), The Moon and Sixpence (
7、1919), Cakes and Ale (1930) and The Razors Edge (1944). These reveal a cynical but sometimes compassionate view of humanity.,AIFTTR1,Additional lnformation for the Teachers Reference,1. Somerset Maugham,AIFTTR2,2. La Fontaine,La Fontaine was a French writer , remembered especially for his Fables (16
8、68 - 1694), moral tales drawn from AESOP and oriental sources which he used to comment satirically on contemporary society.,AIFTTR3,3. Monte Carlo,Monte Carlo is a town in the independent principality of Monaco, on the Mediterranean coast known as the French Riviera. It is an international resort wi
9、th a gambling casino, a yacht harbor and an annual automobile rally and the Monaco Grand Prix car race.,Text,The Ant and the Grasshopper,Notes,Introduction to the Author and the Article,Phrases and Expressions,Exercises,Main Idea of the Text,MIOTT1,Main Idea of the Text,In this short story, Somerset
10、 Maugham, by describing two brothers attitudes toward life, examines the nature and inconsistent qualities of human beings. George was a hard-working and respectable man with a decent job as a lawyer. He was also a faithful husband and loving father to four daughters. He believed that the industry s
11、hould be rewarded and giddiness punished. His brother Tom, however, was an unscrupulous and good-for-nothing scoundrel. He philandered with the prettiest girls, danced, ate in the most expensive restaurants, and dressed beautifully. He borrowed money from relatives and friends. At the beginning, he
12、fooled George,MIOTT2,by making empty promises repeatedly. Later on he even went to such an extreme that he blackmailed his brother. Loading money to his brother, George appeared to be in Toms favor at the first sight. On a second thought, readers can find that George helped his brother only for his
13、own sake. For instance, he gave Tom some money in order that Tom might quit his job as a bartender. By doing so, he saved his face and the good reputation of his family. But unfortunately Tom took advantage of his weakness of vanity over and over again. The story offers a new interpretation of the f
14、able of La Fontaine The Ant and the Grasshopper whose classical teaching is that in an imperfect world industry is rewarded and giddiness punished, and reveals the dual personality of ordinary people.,Introduction to the Author and the article,Introduction to the Author and the Article,William Somer
15、set Maugham (1874 - 1965) was a famous English novelist, short-story writer, playwright and critic. He was born in Paris and educated at Kings School, Canterbury, and at Heidelberg. After qualifying as a medical student he became a successful playwright and novelist. His plays are no longer popular,
16、 and his fame mainly rests on his many short stories and four of his novels, Of Human Bondage (1915); The Moon and Sixpence (1919), Cakes and Ale (1930) and The Razors Edge (1944).,Introduction to the Author and the article2,In this short story, which is chosen from Maughams Collected Short Stories,
17、 Maugham, by describing two brothers attitudes toward life, examines the nature and inconsistent qualities of human beings.,When I was a very small boy I was made to learn by heart certain of the fables of La Fontaine, and the moral of each was carefully explained to me. Among those learned was The
18、Ant and the Grasshopper, which is devised to bring home to the young the useful lesson that in an imperfect world industry is rewarded and giddiness punished. In this admirable fable ( I apologize for telling something which everyone is politely, but inexactly, supposed to know) the ant spends a lab
19、orious summer,Part2_T1,William Somerset Maugham,The Ant and the Grasshopper,Text,Part2_T2,gathering its winter store, while the grasshopper sits on a blade of grass singing to the sun. Winter comes and the ant is comfortably provided for, but the grasshopper has an empty larder, he goes to the ant a
20、nd begs for a little food. Then the ant gives him her classic answer: “What were you doing in the summer time?” “Saving your presence, I sang, I sang all day, all night. ” “You sang. Why, then go and dance.” I do not ascribe it to perversity on my part, but rather to the inconsequence of childhood,
21、which is deficient in moral sense, that I could never quite reconcile myself to the lesson. My,Part2_T3,sympathies were with the grasshopper and for some time I never saw an ant without putting my foot on it. In this summary (and I have discovered since, entirely human) fashion I sought to express m
22、y disapproval of prudence and common-sense. I could not help thinking of this fable when the other day I saw George Ramsay lunching by himself in a restaurant. I never saw anyone wear an expression of such deep gloom. He was staring into space. He looked as though the burden of the whole world sat o
23、n his shoulders. I was sorry for him. I suspected at once that his unfortunate brother had been causing trouble again. I went up to him and held out my hand.,Part2_T4,“How are you?” I asked. “Im not in hilarious spirits,” he answered. “Is it Tom again?” He sighed. “Yes, its Tom again.” “Why dont you
24、 chuck him? Youve done everything in the world for him. You must know by now that hes quite hopeless.” I suppose every family has a black sheep. Tom had been a sore trial to his for twenty years. He had begun life decently enough, he went into business, married and had two children.,Part2_T5,The Ram
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