现代大学英语(第二版)Unit4-Lions-a课件.ppt

1、 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsBill BufordUnit 4 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears Warming-up Questions Background Information Text Analysis Language study Vocabulary Extension Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsWarming-up Questions Whats the style

2、 of this writing?What Plot?Which person?Why do you think the author wrote this passage?Why was the story called Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh my,lions,tigers and bears!=Oh,my god!(see Note 1)Tigers:cruel and violent man Lions：celebrity,braveman Bears:（AmrE.slang）cops,policeman Why cant ordinary peop

3、le wander around Central Park at night?How does the essay end?Do you find the ending interesting?What kind of effect did the author want to create by describing the raccoons?2023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsPlot:Travel description combined with everything he has heard,obse

4、rved,and experienced in connection with the place:his movements in Central Park,the events and famous people associated with its history,the beauty of New York at night.Finally,he got tired and dropped off to a peaceful,outdoorsy sleep.Setting:Place:Central Park(New York)Time:A muggy evening in July

5、2023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsAbout the AuthorBill Buford(1954-)Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsBill Buford is a staff writer and European correspondent for the New Yorker,where he was previously the f

6、iction editor for eight years.He was the editor-in-chief for Granta magazine for sixteen years and was also the publisher of Granta Books.He is the author of Among the Thugs.He lives in New York City.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsThree different roles in lifeThree different roles

7、 in lifeEditorAuthorCook2023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsThe editor of The editor of for 8 years for 8 yearsFounded in 1925,weekly publication.Comprehensive literary magazinesFocus on the quality of publications and the consciousness of fine workWriters could quickly becom

8、e a hit after their work published on it2023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsAmong The ThugsAmong The Thugs(1991(1991)HeatHeat(2006)(2006)2023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsBill Buford,the former fiction editor of Bill Buford,the former fiction editor

9、of,gave up his,gave up his job to study cooking.job to study cooking.-,May 28,2006,May 28,20062023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsBackground Information-Central Park Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsCentral Park2023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tige

10、rs and BearsTypeUrban parkLocationManhattan,New York Citysize 843 acres1.32 sq miOpened1859Operated byCentral Park ConservancyAnnual visitors25 millionstatusOpen all year2023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsThe night in the Central ParkNight here is silent,but not peaceful2023

11、-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsThe Ramble(漫步园漫步园)The West SideNear the reservoir The Ninety-fifth Street2023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsParks West DriveThe North WoodsThe LochThe Empire State Building（帝国大厦）（帝国大厦）And 2023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong Univers

12、ityLions and Tigers and Bearsthe North Meadow Strawberry Fields2023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsCentral Park the urban wonders of the world,a green oasis in the great concrete,high-rise landscape ofNew York City Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsFor most Ne

13、w Yorkers,Central Park is a constant definition of open space,room to run and the romance of reading under a tree.Free and open to the public,Central Park is a citywide campus and a common backyard.“a garden for all as private Eden”Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears Xian Jiaotong Uni

14、versityLions and Tigers and BearsThe founding commissioners:the city officials who were appointed to establish Central Park.Commissioners are officials in government,esp.those in charge of departments.The founding commissioners of Central Park were the landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and

15、Calvert Vaux.The two designed and oversaw the first-phase construction of the Park which began in 1858 and ended in 1878.Calvert Vaux Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears Robert Moses(18881981)was a New York state and municipal official whose ambitious public works projects of the 1930

16、s,1940s and 1950s transformed the urban landscape of New York City.He expanded the States park system and built numerous parkways and hundreds of new playgrounds and parks and important highways,bridges and tunnels linking the boroughs of New York City.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Be

17、ars Moses preferred recreational facilities to the rural scenery stressed by the English Romanticists,and an ordered and symmetrical design in French Renaissance style,evident in the southern Central Park.Therefore,under Moses,Central Park gained 19 playgrounds,12 ball-fields,handball courts,and the

18、 skating rink.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears Central Park New Yorks green rectangle Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears There are three elements in the architecture of Central Park.English Romanticism is characterized by the picturesque ideal to blend with the natu

19、ral environment.Central Parks founding commissioners Olmsted and Calvert Vaux were influenced by this tradition.Their ideal was to allow New Yorkers to experience a day in the pastoral country without leaving the island city.Another style is Classicism characterized by formal symmetry and the use of

20、 straight lines,evident in the south end of the Park.Central Park History Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears The Park was pressed for primarily by wealthy merchants and landowners.In the first decade after its completion,it was clearly the playground of the wealthy.It was located too

21、 far uptown to be within walking distance for the citys working class population.Central Park History Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears Until the late 19th century,workers comprised but a fraction of the visitors to the Park when they launched a successful campaign to have concerts

22、held on Sundays.Saturday afternoon concerts were for middle-class audiences,for the six-day working week precluded(deprived)attendance by the working class.Central Park History Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsIndeed the concept of creating the park was originally conceived by wealt

23、hy New Yorkers who admired the public grounds of London and Paris.However,with the maturing of the nation and the rise of its power,the pride of Americanism gradually took the upper hand.The author therefore describes the Park proudly as efficient,purposeful and distinctiveneither romantic nor class

24、ical,and neither English nor French,but distinctively American.Central Park History Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears The Delacorte Theater is the summer home of the New York Shakespeare Festival.Its a place to host classical plays and musicals.The Delacorte Theater Para.3 Xian Jiao

25、tong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears The open-air theater in Central Park that serves as home to free summertime performances which,during the months of June,July and August,include at least one Shakespeare production.The summertime performance are one of the New York Citys most beloved cultura

26、l events.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsIt is now home to the Henry Luce Nature Observatory,where simple displays show how naturalists observe the world.To the south of Delacorte Theater perched on Visa Rock.As its name suggests,the castle offers visitors a wonderful panoramic vie

27、wpoint.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsBelvedere is Italian for“beautiful view”.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsShakespeare GardenNestled between the Delacorte Theater,Belvedere Castle,and the Swedish Cottage,it is a garden dedicated to Shakespeare in 1916,the 300

28、th anniversary of his death.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsFollowing a Victorian tradition,only flowers mentioned in Shakespeares plays and poetry were planted in the garden.Scattered throughout the garden are bronze plaques with Shakespearean quotations that inspired the planting

29、.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsThe Ramble It is a 38-acre wild garden in Central Park with rocky outcrops,secluded glades and a tumbling stream,built for visitors to stroll in.With its intricatelandscape Olmsted called his creation,ramble a wild garden.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLio

30、ns and Tigers and BearsThe Ramble Raccoons can be seen scurrying in the underbrush.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsA bronze sculpture of panther crouched on a rock on the edge of Ramble.His name is Still Hunt.Overlooking the East Drive in Central Park,Still Hunt is a reminder of th

31、e smaller animals and birds that can be found in the Park.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsNew York SkylineNew York City has the worlds most recognized and inspiring skylinean icon of New York.The best New York skyline vantage points are on top of the 102-story Empire State Building

32、.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsNew York Skyline at NightBuildings soar upward.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsThe Lake The lake is the largest body of water(excluding the Reservoir)in Central Park.It was created out of a large swamp in the south of the Park and

33、was intended for boating in the summer and ice-skating in the winter.Many visitors are content,however,to circle the lake on foot,following the pathways that wind along its shoreline,watching the Parks tree-line shifting in its reflection.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears rowing boa

34、t on the lake in the Central Park Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsThe Strawberry FieldsThe tear-drop-shaped area of parcel of park landscape in the south of Central Park planted with 125,000 strawberry.It is named after the song Strawberry Fields Forever in honor of John Lennon(194

35、01980),member of the Beatles.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsThe Reservoir Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears The Reservoir:Located in the north part of Central Park,the reservoir,with the 1.58 mile track round it,is a favorite place for joggers,birdwatchers,and tou

36、rists where they can enjoy some of the best views of the New York City skyline.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsCentral Park West at Night Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsNorth WoodsThe North Woods are the dense woodlands covering the northwest Central Park from 10

37、1st to 110th Street.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsNorth MeadowNorth MeadowA bridle Path in Central Park Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsI.Word Study II.Phrases and Expressions III.Word Building Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsText Analysis2023-

38、5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsThe text is divided into four parts:Part 1(para.1-2)decision to camp Part 2(para.3-6)his feeling and the fear in the first or two hours Part 3(para.7-12)the Parks history and another scare Part4(para.13-25)his sleep in the wood2023-5-24 Xian Jia

39、otong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsTheme There is love and pride one has for the cultural richness and the beauty the Park offers.The crime and fear people associate with the Park.2023-5-24 Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsWord list:1.bolt2.curl3.drizzle4.embolden5.obliterate

40、6.perplex7.platitude8.scurry9.secluded10.shriek Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears boltvi.a)to run away quickly 猛冲，逃跑猛冲，逃跑 b)to move;to break away 迅速移动迅速移动vt.c)to fasten with strong rods and bar 拴住，使拴住，使和在一块和在一块 d)to swallow food or drink hurriedly 匆匆吞下，咽下匆匆吞下，咽下 blotcf.To be continu

41、ed on the next page.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsExamples:a)He bolted out of his house.b)Eyes bolted towards the stranger.c)He bolted the door on the inside.d)He bolted down a hurried breakfast.a bolt from(out of)the blue 晴天霹雳，意外的事 bolt upright 笔直 make a bolt(for it)赶快逃走 Xian Ji

42、aotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears2.curlv.a)to form into a spiral or curved shape 卷曲，扭曲；缠绕 b)to grow in or form curls or ringlets （烟）缭绕升起；蜷曲Examples:The hairdresser curled Marys hair.She kept curling her handkerchief around one finger.Smoke curled from the chimney.A snake curled around the

43、trunk of a tree.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears3.drizzle v.to rain in fine dropsExamples:It drizzled throughout the night.The insecticide drizzled over the plants.The dew on the branches drizzled our hair.Word formation adj.drizzly Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bear

44、s4.embolden v.to give courage or confidence to sb.Examples:He smiled and this emboldened her to ask him for help.Emboldened by drink,he walked over to speak to her.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears5.obliterate v.to rub out or blot outExamples:The heavy rain obliterated all footprint

45、s.Anne was eager to obliterate her error.They tried to obliterate the enemys bomb base.擦掉痕迹擦掉痕迹;忘记；忘记；消灭消灭;Translation Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears6.perplex v.to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain;to make complicated and confusedExamples:Th

46、e question perplexed him.The boy perplexed his parents.to perplex an issue adj.perplexed/perplexing n.perplexity 使困惑，使费解；使困惑，使费解；使复杂化使复杂化 Translation Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears7.platitude n.(fml.)(derog.)boring and meaningless commonplace remark or statement,esp.when it is sa

47、id as if it were new or interesting because it has been said so many times before 陈腐平凡的，老生常谈，陈词滥调commonplace;banal cf.Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and BearsExample:This speech was full of empty platitudes about (of)peace and democracy.adj.platitudinous v.Platitudinize n.platitudinarian X

48、ian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears8.Scurry v./n.to run with short quick steps Examples:It began to rain and we scurried home.We heard mice scurrying about in the kitchen.Dark clouds were being scurried across a grey sky by the wind.a scurry of footsteps in the passage 急促脚步声急赶，急转，疾走急赶，

49、急转，疾走Translation Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears9.secluded adj.not visited or seen by many people;away from the company of othersExamples:This is the quietest and most secluded area of the city.secluded life/monk/valley v.seclude(from)n.seclusion adj.seclusive 隐居的，与世隔绝的；隐居的，与世隔绝的；

50、僻静的僻静的Translation Xian Jiaotong UniversityLions and Tigers and Bears10.shriek v./n.to shout in a loud high voice because you are frightened,excited,or surprisedExamples:The woman trapped under the piles of debris raised her voice to a shriek.She shrieked an alarm at him.Translation尖叫，尖声叫喊尖叫，尖声叫喊 Xia