Quiet style of great author (P4-5)

辽宁省沈阳二中 李珊珊

I. Lead-in   

ØDo you know who this man is and what his biggest achievement is?

This is Mo Yan, a famous Chinese author. He was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for literature.

ØDo you know who won the 2017 Nobel Prize for literature?

Kazuo Ishiguro 石黑一雄

II. Skimming 

1. What is the nationality of Kazuo Ishiguro?

Britain. He was born in Japan and went to Britain when he was five. He is now a British citizen.

2. What is his writing style?

“Quiet”, as the title says.

III. Scanning

Read the article carefully and answer the following questions.

1. Why did the young Ishiguro turn up at the publishing house with both his stories and guitar?

Because besides writing, he has a number of strings to his bow, or rather his guitar. His early dream was to be a great singer and songwriter.

2. Why do we say Ishiguro's writing style is a quiet style?

Sample answer: His characters are often reluctant to express themselves. (Para. 4)

In the author's sense of the world, there is a gap between our feelings and our ability to communicate them. (Para. 7)

IV. Intensive Reading

Complete the introduction of The Remains of the Day. 

V. Vocabulary bank

1. Kazuo Ishiguro, who won this year's Nobel Prize in Literature, has a number of strings to his bow, or rather his guitar.

重点词：have a number of strings to his bow意为“做多手准备，留了多种后备方案”，该短语套用习语have two strings to one’s bow。通常，大弓手（longbowman）都备有第二条弓弦（string），以备第一条弓弦断时可以马上替换使用。因此，人们常用have two strings to one’s bow或者have another/a second string to one’s bow喻指“有两手准备、有第二手准备”。

短语or rather意为“更确实地，更确切地说”。因为他的早期梦想是成为一名歌手、歌曲作家，所以作者用guitar替代bow，更精确地说明他的梦想。 

e.g., He had to walk, or rather run, to the office. 

他不得不走着，更确切地说是跑着，去上班。

2. Of course, we have to read between the lines to uncover the “real” story...

read between the lines 领悟言外之意，看出字里行间的意思

e.g., If you read between the lines, you will find out the letter is really a request for money.

 如果你看懂字里行间的意思，你就会知道这封信其实在要钱。

翻译：欣赏诗歌时，你得学着揣摩字里行间的意思。

While appreciating poetry, you must learn to read between the lines.

Ⅵ. Grammar Focus：emphatic sentence

It was his stories that earned him the great honor he received two weeks ago.

此句为强调句，强调句的引导词是It is/was ... that ...

当被强调的部分为人的时候，可以用that/who

强调句的引导词不可以省略

强调句的陈述式为：It is(was)+被强调的部分+that ...

一般疑问句的强调句：Is(was) it+被强调的部分+that ...?

特殊疑问句的强调句：特殊疑问词+is(was) it that ...?

强调句不能用来强调谓语动词

Ⅷ. Discussion

Discuss the meaning of the prize motivation: “ Who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world.”

Ⅸ. Assignment

Make a list of the people awarded the Nobel Prize for literature from 2010 to 2017 and find out their common qualities.

Cure for cancer may be here (P6)

山东省烟台第二中学    朱洪图

I. Warming up 

ØWhat is cancer?

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

ØDo you think it will be possible to cure cancer one day? Why or why not?

II. Skimming 

What is the main idea of the text?

This text is mainly about a report of a breakthrough in cancer treatment.

Read the text and identify its structure.

Match the paragraphs to the main ideas below.

III. Scanning

Read the text again and answer the following questions

1. How does the gene therapy mentioned in the article help fight leukemia?

The exciting new treatment works by removing healthy immune cells from the patient, known as T-cells, which are then altered to be able to “hunt down” cancer cells.

2. How does bone marrow transplant work?

Healthy blood cells are taken from a donor and placed into the sick patient, who also has to go through chemotherapy to allow their body to adjust to the new cells.

3. Compared with bone marrow transplant, what are the advantages of gene therapy?

This new treatment has a higher rate of survival and recovery and it may be less drawn-out and less painful.

4. What is Scott Gottlieb’s attitude toward gene and cell therapies and from which sentence can you draw this conclusion?

Optimistic.

“New technologies such as gene and cell therapies hold the potential to transform medicine and… our ability to treat and even cure many intractable (难治的) illnesses.”

IV. Language points

Note down the following words and phrases

countless  adj. 数不清的

deadly adj. 致命的

cure  n. 疗法

therapy n. 疗法

recovery  n. 恢复，复原

innovation  n. 改革，创新

release n. 发布

alter  vt. 改变

approve  vt. 批准

immune cell  免疫细胞

V. Discussion

Do you think gene and cell therapies could fully cure cancer in the future? Why?

Except for the scientific treatment for cancer, what may play an important role in helping patients to recover?