文档介绍：高等院校研究生英语系列教材
综合教程(下)
INTEGRATED COURSE
2
Unit 5
The Art of the Tale
Content
Starting out
Reading Focus
Reading More
Practical Translation
Focused Writing
Final Project
Task 1
Match the writers in the left column with their works in the right column on Page 126.
Key:
O. Henry: The Gift of the Magi
Anton Chekhov: The Man in a Case
Katherine Mansfield: The Garden Party
Guy de Maupassant: The Necklace
Edgar Allan Poe: The Tell-Tale Heart
Mark Twain: Running for Governor
Starting out—Task 1
The Gift of the Magi: Jim and Della live in a furnished flat in New York City, scraping by on a minimal e in the early years of their marriage. On Christmas Eve, Della sells her beautiful, long hair for money to buy Jim a platinum chain for his pocket watch. On the same day, Jim sells his heirloom pocket watch to buy a set of bs that Della has admired. Although each is disappointed to find the gift they chose rendered useless, each is pleased with the gift they received, because it represents their love for one another.
Starting out—Task 1
Task 1
Work in pairs. Tell one of these stories to your partner. (P126)
The Man in a Case: The story is told about Byelikov, “the man in a case”. Byelikov, a Greek-language teacher at a provincial school, is extraordinarily methodical both in his personal and professional life. A strict disciplinarian, he never makes exceptions to the rules. He always does things in the proper way, determined to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Although he and his colleagues have nothing to speak about, he regularly visits each one of them because it is the accepted thing to do. Every time something slightly es up, Byelikov cries, “Oh, how I hope it doesn’t reach the ears of the authorities!” Naturally, the other teachers hate him. At one point, Byelikov es enamored of Varinka, the sister of Kovalenko, a new teacher at the school. Everyone encourages this relationship, hoping that marriage will have a moderating influence on Byeli