英语短篇小说阅读课教案

⑴ 英语公开课如何上好寓言故事的短文阅读

各位领导、专家、同仁：
大家上午好！
上周，接到通知，让我在此次教研基地活动中做一个讲座，就“课外阅读”这个主题谈一点个人的看法。《世说新语》中有“战战栗栗，汗不敢出”之语，今天坐在台前，有这么多的专家、精英在，也深感惶恐。我的看法肯定算不上讲座，只就个人对于课外阅读的认识及自己的一些做法，向各位做个汇报，不当之处敬请批评指正。
我今天和大家交流的题目是《最是书香能致远——小学生课外阅读方法的指导》。作为语文人，我们都知道，“课外阅读”现在是一个热词，其实，它本身就应是一个热词，思想意识上可以说人人重视。但我们也应该看到，在加强学生课外阅读的工作上，我们在平时真的做了多少，做了多少有价值的，这还真的不好说。
一、 也谈课外阅读的重要性
前段时间，在朋友的微信中，看到了这样一个故事，题目是“孩
子数学成绩不好，要不要靠补课提高”，回答是——阅读才是最佳方法。
我是相信阅读的力量的，阅读能影响数学和其他的学科学习，那他对于学生语文素养的发展功力，还有什么可以怀疑的呢？
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课标语：
（一）给你阅读量的硬性规定：
第一学段：积累自己喜欢的成语和格言警句。背诵优秀诗文50篇(段)。课外阅读总量不少于5万字。
第二学段：养成读书看报的习惯，收藏并与同学交流图书资料。课外阅读总量不少于40万字。
第三个学段：扩展阅读面。课外阅读总量不少于100万字。
（二）再给你关于阅读的宽泛建议：让学生少做题，多读书，好读书，读好书，读整本的书。鼓励学生自主选择阅读材料。
读童话寓言、故事、诗歌、散文、长篇文学名著、当代文学作品、科普科幻的读物和政治历史文化各类读物。
新课标是纲，我们不能要求它细到面面俱到，因为它是大而不微的。也有众多名家见解，我们来看一下——
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名家云：
三分课内，七分课外。——张志公
国文教学的目标，要养成阅读书籍的习惯，培植欣赏文学的能力，训练写作文字的技能。
得法于课内，得益于课外。——叶圣陶
让孩子学好语文的方法不是去参加补习班，也不是做练习题，而是阅读、阅读再阅读。
我的教育信念的真理之一，便是无比相信书的教育力量。
——苏霍姆林斯基
前辈们的观点，让我们在语文教学当中一定要有这样的一个意识，就是只靠一本教材是无法学好语文的，是无法指导学生学好语文的，还应该更深刻地认识到：
点击：课外阅读天然就是语文教学的一个部分，而且是一个非常重要的部分，甚至还是所有学科的重要组成部分。
二、也谈小学生课外阅读的现状
为了了解学生课外阅读情况，科学引领学生养成良好的读书习惯，开辟我校小学生课外阅读环境，我们曾对五、六年级小学生的课外阅读情况作了调查。
调查结果：

⑵ 英语小短文15篇加翻译,20~30词

1. Beijing---Capital of China
Beijing is the capital of China.It's a large modern city with a long hostory.Beijing is also a city of tourism.
Do you like Beijing?
翻译： 北京是中国的首都。它是一个历史悠久的现代化城市。北京也是一个旅游胜地。你喜欢北京么？

2.I like the Chinese new year better than any other festival. This is a time especially for rest and joy. I need not study. I wear good clothes and eat good food. I have a good time from morning till night. I am as happy as a king.
我喜欢中国新年比喜欢其它任何节日更甚。这是一个专为休息和欢乐的时间。我不需要读书。我穿好衣服，吃好东西。我每天从早到晚日子过得轻松愉快。我和上帝一样快乐。

3.No sooner had the witer vacation begun than I returned to my native town. Of course I
must make good use of it;.In the morning I reviewed my lessons and read newspapers or magazines. In the afternoon I played ball games with my friends or went fishing in the river. At night I watched television with my family. hardly had the clock on the wall struck ten when I went to bed.
寒假刚一开始，我就回故乡了。自然我须好好利用它。 早晨我复习功课并阅读报纸或杂志。下午我和朋友打球，或去河中钓鱼。晚上我就和家人看看电视。墙上的钟刚敲十下，我就去睡觉了。

4.I live very happily today! In the morning, it is very fine! Then I climb the mountain with family, the air on the mountain is very fresh, the flowers plants and trees on the mountain all seem extremely beautiful. Coming back home in the evening, family and I sat and watched TV together, we are returning and eating the fruit while chatting, the whole family is happy and harmonious!
今天我过得非常开心！早上，天气非常好！于是我和家人一起去登山，山上的空气非常清新，山上的花草树木都显得格外美丽。晚上回到家，我与家人坐在一起看电视，我们还一边聊天一边吃着水果，全家其乐融融！

5.Yesterday was my birthday, so some of my classmates sent me presents. Mother prepared a tea party for me. I invited all of them to come and take part in it.The tea party began at half past six. There were cold drinks and refreshments. We ate, talked and laughed. We felt that we were the happest men in the world
昨天是我生日，所以有几位我的同班同学送我礼。母亲给我准备一个茶会。我邀请他们都前来参加。茶会下午六点半开始。有冷饮和点心。我们又吃又谈又笑。我们觉得是世界上最快乐的人。。

6.Whether sixty or sixteen, there is in every human being’s heart the lure of wonders, the unfailing childlike appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from the infinite, so long are you young.
无论是60岁还是16岁，你需要保持永不衰竭的好奇心、永不熄灭的孩提般求知的渴望和追求事业成功的欢乐与热情。在你我的心底，有一座无线电台，它能在多长时间里接收到人间万物传递来的美好、希望、欢乐、鼓舞和力量的信息，你就会年轻多长时间。

7.An indivial human existence should be like a river—small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past boulders and over waterfalls. Graally the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their indivial being.
人的生命应当像河流，开始是涓涓细流，受两岸的限制而十分狭窄，尔后奔腾咆哮，翻过危岩，飞越瀑布，河面渐渐开阔，河岸也随之向两边隐去，最后水流平缓，森森无际，汇入大海之中，个人就这样毫无痛苦地消失了。

8.Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity,of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease.This often exists in a man of sixty more than a boy of twenty.Nobody grows old merely by a number of years.We grow old by deserting our ideals.
青春意味着战胜懦弱的那股大丈夫气概和摈弃安逸的那种冒险精神。往往一个60岁的老者比一个20岁的青年更多一点这种劲头。人老不仅仅是岁月流逝所致，更主要的是不思进取的结果。

9.Most people think writing and reading are more important in English learning, but in my opinion, speaking is even more important. So the key point of how to improve your English is "don't be shy". Try to open your mouse and be confident and English corner will be the best place for you When you can do this, you have been moved a large step on the way of your English learning. After this, you can try to watch more English drama and movies and singing English songs. Even reading English novels is a pretty good choice which not only memories grammars.

许多人认为在学习英语的过程中写和看是最重要的，但我认为，说英语更为重要。所以提高你英语的方式就是‘不要害羞’。试着打开你的嘴和变得有自信，英语中心是你最好的学习英语的地方。当你这样做的时候，在你学习英语的过程中，你已经跨出了一大步。之后，你可以试着去多看一些英语戏剧，电影，和唱英文歌。不仅只记英语语法的话，读英文小说也是一个不错的选择

10.Years may wrinkle the skin,but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to st.
光阴可以在颜面上留下印记，而热情之火的熄灭则在心灵上刻下皱纹。烦恼、恐惧、缺乏自信会扭曲人的灵魂，并将青春化为灰烬

11.The Old Cat
An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old; she could not run quickly, and she could not bite, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse; she jumped and caught the mouse. But she could not bite it; so the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unk
ind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young."

老猫

一位老妇有只猫，这只猫很老，它跑不快了，也咬不了东西，因为它年纪太大了。一天，老猫发现一只老鼠，它跳过去抓这只老鼠，然而，它咬不住这只老鼠。因此，老鼠从它的嘴边溜掉了，因为老猫咬不了它。

于是，老妇很生气，因为老猫没有把老鼠咬死。她开始打这只猫，猫说：“不要打你的老仆人，我已经为你服务了很多年，而且还愿意为你效劳，但是，我实在太老了，对年纪大的不要这么无情，要记住老年人在年青时所做过的有益的事情。”

12.My Teacher-我的老师
My favourite teacher is Miss Huang. She is a beautiful lady. She has two big eyes, a high nose and a little red mouth. There is always a smile on her face.
Miss Huang likes singing and collecting posters. She is good at playing the piano. In the evening, she always sits in front of the piano and plays nice music. She is good at dancing, too. Sometimes she teaches us dancing.
Miss Huang likes dogs very much because the dog is very friendly and cute. Her favourite color is blue. Because blue is the color of the sky and the sea.
This is my favourite teacher. Our classmates all like her very much.
我最喜欢的老师是黄老师。她是一位漂亮的女性。她有两只大大的眼睛，一个高高的鼻子和一张小小的红唇。她的脸上总带着笑容。
黄老师喜欢唱歌和收集海报。她钢琴弹得很好。晚上，她常常坐在钢琴前弹奏优美的乐曲。黄老师跳舞也很棒。有时她也会教我们跳舞。
黄老师非常喜欢狗，因为狗很友好也很可爱。黄老师最喜欢的颜色是蓝色，因为蓝色是天空和大海的颜色。
这就是我最喜欢的老师。我们班的同学都非常喜欢她。

13.There is a park near my home.There are a lot of beautiful trees,flowers and birds in the park.So many people go to the park to enjoy their weekends.They like walking or having a picnic in the park.But I like flying a kite with my sisiter there. 我家附近有一个公园。哪里有很多美丽的树、花和小鸟。所以很多人都喜欢到那里去度周末。他们喜欢在公园里散步或是野餐.但是我喜欢和我姐姐在那里放风筝。

14. I have a small bedroom.There are only a small bed,a small desk and a small chair in the room.And there is a beautiful doll on my blue bed.Everyday I do my homework,read books and play games with the doll in my bedroom.It is small,but it gives me much happiness. 我有一间小小的卧室。那里有一张小小的床、小小桌子和一把小小的椅子。而且还有一个漂亮的娃娃在我那张蓝色的小床上。我每天都在房间里写作业，看书和与我的娃娃玩。虽然房间很小，但是他给了我很多欢乐。

15.Today I had a good time. It was my grandpa's birthday. Our family went back to his home to celebrate his birthday. My mother cooked many delicious food and we brought a big birthday cake. We got together to have a big family dinner. We gave grandpa some presents and said, "Happy birthday to you!"
In the afternoon we went boating in the park. We enjoyed ourselves, and my grandpa had a nice time on his birthday.

今天我玩得很愉快。今天是爷爷的生日，我们全家去爷爷家为他庆祝生日。妈妈做了许多好吃的，我们买了一个大蛋糕。我们举行了一个大型家庭聚会。我们送给爷爷一些礼物，并说：“祝您生日快乐。”
下午我们去公园划船。我们玩得很开心，爷爷过了一个愉快的生日。

⑶ 有哪些英国短篇小说适合英语专业的学生阅读

（《木马赢家》）讲述了一个家庭被金钱蒙蔽了双眼，亲情不再，人与人之间内的关系被物质异化的故事容。一向都是劳伦斯最擅长描绘的物质主义下人的异变的故事。劳伦斯的词句不难，但是每个词底下暗流涌动，生机勃勃，文风自成一派。作为初入门的劳伦斯研究者，我觉得开口评价这位英国文学大师，已经诚惶诚恐。劳伦斯的长篇小说如《查泰莱夫人的情人》，《儿子与情人》都脍炙人口，但是短篇小说也许在国内受众不多。这篇"TheRocking-HorseWinner"是不可多得的佳作，值得一读。

⑷ 易读易懂的英语小故事(短一点)

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⑸ 英语小故事带翻译10篇50字

英语小故事—The Real Princess
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There was once a prince who wished to marry a princess; but then she must be a real princess. He travelled all over the world in hopes of finding such a lady; but there was always something wrong. Princesses he found in plenty; but whether they were real princesses it was impossible for him to decide, for now one thing, now another, seemed to him not quite right about the ladies. At last he returned to his palace quite cast down, because he wished so much to have a real Princess for his wife.

从前有一位王子，他想找一位公主结婚，但她必须是一位真正的公主。他走遍了全世界，想要寻到这样的一位公主。可是无论他到什么地方，他总是碰到一些障碍。公主倒有的是，不过他没有办法断定她们究竟是不是真正的公主，她们好象总是有些地方不大对头。结果，他只好回到自己的皇宫来，心中很不快活，因为他是那么渴望着得到一位真正的公主。

One evening a fearful tempest arose, it thundered and lightened, and the rain poured down from the sky in torrents: besides, it was as dark as pitch. All at once there was heard a violent knocking at the door, and the old King, the Prince's father, went out himself to open it.

It was a princess who was standing outside the door. What with the rain and the wind, she was in a sad condition; the water trickled down from her hair, and her clothes clung to her body. She said she was a real princess.

有一天晚上，忽然起了一阵可怕的暴风雨。天空中风驰电掣，大雨倾盆而降，四周一片漆黑。就在这时，响起了一阵剧烈的敲门声，老国王自己去开门。

站在城外的是一位公主。可是，天哪!经过了风吹雨打之后，她的样子是多么难看啊!水沿着她的头发和向下面流，她的衣服粘在身上。她说她是真正的公主。

Ah! we shall soon see that! thought the old Queen-mother; however, she said not a word of what she was going to do; but went quietly into the bedroom, took all the bed-clothes off the bed, and put a little pea on the bedstead. She then laid twenty mattresses one upon another over the

pea, and put twenty feather beds over the mattresses.

Upon this bed the Princess was to pass the night.

是的，这点我们马上就可以考查出来。 老皇后心里想，可是她什么也没说。她静静地走进卧房，把所有的被褥都搬开，在床榻上放了一粒豌豆。然后她取出二十床垫子，把它们压在豌豆上。随后，她又在这些垫子上放了二十床鸭绒被。

这位公主夜里就睡在这些东西上面。

The next morning she was asked how she had slept. Oh, very badly indeed! she replied. I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know what was in my bed, but I had something hard under me, and am all over black and blue. It has hurt me so much!

Now it was plain that the lady must be a real Princess, since she had been able to feel the little pea through the twenty mattresses and twenty feather beds. None but a real Princess could have had such a delicate sense of feeling.

So the prince took her for his wife, for now he knew that he had a real princess; and the pea was put in the museum, where it may still be seen, if no one has stolen it.

豌豆公主

第二天早晨大家问她昨晚睡得怎样。 啊，不舒服极了! 公主说， 我差不多整夜没合上眼!天晓得我床上有件什么东西?我睡到一块很硬的东西上面，弄得我全身发青发紫，这真怕人!

现在大家就看出来了。她是一位真正的公主，因为压在这二十床垫子和二十床鸭绒被下面的一粒豌豆，她居然还能感觉得出来。除了真正的公主以外，任何人都不会有这么嫩的皮肤的。

因此那位王子就选她为妻子了，因为现在他知道他得到了一位真正的公主。这粒豌豆因此也就被送进了博物馆，如果没有人把它拿走的话，人们现在还可以在那儿看到它呢。

⑹ 英文小说阅读

【前言】不求得分 只求帮忙
【回答】
一、这是个很好的学英语的方法！既然是看小说，就回是泛读，没答必要记住每个陌生单词。只有反复出现六七次的，你可以查查记到本子上。这种方法也不用管语法，主要是快速阅读，培养语感。否则为了查单词、扣语法而耽误了大量时间，影响整体理解。
二、另外，学英语还可以听歌曲、看电影、写日记（都是英文哦）。效果很好！例如，把你小说中遇到的一些重点词用到日记中，或者写一下你的读后感，一箭双雕。
三、总之，做一些既能提高水平，你又喜欢的事情，形成良性循环，这叫一箭双雕，而你的英语水平就会如虎添翼。

希望有帮助，Good luck!

⑺ 适合初学者看的英文小说

一、Charlie and the Chocolate Factory《查理和他的克工厂》

一本有趣好看而充满想象力的童话小说，讲述了穷孩子查理幸运拿到可以进入巧克力工厂参观的金券后，一系列的奇遇。 在书中可以看到，小查理和他的家里人过的生活虽然贫穷，可他们深深地懂得爱，这维持了他们除生活外的一切满足感，看完如果意犹未尽，还可以看看同名电影。

二、The wonderful wizard of Oz《绿野仙踪》

故事讲述了小萝莉多萝西被大风吹到一个奇异国度(奥兹国)的奇遇记。这个可爱的小故事里有一个善良的小萝莉，一个稻草人，一个铁皮机器人与一个狮子。短小精悍，没什么难度，易读易懂，却又引人入胜。

三、Flipped《怦然心动》

这本便是同名电影的原著小说，它讲述了一个单纯美好的故事，里面有美好的田园风光和校园生活，还有属于布莱斯和朱莉的故事。小说要比电影有意思很多，相信你看的时候一定会笑出声来。叙述以男孩和女孩视角的章节交错进行，画面感很强。

四、Hyperbole and a Half- Allie Brosh我幼稚的时候好有范

比尔盖茨2015年的推荐书单里就有这本奇特的小书，他说道：你会希望小说更长，因为这些故事很有趣，很睿智。它故事短小，画风奇特，非常适合于碎片时间阅读。

五、The little word of Liz Climo你今天真好看

这本画风萌系、温暖的治愈系，收录了莉兹克里莫150多张逗趣漫画和小说情节。画中的故事简单却动人，围绕着各种萌萌的小动物展开，有兔子，蜥蜴，棕熊，企鹅等。简短有趣的句子配上可爱清新的漫画，很快就可以看完。

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⑼ 短篇小说阅读教学应注意哪些问题，抓住哪些特点

第一，读，既是我国传统语文学习的精髓，也是现代语文学习科学有效的方法。
第二，读为主，是阅读教学的性质和目的决定了的。
第三，只有让学生读，才能真切地体会课文的深意和情味，悟出文章的道理。

⑽ 求 英语阅读一 的讲课资料

考前冲刺系列——英语阅读一串讲讲义(节选)

英语阅读一串讲讲义

阅读理解的解体要略
一篇文章包括主题，中心思想材料结构、语言、风格、效果等要素。一般而言阅读有两个目的。一是休闲,二是求知.但是考试阅读理解的文章和题目是为了迅速准确回答文章后所附的问题。并充分展示综合英语语言知识和阅读技能来理解英语书面材料的能力。英语阅读（一）
考试旨在考察对于全书三十五篇课文的内容写作风格、语言、主题、人物刻画以及深层次含义的分析和理解。而这三十多篇文章是以单元结构来划分的。它们涉及到文学作品、历史传记、童话寓言、人物写真等。我们知道，阅读活动是获取信息和知识的最重要、最直接同时也是最普通的一种手段。根据考纲的要求，阅读就是要能理解所读材料的主旨大意，分辨出其中的事实和细节；能够理解字面意义和隐含意义，能根据所读材料判断和推理，能分析所读材料的思想观点、语篇结构、语言特点和修辞方法。
在对阅读理解（一）的串讲过程中，重点还是要向大家介绍最常用的同时也是最实用的阅读方法。

1．“目读”（只读不看）
我们知道限制阅读速度的不是大脑，而是眼睛。影响大脑反应思考的是眼睛摄取信息并将信息传递给大脑的速度。
2．略读（skimming）
略读是一种快速阅读方法。略读的目的不是帮助你搜寻细节，而是找出文章的主题、中心思想、组织结构的宏观信息。
因此，略读是只需注意文章的关键部分，如文章的第一段和最后一段，各段的第一、二和最后一句，其他部分可以一带而过。
3．“寻读”（scanning）
寻读也是一种快速阅读的方法，在正式阅读之前，心中已有了明确的寻找目标，即文章中某一个具体的信息，如时刻、地点、人名、数字等。具体要做的就是先判断所需信息可能在何处出现。然后将目光在此处逐字逐行快速移动，直到搜索到目标为止。
下面，我就和大家一道回顾复习三十五课的内容。
将分为五大部分进行讲解。

第一部分 (Lesson 1 – lesson 5)

Lesson1, Gifts of the Magi
麦琪的礼物
重点段落如下（p4）
“Della stopped crying. she stood by the window and looked out .Tomorrow would be Christmas day and she had only are dollar eighty-seven cents with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months and this is all she had got. She had spent many happy hours planning something nice for him something fire and beautiful which was really worthy of Jim”
主人公Della和Jim是因为彼此深爱对方却不能为对方送礼物而伤心哭泣。对于心理的描写细腻入微，传神逼真。

将Della满怀深情的无奈和热烈甜蜜的憧憬通过具体的描绘呈现在读者面前。字里行间似乎是仅仅是因为没有适合心意的礼物而透出淡淡的忧伤，但深层含义还包含着真爱，抗争，风险和社会的不公，以及，贯穿始终的圣诞的礼物，爱人间的礼物，生命的馈赠和礼物。
文章另外一个重点段落，也就是文章的结尾段。
“The Magi brought presents to Jesus Christ on the first Christmas of all Christmas .They first had the idea of giving Christmas presents. They were wise. Here I have told you this story of two foolish children in a poor set of rooms who gave up for each other his or her greatest treasure. They chose their presents unwisely; but those gifts which are the sign of real love are the best gifts of all.
这一个结尾段点明了文章所要表达的主旨
real love is the best gifts of all .Meanwhile, please focus on some key words would help you better comprehensive. For instance: Wise, two foolish children, poor rooms greatest, give up. Unwise real love, If you can print out all these words which form an outline of the whole story .do you can use them to retell the story and answer the questions many related.
《麦琪的礼物》作为经典名篇，最可能考察的有以下几点：1 主旨 2人物性格 3 写作风格。其中“写作风格”一向比较复杂，可以额外归纳为注重情节和心理刻画，以细节取胜，结局出人意料。
Focus on details and psychological description, Plots winner and unexpected ending. Good order and delicate word choosing.
Tell you what’s the meaning of real love Touch your heart with beautiful story.
本文的另外一个重点是作者，O Henry: 欧.亨利。
O Henry is the penname of William Sidney Porter. He began to write in name of O. Henry at the time he was in prison. He is famous for short novel. He is a proctive whiter and a celebrated author.
本文可能会出现的问题。Possible questions and suggestion answers.
1) Do you think it is unwise of Mr. Mrs. young to give up for each other his of her greatest treasure what comments do you make about their choice?
（你认为他们彼此放弃最宝贵的东西是不明智的么？对于他们的选择你有什么评论么？）
(本文可以对照lesson30 true love 来学习。)
2） what is the theme (主题)of the story? How do you feel about the end of the story?
3） Where do you think the climax of the story lies?
(参考回答2.The theme of the story is “real love is the greatest treasure in the world.” Love is a complex word including the conflict between reflex and reflection The end of the story is the best part of the story. It has conquered the reader’s heart and offer them an unexpected strange for imagination.
3 The climax of the story lies on the when Jim and Della surprised saw each other with cut their own best treasures at the moment they want to gave out their planned presents.
Lesson 2 No Marriage No apologies
文章讲述的是现代人在不同年龄段和生活背景下对于婚姻的看法和观点。以及作者对此所展开的思想和讨论。文章的体裁类似于社会调查报告，通过案例分析，数据对比，正反面论证，背景资料剖析等方法。理智分析了婚姻这一社会性问题。
一、 文章的主题表现在结尾段的评述中
The theme of passage is : “We can’t go back to a society where people don’t have sex or live together at all before marriage, Nor do they want to one whole people are matched up at 20 for life”.
So, we should treat marriage with a wisely eye and calm attitude. Follow with the social trace and find our own way.

二 如何学习类似文章：
此类刊登在报刊上的文章往往通过摆事实讲道理，例证，数据，等具体信息来阐述对于某一社会问题的见解。借以引起人群的广泛探讨。 我们建议通过略读和寻读相结合的方法。即：注重文章的关键部分，每一部分的首句和结尾句。寻读信息的出现点，数据，例证，结论等。这样一来。看似杂乱无章的布局也会轮廓清晰起来，细节理顺了，主题理解自然也会水道渠成。
三 文章中的重点论证：
The very dramatic thing is the difference in attitudes in nontraditionally family behavior. Professor Bumpass, citing data from survey that showed only small segment of people disapproved of the premarital sex and cohabitation . It is clear to me that the trends we have been observing are likely to continue, with a declining emphasis on marriage.
People see little difference between marriage and cohabitation.

需要注意的10个词语：

1 disapprove of 2 skittish 3 cautious 4 spirit 5 mores 6 institution 7 consultant 8 cohabitation 9 fidelity 10 match up
(Compare with Lesson 11)

Possible questions:
1 For what reason are more people choosing cohabitation rather than marriage?
(For many people, cohabitation provides a chance for a shared life without a shared bank account; no less strength of commutation, more freedom and less ties.)
2 Do you think that there is a cause – and – effect relation between cohabitation and divorce?
( Cohabitation can not translate into a good marriage but can effect the divorce because of it’s limitations.)
Lesson 11
It is about upbringing a child and the ecation problem. Upbringing and ecation are interdependent. Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently
Experienced, it will influence his or her later development.
从更加一般的意义上讲，培养孩子的问题是一个家庭内部关系的问题，其中首要的前提是孩子与父母有稳定的感情，他们在对待孩子的问题上必须态度一致，既考虑孩子的心理健康也要适时开启他们的智力道德和社会责任感。
Lesson 3 The Decameron
I)The author : Giovanni Boccaccio ,influenced by Pettrach (彼特。拉克) the pioneer of Europe Humanity Movement . His work including legendary, epic, poem, essay and so on. His most important work is “The Decammeron”
《十日谈》记述了1348 年， 意大利佛罗伦萨流行黑死病。十名青年（三男七女）结伴避于一乡间别墅。为了消磨时光，他们每人每天讲一个故事。〈〈十日谈〉〉记述了他们所讲的100个故事，其中许多故事取材于中世纪传说，东方故事和历史事件。〈〈十日谈〉〉是欧洲文学史上第一部现实主义巨著，是意大利古典散文完美的典范，对欧洲文艺复兴的文学影响极为深远
“ it is the first great work of realism in literature history in Europe ,as well as the perfect model of Italian classical essay. It has profound influence on Europe renaissance literature for then and forever.
(II) The main idea of the story :
It is about a very beautiful and accomplished young girl Lisabetta ,who was born in a rich family with three young brothers. She fallen in love with Lorenzo who worked for her brothers and saw to all of their work. Her brother discovered their love affairs and they proposed to kill Lorenzo in order to apart the two lovers. At last, the Lisabetta died of crying and sadness. After a time the whole affair became known to many people. And hand down form generation to generation.

学习《十日谈》重点在于作家和作品背景，抓住文章主旨和深层含义。以及他所要反映的现实主义思想。呼唤思想解放和人性自由的愿望。人文主义思想也是学习的另一重点。

Lesson 4 and Lesson 5 The Canterbury Tales (i) (ii)
The Canterbury Tales vividly pictured the life of 14century and the people of every work of the society. It reflects the humanism spirit of rebelling to the feudalism and church. It contains 24 stories.
《坎特伯雷故事集》是英国现实主义文学创始人乔叟的代表作。他生动描述了十四世纪英国各界层的生活，体现了反封建反教会的人文主义思想。 乔叟被称为英国诗歌之父。在文学史上享有很高声誉。

Possible questions:
1) What was beauty according to the old ugly woman? What do you think is real beauty?
2) How did the Queen to find a way to save the life of knight?
3) Did the knight promise to what he promised?
4) Is there anything suggestion to men in the wife of Bath’s tale?
5) Do you agree that the love money is the cause of guilty?
6) How do you understand the word of “death” in the title?
Key sentences:
1) The love of money is the cause of all evil, It is the cause of all wrong-doing and of all the bad things which can happen to man.
2) To pardon means to forgive .God will then pardon them for any evil which they have done.
3) The three young men were very pleased to see all this money. They did not remember that they were trying to find Death.

第二部分 寓言，童话， 幽默小品文：

Lesson 6 The lady or the tiger
Lesson 8 The Fishman and his wife
Lesson 9 The Animals of Aesop
Lesson 10 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of the Calareras County

Lesson 9 The Animals of Aesop
The animals in Aesop always be given a moral or a lesson which we can learn from. Fables are never about true events, but they can tell us things about ourselves. Aesop wrote many fables about animals that talked and acted like human. And when we can find ourselves in them, we enjoy the stories even more.
In Aesop’s fables monkey, fox, crow, eagle, wolf are all on behalf of man’s personality and they do things like men do. They all represent different life attitude and different moral behaviors, whatever wise and stupid, kind and cruel. Aesop give life to animals and made them alive for hundreds and hundreds years.
伊索，约公元前六世纪古希腊寓言家。相传他原为奴隶。善讲寓言故事，讽刺权贵，褒贬时政，抗议不公正的生活阶层的不幸。每一个故事都有道德方面的教训和深刻的寓意。

（II） Key sentences:
I It is not good to listen to too much flattery words.
2 When a person says: “I didn’t want that anyway, ” it is often a case of “sour grapes”

Lesson 10 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calareras Country

《卡拉维拉斯县有名的跳蛙》这原来是在酒店里流传的笑话，马克.吐温听过多次，在1865年纽约一家报纸上发表，以下就成了美国文学边疆幽默故事的代表作，马克.吐温从此名声大噪。这个看似荒诞怪异的故事，初看上去冗长，恼人，无用，甚至让人感到乏味无聊。但是他真正的魅力就在于次。于轻松幽默之间。平淡无奇之中令人捧腹开怀，而后思揣良久。故事语言生动亲切，人物造型丰满，结构紧凑完整。

The key Characteristics:
Leonidasw. Smiley ; Jim Smiley; and Simon Wheeler

Possible questions:
1) Why couldn’t Daniel jump? How much did Smiley lose because he couldn’t jump?
2) What other kinds of animals did Smiley own besides his frog and horse?

第三部分 小说和题材小说

Novels and fiction

Lesson 12 A Day’s Wait
Lesson 13 Art for Heart’s Sake
Lesson 14 How to Live Like a Millionaire
Lesson 15 Rip Van Winkle (I)
Lesson 16 Rip Van Winkle (II)
Lesson 12 A Day’s Wait

Written by Ernest Hemingway （欧内斯特.海明威）
海明威的著作有长篇小说《太阳照样升起》The Sun also Rises ,1926 《永别了，武器》（A Farewell to Arms,1929）《丧钟为谁而鸣》（For Whom the Bells tolls, 1940）
and 《老人与海》 （The Old Man and the Sea, 1952）
In 1954 he won the Nobel Prize of literature. Hemingway often thought of courage as a person’s ability to be calm and controlled in the face of death.
He is noted for writing short story, simple sentences but powerful. You can look at the text closet and decide whether this is true of the language.
The story is built around the misunderstanding between the father and his little son. They are each thinking of different things in the conversation. We can see the character of the father form the hunting scene and his influence upon his son.
Lesson 14
How do you accumulate wealth?
Do you agree with that millionaires who measure success by how much net worth one has accumulated? The story tells us information is crucial not only to the investors but also to the other fields of life and work.
Whatever we did, it occurred to us that we are making wealth accumulation to your good every day. So art for heart’s sake. Because in today you are walking into tomorrow and don’t pay all you attention ton what you want to accumulate the wealth.

Lesson 15
Lesson 16
（I）（Rip Van Winkle）瑞普.凡.温克尔的作者 Washington Irving 华盛顿，欧文。 出生于美国独立战争结束的1783年。在这样一个特殊的历史背景下， 已有的社会习惯和社会生活方式发生了很大的改变，人们生活的各个方面也有了重大变革。一切都需要变化同时也需要适应。从人们的思想、习惯、价值观和工作态度，不再需要彷惶和茫然，需要的是积极的顺应变化并且找到自己的新的位置。
像在 Dutch Village （荷兰殖民者留下的小村，直到1776年 美国独立前一直是英属殖民地。）
Rip is a lazy man , idleness and henpecked husband. After a 20 years sleeping. Everything has changed, the village where he lived, the friends who feel pity upon him, the inn where he could got fun and the tree where he could got relax. Everything had changed and vanished forever. He was himself alone and he couldn’t adopt to the new society and the same time he refused to acknowledged the time of the new world .
（II） Washington Irving 华盛顿.欧文 是第一位引起世界文坛注意美国作家，被誉为美国文学之父。他最著名的散文民间故事集《见闻札记》其中的现代短篇小说《睡谷的传说》(The legend of the Sleepy Hollow) and ( Rip Van Winkle)
He is skilled in situational description and plot foil. His gentle style and beautiful language made him distinguished from the writers at his age.