英语与泛读第三单元.ppt

Unit 3;;1. John Wyndham: ;Life Story:;;Major works;;;Central Theme and Heroes: ;A new form of Science Fiction ;; Web;2. Science Fiction (SF/ Sci-fi):;;;;; 3. Utopia;;1. the Midsummers and Tanakuatua:;2. Argo;3. the Aegean Sea  (爱琴海:地中海的一部分,在希腊和土耳其之间);4. types of volcanoes;5. natives of the Pacific islands;;1. ... when I first heard of LordFoxfield’s Project. (Line 26) What was the project?;2. … in would come the future Einsteins,  Newtons and Curies. (Line 70) Explain the sentence.;3. In “normal” circumstances I would almost  certainly see someone like him as crazy.  (Line 78) What “abnormal” circumstances was he in at that time?;4. The Midsummers meant nothing to me at the time … (Line 126)What is the meaning of the sentence?;5. After the meeting, the Project became real in a new sense. (Line 129) How did the Project become real in a new sense?;6. “You are leaving to plant a seed in a brave new world …” (Line 169) What does the word “brave” mean in the sentence?”;7. There was a lot more of this, … (Line 173) What does “this” refer to?;8. Horace was the life of any party --- and  perhaps he found one in Panama, … (Line 200) What was Horace like? What does “one” refer to?;9. She seems a lonely figure --- there,  but not with us. (Line 213) Explain this sentence.;10. I was about to sail, not on the Susannah Dingly but on a new Argo. As I look thoughtfully into  the waters of the Thames, it is not London’s dirty river that I see but the shining waters of the Aegean --- and a distant island in which a lost world will be born again. (Line 218) How did he feel at that time? How do you know?;11. Ah, well, it will be tried again, I suppose.  (Line 229) What does “it” refe