21世纪大学英语英语课文讲解Unit7(b).docVIP

Text B Firm, Fair, and Friendly 1. Summary of the Text My students usually complained to me that they had been wasting their time on useless stuffs. I explained them by a story as followed: A group of nomads met a god. The god asked them to gather some pebbles and told them they would be glad and sad for doing this. The nomads were displeased, and they did have a small amount of pebbles to satisfy the god. But the pebbles eventually turned into diamonds. They were graceful to the god and regretted for not taking more pebbles. This is not merely an allegorical fiction. It is s truth proved through my own experience. What your teacher teach you today could seem to be useless, but eventually they would be something with more worth than diamonds. 2. Text Analysis para.1 introduction: I still remember my freshman English teacher, Mr. Jones very well. para.2 appearance: the character of Mr. Jones appearance. paras.3-4 personality: the character of Mr. Jones personality and his teacher’s teaching. paras.5 conclusion: Mr. Jones knew his subject, made his students want to continue to study. 3. Text-related Information 1. Mark Twain（1835-1910, 美国作家) is the pseudonym of Samuel Longhorn Clemens, American humorist, writer, and lecturer who won a worldwide audience for his stories of youthful adventures, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer《汤姆·索耶历险记》(1876) and Life on the Mississippi (1883). His novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn《哈克贝里·费恩历险记》(1884), which concerns the adventures of a young runaway and an escaped slave, is considered the greatest achievement in American literature. 2. Ernest Hemingway (欧内斯特?海明威), American novelist and short-story writer, was the foremost spokesman for the “lost generation” of young intellectuals who were disillusioned and embittered by World War I. He is famous for his novels such as The Sun Also Rises《太阳照样升起》(1926), A Farewell to Arms 《永别了，武器》(1929), For Whom the Bell Tolls 《丧钟为谁而鸣》(1940), and The Old Man and the Sea (1952), which