《基础英语》课件 Soldiers Heart (Para 9--27).pptVIP

Para 9 1. Two of the guards were the kind Chekhov describes in “Ward No. 6”. 1) Culture: Ward No. 6 is a short story written by Chekhov. It describes a ward in a town hospital in Russia for patients who are suffering from mental illness. It is gloomy, damp, stinking and overcrowded. The ward guards treat the patients as prisoners, beating and abusing them constantly. 2) Question: What kind of place is the ward the author stayed in as a patient? 2. Once he waggled the stump under my face with a sly smile. 1) Paraphrase: Once he waved what remained of his trigger finger under my nose with a smile that showed he was hiding something from other people. 3. This, he gave me to understand, was why he had been excused from military service. 1) Paraphrase: He made me believe that this (the cutting off of his trigger finger) was the reason why he was able to escape being drafted into the army. Language points: (1) to give sb to understand that ... : (fml) to make sb believe that sth will happen or is true, e.g. I was given to understand that the terms were negotiable. (2) to excuse sb from sth: to free sb from sth使免除某事：The little boy was excused by his parents from all criticisms.这个小男孩没有受到父母的任何批评。 Para 10 1. shock treatment (also: shock therapy) : a treatment of mental illness using powerful electric shocks 2. convulse vt. ：His face was convulsed with rage.他的脸因发怒而抽搐。 convulsion n. 痉挛；动乱 convulsive a. 痉挛的 3. controversy: n. 争论，争议：Their haste decision aroused much controversy. beyond controversy无可争议 provoke a controversy挑起争端 controvert v. 驳斥，反驳 controversial a. 有争议的,引起争论的 4. Speaking only for myself, I think they brought me out of the fog in which I has been walking. 1) Paraphrase: (1) As far as Im concerned, I think the shock treatment was effective and it helped me to regain my senses and become normal. fog: Used metaphorically, it means a state of mental confusion or unawareness.该句中fog 一词为修辞手法中的暗喻 (metaphor)，此处指一种混沌、不清醒的状态。 to speak for sb / sth: to express the