文档文库

手机版

投诉建议

首页 > B1-Unit7 野性的呼唤130427

B1-Unit7 野性的呼唤130427

发布时间：2015-07-31 23:01:35 来源：文档文库

小中大

字号：

手机查看

教学日志

Unit 9 The Call of the Wild

I. Background Information

Jack London (1876 - 1916):the most popular novelist and short story writer of his day. He wrote passionately and prolifically about the great questions of life and death, the struggle to survive with dignity and integrity, and he wove these elemental ideas into stories of high adventure based on his own firsthand experiences at sea. As a result, his writing appealed to millions of people all around the world.

Between 1900 and 1916 he completed over fifty books, including both fiction and non-fiction, hundreds of short stories, and numerous articles on a wide range of topics. Several of the books and many of the short stories are classics of their kind, well thought of in critical terms and still popular around the world. Today, almost countless editions of London's writings are available and some of them have been translated into as many as seventy different languages.

"I would rather be ashes than dust!
I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze
than it should be stifled by dry rot.
I would rather be a superb meteor,
every atom of me in magnificent glow,
than a sleepy and permanent planet.
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.
I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
I shall use my time"

1900 The Son of the Wolf; 1901 The God of His Fathers;

1902 Children of the Frost ; 1902 The Cruise of the Dazzler

1902 A Daughter of the Snows; 1903 The Kempton-Wace Letters

1903 The Call of the Wild; 1903 The People of the Abyss

1904 The Faith of Men; 1904 The Sea Wolf

1905 War of the Classes; 1905 The Game

1905 Tales of the Fish Patrol; 1906 Moon-Face and Other Stories

1906 White Fang; 1907 Before Adam

1907 Love of Life and Other Stories; 1908 The Iron Heel

1909 Martin Eden; 1910 Lost Face

1910 Revolution and Other Essays;1910 Burning Daylight

1911 When God Laughs and Other Stories; 1911 South Sea Tales

1912 The House of Pride and Other Stories; 1912 A Son of the Sun

1912 Smoke Bellew; 1913 The Night-Born

1913 The Abysmal Brute; 1913 John Barleycorn

1913 The Valley of the Moon; 1914 The Strength of the Strong

1914 The Mutiny of the Elsinore; 1915 The Scarlet Plague

1915 The Star Rover; 1916 The Little Lady of the Big House

1916 The Turtles of Tasman; 1917 The Human Drift

1917 Jerry of the Islands; 1917 Michael Brother of Jerry

1918 The Red One; 1919 On the Makaloa Mat

1920 Hearts of Three; 1922 Dutch Courage and Other Stories

《给猎人》、《狼之子》、《热爱生命》，《海狼》，《野性的呼唤》

These plans kept him perpetually in debt and under intense pressure: meanwhile much debt to keep on writing as fast as he could, even though it might mean sacrificing quality in favor of quantity.

On November 22, 1916, Jack London died of gastrointestinal uremic poisoning at the age of 40 years.

"No writer, unless it were Mark Twain, ever had a more romantic life than Jack London. The untimely death of this most popular of American Fictionists as profoundly shocked a world that expected him to live and work for many years longer." (Ernest)

II. Vocabulary

1. chief; the upper part of a heraldic field 2 : the head of a body of persons or an organization : LEADER *chief of police* 3 : the principal or most valuable part *would never rest till she had read the chief of the letter to him ?Jane Austen

2. growl: a : RUMBLE *his stomach growled* b : to utter a growl *the dog growled at the stranger*2 : to complain angrilytransitive verb : to utter with a growl : utter angrily

3. ax: a cutting tool that consists of a heavy edged head fixed to a handle with the edge parallel to the handle and that is used especially for felling trees and chopping and splitting wood 2 : a hammer with a sharp edge for dressing or spalling stone 3 : abrupt removal (as from employment or from a budget) ? sometimes used in the phrase get the ax 4 : a musical instrument (as a guitar or a saxophone

4. club: a : to beat or strike with or as if with a club b : to gather into a club-shaped mass *clubbed her hair* 2 a : to unite or combine for a common cause b : to contribute to a common fund intransitive verb 1 : to form a club : COMBINE

5. 2 : to pay a share of a common expense 3 : NIGHTCLUB

6. crash: a : to break violently and noisily : SMASH b : to damage (an airplane) in landing 2 a : to cause to make a loud noise *crash the cymbals together* b : to force (as one's way) through with loud crashing noises 3 : to enter or attend without invitation or without paying *crash the party* 4 : to move toward aggressively (as in fighting for a rebound) *basketball players crashing the boards* 5 : to cause (a computer system, component, or program) to crash

7. leash: a : a line for leading or restraining an animal b : something that restrains : the state of being restrained *keeping spending on a tight leash*2 a : a set of three animals (as greyhounds, foxes, bucks, or hares) b : a set of three

8. harness: a : the gear other than a yoke of a draft animal b : GEAR, EQUIPMENT; especially : military equipment for a horse or man 2 a : occupational surroundings or routine *get back into harness after a vacation* b : close association *ability to work in harness with others ?R. P. Brooks* 3 a : something that resembles a harness (as in holding or fastening something) *a parachute harness* b : prefabricated wiring with insulation and terminals ready to be attached

1. entirely [in'taiəli] adv.完全地, 全部地

His success is entirely due to hard work.他的成功完全是努力工作的结果。

2.simplified: adj. 精简了的, 简化了的

That will simplify my task. 那可简化了我的工作。

3. growl [graul] n.吠声, 咆哮声v.怒吠, 咆哮, 吼

We heard the thunder growling in the distance.我们听见远处隆隆的雷声。

The dog growled at me.那狗向我咆哮。

4. indeed [in'di:d] adv.真正地, 的确, 事实上

indeed, really, truly, actually这些副词均有“确实地、真正地”之意。

indeed: 一般用于肯定或证实对方所说的话，多承接前言，也用来加强或肯定自己说话的语气。

really: 主要用于强调与事实或现实不相违背，也可表示不快、惊奇或某种含蓄的怀疑。

truly: 强调客观存在的真实性，没有任何虚假。