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Match the works with their writers.

Works

Hillslike White Elephants

Ernest Hemingway

I Have a Dream

Martin Luther King

An Inspector Calls

JB. Priestley

The

Importance

of

Being

Earnest

Oscar

Wilde

The Pearl

John Steinbeck

Lord of the Flies

William Golding

The

Mayor

of

Casterbridge

Thomas

Hardy

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

An inspector Calls

JB Priestley

Paper Pills

Sherwood Anderson

The

Old

Man

and

the

Sea

Ernest

Hemingway

I Have a Dream

Martin Luther King

Hamlet

William Shakespeare

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens

Inspector Calls

JB Priestley

The

Importance

of

Being

Earnest

Oscar

Wilde

Of Studies

Francis Bacon

An Inspector Calls

JB. Priestley

The

strange

Case

of

Dr

Jekyll

and

Mr.

Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte

F

Robert Frost

…

Scottish poet.

Arthur Miller

’

s play

…

United States

Scrooge is

…

Expectations

Othello is

…

comedies

Scrooge is a

…

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Arthur Miller

’

s

…

McCarthyism

“

Gettysburg Address

”…

Independence.

The Inspector

…

history play

Lady Bracknell

…

Pygmalion

Thomas Hardy

…

Scottish poet

The Rime of

…

is a sonnet

Macbeth

is

…

comedies

“

I have a dream

”…

Civil War

Arthur Miller

’

s

…

of McCarthyism.

Arthur Miller

’

s

…

United States.

Scrooge is a character

…

Expectations

T

Hamlet, Othello

…

with Macbeth

Lord of

…

William Golding

The Rime

…

narrative poem

“

Gettysburg Address

”…

Civil War

Sherwood

…

World War I and II

Lady Bracknell

…

Being Earnest

.

What has

…

Walt Whitman

Othello

is

…

King Lear

In 2005

…

for Literature

Walt Whitman

…

of Grass

Sherwood Anderson

…

I and II

Robert Louis

…

younger readers

Arthur Miller

…

in 1950s

Lord of the

…

William Golding

Emily Dickinson

…

poet

The Rime of

…

narrative poem

Lord of the Flies

…

William Golding

King Lear, Hamlet,

…

Shakespeare.

Walt Whitman

…

Leaves of Grass.

Walt Whitman...

Leaves of Grass

Joseph Conrad

’

s

…

of Darkness

Setting

start of the story

A

Couplet, sonnet

controlled way

Which figure of

Parallelism

Harold Pinter

Literature in 2005.

In his essay

swallowed, digested

A

sonnet

Shakespearean

Thomas Hardy

’

s

Urvervilles and so on.

All the following

Emily Dickinson

In his protest

Love Your Enemy

USA

The term

Ballad, historical

incident

The

Theatre

of

the

Absurd,

play

non- realistic way.

Ernest Hemingway

Man and the Sea

The novel

Heart of Darkness

in Africa.

He

was

my

North

Stop

all

the

clocks,

cut off the telephone

The term

Gothic novel

elements

Flashback

than the main story.

Hemingway

’

s,

The

Old

Man

and

the

Sea

the Bell Tolls

Which of the following

W. H. Auden

“

Read not to

an essay, Francis Bacon

An elegy

who has died

Alliteration

together in a text.

Climax

comes to a head

Which figure of

Personification

In his

essay

“

To spend too much time

in studies is sloth; to use them too

…

All the following

Emily Dickson

In his protest

Love Your Enemy

Which figure of speech

Alliteration

An elegy

who has died.

Which figure

…

the age of foolishness

Parallelism

In the poem

Futility, war

was futile.

A

couplet, sonnet

controlled way

Flashback

time than the main story.

“

Stop all the clocks

W. H. Auden

“

Read not to

an essay, Francis Bacon

作品阅读理解：

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The

story

consists

almost

entirely

of

a

dialogue between a young woman and a man

who

are

waiting

for

a

train

at

a

station

in

Spain(26.

A

27.

B28.

A

29.

B

30.

B

31.

B

32. A 33. B 34. B 35. A)

The Man Who Talked to Trees

In

what

aspects

are

the

twins

----

Milmaq

and Torbash similar?

They

are

similar

in

many

ways:

the

time

of

birth,

the

family

background,

the

appearance,

the common memory of their upbringing etc.

In what aspects are the twins different?

differences in their characters

their ways of thinking and living

their attitudes toward nature and society

their

treatment

of

nature

and

human

beings,

etc.

What role do you think the oak trees (forest)

play in the short story?

The oak tree / forest is an important symbol in

the story, helping to bring about the theme of

the story: the power of nature. When man live

in

harmony

with

nature,

Mother

Nature

is

protective. It is a bringer of peace, happiness,

contentment.

When

man

acts

against

the

power of nature, disaster will fall.

Reread paragraphs 15 and 16 again. What

do you think had happened when the twin

brothers met?

Answers

should

be

focused

on

the

quarrel

/

conflicts

/

disagreements

between

the

two

brothers.

Eveline

What

are

Eveline

’

s

reasons

for

wanting

to

leave?

Give

at

least

two

reasons

in

your

answer.

She had to do endless housework.

She

suffered

from

her

father

’

s

violent

behaviour.

She

had

to

try

and

make

do

with

the

little

money she could get to look after her family.

She was attracted to Frank

’

s promise of a real

home in Buenos Ayres.

What do you think are the real reasons for

decision not to leave?

Her father used to be kind to her.

Her promise to her mother to keep the family

together.

The

uncertain

happiness

in

a

strange

country

with her lover.

Her weakness.

Which

is

the

feature

of

time

structure

of

this

story?

The

action

proceeds

as

in

real

time

or

starts

at

a

point

in

the

recent

past

or

shifts

back

and

forth

between

different

time zones?

The

feature

of

the

time

structure

is

to

shift

back and forth from past to present and even

into the future / between different time zones.

How

does

the

time

structure

of

the

story

help reflect the feelings of Eveline?

The

author

uses

this

moving

point

technique

in

Eveline,

where

we

move

with

Eveline

’

s

thoughts from the moment in the present when

she is looking at the street, then back and forth

–

-- from her thoughts about her childhood, etc.

to her thoughts about her possible future with

Frank.

This

restless

to-and-fro

movement

through

time

reflects

the

distress

and

uncertainty

she

feels

about

whether

or

not

to

leave her father and to with Frank.

Thief

The dark-haired woman moves about a lot

at

the

airport.

Where

else

does

the

male

protagonist

(

主人公

)

see

her

besides

the

ticket counter?

At the magazine counter or seated against the

front window of a terminal.

Who

do

you

think

stole

the

man

’

s

wallet?

The

brunette

or

the

blonde?

Support

your

answer with details.

The

woman

with

black

hair

stole

the

male

protagonist

’

s wallet with the blonde

’

s help.

The process of stealing the wallet:

She is deep in conversation with the blonde to

plan

who

to

steal

from

and

how

to

steal

and

already has the blonde

’

s wallet with her.

She stole the wallet from the male protagonist

while

jostling

the

man

when

he

is

buying

a

magazine to read during the flight.

She

gives

the

wallet

prepared

in

advance

to

the

man

and

begins

to

run

to

make

the

man

run after her.

The

blonde

calls

the

police

saying

that

the

man

stole

her

wallet

from

her

to

save

the

woman with black hair.

How

do

you

understand

the

title

of

the

story? Who does the word

“

thief

”

refer to?

The

title

“

Thief

”

can

refer

to

at

least

3

characters (The brunette, the blonde, the male

protagonist

who

was

suspected

of

stealing

from the blonde) in the story.

What do you notice about the tenses used in

this story? What is the effect of this on the

way we experience the events?

The use of tense: present tense to write about

past time.

The effect of this is to make the events seem

more

immediate,

as

if

they

are

happening

before our eyes.

Paper Pills

What

do

you

think

the

title

“

Paper

Pills

”

refer to?

The

paper

pills

Doctor

Reefy

kept

in

his

pocket

are

a

kind

of

symbol

for

all

the

doctor

’

s feelings and love for his young wife.

The

“paper

pills”

are

a

form

of

medicine

curing the girl.

Paper

pills

are

the

pieces

of

paper

with

the

protagonist’s privat

e thoughts.

The

twist

apples

are

mentioned

several

times, and seem to be symbol of something.

What do you think it is?

The twisted apples are misshapen but sweeter

than the most perfect ones. Perhaps they are a

symbol

of

the

sweetness

of

the

doctor

’

s

character

in

old

age:

he

is

not

handsome

or

stylish but he is deeply sweet inside.

What is the condition that has brought the

girl to Doctor Reefy?

She became pregnant / in the family way / she

lost her virginity to the black- haired boy with

large ears and she was frightened.

Why

do

you

think

the

rich

girl

married

Doctor Reefy?

She

had

been

badly

hurt

by

her

experiences

with

two

younger

men.

She

must

have

felt

safe

and

protected

by

the

essential

kindness

and humanity of this older man.