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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢。本资料仅供参考，不能作为科学依据。谢谢,Nettles,Alice Munro,第1页,Author:Alice Munro,She was born in Wingham,Ontario,Canada on 10 July 1931.,achievements,:,1.,winner of the Man Booker International Prize for her lifetime body of work,2.,a three-time winner of Canadas Governor Generals Award for fiction,3.,a perennial contender for the Nobel Prize,4.,Generally regarded as one of the worlds foremost writers of fiction,第2页,Writing style,Many of Munros stories are set in Huron County,Ontario.(Huron County is a county of the province of Ontario,Canada.)Her strong regional focus is one of the features of her fiction.,Another is the omniscient,全知,narrator who serves to make sense of the world.,see the world,.,literature can help a new awareness of the world.,第3页,Nettles,荨麻,【,英文名,】Nettle,【,别名,】,蜇人草、,咬人草,、蝎子草，防盗草、,无情草,、植物猫、咬人猫,【,分类,】,荨麻科,Urticaceae,，荨麻属,Urtica L.,【,习性,】,喜阴植物,，生命旺盛，生长快速，对土壤要求不严，喜温喜湿。,【,生境分布,】,广泛分布于亚欧大陆，在我国分布在云南中部、贵州、四川东南部、湖北和浙江。,Nettle,:a wild plant with rough leaves that sting people,grasp the nettle,:deal with an unpleasant situation firmly and without delay,迎难而上,大胆抓棘手问题,第4页,Why is the story entitled“Nettles”?Do nettles have any symbolic meaning here?,第5页,The subject of“Nettles”is about the problems of a middle-aged woman,the passions,confusions and dilemmas that any woman in a modern society might be confronted with,regardless of race,colour or nationality.,friendship and love,marriage and divorce,第6页,Theme,Life is not always smooth;love is not always sweet.,Nettles,are here and there in the journey of peoples life.,第7页,Character Relations,Sunny,Johnston,Brian,Narrators husband,Mike,Mikes wife,Narrator,old friend,divorce,died son,friend,friend(through his work),couple,couple,第8页,about the Nettles,The plot of story evolves around a middle-aged womans reunion with a childhood boy friend in 1979,but it moves back and forth between past and present.,outline,Part 1(para.1-2):Meeting again by chance in 1979,Part 2(para.3-15):Childhood memory,her friend,Mike.,Part 3(para.16-93):The detailed story that happened in 1979,Part 4(para 94-95):conclusion-a new perception of love,第9页,animals,para3,para6:skunk(臭鼬),第10页,How does the author begin the narration?Do you find this beginning interesting or peculiar?Why or why not?,The plot of the story does not follow the normal time order.The author begins her story in a rather unusual way.She starts her narrations from 1979 in the brief beginning paragraph.But after that she switches to“years afterwards”in the second paragraph.,part 1:para 1-2,第11页,ketchup,The narrator remembers this usual habit of Mikes,so she recognized him at once when she saw him making a ketchup sandwich at her friends house after many years.,第12页,Why does the author devote so much space to the narration of childhood memories?Is the narration vivid and interesting?Give your comments.,From Para3 to Para 15 the writer gives a vivid description of her childhood,especially the memories of time she spent with mike.,The puppy love(,少男少女短暂爱情,早年初恋,),she had for mike is deeply rooted in her memory.,Part 2:,(para.3-15),第13页,there was a,tin mug,hanging on the pump.para3,第14页,went to whatever school which is close,at hand:near in space or time,Mike Mccallum had a son.,and who,went to whatever school was at hand,.,(para5),第15页,Each of the trees on the place had an attitude and presence the elm looked serene and oak threatening,the maples friendly,the hawthorn old and crabby,.para7,translate it into chinese,Why did author describe those trees like this?,第16页,In the eyes of the little girl,every tree existed like a person that had a distinct character.In the previous sentence the narrator says that the farm was small enough for her to have explored every part of it.She was familiar with everything on the farm including the trees.The use of personification of the trees reveals the close and harmonious relationship between nature and the narrator.,Why,第17页,Plants,oak,maple,hawthorn,elm,第18页,.and plowing through mats of flat-leafed water lilies,trapping our legs in their distinct character.para8,moving with difficulty through water lilies which had flat leaves,with their winding roots sucking our legs.,to plow through:to move with difficulty,snaky roots,第19页,They played a game of war with each boys and girls.,main word:war,boys and girls,tree,baseball,throw,show your a picture,第20页,para12-15,Did the girl miss Mike after he left with his father?how and why does the author show this?,We think that was the beginning of the complex emotion between them.The girls thought and action shows that she treasured their friendship but this kind of leave make she felt regret.,第21页,This part mainly tells about the narrators life in Vancouver and her meeting Mike again.,Para.16-para.68,Part 3,Divided into 5 section,第22页,Section 1:Para 16-38,5 section,Section 2:Para 39-49,Section 3:Para 50-68,Section 4:Para 69-90,Section 5:Para 91-93,第23页,But sunny had moved with her husband and her children and her furniture,in the normal way for the usual reason,her husband had got another job.And I had moved,for the newfangled reason,that was approved of only in some special circles.,(para.20),Opposite reason of leaving,The narrators feelings:,Great pain,depressed,separated from her own children and unhappy marriage life,第24页,I was happy with all this.it made me feel as if I had made a,true change,a long necessary voyage from the house of,marriage.(para.21,）,Rhetorical device,Metaphor,comparing marriage to a house,a place that provides,shelter,living space,etc.on the other hand,such a house can be,a sort of confinement,hindering ones freedom.,It implies their unhappy marriage and the reason why she,devoiced with her husband.,第25页,Para 22-24,Let Mom think were happy.Or shell fell bad,Because she hates Dad,Why cant she just live at home?,第26页,Whats wrong with the woman and her husband?,第27页,About their divorce,divorce,the Modern Womens,Self-consciousness,independence,Quarrels,Misunderstanding,第28页,And other miseries-those connected with children-that I could not.(para.24),The narrator could forget the pain that men brought to her.She could not forget her own children.She wanted to farewell absolutely to the past and begin her new life.,第29页,She did not ask me-was it delicacy or disapproval?-about my new life.(para.29,),the narrator guessed this was either because Sunny thought this was a sensitive subject and there tried to avoid it or because she disapproved of her friends new life and therefore didnt want to hear about,第30页,I was full of happy energy.(para.38),The word“happy”is transferred epithet(,移位修辞法）,Though used before the noun“energy”,it actually modifies“I“.,What rhetorical device was used in this sentence?,第31页,What are the characteristics of the narration in paragraph 4549?,It contains,a series of narration and questions the narrator asked herself,by showing her arousing sexual desire and her intention to be intimate with Mike.,第32页,Why did the narrator arouse desires both in seeing the stars and laying in the sheets that Mike had slept before?,The narrator and Mike had a very happy time when they were both very young.The narrator had fantasies on Mike and imagined herself as Mikes wife.,maybe they did that at their childhood,第33页,Whats the narrators referring to kids plays in the passage,？（,para55-para62)?,The dialogue between Mike and the narrator refers to children in these parts.It paves the way for the kids being killed in the later paragraphs.,第34页,I liked his saying“we”and I liked riding beside him,in the wifes seat.(para.54,),the narrator,like a light-headed(,轻浮,)adolescent girl,was indulging herself in a womans emotional fantasy,imagining they were a couple.,第35页,Mike and the narrator were alone now,and it was like a date.,The word“might”indicates that She thought Mike probably found it improper for“dates”to talk about their partners or children.,Actually Mike might be thinking of his own children,especially the little child his car had killed by accident.,But he said nothing.No sympathetic word,no encouragement.It might,be that he thought it unseemly to talk of our partners or our children,under the circumstances.(para.64),第36页,Part section 4,(para 69-90),like the sound of a wave full of stones,crashing on the beach,(,Para 71,),那声音就像是卷着石块海浪冲击着海滩,The narrators adventurous experience with Mike through,the rainstorm.,The climax of the story,第37页,When they saw a heavy rain coming,where did they go for,shelter?,2.Was it a terribly big storm?What details can you give from,Paragraphs72-75 to illustrate your answer?,.,Paragraphs71-75,They hurried across the mown grass into bushes and the tall weeds.,1.The tops of the trees,crashing on the beach(para71),2.When we stopped direction of the midnight cloulds(para72),3.Curtains of rainnot ahead of it(para72),4.It was hard enough to stand up,(para73),第38页,Then he faced me,with his body between me and the storm.He,said something,right into my face,but I couldnt hear him.,(para74),Open question,Can you guess what the man said?,第39页,What did they do when the wind passed over?Why?,Paragraph-75,Then we kissed and pressed together briefly.,This was more of a ritual,a recognition of survival rather than of our bodies inclinations,.,(para.75),我们拥抱并不是出于身体渴望，而是庆贺劫后余生一个表示。,How to understand its deep meaning?,第40页,In this sentence,the author makes a distinction between,the spiritual and the bodily.,At night,when they were watching the stars and when,she was lying in bed,she was disturbed by sexual desire.,During the storm,the two were holding each other tightly,but they did that to protect themselves from the terrible storm.,Now they kissed and pressed together because they had just,survived a devastating storm,a dangerous situation.They kissed,and embraced as a spontaneously shared ritual.,At this moment,lust that had disturbed her in the night gave way to,this sense of being together.,We can see that in a certain sense,the,rain had washed away the lust and purified her mind,thus purifying,their relationship,too.,第41页,It serve as an important element of the whole story.,Para 7176 are characterized by detailed descriptions of the storm.,The two friends who survived the storm together felt even closer.,This makes readers think that something will happen between the,man and woman now.,Next,第42页,His voice surprised me,like the sun.,But in the opposite way.It had a,weight to it,a warning-determination edged with apology.,(para.79),The man has something to say to the woman,The man surprised the narrator pleasantly,He tells to the woman about his youngest boy who was killed by him last,summer.It has become a secret which he never wants to talk about hid,in his heart.Since he moved to this new place,he had kept it from all the,People he met.,But,he says it to the woman,so we can see he regards her as,his families,or someone he trusts.,第43页,Hearing these words,what was the narrators response?,I thought of the moment when he got out of,(para 85),I walked a little behind him.And I did not say anything,(para86),they were not ordinary friends but soul mates.As they understand each,other perfectly,no words were needed at this moment.,第44页,So,the narrator understand the deep feelings of the man.She,knew he and his wife experienced the worst together.,If they were able to stand the test and emerged from the worst together,.,their relationship or marriage would be strengthened,and a sacred bondage,would be formed between them.But if they failed the test,their relationship,would be broken and they would be driven apart.,She realized,Para 87-88,I knew now that he was a person who had hit rock bottom.,第45页,Section 5:Para 91-95,When they came out from the bushes,they found rashes(,疹子,)on,their arms and feet.What plants gave them rashes?,第46页,The narrator:,First thought,Then,she realized,She calls it nettles.Actually,they are,joe-pye weeds,These insignificant plants are,nettles,.,第47页,第48页,Ordinary life is more like the insignificant-looking nettles that are,stinging and piercing,thus irritating and annoying people rather,than the joe-pye weeds with showy pinkish-purple flowers.,Real,life is disturbing,frustrating,and unsettling,offering no tidy,resolution.,Her mistaking joe-pye weeds for nettles,implies,what?,Key words:,ordinary life,Real life,joe-pye weeds,nettles,Para-91,第49页,Para-94,Para 92-93 talks about what they do to kill the rashes.,Then the narrator have some new understandings of love.,(para94),What is love,第50页,Para 94,：,the theme of the story,The narrator:Epiphany,顿悟,Love that was not usable,that knew its place.Not risking a thing yet,staying alive as a sweet trickle,an underground resource.With the,weight,of this new stillness on it,this seal.,爱不是来被利用。我们十分清楚它应在位置。我们不拿它来冒险，而是,让它像涓涓细流慢慢流淌，仿若地下资源，将爱封存，静静流淌。,What happened,or rather what did not happen between Mike and the narrator,that weekend may not seem very special or exciting,but through it the author,explores the complexity of human emotions and the beauty of ordinary life.,第51页,The ending,The narrator never gets the news about Mike during the years of,their dwindling friendships.,Mike,The narrator,第52页,The Bridges of Madison County,The heroine Francesca Johnson,was a housewife who puzzles about the,unromantic marriage.,Robert Kincaid,a gentleman,a photographer and a,traveler came into her world.His life was so close to her dream and her,pursuit.,Kincaid made Francesca know herself again and inspirit her,enthusiasm.,In the short four days,they,fell in love with each other and experienced,the invaluable love.,Different from the heroine,in Nettles who chooses to leave her husband,and lives by herself to find the true meaning,of marriage,The heroine,Francesca Johnson,misses her beloved man and keeps the,secret in her heart.,第53页,narrator,nostalgic,pursue freedom,sensitive,have female consciousness,her husband,traditional,husband,was not patient,and careful,didt konw what his wife really need.,Mike,friendly,hesitating,(at last he told narrator his dead son),reasonable,Sunny,statedly,intelligent,optimistic,Be thoughtful for,her,friend,第54页,Questions,Do you support the womans choice?,(She loves the man but they,doesnt get together at last.),If you are the woman,what will you do?,第55页,新,笑傲江湖,观后感,每个男人一生要遇见四个女人：,第一个就是岳灵珊，一个你爱但不爱你人,第二个是仪琳小师妹,爱你但你不爱人,第三个是东方不败，你爱又爱你但最终不可能在一起人,第四个是任盈盈，你未必爱,却可共渡一生人,.,From the story we know that the narrator loves the manMike,and he,also loves her at some point.But they doesnt get together.,Regretful love,第56页,东方不败,(the narrator),任盈盈,Mikes wife,令狐冲,(Mike),东方不败，你爱又爱你但最终不可能在一起人,;,任盈盈，你未必爱,却可共渡一生人,.,第57页,Questions,If you have got married,and lead a normal life.But you find your,true love later,what will you do?,当你在结婚后和伴侣过着一个平淡生活，天天就是工作，在家和对方,聊聊天，偶然去逛个街或是旅游一次。但就是感觉缺乏点什么。可能少,是生活新鲜感，可能少是生活刺激感。有一天你突然发觉碰到,所谓“真爱”，你会怎么做？,第58页,当今社会，全部人都知道,小三,这个名词，推起了小三这个浪潮，连歌词,都用来形容小三，可见社会是多么繁杂，小三存在，毁了多少幸福美满,家庭呢？让多少孩子从小就背负父母离异罪名。,为何“小三”现象越来越多,解答：当前社会上“小三”现象很泛滥，普通人认为这是人越来越不正常了，,其实恰好相反，我倒认为这表明人是越来越“正常”了。伴随物质越来越丰富，,人基本生活欲望都已经得到了满足，