1、A Dill Pickle Katherine Mansfield,Transation Exercises,1. 莳萝泡菜 2. 她眼里带着心不在焉的神色。 3. 我们对他的恶劣行为非常恼怒。 4. 她总是想起过去的事. 5. 有一架飞机在我们的房子上盘旋 6.他是一个性格复杂的人喜怒无常，忧郁寡欢。 7. 做鬼脸 8. 竖起耳朵,She had a dreamy look in her eyes. We were exasperated at his ill behaviour. A plane is hover on our house. He is a complicated man
2、moody and melancholy,dill-小茴香,Lesson 9 A Dill Pickle,Dill Pickle,The end of Dill Pickle.,Cucumber reserved in salty and spicy water with such ingredients as pepper, garlic, dill and vinegar.,Questions:,When do people eat dill pickles? How does a dill pickle taste? Whats the main function of dill pic
3、kles?,1. Normally, people usually eat them during the meals in order to stir up their appetite. 2. A dill pickle tastes sour, spicy, bitter and sweet. 3. They serve as appetizer.,Word Study,egoist: n.a person who is always thinking about themselves or what is best for themselves.自我主义者egoism n.自我主义,A
4、bout the Text Word Study,exasperate: v. If someone or something exasperates you, they annoy you and make you feel frustrated or upset激怒;触怒;使生气e.g.He exasperated her at last.他终于把她激怒了。She was exasperated at/by his stupidity.,Geranium 天竺葵,Wild Geranium,Marigold 万寿菊,verbena美人樱,daffodil,narcissus,narciss
5、us， narcissism， narcissist， narcissistic,narcissus，那喀索斯，希腊神话中爱上自己影子的美貌少年。,haunt: vi.,1) to visit (said of ghosts) regularly; 2) to return repeatedly to the mind, e.g. 她总是想起过去的事.Memories of the past haunt her. Im haunted with gloomy thoughts and sad memories.我常为悲观的思想和悲痛的追念所困扰。,haunting adj. continual
6、ly recurring to the mind; （声音、形象、话语等）令人难忘的，萦绕心头的 The show is both entertaining and haunting, funny and tragic. 这出戏是给人愉悦的,也是令人难以忘怀的,是诙谐的,也是悲惨的。,About the Text Word Study,maniac n.(1) mad person;(2) person with extreme liking (for sth) 狂热分子 e.g. Shes a football maniac.足球迷,About the Text Word Study,gri
7、mace n.an ugly twisted expression on the face to cause laughter or to show pain,disgust,etce.g. Thomas made a grimace after he had tasted the wine. 托马斯尝了那葡萄酒后做了个鬼脸.,About the Text Word Study,infuriate: vt.make sb extremely angrye.g. It infuriated me to think of the money weve wasted.他们没完没了地批评把我给气坏了
8、I was infuriated by their constant criticism.我对他极为生气 I am infuriated with him.,About the Text Word Study,loathe: hate sth very much 厌恶；憎恶e.g, 两个男人互相看不顺眼The two men loathe each other.,About the Text Word Study,self-engrossed adjoccupied with ones own thoughts or interest; paying no attention to anyth
9、ing other than ones own business以自我为中心的,hover,1) To remain floating, suspended, or fluttering in the air:盘旋；徘徊 e.g. 蝴蝶在花间飞翔 Butterflies hover from flower to flower. 2) be in an uncertain situation or state of mind. He hovered between staying and leaving. 在去留问题上，他犹豫不决了。 我犹豫不决今晚是听音乐会还是看戏。 Im hovering
10、between the concert and the play tonight.,3) price, value, or score stays at more or less that level and does not change much:(价格、价值、分数等）上下波动 e.g. The price hovers with demand. 价格随着需求的变化而波动。,melancholy,N. adj A feeling of thoughtful sadness 忧郁，愁思 忧郁的，使人悲伤的 E.g. 在他的散文中贯穿着一种忧郁的情绪。 a feeling of melanch
11、oly runs through his prose. 我立即陷入无限的愁思之中 All at once I fell into a state of melancholy.,purr,v. intr.（不及物动词） To make or utter a soft, vibrant sound: 产生或发出一种轻柔且颤动的声音： The cat purred. The sewing machine purred. 猫发出呜呜声。缝纫机呜呜地响着 v.tr.（及物动词） To express by a soft, vibrant sound. （人愉快或劝说别人时）轻柔地说话 You can t
12、ell me the truth, she purred. “你可以告诉我真相，”她轻声说。,prick,1) pricks holes刺；戳；扎 2) prick her finger with the needle. 戳伤；扎伤 3) pricks up ones earsto listen eagerly when sb suddenly hear an interesting sound or an important piece of information 竖起耳朵听, 注意地听,prick up oneself 打扮自已; 炫耀自已,ripple,When the wind ri
13、pples plants or trees, they move in a wave-like motion. (植物等)如波浪起伏;（使）呈波状起伏 树冠在微风中婆娑摇曳。 The tops of the trees rippled in the breeze A slight wind rippled the crops in the valley. 一阵微风吹过，山谷里的庄稼便随风起伏。,slumber,to sleep peacefully 睡眠，熟睡； She fell into a deep and peaceful slumber. 她睡着了，睡得又沉又香 The older t
14、hree girls are still slumbering peacefully. 稍大的 3 个女孩还在安静地睡着。,Chinese Pagoda,Background Information,About the Author,Katherine MansfieldAn outstanding short story writer. She was born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1888. She studied at Queens College, London, where she met John Middleton Murry, a fam
15、ous critic, whom she later married. After years of ill-health and struggle as a freelance writer and reviewer, she achieved success with Bliss and Other Stories (1920) and The Garden Party (1922). Just as she won world fame, however, her health grew worse. She died of tuberculosis in 1923.,She was a
16、 prominent modernist writer of short fiction who wrote under the pen name of Katherine Mansfield. When she was 19 Mansfield left New Zealand and settled in the United Kingdom, where she became friends with modernist writers such as D.H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf. During the First World War she con
17、tracted extrapulmonary tuberculosis, which led to her death at the age of 34.,About the Author,Critics praised her for her capturing the essence of Chekhovs art for stories emphasizing atmosphere and actual life rather than exciting plot, and for her “refreshing originality” and “ sensitivity to bea
18、uty”.,瑟琳曼斯菲尔德，(Katherine Mansfield)，短篇小说家。1888年生于新西兰惠灵顿。于伦敦皇后学院学习期间结识劳伦斯和著名评论家约翰默里，其后与默里结婚。凯瑟琳长期遭受病痛折磨，作为一个自由撰稿人和批评家，她笔耕不辍，终于以天赐的福及其他故事和游园会取得成功。评论家赞誉其捕捉到了契诃夫的艺术精髓，侧重生活的原汁原味而非出其不意的情节，创新让人耳目一新，对美有敏锐的直觉。在获得世界声誉的同时，她的健康每况愈下，1923年因肺结核病逝。,Mansfields creative years were burdened with loneliness, illness, j
19、ealousy, alienation - all this reflected in her work with the bitter depiction of marital and family relationships of her middle-class characters. Her short stories are also notable for their use of stream of consciousness.,About the Author,Her Influence Revolutionized the English short story; Marke
20、d the maturity of English short story; Was often compared to Dickens and Chekhov.,Text Analysis,Setting of the story: in a restaurant Protagonists: Vera and her ex-lover (his name was never told),Main Idea,This is a story about a young man and a young woman who had been lovers once and now meet agai
21、n after six years of separation, and as they reminisce, we begin to know what happened six years ago that finally led to the end of their relationship.,Lesson 9 A Dill Pickle,Veras changeThe mans change,Lesson 9 A Dill Pickle,Physical Changes：,Lesson 9 A Dill Pickle,Lesson 9 A Dill Pickle,Lesson 9 A
22、 Dill Pickle,What they have in common: interest in music, traveling and loneliness (both were lonely),Lesson 9 A Dill Pickle,What do they have in common?,Text Analysis,Structure,1,Paras. 1-12A chance reunion,2,Paras. 13-60His story and her story,3,Paras. 61-66The second breakup,Speaking Activities,1
23、. Role play Dramatize the scene of their reencounterpay attention to the subtlety of tone, look, and action.,2. Love counseling Imagine that you are a relationship counselor and give advice to the two lovers on what goes wrong in their relationship and how they can make up, if possible.,1. Character
24、istics of modernist writing: symbolic images fragmented plot trivial subjects psychological insight, “stream of consciousness”,Text Analysis,Style,Many of the images in the story are deliberately symbolic. Can you find them? e.g. dill pickledaffodil-narcissusVeras glovethe strange beast,3. Why is th
25、e story titled “A Dill Pickle”? How is it relevant to a love story? What might it represent symbolically, if it does?,A dill pickle tastes sour, spicy, bitter and sweet. It may symbolize the feeling of Vera, a mixture of flavors. Veras life is very dull. So the meeting serves as an appetizer just as
26、 a stone is thrown into the motionless water and stirs up various desires to break the dull life of Vera.,From the mans point of view: Vera is just an appetizer, not a main course, meaning she is not a person that the man would like to spend the whole life with. She only makes his dull life a little
27、 colorful.,How differently did Vera and the man react to their chance reencounter? Why?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I: Discussion,2. Do you think the man meant it when he said that Vera looked “so well”? Why did he say so? No, she was not feeling well.,2. She smiled, he frowned. (p. 2),She
28、smiled because she was very glad to see her old friend. He frowned because he could not recognize her.Frown: move ones eyebrows together because one is angry, unhappy or confused. frown on/upon: disapprove sth. e.g. My parents always frown on late nights out.,1. peel:n. the skin of the fruit （水果）皮，外
29、皮a banana peel v. to Peel an apple:take off the skin of an orangeto peel potatoes,peel off,vi 1.peel off the outer layer of something剥去 我花了两天时间才揭下这些标签 It took me two days to peel off the labels. 2remove（clothing）脱衣服They peeled off their clothes and jumped into the water 他们脱去外衣，跳入水中。,e.g. Housewives
30、routinely peel off crisp I0 000 ($ 82) notes to pay for their shopping.,3. He closed his eyes an instant, but opening them his face lit up as though he had struck a match in a dark room. (p. 2) paraphrase:, When he remembered who she was, he suddenly looked very excited.,Light up (with):becomes brig
31、ht; or sb suddenly looks pleased or happy 照亮; （使）变得喜悦 e.g On September 5 a massive display of fireworks will light up the sky here. 9月5日会有大型焰火表演照亮这里的夜空 Her face lit up with happiness when she saw her beloved.,About the Text Expressions,3. You were saying: an expression used to encourage someone (you
32、 just interrupted) to continue to speak 4. this trick of his:trick: clever action小把戏the trick of interrupting her,Episode 1 (13-15): first date His memory: Sunshine flower, her beautiful voice vs.Her memory: his absurdness, chasing wasps among those elegant people, her embarrassment.,Text Analysis,D
33、etailed Analysis,Part II: Discussion,Episode 2 (16-21): on a lawn the man: madly in love, having a sweet tongue, yet still immature and impractical,a kind of mother and children relation with Vera.,78,Royal Botanical Gardens (Kew Gardens), London,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Episode 3 (22-43):the
34、 Russian tripThe man described his experience of the river life on the Volga, which evoked Veras rich imagination.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II: Discussion,80,Russia: the Volga & the Black Sea,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,2,3,81,Boatmen on the Volga,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Epis
35、ode 4 (44-51): the night of the Christmas treeWhat did it show that the man did not remember his dogs name whereas Vera did?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II: Discussion,Once again he seems to be playing with her - a sentimental episode: to arouse her loving response and then humiliating her by saying how he has forgotten his past, how he has moved on in his own life.,
