1、Unit 9,the Most Dangerous Game,ENTER,I. Questions,What games did you play in childhood? And which one impresses you most? Have you played any dangerous games? What are they? Would you introduce one to your classmates?,To be continued on the next page.,I. Questions,3. Do you love hunting? Why or why
2、not? Do you think animals have any feelings? 4. What are always being hunted? Do you believe that men could become the hunted?,To be continued on the next page.,I. Questions,5. Work together with your classmates and make up a story entitled “The Most Dangerous _”.,The end of Questions.,Richard Conne
3、ll (18931929 ) Born on October 17,1893, in a New York state community near the Hudson River, not far from Theodore Roosevelts homestead. Richard Connell started his writing career early, working as a reporter for the Poughkeepsie News-Press while still in high school. He spent a year at Georgetown C
4、ollege,II. Author,To be continued on the next page.,(now University) in Washington, D.C. while working as a secretary for his father, who was a member of Congress. When his father died in 1912, Connell moved back East to attend Harvard University. There he exercised his interest in writing by servin
5、g as an editor for both the Daily Crimson and the Lampoon, a precursor to,To be continued on the next page.,the popular National Lampoon satire magazine. Around this time he also worked as a reporter for the New York American newspaper and served in World War I. Later, he became a free-lance writer
6、of short stories and screen plays. He was a very prolific writer. Connell was claimed to have writtenover 300 short stories.,To be continued on the next page.,First published in 1924, the story has been frequently anthologized as a classic example of a suspenseful narrative loaded with action. Conne
7、lls story raises questions about the nature of violence and cruelty and the ethics of hunting for sport. “The Most Dangerous Game“ gained favorable recognition upon its initial publication in 1924, winning the prestigious O. Henry Memorial Award for Short Fiction. Its popularity was further establis
8、hed when the first film version of the story was produced in 1932.,III. Introduction to the Story,To be continued on the next page.,Two sailors Rainsford and his partner Whitney sailed into the darkness of the of sea. They were hunters and headed to the Amazon to hunt vicious animals such as Jaguars
9、. They sailed to an island called Ship-Trap Island. Sailors felt this island frightening. The sky was dark and everything was shrouded in darkness when suddenly he heard three gunshots. Then he heard a scream while smoking a pipe. Suddenly the pipe fell and as he tried to reach out for,To be continu
10、ed on the next page.,it he fell off the board into the sea and the waves swallowed his screams. Nobody could hear his cry for help. His only chance of survival was to swim. Rainsford swam towards the screams and found himself on the Island. He walked along the shoreline and later found a place that
11、looked like a mansion. There he met General Zaroff who bought the island to hunt. He was indeed a sportsman who invented a new hunting,To be continued on the next page.,game. His game was to train those men whose ships were wrecked, and provide them with food and a knife for three days. Once they we
12、re trained they were led out into the island while Zaroff chased after them and tried to hunt them. If they survived during those three days they had won the game and they were let free but otherwise they would be killed. Zaroff never lost the game because if one of the men being,To be continued on
13、the next page.,hunted was about to survive he would release the hounds to chased after them. Rainsford was invited to play the game with Zaroff. This time he became the hunted instead of the hunter,The end of Introduction to the Story.,IV. The Fox and the Cat,To be continued on the next page.,There
14、are two versions for the fable. One is Aesops version, and the other is Jacob and Wilhelm Grimms version.Aesops Version A fox was boasting to a cat of its clever devices for escaping its enemies. “I have a whole bag of tricks,“ he said, “which contains a hundred ways of escaping my enemies.“ “I have
15、 only one,“ said the cat. “But I can,To be continued on the next page.,generally manage with that.“ Just at that moment they heard the cry of a pack of hounds coming towards them, and the cat immediately scampered up a tree and hid herself in the boughs. “This is my plan,“ said the cat. “What are yo
16、u going to do?“ The fox thought first of one way, then of another, and while he was debating, the hounds came nearer and nearer, and at last the fox in his confusion was caught up,To be continued on the next page.,by the hounds and soon killed by the huntsmen. Miss Puss, who had been looking on, sai
17、d, “Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon.“ Jacob and Wilhelm Grimms Version It happened that the cat met Mr. Fox in the woods. She thought, “He is intelligent and well experienced, and is highly regarded in the world,“ so she spoke to him in a friendly,To be continued on the
18、 next page.,manner, “Good-day, my dear Mr. Fox. How is it going? How are you? How are you getting by in these hard times?“ The fox, filled with arrogance, examined the cat from head to feet, and for a long time did not know whether he should give an answer. At last he said, “Oh, you poor beard-licke
19、r, you speckled fool, you hungry mouse hunter, what are you thinking? Have you the nerve to ask how I am doing? What do you know? How many tricks do you understand?“,To be continued on the next page.,“I understand only one,“ answered the cat, modestly. “What kind of a trick is it?“ asked the fox. “W
20、hen the dogs are chasing me, I can jump into a tree and save myself.“ “Is that all?“ said the fox. “I am master of a hundred tricks, and in addition to that I have a sackful of cunning. I feel sorry for you. Come with me, and I will teach you how one escapes from the dogs.“ Just then a hunter came b
21、y with four dogs.,The cat jumped nimbly up a tree, and sat down at its top, where the branches and foliage completely hid her. “Untie your sack, Mr. Fox, untie your sack,“ the cat shouted to him, but the dogs had already seized him, and were holding him fast. “Oh, Mr. Fox,“ shouted the cat. “You and
22、 your hundred tricks are left in the lurch. If you had been able to climb like I can, you would not have lost your life.“,The end of the Fox and the Cat.,V. Madame Butterfly,To be continued on the next page.,Nagasaki, Japan, the end of the Nineteenth Century. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton (Richard Tro
23、xell), a young American lieutenant, buys a home and a geisha-wife (Butterfly), 15 years old. Sharpless (Richard Cowan), the U.S. consul, warns him that what for him is an exotic, passing fling, for Butterfly has serious consequences, having broken her ties with her family, culture and religion. Pink
24、erton goes back to his ship and his commission,The end of Madame Butterfly.,to return three years later with an American wife. Butterfly, who has borne him a son and has rejected an offer of marriage from a rich nobleman, feels obliged to sacrifice her life in order to safeguard her honor.,VI. Text
25、Analysis,Rainsford, a noted hunter, falls off a ship and swims to an island. He finds there the evil General Zaroff who, with the help of his assistant, hunts humans for sport. After three days of fighting for his life in the jungle while Zaroff hunts him, Rainsford surprises Zaroff and kills him.,T
26、he end of Theme.,Part 1 (Paras. 1 )Part 2 (Paras.15 )Part 2 ( Para. ),The end of Structure.,VII. Writing Device,He was deliciously tired. (Para. 39),To be continued on the next page.,There are mainly five ways to form an oxymoron.,1. Adj. + N. e.g. cruel kindness, a living death 2. Adj. + Adj. e.g.
27、sour-sweet memories, cold pleasant manner, the poor magnificent bungler 3. Adv. + Adj. e.g. falsely true, mercifully fatal,To be continued on the next page.,There are mainly five ways to form an oxymoron.,4. V. + Adv. e.g. shine darkly, hasten slowly5. N. + N. e.g. a love-hate relationship, the soun
28、d of silence,The end of Writing Device.,VIII. Sentence Paraphrase 1,As you wish, my friend. The choice rests entirely with you. But may I venture to suggest that youll find my idea of sport more interesting than Ivans. (Para. 6),go to 2,He nodded toward the corner to where the giant stood, his thick
29、 arms crossed on his hogshead of a chest. (Para. 7),go to 3,To be continued on the next page.,Please translate the following phrases or sentences into Chinese. a tyrant of a father that palace of a house some fool of a man Thats a hell of a thing to do. Ha! What a devil of a name! In rushed a giant
30、of a French officer. She was a mere slip of a girl. Could she do that?,back to 2,The general raised his glass, but Rainsford sat staring at him. (Para. 10),The general is ready to propose a toast for the game they are going to play, but Rainsford finds all things unbelievable.,go to 4,“Your brain ag
31、ainst mine. You woodcraft against mine. Your strength and stamina against mine. Outdoor chess! And the stake is not without value, eh?” (Para. 11),Zaroff found the idea of competing with Rainsford interesting because Rainsford was a famous hunter. The game would become a game of strength, ability, s
32、kill, experience, and intelligence. The game would be as interesting as a game of outdoor chess. And both sides had the lives as the stakes.,go to 5,One foolish fellow tried it. The deplorable part of it was that Lazarus followed him. He was the finest hound in my pack. (Para. 13),One foolish fellow
33、 tried to escape through the Death Swamp, and he was killed by the quicksand. But the sad thing was that one of my finest hounds followed him there and was devoured by the quicksand. (Pay attention to the different attitudes Zaroff had for the loss of a man and a dog. For the man, he considered it a
34、 foolish behaviour, whereas for the hound, a lamentable thing.),go to 6,General Zaroff, with a deep courtly bow, strolled from the room. (Para. 14),go to 7,Rainsford had fought his way through the bush for two hours. “I must keep my nerve. I must keep my nerve,” he said through tight teeth. (Para. 1
35、5),Rainsford had run for his life through the bush for two hours. “I must keep calm and act wisely or I would be caught,” he said with his teeth clenched because of nervousness.,go to 8,He had not been entirely clear-headed when the chateau gates snapped shut behind him. His whole idea at first was
36、to put distance between himself and General Zaroff. He had plunged along, spurred on by a sharp feeling of panic. (Para. 16),He couldnt think clearly and wisely when the gates were shut with a loud sound. At first the only thing he wanted to do was to get as far away as possible from Zaroff. He had
37、moved quickly, driven by a feeling of extreme fear.,go to 9,But now he had got a grip on himself, had stopped, and was taking stock of himself and the situation. (Para. 16),Now he calmed down, had stopped the blind running for life, and was making an appraisal of himself and the situation.,go to 10,
38、He saw the straight flight was futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea. He was in a picture with a frame of water, and his operations, clearly must take place within that frame. (Para. 17),He realized the straight escape was useless; of course it would make him face the sea.
39、He was surrounded by the sea, and as a result all his actions must be carried out within the frame of water.,go to 11,He executed a series of intricate loops; he doubled on his trail again and again. (Para. 18),go to 12,He moved round and round many times and after that he covered the same trail rep
40、eatedly so as to confuse Zaroff.,“I have played the fox,” he thought, “now I must play the cat.” after a fashion, rested. (Para. 18),Rainsford said to himself that he has done enough running and now should hide up in a tree.,go to 13,Rainsfords impulse was to hurl himself down like a panther, but he
41、 saw that the generals right hand held something metallica small automatic pistol. (Para. 20),Rainsfords first reaction was to jump upon General Zaroff and take his chances, but then he was checked by the sight of the pistol in the generals right hand.,go to 14,The pent-up air burst hotly from Rains
42、fords lungs. (Para. 18),go to 15,Rainsfords second thought was even more terrible. It sent a shudder of cold horror through his whole being. (Para. 18),After a second thought, Rainsford realized the situation was not what he had thought. And it made him tremble all over.,go to 16,Following the trail
43、 with the sureness of a bloodhound came the general. (Para. 27),The sentence is used in inverted order. The normal order should be: The general came following the trail with the sureness of a bloodhound.,go to 17,His foot touched the protruding bough that was the trigger. (Para. 27),go to 18,He sens
44、ed the danger and leaped back with the agility of an ape. (Para. 27),Although there was no proof he felt that there was danger and he jumped back with the quickness of a monkey.,go to 19,. but for his alertness, he must have been smashed beneath it. (Para. 27),without,If he had not been so alert, he
45、 would certainly have been crushed to death.,go to 20,“I am going now to have my wound dressed. But I shall be back. I shall be back.” (Para. 28),(Pay attention to the fact that the general says “I shall be back” two times to show his will and determination to get Rainsford. ),have my wound cleaned
46、and bandaged,go to 21,He crouched behind lightning-charred tree and waited. Soon he heard the padding sound of feet on the soft earth. (Para. 31),go to 22,Then he felt an impulse to cry out with joy, for he heard the sharp scream of pain as the cover of the pit gave way and the pointed stakes found
47、their mark. (Para. 31),go to 23,At daybreak Rainsford was awakened by a sound that made him know that he had new things to learn about fear. (Para. 33),At sunrise Rainsford was waken up by the baying of the hounds that made him feel more frightened than before.,go to 24,Rainsford had hardly tumbled
48、to the ground when the pack took up the cry again. (Para. 38),to fall quickly and suddenly downward,No sooner had Rainsford fallen to the ground than the pack barked again.,go to 25,Two slight annoyances kept him from perfect enjoyment. (Para. 39),However it could have been a perfect hunting game bu
49、t for two slight annoyances.,The end of Sentence Paraphrase.,VIV. Word Study,1. agility,n. the state of being able to move in a quickand easy fashionExamples: He has got the agility of a mountain goat. This job requires considerable mental agility. (the ability to think quickly andclearly),To be con
50、tinued on the next page.,a. agileExamples: My grandmother isnt as agile as she used to be. For a man of 80, he has a remarkable agile mind.,2. alertness,n. the state of being quick to see, understand and act in a particular situationa. alert / n. alertExamples: Stay/Keep alert or you will miss the planes when they fly by.,
