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Lesson 11—The Pen of My Aunt

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Warm-upWarm-up

I. Warming-up Qs

II. Dictation

III. Poem Appreciation

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What is the background of this story?

I.I. Warm-up QsWarm-up Qs

Could you find the similar Chinese character in

modern Beijing opera?

Who impresses you most among the four main

characters, Madame, Simone, the stranger, or

the corporal?

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Success Can Be Reached in Different Ways by People in Different Careers.

II.II. DictationDictation

Listen to the passage and fill in

the missing words.

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With so much feeling astir and so many ____ ideas being agitated, it might seem logical to expect a _________ school of Romantic drama. Yet only a few isolated works, more interesting than irreplaceable, _______ the dramatic output of the Romanticists—Shelley’s Cenci, Byron’s Manfred, and Kleist’s brilliant pieces in several genres. Ironically, Shakespeare’s new role as __________ had a curiously paralyzing effect on the theatre down to the middle of the century and beyond.

II.II. DictationDictationnovel

flourishing

compose

emancipator

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In England, poet after poet tried his hand at _____ drama,

only to fail from too anxious a desire to be ____________.

On the Continent, various ____________ about him and old

habits of classical tragedy prevented a new drama from

coming to life. Victor Hugo’s plays contained brilliant

verse, and their form influenced grand _____ (Wagner’s

no less than Verdi’s), but the fact remained: the

dramatic quality could be found everywhere in

Romanticist art except on the _____.

poetic

Shakespearean

misconceptions

opera

stage

II.II. DictationDictation

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________ on this point suggests that, quite apart from Shakespeare, the very concern of the Romantics with exploring the inner and outer worlds ____________ hampered the playwright. Perhaps great drama requires that one or the other world be taken as settled so that ______, which is the essence of drama, develops between a strong new force and a solid ________. Be that as it may, the Romantics found themselves in an age when both inner and outer worlds were in flux and from that double uncertainty ______ their creative _______.

II.II. DictationDictationReflection

simultaneously

conflict

resistance

derivedimpetus

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Leisure

W. H. Davies

What is this life if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare,

No time to stand beneath the boughsAnd stare as long as sheep or cows.

III.III. Poem Poem AppreciationAppreciation

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No time to see the wood we pass,Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,Streams full of stars like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty’s glanceAnd watch her feet, how they can dance.

A poor life this, if, full of care,We have no time to stand and stare.

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闲情

无暇停下看看，终日操劳，这算什么生活？

无暇站在树阴下像绵羊或奶牛久久凝视。

无暇在穿过树林时停下，看松鼠在草丛冲储存浆果。

III.III. Poem Poem AppreciationAppreciation

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无暇观赏明媚阳光下的溪流，粼粼碧波，像夜空群星闪烁。

无暇回应美人的明眸，看她的双脚怎样翩翩起舞。

无暇停下看看，终日操劳，这算什么生活？

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