现代大学英语(精读)2--l

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1、Unit4TheNightingaleandtheRoseBackgroundInformationFairytalesWhatisit?HansAndersen&GrimmBrothersFeaturesOscarO’WildeArt’sforart’ssakeFairyTalesWhatisyourfavouritefairytale?Whatisit?????WitchesandQueensgiantsandelves(精灵)princesandprincessestalkinganimalsWhatisit?????Marvelousan

2、dmagicalthingshappen:aboymaybecomeabirdaprincessmaysleepforahundredyearsWhatisit?????Alwayssameendingandsimilartheme:truthprevailsoverdeceptiongenerosityisultimatelyrewardedhardworkovercomesobstacleslove,mercyandkindnessarethegreatestpowersofallHansChristianAndersen“TheKingof

3、Tales”TheLittleMermaidTheEmperor’sNewClothesTheUglyDucklingThePrincessandThePeaGrimmBrothersCinderellaSleepingBeautyTheFrogKingTheFisherman&HisWifeSnowWhiteLittleRed-CapFeaturesoffairytalesfrequentuseofpersonificationsymbolicmeaninggiventowordsvivid,simplenarrationrepetitivep

4、atternusedOscarO’Wilde(1854-1900)OscarO’WildeIrish-bornnovelist,playwright,poet,andcriticKnownforwitty,oftenparadoxical,sayingsthatlampoonthesocialmodesandbehavioroftheEnglishupperclassesofhistimeChampioningtheaestheticmovement,whichisbasedontheideaofartforart’ssakeOscarO’Wil

5、de“Asayoungsterhewasexposedtothebrilliantliterarytalkofthedayathismother’sDublinsalon.”“Asanaesthete,theeccentricyoungWildeworelonghairandvelvetkneebreeches（天鹅绒及膝马裤）.Hisroomswerefilledwithvariousobjectssuchassunflowers,peacockfeathers,andbluechina;Wildeclaimedtoaspiretotheper

6、fectionofthechina.”OscarO’WildeOnlynovel:ThePictureofDorianGray(1891)Fourmostdistinctiveandengagingcomedies:LadyWindermere’sFan(1892)AWomanofNoImportance(1893)AnIdealHusband(1895)TheImportanceofBeingEarnest(1895)QuotesfromWildeMenbecomeold,buttheyneverbecomegood.LadyWindermer

7、e'sFan.Amanwhomoralizesisusuallyahypocrite,andawomanwhomoralizesisinvariablyplain.LadyWindermere'sFan.Richbachelorsshouldbeheavilytaxed. Itisnotfairthatsomemenshouldbehappierthanothers.InConversation.Menarehorriblytediouswhentheyaregoodhusbands,andabominablyconceitedwhentheya

8、renot.AWomanofNoImportance.QuotesfromWildeAbadmanisthesortofmanwhoad