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1、UnitTenTextI:KeepClass2UnderYourThumbTextII:AnExeterSchoolBoyUnitTen:ObjectivesThislessonisintendedforintensivestudy,wheremuchattentionisgiventoreadingskillsandwritingskills.LexicalworkandgrammaticalpracticewillneverbeleftoutinlayingasolidfoundationinEnglish.Thro
2、ughstudyingthistextthestudentswillreviewthewritingofnarrationwhichvividlyandamusinglydescribeshowayoung,weakandinexperiencedteacherfailstocontrolaclassthathasfrightenedawayasuccessionofsubstitutesfortheirownteachers.CulturalBackgroundThewriter:EdwardBlishen(1920-
3、1996),Britishnovelist,autobiographer,writerofchildren'sfiction,andwriterinthefieldofeducation.HehasbeenworkingasaneditorfortheJuniorPressEncyclopedia,London,since1961.ThetextisanextractfromoneofhispublicationsRoaringBoys(1955).EdwardBlishenwasarecognizedexpertaut
4、horityonchildren'sliterature.In1970,hewontheCarnegieMedaljointlywithLeonGarfieldforTheGodBeneaththeSea.Healsocompiledtheacclaimedanthology,Children'sClassicstoReadAloud,publishedbyKingfisher.TogetherwithhiswifeNancyhecompiledseveralanthologiesforKingfisher,includ
5、ingTheKingfisherTreasuryofStoriesforChildrenandtheage-rangedTreasuryofStoriesseries.EdwardBlishendiedin1996.GeoffreyChaucer(1342/43-1400)Writer,officialandbureaucrat,theoutstandingEnglishpoetbeforeWilliamShakespeare,GeoffreyChaucerisrememberedastheauthorofCanterb
6、uryTales（坎特伯雷故事集）,whichranksasoneofthegreatestepicworksofworldliterature.ChaucermadeacrucialcontributiontoEnglishliteratureinusingEnglishatatimewhenmuchcourtpoetrywasstillwritteninAnglo-NormanorLatin.Althoughhespentoneoftwobriefperiodsofdisfavor,Chaucerlivedthewh
7、oleofhislifeclosethecentersofEnglishpower.《坎特伯雷故事集》是英国作家乔叟的小说。作品描写一群香客聚集在伦敦一家小旅店里，准备去坎特伯雷城朝圣。店主人建议香客们在往返途中各讲两个故事，看谁讲的最好。故事集包括了23个故事，其中最精彩的故事有：骑士讲的爱情悲剧故事、巴斯妇讲的骑士的故事、卖赎罪券者讲的劝世寓言故事、教士讲的动物寓言故事、商人讲的家庭纠纷的故事、农民讲的感人的爱情和慷慨义气行为的故事。作品广泛地反映了资本主义萌芽时期的英国社会生活，揭露了教会的腐败、教士的贪婪和伪善，
8、谴责了扼杀人性的禁欲主义，肯定了世俗的爱情生活。《坎特伯雷故事集》的艺术成就很高，远远超过了以前同时代的英国文学作品，是英国文学史上现实主义的第一部典范。作品将幽默和讽刺结合，喜剧色彩浓厚，其中大多数故事用双韵诗体写成，对后来的英国文学产生了影响。人物形象鲜明，语言生动活泼。乔叟用富有生命力的伦敦方言进行创作，也为英
