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课件网) Unit 4 Exploring Literature Reading The old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway unique writing style tough men（硬汉） A man can be destroyed but not defeated.（一个人可以被毁灭但是不能被击败） Santiago, an experienced fisherman, who attempts to catch a huge fish, after coming in empty-handed for eighty-four days. Background information Read the excerpt(节选) and think about the question. What is the excerpt about It describes the battles between the old man and the fish. The old man struggled to catch the fish while the fish struggled to escape. Battles: round 1 (回合) The fish was coming in on his circle now calm and beautiful looking and only his great tail moving. The old man pulled on him all that he could to bring him closer. For just a moment the fish turned a little on his side. Then he straightened himself and began another circle. “I moved him,” the old man said. “I moved him then.” The old man VS The fish(para.1-2) He felt faint again now but he held on the great fish all the strain that he could. I moved him, he thought. Maybe this time I can get him over. Pull, hands, he thought. Hold up, legs. Last for me, head. Last for me. You never went. This time I’ll pull him over. But when he put all of his efforts on, starting it well out before the fish came alongside and pulling with all his strength, the fish pulled part way over and then righted himself and swam away. The old man VS The fish (para.3-4) Battles: round 2 “Fish,” the old man said. “Fish, you are going to have to die anyway. Do you have to kill me too ” That way nothing is accomplished, he thought. His mouth was too dry to speak but he could not reach for the water now. I must get him alongside this time, he thought. I am not good for many more turns. Yes, you are, he told himself. You’re good for ever. On the next turn, he nearly had him. But again the fish righted himself and swam slowly away. The old man VS The fish(para.5-7) Battles: round 3 The old man VS The fish (para.8-13) You are killing me, fish, the old man thought... Now you are getting confused in the head... “Clear up, head,”he said... Twice more it was the same on the turns. I do not know, the old man thought... He tried it once more and he felt himself going when he turned the fish. The fish righted himself and swam off again slowly with the great tail weaving in the air. Battles: round 4 I’ll try it again, the old man promised, although his hands were mushy now and he could only see well in flashes. He tried it again and it was the same. So he thought, and he felt himself going before he started; I will try it once again. The old man VS The fish(para.14-15) Battles: round 5 Never have I seen a greater, or more beautiful, or a calmer or more noble thing than you, brother. Is the fish only a huge fish You are killing me, fish,...But you have a right（权利） to. A great opponent (对手) A respectable friend Santiago's own fate(命运) 1.How ... ...
