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1、,The Woods were Tossing With Jewels Marie St. John,Contents,Background Information,Difficult Sentences,Text Organization,Rhetorical Devices,Background Information,美国佛罗里达州南部的亚热带克拉莎草沼泽地区，这是一条最宽处达80公里但一般深不到0.3公尺(1尺)的“草河”，面积超过11,100平方公里。河水经由该地区向南缓慢地流到与西南部墨西哥湾和南部佛罗里达湾相连的红树林沼泽。沼泽地向东延伸到包括迈阿密都会区在内的狭窄沙洲附近，向西
2、与大赛普里斯沼泽汇流。大沼泽地的英文名“Everglades”是佛罗里达州独有的名称。“glade”用于指森林中长满草的开阔地或者潮湿的沼泽地；“ever”可能是用来形容当地的沼泽地区似乎一眼无际。,Everglades,Ten Thousand Islands,The Ten Thousand Islands are a chain of islands and mangrove islets off the coast of southwest Florida, between Cape Romano (at the southern end of Marco Island) and th
3、e mouth of Lostmans River. Some of the islands are high spots on a drowned shoreline. Others were produced by mangroves growing on oyster bars. Despite the name, the islets in the chain only number in the hundreds.,Marco Island,Marco Island is a city in Collier County, Florida, United States, locate
4、d on an island by the same name in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Southwest Florida. It is a principal city of the NaplesMarco Island Metropolitan Statistical Area. Originally named San Marco Island by Spanish explorers, Marco Island is the largest barrier island within Southwest Floridas Ten T
5、housand Islands area extending southerly to Cape Sable.,The Westward Movement,Life on the American Frontier, daily life in the new settlements that formed as the United States expanded west to the Pacific Ocean, south to the Gulf of Mexico and north to Alaska, did much to shape the American life. Th
6、e westward movement across the continent began during the colonial era in the 1600s and continued into the 1900s. Although each frontier posed its own set of problems, all shared certain characteristics:,Text Organization,Text Organization,The text, like all other narrative writing, is made up of th
7、ree parts: the beginning, the middle and the ending. Part I: paragraphs 13, introducing the setting of the story, providing necessary background information, Part II: paragraphs 436, describing the familys journey to their new home, their building of the house on the island and their opening up of t
8、he land in great detail Part III: paragraph 37, linking the past with the present and reflecting the theme of the story by pointing out that the familys good qualities were as precious as jewels.,PART ：details,para4 to 8, preparations for the trip,para 9 to 17, travelling from Palmetto to an offshor
9、e island,para 18 to 22, life on the island called Gopher Key,para 23 to 36, life in the new home,Difficult Sentences in Part ,PARA 4,We had made our home in Palmetto for a year or so where my mothers gentle folks, the Harrisons, had settled following the Civil War. gentle folks : (old usage) people
10、of high social standing; people who come from families in a high social class,PARA 4,Our comfortable two-story frame house was set about with live oaks provide a roost for the chicken. set about: (rare) surrounded by trees that have been set (planted) there rather than growing naturally set about(do
11、ing sth): to start or begin 开始 to try 试着(做某事)，试图： e.g. I set about reading the book at one go.,PARA 9,I wish I could make you see the little stores, all alone, way off in the backwoods where we would stop to replenish our food stock from time to timeOccasionally a blacksmiths shed would adjoin the s
12、tore 我真希望能够让你看一下单独在人烟稀少的偏远地方的小商店偶尔也有铁匠的棚子搭在商店的近旁 Backwoods 人烟稀少的偏远地方； blacksmith 铁匠,Replenish /rpln/ TEM8,If you replenish something, you make it full or complete again. 重新充满; 再度装满 e.g. 需要30万吨谷物才能重新装满仓库。 Three hundred thousand tons of cereals are needed to replenish stocks. n.replenishment 补充，补给,Adj
13、oin /dn/ CET6 TEM8,If one room, place, or object adjoins another, they are next to each other. vi. 毗连，邻接vt. 毗连，邻接 adj.adjoining 邻接的；毗连的 e.g.If the enclosing sides adjoin each other, the area should be properly vented. 如果封闭的侧面彼此邻接，该区域要有适当的通风。,PARA 10,This third day out, and days to come, found us in
14、the unsettled wilds of Florida. The structure varies a little in this sentence to avoid monotony and to give emphasis to the time. Otherwise it would start with “we” again- We were in the unsettled wilds of Florida in the third day out, and the days to come. 出发的第三天以及以后的日子里，我们都在佛罗里达无人居住的荒野中穿行。 e.g. T
15、he sun in the early morning found him running in the playground。,PARA 12,These lush hammocks were green with ferns. hammock:a fertile raised area with hardwood trees 拓展： hammock /hmk/ TEM8 A hammock is a piece of strong cloth or netting which is hung between two supports and used as a bed. 吊床 e.g.So
16、me of the Indians of this region, earlier in the century, used to sleep naked in hammocks. 在本世纪早期，这一地区的一些印第安人常常赤身睡在吊床里。,PARA 13,Every lawman in southern Florida was acquainted with his treachery and cunning. Treachery: /trtr/ CET6+ TEM8 背叛;变节；背叛行为 Treachery is behaviour or an action in which someone betrays their country or betrays a person who trusts them. e.g. And that was never regarded as treachery to his faith, nor was every treacherous to the
