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1、Study Guide (Unit 3)Guide to Unit 3:Text One: A HangingGeneral questions:1. What is the story about?2. How many parts can the whole narrative story be divided into? What is each part about? Comprehension Questions:1. Where and when did the story take place?2. Provide a general description of the con
2、demned cells.3. How many wardens were guarding the convicted man and preparing him for the gallows?3. How did the man react while the warders were getting him ready?4. According to the superintendent of the jail, by what time should the condemned man have been hanged to death?5. How was the condemne
3、d man escorted to the gallows?6. How did the prisoner walk?7. What is the main idea of Paragraph 8?8. What was the writer thinking about when he watched the prisoner step aside to avoid a puddle on the path?9. What can we infer about the authors attitude toward capital punishment?10. What does Parag
4、raph 9 tell us?11. What do Paragraphs 10 -11 describe?12. Who issued the order to hang the prisoner? And how was it given?13. What does Paragraph 13 describe?14. How did the superintendent make sure that the prisoner was dead?15. What can be inferred from “Eight minutes past eight. Well, thats all f
5、or this morning, thank God.” uttered by the superintendent?16. Describe the scene that the convicts were receiving their breakfast.17. How did the judicial officers feel after the Hindu was hanged?18. What anecdote did the Eurasian boy tell the writer?19. What did Francis think of the hanging of the
6、 Hindu?20. Why did Francis mention other cases?21. Retell the head jailers anecdote which seemed extraordinarily funny to the writer? Is it really funny to you?22. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?23. What is the writers purpose of narrating this story?Language points: Go through the f
7、ollowing language points. Pay special attention to the underlined parts.1. It was in Burma, on a sodden morning of the rains. (Para. 1)2. the condemned cells: (Para. 1)3. a row of sheds fronted with double bars: (Para. 1)4. Each cell measured about ten feet by ten and was quite bare within except fo
8、r a plank bed and a pot for drinking water. (Para.1)5. squat6. drape sth. round / over sth. else: (Para.1)7. warder8. handcuff9. lash10. But he stood quite unresisting, yielding his arms limply to the ropes, as though he hardly noticed what was happening. (Para. 2)11. Eight oclock struck and a bugle
9、 call floated from the distant barracks. (Para. 3) 12. The superintendent of the jail, who was standing apart from the rest of us, moodily prodding the gravel with his stick (Para. 3) 13. “Yes sir, yes sir,” he bubbled. (Para. 4)14. gripping him by arm and shoulder: (Para. 6)15. slide16. the lock of
10、 hair on his scalp danced up and down, his feet printed themselves on the wet gravel. (Para. 7)17. puddle 18. When I saw the prisoner step aside to avoid the puddle I saw the mystery, the unspeakable wrongness, of cutting a life short when it is in full tide. (Para. 8) Paraphrase19. All the organs o
11、f his body were working bowels digesting food, skin renewing itself, nails growing, tissues forming all toiling away in solemn foolery. (Para. 8) Paraphrase20. on the drop: (Para. 8) where?21. with a sudden snap: (Para. 8) meaning?22. convict23. servile24. crouch25. noose26. reiterate27. ram28. toll
12、29. never faltering for an instant: (Para.11)30. his head on his chest: (Para. 11)31. Everyone had changed color. (Para. 11) meaning?32. dangle33. Very slowly revolving, as dead as a stone. (Para. 13) 34. oscillate35. “Hes all right,” said the superintendent. (Para. 14)36. He backed out from under t
13、he gallows, and blew out a deep breath. ( Para.14)37. ladle38. homely39. jolly 40. An enormous relief had come upon us now that the job was done. (Para. 15)41. One felt an impulse to sing, to break into a run, to snigger. (Para. 15)42. All at once everyone began chattering gaily. (Para. 15)43. Euras
14、ian 44. when he heard his appeal had been dismissed, he pissed on the floor of his cell. (Para. 16)45. garrulously46. “Well, sir, all has passed off with the utmost satisfactoriness.” (Para. 18)47. “I have known cases where the doctor was obliged to go beneath the gallows and pull the prisoners legs to ensure decease. Most disagreeable.” (Para. 18)48. “You will scarcely credit, sir, that it took six warders to dislodge him, three pulling at each leg.” (Para. 20)49. genially50. We all had a drink together, native and European alike, quite amicably. (Para. 22)3
