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1、Hi!Presentation before class Made byWhat do you think are the important things in your life?Kinship LoveSocial PositionMoney CareerKnowledgeDo you think “Money” is the most important thing in the world?Your Answer is Yes or No?I think most of us will disagree with that opinion!But However No matter
2、what anyway There is no doubt thatIncluding MeThere are some people who do treat money as the vitally important Thing! 外国文学作品中四大吝啬鬼形象：Miser(吝啬鬼)夏洛克（英国）莎士比亚威尼斯商人 葛朗台（法国）巴尔扎克欧也妮葛朗台 阿巴贡（法国）莫里哀 吝啬鬼 泼留希金（俄国）果戈理死魂灵 Especially those figures in some famous literary masterpieces?Today Ill share something abo
3、ut one of theworks with you!Its a book, a movie, and an attitude towards life!Eugenie Eugenie GrandetGrandet欧也妮葛朗台欧也妮葛朗台 Honor de BalzacHonor de BalzacFatherEugenieEugeniemotherMaid（Nanon） Grandets friends CharlescharactersFather -The old Grandetthe representative of greed and moneythe representativ
4、e of greed and money He is a former He is a former cooper(ncooper(n. . 制桶工人；修桶匠制桶工人；修桶匠) who ) who has become wealthy through both business has become wealthy through both business ventures and inheritance (inheriting the estates of ventures and inheritance (inheriting the estates of his mother-in-l
5、aw, grandfather-in-law and his mother-in-law, grandfather-in-law and grandmother all in one year).grandmother all in one year). 1.He always left himself in a back room, and appreciated money for a long time. 2.Grandet had a servant, who had worked for 30 years. But he never received any gift from Gr
6、andet, except one old watch. 3.After his wife died, he even seduced his daughter into giving up her inheritance of her mother. 4.When he was dying, he asked his daughter to put money on the table, and money could make him feel warm. When the priest（神父） put the crucifix(十字 架) of silver-gilt（表面镀金的银） t
7、o his lips, that he might kiss the Christ, he made a frightful gesture, as if to seize it; and that last effort cost his life. In order to collect money, he lost human nature. EugenieEugenie Kind and humane（仁慈的） She considered money as a method for helping others.she had done a lot of public she had
8、 done a lot of public work.work. she had built one restroom Eight primary schools One library she used money to help those who need it.she used money to help those who need it.Plots1.On Eugnie Grandets (欧也妮.葛朗台) birthday, her cousin Charles comes unexpectedly.2. Eugnie Grandet and Charles fall in lo
9、ve with each other, but Charles has to leave for India, as his father suicides and he becomes a poor man. We know that the old Grandet loves money , so he even regards his nephew as a burden.3. The old Grandet plans to profit from his brothers ruin. 4. The old Grandet is angry when he discovers that
10、 Eugnie has given her money (all in gold coins) to Charles. This leads to his wife falling ill, and his daughter being confined to her room. 5. Her mother soon died of illness. After that, his father seduces her into giving up her inheritance.6.Then,the old Grandet died.Charles comes back,but he pla
11、ns to marry an aristocratic（贵族的）girl, which makes Eugnie totally heartbroken.Finally, Eugnie decides to marry the lawyers nephew, but they arent real couple. She just wants to live freely and peacefully . Several years later, her husband died. She becomes a very wealthy widow of thirty-three having
12、now inherited her husbands fortune. She used money to help those who need it.After reading the book , what do you think of it?MoneyFrom the novel, I could see the shadow of the real life. Especially in recent years, China has been participating in economic globalizationto a deeper degree. With the e
13、conomic growth, more and more people consider that if you have money, you can make the devil push the millstone for you. Their favorite motto is money talks. So the only purpose is to make money as much as possible without heart of charity and humanity. The major role in Eugenie Grandet, the old Gra
14、ndet reflects phenomenon in modern China society. From a great amount of information, some people think that Chinese people are obsessive with money very much, and they are the lovers of money. For earning money, they break the law. However, meantime, there are still a lot of people doing charities
15、with money. They consider money as a means for helping others, what they have done is the same as Grandets daughter did. Of couse, nowadays we cant live without money. Its true, we should regard earning money as a method for perfect life. Money is not the final objective in our life. There are still so many valuable things that need us to accomplish.Make life full of love, not money!
