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1、My Stroke of Luck,Kirk Douglas,Text analysis,The story is basically a piece of narrative writing, in which the account of the latest event is interrupted by a number of flashbacks (some earlier events and experiences). It begins with the air crash, then it goes back to what had happened before. Afte
2、r this the author resumes the narration of the air crash and subsequent events.,a figure of speech; a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words. 双关一种文字游戏，有时利用同一个词的不同意思,而有时利用不同词的相近意思或发音,Pun,Pun,1. We must all hang toge
3、ther or we shall all hang separately. (意义双关) 2. Seven days without water make one weak.(谐音双关) punny adj. 一语双关的; 带双关谐语的,英语中有趣的双关语 He is not a grave man until he is a grave man. 他不是一个严肃的人,除非他躺到坟墓里才能严肃起来。 They pray for you today and prey on you tomorrow. 他们今天为你祈祷，明天就会加害于你。 Women have a wonderful sense
4、of right and wrong,but little sense of right and left. 女性对善恶感觉惊人，而对左右感觉麻木,国外一个网站评选的2003年十大pun，下面是其中的三个例子 He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends. Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana. 时光像箭一样飞逝，水果像香蕉一样飞逝 ? A bicycle cant stand on its own because it i
5、s two-tyred.,语意歧解双关 Customer: Waiter, will the pancakes be long? 煎饼还是要等很久吗？ Waiter: No, sir. Round.不，先生，是圆的。 延伸双关 A: Which is the longest word in English? 英语中最长的单词是哪一个？ B: Smiles, because there is a “mile” between the first letter “s” and the last letter “s”.是smiles，因为从第一个字母s到最后一个字母s,中间相隔一英里（mile）。,
6、Structural analysis:,Part 1( Para 1-2) Introduction Part 2 (Para 3-4) His wifes intuition and good judgments Part 3(Para 5-7) Romance and marriage Part 4(Para 8) Back to his recovery from the crash. Part 5( Para 9-13) How his wife handled her crisis and helped rebuild his confidence. Part 6(Para 14)
7、 Conclusion,An integrated analysis,Paragraphs1-2: The author uses his recent accident an air crashas an introduction to the whole story. Paragraphs3-4: These two paragraphs are the first flashback in the story which describes Annes good judgment on previous occasions and her experiences during the S
8、econd World War.,Paragraphs5-7: These paragraphs tell us how the author met Anne, fell in love with her and eventually married her. This is the second flashback. Paragraphs8: After two flashbacks, the author turns back to his recovery from the crash with his wifes meticulous care. Paragraphs9-10: Th
9、ese two paragraphs are also a flashback. The author recalls how his wife handled her crisis.,Paragraphs11-13: these three paragraphs are closely related with the previous two, because they present a picture of how Anne saved her husband, helped rebuild his confidence and kept him moving on in her ow
10、n way. Paragraphs14: As is the case with most narrative writings the concluding paragraph provides an end to the event (the air crash).,First part,Helicopter：a type of aircraft with large metal blades on top which turn around very quickly to make it fly,Language points,Collide: To hit each other acc
11、identally；to hit something or someone that is moving in a different direction from you E.g. The two planes collided with each other in midair. to disagree strongly with a person or group, especially on a particular subject collide with / collision n. Istanbul, where east and west collide,survive: to
12、 not die in an accident or war or from an illness survive sth. survivor n. There are concerns that the refugees cannot survive the winter. -How are you? -Oh, surviving. to live longer than someone else, usually someone closely related to you,Second part,Intuition: the ability to understand or know s
13、omething because of a feeling rather than by considering the facts = instinct uc feminine intuition countable an idea about what is true in a particular situation based on a feeling rather than facts We should trust our intuitions,survivors guilt: I feel guilty as a survivor Ann hasintuition: Ann ha
14、s concise sense and she can always judge correctly. When I became depressed and suicidal: suicidal: a. relating to suicide suicide: n. killing oneself The famous actor commit suicide last night.,Depressed,1) sad or gloomy E.g. I need something to occupy my mind. I get depressed if I have nothing to
15、do. 2) depression n. E.g. Perfectly stable people are often plunged into depression by divorce, unemployment, or failure in their work.,synonym,unhappy sad because of the situation you are in miserable very sad depressed sad for a long time, and feeling that your life will never get better gloomy/gl
16、um looking sad down/down in the dumps sad and without much interest in life - usually not in a serious or permanent way broken-hearted very sad because someone has ended a romantic relationship with you homesick sad because you are a long way from your home and your friends,Part 3,Questions: Why did
17、 the author feel miffed (slightly angry) in his interview with Ann? Why did the author have the thought “to hell with her”? What do you know about Las Vegas?,star: to appear as a main performer in a film The film in which she stars is a great hit. miff: to cause to become offended or annoyed. be miffed with at 生.的气 get have, take a miff 生气, 发脾气 in a miff 生着气,
