The Dream of an Hour

1. Unit 4 The Dream of an Hour Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

2. P1 Listening & Speaking Activities Brainstorming Listening Speaking

3. Brainstorming Expressions of ability or inability to do sth Expressions for giving reasons Expression of wanting &hoping Expressions of disappointment Expressions of frustration / being caught in a difficult situation P1

4. Expressions of ability or inability to do something have what it takes to: possess the necessary skills, talent, aptitude to succeed 具备取得成功的必要条件（素质、能力等） beyond sb: informal to be impossible for sb to imagine, understand or do 使人无法想象、做等 over one’s head: not capable of understanding or comprehending 超越某人的理解力 too much for (me): adj. 胜过(超过某人的能力)，非...力所能及 e.g. 你有成为医生的素质吗？ able to do, unable to do, fail to do, can do, no problem, a piece of cake, make it, have what it takes to, over my head, beyond me, too much for (me) Do you have what it takes to become a doctor? e.g. A lot of the joke were right over my head. e.g. It’s beyond me why she wants to marry Jeff. e.g. Life is really too much for me. in the light of:BrEin light ofAmE after considering sth 按照,根据 Expressions for giving reasons e.g. He reviewed his policy in the light of recent developments. 他根据最近的事态发展重新考虑自己的方针。 by reason of sth:formalbecause of sth 由于 to that end:formal an aim or purpose, or the result you hope to achieve 为达此目的 on account of sth: because of sth 由于；因为 由于组织不健全，这计划失败了。 e.g. Bill cannot come to the meeting on account of illness. e.g. The plan failed by reason of bad organization. due to, because (of), in (the) light of the fact that, thanks to, on account of, by reasons of, as a result of, owing to, for the sake of, to that end e.g. He wants to cut costs, and to that end is looking at ways of cutting the company's operations. B

5. Expression of wanting & hoping in prospect:formal likely to happen in the near future 可以预料到（在望，有希望） e.g. A rich harvest is in prospect. hope to, expect, desire to, look forward to, dream of, long for, thirst after , aspire to (for), have in prospect much to sb’s surprise/ embarrassment etc:formal used to say that someone feels very surprised, embarrassed etc when sth happens 令人非常…… I don’t know how, why, etc:spoken used to criticize sb’s behavior （批评某人的行为）真想不到；真不知道 rude awakening/shock: a situation in which you suddenly realize sth unpleasant突然幻灭猛然的醒悟；突然的惊醒；后悔莫及 Expressions of disappointment to dash/ shatter (sb’s) hopes: to disappoint sb by making sth that they want to happen seem impossible 使某人的希望化为泡影（或破灭） e.g. Much to my relief, the conversation turned to another topic. e.g. I had a rude awakening when I found myself on the verge of bankruptcy. 我发现自己已到了破产边缘时才猛然意识到事情不妙。 it saddens sb that:formal to make someone feel sad 使悲伤；使伤心，使难过 e.g. I don’t know how you can speak like that to your mother. 我真想不到你怎么会那样对你母亲说话。 e.g. It saddened her that people could be so cruel. e.g. The report dashes hopes of an early improvement in the economy. fall short of sth: to fail to reach the standard that you expected or need 未达到；不符合 much to my disappointment, I don't know why, rude awakening , it saddens me to, what a let-down, how could you...?, dashed hopes, fall short of, not up to expectation e.g. Your work falls short of my expectations. B

6. Expressions of frustration / being caught in a difficult situation back to the wall/go to the wall:informal if a company goes to the wall, it fails, esp. because of financial difficulties （公司或机构因缺少资金）走投无路，失败、破产；陷入绝境 baffle: to confuse sb completely; if sth baffles you, you cannot understand or explain it at all 使困惑；难住 corner:vt. to force a person or animal into a position from which they cannot easily escape使陷于绝境；使落入圈套（或陷阱） in deep water(s): be in trouble or in a difficult or serious situation 在困境中；在危难中小 e.g. The question baffled me completely and I could not answer. Police are baffled as to the identity of the killer. checkmate: receive a final defeat or deadlock such as in chess-playing 把…将死，使彻底失败 be at your wit’s end: to be very upset and not know what to do, because you have tried everything possible to solve problem智穷计尽(不知所措,毫无办法) enough is enough:spoken used to say that sth that is happening should stop（认为不应再继续）够了，行了，适可而止 in a hole:informal to be in a difficult situation 处于困境 It’s a handful/be a handful:informal someone, esp. a child, who is handful is difficult to control 难以控制的人（或动物） e.g. She hoped the plan would checkmate her opponents. e.g. Once the dog was cornered, he began to growl. 她希望这一计划能彻底战胜对手。 can't make up one's mind, be caught in a trap, be baffled, be cornered, be checkmated, back to the wall, in a hole, in deep water, at wit's end, be fed up, Enough is enough! It's a handful! What a pain! What a load to carry! Will this ever end? I can’t stand it anymore! B

7. Answers to the questions New words Listening The misfit & his fate Why does the speaker feel he is a hermit? superficial:not studying or looking at sth carefully and only seeing the most noticeable things粗略的；肤浅的；粗枝大叶的；浅薄 in the midst of sth/doing sth: while sth is happening or being done; while you are doing sth 当某事发生时；在某人做某事时 withdraw (from sth) (into sth): vi. To become quiter, less friendly, and only concerned about your own thoughts 脱离（社会）；不与人交往 nourishment:营养；营养品 Incomprehensible (to sb): impossible to understand 无法理解的；难懂 The speaker does not share the modem world's joys or pleasures. He feels the world is spiritually blind. How would you describe the speaker as a young man? As a young man, he was no different from other young people. Full of hopes and dreams, he wanted to have fun, appreciate nature, be with his friends, wear nice clothes, and get a good job and be successful. What are some of the things the speaker finds difficult doing? Does the speaker have a positive or negative opinion of America? How do you know? He has difficulty remaining for long in a theatre or movie-house, reading a newspaper or a popular book, going to cafes and bars or railways and hotels, which he finds too crowded and noisy. He hates listening to modem music, or watching shows on TV. The speaker has a negative view of "Americanized men and women," who do not seem to have any spiritual depth with their childish pleasures and diversions. (“brummagem fashions of pleasures and fun”) P1

8. Speaking Activity a P1

9. Speaking Activity b Word Flower Worksheet for HOPE, WANT, and DISAPPOINTMENT P1

10. P2 Reading Comprehension & Language Activities Pre-reading Task Text

11. The Dream of an Hour be afflict with/by:vt.[often passive]to affect sb. or sth. in an unpleasant way, and make them suffer (= affect ) 折磨，使苦恼 e.g. 那可怜的老人受到糖尿病的折磨。 饥荒与战争依旧给人类带来痛苦。 The poor old man was afflicted with diabetes. Famine and war still afflict mankind. veiled:adj. a veiled threat, warning, attack, reference etc is expressed so that its exact meaning is hidden or unclear 隐藏的;模糊的；不明说的 1. Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death. 2.It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences, veiledhints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband’s friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard’s name leading the list of “killed.” He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened toforestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message. 3. She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister’s arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her. 最后，还是她的姐姐约瑟芬用一种颇为含蓄的语言、结结巴巴地把这个消息透露给了她。 b. to hide your real feelings or the truth 隐藏；隐瞒；掩盖 conceal sth from sb e.g. He concealed himself behind the tree. He concealed his real motivesfromme. conceal:vt.a. to hide sth. carefully 隐藏 他对我隐瞒了他的真实动机。 他又发了一封电报来确证这一事实，紧接着就匆忙赶来传达这一悲伤的消息，以免被哪个不够谨慎、不太温和的朋友抢了先。 assure yourself:formal to check that sth is correct or true 使弄清楚,使确定assure yourself of ; assure yourself that forestall:vt.formal to prevent sth from happening or prevent someone from doing sth by doing sth first 预先阻止；在（他人）之前行动；先发制人 hasten:vi. to do or say sth quickly or without delay 急忙进行；赶紧说（或做）[= hurry] hasten to do sth We forestalledthe attempt to steal the jewels by having them removed. They assured themselves that the bridge was safe before crossing it. e.g. 她抢在我前面，使我要去接她的计划落了空。 我们抢在偷盗珠宝的图谋得逞之前将它们转移了。 e.g. 他们直到弄清楚那座桥确实安全后才通过。 She forestalled my plan to meet her. paralyzed:adj.a. unable to move part or all of your body or feel it 使无力,使不能活动 b. unable to think clearly or deal with a situation 使气馁;使惊呆 paralysed by/with e.g. His left leg was paralyzed. paralyzed by fear/ paralyzed with shock

12. The Dream of an Hour 对着敞开的窗子有一只舒适宽敞的单座沙发，一种生理上的疲惫使她一下子坐了下去，这疲惫充斥在她体内，并且似乎已深及她的内心。 sink: vi. to fall down or sit down heavily, especially because you are very tired and weak (疲倦地)坐下,倒下;(头,肩等)筋疲力尽地垂下 sink into/to/down/back etc e.g. He sank back into the chair. The soldier sank to the ground badly wounded. 4. There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul. 5. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which some one was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. 6.There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window. 7. She sat with her head thrown back upon the cushion of the chair, quite motionless, except when a sob came up into her throat and shook her, as a child who has cried itself to sleep continues to sob in its dreams. 透过西面的窗子，层层叠叠的云间露出片片的蓝天。

13. The Dream of an Hour bespeak: vt. literary to be a sign of 证明；显示；表示 但是现在她凝视着远处的一片蓝天，眼神茫然。这不是一种沉思着的眼神，而是显示出思维的停止。 e.g. 他那彬彬有礼的举止显出他是个绅士。 His polite manners bespoke the gentleman. 8. She was young, with a fair, calm face, whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength. But now there was a dull stare in her eyes, whose gaze was fixed away off yonder on one of those patches of blue sky. It was not a glance of reflection, but rather indicated a suspension of intelligent thought. 9. There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air. 10.Now her bosom rose and fell tumultuously. She was beginning to recognize this thing that was approaching to possess her, and she was striving to beat it back with her will --- as powerless as her two white slender hands would have been. elusive: adj. an elusive idea or quality is difficult to describe or understand 难以理解的；难以捉摸的 e.g. Men like to pursue an elusive woman, like a cake of wet soap in a bathtub- even men who hate bath. 男人们喜欢追逐那些象浴缸里的湿肥皂般难以捉摸的女人，即使是讨厌洗澡的男人也无不如此。 但是她感觉到它正悄悄地从天空中渗出，透过空气中的各种声响、气味和颜色向她袭来。 现在她的内心忐忑不安，她开始意识到是什么在靠近并要控制她，她试图用意志将其击退——她的意志却像她纤巧的双手一样苍白无力。 strive: (strove, striven; strived, strived) vi. formal to make a great effort to achieve sth 努力,奋斗,力争 strive to do sth；strive for/after Today women are striving to occupy positions previously closed to them. The scientists strive for a breakthrough in cancer research. e.g. 现今妇女正在努力争取以往不对她们开放的职位。 科学家们力争在癌症研究方面有个突破。

14. The Dream of an Hour abandon yourself to sth:(literary) to feel an emotion so strongly that you let it control you completely 使放纵;使听任 say sth, speak, etc, under your breath: in a quiet voice so that no one can hear you 压着嗓子,低声地 e.g. abandoned oneself to despair/drinking/grief/ 11. When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under her breath: “free, free, free!” The vacant stare and the look of terror that had followed it went from her eyes. They stayed keen and bright. Her pulses beat fast, and the coursing blood warmed and relaxed every inch of her body. 12.She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her: A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as trivial. 13.She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked save with love upon her, fixed and gray and dead.But she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome. dismiss:vt. to refuse to consider someone’s ideas opinion etc, because you think it is not serious, true or important 不予考虑；对…不屑一提 dismiss sb/sth (as sth) 她没有停下来问问自己占据内心的是否是一种巨大的快乐：清楚而兴奋的感受使她对这一微不足道的念头不予理会。 e.g. She dismissed the idea of going to Paris. He just laughed and dismissed my proposal as unrealistic. She was dismissed as a dreamer. exalted:formal filled with a great feeling of joy 欣喜的;得意扬扬的 她知道，见到那双曾经慈爱温柔的手如今在死亡中合拢时，见到那张曾对她充满爱意的脸如今却木然、死灰、毫无生气时，她还会哭泣。但在悲痛的一刻外，她还看得到那将完全属于自己的未来许多年，她伸开了双臂来迎接它们。 save:prep. also save for(formal) except 除...之外 spread sth (out): to move your arms, legs, fingers, etc far apart from each other 张开，伸开 I spread my arms as far apart as I could. e.g. 我尽可能的将双臂伸展开。

15. The Dream of an Hour 人们总是执意认为他们有权将个人的意志强加给他人，以后不会再有任何强大的意志那样固执地让她屈从。豁然明了的一霎那，在她看来，善意也好，恶意也好，都使这种行为看起来不亚于犯罪。 impose:vt. to force someone to have the same ideas, beliefs etc as you 使（别人）接受自己的意见 impose sth (on/upon sb) 14. There would be no one to live for her during those coming years; she would live for herself. There would be no powerful will bending hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow-creature. A kind intention or a cruel intention made the act seem no less a crime as she looked upon it in that brief moment of illumination. 15. And yet she had loved him --- sometimes. Often she had not. What did it matter! What could love, the unsolved mystery, count forin face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being! 16. “Free! Body and soul free!” she kept whispering. 17. Josephine was kneeling before the closed door with her lips to the keyhole, imploring for admission. illumination:[u & c]formal a clear explanation or understanding of a particular subject 阐明,解释;启发 e.g. He sought illumination from the works of the great philosophers. 他从伟大哲人的著作中寻求启迪。 count:[vi. not in progressive] to be important or valuable 有价值；有重要性 count for 爱情这一人类不解的奥秘比起她此刻拥有的自信又算得了什么！她忽然意识到这种自信正是她生命最强大的动力。 e.g. Knowledge without common sense count for little. 在他看来名誉算不了什么。 For him fame does not count for much. 缺乏常识的知识是没有价值的。

16. The Dream of an Hour “Louis, open the door! I beg; open the door --- you will make yourself ill. What are you doing, Louis? For heaven’s sake open the door.” 18. “Go away. I am not making myself ill.” No; she was drinking in a very elixir of life through that open window. 19.Her fancy was running riot along those days ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be long. 20. She arose at length and opened the door to her sister’s importunities. There was a feverish triumph in her eyes, and she carried herself unwittingly like a goddess of Victory. She clasped her sister’s waist, and together they descended the stairs. Richards stood waiting for them at the bottom. run riot: if your imagination, emotions, thoughts etc run riot, you cannot or do not control them （指想象、情感等）任意发挥，奔放 不会的，她正透过敞开的窗子吸取着琼汁玉液呢。 e.g. hatred ran riot in her. Jones let his imagination run riot thinking he was hunting lions in Africa. 她开始随着未来的日子想入非非。春日、夏日以及所有将属于她自己的日子。她迅速地低语，祈祷着生命能够长久 。 琼斯放纵他的想象，想象他在非洲猎狮。 仇恨在她心中翻腾。 breathe: vt. written to say sth very quietly, almost in a whisper 低声说 carry:[vt. always + adv./prep.] to stand and move in a particular way, or to hold part of your body in a particular way 保持姿态；坐姿势 carry yourself e.g. carry yourself well/gracefully/proudly You can tell she’s a dancer from the way that she carries herself. 她眼中有一股胜利的狂热，不知不觉中姿态就像一位胜利女神。

17. The Dream of an Hour 21. Some one was opening the front door with a latchkey. It was Brently Mallard who entered, a little travel-stained, composedly carrying his grip-sack and umbrella. He had been far from the scene of accident, and did not even know there had been one. He stood amazed at Josephine’s piercing cry, at Richards’ quick motion to screen him from the view of his wife. 22. But Richards was too late. 23. When the doctors came they said she had died of heart disease --- of joy that kills. 他站在那儿惊讶地看着约瑟芬惊声尖叫，而里查德飞快地想挡住他以免让他妻子看见

18. veil veil: n. a thin piece of material that women wear to cover their faces at formal occasions or for religious reasons面纱,面罩 新娘的脸上蒙着白色的面纱。 e.g. The bride's face was covered in a white veil. He deceived them under the veil of charity. She made no attempt to veil the contempt in her voice. 他借慈善事业为名欺骗了他们。 veil of secrecy/ deceit/ silence etc.: sth. that hides the truth about a situation托词;幌子 她语气中毫不掩饰她的轻蔑。 veil:vt.literary to partly hide something so that it cannot be seen clearly遮掩；掩饰

19. P3 Extended Activities Dictation Read more Translation for reference

20. Dictation Literature has two main divisions: fiction and non-fiction. Fiction is writing that an author creates from imagination. Authors may include facts about real people or events, but they combine these facts with imaginary situations. Most fiction is written in prose form, such as novels and short stores. Nonfiction is the branch of literature that deals with real-life situations. The chief forms of non-fiction include the essay, history, biography, autobiography, and diary. Almost every literary work includes four elements: characters, plot, theme, and style. A good writer tries to balance these elements to create a unified work of art. P3

21. Read more P3 prop sth up: to prevent sth from falling by putting sth against it or under it 撑起；支起 prop sth ↔ up against e.g. 他把脚踏车靠在篱笆上。 他们得用长杆支着大树枝把树撑住。 He propped his bicycle up against the fence. They had to prop up the tree with long poles under the branches.

22. Read more Ernest Hemingway & His Works P3

23. Translations for reference P3 • Many developing countries after independence were afflictedwith economic problems to begin with. • In order to protect domestic industries, the government decided to impose an anti-dumping tariff on imported products. • Knowledge without practical experience counts for little. • Thousands of people were forced to abandon their homes to the invading enemy troops. • I've lived in Shanghai so long that I look upon the city as my second home • The roof will have to be propped up while repairs are being carried out. • In the face of great hardship, he managed to keep his sense of humor.