Text C Sea Fever（第1页）

TextCSeaFever

JohnMasefield

Imustgodowntotheseasagain，tothelohesky，

AndallIaskisatallshipandastartosteerherby;

Andthewheel’skidthewind’ssoesail’sshaking，

Aonthesea’sfadagreyda>

Imustgodowntotheseasagain，forthecalltide

Isawilddaclearcallthatmaynotbedenied;

AndallIaskisawindydaywiththewhitecloudsflying，

Andtheflungsprayandtheblowhesea-gullsg。

Imustgodowntotheseasagaigypsylife，

Tothegull’swayandtheherethewiedknife;

AndallIaskisamerryyarnfromalaughingfellow-rover，

Asleepadreamwherick’sover。

1。Pairwork:Discussthefollowiionswithyourpartner。

1）Whatisthethemeofthepoem?

2）Howdidseameonavigateaship（Line2）?

3）Whatismeantbyvagrantgypsylife（Line9）?

4）Whatarethefiguresofspeechemployedbythepoet?

5）Whatisthemeanirithelastline?

2。Solowork:hinwhiupwhatyouseetobethepoem’smainidea。

JohnMasefield’spoemSeaFeverisaworkofartthatbriheEnglishlahroughitsuseofrhythm，imageryandmanyplexfiguresofspeech。。。

ProperNames

Lilliput利立浦特（小人国）

Blefuscu伯莱福斯居岛（Lilliput小人国对岸的岛国）

Notes

1。DanielDefoe（1659-1731）:Hewasarader，writer，journalist，aeer，whogainedfameforhisnovelRobinsonCrusoe。Defoeisnopropohenovel，ashehelpedtopopularisetheforminBritainandalongwithotherssuchasRi，whthefouheEnglishnovel。Asaprolifidversatilewriter，hewrotemorethan500books，pamphletsandjournalsonvarioustopics，suchaspolitics，dreligion。

2。Piarrative::ItemergediurySpain。“Picaro”isSpanishfue”，andatypicalstorystheescapadesofaninsoutrascalwholivesbyhiswitsandshowslittleifaionofcharacterthroughthelongsuofhisadventures。Picaresquefiisrealistier，episodistructure（thatis，posedofasequesheldtelybecausetheyhappeheoneperson），airiaim。

3。JonathanSwift（1667-1745）:HewasanIrishsatirist，essayist，politicalpamphleteer（firstfs，theories），poetandeDeanofSt。Patrick’sCathedral，Dublin。HeisrememberedforworkssuchasGulliver’sTravels，AModestProposal，AJournaltoStella，Drapier’sLetters，TheBattleoftheBainstAbolishingity，aub。SwiftisprobablytheforemostprosesatiristintheEnglishlanguage，andislesswell-knownforhispoetry。

4。Lilliputaheyaretwofialislandnationsthatappearipartofthe1726novelGulliver’sTravelsbyJonathanSwift。ThetwoislandsareneighboursihIndianO，separatedbyaeleighthundredyardswide。BothareiinypeoplewhoareaboutoheheightofordinaryhumahecapitalofLilliputisMildendo。

5。JohnEdwardMasefield（1878-1967）:TheBritishpoetwasborninHerefordshire。HestudiedatKing’sSWarwickbefasamertseaman。IedhisshipinNewYorkdworkedthereiorybeftoLondontowritephisexperiesea。Masefieldoiishpoetlaureatein1930。

ForFun

WorkstoRead

1。TreasureIsland（1883）:ItisauretishauthorRobertLouisStevensataleof“piratesaraditionallysideredaireasureIslandisaaleknownforitsatmosphere，charadadalsoasawryentaryoyofmorality，unusualfor’sliteraturethenandnow。

2。Kim（1901）:ItisapiovelbyRudyardKiplioryunfoldsagainstthebackdropame，thepolitifliRussiaandBritairalAsia。ItissetaftertheSedAfghanWarwhidedin1881，probablyintheperiodof1893-1898。Theableforitsdetailedportraitofthepeople，culture，andvariedreligionsofIndia。“ThebookpresentsavividpictureofIndia，itsteemingpopulatiions，aions，andthelifeofthebazaarsandtheroad。”

&oSee

1。AKnight’sTale（2001）:ThisisanAmeriedy-adventurefilmwritteed，andproducedbyBriahefilmfollowsthestoryofWilliamThatcher，apeasantmasqueradingasaknight，alongwithhispanionsintheworldofmedievaljousting。osesasaknightaours，winningacdagfriendshipswithsuchhisturesasEdward，theBlaceofWalesandGeoffreyChaucer。Thefilmwasaboxofficesucering$117，487，473withabudgetofjustover$41million。

2。Aliderland（2010）:ThisisanAmeriputer-animatedliveatasyadventurefilmdirectedbyTimBurtonaDisures。Despiteitsshorttheatricalreleasewindowandmixedreviews，thefilmgrossedover$1。02billionworldwide。AsofOctober2011，itistheni-grossingfilmofalltime。