Text A Gooseberries excerpted（第2页）

[1898]

Notes

&AisaofAntonChekhooseberries。

2。AntonChekhov:HeortantRussianplaywrightandmasterofmodernshortstories。Inhisworks，hetriedtoexplorebelowthesurfaceoflifebyusieiques。HeauthoredseveralhustainedpopularityasaplaywrightfromTheSeagull。Hewasregardedasarepresehelate19thturyRussiaschool。

AfterYouRead

KnowledgeFocus

1。Discussthefollowiionswithyourpartner。

1）Whowastelliory?

2）Inwhatkindoffamilywerethebrhtup?

3）WhatkindofpersonwasNicholai?

4）WhatlifedidNicholailive?Andwhy?

5）DidNicholairealizehisdream?>

&heestateNied?Wasitbeautiful?

7）AnalyzeIvanich’sargumentagainsthappinessinGooseberries。Whydoesheclaimthatthereisnothihesightofahappyperson?

8）WhydoyouthinkIvaobeyoungagain?

9）Areyoulivingameanikindoflifeisameaningfullife?

10）urposeofyourlife?

&erarydevicestogetherwithyourpartner。

&heattitudeawritertakestowardsasubjectorcharacter:serious，humorous，sarcastiic，satirigue-in-ive。

DiscusswithyroupmemberswhattoneChekhovusedinGooseberries。Useoodescribethetoneandprovideevideosupportyouropinion。

3。Speech。

Preparea5-minutespeechbasedoopiderstandingofHappiness。

LanguageFocus

1。Fillintheblankswiththefollowingwordsfromthistext。

1）Itisa________title，soJohnHowardwillbeeSirJohnHowardonhisfather’sdeath。

2）Atnight，gangsofyoungpeople________thecitystreetswhenIwasastudent。

3）Thehouselooksoldaisalreadystartingtod________。

4）Youainallthe________theyheirmother’smilk。

&swouldn’t________toomuchweighttohisfindings，sohewasverydisappointed。

6）Theownersareso________—they’verefusedtopayforsorevenabitofpaintthtenupthehouse。

7）After________inobsanyyears，herearlynovelshaveretlybeenrediscovered。

8）Myneighborwasa（n）________oldladywhodidoanyone。