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The Nightingale and the RoseThe Nightingale and the Rose
Oscar Wilde
Lesson Four
Part One: Warm-up
Part Two: Background InformationPart
Three: Text Appreciation (Key Points)
Part Four: Language Study (Difficult Points)
Part Five: Resource Extension
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Part onePart one Warm-upWarm-up
I. Fairy Tales
II.Love
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I.I. Fairy TalesFairy Tales
Suggested answers
Fairy Tales
—fairies play a part
—supernatural or magical elements
—children’s stories
—veiled comments on life
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Characteristics:
1) personification of birds, insects, animals
and trees
2) vivid, simple narration—typical of the oral
tradition of fairy tales
3) repetitive pattern
I.I. Fairy TalesFairy Tales
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I know beyond My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing
So long sailing NO more sailing
Good-bye Fare well my friend NO more sailing
So long sailing NO more sailing
the doubts
I. I. Love Love
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I. I. LoveLove
"Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all."
—St. Augustine
"There is no remedy for love but to love more."
—Thoreau
"To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best."
—William M. Thackeray
One should always be in love. That is the reason one should never marry. —Oscar Wilde
To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance. —Oscar Wilde
A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. —Oscar Wilde
Comparative Study of Quotes on
Love
Optimism Pessimism
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I. Author
II. Art for Art’s Sake
Part two Part two BackgroundInformationBackgroundInformation
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Oscar Wilde, the son of the late Sir William Wilde, an eminent Irish surgeon. His mother was a graceful writer, both in prose and verse. He had a brilliant career at Oxford, where he won the Newdigate Prize for English verse for a poem on Ravenna.
I.I. AuthorAuthor
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Oscar Wilde’s works
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to
Writing Nonfiction (now in its 25th
anniversary edition), as well as
Writing to Learn, How to Write a
Memoir, Speaking of Journalism, Writing
About Your Life: A Journey to the Past
and Inventing the Truth: The Art and
Craft of Memoir.
I.I. AuthorAuthor
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Associated with the aesthetic doctrine that art is self-sufficient and need serve no moral or political purpose
The only purpose of the artist is art,
not religion, or science, or interest. He who paints or writes only for financial return or to propagandize political and economic interests can only arouse feeling of disgust.
II.II. Art for Art’s SakeArt for Art’s Sake
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Criticism
I.I. AuthorAuthor
a man of far greater originality and
power of mind than many of the apostles
of aestheticism
undoubted talents in many directions
as a typical aesthete that he kept
himself before the notice of the public
a poet of graceful diction
a playwright of skill and subtle humor
a dramatist whose plays had all the
characteristics of his conversations
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Part three Part three Text AppreciationText Appreciation
I. Text Analysis 1. Theme 2. Structure 3. Further Discussion
I. Writing Devices 1. Genre and Symbols 2. Figurative Speeches a. Personification b. Simile & Metaphor c. Climax & Anticlimax
3. Syntactic Devices
III. Sentence Paraphrase
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I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis
The nightingale is the true lover, if there is one. She, at least, is Romance, and the student and the girl are, like most of us, unworthy of Romance. Nightingale sacrifices its own life for pure love’s sake. A true love needs wholehearted devotion and passion.
Theme
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Part 1 (Paras. ):
Part 2 (Paras. ):
Part 3 (Paras. ):
Part 4 (Paras. ):
I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis
Structure
1-12
13-34
35-45
Nightingale struck by “the mystery of love”
Nightingale looking for a red rose to facilitate the love
Nightingale sacrificing her life for a red rose
Student discarding the red rose46-54
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I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis
Red rose—true love, which needs constant nourishment
of passions of the lovers. It can be divided into
three stages: love in the heart of a boy and a girl;
love in the soul of a man and a maid; and love
that is perfected by Death, that does not die in the
tomb.
Question: What are the symbolic meanings of
“Red rose”
“Lizard”, “Butterfly” “Nightingale”?
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I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis
Lizard — cynic, a person who sees little or no
good in anything and who has no belief
in human progress; person who shows this
by sneering and being contemptuous.
Nightingale—a truthful, devoted pursuer of love,
who dares to sacrifice his own
precious life
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I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis
For reference: The Nightingale is a small brown bird famous for its beautiful sad song. Throughout literary history there are many poems and stories dedicated to the nightingale, including John Keats’ poem Ode to a Nightingale and Oscar Wilde’s children’s story, The Nightingale and the Rose.
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I.I. Text AnalysisText AnalysisQuestion: What’s Oscar Wilde’s belief on love and art?
1. Self-comment on his own life 2.“Some said my life was a lie but I always knew it to be the truth; for like the truth was rarely pure and never simple.” 3. Paradoxical, contradictory, well-turned phrase
4. Wildean dichotomy
a figure of paradox
and contradictio
n
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I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis
Question: What do you think is the Wildean attitude toward love, romance, art and philosophy?
Form (The beauty of language)
Content (Three stages of love)
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I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis For reference:
The nightingale is the true lover, if there is one. She, at least, is Romance, and the Student and the girl are, like most of us, unworthy of Romance. So, at least, it seems to me, but I like to fancy that there may be many meanings in the tale, for in writing it I did not start with an idea and clothe it in form.
Form Content
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I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis For reference:
head vs. heart
The Student’s one-sided preference for word knowledge over emotions is clear from the moment he first sees the rose. “It is so beautiful,” he says, “that I am sure it has a long Latin name.”
The Student, the young woman, and their society are all one-sided psychically. They have devalued the “capacity to love”, here symbolized by both the Nightingale and the rose.
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I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis
Question: What are the types of sentences mainly found in this story?
simple short long complex
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I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis
For reference: head vs. heart
The relationship of head and heart is a central concern of Wilde's fairy tales. Promising to provide the red rose "out of music by moonlight" and to "stain it with my own heart’s blood," the Nightingale asks of the Student only that he "will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty.
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Question: The story is written in concrete style (mostly nouns and few adjectives) flowery style (very descriptive with adjectives)
I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis
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Why is it so important for the student to have a red rose?
Why is the Nightingale so determined to get the student a red rose?
Why is a rose so hard to get?
Why is the Nightingale so persistent in shedding its blood for the student?
Is love better than life as is believed by the Nightingale?
Do you believe in true love? Why or why not?
Comment on Wilde’s attitude to Love, Romance.
I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis
Further Discussion About the Text
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II. II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices
“ Death is a great price to pay for a red rose…”
“It is more precious than emeralds, and dearer than fine opals. Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the market-place. It may not be purchased of the merchants, …”
alliteration: assonance
assonance alliteration
Assonance: the resemblance of sound between syllables in nearby words, arising from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not the consonants.Alliteration: the use of identical consonant with different vowels.
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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices
Fairy tales are full of imagery and
symbols. Find imagery and symbols in
this text.
Genre and Symbols
jewels (gems, precious stones): emeralds, opal, ruby, sapphire, diamond, jade
plants: daisy, rose, oak-tree, daffodil
animals: nightingale, lizard, butterfly
subjects: philosophy, metaphysics, logic
stringed instruments: harp, violin
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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices
Simile:
… her voice was like water bubbling from
a silver jar.
… as white as the foam of the sea…
Metaphor:
… and redder than the fans of coral
… and the cold crystal moon
Simile & Metaphor
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Climax: derived from the Greek word “ladder”, implying the progression of thought at a uniform
or almost uniform rate of significance or intensity
II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices
So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her. Bitter, bitter was the pain, and wilder and wilder grew her song, for she sung of the Love that is perfected by Death, of the Love that dies not in the tomb.
Climax & Anticlimax
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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices
“She has form, that cannot be denied but has she got feeling? I am afraid not. In fact, she is like most artists; she is all style without any sincerity. She would not sacrifice herself for others.” he said to himself, as he walked away through the grove. (Para. 34)
Personification:
give human forms or feelings to animals, or life and personal attributes to inanimate objects, or to ideas
and abstractions
Personification
What effect do you think it has here?
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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices
And the marvelous rose became crimson. Crimson was the girdle of pedals, and crimson as ruby was the heart. But the Nightingale’s voice grew fainter and a film came over her eyes. Fainter and fainter grew her song, and she felt choking in her throat.And at noon the Student opened his window and looked out. … “What a wonderful piece of luck!” he cried… he leaned down and plucked it.
Anticlimax: stating one’s thoughts in a descending order of significance or intensity, often used to ridicule or satire
Climax & Anticlimax
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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices
Syntactic Devices
Style or manner of expression
choice of words
grammatical structures
length of sentences
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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices
Then she gave one last burst of
music. The Moon heard it, and she
forgot the dawn, and lingered on in
the sky. The Red Rose heard it, and
trembled all over with ecstasy, and
opened its petals in the cold morning
air.Concrete verbs
Concrete nouns
Diction
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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices
high
SynonymPreciseness?
swiftly & smoothlyIn a stately &
confident manner
So she spread her brown wings for
flight, and soared into the air.
She swept over the garden like a
shadow, and like a shadow she
sailed through the grove.
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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices
So the Nightingale pressed closer against the thorn, and the thorn touched her heart, and a fierce pang of pain shot through her. Bitter, bitter was the pain, and wilder and wilder grew her song, for she sung of the Love that is perfected by Death, of the Love that dies not in the tomb. And the marvelous rose became crimson. Crimson was the girdle of pedals, and crimson as ruby was the heart.
Descriptive adjectives
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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting Devices
Inversion… and louder and louder grew her song…
Rhetorical QuestionWhat is a heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man?
RepetitionAnd a delicate flush of pink came into leaves of the rose, like the flush in the face of the bridegroom where he kisses the lips of the bride.
Find more examples in
the text.
Syntactical Structures
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II.II. Writing DevicesWriting DevicesRepetition
She swept over the garden like a shadow, and like a shadow she sailed through the grove.
Bitter, bitter was the pain, and wilder and wilder grew her song.
And the marvelous rose became crimson. Crimson was the girdle of pedals, and crimson as ruby was the heart.
But the Nightingale’s voice grew fainter… Fainter and fainter grew her song…
Find more examples in
the text.
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III.III. Sentence Paraphrase 2Sentence Paraphrase 2
But the Nightingale understood the
student’s sorrow, and sat silent in the
Oak-tree. (Para. 12)
subject complement
go to 3
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III.III. Sentence Paraphrase 1Sentence Paraphrase 1I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose my life is made wretched. (Para. 3)
his nature of taking instead of giving
go to 2
The use of “all” stresses perfect mentality the student claims he possesses.
The student possesses all the wisdom, yet understands nothing about love.
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III.III. Sentence ParaphraseSentence Paraphrase
back to 2
1.So I shall sit lonely and my heart will break. (Para. 5)
2.Ah, I have read all that the wise men have written… my life is made wretched. (Para. 3)
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III.III. Sentence Paraphrase 4Sentence Paraphrase 4“ She has form,” he said to himself, as he walked away. “That cannot be denied. But has she got feeling? I’m afraid not. In fact, like most artists, she is all style without any sincerity.”(Para. 34)
go to 5
The student’s ignorance of what true love is makes him conclude that Nightingale’s last singing is void of feeling and sincerity.
design, structure, or pattern of a work of art
capacity to experience the higher emotions
way in which something is said, done, expressed, or performednothing but
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III.III. Sentence Paraphrase 3Sentence Paraphrase 3What is the heart of a bird compared to the heart of a man? (Para. 28)
The heart of a bird is nothing compared to the heart of a man.
A question in form but a statement in meaning
go to 4
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III.III. Sentence Paraphrase 5Sentence Paraphrase 5
… the Love that is perfected by Death, of the Love that dies not in the tomb. (Para. 41)
the Love that never dies
that does not die in the
tomb
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I. Word Study
II. Phrases and Expressions
III. Word Building
IV. Grammar
Part four Part four Language StudyLanguage Study
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I.I. Word StudyWord StudyWord list:
1. fling
2. bloom
3. ebb
4. linger
5. pluck
6. frown
7. ungrateful
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I.I. Word StudyWord Study
1. fling
v. a. to throw violently, with force b. to move violently or quickly c. to devote to
Examples:
Don’t fling your clothes on the floor.
She flung herself down on the sofa.
He flung himself into the task.
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2. bloom vi. to produce flowers; to yield flowers; to
come into flower or be in flower
blossom vi. a. (of a seed, plant, esp. a
tree or plant) to
produce or yield flowers; to bloom
b. to developExamples:• The roses are blooming.• The apple trees are blossoming.• Their friendship blossomed when they
found out how many interests they shared.
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I.I. Word StudyWord Study3. ebb
vi. a. to fall back from the flood stage
b. to fall away or back; to decline or
recedeExamples:
The tide will begin to ebb at 4 o’clock. The danger of conflict is not ebbing there.
The tide is on the ebb.
The financial resources have reached its
lowest ebb.
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I.I. Word StudyWord Study 4. linger
v. a. to be slow in leaving, esp. out of reluctance
b. to proceed slowly c. to persist d. to pass (time) in a leisurely or aimless
manner
Examples:The children lingered at the zoo until closing time. linger over one’s work (磨洋工 )Winter lingers.We lingered away the whole summer at the beach.
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v. to remove or detach by grasping and
pulling abruptly with the
fingers; to pick
Examples:
pluck a flower
pluck feathers from a chicken
pluck a rabbit from the hat
5. pluck
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6. frown
v. a. to wrinkle the brows to show you are
annoyed or worried b. to regard sth. with
disapproval or distaste
Examples:
• The teacher frowned at the class of noisy
children but it had no effect.
• frown on the use of so much salt in the food
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a. a. not feeling or exhibiting
gratitude,
thanks, or appreciation
b. not agreeable or pleasant
Examples:
“I will not perform the ungrateful
task of
comparing cases of failure.”
an ungrateful son
7. ungrateful
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List:
1.something of a(n
)
2.see phrases
3.go phrases
II.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions
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to some extent
Example:Our professor is something of an eccentric.
Compare:
something like: similar to but not exactly likeHe sounds something like his father when he
speaks on the phone.
1. something of a(n)
II.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions
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see about doing to attend to; make arrangements
for; to deal withsee sth. out to last until the end of
Examples:• It is time for me to see about cooking
the dinner.• Will our supplies see the winter out?• It was such a bad play we couldn’t see
out the performance and we left early.
2. see phrases
II.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions
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II.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions see through sb./sth.
a. to understand the true character or nature of
b. to provide unstinting support, cooperation, or
management in good times and bad
Examples:
• We saw through his superficial charm.
• We'll see you through until you finish your
college education. I saw the project through
and then resigned.
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go about sth.: to perform to do
go about one’s business
Don’t go about the job that way.
go by sth.: to use the information or
advice you get from a person, a book, a
set of rules, etc.
go by the rules
3. go phrases
II.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions
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see to sth.
to attend to; to take care of
Example:
If I see to getting the car out, will you see to closing the windows?
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go into: to enter a profession or state
of life
go into business
go through sth.: a. to examine carefully
b. to
experience
go through the students' papers
The country has gone through too
many
wars.
II.II. Phrases and ExpressionsPhrases and Expressions
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sunshinesunshadelifebloodlifeboatearphonesunflower lifecyclebookshelfnetworkfishermanhouseworkbusybody
阳光遮阳伞, 帽遮开销,支出活力的源泉救生艇耳机向日葵生命周期书架网络渔夫家务爱管闲事的人
moonlightmoonlight N+N
III.III. Word BuildingWord Building
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III.III. Word BuildingWord Building
List:
1. Noun+Noun
2. Prefix—out
3. Root—press
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outright outright prefix
out: a. to the fullest extent or degree b. outside c. in a way that surpasses or goes beyond
outrage
outbreak
outburst
outspoken
outskirts
outcome
outflow
outstanding
outlaw
outlet
愤怒,侮辱爆发,发作爆发,突发坦率直言的市郊结果流出杰出的歹徒出口,出路
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v. to exert steady weight or force against
Examples:
• impress (= press into)
• express (= press out)
root—press
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compress depress
oppress
suppress
repress
pressing
pressure
unpressed
downpress
overpress
III.III. Word BuildingWord Building
压缩,摘要叙述 使沮丧,使萧条 压迫,压抑 镇压,抑制 压制 紧迫的 压力 未压缩的 压迫 过大压力
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IV.IV. GrammarGrammar
Give me a red rose, and I will sing you Give me a red rose, and I will sing you
my sweetest song.my sweetest song.
(Para. 14) (Para. 14)
Press closer, or the Day will come Press closer, or the Day will come
before the rose is finished. (Para. 37)before the rose is finished. (Para. 37)
“ and” here means “as a
result of this”
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IV.IV. GrammarGrammar
But go to my brother who grows round
the old sun—dial, and perhaps he will
give you what you want. (Para. 19)
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Predicative +link verb +subject
… yet for want of a red rose is my
life made wretched. (Para. 3)
… Crimson was the girdle of petals,
and crimson as ruby was the heart.
(Para. 42)
Inversion Inversion
IV.IV. GrammarGrammar
for emphasis
Adverbial + predicate +subject
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IV.IV. GrammarGrammar
She passed through the grove like a
shadow and like a shadow she sailed
across the garden. (Para. 13)
And on the topmost spray of the rose—tree
there blossomed a marvelous rose… (Para.
36)
Night after night have I sung of him...
(Para. 4)
Here at last is a true lover. (Para. 4)
Adverbial + subject + predicate
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as+adj.+as+n.
adj.+er/est +than+n.
IV.IV. GrammarGrammar
My roses are yellow, it answered, as yellow as th
e hair of the mermaiden, and yellower than the da
ffodil that blossoms in the meadow. (Para. 19)
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Part five Part five Resource Resource Extension Extension
• Quiz
• Writing
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I. QuizI. Quiz
List
1. Quiz 1
2. Quiz 2
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I. Quiz 1I. Quiz 1
1. He has won the first place, ___ is
clear from
the expressions on his face.
a. that b. as
c. what d. when
2. His response was __ that we all burst
into
laughing.
a. so b. what
c. such d. that
b c
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3. This candidate has far more chances of
winning the election than __
recommended by
the organizer.
a. that b. the one
c. whom d. one
4. Fool _____Jane is, she could not have
done
such a thing.
a. who b. as c.
that d. like
b b
I.Quiz 1I.Quiz 1
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5. He is quite worn out from years of
hard work.
He is not the man ______ he was
twenty
years ago.
a. which
b. that
c. who
d. whom
6. John is ___ hardworking than his
sister, but
he failed in the exam.
a. no less
b. no more
c. not less
d. no so
b a
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7. If your car ___ any attention during the first 12 months, take it to an authorized dealer. a. shall need b. should need c. would need d. will need
8. ____the two, Bob is ____ student. a. Of, more diligent b. In, more diligent c. Of, the more diligent d. In, the more diligent
9. She has taken great pains to conceal her emotions, and thereby made them ___ conspicuous. a. all the more b. all the much c. all more d. all much
b c a
I. Quiz 1I. Quiz 1
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10. ___ is often the case with a new idea,
much
preliminary activity and optimistic
discussion
produced no concrete proposals.
a. That
b. It
c. This
d. As
11. Only take such clothes ___ really
necessary.
a. as were b.
as they are
c. as they were d.
as are
d d
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I. Quiz 2I. Quiz 2
1. The only thing that I’m sure of is
that life is full of __________.
2. Even if a ceasefire can be agreed,
how can you make ______ that
neither side breaks it?
3. There are few absolute ________ in
life.
certain
uncertainties
certain
certainties
Lesson 4—The Nightingale and the Rose
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1. She always behaves with great
_______.
2. Weather-forecasters have extremely
______ equipment which helps them
predict what the weather is going to
be like.
3. Teachers need to strike a ______
balance between instructing their
pupils and letting them discover
things for themselves.
delicate
delicacy
delicate
delicate
I. Quiz 2I. Quiz 2
Lesson 4—The Nightingale and the Rose
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1. The police fired tear gas to ____
out the terrorists.
2. I tend to ____ the old medicines
down the toilet.
3. “Man is the only animal that
______. Or needs to.”
flush blush flush
flush
blushes
I. Quiz 2I. Quiz 2
Lesson 4—The Nightingale and the Rose
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1. She was _____ along on her bike,
singing at the top of her voice.
2. Housing prices had ______ a
further twenty percent.
3. The flood waters _____ away
everything in their path.
sail soar sweep
sailing
soared
swept
I. Quiz 2I. Quiz 2
Lesson 4—The Nightingale and the Rose
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II. WritingII. Writing 1.Research the life and works of
Oscar Wilde. Do a short presentation on your research findings.
2.Write an essay comparing the ending of The Nightingale and the Rose and another fairytale's ending.
3.Write a fairy tale. Pay attention to the diction and syntactic structure.