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Do you know who he is? John Steinbeck (约翰·斯坦贝克 )

1.（1902—1968） 2.Born in Salinas, California 3.1962 Nobel Prize for Literature 4.2 qualities mark his work. 1)a deep feeling for nature 2)a profound sympathy for people

John Steinbeck wrote The Pearl in 1944-1945 in the setting of La Paz on the Baja peninsula in which the pearl industry is of great importance. This story is based on a true story that Steinbeck heard when he was there on a marine biology expedition.

Module 4 Literature Spot4 The Pearl

ⅠRead the text and match time with the works Pre-reading ⅠRead the text and match time with the works 1932 1937 1939 1935 1945 1952 Tortilla Flat Cannery Row East of Eden Pastures of Heaven Of Mice and Men The Grapes of Wrath

Ⅱ.Match the three animals with the definitions. Oyster, scorpion, coyote 1.A kind of wild dog 2a small sea animal that lives in a shell and produces pearls 3 a creature like a large insect that has a poisonous sting coyote oyster scorpion

Ⅲ.Order the sentences below. a) The hunters thought there was a coyote. One of the hunters shot and killed the baby. b) The following day, Kino tried to sell the pearl in the main square of the town. C) Somebody burnt down their house and they had to hide. d) They left the town and started to walk to the capital.

e) That day, when he was diving, Kino found an enormous pearl. f) Someone tried to get into their house in the middle of the night. g) Some men attacked Kino and he killed one of them with a knife. h) One day Kino’s baby was stung by a scorpion, so he took the baby t o the doctor. In the end, Kino threw the pearl into the sea.

J) Some hunters followed Kino and Juana into the mountains. What is your answer? hefbg cdjai

Ⅰ. Read the story again and answer these questions Fast reading Ⅰ. Read the story again and answer these questions 1 Why did the doctor refuse to treat their baby? Because Kino had no money to pay him. 2 Why did he visit them later that day? Because he had heard about the pearl and wanted to get it. 3.Why did people try to get into Kino and Juana’s house? To steal the pearl.

4. Why was Kino unhappy with the price the dealers offered him? Because it was a very low price. 5. Why did he decide to go to the capital? He wanted to get a higher price. 6. Why did the hunters follow them? To steal the pearl 7. Why did Kino and Juana throw the pearl back into the sea? Because only bad things had happened to them since they got the pearl.

pearl stung refused enormous evil destroy hit threw dropped Careful reading Fill in the blanks according to the story. Kino was a poor ____ diver. One day his baby was____ by a scorpion. But the doctor r____ to treat the baby. That day, Kino picked up a very large oyster. Inside, there was an e_____ and beautiful pearl. But it didn’t bring him good luck, This ultimately leads to the downfall of not only him, but his entire family. just as his wife said that the pearl was ___ (邪恶的）and that it was going to ____ them. In the end of the story, his baby was ____(打中） by the rifle shot. The baby was dead. At last, Kino took the pearl and t___ it into the water. It d____ to the bottom and settled near some plants. The pearl had ______(消失）. pearl stung refused enormous evil destroy hit threw dropped disappeared

A novella includes, besides a plot and characters, setting, theme, point of view, style （forms of expression, length of sentences, choice of words by author), and tone (author's attitude toward story).

Which of these do you think is the hest moral to the story? Money only brings unhappiness Poor people can never win Society is very unfair We should not exploit the sea. a

Can you put forward good arguments for some of the other morals?

Homework 1.Try to retell the novel in about 10 sentences 2. Try to analyze the main characters of Kino and his wife Juana. (referenced words: honest, dignified, poor, strong, thoughtful, generous, selfish, ugly, easy going, cold-hearted etc.)

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