Unit Four Nettles
1. Notes on Guide to Reading
1) prolific (1.1) 多产的
prolific writer 多产作家
synonyms: fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive.
2）prestigious (1.3) esteemed 有名望的，著名的
Prestigious university 名牌大学；名校Synonyms: celebrated, distinguished, eminent, illustrious, noted, preeminent, prominent, renowned
3）dilemma （2.2）进退两难；困境
To be, or not to be: that is the question (Shakespeare)
Synonyms: deep water, hot water, predicament,
4）be confronted with (2.3) face; meet with;
encounter 面对；遭遇
5）regardless of (2.3) irrespective of 不论；
不管
6）Love that was not usable, that knew its place. Not risking a thing yet staying alive as a sweet trickle, and underground resource. (Last line but one, Para. 2)
空灵的爱，自知的爱；不危及任何东西，却像涓涓细流，地下源泉，永不枯竭。
精神之爱，知其进退；无损无害，如源
头活水，滋润于心。
7）retrospection （3.2）回顾，回忆
8）protagonist (3.2) The main performer in a theatrical production; : lead 主角
9）effortlessly (3.4)
Effortless: easy
Easy as ABC, easy as falling off a log, easy as one-two-three, easy as pie, like taking candy from a baby, nothing to it. 10）bridge the gap: 搭配
11）Thus the reader is apt to identify with the protagonist, feeling what she feels and worrying what worries her. (last line but one, Para. 3)
Identify with ?
12) address veral esntial problems (4.1)
搭配
13）Once again “Nettles” displays Munro’s lasting strength …and subtle meanings of life.
Lasting strength？
在“荨麻”中，Munro再次展示了其
，驭繁于简，情节虽然简单，却探索了复杂的人物感情和微妙的人生况味。
2．Text Analysis
From paragraph 1 to paragraph 49
A．必备语汇（preparatory words and expressions）
见词汇测试表
B. 逐段讲解
1．引子：回忆起1979年时见到的一个男人。不交代是谁，留下悬念(suspen) 词汇：
1）ketchup sandwich （1.2）
夹番茄酱的三明治
2. 数年之后，重寻故地，已物易人非。
去年元夜时，花市灯如昼。
月上柳梢头，人约黄昏后。
今年元夜时，月与灯依旧。
不见去年人，泪湿春衫袖。
---生查子去年元夜时欧阳修
去年今日此门中，
人面桃花相映红。
人面只今何处去？
桃花依旧笑春风
题都城南庄崔护
3．回忆儿时情景，请人打井，由此开始一
场早恋（puppy love）。
词汇：
1）Well (line 1)：水井
2）Penned （line 3）：圈养的
Pig sty 猪圈
3）Mug (line 7) : 杯
其他词义：
（1）I got mugged/jumped on my way
home.
（2）The suspect is not among the mug
shots.
(3) Look at her ugly mug.
4．Mike McCallum 出场。交代打井人居无定所的生活，为之后和童年伴侣小Mike McCallum的分离埋下伏笔。
5．小Mike McCallum出场。交代两人都是8岁。
词汇:
1）boarding hou （5.1）提供膳宿的地方
2）at hand （5.2）nearby 附近，手边6. 回忆和小Mike两小无猜的情景之一：在
