Unit3AHanging练习答案
Unit 3
receptionist
A Hanging
Con solidati on Activities
I. Text prehe nsion
I. Decide which of the follow ing best states the author's purpo B ______
A. To criticize the react ion of the on-lookers duri ng a hanging.
dvd rwB. To pre nt his huma ni stic view on capital puni shme nt.
C. To describe the process of an executi on.
D. To show sympathy to the man that had bee n han ged.
II. Judge, according to the text, whether the following statements are true or fal.
1) . Each cell, ten feet by ten in size, was barely furnished except for a plank bed and a pot for drinking water. [T]
2) . According to the superintendent, the prisoner should be executed at 8 o'clock. [T]
3) . A group of pris oners were walki ng towards the gallows to be han ged. [F]
4) . When the no o was fixed around the pris on er's n eck, he emitted urge nt and fearful
fractures
cries for help. [F]
5) . As the superintendent was counting the prisoner's cries to a fixed number, all
on the spot, in cludi ng the In dia n warders, were terribly upt. [T]
6) . We went round the gallows to make sure that the han ged pris oner was actually dead. [T]
7) . From what the Eurasia n boy said, the han ged man was an undaun ted man. [F]
II. Writi ng Strategies
This text is a piece of dynamic or descriptive narration, telling us a true story about the hanging of a convict in Burma. The narrative text first prents a general description of the poor, simple living conditions of the condemned men before they were put to death on the gallows. Next, it focus on a dyn amic and specific description of how a condemned man, a Hindu, was guarded and escorted to the gallows and how he was hanged. Then, some anecdotes are prented and some events described, which provide food for thought. Evidently, the events are organized mainly in the order of their occurre nee, followi ng the n atural time que nee. It is to be no ted that Paragraphs 9-14 make up the climax of the story.
Also, it is not to be overlooked that the first-person narration is adopted, which renders the events described or narrated more vivid, objective and believable, and which makes it possible and convenient for the n arrator to put across his own thoughts and feelings in the process of narration. Besides, it is worth our attention that the begi nning of this n arrative story is well conn ected with its con clusi on.
The questi ons below are to be an swered:
1. Do you agree that the narrative story is full of dynamic descriptions? If you do, provide examples to support your viewpo int.
统招本科Yes, I do. The story is so full of dyn amic verbs that more tha n 90% of the ntences contain one or two, or even more action verbs. Obvious examples are found in Paragraphs 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15.
2. Which paragraphs contain flashbacks?
caesar
请客英文Flashbacks are found in Paragraphs 16, 18, and 20.
piggie3. What do you know about the adva ntages of the first-pers on n arrati on?
The employment of the first person narration renders the events described or the plots narrated more vivid, objective and believable, and makes it possible and convenient for the n arrator to express or dem on strate his own thoughts or psychological activities in the process of n arratio n.
格莱美20184. How is the begi nning of the story associated with its con clusi on?
james morrisonBoth the begi nning and the con clusi on of the n arrative story touch on or briefly describe the hard life and tragic fate of the condemned prisoners.
III. Lan guage Work
1. Expla in the un derl ined part in each ntence in your own words.
1. The were the condemned men, due to be han ged with in the n ext week or two.
who were scheduled to be han ged
2. He was a Hindu, a puny wisp of a man, with a shaven head and vague liquid eyes.
who was a small, thin, and weak man
be good at3. They crowded very clo about him, with their hands always on him in a careful, ____________ caress ing grip.
holding him firmly and continuously in a careful manner
4. Two warders marched on either side of the prisoner, with their rifles at the slope.
carrying rifles that tilted over their shoulders
5. At each step his muscles slid neatly into place.
his muscles appeared to be fun ctio ning n ormally
6. …and in two minutes, with a sudden snap, one of us would be gone -- one mind ____________ less, one world less.
we will lo a man who can also think and reason like us, and who is also a unique in dividual like each of us
2. Fill in each blank with one of the two words from each pair in their appropriate forms and n ote the differe nee of meaning betwee n them.
