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powerful, precise, penetrating
Pettey Burch -- pitiful, dump, roommate,
faddist Polly Espy --- beautiful, gracious, stupid
The chief attraction of this lesson
Character Analysis
Protagonist:
a law school student; very young &clever
over-conceited -- cool, logical, keen,
calculating, perspicacious, acute, astute,
(比起爱情专一，他更喜欢到处拈花惹草)
languish vi.变得衰弱无力，长期受苦
Her interests has greatly languished.
(她的兴趣已然大减了）
He lies on the ground languising of wounds.
（她躺在地上，伤口疼痛难熬）
*How Polly take advantage of what she had learned from her teacher to decline her teacher.
*Characters analysis *To appreciate the humor in the story
*To perform the roles of Polly and I
Paraphrases
星座，星群 Cancer (6.22-722) 巨蟹座
constellation
Leo (7.23-822) 狮子座
go steady with sb. 和某人交往，相恋
He preferred playing the field to going steady.
The introduction of our class
*To go over what we have learned before
*To know the main content of the third part
*Detailed information of the third part : words and paraphrases
1.
favoring her with a smile 2. chuckled with amusement 3. chuckled with somewhat less amusement 4. forcing a smile/ ground his teeth 5. croaked, dashed perspiration from his brow 6. bellowing like a bull
Language features
4. sharp contrast in the language 1) the law student uses ultra learned terms standard English 100% correct 2) clipped vulgar forms, slang words gee, magnif, terrif, pshaw, 5. inverted sentences ?
The main idea of this lesson
It is about a law student who tries to marry the girl after suitable re-education, but he's been too clever for his own good. The narrator, Dobie Gillis, a freshman in a law school, is the protagonist
It's humorous The whole story is a piece of light, humorous satire, satirizing a smug, self-conceited freshman in a law school.
Why ?
Reasons
1) the title
When she hit him, he reeled back and almost fell.
Paraphrases
f)
rat -- metaphor (Am. slang.) 无耻之徒
used
for describing a sneaky（卑鄙）, contemptible（可鄙） person.
Review
We have leaned that “I” have already spent five evenings together with Polly, the girl whom “I” wanted to steady with. “I”’ve taught her some fallacies to make her become clever. Now we arrive at the next also the last dating during which Polly took the advantages of what she learned to refuse “me” and “I” suffered the great changement of “my” feelings.
Paraphrases
c) surge v在波浪中或如同波浪般前进，急剧上升 n.
激增 The waves surged over the rocks.(波浪涌向岩石)
A surge of anger rushed over him.(他的气愤之情涌上来)
d) reel back （因为推动或是震惊而）倒退
h)
Jitterbug (Am. Slang)
person who is very nervous
（反复无常的人） *a quick active popular dance of the 1940's *a person who did this sort of dance.
Pay attention to the change of his the author's note
"spongy", "limp", "flaccid" are specific characteristics of his essay. He is joking, which indicates that the whole story is humorous. 3) the contrast -the law student & the girl & Pettey boasting himself ----- downgrading the others the student ---- the girl
Reasons
4) the ending of the story
raccoon coat which the law student despises and gives it to his roommate for the exchange of his girl friend has finally become the rootcause of his losing his girl friend. 5) the clever choice of the names Petey ---- pity Espy ---- I spy
The
title is humorous. The writer wants the readers to conclude that "love" is an error, a deception and an emotion that does not follow the principles of logic.
Content of the last part
Sect.IV. para125– the ending of the story The girl learns her lessons too well. She uses all the logical fallacies to fight back her teacher.
the
Language features
1. American colloquialism 2. Informal style short sentences elliptical sentences --- to increase the tempo of the story dashes 3. rhetorical devices
g)
Modulate
adjust, vary the pitch, intensity of the voice
Some people are able to modulate their voices according to the size of the room in which they speak. (一些人能够根据他们说话地方的空间大小来适当调节他们的声音)
