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Lesson 1 Fard Aldous Huxley Lesson 1 Fard 主要内容、知识点：About the author Aldous Huxley; the key message conveyed in the story; the main theme implied in the story; Some key language points; writing techniques 重 点：Learn the writer’s writing style and devices employed in his story; social meaning of his story 难 点：Get to know some cultural background of the story 教学目标：Learn how to appreciate a short story comprehensively I. Pre-reading Tasks 1.1 Lead-in Questions 1).Do you believe love in marriage can survive years or last till the end of ones life? Why or why not? 2).How do you interpret the proverb:” Keep your eyes open before marriage and keep them half shut after it”? 3).What the text may be about according to the title? 1.2 Word Warming-up Directions: All the italicized words in the sentences below are taken from the text.Use the context to guess their meanings .Write a definition , synonym or description for each of them. 1. The wind was blowing in gusts. 2.Some students are just heedless of the teachers advice. 3. “My darling”,her husband used to call her when he was in an amorous mood. 4. He must have an exuberant imagination to have written so many sci-fi stories. 5. After days of work, she was to such a degree enervated. 6.Many clerks feel impelled to smile when meeting their bosses. II. While-reading Tasks 2.1 Phrases Muted and inarticulate Shrill with anger Indignant with tears Burst out in gusts /gushes Strange and ominous silence Pay no heed to A hard day Sacks of potatoes Wriggle up field of vision Furious wasp-like buzzer In an amorous mood Ornate underclothing and exuberant flesh Be humbly asked to Bend and strain At ones own expense Wobble ones head dodder ones legs Beastly verses Pure invention Feel aggrieved Buoyant springs Come of Feel impelled to do sth Feel positively ill A walking corpse Repeat with conviction A stick of lip salve Creaking of the joints Get up briskly 2.2 Notes to the Text Aldous Huxley was an English novelist, essayist, criti