外研社版先打大学英语精读课件第一册lesson6.ppt

Lesson 6 The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Plot: Chaos on Maple Street due to the suspicion of the attack of ETs as being called Monsters Setting: Maple Street in a typical American town Protagonists: Residents Theme of the story In this play, the author seems to emphasize three fatal human weaknesses: our deep suspicion and distrust of one another, our eagerness to find a scapegoat, and our readiness to turn into a mob. It implies that if we human beings want to be really safe, we must kill those monsters in our hearts: we should try to understand and trust each other, to be less eager to assign blame, and to resist the kind of group (mob) mentality which too often results in violence and tragedy. Questions How do you understand the title of the text? How did the story take place? What were people’s first reactions to this? Why did Tommy try to stop Steve from going away? How did Goodman become the first suspect? Language study 1. atmosphere spher = ball (root) atmo(s) = vapor Examples: sphere 球；球体 spherometer　球面计; (meter = measure) hemisphere　半球 (hemi = half) spheroid 椭圆体 (oid = resembling) 2. awful Examples: a really awful book The weather was awful. I felt awful about not being able to help. b. [only before noun] spoken used to emphasize how much or how good, bad, etc. sth. is Examples: an awful lot = a very large amount It made him look like an awful fool. 3. concern v. a. to be of interest or importance to Example: an article that concerns the plight of homeless people b. to have to do with or relate to Example: This problem concerns all of us. 4. conscious adj. aware; knowing Examples: He was very conscious of his shortcomings. There is still prejudice , even if it is not always conscious. Compare: aware, sensible Examples: She was conscious that someone was watching her. I was too sleepy to be aware of how cold it was. Her gift was sensible from her man