高级英语课件15.ppt

Lesson 15 No Signpost in the Sea Questions: What is the general function of a “signposts”? What is the special feature of a sea? What can you predict about the implication of the title of the text? No Signpost in the Seaby Victoria (Vita) Mary Sackville-West Questions for further discussion: Suppose if one has been informed that one’s days in the world are numbered, what do you think one may choose to do as the best option? About the author: Victoria (Vita) Mary Sackville West (1892—1962): an English poet and novelist Sackville-West, Vita (Victoria Mary Sackville-West), 1892–1962, English writer; wife of Sir Harold Nicolson and granddaughter of the 2d Baron Sackville. Both she and Nicolson were members of the Bloomsbury group Victoria (Vita) Mary Sackville-West Her poems in The Land (1926), Selected Poems (1941), and The Garden (1946) won praise, but she is better known for her novels, The Edwardians (1930) and All Passion Spent (1931). Among her other works are Knole and the Sackvilles (1922), about her familys past, and her charming fictional portrait of her grandmother, Pepita (1937) Victoria (Vita) Mary Sackville-West Vita Sackville-West (March 9, 1892 – June 2, 1962) was an English poet, novelist and gardener. Her long narrative poem, The Land, won the Hawthornden Prize in 1927. She won it again, the only writer to do so, in 1933 with her Collected Poems. She helped create her own gardens in Sissinghurst, Kent which provide the backdrop to Sissinghurst Castle. She was famous for her exuberant aristocratic life, her strong marriage, and her passionate affairs with women. Victoria (Vita) Mary Sackville-West Early life Sackville-West was born at Knole House in Kent, and her first love affair was with this ancient and huge house; because she was a woman, she could not inherit it, and this affected the rest of her life. She was the daughter of the 3rd Baron Sackville and his wife Victoria Sackville-West. She was christened Victoria Mary Sackville-West but w