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第一部分 (Lesson 1 – lesson 5)
Lesson1, Gifts of the Magi
麦琪的礼物
重点段落如下（p4）
“Della stopped crying. she stood by the window and looked out .Tomorrow would be Christmas day and she had only are dollar eighty-seven cents with which to buy Jim a present. She had been saving every penny she could for months and this is all she had got. She had spent many happy hours planning something nice for him something fire and beautiful which was really worthy of Jim”
主人公Della和Jim是因为彼此深爱对方却不能为对方送礼物而伤心哭泣。对于心理的描写细腻入微，传神逼真。
将Della满怀深情的无奈和热烈甜蜜的憧憬通过具体的描绘呈现在读者面前。字里行间似乎是仅仅是因为没有适合心意的礼物而透出淡淡的忧伤，但深层含义还包含着真爱，抗争，风险和社会的不公，以及，贯穿始终的圣诞的礼物，爱人间的礼物，生命的馈赠和礼物。
文章另外一个重点段落，也就是文章的结尾段。
“The Magi brought presents to Jesus Christ on the first Christmas of all Christmas .They first had the idea of giving Christmas presents. They were wise. Here I have told you this story of two foolish children in a poor set of rooms who gave up for each other his or her greatest treasure. They chose their presents unwisely; but those gifts which are the sign of real love are the best gifts of all.
这一个结尾段点明了文章所要表达的主旨
real love is the best gifts of all .Meanwhile, please focus on some key words would help you better comprehensive. For instance: Wise, two foolish children, poor rooms greatest, give up. Unwise real love, If you can print out all these words which form an outline of the whole story .do you can use them to retell the story and answer the questions many related.
《麦琪的礼物》作为经典名篇，最可能考察的有以下几点：1 主旨 2人物性格 3 写作风格。其中“写作风格”一向比较复杂，可以额外归纳为注重情节和心理刻画，以细节取胜，结局出人意料。
Focus on details and psychological description, Plots winner and unexpected ending. Good order and delicate word choosing.
Tell you what’s the meaning of real love Touch your heart with beautiful story.
本文的另外一个重点是作者，O Henry: 欧.亨利。
O Henry is the penname of William Sidney Porter. He began to write in name of O. Henry at the time he was in prison. He is famous for short novel. He is a productive whiter and a celebrated author.
本文可能会出现的问题。Possible questions and suggestion answers.
1) Do you think it is unwise of Mr. Mrs. young to give up for each other his of her greatest treasure what comments do you make about their choice?
（你认为他们彼此放弃最宝贵的东西是不明智的么？对于他们的选择你有什么评论么？）
(本文可以对照lesson30 true love 来学习。)
2） what is the theme (主题)of the story? How do you feel about the end of the story?
3） Where do you think the climax of the story lies?
(参考回答2.The theme of the story is “real love is the greatest treasure in the world.” Love is a complex word including the conflict between reflex and reflection The end of the story is the best part of the story. It has conquered the reader’s heart and offer them an unexpected strange for imagination.
3 The climax of the story lies on the when Jim and Della surprised saw each other with cut their own best treasures at the moment they want to gave out their planned presents.
Lesson 2 No Marriage No apologies
文章讲述的是现代人在不同年龄段和生活背景下对于婚姻的看法和观点。以及作者对此所展开的思想和讨论。文章的体裁类似于社会调查报告，通过案例分析，数据对比，正反面论证，背景资料剖析等方法。理智分析了婚姻这一社会性问题。

一、 文章的主题表现在结尾段的评述中
The theme of passage is : “We can’t go back to a society where people don’t have sex or live together at all before marriage, Nor do they want to one whole people are matched up at 20 for life”.
So, we should treat marriage with a wisely eye and calm attitude. Follow with the social trace and find our own way.
二 如何学习类似文章：
此类刊登在报刊上的文章往往通过摆事实讲道理，例证，数据，等具体信息来阐述对于某一社会问题的见解。借以引起人群的广泛探讨。 我们建议通过略读和寻读相结合的方法。即：注重文章的关键部分，每一部分的首句和结尾句。寻读信息的出现点，数据，例证，结论等。这样一来。看似杂乱无章的布局也会轮廓清晰起来，细节理顺了，主题理解自然也会水道渠成。
三 文章中的重点论证：
The very dramatic thing is the difference in attitudes in nontraditionally family behavior. Professor Bumpass, citing data from survey that showed only small segment of people disapproved of the premarital sex and cohabitation . It is clear to me that the trends we have been observing are likely to continue, with a declining emphasis on marriage.
People see little difference between marriage and cohabitation.
需要注意的10个词语：
1 disapprove of 2 skittish 3 cautious 4 spirit 5 mores 6 institution 7 consultant 8 cohabitation 9 fidelity 10 match up
(Compare with Lesson 11)
Possible questions:
1 For what reason are more people choosing cohabitation rather than marriage?
(For many people, cohabitation provides a chance for a shared life without a shared bank account; no less strength of commutation, more freedom and less duties.)
2 Do you think that there is a cause – and – effect relation between cohabitation and divorce?
( Cohabitation can not translate into a good marriage but can effect the divorce because of it’s limitations.)
Lesson 11
It is about upbringing a child and the education problem. Upbringing and education are interdependent. Where one stage of child development has been left out, or not sufficiently
Experienced, it will influence his or her later development.
从更加一般的意义上讲，培养孩子的问题是一个家庭内部关系的问题，其中首要的前提是孩子与父母有稳定的感情，他们在对待孩子的问题上必须态度一致，既考虑孩子的心理健康也要适时开启他们的智力道德和社会责任感。
Lesson 3 The Decameron
I)The author : Giovanni Boccaccio ,influenced by Pettrach (彼特。拉克) the pioneer of Europe Humanity Movement . His work including legendary, epic, poem, essay and so on. His most important work is “The Decammeron”

《十日谈》记述了1348 年， 意大利佛罗伦萨流行黑死病。十名青年（三男七女）结伴避于一乡间别墅。为了消磨时光，他们每人每天讲一个故事。〈〈十日谈〉〉记述了他们所讲的100个故事，其中许多故事取材于中世纪传说，东方故事和历史事件。〈〈十日谈〉〉是欧洲文学史上第一部现实主义巨著，是意大利古典散文完美的典范，对欧洲文艺复兴的文学影响极为深远
“ it is the first great work of realism in literature history in Europe ,as well as the perfect model of Italian classical essay. It has profound influence on Europe renaissance literature for then and forever.
(II) The main idea of the story :
It is about a very beautiful and accomplished young girl Lisabetta ,who was born in a rich family with three young brothers. She fallen in love with Lorenzo who worked for her brothers and saw to all of their work. Her brother discovered their love affairs and they proposed to kill Lorenzo in order to apart the two lovers. At last, the Lisabetta died of crying and sadness. After a time the whole affair became known to many people. And hand down form generation to generation.
学习《十日谈》重点在于作家和作品背景，抓住文章主旨和深层含义。以及他所要反映的现实主义思想。呼唤思想解放和人性自由的愿望。人文主义思想也是学习的另一重点。

Lesson 4 and Lesson 5 The Canterbury Tales (i) (ii)
The Canterbury Tales vividly pictured the life of 14century and the people of every work of the society. It reflects the humanism spirit of rebelling to the feudalism and church. It contains 24 stories.
《坎特伯雷故事集》是英国现实主义文学创始人乔叟的代表作。他生动描述了十四世纪英国各界层的生活，体现了反封建反教会的人