赏析Lesson 22: The Giant (II)九年级英语衔接版

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本文巧用对比，围绕巨人对待小孩前后态度的变化，花园景色一波三折变化的前后对比，孩子们对待巨人态度变化的前后原因对比，从而鲜明地表达出中心思想：自私是要不得的。作者在语言运用方面，对动词的推敲和妙用，使得文章的主题入木三分。

第一自然段作者用出神入化的动词和句子描绘了一幕非常美妙的景象，衬托出孩子们对花园的眷恋。

The giant saw a sight.

Birds were f           about and s           and flowers were through the green grass. The trees were w           their arms softly in the w           wind. Children were r           about and sitting in the b           of the trees.

It was a          .

鸟儿唱着歌儿自由飞翔，花儿从绿草中探出头来，树木在暖风中伸展着胳膊，孩子们到处跑着，有的坐在树枝上，这是一幅多么美妙的画面。

Then the giant saw that many children...

第二自然段当巨人看到被冰雪覆盖的销声匿迹的花园随着更多的孩子们从墙上的一个洞里钻进来，美妙的春天又回来了。随着花园景色的变化，巨人冰冷的心融化了，他下决心要拆掉墙，但是孩子们对巨人的态度并未改变。

The giants heart.” How I have been！”he said.”Now I know           -spring would not here！” The giant

made a decision and went out to his garden.” I will knock down the wall！” he said to himself.

第三自然段显示巨人态度的变化从对待一个小男孩开始，当孩子们正玩得尽兴的时候，他们突然看见了巨人，其他的孩子都跑掉了，只有一个孩子没跑，作者用了一个词“But”，花园里出现了什么样的场面？作者设下悬念，读者会迫不及待地读下去。But one little boy did  not because he did not see the giant.这个小男孩正在干什么？He was trying to reach up to the spreading branches of a tree.這句中的正尽力，说明小男孩被大自然的美景所陶醉。正在伸展开的，说明树的繁茂，小男孩在这样美妙的景色中尽情地玩耍，多么愉快！这些细节描写渲染了气氛，为巨人态度的变化做了铺垫。突然，凶恶的巨人出现，但出人意料，巨人这次突然改变了形象，哪个词突现了他的改变？”gently”一词与前面的”in a loud voice”， “Children were so scared， were so frightened and they ran away.”形成强烈的反差。

当巨人把小男孩用手轻轻地拖起，放到迎风舒展的树枝上，小男孩伸出双臂，搂住巨人的脖子，亲吻了巨人，邪恶变成了温存。At the giant took him gently in his hand， and put him up into the tree. The little boy stretched out with his arms， put them around the giants neck and kissed him.

立刻地，花园里有了生机：花儿依次开放，一会儿的功夫，花园里鸟语花香，春暖花开，花枝招展，莺歌燕舞。At once the tree broke out in blossoms. The birds came and sang in it.

在这春色迷人的花园里，当其他的孩子们跑出花园后，因为小男孩没跑，所以他们在花园外面偷偷地看，看见了什么呢？看见巨人不在邪恶情景，其他的小孩子们也跑进来了，又为春意盎然的美好景象增添了活力！巨人醒悟，拿起斧子砍掉了墙。

When the other children saw the giant was no longer wicked， they came running back. Along with them came the spring. “It is your garden now， little children，” said the giant as he took his great axe and knocked down the wall. Ever since then， the giants garden has been a childrens playground.

总之，作者运用衬托，铺垫，设悬念，对比，渲染气氛等手法把主题表现得淋漓尽致，使得读者身临其境，回味无穷。

（作者单位：甘肃省白银市会宁县枝阳初级中学）