Half A Day,Naguib Mahfouz,Book 1,Unit1,Part One: Warm-up Part Two: Background Information Part Three: Text Appreciation Part Four: Language Study Part Five: Extension,Book 1,Unit 1,Contents,B,T,L,E,W,Warm-up Questions,Was it hard for you to leave home for the first time in your life? Who went to see you off at the railway station? Who came to school with you? Did you feel you were a stranger the first day you arrived? Do you have trouble adjusting to life here?,Warm-up Questions,What do you think are the differences between middle school life and college life? What do you think is the business of university? What do you expect to learn here?,Did you find the university as you had imagined?,Naguib Mahfouz,Background,Naguib Mahfouz Education & Background,Naguib Mahfouz was born on the 11th Dec. 1911 in an old quarter of Cairo, the youngest son of a merchant. He studied philosophy（哲学）at Cairo University, graduating in 1934.,Naguib Mahfouz important works,Naguib Mahfouz was the first Arab to win the Nobel prize for literature, in 1988. He has been described as “a Dickens of the Cairo cafs“ and “the Balzac of Egypt“. He is now the author of about 30 novels, more than 100 short stories, and more than 200 articles. Half of his novels have been made into films which have circulated （流通；传播）throughout the Arabic-speaking world.,Naguib Mahfouz important works,The appearance of The Cairo Trilogy（三部曲） in 1957 made him famous throughout the Arab world as a depictor（描写者） of traditional urban（城市的） life.,Naguib Mahfouz important works,Naguib Mahfouz important works,Cairo,The City of Cairo,Naguib Mahfouz how he pictures the time,Mahfouz seems to conceive of （构思；想象) time as a force of oppression as the bringer of change, and change as a very painful process,Naguib Mahfouz how he pictures the world,Mahfouzs description of the world is gloomy, though not completely disappointing. There are only two bright spots（点）. Mans continuing struggle for equality The promise of scientific progress In sum, life is a tragedy.,Text Appreciation,Work with your partner to divide the text into 3 parts, and summarize the main idea of each part.,Text Appreciation,Structure of the text Part 1 (para. 1- ) about: Part 2 (para. ) about:Part 3 (para. ) about:,7,The boys misgivings about school,8-16,How the boy felt about school.,17-20,Walking out of the school, he found time had changed everything.,Detailed discussion of part I (para.1-7),Read the first part of the text, try to pick out the expressions or sentences which can illustrate the boys feelings most. And give the reasons. They did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into the school for the first time. I turned towards her from time to time, hoping she would help. “Why school?” I asked my father. “What have I done?” I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building. I hesitated and clung to his hand,Detailed discussion of part I (para.1-7),They did not make me happy, however, as this was the day I was to be thrown into school for the first time.(para.1)What does “they” refer to?What does the writer imply by using “to be thrown into school”?,But I wasnt happy as I usually was when I had new clothes to wear because it was the day I started school.,Detailed discussion of part I,to be thrown into an unpleasant place e.g. to be thrown into prison/jail cf: to throw sb out (of a place): to force sb to leave a place e.g. They will throw me out (of school) if I fail three exams.,Detailed discussion of part I (para.1-7),My mother stood at the window watching our progress, and I turned towards her from time to time, hoping she would help.(para.2)What does “progress” mean here?What kind of help could his mother offer?What does the sentence tell us about the boys relationships with his parents?,Detailed discussion of part I (para.1-7),a street lined with gardens (para.2) a street where there are gardens along both sideslined with : past participle phrase used here to modify “a street”. It can be regarded as a relative clause cut short, eg.a novel (that was) written by Charles Dickens personal computers (that are) made in China,Its a place that makes useful man out of boys.(para.4) to make sb./sth. (out) of sb./sth: to make sb/sth become(make boys become useful men)eg. The army made a man (out) of him.I dont think you can make a football star (out) of Johnny.,Convince (para.5),convince sb of sth/that make sb feel certain我说服不了他，让他承认他错了。我相信她是诚实的。这是一个让人信服的说法。,I couldnt him of his mistake.,I am convinced of her honesty.,This is a convincing argument,I did not believe there was really any good to be had in tearing me away from my home and throwing me into the huge, high-walled building. (para.5) There is no good to be had in doing sth: It is no good/use doing sth.( It is not useful to do sth). Paraphrase,I didnt think it was useful to take me away from home and put me into that building with high walls.,