2012年3月1日 星期四

Life of Pi

1. pre-reading
  • Quizlet
  • What would you do if you were in the man's situation? 


2. comprehension questions
  • What is the irony of the story? (P1)
  • How do we know that the tiger was happy? / How do know that it was friendly? (P2)
  • What are the types of sounds tigers can make? How do we feel about each of the sounds? (P4)
  • What kind of sound is the most special to the narrator? (P5)
  • Why did the narrator want to tame the tiger? (P8)
  • What is the secret of the narrator? (P9)


3. phrases
  • calm down (4)
  • look at me intently (7)
  • take ... in (13)
  • twitch his ears (14) 
  • prick up my ears (17)
  • a variety of sounds (19)
  • go woof (21)
  • put out throaty, coughing roars (24)
  • rusty hinges (27)
  • distinguishes big cats from small cats (31)
  • except for (36)
  • on a walking visit to ... (38)
  • die shortly of natural causes (50)
  • count on (50)
  • keep me from thinking (58) 


4. usage and grammar
  • ..., the narrator, ..., finds himself alone in a small life raft at sea. (1)
  •  After a time I recognized the gaze. I had grown up with it. (7) | Clearly Richard Parker had eaten ... (10) (past perfect tense)
  • He kept twitching his ears ... (14)
  • And tigers hiss and snarl, ..., sounds either like autumn leaves ..., or, ..., like a giant door ... (24) / Prusten is the quietest of tiger calls, a puff ... (39)
  • It is one of the characteristics that distinguishes big cats from small cats. (30) (subject-verb agreement)
  • If I knew of it, it was because Father had told me ... (36)
  • He looked exactly as if he were asking me a question. (42)
  • There being no immediate threat, my breath slowed down, ... (44)
  • Only if I tamed him could I possibly ... (52)

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