新世纪英语专业本科生综合教程(第二版)第3册 Unit7

Unit7Unit7TheChaserTheChaserUnit7Watchthevideoclipandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.WhydoesthemanchoosetoproposetohisgirlfriendintheStarlightroom?2.Whydoesthewomansaynotohisproposal?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement1AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationItisbecausetheStarlightroomisaromanticandmagicplacetopropose.Itisbecauseshefeelsheisnotreadyformarriage.Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement2AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationIthasbeenthreeyearssinceourfirstdate.Timehasreallygonebyfast.Yep.Andoverthepastfewweeks,Ihavebeendoingsomethinking,mainlythinkingaboutthehumancondition.Alotoflifecomesdowntomakingsacrificesanddecidingwhichdirectionismylifegonnago.Couldyoupleaseleave?Thankyouverymuch.AreyouOK?Yeah.OK?VideoScript1AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationMan:Woman:Man:Woman:Man:Woman:FromTheBachelorAlotoflifecomesdowntodecidingwhatamIwillingtosacrificebecauseobviouslyifyouchooseonepathinlife,well,youknow,youcan’tchoosetheother.That’skindofwhereIfoundmyselflately,eversincewe,youandI,inourrelationship,en,havereachedthatplace.Thatplace.Theupshotis“youwin.”“Youwin”?Wasthataproposal?Youwinwasjustthelastpartofit.Thewholethingwasaproposal.The“youwin”hadacontext.Aren’tyouevengonnalookatit?But,first,canwejust,canweretracethementalstepsthatledto“youwin”?LikewhenyousayyouandIhavereachedthatplace.Whatplace?Man:Woman:Man:Woman:Man:Woman:VideoScript2AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationYouknowwhatImean.Shitorgetoffthepot?Didyoureallyjustsay“shitorgetoffthepot”?Righthereinthestarlightroom?Whatisabigdeal?Whycan’tyoujustcay“fishorcutbait”?Becausewealwayssay“shitorgetoffthepot.”Everybodysays“shitorgetoffthepot.”NotintheStarlightRoom!WhatisitwiththeStarlightRoom?Magic,Jimmy.Romance.Youknow,thewholereasonwhyyoucomeupheretopropose.Youseethelightsinthecity.Youhaveawonderfulmeal.Youlistentobeautifulmusic.Anditcaststhisromanticspell.Whenyousay“shitorgetoffthepot”,allthemagicjustsuddenlydisappears.Nowallyouhaveleftisboweltrouble.Man:Woman:Man:Woman:Man:Woman:Man:Woman:VideoScript3AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationIamsorry.Ididn’tthinkyou’dgetsoupsetoverafigureofspeech.It’snotthewords,Jimmy.It’sthewholeapproach.God,it’sasifyoudeliberately…What?What?Youdon’twanttomarryme,doyou?Ijustproposedtoyou.Yeah,butthewaythatyouproposed,youweren’taskingmetomarryyou.Youwereaskingmetosayno.Justputiton.Allright?Please.Ifyoudon’twanttomarryme,Jimmy,Idon’twanttobemarriedtoaguywhodoesn’twanttogetmarried.Man:Woman:Man:Woman:Man:Woman:Man:Woman:VideoScript4AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationringandaformalizedaskingofaquestionsuchas“Willyoumarryme?”•Oftentheproposalisasurprise.•InmanyWesterncultures,thetraditionhasbeenforthemantoproposetothewoman.Culturalinformation1AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformation•Theproposalofmarriageisaneventwhereonepersoninarelationshipasksfortheother’shandinmarriage.•Ifaccepted,itmarkstheinitiationofengagement.•Itoftenhasaritualquality,sometimesinvolvingthe1.ProposalofMarriagepresentationofanengagement2.EngagementCulturalinformation2AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformation•Anengagementisapromisetomarry,andalsotheperiodoftimebetweenproposalandmarriage—whichmaybelengthyortrivial.•Duringthisperiod,acoupleissaidtobeaffianced,betrothed,engagedtobemarried,orsimplyengaged.•Futurebridesandgroomsareoftenorfiancésrespectively(fromtheFrenchword“fiancé”).referredtoasfiancée•Thedurationofthecourtshipvariesvastly.Culturalinformation3AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformation•Longengagementswereoncecommoninformalarrangedmarriages.•In2007,theaverageengagementtimeintheUnitedStateswas17months,butthefigurearoundtheworldvariesgreatlydependingoncultureandcustoms.Theshortstoryisafableoflovewithastrongsarcastictone.Theprotagonist,AlanAusten,wantstofindaneasysolutiontotheproblemoflovebypurchasingalovepotion.However，it’snotthelovepotionthattheoldmanintendstosellprimarily,but“lifecleaner”.Thethemeof“TheChaser”isthecynicismofexperience,portrayedonafieldofAlan’syouthfulnaivetyandtheoldman’spessimisticcertainty.Thetitleofthisshortstoryissomehowapun.“Achaser”canbeapersonthatpursuessomeonelikein“awomanchaser”.Inaddition,itcanrefertoaweakeralcoholicdrinktakenafterastrongone.Awhisky,likethepotion,intoxicates.Abeerchaser,likethe“lifecleaner”,mollifiestheharshnessofthespirits.Thepotionandthepoisongotogetherlikeastrongalcoholicdrinkandachaser.GlobalReading-TextAnalysisStructuralAnalysisTextAnalysisStructuralanalysisStructuralAnalysisTextAnalysisThisshortstory,whichcombineselementsofhorrorandlove,isbuiltalmostentirelythroughdialoguebetweenayoungman,AlanAusten,whoisdeeplyinloveandwantstopossesshisloverentirely,andanunnamedoldmanwhobelievesinalifefreeofromanticinvolvement.In“TheChaser”JohnCollieruses:thedramaticironyofthetitletoinitializeacynicallandscape;andtheunderstatementoftheendingtoenclosethecynicalworldoftheoldman,aworldwhichAlanisentering.StructuralanalysisStructuralAnalysisTextAnalysisParagraph1:Inthispart,theprotagonist,AlanAusten,hasbeenintroduced.Paragraphs2-12:Theoldmanistryingtosellhismixture.Paragraphs13-45:Auste