《现代大学英语精读1》第五课 nightingale and the rose

Unit 5The Nightingale & The Roseby Oscar Wilde

The Nightingale and the Rose

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Can you name some of the fairy tales that you have read? Can you tell which fairy tales the following pictures illustrate? Who are the most famous fairy tales collectors and writers?W T

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The prince asked who she was and how she came there; She looked at him tenderly and with a sad expressions in her dark blue eyes, but could not speak

“Oh, very badly indeed!” she replied. “I have scarcely closed my eyes the whole night through. I do not know what was in my bed, but I had something hard under me, and am all over black and blue. It has hurt me so much!”

But the emperor isn't wearing any clothes!

Yes Beast, I will marry you

For a long time he stood gazing at her face, so full of serenity, so peaceful, lovely and pure, and he felt spring to his heart that love he had always been searching for and never found.

And then the Nightingale began to sing. “That is it!” said the little girl. “Listen, listen! And it’s sitting there!” And she pointed to a little gray bird up in the boughs.

“She said that she would dance with me if I brought her red roses,” cried the young Student, “but in all my garden there is no red rose.”

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Complete the words according to the explanation. 1. c___________ 1. having a deep purplish red 111111111111111111colour 2. e____________ 2. a very strong feeling of joy 111111111111111111and happiness 3. c____________ 3. a transparent natural 111111111111111111mineral that looks like ice 4. p____________ 4. to pick 5. f____________ 5. to move (the wings) quickly and lightly up and downW T B R

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Complete the words according to the explanation. 6. s____________ 6. to fly high up into the sky 7. w___________ 7. very unhappy 8. s___________ 8. a ray of sunlight 9. e____________ 9. a bright green precious stone 10. g____________ 10. a channel at the edge of a road next to the pavement where water collects and flows away

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Understand the structure and the general idea of the story Think about how to interpret the story Know something about the author Learn to appreciate the beauty in this story and analyze how it is created

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