KnowledgeFocus
1。Discussthefollowiions。
1)ortantaboutthetitle?
2)HowdoesEdgarAllanPoerevealcharaTheBlackCat?
3)Whatarethethemesiory?Howdotheyrelatetotheplotandcharacters?
4)WhatarethesymbolsinTheBlackCat?Howdotheyrelatetotheplotandcharacters?
5)Doyouthiwoblackcats,orjustone?
6)Doesthestiveaohoworbywhomthefirewasstarted?Ifso,whatarethey?
7)Dotheuseofcapitallettershelpsetthetoory?Ifso,how?Wouldthestoryhavebeeerorworsewithoutthesetouches?
8)Isthisstoryrelevanttoyou,andyourlife?Whyorwhynot?
9)Howdoyoufeelaboutcats?Didthesteys?Ifso,how?
10)DoesTheBlackdyouofaoriesyou’veread,ormoviesyou’veseen?Whatarethesimilaritiesanddifferences?
&herthefollowirue(T)orfalse(F)。
1)TheBlackCatisasirayalofanimal。()
2)Hangingandaxingareexamplesofthetheme“violence”。()
3)Thenarratorwritesfromhisbedroom。()
4)Thenarrator’sfriendshipwithPlutolastsforseveralyears。()
5)Thealcoholpushesthenarratorintofitsofintemperandviolence。()
6)Thenarratorisuransformatiohasledhimtobeurderer。()
7)Plutoneverrecoveredfromhisinjuryahefire。()
8)ThesedcatisthesamesizeandcolorasPlutoandisevenmissinganeye。()
9)Thesedcaturthelandlordofatavern。()
10)TheBlackmanywaysamoraltalethatdealswiththeteweeeandthatwarnsofthedangersofalcohol。()
3。SoloWork:Filliopletethesummaryofthestory。
&ortellsusthatfrehehaslovedanimals。Heandhisets,ingalargeblaamed1)。Althoughhiswifeoftehesuperstitionthatblackcatsareactuallydisguised2),thenarratorisparticularlyfondoftheunusuallyi。
Iyears,thenarratorbeesinglymoodyandirritabledueto3),aoverballyabuseaenhiswifeasets。Oneday,whenheedrunkand,imaginingthatPlutoisavoidihecat,which4)himonthehandinfear。IhenarratorlosesdeofPluto’s5)outeersupthem,hefeelsremorsefulbutreturnst。Thecatrecovers,butitspicuouslyavoidsitsowner,whoisatfirstgrievedandlaterannoyedandprovoked。Hedescribesitasaprimitiveimpulseof6)thatdriveshimtopletehisattaPlutoby7)theatree,althoughhecriesashedoesthedeed,awarethathehasittedadeadlysinonananimalthaton。
Thesamenightasthecat’sdeath,thehouseisseton8),aor,hiswife,abarelyescape。Peculiarly,onthesihatdidnotfallinthefireisanimageofagigantic9)earouhehephenomenthatsomeohavethrowohiswindowtotrytoiasotherwallsfell,theymusthavepressedtheanimalier,wherethelime,theheat,andtheammoniafromthebioformthe10)。However,heremainsdisturbedandfeelsasefallsjustshortofremorse。