2. Why do you think Bill didn’t stop or look back when the other man called him? Because Bill only wanted to take his gold back home . He didn’t care about the man. 3. The man was worried when he was left alone in the empty land, wasn’s he ?Why or why not? No, he wasn’t. Because he knew the way to the camp, where he could find food and bullets. 4. What was in the man’s sack? Did he keep it or leave behind? Why? The gold was in his sack. He kept it. He wanted to take it with him.
5. The man was having a hard time, wasn’t he? What problems did he have? What was the biggest problem?
What did he do to satisfy his hunger?
Yes, he was. His problem is that his foot hurt and he was hungry. Hunger was the biggest problem.
In order to satisfy his hunger, he broke the bones of a dead deer and he suched and chewed on them like an animal.
6. One day when he saw a ship on the sea, he thought the ship was real, didn’t he? Why or why not?
It wasn’t a vision, was it? No, he didn’t.
He thought what he saw was only a vision because he believed that he had been moving away from
the sea. In fact he did see a ship on the sea. It was real, not a vision.
7：How did he feel when he saw bones of a man? Why? How did he know they were Bill’s bones? What
did he decide to do?
In Love of Life, the man felt pleased when he saw the bones of a man.
He knew they were Bill’s bones because he saw Bill’s sack of gold beside the bones.He decided to take Bill’s gold away. 8：Why did he suddenly stop laughing about the bones?
The man in Love of Life suddenly stopped laughing about the bones
because he realized it was wrong to feel pleased to the death of his friend and take his gold.
9 What sort of wolf was following him all the time? What for? It was an old and sick wolf. It was hungry and wanted to eat him. 10：Who was stronger, the man or the wolf? How do you know?
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Physically both the man and the wolf were sick ,hungry and weak. It was hard to say who was stronger. love of life gave him strength and made him stronger. So in their life-and –death struggle, the man killed the wolf with his teeth.
11. How was the man finally saved？ Did he have enough food to eat on the ship? Why was he still afraid?
The men from a ship found him on the beach and moved him to the ship.
Yes, he did. But as he couldn’t forget about his terrible experience of hunger, he was afraid that he might go hungry again.
12. What does the title “Love of Life” mean? How did the man show that he loved life?
Life is the most precious thing in the world. If we love life, we will be able to face difficulties and hardships. Love of life will give us strength to fight our difficulties. The man in the story never gave up hope in bad situations. He did all he could to stay alive. Only a man who loves life can do all that he did.
(三) Written Work
Translate the following passage into English. 将下面短文译成英语。
1. 在朋友弃他而走之后，故事里的那个人孤零零地留在荒原上。
The man in the story was alone in the empty land after his friends left him. 2. 他面临着许多困难。
“面临困难--be faced with”
He was faced with many difficulties.
3. 首先，他的脚疼，不过比起饥饿来说那算不了什么。
First, his foot hurt, but it was nothing compared with his hunger. 4.他吃野浆果，啃野兽的骨头。 “野的”wild
He ate wild berries and chewed on animal bones.
5. 当他认识到生命比金子更重要时，他把他那一口袋金子扔了。 “把??扔掉throw away”
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When he realized that life was more important than gold he threw his gold away. 6. 好多天过去了，他病得很厉害。他已经不能走动，只能靠四肢在地上爬。
Many days passed, he was seriously ill. He could no longer walk / he couldn’t walk any longer，and he could only crawl on hands and knees.
7.但是他始终没有放弃（希望），对生命的热爱支撑着他。最后他终于被一条船上的水手发现。 But he didn’t give up any hope, love of life supported him. He was finally found and he was finally discovered by the men in the ship.
Vocabulary Exercises 词汇练习
：根据下列构词法规则完成以下练习 词性的转换
1.动词→名词 如：
play 玩耍（v.）→玩耍（n.） study 学习（v.）→学习；书房（n.） answer 回答，答复（v.）→答复；答案（n.） 2.名词→动词 如：
mail 信件，邮包（n.）→邮寄（v.） cash 现金（n.）→把??兑成现金（v.） cheat （n.）骗子 cheat （v.）欺骗 bottle （n.）瓶子 bottle （v.）装瓶 bicycle（n.）自行车bicycle（v.）骑自行车
1）写出下列单词分别作动词和名词时的中文意思。
欺诈，欺骗 vt 骗取，榨取 愿望，心愿 vt. 想往，期望 爱，热爱 v 爱戴，热爱 步行，散步 v 走路，散步 工作，劳动 v 工作， 劳动 ） bottle n 瓶子，酒瓶 v 把?.装入瓶子
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（四）I cheat n desire n love n walk n work n 2 floor n 地面，地板 v 在?..铺地板，击败 skin n 皮，皮肤 vt. 剥?.皮 vi. (伤口)愈合 knife n 刀子 vt. 切割 vi. 劈开，穿过 bycicle v 自行车，脚踏车 vi 骑自行车
II.将下列名子译成英语
1）用课文中的词或词组。
（1）他走出了屋子，转回身，等他的妻子。
He walked out of the room, turned back, and waited for his wife. （2）学生们似乎有点怕新来的老师。
The students seem to be afraid of their new teacher. （3）时间不多了，我们不能再等下去了。
We don’t have enough time, so we can no longer wait. （4）他挣扎着站起身，一句话也没说就走了。
He struggled on his feet and left without a word.
（5）在国外时，他常常梦见他的家乡——那条小河、他家的房子、菜地等。
“在海外、在国外----abroad”，“在国内——at home / domestic”
When he was abroad, he often dreamed of his home town----the river, their house and their vegetable garden.
（6）小时候，他梦想成为一名飞行员。最后他却成了足球运动员。 “飞行员---pilot”
When he was small boy, he dreamed of being a pilot, at last he became a football player.
（7）长江是中国最长的河流，流入东海。
“长江 The Yangtze River / The Long River” “清华 Qsing hua”
The Long River is the longest river in China, it empties into east China sea. （8）恐怕你很快就会把我忘了。
“很快---soon”
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