Part Five

1. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle Part Five Extension ENTER

2. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle Contents Extension • Chekhov's Style • Oral work • Writing • Quiz

3. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Chekhov’s Style Chekhov: Representative of Modern Naturalism Modern critics consider Chekhov one of the masters of the short-story form. He was largely responsible for the modern type of short story that depends for effect on mood and symbolism rather than on plot. His narratives, rather than having a climax and resolution, are a thematic arrangement of impressions and ideas. Using themes relating to the everyday life of the landed gentry and professional middle class, Chekhov portrayed the pathos of life in Russia before the 1905 revolution: the futile, boring, and lonely lives of people unable to communicate with one another. To be continued on the next page.

4. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Chekhov’s Style Chekhov's Style He developed a new dramatic technique ("indirect action"), and he concentrated on subtleties of characterization and interaction between characters rather than on plot and direct action. In a Chekhov play important dramatic events take place offstage. (Chekhov's) own influence on Western literature has been immense. The author's masterful handling of prose, as well as his sensitivity towards character, mood, and setting, impressed authors as diverse as E. M. Forster and Virginia Woolf. Indeed, his economical use of language and ambivalent style—Chekhov weaves humor with pathos to magnify the inconsequential details To be continued on the next page.

5. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Chekhov’s Style of people's lives—helped redefine the short story genre. He also developed a technique of ending stories with what have been termed "zero endings"—or anti-climactic conclusions. This technique makes the stories seem more realistic, and often more pathetic, because readers are left to guess what will happen next. However, Chekhov also employs "surprise endings" to confound our expectations, and we can never be sure how a tale will end. Consequently, over a hundred years after his works were written, readers still marvel at Chekhov's freshness and originality. Although the author sketches his characters with compassionate good-humor, he never abstains from highlighting their To be continued on the next page.

6. "All I wanted was to say honestly to people: 'Have a look at yourselves and see how bad and dreary your lives are!' The important thing is that people should realize that, for when they do, they will most certainly create another and better life for themselves. I will not live to see it, but I know that it will be quite different, quite unlike our present life. And so long as this different life does not exist, I shall go on saying to people again and again: 'Please, understand that your life is bad and dreary!'" Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Chekhov’s Style faults, foibles, and human weaknesses. Chekhov's stories are thus deeply humane works of fiction: In detailing life's poignant trivialities, they are unrivalled in their sense of authenticity. Said by Chekhov To be continued on the next page.

7. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Chekhov’s Style Chekhov’s Famous Plays The Sea Gull Uncle Vanya The Three Sisters Cherry Orchard To be continued on the next page.

8. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Chekhov’s Style Katherine Mansfield (author of "A Dill Pickle") was greatly influenced by Anton Chekhov, sharing his warm humanity and attention to small details of human behavior in her short story "A Dill Pickle". Chekhov’s Influence The end of Chekhov’s Style.

9. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Oral work • List: • Activity • Discussion

10. 자금 시설 기획 재무 유통 구매 자산관리 회계 인사 Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Oral Work Activity Dramatize the whole story, and pay special attention to the psychological movement of the main character. The end of Activity.

11. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Oral work • Why did women marry at the time when Vera lived? • How different was Vera from other common women? • Why Vera broke off with her lover six years ago and how did she realize that it was impossible for them to pick up their romantic relationship when they met again? Group Discussion The end of Discussion.

12. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Writing • Write a short essay of about 160—200 words on the changes Vera found in her former lover when they met again six years later. The end of Writing.

13. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Quiz Translate the sentences. • 他用手不耐烦地在桌子上敲击着。 • 你能不能帮我安排个时间跟他见面。 • 他在车祸中幸存下来，但他的车已经摔坏没法修了（完全损坏修不好了）。 He drummed the table impatiently. Can you help me fix a time to meet him? He survived the car accident, but his car was damaged beyond repair. To be continued on the next page.

14. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Quiz • 当他们发言的时候，问题的答案就出现了。 • 展现在他面前的是辉煌的事业。 • 在很多方面，孩子可以说是生活在与成人不同的世界里。 Solution to the problem unfolded/emerged as they spoke. Brilliant career unfolded before him. In many ways, children live, as it were, in a different world from adults. To be continued on the next page.

15. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle • Quiz • 这些书按规定是不能拿出图书馆的，我们不能放宽规定（我们不能破例） 。 • 比尔的所作所为让我完全不能理解（匪夷所思）。 • 门砰的一声在我们身后关上了。 The books are not supposed to be taken out of the library. We cannot stretch the rules. What Bill did is totally beyond my comprehension. The door snapped shut behind us. The end of Quiz.

16. Lesson 9 – A Dill Pickle Part Five Extension This is the end of Lesson Nine.