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Unit I Suspense. Part One Preparation. 1. Who Ate the Cake?. Read the following story carefully. Work in groups to figure out who ate the cake and give the reasons for the answer. Role play in groups the story based on the conclusion they get. 2. What ’ s in the letter?.
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1.Who Ate the Cake? • Read the following story carefully. • Work in groups to figure out who ate the cake and give the reasons for the answer. • Role play in groups the story based on the conclusion they get.
2. What’s in the letter? • Read the following story and guess what the girl wrote in her 100th letter. • Work in groups to continue the story, starting with the following sentence “ Ten years later, he met the girl he was crazy about ten years before.” • Report to the class the end of the story in groups
Listening I • thriller n. 惊险小说，电影 • Sabotage n. 蓄意破坏 • Homicide n. 杀人（行为） • Brazenly adv. 厚颜无耻地
Useful words and phrases you may use • psychological crime • highlight • the detective story • motivation • involvement • corpse • eliminated
Key to Exercise 1 • thriller • movies • suspense • blackmail • frightened
Listening II • acquit v. 宣告无罪 • grudge n. 怀恨，不满 • death cap n. 有毒蘑菇 • beef casserole n. 砂锅牛肉 • renounce v. 放弃
Key to Ex. 1: c b d a b • Useful words and phrases: psychiatrist 精神病医师 stand trial 接受审判 sane ； self-expressive junk food 快餐食品 vegetarian 素食主义者 • Group Discussion: If you were the jury, what punishment would you give to the women?
Part Three Reading-centered activities The lady or the Tiger? By Frank Stockton
The Lady, or the Tiger? Frank R. Stockton
The King • He was semibarbaric. • Ruthless and bloodthirsty, the King was also partly compassionate. • This set him up for great internal conflict between good and evil.
The Princess • Much like her father, she was semibarbaric. • Violating her father’s social code, she fell in love with one of the his subjects. • She also suffered internal conflict.
The Princess’ Lover • He was of a lower socioeconomic class than the princess. • This commoner was charged with the crime of falling in love with the princess, an offense of which he was guilty. • He was to be tried by the King’s judicial system.
The Judicial System • In the judicial system created by the king, the accused was given a choice between two doors. • Whatever was behind the door was one’s fate. • Because it was based on luck, this system wasn’t fair. • It provided entertainment for the king and his people.
Door #1: The Tiger • Behind one of the doors was concealed a tiger. • This vicious beast was chosen for being the fiercest and hungriest in the kingdom. • If one chose this door, he would be killed; and hired mourners would grieve over the death of the criminal.
Door #2: The Lady • If one choose the other door, a woman would be made your wife instantaneously. • She was chosen for being the most beautiful maiden of the defendant’s social class and age group.
Because it was her lover who was being tried, the king’s daughter discovered which door concealed the tiger. Out of her own interest, she found out who the maiden was behind the other door. The possible bride-to-be had previously spoken with the defendant. Jealousy and hatred for this woman overcame the princess. Classified Info Revealed
The Dilemma • With the knowledge that her lover would ask which door to chose, the Princess toiled for a long time over her decision. • Out of compassion and love, she could choose to spare his life by signaling the door masking the maiden. • If her barbarianism got the better of her, she could send him to his grave because she didn’t want him to be with another woman, especially the maiden whom she hated.
The author leaves us with the question… With the people packing the arena, the accused lover turned to bow to the king. Having already made up her mind, the princess signaled for him to chose the door on the right. Completely trusting her, the commoner turned and opened the door to which she had motioned. The Trial
The Lady, OR The Tiger?
Stephen Kuehl Because she was jealous of the maiden behind the door, the princess signaled for her lover to choose the door behind which the tiger lurked ready to consume its prey. The man was instantly devoured because the princess felt that if she could not have him for her husband, no one else could have him either. He never should have trusted that vengeful woman. Joseph Murphy Without a doubt, the princess spared her lover’s life by signaling for him to chose the door with the lady. True love knows no bounds. She could have never lived with herself knowing that she killed the man whom she once loved. Because they truly loved each other, the accused lover could open the door that his lover chose for him with no hesitation. Editors’ CommentaryNote: These are the editors’ personal opinions that should not be held as proven fact or graded as a paragraph.
1. Pre-reading: • In the story you are going to read, there are a powerful king, a beautiful princess, a handsome young man and a ferocious beast. Make an imaginary story about the characters in groups before reading.
2. Word Study • 1) accuse (L3) ; charge; convict To “accuse somebody of something” means that “somebody has done something wrong or is guilty of something”. The government was accused of incompetence. To “charge somebody with something” means “ to accuse somebody formally of a crime so that there can be a trial in a court of law.” Police have charged Mr. Bell with murder. To “convict somebody of something”means “ to decide and state officially in a court of law that somebody is guilty of a crime”./ acquit He has twice been convicted of robbery.
2) trial (L10) n. a. （法庭）审判，审理 He is going on trial for armed robbery. b.试验 trial period试用期 trial and error反复试验（以得到最佳效果） • 3)be subject to (L11) a. governed by or dependent on The plans are subjected to ministerial approval. b. tending or likely He is subject to ill health. c. cause to experience or suffer (usu. pass.) He was subjected to torture.
4) custom(L43) ; habit; tradition custom: the accepted way of behaving or doing things in a society or a community. It is the custom in that country for women to marry young. habit: a thing one does often and almost without thinking. I used to swim twice a week, but I seem to have got out the habit recently. tradition: a belief, custom or way of doing something that has existed for a long time among a particular group of people. The school has a well-established tradition of teaching and research in these areas.
3. Question for group discussion • Which came out of the opened door, --- the lady, or the tiger?
Check your understanding of the two after-class reading passages
Passage I The Tell-tale Heartby Edgar Allan Poe • How did the author create the suspense of my killing the old man?
Passage II Cleaning upby Patrick Scaffetti • Can you give the reasons that Matt tried to steal the baseball cards after Mr. Martin died?
2. Speaking 1. Can you solve this? Words and phrases you may use: blunt 钝的，生硬的 smash 打碎 suspect 嫌疑犯 brass candlestick 黄铜烛台架 dented 凹进去的 safe; gambling; divorce
Answer: The murder is Mrs. Van Pelt. • Reasons: a. Mrs. Van Pelt smoked; b. Mrs. Van Pelt was wearing blue; c. A note found in Mrs. Van Pelt’s purse( she knew about her husband’s affair with a lady called Elizabeth ); d. At ten past Eleven, five minutes after the murder, Mrs. Van Pelt came into the kitchen and heated milk; e. Mrs. Van Pelt’s name was Jane ( her husband was in love with someone else and wanted to divorce her ).
