老师：Good morning, boys and girls. Welcome to Fiona's English class. I'm Fiona from Suzhou High School of Jiangsu Province. Today our topic is to explore the wonder of literature. Let's go. In our last lesson, do you still remember three qualities of good literature? What are they? Remember? The first one is the description of truth and beauty. Second one is its appeal to feelings and imagination. The third one is good. It's permanence. What does the word permanence mean? It means the state of being forever.
老师：In order to achieve permanence, we need two elements that is universal interest and personal style. Literature always focus on human nature, happiness and sadness, hope and fear, love and hate. That is universal interest. When the writer is writing a story about human beings, he always reflects his own personal life and experience. That is his personal style, right?
老师：So today our task is to explore the wonder of literature by reading the masterpiece the Old Men and sea. It tells the story about the old fishermen called Sandy Argo. After coming back empty handed for 84 days, the old man is struggling, is fighting to catch one huge fish. It was written by famous writer called Ernest Hemingway. He won Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. Do you want to know more information about Hemingway? Okay. Now would you please take out your English books and turn to page 53. Just answer me two questions. Question 1, what is Hemingway, well, sort of for? What is Ernest Hemingway well thought of for? Second question is what is Hemingway good at describing? What is Ernest Hemingway good at describing of your dog? Done.
老师：Now, Ernest Hemingway is well, sort of for his unique writing style. So unique. And Ernest Hemingway is good at describing tough man. Tough means in Han who can be destroyed but not defeated. Boys and girls, are you tough men? So in this lesson you will figure out or by yourself what is hemming with unique writing style and you will have a deep understanding of happiness.
老师：Tough man. Okay, got it? Now, let's go. Now first, let's read for understanding what does this exserved of the old man see? Describe? Come on, tell me. Good. It's a struggle. It's the struggle between man and a fish. The man is struggling to conquer, to catch the fish, while the fish is struggling to escape, to run away, right? Bingo. And I want to challenge you more. Would you please brainstorm some words to describe it's a struggle between what type of men and what type of fish? Okay. Easy. Old man. Sure, of course. Another one. Tough man. Good. More words like straw man, courageous men, brave men, exhausted man, persistent men, right? Very nice. What about the fish? Of course. Big fish, huge fish, immense fish, strong fish, beautiful fish. Okay, blah, blah,
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