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Lesson One

Spell of the Rising Moon

I. READING COMPREHENSION

A. Answer the following questions or complete the following statements. 1. D (But it is the drama of the moonrise that I come to see. For that

restores in me a quiet and clarity that the city spends too freely.) 2. D ( There have been broad, confident harvest moons in autumn; shy,

misty moons in spring; lonely, white winter moons rising into the utter silence of an ink-black sky and smoke-smudged orange moons over the dry fields of summer. Each, like fine music, excited my heart and then calmed my soul.)

3. C (To prehistoric hunters the moon overhead was as unerring as

heartbeat. They knew that every 29 days it became full-bellied and brilliant, then sickened and died, and then was reborn. They knew the waxing moon appeared larger and higher overhead after each succeeding sunset. They knew the waning moon rose later each night until it vanished in the sunrise.)

4. B (Still, it tugs at our minds. If we unexpectedly encounter the

full moon, huge and yellow over the horizon, we are helpless but to stare back at its commanding presence.)

5. B (I learned about its gifts one July evening in the mountains.

My car had mysteriously stalled, and I was stranded and alone.) 6. B (To watch the moon move inexorably higher is to find an unusual

stillness within ourselves.)

7. D (On that July night, I watched the moon for an hour or two, and

then got back into the car, turned the key in the ignition and heard the engine start, just as mysteriously as it had stalled a few hours earlier.)

8. A (I return often to the rising moon. I am drawn especially when

events crowd ease and clarity of vision into a small corner of my life.)

9. A (Of Beethoven's \

Lorenzo declaims in The Merchant of Venice, //How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! / Here will we sit and let the sounds of music/Creep in our ears.\I wonder if their verse and music, like the music of crickets, are in some way voices of the moon.) 10. A (The whole passage.)

B．Global understanding and logical structures

Complete the following notes with the information, from the text:

1. The author often climbs the hill near his home at night to watch the drama of the moonrise because it can restore in him a quiet and clarity that the city spends too freely.

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2. To the author the different mood and color of the moon are: A. In autumn: broad, confident harvest B. In spring: shy, misty C. In winter: lonely, white

D. In summer: smoke-smudged orange

3. A. To prehistoric hunters the moon overhead was as unerring as heartbeat.

B. To contemporary people live indoors few can say what time the moon will rise tonight.

C. But if we unexpectedly encounter the full moon, we are helpless but to stare back at its commanding presence.

4. The moon has gifts to bestow upon those who watch it:

Example: One July evening in the mountains, the author's car mysteriously stalled, and he was stranded and alone.

He took the advantage to watch the moonrise for an hour or two. When he got back into the car, the engine started just as mysteriously as it had stalled a few hours earlier.

5. Later on the author often returns to the rising moon when events crowd ease an clarity of vision into a small corner of my life. He listens to the sound of owls and crickets

and thinks the beautiful music and poems about the moon.

6. At moonrise, people open the vents of feeling and exercise parts of our minds that reason locks away by day. II. VOCABULARY

A. Choose the best word from the four choices to complete each of the following sentences.

1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. A 10. B

B. Choose the best word or expression from the list given for each blank. Use each word or expression only once and make proper changes where necessary.

1. swoop 2. cricket 3. smudged 4. Stalled 5. tugs at

6. stay clear of 7. slipped into 8. crowded into 9. loom up 10. stranded III. CLOZE

1. just as 2. permanent 3. depend on 4. phase 5. shadow 6. Resembling 7. lunar 8. closer 9. illuminated 10. waning IV. TRANSLATION

Put the following parts into Chinese. V. ORAL PRACTICE AND DISCUSSION

1. How does the author describe the moonrise? Is it the same as you see it? The sun had set, and I was watching what seemed to be the bright-orange glow of a forest fire beyond a ridge to the east. Suddenly, the ridge itself seemed to burst into flame. Then, the rising moon, huge and red

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and grotesquely misshapen by the dust and sweat of the summer atmosphere, loomed up out of the woods.

Distorted thus by the hot breath of earth, the moon seemed ill-tempered and imperfect…… But as the moon lifted off the ridge it gathered firmness and authority. Its complexion changed from red, to orange, to gold, to impassive yellow. It seemed to draw light out of the darkening earth, for as it rose, the hills and valleys below grew dimmer. By the time the moon stood clear of the horizon, full chested and round and the color of ivory, the valleys were deep shadows in the landscape……

The drama took an hour. Moonrise is slow and serried with subtleties。 2. Moonrise is a natural phenomenon. The main part of this essay is the description of it full of the author's emotions and thoughts associated with it. Pick out the author's most beautiful descriptions with similes, metaphors and personification.

From this hill I have watched many moons rise. Each one had its own mood. There have been broad, confident harvest moons in autumn, shy, misty moons in spring; lonely, white winter moons rising into the utter silence of an ink-black sky and smoke-smudged orange moons over the dry fields of summer. Each, like fine music, excited my heart and then calmed my soul.

(And others referring to the first question.)

3. One July evening in the mountains, the author's car mysteriously stalled, and he was stranded and alone, but after watching the moonrise for an hour or two the engine started mysteriously again. Do you think it was the spell of the rising moon？Open.

4. We Chinese often associated the full moon with family reunion, our hometown and our motherland if we are abroad. Can you tell what people do when we Chinese celebrate the festivals associated with the moon such as the Lantern Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival? And why?Open. 5. Find out the famous Chinese poems about the moon, and try to translate the following poem into English. 李白诗一首

床前明月光， Before my bed

There is bright moonlight 疑是地上霜． So that it seems

Like frost on the ground. 举头望明月， Lifting my head

I watch the bright moon, 低头思故乡。 Lowering my head

I dream that I'm home. Another poem for reference:

李白词一首

秋风清，秋月明 The autumn wind is light

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The autumn moon is bright;

落叶聚还散 Fallen leaves gather but then disperse, 寒鸦栖复惊 A cold crow roosts but again he stirs;

相思相见知何日 I think of you, and wonder when I'll see you again? 此时此夜难为情 At such an hour,on such a night,cruel is love's pain.

Translation of the Text

月亮升起来

彼得·斯坦哈特

我家附近有座小山。晚上，我常爬上山去。

此时，城市的喧嚣成了遥远的低语。在这黑夜的静谧中，我可以尽情分享蟋蟀的欢乐，感受猫头鹰的自信。可我上山是来看月出的，因为这可以让我重新得到在城市中失去的宁静与清新。 在这座山上，我已欣赏过许多次月亮升起的景象。每一次月的姿容脾性都有所不同。秋天，满月如轮，充满自信；春天，月亮灰蒙蒙，羞羞答答；冬天，银白的月亮挂在漆黑的、悄无声息的夜空中，显得那般孤寂；夏天，橘黄的月似被烟尘笼罩，俯瞰干燥的田野。每一种月亮，都像美妙的音乐，震动我的心灵，令我的灵魂平静。

观月自古有之。在远古的猎人眼里，月亮如同心跳一样准确无误。他们知道每29天，月亮都要变得明亮饱满，然后萎缩、消失，然后又再复活；他们知道，月盈期间，每经一次日落，头顶的月亮就会显得更高更大；他们还知道月亏期间，月亮每晚都要迟迟升起，待到日出才落。他们竟能从经验中了解到月亮的行踪变化，真可谓心深意广。

但我们这些人却因深居室内，与月亮失去了联系。城市炫目的街灯、污浊的烟尘掩盖了夜晚的天空。虽然人类已在月亮上行走过，但月亮对于我们却更加陌生了。有几人能说得出今晚月亮会几时升起。 但无论怎样，月亮依旧牵动我们的心灵。倘若我们偶尔遇见一轮黄灿灿的满月高悬中天，谁都会禁不住停下来凝神仰望她尊贵的姿容。而月亮也向注视她的人赐予厚礼。

我了解到她的馈赠是在山间七月的一个夜晚。我的车突然熄火，将我孤身一人网在山中。太阳已经西沉，我看见东边山头涌出一团橘红色的明光，好像森林起火一般，俄而山头自己也似乎迸出火焰，一会儿，大大的月亮涨红着脸，从密林中鬼魅似地钻了出来，夏天空气中弥漫的尘雾与汗气把它变得丑陋不堪。 大地灼热的呼吸扭曲了它，它变得格外暴噪，不再完美。附近农舍的狗紧张地狂吠起来，以为这团奇怪的光亮叫醒了野草中的魔鬼。

然而当月亮缓缓升起，离开山头，它变得坚定、威严；它的面孔也由红变成了橘红，又变成金色，最后是平静的明黄色。它似乎从渐暗的大地中吸取了光明，因为随着它的升起，下面的丘陵山谷愈来愈黯淡朦胧。待到皓月当空，满月如盘，闪烁着象牙般乳白的清辉，山谷便成了风景中一片片幽深的阴影。那些狗明白了那团光原是它们熟悉的月亮，也安定下来，停止了吼叫。霎时间，我也觉得信心倍增，心情舒畅，近乎笑了起来。

这奇特的景观持续了一个小时。月出是缓慢的，充满神奇。观看月出，我们

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