高中英语Unit13People英美文化欣赏讲义北师大版必修.docx

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1、Unit 13 People英美文化欣赏 导读追风筝的人是一本出色的小说。主和仆、贵族和贱民、朋友和兄弟、历史 和现实，种种转变都被刻画得生动而细腻。放在历史的宏大背景下，更洞见人生和人性的复 杂。“Okay, “ I said. Let，s give him a sabagh, teach him a lesson, nay? ” I glanced over at him. The glassy, vacant look in his eyes was gone. His gaze flitted between our kite and the green one. His face w

2、as a little flushed, his eyes suddenly alert. Awake. Alive. I wondered when I had forgotten that, despite everything, he was still just a child.The green kite was making its move. Lets wait, “ I said. We 11 let him get a little closer. It dipped twice and crept toward us. Come on.Come to me, I said.

3、The green kite drew closer yet, now rising a little above us, unaware of the trap r d set for it. Watch, Sohrab. T m going to show you one of your fathers favorite tricks, the old lift-and-dive. ”Next to me, Sohrab was breathing rapidly through his nose. The spool rolled in his palms, the tendons in

4、 his scarred wrists like rubab strings. Then I blinked and, for just a moment, the hands holding the spool were the chipped-nailed, calloused hands of a harelipped boy. I heard a crow cawing somewhere and I looked up. The park shimmered with snow so fresh, so dazzling white, it burned my eyes.It spr

5、inkled soundlessly from the branches of white-clad trees. I smelled turnip qurina now. Dried mulberries. Sour oranges. Sawdust and walnuts. The muffled quiet, snow-quiet, was deafening. Then far away, across the stillness, a voice calling us home, the voice of a man who dragged his right leg.The gre

6、en kite hovered directly above us now. Hes going for it. Anytime now, I said, my eyes flicking from Sohrab to our kite.The green kite hesitated. Held position. Then shot down. Here he comes ! ” I said.I did it perfectly. After all these years. The old lift-and-dive trap. I loosened my grip and tugge

7、d on the string, dipping and dodging the green kite. A series of quick sidearm jerks and our kite shot up counterclockwise, in a half circle. Suddenly I was on top. The green kite was scrambling now, panic- stricken. But it was too late. Id already slipped him Hassan，s trick.I pulled hard and our ki

8、te plummeted. I couldalmost feel our string sawing his. Almost heard the snap.Then , just like that , the green kite was spinning and wheeling out of control. Behind us, people cheered. Whistles and applause broke out. I was panting. The last time I had felt a rush like this was that day in the wint

9、er of 1975, just after I had cut the last kite, when I spotted Baba on our rooftop, clapping, beaming.I looked down at Sohrab. One corner of his mouth had curled up just so.“好的，”我说。“让我们给他一点颜色瞧瞧，教训他一下，好吧？ ”我俯视着他。他 眼里那种模糊空洞的神色已经不见了。他的眼光在我们的风筝和那只绿色风筝之间来回转 动，脸色有一点点发红，眼睛骤然机警起来。苏醒了。复活了。我在寻思：我什么时候忘了？ 不管怎么说

10、，他仍只是一个孩子。绿色风筝采取行动了。 “我们等等，我说。“我们会让它再靠近一些。”它下探了 两次，慢慢朝我们挪过来。“来啊，过来啊。我说。绿风筝已经更近了，在我们稍高的地方拉升，对我为它布下的陷阱毫不知情。“看，索 拉博，我会让你看看你爸爸最喜欢的招数，那招古老的猛升急降。”索拉博挨着我，用鼻子急促地呼吸着。卷轴在他手中滚动，他伤痕累累的手腕上的筋腱 很像雷巴布琴的琴弦。我眨眨眼，瞬间，拿着卷轴的是一个兔唇男孩指甲破裂、长满老茧的 手。我听见某个地方传来牛的阵眸叫，而我抬头，公园闪闪发光，铺满的雪多么新鲜，白 得多么耀眼，令我目眩神迷。雪花无声地洒落在白色的枝头上，现在我闻到了芜青拌饭的香

11、 味，还有桑根干、酸橙子、锯屑和胡桃的气味。一阵雪花飞舞的寂静盖住了所有声音。然后, 远远地，有个声音穿透这片死寂，呼喊我们回家，是那个拖着右腿的男人的声音。绿风筝现在就在我们正上方翱翔。“我们现在随时可以把它干掉了。我说，眼睛在索 拉博和我们的风筝间飞快地转着。绿风筝摇摇晃晃，定住位，接着向下冲。“他玩完了！ 我说。这么多年之后，我无懈可击地再次使出那招古老的猛升急降。我松开手，猛拉着线，往 下避开那只绿风筝。我侧过手臂，一阵急遽的抖动之后，我们的风筝逆时针划出一个半圆。 我突然占据了上面的位置。绿色风筝现在惊慌失措，慌乱地向上攀升。但它已经太迟了，我 已经使出哈桑的绝技。我猛拉着线，我们的

12、风筝直坠而下。我几乎能听见我们的线割断他的 线，几乎能听见那一声断裂。然后，就那样，绿风筝失去控制，摇摇晃晃地摔下来。我们身后的人们欢呼叫好，爆发 出阵阵口哨声和掌声。我喘着气。上一次感到这么激动，是在1975年那个冬日，就在我刚 刚割断最后一只风筝之后，当时我看见爸爸在我们的屋顶上，鼓着掌，容光焕发。我俯视索拉博，他嘴角的一边微微翘起。知识积累1. teach sb. a lesson给某人一个教训2. unaware of3. trick n.4. loosen vt.5. spot vt.文化链接没意识到技巧；诡计放松看到；发现追风筝的人一一人物解读在炼狱般的特殊时期，并没有改变阿富汗人的风俗、信仰、天性。看，索拉博的父亲阿 里常让索拉博坐在他的肩膀上追风筝，多么快乐的画面，多么亲密的父子互动！而追风筝这 一阿富汗传统习俗，并没有被战争的炮火击败，依然被保留着；人与人之间的真情也没有被 战争毁灭。