【正文】 to tarnish 8. “…what is the heart of a bird pared to the heart of a man?” rhetorical question—a question in form, not a statement in meaning. = The heart of a bird is nothing pared to the heart of a man. In other words, for the Nightingale, the Student?s love is much more important than her life. 9….swept over the garden… …moved quickly over the garden… . A new broom always sweeps the room clean. A terrible storm swept across the whole city. The general?s eyes swept over the soldiers and gave the order to attack. 10. all= apart from style, there is nothing else . Don?t listen to him. It?s all stuff and nonsense. He was all hot air. A lot of beautiful words, but pletely meaningless. 11. After a time= after some time, after a moment Language Points: 1. spray= a small branch bearing buds, flowers or berries 2. A delicate flush of pink When used to refer to color, “delicate”= soft, subdued, or faint 3. A pang: a sudden sharp pain shoot through: to pass through swiftly 4….the Love that is perfected by Death, of the Love that dies not in the tomb. …the love that grows and grows until they die, and of the love that will live in eternity “…the love that dies not in the tomb” ( oldfashioned) “ the love that does not die in the tomb? (modern English) 5. girdle: a belt or sth. like a belt worn at the waist. Here it means a band of red color round the middle of the petals. 6. film: a thin covering or coating 7….lingered in in the sky. …tried to delay the departure。 person who shows this by sneering and being contemptuous. ? Nightingale a truthful, devoted pursuer of love, who dares to sacrifice her own precious life ? On Nightingale’ s Sacrifice: ? It is worthwhile, because: – Love in her heart deserves what it costs. – She died for her own belief. – It’ s Nightingale’ s love for “ LOVE” itself that impulses her to make such great sacrifice. “ Love for Love’ s Sake” ? It is not worthwhile, because: – She found true love but couldn’ t protect and promote it. – Her sacrifice went unknown and wasted. Reinforcement Interpretation ? On love: ? It is because of this sacrifice that love is worth to be preserved and cherished. ? Real love could only be interacted with people who understood it. ? True love doesn’ t need to be answered back. ? The fact that I love you has nothing to do with you. Reinforcement Interpretation ? On Whether this is a Tragedy: ? Yes, it is a tragedy, because: ? It is a tragedy from all perspectives, both the nightingale and the boy. ? Tearing up the purist and the loveliest stuff just in front of the readers endows the story with the power of tragedy. ? A strong contrast between the pure love and the cruel reality. Reinforcement Interpretation Wilde?s ments in a letter to one of his friends (May 1888): ? The nightingale is the true lover, if there is one. ? She, at least, is Romance, and the student and the girl are, like most of us, unworthy of Romance. ? So, at least, it seems to me, but I like to fancy that there may be many meanings in the tale, for in writing it I did not start with an idea and clothe it in form, but began with a form and strove to make it beautiful enough to have many secrets and many answers. 1. “ Ah, I have read all that the wise men have written…my life is made wretched.” for want of: for the lack of . For want of a better word, let?s call it Mefirstism. ( As I can?t think of a better word, Let?s call it Mefirstism.) For want of something better to do she decided to try gardening. ( As she could not find anything more interesting to do, she decided to try gardening.) want: . The plants died for/from want of water. 1)the condition or quality of lacking something usual or necessary for /from want of 由于缺少 . to live in want = to live in poverty 2) pressing need。 nothing annoys them so much. ? Fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. ? I am not young enough to know everything. ? I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability. ? I can resist everything except temptation. Summary amp。s house. You ring the bell and a family member answers the door. You can ask the family member to get your love, or you may get him/her yourself. WHAT DO YOU DO? Ask or Get Yourself? Take a Love Quiz 4. Now, You go up to your love39。s only seed ? It39。s time to go home now and you start to head back. You can take either road home now. The plain and boring one that gets you home faster or the curvy and sightfilled road that you can just take your time with. WHICH ROAD DO YOU CHOOSE? Short or Long? Take a Love Quiz ?He is a famous English writer, dramatist and poet. ?He is the founder of one of the chief advocates of art for art39。s Wilde39。 burst out laughing 9. Sat silent: “silent” here is again part of the plex subject. in the Oaktree: Notice the use of “in” instead of “on” here. The use of “in” suggests that it is a large tree for a little bird like the Nightingale. Language Points: 1. flight: n. of “to fly”. It can also be used as the n. “flee”.