LessonOneFacetofacewithHurricanecamilleGroupmembers：陳泉20091601405王競鴻20091601427康久云20091601414

王紹梅20091601428李靖嬌20091601416肖淑芳20091601430

Contents:1.Theliterarystyle2.Thedifferencebetween

hurricane

and

typhoon3.The

theme

of

this

passage4.How

many

scales

for

the

force

of

the

windTheliterarystyleNarration:Tonarrateistogiveanaccountofaneventoraseriesofevents.Thispassageismainlydevelopedinthe

actualtimesequence.ThewritertellsthereadersthehappeningofHurricaneCamilleaccordingtothechronologicaldevelopment（時間順序）.

Theessentialelementsofanarrative:☆Setting:thetimeandplaceinwhichtheeventsofastorytakeplace.“Radioandtelevisionwarnings…thatSunday,lastAugust17.”“ItwascertaintopummelGulfport,Miss.,wheretheKoahakslived.”(para.1)

Theliterarystyle☆

Characters:themainpersonsinanarrative.JohnKoshakCharlesHill(John’slongtimefriend)PopKoshak(John’sfather)GrandmotherKoshak(John’smother)Janis(John’swife)Theliterarystyle☆Plot:thesequenceofeventsthattakeplaceinastory.“HurricaneCamille”istheplotofthewholepassage.TheauthorfocusonHurricaneCamille,whichhedescribesthroughthewholepassage.

Theliterarystyle☆

Atmosphere:Thegeneralmoodorfeelingestablishedinapieceofliterature.Atmosphereiscreatedthroughwordchoiceandpacing.Thewholeeventproceededinanervousandseriousatmosphere.keywords:sad,endangered,roar,overwhelming,frightened,breathless,marooned,huddledetc.Theliterarystyle☆

Conflict:thecentralproblemthatdrivestheactionofastory.Internal--Theconflicthappensincharacter'smind.External--Theconflicthappensbetweencharacters,orbetweenacharacterandsomeoutsideforce,likenature.ThestruggleoftheKoshaksandtheirfriendsagainstHurricaneCamiile.

Theliterarystyle

climaxfallingaction

denouement

risingaction

conflict

beginningsuspenseending

Theliterarystyle1.颶風和臺風都是指風速達到33米/秒以上，形成于北半球的熱帶氣旋。兩者只是因發(fā)生的地域不同，才有了不同名稱。①印度洋和在北太平洋西部、國際日期變更線以西，包括南中國海范圍內發(fā)生的熱帶氣旋稱為“臺風”；比如在東亞、東南亞一帶就稱為“臺風”。②而在大西洋或北太平洋東部的熱帶氣旋則稱“颶風”。也就是說，臺風在歐洲、北美一帶稱“颶風”。

Thedifferencebetween

hurricane

and

typhoon2.颶風一詞源自加勒比海語中的惡魔Hurricane，亦有說是瑪雅人神話中創(chuàng)世眾神的其中一位，就是雷暴與旋風之神Hurakan。將強大而深厚（最大風速達32.7米/秒，風力為12級以上），發(fā)生在大西洋和北印度洋地區(qū)的熱帶氣旋稱為颶風，也泛指狂風和任何熱帶氣旋以及風力達12級的任何大風。颶風中心有一個風眼，風眼愈小，破壞力愈大。Thedifferencebetween

hurricane

and

typhoon3.而臺風一詞則源自希臘神話中大地之母蓋亞之子Typhoon。臺風是發(fā)生在熱帶大平洋上的一種強氣旋性渦旋，總伴有狂風暴雨。根據中心附近的最大風力分級，12級以上的通稱臺風。在北半球，臺風呈逆時針方向旋轉，而在南半球則呈順時針方向旋轉。臺風產生于熱帶海洋的一個原因是因為溫暖的海水是它的動力“燃料”，它一般伴隨強風、暴雨，嚴重威脅人們的生命財產，對于民生、農業(yè)、經濟等造成極大的沖擊，是一種影響較大，危害嚴重的自然災害。Thedifferencebetween

hurricane

and

typhoonThe

theme

of

this

passageThethemeisaboutmanvs.nature.

FacetoFacewithHurricaneCamilledescribestheheroicstruggleoftheKoshaksandtheirfriendsagainsttheforcesofadevastating（毀滅性的）hurricane.Intheend,theauthorintendstotellus--“Let’snotcryaboutwhat’sgone.We’lljuststartallover”.(Para.37)The

theme

of

this

passageLikeGrandmotherKoshakreflectedattheendofthepassage:”Welostpracticallyallourpossessions,butthefamilycamethroughit.WhenIthinkofthat,Irealizedwelostnothingimportant.”,soweshouldcherishlifeandeverypeoplearoundus