【26版英语步步高人教版学习笔记选择性必修第三册Unit 5 同题异文群文阅读

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(选自北师大版选择性必修第三册 Unit 8)

Greenwich Village is a place where the art people came together，hunting for apartments with north-facing windows and low rents.At the top of a three-story building，Sue and Johnsy had their studio.

In November，a cold，unseen stranger，whom the doctors called Pneumonia，arrived in Greenwich Village.Mr Pneumonia placed his icy finger on Johnsy；and she lay，barely moving，in her bed staring at a blank wall under her blanket.

The doctor took Sue aside and claimed，“She has one chance in—let us say，ten.And that chance is for her to want to live.Try to encourage her to think more hopeful thoughts，about the future，about living.”

Sue took some paper and a pen into Johnsy’s room and began a pen drawing，in an attempt to raise Johnsy’s spirits.Johnsy’s eyes were open，but they weren’t watching her.Instead，she stared out the window and counted backwards：“Ten，nine，eight，seven...”

“What are you counting，dear？” asked Sue.“They’re falling faster now，” replied Johnsy.“Three days ago there were almost a hundred.But now it’s easy.There are only five left now.Five leaves on the ivy vine.When the last one falls，I must go，too.Didn’t the doctor tell you？”

“Oh，I never heard of such nonsense，” quickly replied Sue.But Johnsy’s mind was made up.“I want to see the last one fall.I’m tired of waiting.I want to go sailing down，down，just like one of those poor，tired leaves.”

“Try to sleep，” said Sue.Then she went to fetch her neighbor，Mr Behrman，to be a model for her drawing.He was a failed painter.In 40 years he had never produced the masterpiece he longed to paint.Sue told him about Johnsy’s longing to slip away like the leaves.Behrman cried with disbelief.“Are there people in the world that foolish to think they’ll die because leaves drop off from a vine？This is not a place in which Miss Johnsy shall lie sick.Someday I will paint a masterpiece，and we shall all go away.”

Behrman and Sue looked out the window at the vine and noticed that there was just one remaining leaf.What’smore，a cold rain was falling，mixed with snow.

The next morning，Johnsy woke and asked for the curtains to be opened.One leaf remained on the vine，bravely holding on in the wind and rain.“It will fall today.And I will die with it.”

The following day，Johnsy asked again for the curtains to be opened.The leaf was still there!

Johnsy lay for a long time looking at it.“I’ve been a bad girl，Sue，” said Johnsy.“It is a crime to want to die.” Then she asked for some food.

In the afternoon，the doctor visited，“Even chances，” said the doctor，“with good nursing，you’ll win.And now I must see a fellow downstairs，Behrman.Pneumonia，too.There is no hope for him.”

The next day，Sue came to Johnsy’s bed.“I have something to tell you，” she said.“Mr Behrman died today.He was ill for only two days.The janitor found him lying in bed helplessly with pain yesterday morning.His shoes and clothing were wet through and icy cold.They couldn’t imagine where he had been on such a terrible night.And then they found a lantern，still lit，and some brushes，and—look out the window，dear，at the last ivy leaf on the wall.Didn’t you wonder why it never moved an inch when the wind blew？Ah，dear，it’s Behrman’s masterpiece—he painted it there the night when the last leaf fell.”

1．What kind of person is Johnsy?

A．Pessimistic.B．Optimistic.C．Careless.D．Cautious.

2．What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Behrman sacrificed his life to save Johnsy.B．Behrman finished his masterpiece.

C．Behrman died helplessly.D．Behrman’s masterpiece helped Johnsy survive.

3．What does the text mainly tell us?

A．The last ivy leaf on the wall.

B．Mr Behrman—a failed painter.

C．A beautiful and sorrowful story with a surprising ending.

D．A story about a kind of severe disease.

B

(选自译林版选择性必修第一册Unit 4)

Li Bai and his romantic poetry

A hundred feet the temple towers；

I can reach out for the stars in the sky.

But I dare not speak in a voice loud，

For fear of scaring dwellers on high.

(“A Night Stay at a Mountain Temple”)

It is believed that this poem was written by Li Bai in his teenage years.With striking imagination in expressions like “scaring dwellers on high”， this early poem already displayed signs of a romantic style，which was later to characterize Li Bai’s poetry.

　　Li Bai’s love of reading and travelling from an early age contributed to his romantic style.He started studying the classics when he was only five years old，and was reading ancient philosophers of different schools at the age of ten，including Confucianism and Taoism.By reading books of all kinds，from legends to historical stories，he familiarized himself with classical Chinese culture，and more importantly，he acquired the wisdom of previous generations.

Driven by a burning desire for adventure and travel，Li Bai left home and started to travel around in his early twenties.His footsteps covered almost the whole country.During his travels，he visited famous mountains and great rivers，encountering different customs and practices.These travelling experiences also nourished his love of nature and inspired him to write numerous poems in the romantic style.

Li Bai’s romantic style was also deeply rooted in the social and historical context in which he lived.Li Bai grew up in the most glorious period of the Tang Dynasty，a time of economic boom and social stability.This open and tolerant atmosphere allowed Li Bai the liberty to develop a free and unconstrained personality，which，in turn，had a huge impact on his poetic production.

Given his personal experiences and the historical background，it is only natural to see that the majority of Li Bai’s poems are characterized by the romantic style.Even the most uninformed reader would not fail to be impressed by the poet’s rich imagination.The moon and stars in the sky，the natural landscape and the figures in legends all become a vehicle for his imagination.Equally impressive is Li Bai’s free expression of strong feelings，which breathes vitality into the lifeless objects he describes，and which distinguishes him from other landscape poets. These features are inseparable from Li Bai’s wide use of exaggeration，metaphor and other artistic techniques.The poem below，written in his fifties，is representative of his romantic style：

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