The Fault in Our Stars

Step 1感知·閱讀導(dǎo)航

話題導(dǎo)入

這是一篇書評(píng)（book review），介紹了美國(guó)作家約翰·格林（John Green）所著的青春文學(xué)作品The Fault in Our Stars，作品標(biāo)題引自莎士比亞的戲劇臺(tái)詞，中文譯本書名《無(wú)比美妙的痛苦》出自女詩(shī)人艾米莉·狄金森的詩(shī)歌《有一種斜落下來(lái)的幽光》。作者用一個(gè)穿透生死的故事，講述了一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的道理：愛(ài)比死亡更長(zhǎng)久，痛苦遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)無(wú)法超越愛(ài)情的偉大。書中的主人公是一對(duì)癌癥晚期的少男少女，Hazel是一個(gè)必須借助一個(gè)小小的氧氣瓶才能在這世間呼吸自如的少女，Augustus則是一個(gè)擁有英雄情懷卻只能在游戲世界馳騁的獨(dú)腿男孩。他們相識(shí)于生命旅程的末段，但這并不妨礙他們?cè)谛强樟粝陋?dú)有的光亮，生命的終結(jié)不是悲劇的終點(diǎn)，生命的寬度才是我們追尋的意義本身。

書評(píng)挖掘了與疾病、死亡相關(guān)的人生話題，這部堅(jiān)韌、感人的愛(ài)情小說(shuō)獲得了讀者的極力推薦。全文717詞，建議用時(shí)13分鐘。

閱讀立意

閱讀時(shí)應(yīng)達(dá)到以下三個(gè)目標(biāo)：

1.掌握書評(píng)的一般寫作方式，思考“You don't read a great book;it reads you.”（偉大的書從來(lái)都不是你在讀它,而是它在讀你。）這句話的深刻內(nèi)涵；

2.通過(guò)對(duì)故事梗概的理解，尋找本書中兩位主人公對(duì)于“good life”的不同理解，體會(huì)小說(shuō)的主題；

3.通過(guò)對(duì)“Apparently,the world is not a wish-granting factory.”（顯然，世界不是實(shí)現(xiàn)愿望的工廠）這句話的理解，感悟主人公不幸身患癌癥仍要過(guò)好當(dāng)下的勇氣，學(xué)會(huì)更加珍視身邊的人。

If you readTheFault in Our Starsonly to find a young adult romance of Hazel Grace and Augustus Waters,then you definitely underes timate（低估）the power ofcomplicatedsymbolism(象征手法),emotions,and literature John Green offers.I remember someone saying“You don't read a great book;it reads you.”TheFault in Our Starsis one of those books.It gives you the concept of what cancers are like,of how childrenin particularfight them,reveals(揭示)andremindsyouofyour first love in life,always the youngest and the mostinnocent.I willresist my urge totell you the plot and spoil the whole story,but I promise you every single page here is worth a great deal of excitement,humor and a bunch of other stuff（東西）listed down here which I think are interesting.

The book gives lives to where we find deaths.The joy of living comes in when terminal(晚期的)cancer is nothing more than just“a side effect of dying”,when you can laugh in the misfortunes of disease and say “I'm on a roller-coaster that only goes up,my friend.”The Fault in Our Stars,however,starts with Hazel's “depression” like many of us start a new day.Thus,Hazel's mother wants her cancer-stricken daughter to have a life,putting her in the Support Group.Later on,Issac and Augustus give her hope and something to believe in.The friendship tied by the sharedintellectualcuriosity and dreams.The story is so carefully plotted that even though Hazel doesn't go to school like other kids,her life is so intouch withours.Everyone in a while will feel as if everythinggoes wrong,that it sucks（糟糕）at being what itis supposed tobe.Bad grades,getting dumped （拋棄）,or even having a terminal disease.“The pain demands to be felt.”Butafter all,how long should it take us to give sufferings a breakis subject tobe viewed personally,since it would determine whether or not we become a type of Peter Van Houten,Hazel's favorite writer in the novel.

John Green alsocares aboutyour dreams and ambitions.As you read through chapters,especially toward the end,you will find out Hazel and Augustus have widely different ideas of what they think is a “good life”.Here I find a reflection of my soul in Augustus's,with all his desire to leave a mark on the world.Such a guy he is seeking for glories and meanings of life,fearing most oblivion(遺忘).Others may find themselves,in contrast,caring not about recognition.They are like Hazel Grace,seeing heroism as an act of noticing and loving and sharing.Both ideas are beautiful and proofed to be fearless to be together despite any mental or physical challenges lying on their way to the pursuit(追求)of happiness.

“Apparently,the world is not a wishgranting （滿足） factory.” The book embraces the restless,innocent desires of young minds.Would you care for a trip to Amsterdam when you're at the fourth stage of cancer to find out what happens after the end of your favorite book?Would you dare to love the dying，to be okay to love when you're dying，or to forgive yourself for hurting those who love you in case you die?In the book,you will find John Green mentions about how “some infinities are greater than other infinities”which means,I think,can be defined,expanded and shrunk(收縮).Infinities are created by taking chances,and if we fail while doing so,then the fault is simply in our stars,not ourselves.

Funny,romantic,unputdownable and profound(深厚的),The Fault in Our Starsisdefinitelyone of the best young adult fiction books in the century.It may touch the readers in many different ways.In here some will find humor,some will find encouragement,and some will find a book as a bond for a new love story.But if you insist that you only want to read a good love story inThe Fault in Our Stars,that's fine too.It's an excellent book that reminds us of those who are important.

Step 2 實(shí)踐·文本解讀

熱詞積累

Vocabulary

1.complicated adj.復(fù)雜的

2.innocent adj.單純的；天真的

3.intellectual adj.理智的;智力的

4.apparently adv.可見(jiàn)；顯然

5.embrace v.擁抱；包括

6.definitely adv.明確地；肯定地

phrases

1.in particular特別；尤其

2.remind sb of sth使某人想起某事3.resist one's urge to克制某人的欲望4.in touch with...與……保持聯(lián)絡(luò)

5.go wrong出錯(cuò)；出故障

6.be supposed to應(yīng)該

7.after all畢竟；終究

8.be subject to從屬于

9.care about關(guān)心；在意

立意呈現(xiàn)

Ⅰ.Grasp the main content

What can you learn from The Fault in Our Stars?

A.It teaches people how to fight against terminal cancer.

B.It tells us the story of teenagers'lives where we find deaths.

C.It shares with us the story of a young adult romance of a healthy couple.

Ⅱ.Understand the structure

1.Complete the form with the help of the followingchartandconstructyourownbookreview.

2.After constructing the book review,how do you understand“You don't read a great book;it reads you.”?

【點(diǎn)石成金】書評(píng)可以激發(fā)讀者閱讀作品的興趣，理清寫作時(shí)的邏輯和結(jié)構(gòu)：簡(jiǎn)要回顧作品的關(guān)鍵內(nèi)容，對(duì)作品情節(jié)進(jìn)行梳理，挖掘作品的主題，對(duì)作品的優(yōu)點(diǎn)與缺點(diǎn)做出評(píng)價(jià)。

Step 3 運(yùn)用·讀寫整合

角色體驗(yàn)

Ⅰ.If you were discussing with Hazel and Augustus over “what is good life?”,reveal different understandings.

模仿構(gòu)新

Ⅱ.If you plan to write a book review of Great Expectations,collect necessary information with the help of the chart we learned before.

Step 4 提升·素養(yǎng)建構(gòu)

Ⅰ.寫作技巧

How to write a book review?

● Giving a general introduction.

● Combing the plot.

● Exploring the theme.

● Making comments.

Ⅱ.仿寫書評(píng)

通過(guò)對(duì)《無(wú)比美妙的痛苦》書評(píng)的閱讀，我們完成了語(yǔ)篇解讀；通過(guò)對(duì)作品主題的賞析，我們產(chǎn)生了強(qiáng)烈的認(rèn)同感，要面對(duì)人性中真實(shí)的一面，害怕和絕望無(wú)濟(jì)于事，倒不如活在當(dāng)下，把每一天都當(dāng)作生命中的最后一天來(lái)珍惜；通過(guò)知識(shí)和方法的遷移，我們收集了新的作品信息，請(qǐng)構(gòu)建屬于自己的書評(píng)吧！

請(qǐng)參考已完成的材料收集，仿寫一篇Great Expectations的書評(píng)，要點(diǎn)包括：

1.簡(jiǎn)要介紹作品情況；

2.敘述作品故事情節(jié)；

3.挖掘作品主題意義；

4.評(píng)論作品并推薦閱讀。

Great Expectations is set in

Ⅲ.視野拓展

《無(wú)比美妙的痛苦》中的經(jīng)典臺(tái)詞

由《無(wú)比美妙的痛苦》改編的電影恢復(fù)了原著的譯名 《星運(yùn)里的錯(cuò)》，由約什·布恩導(dǎo)演，謝琳·伍德蕾，威廉·達(dá)福，勞拉·鄧恩等主演，原著的經(jīng)典臺(tái)詞在電影中得到精彩演繹，它們值得我們賞析回味：

1.I fell in love with him the way you fall asleep:Slowly,and then all at once.我愛(ài)上你,就像你入睡的方式,漸漸地,然后不由自主,義無(wú)反顧。

2.I am in love with you.And I know that love is just a shout into the void （真空）,and oblivion is inevitable（不可避免的）.And we're all doomed（命中注定的）and that one day,all of our labors will be returned to dust.And I know the sun will swallow the only Earth we will ever have.And I am in love with you.我愛(ài)上你了，我知道愛(ài)只是虛空里的吶喊，遺忘在所難免，我也知道我們都在劫難逃，總有那么一天，我們的努力將重歸于土。我還知道太陽(yáng)會(huì)吞噬我們唯一的地球，但我還是愛(ài)上你了！

3.Pain demands to be felt.痛苦要求被感覺(jué)到。

4.I will not indulge your childish whims（突發(fā)的奇想）.I refuse to pity you in the manner in which you are accustomed.我不會(huì)縱容你去沒(méi)頭沒(méi)腦的胡思亂想。我也不會(huì)給你你所習(xí)慣的憐憫。

5.Of course you do！Like all sick kids,your existence depends on it.You are fated（受命運(yùn)支配的）to live out your days as the child you were when diagnosed （診斷）.A child who believes there's a life after when a novel ends...You are a side effect to an evolutionary process that cares little for individuals.You are a failed experiment in mutation（突變）.你當(dāng)然想要！就像所有患病的孩子，你就指望著它過(guò)日子。你們注定要停留在你們不治之癥確診出來(lái)的那個(gè)年紀(jì)，相信小說(shuō)結(jié)束但生命還能延續(xù)……你們只是進(jìn)化過(guò)程中忽視個(gè)別生命而產(chǎn)生的次品。你們只是實(shí)驗(yàn)突變中的失敗案例。

《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》對(duì)此影片的評(píng)論是：這部青春電影最難能可貴的地方在于，它展示的是一個(gè)嚴(yán)肅而充滿痛苦的主題，但角色卻并沒(méi)有給人帶來(lái)壓抑感，女主角的幽默尤其讓人感到溫暖。