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Unit 7 The ChaserBy John Collier Text 1¨Debate¨Biographical Sketch of John Collier¨Pre-reading questions¨Structure analysis of the Text¨Questions for comprehension¨Language points¨Exercises¨Writing Practice¨Passage DictationDebate on the following situation¨A young couple were very much in love and wanted to get married. However, they were from two warring cultures and their families would not allow it. If they married, they would have to leave their homes and families, and perhaps even their country. Position A: They should get married anyway. Position B: They shouldn’t get married.Biographical Sketch of John Collier ¨a writer of various genres, born in London in 1901 and died of a stroke in California in 1980.¨obtained a private education, and began writing poetry at the age of nineteen and concentrated on writing novels and short stories during the early 1930s. ¨best known as a writer of fantasy, and though largely unpopular in his native country, holds wide appeal among readers of fantasy. His Monkey Wife, first published in 1930. Works of John Collier ¨His Monkey Wife (first published in 1930)¨Tom's A-Cold (novel, 1933)¨Defy the Foul Friend (novel, 1934)¨ Presenting Moonshine (short story collection, 1941)¨ Fancies and Goodnights (short story collection, 1951)¨Pictures in the Fire (short story collection, 1958)Works of John Collier ¨The John Collier Reader (short story collection, 1972) ¨ The Best of John Collier (short story collection, 1975). Screenplays of John Collier ¨Elephant Boy (1937)¨I Am a Camera (1955)¨The War Lord (1965). Siren（塞壬）¨Siren, in Greek mythology, one of the three sea nymphs, usually represented with the head of a woman and the body of a bird. Daughters of Phoreus of Achelous, the Sirens inhabited an island surrounded by dangerous rocks. They sang so enchantingly that all who heard were drawn near and shipwrecked. Jason and the Argonauts were saved from them by the music of Orhenus, whose songs were lovelier. Odysseus escaped them by having himself tied securely to a mast and by stopping the ears of his men. Figuratively, siren refers to a woman regarded as seductively beautiful. Pre-reading questions¨1. Do you believe love can be fostered? How can you lure one into love with you?¨2. What is likely to happen when a couple no longer love each other?Structure analysis of the TextStructure analysis of the TextThis short story, which combines elements of horror and love, is built almost entirely through dialogue between a young man, Alan Austen, who is deeply in love and wants to possess his lover entirely, and an unnamed old man who believes in a life free of romantic involvement. As the dialogue develops, Austen’s attitude towards the potion changes from skeptical and hesitant to excited and overwhelmed.Questions for comprehension¨1. What is the implied meaning of the old man’s remark. ‘Young people who need a love potion very seldom have five thousand dollars. Otherwise they would not need a love potion”? (para. 13)¨What the old man means is that the young men who fall in love one-sidedly are seldom rich enough to win a young girls heart. If they are rich, it will be easier for them to gain girls’ hearts, and they don’t need to buy love potions. The old man suggests that money is an important factor for love.Questions for comprehension¨2. What are the effects of the love potion? Describe them in detail .¨The love potion has a powerful, everlasting effect. It will make a gay girl care nothing but her lover. She will feel jealous of him when her lover is with other girls. She will want to be everything to him. She will be only interested in her lover and take every concern of his. Even if he slips a little, she will forgive him in the end. In a word, she will love him deeply if she drinks the love potion.Questions for comprehension3.Why is the love potion priced so low while the glove-cleaner so high?¨In this story, the author seems to stress the great gap between the price of the love potion and the glove-cleaner. The reasons maybe is that it is easy for people to fall in love, but it is hard to keep it. So, when he wants to get out of it, he has to pay a lot of money to buy the glove-cleaner. Because of the lower price of the love potion, the old man can allure the customers to buy his other goods, including the glove-cleaner.Questions for comprehension¨4. What moral lessons can be drawn from the story?¨One of the moral lessons we can draw from the story is that love is precious. It is easy for one to fall in love. But it is hard for him to keep it fresh. So we must be wise and cherish love.Questions for comprehension¨5. How do the speeches of the young man and the old man differ? How does that help to build up the theme?¨The young man’s speech is short and changing. At first, he speaks in short sentences with hesi。