Week 10: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
1. The usage of writing down a name of a book or a story
(1) The name of a short story-- using the quotation eg. "The Little Mermaid"
(2) The name of a whole book--using the underline eg. Charlotte's Web
(3)人名不用劃線，但要注意區分是人名還是故事名。 eg. "Cinderella"
2. Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
(1) Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale is a picture book told in the form of a cumulative tale written for young children, which tells an African legend. In this origin story, the mosquito lies to a lizard, who puts sticks in his ears and ends up frightening another animal, which down a long line causes a panic. In the end, an owlet is killed and the owl is too sad to wake the sun until the animals hold court and find out who is responsible. The mosquito is eventually found out, but it hides in order to escape punishment. So now it constantly buzzes in people's ears to find out if everyone is still angry at it.
(2) cumulative tale:In a cumulative tale, sometimes also called a chain tale, action or dialogue repeats and builds up in some way as the tale progresses. With only the sparest of plots, these tales often depend upon repetition and rhythm for their effect, and can require a skilled storyteller to negotiate their tongue-twisting repetitions in performance.The device often takes the form of a cumulative song or nursery rhyme. Many cumulative tales feature a series of animals or forces of nature each more powerful than the last.
Cumulative tale "This Is the House That Jack Built"
*eg. Twelve Days of Christmas--John Denver
(3) Development of the Story
a. conflict: The Mother Owl wake up the Sun each day, so that the dawn can come.(Why not?)
b. It's not my fault.
Good morning.(Greeting )
(4) Verbs in Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears
- mosquito annoy big lie
- iguana frighten
- python scare plot mysteries against me
- rabbit startle mind my business
- crow alarm call for dangerous
- monkey kill
- baby owlet
- King lion
3. Cultural and Social Diversity
(1) diversity
di- 一分為二
different
divide
divorce
(2) What are Little Girls Made of?
"What Are Little Girls Made Of?" is episode seven of the first season of the science fiction television series, Star Trek. It was first broadcast October 20, 1966, and repeated, two months later, on December 22, the first episode of the series to be repeated on NBC. It was written by Robert Bloch and directed by James Goldstone. The title of the episode is taken from the fourth line of the 19th century nursery rhyme, "What Are Little Boys Made Of?"
*"What Are Little Boys Made Of?" is a popular nursery rhyme dating from the early 19th century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 821. The rhyme appears in many variant forms, that is one of them,
What are little boys made of?
What are little boys made of?
Snips and snails
And puppy-dogs' tails
That's what little boys are made of
What are little girls made of?
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice
And everything nice (or all things nice)
That's what little girls are made of
4. Vocabularies and Phrases
(1) di- 一分為二
diversity
different
divide
divorce
(2) startle 即時性的驚嚇
frightened 全面性的驚嚇
(3) dud n. 無用物
(4) gosling n. 小鵝
(5) unremitting adj. 不解的
(6) in disgust 厭惡
(7) conspiracy n, 陰謀
(8) kill v. 殺死
butcher v. 屠殺
(9) anaesthetic n. 麻醉
(10) in a childish way 幼稚的方式
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