Step 1感知·阅读导航

话题导入

这是一篇书评（book review），介绍了美国作家约翰·格林（John Green）所著的青春文学作品The Fault in Our Stars，作品标题引自莎士比亚的戏剧台词，中文译本书名《无比美妙的痛苦》出自女诗人艾米莉·狄金森的诗歌《有一种斜落下来的幽光》。作者用一个穿透生死的故事，讲述了一个简单的道理：爱比死亡更长久，痛苦远远无法超越爱情的伟大。书中的主人公是一对癌症晚期的少男少女，Hazel是一个必须借助一个小小的氧气瓶才能在这世间呼吸自如的少女，Augustus则是一个拥有英雄情怀却只能在游戏世界驰骋的独腿男孩。他们相识于生命旅程的末段，但这并不妨碍他们在星空留下独有的光亮，生命的终结不是悲剧的终点，生命的宽度才是我们追寻的意义本身。

书评挖掘了与疾病、死亡相关的人生话题，这部坚韧、感人的爱情小说获得了读者的极力推荐。全文717词，建议用时13分钟。

阅读立意

阅读时应达到以下三个目标：

1.掌握书评的一般写作方式，思考“You don't read a great book;it reads you.”（伟大的书从来都不是你在读它,而是它在读你。）这句话的深刻内涵；

2.通过对故事梗概的理解，寻找本书中两位主人公对于“good life”的不同理解，体会小说的主题；

3.通过对“Apparently,the world is not a wish-granting factory.”（显然，世界不是实现愿望的工厂）这句话的理解，感悟主人公不幸身患癌症仍要过好当下的勇气，学会更加珍视身边的人。

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（东西）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 （抛弃）,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(遗忘).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 （满足） 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(收缩).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 实践·文本解读

热词积累

Vocabulary

1.complicated adj.复杂的

2.innocent adj.单纯的；天真的

3.intellectual adj.理智的;智力的

4.apparently adv.可见；显然

5.embrace v.拥抱；包括

6.definitely adv.明确地；肯定地

phrases

1.in particular特别；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...与……保持联络

5.go wrong出错；出故障

6.be supposed to应该

7.after all毕竟；终究

8.be subject to从属于

9.care about关心；在意

立意呈现

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.”?

【点石成金】书评可以激发读者阅读作品的兴趣，理清写作时的逻辑和结构：简要回顾作品的关键内容，对作品情节进行梳理，挖掘作品的主题，对作品的优点与缺点做出评价。

Step 3 运用·读写整合

角色体验

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

模仿构新

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·素养建构

Ⅰ.写作技巧

How to write a book review?

● Giving a general introduction.

● Combing the plot.

● Exploring the theme.

● Making comments.

Ⅱ.仿写书评

通过对《无比美妙的痛苦》书评的阅读，我们完成了语篇解读；通过对作品主题的赏析，我们产生了强烈的认同感，要面对人性中真实的一面，害怕和绝望无济于事，倒不如活在当下，把每一天都当作生命中的最后一天来珍惜；通过知识和方法的迁移，我们收集了新的作品信息，请构建属于自己的书评吧！

请参考已完成的材料收集，仿写一篇Great Expectations的书评，要点包括：

1.简要介绍作品情况；

2.叙述作品故事情节；

3.挖掘作品主题意义；

4.评论作品并推荐阅读。

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Ⅲ.视野拓展

《无比美妙的痛苦》中的经典台词

由《无比美妙的痛苦》改编的电影恢复了原著的译名 《星运里的错》，由约什·布恩导演，谢琳·伍德蕾，威廉·达福，劳拉·邓恩等主演，原著的经典台词在电影中得到精彩演绎，它们值得我们赏析回味：

1.I fell in love with him the way you fall asleep:Slowly,and then all at once.我爱上你,就像你入睡的方式,渐渐地,然后不由自主,义无反顾。

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.我爱上你了，我知道爱只是虚空里的呐喊，遗忘在所难免，我也知道我们都在劫难逃，总有那么一天，我们的努力将重归于土。我还知道太阳会吞噬我们唯一的地球，但我还是爱上你了！

3.Pain demands to be felt.痛苦要求被感觉到。

4.I will not indulge your childish whims（突发的奇想）.I refuse to pity you in the manner in which you are accustomed.我不会纵容你去没头没脑的胡思乱想。我也不会给你你所习惯的怜悯。

5.Of course you do！Like all sick kids,your existence depends on it.You are fated（受命运支配的）to live out your days as the child you were when diagnosed （诊断）.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（突变）.你当然想要！就像所有患病的孩子，你就指望着它过日子。你们注定要停留在你们不治之症确诊出来的那个年纪，相信小说结束但生命还能延续……你们只是进化过程中忽视个别生命而产生的次品。你们只是实验突变中的失败案例。

《华尔街日报》对此影片的评论是：这部青春电影最难能可贵的地方在于，它展示的是一个严肃而充满痛苦的主题，但角色却并没有给人带来压抑感，女主角的幽默尤其让人感到温暖。