The Fault in Our Stars

Step 1感知·閱讀導航

話題導入

這是一篇書評（book review），介紹了美國作家約翰·格林（John Green）所著的青春文學作品The Fault in Our Stars，作品標題引自莎士比亞的戲劇臺詞，中文譯本書名《無比美妙的痛苦》出自女詩人艾米莉·狄金森的詩歌《有一種斜落下來的幽光》。作者用一個穿透生死的故事，講述了一個簡單的道理：愛比死亡更長久，痛苦遠遠無法超越愛情的偉大。書中的主人公是一對癌癥晚期的少男少女，Hazel是一個必須借助一個小小的氧氣瓶才能在這世間呼吸自如的少女，Augustus則是一個擁有英雄情懷卻只能在游戲世界馳騁的獨腿男孩。他們相識于生命旅程的末段，但這并不妨礙他們在星空留下獨有的光亮，生命的終結不是悲劇的終點，生命的寬度才是我們追尋的意義本身。

書評挖掘了與疾病、死亡相關的人生話題，這部堅韌、感人的愛情小說獲得了讀者的極力推薦。全文717詞，建議用時13分鐘。

閱讀立意

閱讀時應達到以下三個目標：

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

2.通過對故事梗概的理解，尋找本書中兩位主人公對于“good life”的不同理解，體會小說的主題；

3.通過對“Apparently,the world is not a wish-granting factory.”（顯然，世界不是實現愿望的工廠）這句話的理解，感悟主人公不幸身患癌癥仍要過好當下的勇氣，學會更加珍視身邊的人。

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 實踐·文本解讀

熱詞積累

Vocabulary

1.complicated adj.復雜的

2.innocent adj.單純的；天真的

3.intellectual adj.理智的;智力的

4.apparently adv.可見；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……保持聯絡

5.go wrong出錯；出故障

6.be supposed to應該

7.after all畢竟；終究

8.be subject to從屬于

9.care about關心；在意

立意呈現

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.”?

【點石成金】書評可以激發讀者閱讀作品的興趣，理清寫作時的邏輯和結構：簡要回顧作品的關鍵內容，對作品情節進行梳理，挖掘作品的主題，對作品的優點與缺點做出評價。

Step 3 運用·讀寫整合

角色體驗

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

模仿構新

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·素養建構

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

通過對《無比美妙的痛苦》書評的閱讀，我們完成了語篇解讀；通過對作品主題的賞析，我們產生了強烈的認同感，要面對人性中真實的一面，害怕和絕望無濟于事，倒不如活在當下，把每一天都當作生命中的最后一天來珍惜；通過知識和方法的遷移，我們收集了新的作品信息，請構建屬于自己的書評吧！

請參考已完成的材料收集，仿寫一篇Great Expectations的書評，要點包括：

1.簡要介紹作品情況；

2.敘述作品故事情節；

3.挖掘作品主題意義；

4.評論作品并推薦閱讀。

Great Expectations is set in

Ⅲ.視野拓展

《無比美妙的痛苦》中的經典臺詞

由《無比美妙的痛苦》改編的電影恢復了原著的譯名 《星運里的錯》，由約什·布恩導演，謝琳·伍德蕾，威廉·達福，勞拉·鄧恩等主演，原著的經典臺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.我愛上你,就像你入睡的方式,漸漸地,然后不由自主,義無反顧。

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.我愛上你了，我知道愛只是虛空里的吶喊，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。我還知道太陽會吞噬我們唯一的地球，但我還是愛上你了！

3.Pain demands to be felt.痛苦要求被感覺到。

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

5.Of course you do！Like all sick kids,your existence depends on it.You are fated（受命運支配的）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）.你當然想要！就像所有患病的孩子，你就指望著它過日子。你們注定要停留在你們不治之癥確診出來的那個年紀，相信小說結束但生命還能延續……你們只是進化過程中忽視個別生命而產生的次品。你們只是實驗突變中的失敗案例。

《華爾街日報》對此影片的評論是：這部青春電影最難能可貴的地方在于，它展示的是一個嚴肅而充滿痛苦的主題，但角色卻并沒有給人帶來壓抑感，女主角的幽默尤其讓人感到溫暖。