The article describes that Saint Exupery and his companions blindly fell into the Libyan desert during a flight. The air humidity 18%, and the remaining beverage is less than one liter. It is just an illusion to expect the plane to find two black spots among thousands of black spots from the desert at a depth of 3 thousand kilometers. However, they have not given up their expectation of life. They run around in the barren desert, confused by a mirage, looking for traces in the sand, pinning their hopes on dew, and expecting a swaying camel team to rescue them in the vast sand sea. Saint-Exupé ry, a French pilot, was born in a traditional Catholic aristocratic family in Lyon, France on June 29th, 1900. He served in the French Air Force from 192 1 to 1923. He once intended to apply for the Naval Academy, but failed to do so, but he was lucky to become a member of the Air Force. He was also one of the earliest generation pilots in France. 1923 has been engaged in various occupations since he retired. 1926, Saint Exupé ry entered Laticole Airlines. During this period, he published the novels Mail in the South (1929) and Night Flight (193 1), and his literary reputation rose accordingly. 1939, another work, The Land of Man, came out. During World War II, he rejoined the French Air Force. Then he went to new york to live in exile. During this period, he wrote Air Force Pilot, Letter to a Hostage, Little Prince (1943) and other works. 1944 Return to Allied Mediterranean Air Force. On a mission during World War II, he flew a plane into the blue sky, disappeared and never came back. In the middle of the desert (selected from & gt) was selected as a middle school textbook. French writer Anne de Saint-Exupery. 1900 was born in Lyon on June 29th. His family is descended from the ancient Gaul elm warrior tribe. His mother is from Provence, so he is of Provence descent. 1904, he lost his father and became an orphan. He grew up in the Jesus Club in montague and Le Mans. He went to middle school in Fribourg, Switzerland, and finished his studies during the First World War. After failing to enter the naval academy, he joined the army and obtained the pilot qualification certificate during his service. After trying various careers, he became a civil aviation pilot, flying postal planes and air France planes. Flying was still an adventure at that time. A year later, he was appointed commander of Juby Air Force Base in Rio de Oro Bay. Later, a book written by Saint Exupery made the name of this midway landing station on the edge of the Sahara desert famous. It was in the wooden house there that he wrote his first work, Travel in the Sky. Two years later, the route extended from the Atlantic Ocean to Brazil and then to Santiago, the capital of Chile. At that time, crossing the Andes (Latin America) had to rely on very primitive planes, and the highest ceiling of the plane could not reach the peak. This imaginative artist described to us the scene when this aviation technology was just used in the novel Night Flight, which won the Fermine Prize of 193 1 year. This spring, he married Concello Centro, who was born in the Republic of El Salvador. Then he worked as a journalist for several years, conducted a lot of interviews and was able to travel to many countries and regions (such as Spanish, German, North Africa, China, etc.). ). 1935, his plane Simone crashed in the Sahara desert near the Libyan border. After waiting for three long days, he and his colleagues were rescued by Bedouins in North Africa. In Man's Earth, he described this tragic event in detail, while in The Little Prince, there were some hints, such as: "In the desert thousands of miles away from human habitation", the pilot had an accident. When World War II broke out, Saint Exupery was in the United States. He immediately returned to France. 1939 was drafted into the army and was appointed as the captain of a special reconnaissance squadron of the air force. He also took an active part in the French resistance movement. He became a witness to the collapse of France. In the book Field Pilots, he told us his feelings and thoughts during that miserable week. After the armistice, he returned to America, where he wrote The Little Prince and a letter to a hostage. After the Anglo-American allied forces fought in landing operation in north africa, Saint Exupé ry rushed to Algeria. Although he was over age at that time, he did military service again. On July 3 1944 and 3 1 day, he took off from Corsica, France, and carried out aerial reconnaissance missions over the Mediterranean Sea and Alps in order to photograph the ground military situation in southern France and prepare for the allied landing. As a result, he didn't come back, and neither the plane nor the pilot's body was found. At the age of 44. Because of his death, his last book could not be completed, and later the draft of this book was published under the name of Fortress. In May 2000, a professional diver found the wreckage of the plane 70 meters below the sea floor near Marseille. Two years ago, in the same place, a fisherman once fished out a bracelet engraved with the words "Saint-Ex". According to the diver, the wreckage of the plane is scattered in the area with a length of 1 km and a width of 400 meters. Combined with the bracelet and compared with other 42 P38 planes that crashed in the south of France, it is determined that this plane can only be the one that Saint-Exupé ry once took. The French Ministry of Culture announced that Saint Exupery died in a plane crash, but the cause of the crash was unknown. Before becoming a writer, Yi Sheng Exupery was a pilot and technician. Most of his works are based on his personal experience. Yi Sheng Exupery is mainly an adult writer, but his famous children's literature The Little Prince is deeply loved by children all over the world. In the book, the hero, the little prince, travels around the world in search of love, strength and knowledge. With his extraordinary imagination and superb artistic expression, the author shows us a series of colorful pictures, as if bringing readers to a dreamlike world. This work is full of poetry and painting from beginning to end, which opens a corner of children's spiritual world to people. Saint Exupery opened up many new poetic themes, such as aviation, desert, earth space, stars, universe and so on. This is his achievement. The characteristic of his creation is that he always describes the behavior and inner activities of the characters alternately around the core of his works.
1. When the author's plane crashed in the middle of the desert due to a fault, what kind of danger did he face? How do you feel? Sort out the author's psychological change process.
Danger: cold, severe water shortage, whipped by cold wind, nowhere to hide, dying.
Psychological changes: pain-despair-calmness-pride, no regret, optimism-regain courage.
2. Understand the meaning of key sentences:
(1) "My blood circulation is blocked due to lack of water, and there is a chill, but it is not only cold at night."
The low temperature and serious water shortage in the desert at night make the author feel unbearable cold, and the danger of death makes the author feel desperate, which is a true portrayal of the danger facing the author.
(2) "The cold wind came at me like a cavalry on the plain, and I had to turn around to avoid its attack."
Using metaphor and personification, the harsh desert environment and the author's feelings are vividly expressed. The tone is not heavy, but rather funny, which shows the author's calm and optimistic spirit.
(3) "We look forward to dawn just like farmers look forward to spring, we look forward to stopovers just like looking forward to a blessed land, and we look for our own truth among the stars."
Precious dew only appears at dawn, which represents the hope of life, so the author says that looking forward to dawn is like farmers looking forward to promising spring; The midway station sustains the life of the pilot, so the author says that looking forward to the midway station is like looking forward to a blessed land. These two sentences reflect the author's love for life. "Stars" represent nature, and "seeking truth among stars" is to realize the value of life in the struggle with nature. This sentence reflects the author's pride in his pursuit.
(4) "I have no regrets. I struggled, but failed, which is often the case with people in our industry. However, I finally breathed the sea breeze. "
The author thinks that his career is meaningful, and he has realized the value of life without wasting it, so even if he fails or even sacrifices his life, he has no regrets.
The author used a lot of space to express his feelings when facing death threats. What kind of person do you think the author is after reading this article of inner monologue?
Love life, cherish life, but dare to sacrifice for the cause; Full of passion, persistent pursuit, poetic life; Love human beings and have a sense of responsibility.
4. The text reveals the significance of exploration. How does the author understand the significance of exploration?
Adventure, not to seek excitement, not to show personal extraordinary courage, but out of dedication to society, out of a sense of responsibility for the benefit of mankind.
Heart of the Desert describes my psychological process from "pain and despair" to "calm and optimistic" in the desert. Through the description of the wonders of the desert and my inner monologue, I show my firm belief in overcoming difficulties and getting out of the desert, as well as my love and desire for life.
The Earth of Man is a collection of essays, which consists of eight articles, each chapter has a theme and is an independent article. The clues that run through these articles are the feelings, passion and thinking of pilots, the lofty sense of mission, the author's praise of friendship, responsibility, courage and perseverance, and the profound thinking of human beings, civilization, war and quality.