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1、新编英语教程上海外语教育出版社,第六册,Concept of Teaching:Teaching is the establishment of an environment for effective learning,Roles of teacher:planner,manager(controller,director,conductor,instructor),prompter,presenter,resource,consultant,participant,diagnostician,assessor,etc;,Roles of students:previously as pas
2、sive recipients;multiple roles:participant,interactor or negotiator,resource or assessor;,Course Description:,Beyond reading comprehension:Analysis and application of what has been learned:speaking,writing and translation;Development of critical thinking;Aspects of learning:Theme,Purpose of writing,
3、Point of view,Style,Structure,Rhetorical features,Diction,Translation(either for checking comprehension or developing translation skill);,OBJECTIVES FOR EACH LESSON,General Idea and massage of the text;Purpose of writing and Background information;Writers opinion and tone of the passage;Outline or s
4、tructure of the text;Linguistic strategies involved;Style and rhetorical techniques;CF:Purpose of the course(Xiamen University)Develop an overall proficiency in four skillsDevelop critical ability in reading textsReinforce grammatical competence.,FORMAT OF TEACHING:,Pre-reading Activities:Brainstorm
5、ing or pre-reading questions and discussions for warming up;Comprehension and Analysis:Questions and answers for checking understanding;Analysis of some style and rhetorical techniques involved;Translation of some difficult expressions or sentences to check and enhance comprehension;Post reading Act
6、ivities:Comments on the passage orally or in writing;Exercises in Workbook;Writing short passage of the similar style or theme;,Teaching setup and requirements,a.Six class hours per unitb.Lecture+workshop+seminarc.Pre-class review requiredd.Exercises(completed on individual basis,selected for discus
7、sion)e.Text II included in examsCourse evaluation:a.60-70%coverage of text-or exercises-related samples;b.TEM-8-related material for Juniors;,CONTENTS,UNIT TWO Text I The fine Art of Putting Things Off Text II Gossip UNIT THREEText I Walls and Barriers Text II Barrier Signals UNIT SIXText I Dull Wor
8、k Text II Doing Chores UNIT SEVEN Text I Beauty Text II Sexism in English:A Feminist View UNIT EIGHTText I Appetite Text II Wanting an Orange UNIT NINEText I A Red Light for Scofflaws Text II Trust,UNIT TENText I Straight-A Illiteracy Text II The Qualities of Good Writing UNIT ELEVEN Text I On Consi
9、gning Manuscripts to Floppy Discs And Archives to Oblivion Text II This Is Progress?UNIT TWELVE Text I Grant and Lee:A Study in Contrasts Text II Grant and Lee UNIT THIRTEEN Text I Euphemism Text II Clutter UNIT FOURTEENText I That Astounding Creator-Nature Text II When the Young Have It Good UNIT F
10、IFTEENText I.Teaching as Mountaineering Text II A Liberal Education,Unit Two,Text One:The Fine Art of Putting Things OffMichael Demarest,Pre-reading Brainstorming:*Do you often put things off or not?Why?*How can“putting things off”be a fine art?,Comprehension-an overview of the text,Main Idea:Throug
11、h depicting popularity of procrastination in nearly all the fields,the writer wanted to prove that“delay can often inspire and revive a creative soul”and“to put off making decision is itself a decision”and therefore it can be a fine and useful art.Purpose of writing and Tone:In half serious and half
12、-joking manner and humorous tone,Demarest expresses his view on procrastination that while in some cases it is irrational and encumbering to delay,it is justified and fruitful in others.,Organization and Development:,Introduction:(P1-2)The world is probably divided between delayers and do-it-nowers;
13、Body:(1)(P3-7)Delay is not without its advantages:it can often inspire and revive a creative soul;examples in many fields;Conclusion:(P8-9)Explanation and conclusion of procrastination;,The ways in which paragraphs are linked-Transition of paragraphs,The use of the word yet at the beginning of para.
14、3 indicates that in this paragraph the reader will find something contrary to what he has read about in the preceding one.(Para.2 illustrates the trouble procrastination may incur while para.3 tells the reader that delay can often inspire and revive a creative soul.)At the beginning of para.4,the wo
15、rd cunctator is repeated,its first occurrence being in para.1.Para.5 begins with the parody of the proverb Where there is a will,there is a way.The word will in the parody repeats the word will in the last sentence of para.4.His point at the beginning of para.6 refers to what Manderbach says in the
16、preceding paragraphs.The use of the word also in the first sentence of para.7 refers to a similar situation mentioned previously.,Translation Exercise for Practice of Language Points(C-E),That the elegant earl never got around to marrying his sons mother and had a bad habit of keeping worthies like
17、Dr.Johnson cooling their heels for hours in an anteroom attests to the fact that even the most well-intentioned men have been postponers ever.(p.2-5)Bureaucratization,which flourished amid the growing burdens of government and the greater complexity of society,was designed to smother policymakers in
18、 blankets of legalism,compromise and reapprasail-and thereby prevent hasty decisions from being made.(p.43-46)So,for that matter,is the creation of a great paintings,or an entre,or a book,or a building like Blenheim Palace,which took the Duke of Marlboroughs architects and laborers 15 years to const
19、ruct.(p.70-73),Post reading Activities,Write a short passage of 200 words in favor of or against the the saying“never put off till tomorrow what you can do today”.,Unit Two TEXT II:GossipFrancine Prose,Pre-reading Brainstorming:How would you define the word“gossip”?What functions does gossip have?,M
20、ain Idea of the passage,Through clarifying the present misunderstanding and distorting of the word“gossip”,the writer emphasizes the strength of gossip as the heritage,as the legacy of a certain community and other functions that it can play in the society.,Structure of the passage,Introduction:(P1-
21、2)Gossip-heritage,birthrightBody:(P3-9)Gossip:How has it been distorted?What are the functions/roles of gossip?Conclusion:(P10)Ill continue to cherish gossip.,difficult sentences for translation(E-C),I heard my distorted by that same false note that sometimes creeps into it when social strain and so
22、me misguided notion of amiability make me assent to opinions I dont really share.(P.4)Ive often thought that gossips bad might be cleared by calling it“oral tradition”;for what,after all,is an oral tradition but the stories of other lives,other eras,legends from a time when human traffic with spirit
23、s and gods was considered fit for gossipy speculation?(P.6)When one asks,“Whats the gossip?”its that community that is being affirmed.(P.9),Post reading discussion,What is your attitude towards gossiping and being gossiped about?Do you agree with Prose on the subject?Why or why not?,Unit Three TEXT
24、IWalls and BarriersEugene Raskin,Pre-reading QuestionsWhy was the Great Wall built in China?What was its main function when it was first built?What is the relation between“walls”and“barriers”?-A wall is defined as a continuous and usually vertical and solid structure of stones,bricks,concrete,etc.,s
25、erving to enclose or protect or divide off town,house,room,field,etc.A barrier is defined as a material object that serves as an obstruction or an obstacle to prevent communication or to check(e.g.,the advance of an enemy).In the old days,walls were erected as barriers against danger from without,an
26、d the Great Wall of China can serve as a typical example of this.Most walls in China function as barriers.,Comprehension:,1)Main Idea:This passage compares classical and modern architecture as well as old and new views of money,and it contrasts the modern notion of wall-as-window with the ancient co
27、nception of wall-as-barrier.The writers Conclusion/point of view:Architecture is an expression of peoples mentality(attitudes,prejudices,taboos,and ideals);therefore,changes in their views of the world and of themselves are bound to be mirrored in architecture.2)Purpose of writing and Tone:Raskin in
28、“Walls and Barriers”intends to illustrate and promote an opinion that changes in their views of the world and of themselves are bound to be mirrored in architecture.He achieves his purpose through logical reasoning(inductive analysis,making comparison and contrasts and cause-and-effect analysis),Org
29、anization and Development:,Introduction:(P1-2)Opening of the passageBody:(1)(P3-5)compares classical and modern architecture as well as old and new views of money(2)(P6-10)contrasts the modern notion of wall-as-window with the ancient conception of wall-as-barrier.Conclusion:(P11)Our changing concep
30、tions of ourselves in relations to the world determine how we shall build our walls.List of contrasts:a.architectural designs of banks:paras.3&4b.function of bank:para.4c.classical and new criticism of architecture:para.6d.attitude toward possible hostility in primitive and modern world:paras.7&9 e.
31、attitude toward privacyparas.8,9,&10,Translation Exercise for Practice of Language Points,1)I supppose-I more than suppose,I am convinced-that his negative response was not so much to the architecture as to a violation of his concept of the nature of money.(L.5-7)2)It is the in understanding of arch
32、itecture as a medium for the expression of human attitudes,prejudices,taboos and ideals that the new architectural criticism departs from classical aesthetics.(L.31-)3)The greater the fear,the heavier the wall,until in the tombs of ancient kings we find structures that are practically all wall,the f
33、ear of dissolution being the ultimate fear.(L41-43)4)This is perhaps why it is the most“advanced”and“forward-looking”among us who live and work in glass house.Even the fear of the cast stone has been analyzed out of us.(L.74-76),Post reading Activities:,Some people think that money ought to be spent
34、 mainly on food so as to help build up strong constitution;but some think that it is more important for a person to try to make himself look smart.Develop a short passage,comparing and contrasting the two different view,Unit Three TEXT II Barrier Signals Desmond Morris,Pre-reading Brainstorming:What
35、 is body language?What do you know about it?-nonverbal communication;body language/kinesics-message of space:space;territoriality;proxemics;What is barrier signal?What are functions of barrier signals?Examples of barrier signals?Reference:A dictionary of British&American Culture 胡文仲,外研社,Main Idea of
36、 the passage:,This essay,in the form of extended definition and developed largely through examples,illustrates the Body-cross,the most popular form of Barrier Signals,Structure of the passage,Introduction(P1-2):the origin and development of barrier signalsMain part(P3-12):the Body-cross-its variable
37、s in different situations,such as greeting,standing&sittingExamples of barrier signals throughout the text by Morris:l.A little child biding behind its mothers body or a chair or some piece of solid furniture.2.A teenage girl covering up her face with hands or papers.3.The special guest on a gala oc
38、casion having his right hand reach across his body and touch his left cuff-link.4.The female guest on a gala occasion having her right hand across her body and shifting the position of her handbag.5.A man fingering a button or the strap of a wristwatch.6.A woman smoothing out an imaginary crease in
39、a sleeve or repositioning the scarf or coat held over her left arm.7.A man rubbing his hands together or clasping them firmly in front of him.8.The arm-fold,i.e.,the left and right arms intertwining themselves across the front of tile chest.9.Pressing the tightly clasped hands down on to the crotch.
40、10.Using the desk as a barrier.,Post reading Activity,Describe situations from your experience in which you or other people made the imaginary movement of Body-cross as defined by Morris.,Unit Six TEXT IDull Work Eric Hoffer,Warming-up discussions on the next two topics:Do you think you can achieve
41、much if you live a plain,ordinary life?Does monotonous,routine work dull ones mind?What does the writer mean by dull in“Dull Work”?a.boring,not interesting or exciting;b.uneventful,slow-paced,inactive,Main Idea,In this passage the writer tries to convince the readers that what a man can achieve does
42、 not depend on the type of work he does,or the life experiences he has;rather,it depends on his ability to transmute what seems dull and routine into what is momentous(or creativeness of a mans mind is primary to what he can achieve).,Organization and Development:,The use of the technique,classical
43、rhetoric,for effective expository writing Introduction:(P1)presentation of the real objective that the writer intends to attain,or the genuine concern he aims to focus on Body:(P2P5)the citations of numerous truly brilliant people and their reputed creations,as well as the writers own experiences Co
44、nclusion:(P6)reinforcement of the topic,Organization and Development(II),The sentence that summarizes Hoffers view on dull work could be:What a man can achieve does not depend on the type of work he does,or the life experiences he has;rather,it depends on his ability to transmute what seems dull and
45、 routine into what is momentous.The purpose of each paragraph in the body of the passage(P2P5):Para.2 People who achieve do not necessarily live eventful lives.Para.3 What is essential for creative work is a mans ability to make the trivial reach an enormous way.Para.4 An eventful life does more har
46、m than good to a creative man.Para.5 How he himself has been benefited from his dull work experience.Comment on the arrangement of each paragraph in the body of the passageThe arrangement is logical and sound.Well-reputed men are cited before his own experience.The possible harmful effect of an even
47、tful life is illustrated only after he has made it clear that an eventful life is not a must for creative achievement.,difficult sentences for translation,The outstanding characteristic of mans creativeness is the ability to transmute trivial impulses into momentous consequences.The greatness of man
48、 is in what he can do with petty grievances and joys,and with common physiological pressures and hungers.To a creative individual all experience is seminal-all events are equidistant from new ideas and insights-and his inordinate humanness shows itself in the ability to make the trivial and common r
49、each an enormous way.chances are that had my work been of absorbing interest I could not have done any thinking and composing on the companys time or even on my own time after returning from work.Children and mature people thrive on dull routine,while the adolescent,who has lost the childs capacity
50、for concentration and is without the inner resources of the mature,needs excitement and novelty to stave off boredom.,Post Reading Activities,1.Translation Exercise for Practice of Language Points(C-E):Paragraph 3:The outstanding characteristic of mans creativenessParagraph 6:People who find dull jo
