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nullnullnullnullcaravanserainullcaravanserai entrancenullnullnullPre-Course QuestionsHow are your performances in the exams taken last semester? Are you satisfied? Why or why not?Which course interests you the most? Why?Did you perform well in that course? Why or why not? nullAttendance 3% 2. Participation in class 3% 3. Assignments 4% 4. Oral Exam 30% 5. Written Exam 60%Usual Procedure of Each Lesson 1. Warm-up Exercises 2. Pre-text Discussion 3. Detailed Study of the Text 1) Back-ground Information 2) Explanation of difficult language points 4. Question-time for the students and the teacher 5. Discussions about the Text 6. Post-text Exercises Term ExamLesson OneLesson One The Middle Eastern Bazaar nullHow many markets are mentioned in the writing? What are they?What kind of economy do you think they represent? What kind of writing do you think this belongs to— narration, exposition, description or argumentation?What is the overall tone of this writing? Can you define it?agro-pastoral economy 农牧经济Pre-Text QuestionsnullI. Background Information 1. The Middle East2. Bazaar II. Detailed Study of the TextIII. Bird-View Study of the TextIV. DiscussionV. Assignments1. Structure2. Writing Style and Techniquesnull“historical present”Gothic-arched gatewayyou?point of viewglarenot so agreeable and welcome as “bright sunlight” man’s power of seeing or eyesight eyeIn front of the gateway there is a big, open square. It is hot there and the brightness of the sunlight is most disagreeable. But when you enter the gateway, you come to a long, narrow, dark street with some sort of a roof over it and it is cool inside. You pass from the heat and glare…a cool, dark cavernnullone’s wayto make one's way cautiously through threadmeans/ mannerone’s waynullthrongscrowdstronger implication of movement and of pushing stronger implication of densityThe crowd jammed the hall. Throngs circulated through the street. 0.3048 meter?12 feet ≈ 3.66 metersnull123small, open-fronted shop, table etc. used by a trader in a market, on a street stallpeople of every conceivable age, nationality; buildings of every conceivable shape conceivable loud, confused noise that continues dinThe blaze of light and the appalling din of the orchestra had almost dazed Elizabeth. nulln. + -en = adj. adj. + -en = v. the vaulted mud-brick walls and roofaway adv. Why is the cloth-marked muted?penetrate? flattened by treading; which becomes flat and hard because it is much traveled beaten hard by countless feetthe buyers overcome by the grave-like atmosphere, also speak in slow, deliberate and steady tones the buyers, overwhelmed by…, follow suit nullscatter:to cause to separate and go in different directionsspread:to distribute over a surface in a layeroverAbsolute Constructionorder(s) of the day: the characteristic/most significant aspect /activity; prevailing state of thingsnarrow downnarrow…to…beat downbeat sb. up ?downVolatility is the order of the day in the stock market. veiled womennulla copper-smith’s storenullonomatopoeiabuzz, murmura fairyland oftinkling, banging, clashinga + n.1 + of + n.2n.2 is (like) n. 1It’s easy to get yourself lost in a maze of narrow winding streets in that city. hammer awaycontinuously; constantlyBefore us stood a little shrimp of a fellow.She is a kitten of a girl. You guys live in a palace of a house.braziernulltake a hand (in) (doing) sth.( with sth. )help, play a part (in) sth. (with) sth.Don’t fool around, come and take a hand in the cleaning. a tiny apprentice blows a big charcoal fire with a huge leather bellows worked by a string attached to his big toefirebellowsstringwhich is which is work/laugh/mutter/… awayWe’ve been toiling away at the project for over a year. Now you tell us that we have to hand it over to somebody else? That’s ridiculous!nullvarieddifferent×√﹥Elsewhere there is the Market 1, with... Then there is the Market 2, with…; and the Market 3, where… The Market 4, the Market 5 and the Market 6 lie elsewhere…you have a whole variety of carpets with vivid color, woven in different ways, having designs typical of different regions. Some of the designs are clear-cut, well-marked and simple; while others are very complicated, showing all the details yet having all the different parts combined in a pleasing and satisfactory arrangementwith its profusion of rich colours,…yet harmoniousnullthe streets that pierce the bazaar from all directions and lead towards all directions cut the bazaar into small sections like the honeycomb honeycombn.v.vaulted streets which honeycomb this bazaara doorway gives a glimpse of a sunlit courtyardyou’ll catch a glimpse of a sunlit courtyard through a doorway?a brief, incomplete view or lookglimpsemosque caravanserainullIt is a vast somber cavern of a roomIt is a room that is like a vast somber cavern.linseeda _____ leather bellows; ______ knowledge/interests a _____ eater; a _____ expanse of the sky; a _____ mass of earth; China is a populous country with a _____ territory.hugevastcommonly suggests immensity of bulk; when used figuratively, it stresses the greatness of a person’s (thing’s) capacitysuggests immensity of extent; stresses a thing’s range, scope or variety, as well as extent hugehugehugevastvastvastnullstresses weariness and tediousness and monotonyconstantly:endlessly:suggests continuously, stressing firmness, steadiness and devotion How does the linseed-oil-making tool look like?an appliance or device for a particular purposeapparatus:an x-ray apparatusdental apparatuslaboratory apparatusdizzy height:so high that it makes people have a kind of whirling sensation transferred epithetsleepless pillownullthrow one’s weight on to:use all one’s strength to press downLet’s move on to the next episode.The cat jumped onto the table. The cat jumped on the table.on to onto onHe wandered on to the sports field.He wandered onto the sports field. Let’s move onto the next episode. ?ooze:(of thick liquids) pass slowly through small openings Blood is still oozing from the wound. Do something!If you squeeze the tube of toothpaste, it’ll ooze out of the tube. nullglisten:(esp. of wet or polished surface, tear-filled eyes) shine brightly, sparkleglistening dew-dropseyes glistening with tearsHow do they make linseed oil? Can you make an account of the process in your own words?