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Unit 7 Learning about English教案Unit 7 Learning about English教案 Unit 7 Learning about English Text A The Glorious Messiness of English Objectives 1. grasp the main idea (because of its tolerance for outside influences, English has become a great language) and structure of the text; 2. ...

Unit 7  Learning about English教案
Unit 7 Learning about English教案 Unit 7 Learning about English Text A The Glorious Messiness of English Objectives 1. grasp the main idea (because of its tolerance for outside influences, English has become a great language) and structure of the text; 2. understand some idiomatic English usages mentioned in the unit; 3. master key language points and structures in the text; 4. conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. Time allotment 1st period Pre-reading; While-reading (title) 2nd period While-reading (title, language points) 3rd period While-reading (language points); Post-reading (draw a picture) 4th period Post-reading; Check on students’ home reading (Text B) Pre-reading tasks 1. Some idioms from Listen and Answer(详见光盘) 2. Brainstorming (T asks Ss to discuss and give more examples to show the messiness of English) While-reading tasks Rhetorical devices used in the text. 1. oxymoron(矛盾修饰法) The title, The Glorious Messiness of English, offers a good example of oxymoron. An oxymoron puts two contradictory terms together to puzzle the reader, attracting him / her to pause and explore why. “Glorious” is a commendatory term, while “messiness” is derogatory. Why do they stand next to each other? Then, as we read on, we may find out that the title is actually a thesis statement: Yes, English is messy, but the messiness reflects some good qualities of English, such as tolerance, the love of freedom, and the respect for others’ rights. (e.g. bitter-sweet memories, a living death, tearful joy, a love-hate relationship, a deafening silence) O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face. 啊,花一样的脸庞里藏着蛇一样的心~ Did ever dragon keep so fare a cave? 那一条恶龙曾经栖息在这样清雅的洞府里, Beautiful tyrant, friend angelical. 美丽的暴君~天使般的恶魔~ Dove feather’s raven, wolfish-ravening lamb. 披着白鸽羽毛的乌鸦,豺狼一样贪残的羔羊~ Despised substance of divinest show. 圣洁的外表包覆着丑恶的实质~ Just opposite to what thou justly seems. 你的内心刚巧和你的形状相反, A damned saint, an honorable villain… 一个万恶的圣人,一个庄严的奸徒。 ------ Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet) 2. metaphor(隐喻、暗喻)(not using as or like. e.g. Life is a journey.) (simile 明喻、直喻 using as or like.) The author uses many metaphors, such as the core of our language (Para4), a common parent language (Para8), another flood of new vocabulary (Para14), the special preserve of grammarians, language police, teachers, writers or the intellectual elite (Para19). In Para 18 there is a sustained metaphor: the cultural soil, the first shoots sprang up, …grew stronger, build fences around their language. In this case the English language is compared to plants, and the various cultures influencing it are compared to the soil, while users of English are compared to gardeners. The lieutenant barked his orders. Turing was the father of the modern computer. 3. parallelism(排比) We can also find parallelism in the quote from Winston Churchill: “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender.” Also, there is parallel structure in the sentence “The country now had three languages: French for the nobles, Latin for the churches and English for the common people.” 4. metonymy (转喻、换喻) Metonymy has something to do with the substitution of the name of one thing for that of another. This substituted name may be an attribute of that other thing or be closely associated with it. In other words, it involves a “change of name”, the substituted name suggesting the thing meant. In the example above, the word “churches” stands for religious institutions and those who are involved in religious practices. (The pen is mightier than the sword. Pen: power of literature; Sword: force.) the White House Grey hair should be respected. The kettle boils. 5. personification(拟人) Personification gives human form or feeling to animals, or life and personal attributes to inanimate objects, or to ideas and something abstract. In the sentence “English found itself with two sources…”, personification is used. (The wind whistled through the trees.) Post-reading task: Appendix and after-text exercise. Cultural Background Norman: any of the people from Normandy in northern France who settled in England after their leader William defeated the English king at the battle of Hastings in 1066. The Normans took control of the country, the process known as the Norman Conquest. In consequence, Norman-French of the conquerors replaced English as an authoritative language in England. English became a lower-class language. It was thnot until 14 century that English again became the language of the richer and cultural class. So Middle English was strongly modified by an extensive infusion of French vocabulary. Latin: Latin Language, language of ancient Rome. With the spread of Roman power Latin was carried to every part of the known ancient world and became the dominant tongue of Western Europe. It was the language ththof scholarship and diplomacy until the 18 century and of the Roman Catholic liturgy until the late 20 century. Indio-European parent language: the most widely spoken family of languages in the world, containing the following subfamilies: Albanian, Armenian, Baltic, Celtic, Germanic, Greek, Indo-Iranian, Italic (including the Romance languages), Slavic, and two extinct subfamilies, Anatolian (including Hittite) and Tocharian. About 1.6 billion people speak Indo-European languages today. Christianity: the most widely distributed of the world religions, having substantial representation in all the populated continents of the globe. thththRenaissance: series of literary and cultural movements in the 14, 15, and 16 centuries. These movements began in Italy and eventually expanded into Germany, France, England, and other parts of Europe. Participants studied the great civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome and came to the conclusion that their own cultural achievements rivaled those of antiquity. Renaissance humanists believed it was possible to improve human society through classical education. Appendix (Chinese loanwords in English) kowtow 叩头 tofu 豆腐 chow mein 炒面 mahjong 麻将 kung fu 功夫 feng shui 风水 tai chi 太极 qi pao 旗袍 cheongsam 长衫(在词典中查到,此词也有旗袍之意。) moutai 茅台酒 won ton 馄饨 (English loanwords in Chinese) a jar of beer 扎啤 jeans 牛仔 miniskirt 迷你裙 party 派对 bikini 比基尼 shampoo 香波 sauna 桑拿 hula-hoop 呼啦圈 copy 拷贝 (Japanese loanwords in English & Chinese) Judo 柔道 sumo 相扑 sashimi 生鱼片 sushi 寿司 tenno 天皇 Language study 1. massive: large in scale, amount, or degree The ancient temple's massive stone pillars had begun to crumble. The scale of the problem is so massive that it will require all our resources to deal with it. 2. corrupt: 1) cause errors to appear in The Academy ruled that such foreign expressions were not permitted, as they corrupted the language. Has Japanese been corrupted by the introduction of foreign words? 2) cause to act dishonestly in return for personal gains We believe films of violence would corrupt young people. To our great surprise, the former mayor turned out to have been corrupted by the desire for money and power. 3. ban: forbid (sth.) officially (used in the pattern: ban sth.\ ban sb.from sth./doing sth.) The local government will ban smoking in all offices later this year. Scientists from many countries called on the international community to create an international convention to ban human cloning as soon as possible. Tom was banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding again. n. ban (followed by on) The government is considering a total ban on cigarette advertising. The ban on underground nuclear tests is a vital step toward disarmament. 4. invent: 1) make or design (sth. that has not existed before); create (sth.) James Watt invented the steam engine. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. 2) give (a name, reason, etc. that doesn't exist or is not true) All the characters in the novel are invented. Standing still in the teacher's office, the boy tried to invent a plausible excuse for his absence from class. Cf.: invent, discover If somebody invents something, they are the first person to think of it or make it. Walter Hunt and Elias Hone invented the sewing machine. If somebody discovers something, they find out about something which exists but which was not previously known. The planet Pluto was discovered in 1930. 5. fascinating: of great interest or attraction The story of his adventures in the Arctic was fascinating to listen to. I found the discussion about cloning absolutely fascinating. 6. tolerance: 1) the quality of allowing other people to say and do as they like, even if you don't agree or approve of it (followed by of/for) School teachers have to have a great deal of tolerance in order to deal with difficult children. I think tolerance between students is extremely necessary since they live and study together. 2) the ability to bear sth. painful or unpleasant (followed by of/for) Human beings have limited tolerance of noise. The patient had no tolerance for pain. Whenever he was injected he would cry. 7. strictly speaking: If one uses words, applies rules, etc. in their exact sense He's not strictly speaking an artist; he is more of a performer. Strictly speaking she was not qualified for the job. But we employed her because of her honesty. 8. to a (very real, certain, etc.) extent: to the degree specified I agree with him to some extent but there are still some areas of sharp disagreement between us. To some extent the water pollution has affected local residents. To a certain extent the failure of the restaurant was due to bad management. 9. put into practice: Having delayed several times, we must put this plan into practice now. They weren't allowed to put into practice in their daily lives the teachings they received. 10. strike out: start being independent; start doing what one wants to do in life After working for his father for about ten years, he decided to strike out on his own.
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