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高级英语精读教案
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COURSEINTRODUCTION
1.Purposeofthecourse
Developanoverallproficiencyinfourskills
Developcriticalabilityinreadingtexts
Reinforcegrammaticalcompetence.
2.Focusoftrainingatpresentstage
Shiftoffocusintraining:
Fromlistening/speaking(1-2years)toreading/writing(3-4years)
Adjustedfocusinteaching:
Fromgrammar-pre-dominanttotext-slanted
Drawstudentsattentiontochangedpurposeandfocusoftrainingat
differentlevelsofthecourse.
3.Thetextbook
Thecompiler
Textbookdesign(Student‘sBook)
a.Pre-classwork(pre-questions,dictionarywork,
librarywork)
b.Text1
c.Comprehension(oral)
d.Organizationanddevelopment
e.Analysis
f.TextII
g.Paragraphwriting
h.Listening&speaking(tapes)
Evaluatingthetextbook
a.Variedcontents(includingissuesofsocialconcern
ratherthenmerelylanguageandliterature)
b.Eclecticapproach
c.Drawbacks
4.Teachingsetupandrequirements:
a)Sixclasshoursperunit
b)Lecture+workshop+seminar
c)Pre-classreviewrequired
d)Exercises(completedonindividualbasis,selected
fordiscussion)
e)Text2includedinexams
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TextIHittheNailontheHead
I.Teachingobjectives
1.Understandingthevariousaspectsrelatedtotheusageofwords.
2.Cultivatingasenseofappropriatenessinstyle
3.Learningtouseanalogyasanexpositorymeans.
II.Warm-upquestions
1.Doesthetitlestrikeyouasabitunusual?
2.HaveyoueverheardoftheEnglishproverb―Hitthenailonthehead‖?
What
doesitmean?
3.Whosejobinvolveshittingnails?
Isthetextconcernedaboutthecarpenter?
Then,what‘sthemajorconcernoftheauthor?
(stylisticmatter,howtouse
therightwordfromtheextensivevocabularyoftheEnglishlanguage)
4.Whatsimilaritiesdoestheauthorrecognizeinthejobofacarpenterandthe
workofawriter?
Theprocessthewriterchoosestherightwordissimilartothewayacarpenter
hammersanail.
Likethecarpenterwhoneedstodrivehomeeverynailifhewantshis
workproperlydone,awriterneedstoputeffortsinchoosingtheright
wordifhewantstobeaccurateandconcise.
5.Howmuchdoyouknowaboutstyle?
Doyoufinditaninterestingtopic?
6.Howdoyoulikethetext?
Doyoufinditdifficultoreasy?
Didittakeyou
longtopreparebeforeyoucometotheclass?
Aretheremanynewwordsin
thetext?
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III.Organizationofthetext
Directions:
Readthroughthewholetextveryquickly,findoutthemainideaofeachparagraph,
decidewhethersomeparagraphscanbegroupedtogethertoformasectionandhow
eachsectionisrelatedtotheother.
Discuss&conclude:
SectionI(paragraph1-3):
Raisingthesubject:
Importanceofchoosingtherightword
Para1:
Introducingthetopicbydrawingananalogybetweenthe
carpenterhammeringanailandthewriterusingwords.
Para2-3:
Elaboratingontheimportanceofchoosingtherightword–
Itisaprocessofrealizing,definingandclarifyingyourthought.
Section2(paragraph4–10):
Explainingthevariousaspectsintheprofileofaword
Para4-7:
IIllustratinghowwordswithcommonrootshavedifferent
meanings(Semanticaspect)
Para8:
Illustratinghowwordswithsimilarmeaningsmayhave
differentassociations(Connotationalaspect)
Para9:
Illustratinghowwordswithsimilarmeaningsmayhavestylistic
differences.(Stylistic/situationalaspect)
Para10:
Pointingoutthatageneralnotionmaybeexpressedbyavariety
ofspecificwords(Variationinexpression)
Section3(paragraph11):
Conclusion:
Qualityismoreimportantthanquantityinlearning
vocabulary(withananalogytoechothebeginning)
IV.Textworkandlanguagepoints
SectionI(paragraph1-3)
Paragraph1:
1.Callstudents‘attentiontotheuseofanalogybyaskingquestionssuchas
Howdoestheauthorintroducethesubject?
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Whatexpositorymeansisusedinthefirstparagraph?
Canyouexplainthedifferencebetween―comparison‖and―analogy‖?
2.Askstudentstoreadthepassageonpage7withthefollowingquestionsinmind:
WHATisthepurposeofdrawingananalogy?
WHENisitoftenused?
HOWisitdifferentfrom―comparison‖?
3.Askstudentstoidentifytheuseofcomparisonandtheuseofanalogyinpara..1
Comparison
Aclumsymanaskillfulcarpenter
Agoodwriteraskillfulcarpenter
Analogy
Awriterchoosingtherightword
Acarpenterhammeringanail
4.Sumupthemainpoints:
Analogyisaspecialkindofcomparisonandamoreconcretewaytoexplain
things.Thepurposeofanalogyistoexplainsomethingabstractandremote.
Withanalogy,ofthetwothingsbeingcompared,oneisusuallyafamiliar
subject,whichhelpstoexplaintheother,whichisusuallyadifficultand
abstractsubject,somethinghardtodefine.
Paragraph2-3
1.Askquestionstocheckstudents‘understandingofthetext
Howisparagraph2linkedtothepreviousone?
Whatdoestheword
―this‖referto?
Isiteasytofindthewordthatexpressespreciselywhatawriterwantsto
express?
Why?
Doyouhavethisprobleminwriting?
-Wordsaremanyinnumber
-Wordsmayhavesubtledifferencesinthem(semantic,stylistic)
Doesabigvocabularyguaranteetheabilityofusingtherightword?
Why?
Doyouagreewiththeauthorthatthereisagreatdealoftruthinthe
seeminglystupidquestion―HowcanIknowwhatIthinktillIseewhatI
say?
‖
[Thequestionsoundsirrational,butistrue.Unlesswehavefoundthe
exactwordstoverbalizeourownthoughts,wecanneverbeverysureof
whatourthoughtsare.Withoutwords,ourthoughtscannotbedefinedor
statedinaclearandprecisemanner.]
definingyourthought
Choosingwordsisaprocessofclarifyingwhatyoumean.
realizingyourmeaning
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2.Callstudents‘attentiontotheauthor‘sgeneralization(line11-16:
―Wordsare
manyandvarious…thosewhohearorreadourwords.‖;(line19-21)―Itishard
work…wearedealingwith‖)Askthemtoreadaloud.Remindstudentsthe
importanceofgeneralizationafterillustrations.
Languagepoints
1)(line4)drivesomethinghome:
force(thenail)intotherightplace;make
somethingunmistakablyclear.e.g.
Thepersonwhowinstheargumentistheonewhodriveshomehis
points.
Advertiserskeeprepeatingthenamesoftheproductinorderto
drivethemessagehome.
(also:
drivehometosb,sth.)
YoumustdrivehometoJohnwherethedifficultylies.
YoumustdriveithometoJohnthatwedon‘thaveenoughmoney.
2)(line4)hittingitsquarelyonthehead:
directly,usedbothliterallyand
figuratively,examples:
Theboxerhithisopponentsquarelyonthejaw.
Wemustfacetheproblemsquarely.
3)(line7)cleanEnglish:
Englishwhichispreciseandclear(incontrastwith
vague,slovenlylanguage)
4)(line10)scrupulouswriters:
writerswhoareverycareful,payingattention
todetails一丝不苟的作家.―scrupulous‖generallymeanspainstaking,
meticulous(i.e.payinggreatattentiontosmallthings).Itmaybepositiveor
negativeinassociation,e.g.
Heisscrupulousinhisbusinessdealings.(positive,正派,谨慎)
Thenursetreatedhimwiththemostscrupulouscare.(positive)
Thepaperisnotentirelyscrupulousinsettingitsassumptions.(negative)
Hepaysscrupulousattentiontostyle.(positive)
Compare:
―unscrupulous‖不择手段的(usuallynegativeinassociation)
5)shadesofmeaning:
slightdifferencesinmeaning.
6)Someusefulsentencepatternsinthissection
(line13)Itisnotonlyamatterof…,itisalso…
(line19)Itishardwork+doingsth
(line23)…hesitatedoingsth(also..hesitateaboutdoingsth,hesitate
todosth.hesitateatsth.)
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Sentencesforparaphrase
1.―Awordthatismoreorlessright,aloosephrase,anambiguousexpression,a
vagueadjective,willnotsatisfyawriterwhoaimsatcleanEnglish.‖:
i.e.A
writerwhoisparticularlyconcernedaboutthepreciseexpressioninEnglishwill
neverfeelhappywithawordwhichfailstoexpressanideaaccurately.
2.―Choosingwordsispartoftheprocessofrealization,…forthosewhohear
orreadourwords.‖:
i.e.Theprocessoffindingtherightwordstouseisa
processofperfectionwhereyoutrytosearchforwordsthatmaymostaccurately
expressyourthoughtsandfeelings,andwordsthatmaymosteffectivelymake
yourlistenersandreadersunderstandyourthoughtsandfeelings.
3.―Itishardworkchoosingtherightwords,butweshallberewardedbythe
satisfactionthatfindingthembrings.‖:
i.e.Findingthemostsuitablewordto
useisinnosenseeasy.Butthereisnothinglikethedelightweshallexperience
whensuchawordisfound.
Relevantinformation:
TheallusiontoFlaubert(Note7,page5)
GustaveFlaubert(1821–1880),Frenchnovelist,wasassociatedwith,though
notrepresentativeof,themovementofnaturalismandknownasoneofthe
greatestrealistsofthenineteenth-centuryFrance.Hedevotedhislifetolong
hoursspentinheavytoiloverhiswork.Hiswritingismarkedbyexactnessand
accuracyofobservation,extremeimpersonalityandobjectivityoftreatment,and
precisionandexpressivenessinstyle,ortheprincipleofthemotjuste.
Section2(paragraph4–10):
Thevariousaspectsinwordusage
(I)Thesemanticaspectofwords(paragraph4-7)
1.Askstudentstomakecommentsonthethreepairsofexamplesgiveninthis
sectionCompareandcontrasttheirdifferencesinmeaning.
human:
of,orrelatingtoman,
1)e.g.humanbeing;humannature;hum
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