Advanced English Book1 U1 Chinese Humanism

Unit1ChineseHumanism新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）高级英语1电子教案3DetailedReadingContents24516WarmUpGlobalReadingConsolidationActivitiesTextAppreciationFurtherEnhancement1.Humanismistheassertionofthegreatnessofman.T/F?2.TheearliesthumanistsduringtheperiodofWesternRenaissancehadinterestonlyinclassicliterature.T/F?3.Humanistsdeclarethateveryonebebornequal.T/F?4.Religioushumanismcentersonhumanneeds,interests,andabilities.T/F?5.InChina,Confuciusisregardedasthehumanisticprimogenitor.T/F?Section1:WarmUpLead-inBackgroundInformationTFFTFTakethequizbelowtoseehowwellyouknowabouthumanism.6.InclassicChinesehumanism,ethicalphilosophyisbasedonhumanvaluesratherthanthesupernatural.T/F?7.ThescientificinquirythatfollowedtheRenaissanceadoptedempiricalobservationsandexperimentationofthephysicaluniverse.T/F?8.ThemaintypesofhumanismintheworldareRenaissancehumanism,Religioushumanism,andInclusivehumanism.T/F?9.Humanistsareneverconcernedaboutthemeaningoflife.T/F?Section1:WarmUpLead-inBackgroundInformationTTTF10.Themodernworld,withitsover-developmentofmachinery,hastakentimetoensurethatmanenjoyswhathemakes.T/F?Section1:WarmUpLead-inBackgroundInformationFSection1:WarmUpDiscussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.1.Whatcomestoyourmindwhenyoucomeacrosstheterm“humanism”?2.Haveyoueverreadanyworksabouthumanism?3.Doeshumanismvaryfromcountrytocountry?Ifitdoes,arethereanyelementsintheconceptthatareuniversallyshared?Lead-inBackgroundInformationhumanism人文主义/人本主义1.aphilosophythatemphasizesthevalueandagencyofhumanbeings,individuallyandcollectively,andgenerallypreferscriticalthinkingandevidence(rationalism,empiricism)overacceptanceofdogmaorsuperstition2.aperspectivethataffirmssomenotionofhumanfreedomandprogressSection1:WarmUpAbouttheAuthorLinYutang:aChinesewriter,translator,andeditor,borninLongxi(nowZhangzhou),FujianProvince,educatedinChinaandatHarvard,withPh.D.fromUniversityofLeipzigin1923.LinspentmostofhislifeintheUnitedStatesandwrotemostofhisworksinEnglish.(1895-1976)BackgroundInformationLead-inSection1:WarmUpHisnon-fictionalbooksincludeMyCountryandMyPeople(《吾国吾民》，1935),ALeafintheStorm(《风声鹤唳》，1941),TheImportanceofLiving(《生活的艺术》，1937)，BetweenTearsandLaughter(《啼笑皆非》，1943),andThePleasuresofaNonconformist(《不羁》，1962).AmonghisnovelsareMomentinPeking(《京华烟云》，1939),ChinatownFamily(《唐人街》，1948)andTheFlightoftheInnocents(《逃往自由城》，1965).HetranslatedandeditedTheChineseTheoryofArt(《中国画论》，1968).BackgroundInformationLead-inThetext“ChineseHumanism”istakenfromMyCountryandMyPeopleunderChapterFour—IdealsofLifewhichinclude,followingChineseHumanism,Religion,TheDoctrineoftheGoldenMean,Taoism,andBuddhism.Section1:WarmUpLead-inBackgroundInformationSection2:GlobalReadingDecidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor’spurpose.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaA.TomakeadistinctionbetweenChinesehumanismandWesternhumanism.B.ToillustratethedevelopmentofhumanisminChina.C.Toexplorethemeaningoflife.D.ToexplainthegoalandphilosophyoflifeoftheChinesepeople.Section2:GlobalReadingPleasedividethetextinto3partsandsummarizethemainideaofeachpart.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartI(Paragraph1)IntroductionParagraph1servesasaverybriefandefficientbeginning,whichmakescleartheapproachaswellasthepurposeofthearticle.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartIII(Paragraphs4-6)Answeringthequestion“WhatisChineseidealofthemeaningoflife?”Inthelastpartofthethesistheauthorthoroughlycomparesthetwoculturesthathaveledtothedifferentunderstandingofthemeaningoflifeinanobjectiveandunbiasedmanner.PartII(Paragraphs2-3)ComparisonbetweenWesternandChineseidealofthemeaningoflifeBeginningwiththeexposureofthelimitationoftheWesternmentalityaboutthetruemeaningoflife,theauthorclaimsthat,perhaps,muchtothereaders’surprise,theanswerisanextremelysimpleone:theChinesepeoplebelievethatthemeaningoflifeliesintheenjoymentofit.Section2:GlobalReadingSection3:DetailedReading1TounderstandtheChineseidealoflifeonemusttrytounderstandChinesehumanism.Theterm“humanism”isambiguous.Chinesehumanism,however,hasaverydefinitemeaning.Itimplies,firstajustconceptionoftheendsofhumanlife;secondly,acompletedevotiontotheseends;andthirdly,theattainmentoftheseendsbythespiritofhumanreasonablenessortheDoctrineoftheGoldenMean,whichmayalsobecalledtheReligionofCommonSense.ChineseHumanismQUESTIONSection3:DetailedReading2[1]ThequestionofthemeaningoflifehasperplexedWesternphilosophers,andithasneverbeensolved—naturally,whenonestartsoutfromtheteleologicalpointofview,accordingtowhichallthings,includingmosquitoesandtyphoidgerms,arecreatedforthegoodofthiscocksurehumanity.Asthereisusuallytoomuchpainandmiseryinthislifetoallowaperfectanswertosatisfyman’spride,teleologyisthereforecarriedovertothenextlife,andthisearthlylifeisthenlookeduponasapreparationQUESTIONSection3:DetailedReadingforthelifehereafter,inconformitywiththelogicofSocrates,whichlookeduponaferociouswifeasanaturalprovisionforthetrainingofthehusband’scharacter.Thiswayofdodgingthehornsofthedilemmasometimesgivespeaceofmindforamoment,butthentheeternalquestion,“Whatisthemeaningoflife?”comesback.[2]Others,likeNietzsche,takethebullbythehorns,andrefusetoas