Unit 5 A Few Kind Words for Superstition

coverAFewKindWordsforSuperstitionUnit5新世纪高等院校英语专业本科系列教材（修订版）综合教程第六册(第2版)电子教案上海外语教育出版社南京信息工程大学刘杰海综合教程6(第2版)电子教案ContentspageContentsLearningObjectivesPre-readingActivitiesGlobalReadingDetailedReadingConsolidationActivitiesFurtherEnhancement综合教程6(第2版)电子教案objectivesLearningObjectivesRhetoricalskill:clarificationwithanecdotesandexamplesKeylanguage&grammarpointsWritingstrategies:classificationanddivisionTheme:superstitionfromdifferentperspectives综合教程6(第2版)电子教案Pre-R:pictureactivationWhat’syoursign?Anddoyoubelieveinhoroscope?PictureActivation|Pre-questions综合教程6(第2版)电子教案Pre-R:pre-questions-11.Peoplearemoreorlesssuperstitious.Forexample,weChineseallthinkthatthenumbers“six”and“eight”canbringgoodluck,while“four”and“thirteen”areunfavourednumbers.What’syourfavouritenumber?Whydoyoulikeit?PictureActivation|Pre-questionsOpenfordiscussion.综合教程6(第2版)电子教案Pre-R:pre-questions-22.It’swellknownthatdifferentcolourshavequitedifferentconnotationsindifferentcultures.Forexample,“yellow”inChineseisassociatedwithpornography,whileinmostEnglish-speakingcountriesitconnotescowardice.Canyougivesomeotherexamplesofthiskind?PictureActivation|Pre-questionsOpenfordiscussion.综合教程6(第2版)电子教案G-R:textintroductionThetextisdevelopedbymeansoftheauthor’sclassificationofthefourtypesofsuperstition,andhisexplanationofitshistory,popularityandcharacteristics,andthereasonsforpeople’sfascinationwithit.Daviesusesavarietyofexamplesineveryparagraph,withtheexceptionofthefirsttwoparagraphs,todevelopthetext.Theseexamplesincludeanecdotes,factsandpersonalexperiences.Inmanyoftheseexampleswenoticethewords“adeeplylearnedprofessor,”“anotherlearnedprofessor,”“Dr.SamuelJohnson,”“agoodscientist.”Allthishelpstobuildtheimpressionthatsuperstitionisnotonlyforthenaiveandignorantbutitisalso“aliveandflourishingamongthepeoplewhoareindisputablyrationalandlearned.”TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案G-R:CN-transcendentalmeditation-1transcendentalmeditation(Paragraph1)Transcendentalmeditation(超脱禅定法)isatechniqueofmeditationderivedfromHindutraditionsthatcalmsthemindandpromotesdeeprelaxationthroughtheuseofamantra(符咒),asacredverbalformularepeatedinprayer,meditation,orincantation(符咒，咒语),suchasaninvocation(祈祷)ofagod,amagicspell,orasyllableorportionofscripturecontainingmysticalpotentialities.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案G-R:CN-transcendentalmeditation-2Transcendentalmeditationisuniqueandfundamentallydifferentfromanyothersystemsofmeditationandrelaxation.Over5millionpeoplearoundtheworldhavelearnedthetechniquesinceitwasfoundedbyMaharishiMaheshYogiin1957.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案G-R:CN-enlightmentenlightenment(Paragraph1)InHinduismandBuddhism,enlightenmentisthehighestspiritualstatethatcanbeachieved.ItisablessedstateinwhichtheindividualtranscendsdesireandsufferingandattainsNirvana,theineffableultimateinwhichonehasattaineddisinterestedwisdomandcompassion.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案G-R:CN-VainObservancesVainObservances(Paragraph3)Anobservanceisanactperformedforreligiousorceremonialreasons.Here“vain”roughlymeans“proud.”NotwalkingunderaladderisavainobservancebecausepeoplebelievethattheyshouldnotbehumbleinfrontoftheDevil.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案G-R:CN-IChingIChing(Paragraph4)TheIChing(orBookofChanges《易经》),isanancientChinesedivinationmanualandbookofwisdomthatoffersslightlyambiguousadviceonhowtoact.Especiallysincethe1960s,itspoetictextandextraordinarysymbolism—tosaynothingofitsstrangeeffectivenessindivination—havegaineditafollowingintheWest.TheIChingwastraditionallyheldtobewrittenbythelegendaryChineseEmperorFuHsi(伏羲)(2953B.C.–2838B.C.).TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案G-R:CN-IChingItispossiblethattheIChingoriginatedfromaprehistoricdivinationtechniquewhichdatesbackasfaras5000B.C.FurthercommentarieswereaddedbyKingWenandtheDukeofChouinthe11thcenturyB.C.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案G-R:CN-SamuelJohnsonDr.SamuelJohnson(Paragraph8)(1709–1784)Englishpoet,essayist,critic,journalist,lexicographer,conversationalist,regardedasoneoftheoutstandingfiguresof18thcenturylifeandletters.JohnsonbecameDoctorJohnsonwhenDublinUniversitygavehimthehonorarydegreein1765.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案G-R:CN-OrthodoxJewsOrthodoxJews(Paragraph9)OrthodoxJudaism(正统的犹太教)isthebranchofJudaismthatisgovernedbyadherencetotheTorah(《旧约》的首五卷，即摩西五经)asinterpretedintheTalmud(《塔木德经》，犹太古代法典).ItistheoldestformofJudaismpracticedbyJews.OrthodoxJewsareJewswhobelieveinOrthodoxJudaism.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程6(第2版)电子教案G-R:CN-MelanesianMelanesian(Paragraph9)MelanesiaisadivisionofOceaniainthesouthwestPacificOceancomprisingtheislandsnortheastofAustraliaandsouthoftheequator.ItincludestheSolomonIslands,NewHebrides,NewCaledonia,theBismarckArchipelago,variousotherislandgroups,andsometimesNewGuinea.MelanesianisamemberofanyoftheindigenouspeoplesofMelanesia.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Struct