高级英语课件The-Sad-Young-Men

TheSadYoungMenRodW.HortonandHerbertW.EdwardsLesson5TeachingPlanTeachingObjectives1.ToenablethestudentstogainsomebasicknowledgeoftheAmericanliteratureandhistoryabout“thelostgeneration”.2.Toenablethestudentstoknowthewritingstyleofaliterarycommentary.TeachingFocus1.BackgroundinformationaboutHemingwayandFitzgerald2.Commonfeaturesof‘thelostgeneration’3.TheliterarytheoryofwritingaliterarycommentaryTeachingMethods1.Teacher-orientedteachingmethod2.Student-orientedteachingmethod3.TheelicitedmethodTeachingProcedureⅠ.IntroductoryRemarksⅡ.BackgroundInformationⅢ.LearningFocusⅣ.KeywordsandExpressionsⅤ.ExplanationoftheTextⅥ.DivisionoftheTextⅦ.TheWritingStyleⅧ.RhetoricalDevicesⅨ.ExercisesIntroductoryRemarksⅠ.IntroductoryRemarksdescribingaspecialgroupofpeople,whowereshockedanduprooteduprootforatimebutnever“lost”theRevoltoftheYoungerGeneration:themostinterestingaspectintheTwentiesinthe20thcenturyalogicaloutcomeofconditionsatthattime:theaftermathofWWIIandrisingofAmericaItstartedwithWWI,whichwhippeduptheenergiesoftheyouthandcreatedanenlistmentcraze.afterhavingagoodtasteofthewar,theyreturnedhomeonlytofindthat:theycouldadjustthemselvesnomoretotheirhometowntheyrebelledintheformofcompletelyoverthrowingtheVictoriangentility,whichinitselfwasobsolescentinasocietyhighlyindustrialized.youngintellectualsflockedtoliveinGreenwichVillage,aplacewellknownforBohemianismandeccentricitynon-intellectualsbegantoimitatetheirmanners,whichwasalsoawayfortheyouthtoescapetheirsocialresponsibilitiesmanyyoungintellectualswenttoliveinEuropeasexpatriates,duetotheirimitationandAmerica’smaterialismalmostallofthemreturnedwithinafewyearsoutofhomesicknesstemperedbytheirlifeofexpatriation,theyproducedtheliveliest,freshestandmoststimulatingworksinAmerica’sliteraryhistoryDetailedStudyoftheTextⅡ.BackgroundInformationTheSadYoungMenandtheLostGenerationtheformer:thetitleofF.Fitzgerald’snovelAlltheSadYoungMenthelatter:aremarkmadebyGertrudeSteinwhooncesaidtoErnestHemingway,“Oh,youareallofyoualostgeneration”.Theywerebothappliedtodisillusionedyoungintellectuals,whowerecutofffromtheoldvaluesandyetunabletocometotermswiththeneweraaftertheWWI.Sotheyrebelledagainstsocialconventionsbyalikeofdespairorcynicalhedonism.BeatGenerationgroupofAmericanwritersofthe1950swhosewritingexpressedprofounddissatisfactionwithcontemporaryAmericansocietyandendorsedanalternativesetofvaluesThetermsometimesisusedtorefertothosewhoembracedtheideasofthesewriters.Prohibitiontheforbiddingbylawofthemanufacture,transportation,andsaleofalcoholicliquorsforbeveragepurposes;specificallyintheU.S.,theperiod(1920—1933)ofprohibitionbyFederallawThetermBeatGenerationwasfirstusedbyKerouacinthelate1940s.despairoverthebeatenstateoftheindividualinmasssocietyandbeliefinthebeatitude,orblessedness,ofthenaturalworldandintherestorativepowersofthebeatofjazzmusicandpoetryⅢ.LearningFocusCommonfeaturesof‘thelostgeneration’Thereasonsoftheemergenceandprosperityof‘thelostgeneration’Theinformationandtheworksofthewriterswith‘thelostgeneration’Ⅳ.KeywordsandExpressionsnostalgic(adj.):lookingforsomethingfarawayorlongagoorforformerhappycircumstanceillicit(adj.):notallowedbylaw，custom，rule，etc．：unlawful；prohibitedthrill(n.):tremorofexcitementspeakeasy(n.):[slang]aplacewherealcoholicdrinksaresoldillegally，esp.suchaplaceintheU．S．duringProhibitiondenunciation(n.):theactofdenouncingamour(n.):aloveaffair，esp.ofanillicitorsecretnaturesedan(n.):anenclosedautomobilewithtwoorfourdoors．andtwowideseats．frontandrearnaughty(adj.):improper，obscenejazzy(adj.):(aparty)playingjazzmusicflask-toting(adj.):alwayscarryingasmallflaskfilledwithwhiskyorotherstrongliquorsheik(n.):(Americanism)amasterfulmantowhomwomenaresupposedtobeirresistiblyattractedvagary(n.):anodd，eccentric，orunexpectedactionorbitofconductflapper(n.):[colloq．](inthe1920’s)ayoungwomanconsideredboldandunconventionalinactionsanddressperspective(n.):aspecificpointofviewinunderstandingorjudgingthingsorevents，esp.onethatshowsthemintheirtruerelationstooneanotherjazzmad(adj.):blindlyandfoolishlyfondofjazzmusicaftermath(n.):aresultorconsequence，esp.anunpleasantoneprovincial(adj.):narrow，limitedlikethatofruralprovincesgentility(n.):hequalityofbeinggenteel；now，specifically，excessiveoraffectedrefinementandeleganceaggressiveness(n.):boldandenergeticpursuitofone’send，enterprisebustle(v.):hurrybusilyorwithmuchfussandbothermedium(n.):environmentcatalytic(adj.):actingasthestimulusinbringingaboutorhasteningaresultprecipitate(v.):throwheadlong；causetohappenbeforeexpected，needed；bringonobsolescent(adj.):intheprocessofbecomingobsoletemores(n.):customs，esp.thefixedortraditionalcustomsofasociety，oftenacquiringtheforceoflawsophistication(n.):thestateofbeingartificial，worldly—wise，urbane，etc．faddishness(n.):thefollowingoffadshectic(adj.):characterizedbyexcitement，rush，confusion，etc．gaiety(n.):cheerfulness；thestateofbeinggayorgy(n.):anywildriotouslicentiousmerry-making；debaucheryspree(n.):alively，noisyfrolicreveler(n.):apersonwhomakesmerryorisnoisilyfestivesob