搜索
Unit8TheSecondSex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2电子教案3DetailedReadingContents24516WarmUpGlobalReadingConsolidationActivitiesTextAppreciationFurtherEnhancementSection1:WarmUpDirections:Lookatthefollowingpicturesandanswerthefollowingquestions.Lead-inBackgroundInformationSection1:WarmUpLead-inBackgroundInformation1.Whatdothesepostersadvertise?2.Whoissupposedtodohousework,accordingtothepictures?3.Whatdothepicturesimplyaboutwomen’ssocialrole?4.Canyouthinkofsituationsinvolvingsexism?Women.Homeappliances.Womenshouldstayathomedoingallthehousework.Section1:WarmUpSimonedeBeauvoir:Theauthorofnovels,autobiographies,andnon-fictionanalysisdealingwithwomen’spositioninamale-dominatedworld.Inherwritingsshecombinedapoliticalconcernwithautobiographicalinsightandanexistentialiststrivingagainstthelimitationsimposedbysociety.1908-1986BackgroundInformationLead-inAbouttheAuthorSection1:WarmUpBackgroundInformationLead-inMontaigneMichelEyquemdeMontaigne:OneofthemostinfluentialwritersoftheFrenchRenaissance,knownforpopularizingtheessayasaliterarygenre,andcommonlythoughtofasthefatherofmodernskepticism.Hebecamefamousforhiseffortlessabilitytomergeseriousintellectualexerciseswithcasualanecdotesand_____________1533-1592autobiography.Montaignehadadirectinfluenceonwriterstheworldover.Section1:WarmUpBackgroundInformationLead-inKierkegaardSørenAabyeKierkegaard:ADanishphilosopher,theologian,poet,socialcritic,andreligiousauthor.Hewrotecriticaltextsonorganizedreligion,Christendom,morality,ethics,psychologyandphilosophyofreligion,displayingafondnessformetaphor,ironyandparables.Heisconsideredtobethefirstexistentialistphilosopher.1813-1855Twoofhisinfluentialideasare“subjectivity”,andthenotionpopularlyreferredtoas“leapoffaith”.Kierkegaardstressestheimportanceoftheself,andtheself’srelationtotheworld,asbeinggroundedinself-reflectionandintrospection.The“leapoffaith”ishisconceptionofhowanindividualwouldbelieveinGodorhowapersonwouldactinlove.Faithisnotadecisionbasedonevidencethat,say,certainbeliefsaboutGodaretrueoracertainpersonisworthyoflove.Kierkegaardthoughtthattohavefaithisatthesametimetohavedoubt.Section1:WarmUpBackgroundInformationLead-inBalzacisregardedasoneofthefoundersofrealisminEuropeanliterature.Section1:WarmUpBackgroundInformationLead-inBalzacHonorédeBalzac:AFrenchnovelistandplaywright.HismasterpiecewasasequenceofshortstoriesandnovelscollectivelyentitledLaComédiehumaine,whichpresentsapanoramaofFrenchlifeintheyearsafterthe1815fallofNapoleon.Duetohiskeenobservationofdetailandunfilteredrepresentationofsociety,_____________1799-1850Section2:GlobalReadingWhatisthetextmainlyabout?StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaAfteracloseexaminationofthehistoryoffeministicmovement,theauthorpointsoutthattheconflictbetweenthetwosexesliesinmanandwoman’sdistrustofeachotherandtheirbasingthefreedomofeachonoverwhelmingtheother.Byanalyzingbothmanandwoman’spossiblegainandlossintheirrespectivementality,theauthorsucceedsinfindingtherootcauseoftheproblemandmakespossibletherealsolutiontotheproblem.Section2:GlobalReadingPleasedividethetextinto3partsandsummarizethemainideaofeachpart.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartI(Paragraphs1-2)BackgroundInParagraphs1-2,theauthorintroducesthechangesinthehistoryoffeministicmovement,reachingtheconclusionthatthereasonwhyithasfailedtoreachamoremeaningfulresultliesintheweakpointofitsmentality.PartIII(Paragraph7)SolutionParagraph7blamestheconflictbetweenmanandwomanonbothsexes.Theauthorproposesanewtypeofrelationshipbetweenthetwosexeswhichrequiresnotonlytheawarenessandsacrificeofman,butalsothoseofwoman.PartII(Paragraphs3-6)AnalysisofManandWoman’sMentalityParagraphs3-6focusontheanalysisoftheconfusioninbothmanandwoman’sstrategies,whichmakeseachofthetwosexes“thevictimatonceoftheotheranditself”.Section2:GlobalReadingStructuralAnalysisMainIdeaSection3:DetailedReading1Society,beingcodifiedbyman,decreesthatwomanisinferior:shecandoawaywiththisinferiorityonlybydestroyingthemale’ssuperiority.Shesetsaboutmutilating,dominatingman,shecontradictshim,shedenieshistruthandhisvalues.Butindoingthissheisonlydefendingherself;itwasneitherachangelessessencenoramistakenchoicethatdoomedhertoimmanence,toinferiority.Theywereimposeduponher.Alloppressioncreatesastateofwar.Andthisisnoexception.aaaTheexistentwhoisregardedasinessentialcannotfailtodemandthereestablishmentofhersovereignty.TheSecondSexQUESTIONSection3:DetailedReading2Todaythecombattakesadifferentshape;insteadofwishingtoputmaninaprison,womanendeavorstoescapefromone;shenolongerseekstodraghimintotherealmsofimmanencebuttoemerge,herself,intothelightoftranscendence.Nowtheattitudeofthemalescreatesanewconflict:itiswithabadgracethatthemanletshergo.Heisverywellpleasedtoremainthesovereignsubject,theabsolutesuperior,theessentialbeing;herefusestoaccepthiscompanionasanequalinanyconcreteway.Sherepliestohislackofconfidenceinherbyassuminganaggressiveattitude.Section3:DetailedReadingItisnolongeraquestionofawarbetweenindividualseachshutupinhisorhersphere:acasteclaimingitsrightsgoesoverthetopanditisresistedbytheprivilegedcaste.Heretwotranscendencesare