张汉熙高级英语 The Discovery of What It Means to Be an Am

TheDiscoveryofWhatItMeanstoBeanAmericanJamesBaldwinAims:1)Improvingstudents’abilitytoreadbetweenlinesandunderstandthetextproperly;2)Cultivatingstudents’abilitytomakeacreativereading;3)Enhancingstudents’abilitytoappreciatethetextfromdifferentperspectivesAims:4)Helpingstudentstounderstandsomedifficultwordsandexpressions;5)Helpingstudentstounderstandingrhetoricaldevices;6)Encouragingstudentstovoicetheirownviewpointfluentlyandaccurately.TeachingContents:1)BackgroundKnowledge2)Exposition3)DetailedstudyoftheEssay4)OrganizationPattern5)StylesandLanguageFeatures6)SpecialDifficultiesTimeAllocation:1)Backgroundknowledge(15min.)2)Detailedstudyofthetext(180min.)3)Structureanalysis(15min.)4)Languageappreciation(15min.)5)Freetalk(30min)BackgroundKnowledge1)Abouttheauthor,JamesBaldwin,andhismajorworks)OtherNegrowriters:RichardWright:)ExpatriatesExposition~arnetha/expowrite/info.htmlDetailedstudyofTheEssayPre-readingQuestion:1)Inwhatwaydoesthistitleimpressyou?HaveyoueverthoughtofwhatismeanstobeAChinese?2)Insomepeople’seyes,tobeanAmericanmeanstoenjoymorefreedom.Doyousharetheirview?PartOne:Para.1-9MainlyfocusonwhatBaldwin,asanAmericanNegrohavefoundoutinEurope.1)BeginningwiththequotationoffamousAmericanwriterHenryJameslendsauthorityandforcetowhatoneintendstosay2)InEurope,theauthormakesanprincipaldiscoveryofhowcomplexthefatetobeAmericanWhydoestheauthorleaveAmerica?1)afraidofbeingunabletolivethroughallthefuriousstrugglebroughtbyracialdiscriminationinAmerica;2)wantedtopreventhimselffrombecomingmerelyaNegro;oreven,merelyaNegrowriter.3)wantstofindoutinwhatwayhecouldmakeuseofhisspecialexperiencetobringhimclosertootherpeopleinsteadofdrivinghimfartherapartfromthem;Question:Whatisthe“furyofthecolorproblem”?(Line2)ItmeansthefuriousstrugglebroughtbyracialdiscriminationinAmerica.Para.3-8:TheexperienceinEuropeexertsagreatimpactonBaldwin.ThereHerealizedthat:1)HewasaverypatrioticAmerican.AlltheotherAmericanwritersinParisalsosharedthispatrioticfeeling.2)Americans,bothwhiteandblack,werealltryingtofindtheirownspecialindividualities.3)ThefactofEuropewaspartoftheiridentityandpartoftheirinheritance.4)HehadacceptedhisAmericanNegrostatuswithoutfeelingashamedandnolongerhatedAmerica.Question:WhatdoesthewritermeanwhenhesayshefoundhimselftobeasAmericanasanyTexasG.I.?Whywasheastonishedatthis?Question:WhydidthewritergotoSwitzerland?HowdidBessieSmithhelphim?Question:“IhadbeeninParisacoupleofyearsbeforeanyofthisbecamecleartome.”Whatdoestheword“this”referto?Para.9-Theauthordiscovershisspecificidentitywhichencourageshimtofightinthedangerousandunendingstrugglewhoseoutcomeonecannotyetforesee.Figureofspeech:Metaphor1)“…Whenitdid,Ilikemanyawriterbeforemeuponthediscoverythathispropshaveallbeenknockedoutfromunderhim,…”2)“…and,anyway,awriter,whenhehasmadehisfirstbreakthrough,hassimplywonacrucialskirmishinadangerous,unendingandunpredictablebattlestill,…”PartTwo:Para.10-16TheexperienceofstayinginEuropehelpsBaldwinrealizehisownfaults,hisownidentityandhisownvalue.Para.10InEurope,Baldwinrealizedit’sthehightimetogetridofsomehabits,becausethesehabitsmakehimunabletofunctioneffectively.Asenseofrelieffrom:1)Findingreasonorexcusestoexplainwhyheisawriter;2)Displayinghisstrengthtodefendhimselfortoavoidbeattacked;3)Tryingtoproveheisanordinaryperson;Para.11ThedifferencebetweenEuropeandAmericaresultsinauthor’srealizationofhisownidentityandvalueEurope:1)Europeansocietyhasalwaysbeendividedintoclasses.2)Europeanwriterisapartofanoldhonorabletradition—ofintellectualactivity3)Europeansocietyismorestableandeveryonetherehasafixedstatus4)ThereisafreerandmoregenuinelyfriendlyrelationshipinEuropeAmerica:1)Americanpeoplehaveaverydeep-rooteddistrustofrealintellectualeffortandtheyclingdesperatelytothatmythofAmerica;2)Americanwriter’sstatusislowestinAmericansociety.3)Americansocietyismoremobilebutnoonehasfixedstatusornooneknowswhathisstatusis.4)SocialparanoiaSimile“…Itisasthoughhesuddenlycameoutofadarktunnel…”Comparing__________to___________.Question:“…Itwasborneinonme—anditdidnotmakemefeelmelancholy…”Whatistheimpliedinthissentence?TheshortnessofhisownlifedidnotmakeBaldwinfeelmelancholy.Nomatterhowlonghestaysinthisworld,hewillmakebestuseofhisbriefopportunitytoimplementhisresponsibilityasanAmericanNegrowriter.PartThree:Para.17-22TheperpetualcontactwithEuropeanpeopleandgradualunderstandingofthemshattersBaldwin’spreconceptionshehadalwaystakenforgranted.Thecrucialdaymaybe:1)AnAlgeriantaxi-drivertellshimhowitfeelstobeanAlgerianinParis.Therealsoexistsracialdiscrimination2)Hecatchesaglimpseofthetense,intelligentandtroubledfaceofAlbertCamus.Somethingcausehimuneasywonder3)SomeoneaskshimtoexplainLittleRockandhebeginstofeelthatitwouldbesimpler…Thefightandstruggleforracialdiscriminationexitseverywhereintheworld.Herealizes:?1)Hisentiresojournhasbeentendingtothispersonalday,terribleday.2)Therearenountroubledcountriesinthisfearfullytroubledworld.3)Thefreedomthatthe