Hiroshima-—-the-“Liveliest”-City高级英语book1-Lesson-2

Hiroshima—the“Liveliest”CityinJapan(Excerpts)JacquesDanvoirLesson2Book1外语教学与研究出版社FOREIGNLANGUAGETEACHINGANDRESEARCHPRESSContentsPartOne:Warm-upPartTwo:BackgroundInformationPartThree:TextAppreciationPartFour:LanguageStudyPartFive:ExtensionPartOne—Warm-upⅠ.VideoWatchingⅡ.BrainstormingⅢ.DiscussionⅣ.LearningObjectivesWatchthevideoclipanddescribeit.TellyourresponseafterwatchingtheBBCprogramaboutHiroshima.Ⅰ.VideoWatchingMakesomepredictionsaboutthetexttobelearned.Ⅱ.BrainstormingNuclearbombMentalhealthNaziInvasionAftermathDiseaseWarandlifeWWIILifeinJapan1.Whatisyourattitudetowardthenuclearweapon?2.Whatinformationabouttheauthorcanyouobtainfromthefirstparagraphandtherestofthetext?3.DoyouthinkthatHiroshimaistheliveliestcityinJapan?Ⅲ.Discussion1.Toknowthewritingtechniqueofafeaturestory.2.Tobeacquaintedwithsomefiguresofspeech.3.Tounderstandsomepatternsofwordformation.4.Toappreciatethelanguagefeatures.5.Tolearntowriteastoryofone’snovelexperience.Ⅳ.LearningObjectivesPartTwo—BackgroundInformationⅠ.WorldWarⅡⅡ.HiroshimaⅢ.ManhattanProject(1942)Ⅳ.LittleBoyandFatManⅤ.JapaneseLargerCitiesHowmuchdoyouknowaboutWorldWarII?Ⅰ.WorldWarⅡⅡ.HiroshimaⅢ.ManhattanProject(1942)Ⅳ.LittleBoyandFatManApost-warLittleBoymodelMockupoftheoriginalweapon:FatManⅤ.JapaneseLargerCitiesOverviewofKyoto’scityscapePartofUrakamiCathedralthatremainedstandingaftertheatomicbombingHiroshimaCastlePartThree—TextAppreciationⅠ.TextAnalysis→Introduction→Theme→TextOrganization→FurtherUnderstandingⅡ.WritingDevices→LanguageStyle→RhetoricalDevicesⅢ.SentenceParaphraseⅠ.TextAnalysisIntroduction•“Hiroshima—the‘Liveliest’CityinJapan(Excerpts)”isapieceoffeaturestoryorsimplyafeature,atypeofjournalisticwriting.Itisapieceofwritingaboutasubjectinanewspaperoramagazine,oraspecialreportontelevisionorontheradio.TheonewearestudyingwaspresentedonanAmericanradioprogram.•Featurestoriesareusuallycomparedwith(hard)newsstories,whichmustbeobjectiveandtimely.Generally,theydifferinfouraspects:Ⅰ.TextAnalysisTheLede(beginning)Afeaturelededoesn’thavetoincludewho,what,where,whenandwhyintheveryfirstparagraph,thewayahard-newslededoes.Instead,afeatureledecanusedescriptionorananecdotetosetupthestory.Andafeatureledecanrunforseveralparagraphsinsteadofjustone.Ⅰ.TextAnalysisPaceFeaturestoriesoftenemployamoreleisurelypacethannewsstories.Featurestaketimetotellastory,insteadofrushingthroughitthewaynewsstoriesoftenseemtodo.LengthTakingmoretimetotellastorymeansusingmorespace,whichiswhyfeaturesareusually,thoughnotalways,longerthanhardnewsarticles.Ⅰ.TextAnalysisⅠ.TextAnalysisAFocusontheHumanElementIfnewsstoriestendtofocusonevents,thenfeaturestendtofocusmoreonpeople.Featuresaredesignedtobringthehumanelementintothepicture,whichiswhymanyeditorscallfeatures“peoplestories”.•“Hiroshima—the‘Liveliest’CityinJapan”isaboutaplace—Hiroshima.Thewriter’sarrivalbyshinkansenattherailwaystationconstitutesthelede.•TogettotheCityHall,thewritertookacabandenjoyedhisleisurelypaceindepictingtheprocessofreachinghisdestination.Ⅰ.TextAnalysis•Themayor’sreceptionandthewriter’svisittotheatomicwardinthehospitalhighlightthehumanelementofthisfeaturestory.Ⅰ.TextAnalysisThemeThefeaturerecordsthewriter’s(anAmerican)personalexperienceinHiroshima,thefirstcitybombedbyA-bomb,tryingtorevealthedualcharacterofHiroshima:•thecoexistenceoflivelinessand•hiddenpain,theresultofthebomb.Ⅰ.TextAnalysisTextOrganization•Part1(Paras.1-27):Thewriter’sarrivalatHiroshimaandhisattendanceatthecitymayor’sreception.•Part2(Paras.28-39):Thewriter’sshortvisittotheatomicsectionofahospitalinHiroshimaandwhathehasseen,heardandunderstoodonthistrip.Ⅰ.TextAnalysisFurtherUnderstanding1.Thethemeof“Hiroshima—the‘Liveliest’CityinJapan(Excerpts)”is:_____.A.AnAmerican’sregretforandapologytoHiroshimaB.HiroshimahasbeenrebornfromtheruinsoftheSecondWorldWarC.HiroshimaistheliveliestcityinJapanD.ThedualcharacterofHiroshima:livelyandpainfulⅠ.TextAnalysis2.Thisisthe_____timethatthewriterwenttoHiroshima.A.1stB.2ndC.3rdD.4th3.Whydidthecabdriver,whodidn’tknowthewaytoCityHall,respondedthatheknew?_____A.ToearnmoremoneyB.TodemonstratehospitalityC.ToavoidlosingfaceD.ToshowfriendlinessⅠ.TextAnalysis4.Whichofthefollowingisnotthetoneof“Hiroshima—the‘Liveliest’CityinJapan(Excerpts)”?_____.A.UpsetB.PessimisticC.IronicD.Bitter5.Thereare_____schoolsofthoughtaboutthenuclearbombingamongtheHiroshimaresidents.A.2B.3C.4D.5Ⅰ.TextAnalysis1.ThewriterhadnotbeentoJapanbefore.2.ThecabdrivertookthewriterfirsttoCityHallandthentotherestaurantboat.3.Themayorprobablywouldnotliketopreservetracesofthebomb.4.NooneinHiroshimawantedtotalkaboutthedestructiveatomicbombinganymore.5.AccordingthesmallJapaneseman,HiroshimawasthegayestcityinJapan.Determinewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.Puta“T”,ifthestatementistrueandputa“F”,ifthestatementisfalse.FFTTF6.Theguestsattendingthemayor’sinterviewweremostlyAmericansandGermans.7.Thewriterinquiredofthepatientinahospitalwithquestionspreparedbeforehand.8.PeopleinHiroshimadisplayednoprejudiceagainstthosebearingvisiblescarsofatomicburns.9.Thelittlepaperbirdsweremadebythe