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高级英语课程张汉熙主编、外语教学与研究出版社出版第一册AdvancedEnglish杜新芳Lesson14ArgentinaBayTeachingAims1.ImprovingReadingSkills----figuringoutpersonalpointofview2.EnrichingVocabulary---enlargingvocabulary----cultivatingstudents’senseofwordbuilding----understandingthatsynonymshavefineshades3.ImprovingWritingskills---makingeffectiveuseofspecificverbs----graspingtheskillofcommentwritingTeachingActivitiesoVocabulary1houroTextanalysis4hoursoDiscussion3hoursoPractice2hoursTeachingProcessI.WarmingupII．IntroductiontoAdditionalBackgroundKnowledgeIII.TextAnalysis1)IntroductiontothePassage2)EffectiveWritingSkills3)RhetoricalDevices4)SpecialDifficultiesIV.QuestionsAssignmentCommentonthedifferentattitudesofPresidentRoosevelt,ofCongressandoftheAmericanpeopletowardsthewarwhenHitlerhadinvadedtheSovietUnion.ReferenceBooks1.LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish2.AHandbookofWriting3.EnglishRhetoric&Writing4.OxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryofCurrentEnglish5.《英语修辞大全》6.AGuidetoAdvancedEnglish7.BritanniaEncyclopediaWarming-upActivitiesElicitsomeinformationaboutRooseveltandChurchill.AdditionalBackgroundInformationAbouttheauthor(HermanWouk)Americannovelist.AftergraduationfromColumbiaUniversity,hebecamearadioscriptwriter.DuringWorldWarIIheservedintheUnitedStatesNavyandbeganhisfirstnovelduringoff-dutyhoursatsea.HisnovelsincludetheCaineMutiny(1951),aPulitzerPrizenovelofeventsaboardanavalvessel,theWindsofwar(1971)andwarandRemembrance(1977)AdditionalBackgroundInformationArgentiaBayBetterknownasPlacentiaBay,withinletofAtlanticOcean,SeNewfoundland,Canada.HereontheBritishbattleshipPrinceofWalestheAtlanticCharterwassignedonAug.14,1941byPresidentRooseveltandBritishPrimeMinisterWinstonChurchill.AdditionalBackgroundInformationTheAtlanticCharterAstatementofprinciplesformulatedinWorldWarIIbyPresidentFranklinD.RooseveltandPrimeMinisterWinstonChurchill.TheCharter,announcedpubliclyonAug.14,1941,resultedfromaseriesofconferences(August9-12)betweenthetwoleadersaboardtheU.S.S.AugustaoffNewfoundland.TheAtlanticCharterwasemployedasapropagandaweaponagainsttheaxispowersduringWorldWarII.TeachingActivities(Vocabulary)1.Inenrichingstudents’vocabulary,focusesaretobeonthefollowingaspects:SpellingandPronunciationSynonymsOppositesSimilarwordsandexpressions2.Cultivatestudents’sensitivenesstoworld-buildingandtofineshadesofmeaningsbetweensynonymsTeachingActivities(Discussion)Specialdifficulties1.paraphrasingsomesentences2.translatingsomesentences3.understandingsomespecificterms4.theskillofcommentwritingTeachingActivities(Discussion)Questions1.WhatwasHopkins’estimateofthesituationontheEasternfront?WhatdidtheSovietUnionneedmost?WhatwasHopkins’standontheproblemofassistancetotheSovietUnion?2.WhydidBurne-WilkeinviteHenryintohiscabin?WhatwastherequestfromtheBritish?HowwastherequestputtoHenry?3.WhatwasBritain’simmediateneed?Whydidtheauthorconsiderthisneedpathetic?4.WhydidthepartaboutfreetradeandindependenceforallpeoplesmeantheendoftheBritishEmpire?……TeachingActivities(TextAnalysis1)IntroductiontothePassage1.typeofliterature:narration2.thestorynarratestheRoosevelt-ChurchillconferenceinAugust1941.Understandably,itwasheldintheutmostsecrecy;anditwasnotgiventoanybodybutthetopfewtoknowwhatwasgoingoninsidetheconferenceroom.3.methodofwritinganarration:arrangetheeventsintimeorderTeachingActivities(TextAnalysis1)RhetoricalDevices1.sarcasm2.synecdoche3.alliteration4.metonymyTeachingActivities(TextAnalysis1)EffectiveWritingSkills1.makingeffectiveuseofspecificverbs2.graspingtheskillofcommentwritingTeachingActivitiesTextAnalysisEnglishVersionSectionIArgentiaBay1.Graypeace...ArgentiaBay:1)ArgentiaBaywassurroundedbyavastexpanseofwilduninhabitedlandwheretherewasnohumanactivity.Thewholeplacelookedgrayanditwasveryquietthere.2)pervade:tospreadthrough,saturateorpermeateeverypartofit.3)wilderness:desolateexpanse,waste,uninhabitedland4)ring:Hereitmeanstomakearingroundorsurround.e.g.Ringthespellingmistakeswithredink.Policeringedthebuilding.anoldhouseringed(about)withtrees5)graypeace:Thefigureofspeechusedhereisatransferredepithet.Graywhichmodifiesthelandscapeistransferredtopeace,whichitusuallydoesnotmodify.SectionIArgentiaBay2.toawaitthearrivalofWinstonChurchill:Wait,thecommonerword,canbefollowedbyaninfinitivebutnotagerundwhileawaitcanbefollowedbyagerundbutnotaninfinitive.Compare:Ishallawaithearingfromyou.Ishallwaittohearfromyou.SectionIArgentiaBay3.Haze...atintofgreen:1)haze:lightthinmistorsmoke2)tintofgreen:shadeorslightdegreeofgreencolor(esp.paleordelicate)3)blend:gowelltogether;causetomixtogethere.g.Howwelltheirvoicesblend!Thosetwocolorsblendwell.AblendswithB.4)Thinsmokeandmistmixedmakingeverythinglookgray.SectionIArgentiaBay4.Sailorsandofficers…loudspeakersquawks:1)goabout:movefromplacetoplace,orbeinthehabitofdoingsth.2)chores:anydailyorroutinetasks(unpleasant,uninterestingordifficult);adailynecessaryjob,esp.inahouseoronafarm3)amid=amidst:among,inthemiddleof4)piping:thesoundofaboatswain'swhistle5)squawk:loudharshsound6)Sailorsandofficerswerecarryingontheirroutinedutiesw