高级英语课件The Discovery of What It Means to Be

JamesBaldwinTheDiscoveryofWhatItMeanstoBeanAmericanTeachingPlanTeachingAims/ObjectivesToimprovestudents’abilitytoreadbetweenlinesandunderstandthetextproperlyTocultivatestudents’abilitytomakeacreativereadingToappreciatethetextandrhetoricaldevicesTounderstandthedifficultwords,expressionsandsentencesinthetextTeachingFocusTounderstandtherelationshipamongaauthor,anAmerican,anAmericanwriterandaBlackAmericanwriterThedifferencebetweenAmericanandEurope:ThedeficiencyofclassinAmericansocietyTeachingMethod1.Teacher-orientedteachingmethod2.Student-orientedteachingmethod3.TheelicitedmethodTeachingProcedureⅠ.IntroductoryRemarksⅡ.BackgroundInformationⅢ.LearningFocusⅣ.KeywordsandExpressionsⅤ.ExplanationoftheTextⅥ.DivisionoftheTextⅦ.TheWritingStyleⅧ.RhetoricalDevicesⅨ.ExercisesIntroductoryRemarksⅠ.IntroductoryRemarksBaldwin,theauthor,isablackAmericanwriter.ThetextelaboratethemeaningofbeinganAmericanbasedonthewriter’sgrowingupandmaturity.TheauthorfoundhimselffinallybymeansofexpatriatinginEuropeancountries.TheConclusionsBaldwingetsTheAmericanaredifferentfromtheEuropeans.ItisacomplexfatetobeanAmerican.AllAmericanslovedtheircountry.AmericansunderstoodeachotherthebestEuropewaspartoftheiridentityandinheritance.Americansdonothavethethingcalledclass.DetailedStudyoftheTextⅡ.BackgroundInformationJamesBaldwin1924-1987AmericannovelistEssayistPlaywrightPoetSocialcriticborninHarlem,NYbecomingapreacherwhenaged14livinginGreenwichVillageaged15transferringhisfaithfromreligiontoliteraturein1940sexpatriation:1948France,SwitzerlandandTurkeyexplorepalpableyetunspokenintricaciesofracial,sexual,andclassdistinctionsinWesternsocietiesNovelsonsexualandpersonalidentitySharpessaysoncivil-rightsstruggleBaldwin’sworksGoTellitontheMountain(1953)NotesofaNativeSon(1955)NobodyKnowsMyName(1961)TheFireNextTime(1963)NoNameintheStreet(1972)BlackwritersinUSRichardWrightAliceWalkerTonyMorisonBlackWritersinUSTonyMorisonAliceWalkerRichardWrightHenryJames1843-1916AmericannovelistandcriticmasterofpsychologicalnovellaidthefoundationsofmodernstreamsofconsciousnessfictionBessieSmith1894-1937EmpressoftheBluesthemostpopularfemalebluessingerofthe1920sand1930sAlbertCamus1913-1960aFrench-Algeria-bornauthorjournalistphilosopher:absurdismNobelPrizewinnerof1975TheRightandLeftBankofSeineLookingdownstream,thenorthernbankistotheright,andthesouthernbankistotheleftRightBankofSeineeleganceandsophisticationlargersectioncenterofbusinessactivitycenterofamusementsLouvrePalacePlaceVendômeAvenuedesChamps-ÉlyséesTriumphalArchEiffelTowerNotre-damedeParisTheLeftBankofSeinebohemian,intellectual,countercultural,creativefamousopen-airbookstallsintellectual,governmentalandmilitarysectionuniversitiesandcollegesPatheonSorbonneUniversityCollegedeFranceShakespeareandCompanyStreetCafé:LesDeuxMagotsCafeGertrudeStein,PabloPicasso,Jean-PaulSartre,ErnestHemingway,F.ScottFitzgeraldanddozensofothermembersofthegreatartisticcommunityatMontparnasse.TheLatinQuarterisaLeftBankareainthe5thand6tharrondissements,sonamedbecauseoriginallyLatinwaswidelyspokenbystudentsinthevicinityoftheUniversityofParis.PigalleanareaaroundthePlacePigalle,ontheborderbetweenthe9thandthe18tharrondissements.namedafterthesculptorJean-BaptistePigallesexshopsMoulinRougeNeuillyacommunityinthewesternsuburbsofPariscomposedofmostlywealthy,selectresidentialneighborhoods,aswellastheheadquartersofmanycorporationsacompendiumofbourgeois(i.e.,upscale)neighborhoodsconsideredastherichestcityinFranceCivilrightsmovementc.f.thepresentationLevTolstoy1828-1910complicatedandparadoxicalpersonaextrememoralisticandasceticviewsWarandPeaceAnnaKareninaⅢ.LearningFocusThedifferencebetweenAmericanandEurope:ThedeficiencyofclassinAmericansocietyTheexperienceofthewriter,Baldwin,helpstounderstandthetextTounderstandthecircleofthediscoveryⅣ.KeywordsandExpressions1.controversial:adj.stirringupcontroversy;debatable2.motley:adj.ofmanycolorsorpatchesofcolor;havingorcomposedofmanydifferentorclashingelements;heterogeneous3.identity:n.theconditionorfactofbeingaspecificpersonorthing;individuality4.prop:n.arigidsupport,asabeam,stake,orpole,placedunderoragainstastructureorpart5.alabaster:n.atranslucent,whitish,fine-grainedvarietyofgypsum,usedforstatues,vases,etc.6.cadence:n.inflectionormodulationintone;anyrhythmicflowofsound7.pickaninny:n.anegrochild8.cripple:v.frustrate,hinder;makeunableorunfittoact,functioneffectively,etc．9.breakthrough:n.astrikinglyimportantadvanceordiscoveryinanyfieldofknowledgeoractivity10.skirmish:n.abrieffightorencounterbetweensmallgroups，usuallyanincidentofabattle;anyslight,unimportantconflict;brush11.rung:n.anyofthecrosspiecesconstitutingthestepsofaladder12.lukewarm:n.(ofliquids,etc.)barelyormoderatelywarm13.paradox:n.astatementthatseemscontradictory,unbelievable,orabsurdbutthatmayactuallybetrueinfact14.paranoia:n.amentaldisordercharacterizedbysystematizeddelusions，asofgrandeur,or,esp.,persecution,often,exceptinaschizophrenicstate,withanotherwiserelativelyintactpersonality