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1、TheFutureoftheEnglishJ.B.PriestleyAims:1)Improving students ability to readbetween lines and understand the textproperly;2)Cultivating students ability to make acreativereading;3)EnhancingstudentsabilitytoappreciatethetextfromdifferentperspectivesAims4)Helping students to understand somedifficultwor
2、dsandexpressions;5)Helpingstudentstounderstandingrhetoricaldevices;6)Encouragingstudentstovoicetheirownviewpointfluentlyandaccurately.TeachingContentsI.BackgroundKnowledgeII.ExpositionandArgumentIII.DetailedStudyofTheEssayIV.OrganizationPatternV.StyleandLanguageFeaturesTimeAllocation:1)Backgroundkno
3、wledge(15min.)2)Detailedstudyofthetext(180min.)3)Structureanalysis(15min.)4)Languageappreciation(15min.)5)Freetalk(30min)ExpositionandArgument1)Type of literature:part exposition andpartpersuasionorargumenthttp:/teachnetlab.org/santab/jeff/sbargue_index.htmlhttp:/homepages.iol.ie/laoistec/LENGLISH/l
4、pers.htmliol.ie/laoistec/LENGLISH/lpers.htmlDifferencebetweenexpositionandargumentDifferencebetweenpersuasionandargumentHonestpersuasionanddishonestpersuasionFormalargumentandinformalargumentBackgroundKnowledge1)AbouttheAuthorandHisWorks1)Abriefintroductiontotheauthor,Priestley:www.spartacus.schooln
5、et.co.uk/Jpriestley.htm2)AdmassThewholesystemofanincreasingproductivity,plus inflation,plus a rising standard of materialliving,plushigh-pressureadvertisingandsalesmanship,plus mass communications,plusculturaldemocracyandthecreationofthemassmind,themassmanthepartofsocietythatcanbeinfluencedbyadverti
6、singorpublicityDetailedStudyoftheEssayPre-classwork:1.Whatdoyouthinktheauthorisgoingtofocuson:thefutureoftheEnglishasaninternationallanguage,thefutureoftheEnglishasanationorthefutureoftheEnglishpeople?2.Youaresupposedtofigureoutthetypeoftheessayfromthetitle.Itsanimaginaryfictionforecastingthefutureo
7、ftheEnglishornot?3.Whatdoyouthinkthefutureofyourowncountryandpeoplewouldbelike?TheEnglishareDifferent1.Thedominantintentionorthecontroversialtopicofhisargumentisstatedearlyinparagraphoneinoneunambiguoussentence:“TheEnglisharedifferent”.1)The English can soon feel bored andthatswhytheygambleandboozes
8、omuchand enjoy any dramatic change in publiclife.2)TheEnglishhaveasenseofcommunity,decentfellowfeeling,fairness.3)TheEnglishareatheartandatrootanimaginativepeopleimmediatelyresponsivetoanysuggestionofdramaintheirlives.4)ItisinstinctivefeelingandnotrationalthoughtthatshapesandcoloursactualeventsinEng
9、land.5)The English do not feel at home in thecontemporaryworld,representingtheaccelerateddevelopment of our whole age.They aresuspicious of largeness,severe efficiency andadmass.6)The English are also deeply suspicious ofchangeforchangessake.TheFutureoftheEnglishHangsonTheFutureoftheEnglishhangson1)
10、ThefinalresultofabattlebetweenAdmassandEnglishness.The striking contrast between admassand Englishness to show how inevitablethebattleis.Admass1.Alreadyconqueredmostofthewesternworld2.receivevastsubsidiesofdollars,francs,DeutschmarksandtherestforpublicrelationsandadvertisingcampaignsEnglishness1.ail
11、ingandimpoverished2.innopositiontoreceivevastsubsidiesofdollars,francs,Deutschmarksandtherestforpublicrelationsandadvertisingcampaigns3.offersmoreandmorethingsformoreandmoremoney,createstheso-called“GoodLife”4.operatesintheoutervisibleworld5.aposterinfullcolour3.offersstatesofmindinplaceofthatrichva
12、rietyofthins4.belongtotheinvisibleinnerworld5.apoorshadowyshow,afaintpencilsketchTheconflictbetweenAdmassandEnglishness.Admass:WhatiscentraltoAdmassistheproductionandconsumptionofgoods.DissatisfactionisembeddedinAdmassRuthlesscompetitivenessTakemanonlyasaproducerandconsumerDependenceupondissatisfact
13、ion,greedandenvyEnglishness:WithitsrelationtotheunconsciousDependenceuponinstinctandintuitionAdherencetothepastanddeeplongrootsNothostiletochangeanddeeplysuspiciousofchangeforchangessakeRejectingbeingcommittedtosomeinevitablemechanicalprogress WhileEnglishnesscanstillfighton,Admasscouldbewinning.Rea
14、son:NotalltheEnglishholdfasttoEnglishnessSomeimportantandinfluentialmencarefullytrainthemselvesoutofitA horde of others,shallow and foolish,wanderawayformitThespiritsofageisworkingforAdmassMost of what we read and what we hear isworkingforAdmassInflationprovedthatweneedmoreandnotlessAdmass2)TheFutur
15、eoftheEnglishrestsuponthedecisionmadebyEnglishworkerstogetherwith the people on the management sidewhowillhavetoputanendtotheconflictbetweenAdmassandEnglishness.3)The Future of the English hangs uponmen and women who are strong-mindedenoughtoholdtheEnglishnessandrejectAdmass4)TheFutureoftheEnglishde
16、pendsuponthequieteryoung,whoundertheinfluenceofoneortwoofthoseprofessionalmenandwomen,far-sighted enough to think whatlifewouldbelikeinthefuture.5)The Future of the English can notdependsontheSLOOPYPEOPLEBoredomisaMENACE.Heavilyindustriallysocietyofferboringworkshatter slow rhythms,traditional skill
17、s,closelyknitcommunitiesofruralsocietiescrowdandexcitepeoplebypromisesthatcannotbekeptBoredomBoredomidiot vandalism,frustration,ferociousrobberywithviolence,viciouscriminalityEnglishisStillWithUs4.English is still with us.But it needsreinforcement,extranourishment.1)On a hidden level,there remains o
18、f acharacteristicallyEnglishsenseofcommunity,decentfellowfeeling,fairness.2)Englishnesscannotbefedwiththeeastwind of a narrow rationality,the latestfiguresofprofitandloss,aconstantappealtoself-interest.3)English are at heart and at root animaginativepeopleimmediatelyresponsivetoanysuggestionofdramai
19、ntheirlives.Question:“And this is true,whether they are wearingbowler hatsorungovernable mops of hair.”The rhetorical device used in this sentence is_.“bowler hats”isstandingfor_.“ungovernable mops of hair”is standing for_.ThewritersvoiceTofacethefutureproperlytheyneedbothadirection and a treat life
20、 of the heart.Aratherpoorerandharderwayoflifewillnotdefeatthemsolongasitisnotharderandpoorerinspirit,solongasitstillrefusestoreject Englishness-for so many centuriesthe secret of the islanders oddity andirrationality,their many weaknesses,theircreativestrength.OrganizationPattern1)Thethesisstatedint
21、hetitleoftheessay2)Thestructuralorganizationofthisessay:loose3)A quite informal piece of argument whichappealsmoretotheemotionofhisEnglishreaders4)Weakness:insufficientevidencetosupportthewritersposition,andhisreasoningonsomepointsnotlogicallysoundStyleandLanguageFeatures1)Smoothandpolished2)Readabl
22、eandinformal3)It is the instinctive and intuitivefeelingsnotrationalreasoningthatshape and colors the style of theessay.4)Useofvariousrhetoricaldeviceshttp:/ and understanding BritishEnglishinthisessay2)Understandingsomecolloquialism3)Paraphrasingsomesentences4)Identifyingfiguresofspeech5)Understandingsomeimportantterms