高级英语课件.ppt

高级英语课件.ppt

《高级英语课件.ppt》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《高级英语课件.ppt（120页珍藏版）》请在冰豆网上搜索。

Lesson8AnInteractiveLifeTeachingProcedureTeachingObjectivesBackgroundInformationTextualStructureTextAnalysisTextAppreciationTeachingObjectivesTounderstandthetextTolearnthewordsandphrasesabouttheinteractivelifeTobefamiliarwiththeinteractivelifeBackgroundinformationInteractiveLifealifewhichactsreciprocally,mutually,receivesandgivesinreturnBackgroundInformationThetextistakenfromAmericanNewsweek.NewsweekisAmericannewsweeklyestablishedinDayton,Ohioin1933.Initdomesticandinternationalnewsissummarized,analyzedandcategorizedaccordingtotopicseachweek.Italsohasspecialsectionsdevotedtoarts,science,medicine,sports,etc.itisoneofthethreelargestnewsweekliesofAmericaandhasawidedomesticandinternationalcirculation.Theauthorsofthetext,BarbaraKantrowitzandJoshuaCooperRamoareregularcontributorstoNewsweekThomasAlvaEdison（1847-1931）Americaninventor,oneofthegreatestinventorsofalltime.Edisonpatentedmorethan1,000inventions,includingtheelectriclight,thephonograph,andthemotion-picturecamera.Thesethreeinventionsgaverisetogiantindustrieselectricutilities,phonographandrecordcompanies,andthefilmindustrythuschangingtheworkandleisurehabitsofpeoplethroughouttheworld.EdisonNationalHistoricalSiteinWestOrange,N.J.BroadwayNewYorkCitythoroughfarethattraversesthelengthofManhattan,nearthemiddleofwhichareclusteredthetheatresthathavelongmadeittheforemostshowcaseofcommercialstageentertainmentintheUnitedStates.ThetermBroadwayisvirtuallysynonymouswithAmericantheatricalactivity.Broadwaygaineditsnameastheaxisofanimportanttheatredistrict.off-off-offBroadway:

ShowsthatcannotmakeintoBroadwayarecalledoffBroadway.Ifashowisreallybad,orreallysmallinscale,itisevenlessthanoffBroadwayshow.Broadwayshowsareusuallybigbudgetproductionswithfamousproducers.NewershowsusuallystartasoffBroadway,meaningthattheyareperformedinsomesmallertheaters,usuallyinsomeotheroddplaceslikethevillage.SomeoftheseoffBroadwayshowscanbecomesuccessfulandeventuallybecomeaBroadwayshow,butmostlythatneverhappens.TextualStructurePART1:

Paragraphs1-2:

IntroductionofinteractivelifeahugeamountofinformationavailabletoanyoneatthetouchofabuttonPART2:

Paragraphs3-18:

descriptionofinteractivelifeA.difficulttounderstandbecauseitsstillalongwayB.fourphases:

fakeinteractive,trueinteractive,completeviewercontrol,andfinalfrontierC.possibledreamsbecauseoflargecapacitychip,fibreopticcablesanddigitalizationD.darkside:

noprivacy,widegap,considerabledebate3.Paragraph19:

SuggestionhangingonfortherideTextAnalysisPART1Heintendedtorecordvoices-nothingmore.Wherehesawinternalmemos,someoneelsesawBeethoven.youllclickonalternativestorylinesandcreateyourindividualizedversionof“TerminatorXII”.Inordertoformaviewofwhatwillhappeninthefuture,youneedonlytohavealookatwhathappenedinthepast.Inthetensofyearscoveredbythemachinesonexhibition,theideaandpurposeofsoundrecordingexperiencedgreatchanges.conceiveof:

envision,imagineEdisondesignedanddevelopedhissoundrecordingmachineasaworkingtoolforpeopletotalktoeachotheroverlongdistance.Hisonlyintentionininventingthemachinewastherecordingofvoices.Hisbusinessrivals,adversariessawintheirmindsthattherewasgreatpossibilityofusingthemachineforentertainmentandart.memo=memorandum（formal）:

anoteofsth.toberemembered.Beethoven:

metonymy,referringtothemusicbyBeethovenHeimaginedthatthemachinecouldrecordinformalcommunicationbetweendepartmentsinacompanybutotherpeoplethoughtitcouldbeusedtorecordmusic.Edisonappliedthemachinetobusinesswhileotherstoadifferentthing,music-entertainment.Paragraph1.Steppingintothepastsoastounderstandthefutureprophecy:

apredictionmemorial（to）:

n.sth.esp.astonemonument,inmemoryofaperson,event,etc.AtsomefuturetimeitwillbequitesuitabletohaveaplaceliketheEdisonNationalHistoricalSiteinmemoryofthosewhomaketheimportantadvancerecentlyininteractivityalthoughithasnotbeenabletodoallthethingsthecreatorspromised.pin:

attachwithapinonthedrawingboard:

intheplanningstage;hype:

n.（infml.oftenderog.）loud,exaggeratedpromotionorpublicity;attemptstogetalotofpublicattentionforthingsorpeoplebysayingloudlyandoftenthattheyareverygood,orbetterthantheyreallyaree.g.mediahype传媒宣传hypingtheirlatestrecordwithalotofinterviewsSincelargesumsofmoneyhavebeenspentonanideawhichismainlyintheplanningstage,sincegreathopeshavebeenputonsuchidea,therecertainlyisalotofexaggeratedpublicity.simplyput:

toexpressinawaythatiseasytounderstandesotericscientificjournals:

magazinesonsciencewritteninsuchawayastobeunderstoodonlybyafewwhoknowthesubjectToputitinasimpleway,themostwonderfulthing