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1、Pub Talk and the Kings English,Text Analysis,From Para.9Para.15,Follow Me to the analysis of Para.9-15,成就他人 赏悦自己,Contents,Text analysis,Conclusion,Words&#expressions,Paraphrase,Figures of speech,Main idea,Language features,Someone took one of the best-known of examples,which is still always worth th

2、e reconsidering.When we talk of meat on our tables we use French words;#when we speak of the animals from which the meat comes we use Anglo-Saxon words.It is a pig in its sty;#it is pork（porc）on the table.They are cattle in the fields,but we sit down to beef（boeuf）.Chickens become poultry（poulet）,an

3、d a calf becomes veal（veau）.Even if our menus were not written in French out of snobbery,the English we used in them would still be Norman English.What all this tells us is of a deep class rift in the culture of England after the Norman conquest.,Para.9,Worth the considering,It is the same as“worth

4、considering”,The definite article“the”gives a greater noun force to the gerund“considering”.,Some grammarians call such gerunds“verbal nouns”.,Sty:#A sty is the same as a pigsty.,Snobbery:#the attitude or behavior of sb.Who believes that his own special testes,interests and abilities are superior to

5、 those of other people.,Rift:#a situation in which two people or groups have had a serious disagreement and begun to dislike and not trust each other.,Words&#expressions,They are cattle in the fields,but we sit down to beef（boeuf）.,paraphrase,These animals are called cattle when they are alive and f

6、eed in the fields,but when we sit down at the table to eat,we call their meat beef,Name some English words borrowed from French,go,go,go,allez,allez,allez.,Champagne（香槟）,Ballet（芭蕾）,Baroque（巴洛克）,Jail（监狱）,Even if our menus were not written in French out of snobbery,But actually,they would use many wor

7、ds such as pork,beef,veal and poultry derived from French.,out,of,snobbery,?#,Why?#,Because they want to show their superior taste in matter of food.,In English restaurant,esp.,in high class restaurant,the names of the dishes on the menus are quite often in French.This is done out of snobbery becaus

8、e in the western countries people consider French food to be the best.,What all this tells us is of a deep class rift in the culture of England after the Norman conquest.,paraphrase,After the Norman Conquest,the Norman rulers used French and tried to impose this language on the conquered English,who

9、 persisted in using their own language.This led to a widening of the class gap in the culture of English.,The Saxon peasants who tilled the land and reared the animals could not afford the meat,which went to Norman tables.The peasants were allowed to eat the rabbits that scampered over their fields

10、and,since that meat was cheap,the Norman lords of course turned up their noses at it.So rabbit is still rabbit on our tables,and not changed into some rendering of lapin.,Para.10,Words&#expressions,Scamper:#（especially of small animals or children）to move with short light steps,Turn up ones nose at

11、something:#look down upon,Main idea,Examples to show class distinction and language barrier.,Para.11,As we listen today to the arguments about bilingual education,we ought to think ourselves back into the shoes of the Saxon peasant.The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by bui

12、lding their French against his own language.There must have been a great deal of cultural humiliation felt by the English when they revolted under Saxon leaders like Hereward the Wake.The Kings English-if the term had existed then-had become French.And here in America now,900 years later,we are stil

13、l the heirs to it.,Be into the shoes of sb.in the position of experiencing what another has to experience设身处地，处于某人的境地,revolt:#to take strong and often violent action against the government,usually with the aim of taking power away from them.,What might be the authors views about bilingual education?

14、#,The writer seems to be in favor of bilingual education.He is against any form of culture barrier or the cultural humiliation of any section or group of people.,The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language.,paraphrase,The ruling cla

15、ss by using French instead of English made it hard for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the rulers.,Hereward the Wake,Hereward the Wake（also known asHereward the OutlaworHereward the Exile,c.1035 c.1072）was an 11th-century leader of local resistance to theNorman conquest of England.,He

16、rewards base,when leading the rebellion against the Norman rulers,was in theIsle of Ely,and according to legend he roamedThe Fens,covering North Cambridgeshire,Southern Lincolnshire and West Norfolk,leading popular opposition toWilliam the Conqueror,but was defeated,Nationality:#EnglishFamily connections:#he was the son of an Anglo-Saxon lord named Earl Leofric of Mercia and his wife Godiva.Character:#Hot tempered,determined and brave.Accomplishment of him:#He led the final major rebellion against William the Con