1、Vocabulary 1 hourText Analysis6 hoursDiscussion 0. 5 hourPractice 3 hoursTeaching ProcessI .Warming upIIIntroduction to Additional Background Knowledge III. Text Analysis 1. Introduction to the Passage2. Effective Writing Skills3. Rhetorical Devices 4. Special Difficulties IV. QuestionsAssignmentWri
2、te a composition on “ The Impact of Science and Technology on Our Society.”Reference Books1. Any standard encyclopedia 附页1. Pay attention to words and expressions in the following aspects respectively: Spelling and Pronunciation synonyms Opposites Similar words and expressions Settled or habitual us
3、age2. Word building knowledgeTeaching Process (1.Warming up)Question 1What has computer brought us?Question 2What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of Science and technology/Question 3How to solve the problems technology has brought us?Question 4How to deal with the conflict between devel
4、opment and reservation?Teaching Process (2. Introduction to Additional Background Knowledge)1. Lysenko:Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (1898-1976), Russian agronomist. As president of the Lenin Ali-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences he became the scientific and administrative leader of Soviet agricult
5、ure. In 1937 he was made a mere bar of the Supreme Soviet and head of the Institute of Genetics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. He first became known for his process (vernalization)(种子促熟法) of moistening and refrigerating the seed of spring wheat thereby reputedly imparting to it characteristics o
6、f winter wheat. He became the leader of the Soviet school of genetics that opposed the theories of heredity accepted by most geneticists and supported the doctrine that characteristics acquired through environmental influences are inherited, Lysenko rejected neo-Mendelism(孟德尔遗传学说) and was a disciple
7、 of the Russian horticulturist(园艺家) I. V. Michurin. Lysenkos theories were offered as Marxist orthodoxy and won the official support (1948) of the Soviet Central Committee. However, they were severely criticized after the death of Stalin in 1953, and in 1956 he was removed as director of the Institu
8、te of Genetics, which resulted in the return of Soviet biological thought to the mainstream of international scientific ideas.2. Ford Motor Company: one ct the largest car manufacturing company of America. The Ford Motor Company was organized by Henry Ford (1863 - 1947) in 1903, in partnership with
9、James Couzens, the Dodge brothers and others. By cutting the costs of production, by gaining control of raw materials and the means of distribution, by adapting the conveyor belt and assembly line to automobile production, and by featuring an inexpensive, standardized car, Henry Ford was soon able t
10、o out-distance all his competitors and become the largest automobile producer in the world. He came to be regarded as the apostle of mass production.3. Picasso:Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Spanish painter and sculptor, who worked in France. He was the leader of the School of Paris and is generally con
11、sidered in his technical virtuosity, enormous versatility and incredible originality and prolificacy to have been the foremost figure in 20th century art, Picassos artistic production is usually described in terms of a series of overlapping periods. In his “blue period” (1901-4), he depicted the wor
12、ld of the poor. The paintings of Picassos “rose period” (1905-8) often deal with circus life. In 1907, Picasso painted Les Demoiselles d Avignon, a radical departure from the artistic ideas of the preceding ages and now considered the most significant work in the development toward cubism and modern
13、 abstraction. Picassos cubist work established firmly that the work 01 art may exist as a significant object beyond any attempt to represent reality; in 1937 the bombing of the Spanish town of Guermica impelled him to produce his second landmark painting, Guermica, an impassioned allegorical(寓言的、讽喻的
14、) condemnation of fascism and war. His painting of a peace dove also became very popular. He died at the age of 91. By virtue of his vast energies and overwhelming power of invention Picasso remains outstanding among the masters of the ages. 4. Dada:Dada or Dadaism was an international nihilistic(虚无
15、主义的、无政府主义的) movement among European artists and writers that lasted from 1916 to 1922. Born of the widespread disillusionment(幻灭、觉醒) engendered by World War I it originated in Zurich(苏黎世) with the poetry of the Rumanian Tristan Tzara, Dada attacked conventional standards of aesthetics(美学) and behavi
16、or and stressed absurdity(荒谬、谬论) and the role of the unpredictable in artistic creation. In Berlin, Dada had political overtones, exemplified by the caricatures(讽刺画、讽刺描述法) of George Grosz. The French movement was more literary in emphasis; it centered on Tristan Tzara, Andre Breton, Louis Aragon, Je
17、an Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, and Mon Ray. The latter three artists carried the spirit of Dada to New York City, Dada principles were eventually modified to become the basis of surrealism in 1924. The literary manifestations of Dada were mostly nonsense poems-meaningless random combinatio
18、ns of words-which were read in public.5. Leonardo:Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian painter, Sculptor, architect, musician, engineer, and scientist, born near Vinci, a hill village in Tuscany. In 1466 be moved to Florence, where he entered the workshop of Verrocchio. Early in his apprenticeship
19、 he painted an angel, and perhaps portions of the landscape, in Verrocchios Baptism of Christ. The culmination of Leonardos art during his first period in Florence is the magnificent unfinished Adoration of the Magi commissioned in 1481 by the monks of San Donate a Scopeto. In this work is revealed
20、the integration of dramatic movement and chiaroscuro that characterizes the masters mature style. He went to Milan around 1482 and remained at the court of Ludovica Sforza for 16 years. In 1483, Leonardo, with his pupil Ambrogio de predis, was commissioned to execute the famous Madonna of the Rocks.
21、 Leonardos fresco of the Last Supper (Milan) was begun around 1495 and completed by 1498. After the fall of Ludovica Sforza (1499) Leonardo left Milan and returned to Florence. Here he engaged in much theoretical work in mathematics and pursued his anatomical studies at the hospital of Santa Maria N
22、uera. In 1502 he entered the service of Cesare Borgia as a military engineer. In 1503 he was commissioned to execute the fresco of the battle of Anghiari but was never completed. From about this time dates the celebrated Mona Lira, the portrait of the wife of a Florentine merchant. The old master sp
23、ent his last years in France at the castle of Cloux, near Amboise. Here he was left entirely free to pursue his own researches until his death. The versatility and creative power of Leonardo mark him as a supreme example of Renaissance genius. The richness and originality of intellect expressed in h
24、is notebooks reveal one of the greatest minds of all time.附页 3Unit 1Face to Face with Hurricane Camille by Joseph P. BlankText Analysis (Brief)Introduction to the Passage1. The central theme of “disappearance” -nature disappears -history disappears -solid banks disappears 2. The four important ideas
25、 put forward -disappearance -the universalizing tendency of science and technology -man as a cosmopolitan -the playfulness of science 3. Clearly and logically organized Effective Writing Skills Features of scientific English -technical terms such as thermodynamics, genetics, genetic mutation, etc. -
26、short sentences and present tense used to express a universal statement 2. Using figurative language freely to make ideas more vivid and forceful 3. Noun determinersRhetorical Devices Special Difficulties Some technical terms Understanding the metaphorical phrase “Disappearing Through the Skylight”
27、3. The use of topic sentences 4. The use of present tense and universal statements 5. Paraphrasing some sentences 6. Identifying figures of speech Questions for Discussion 1. How does the writer substantiate his statement that science is committed to the universal? 2. Why do banks appear to be disap
28、pearing through their own skylight? Sum up the main views of the writer and comment on how they are organized and presented. What stylistic features of scientific English are to be found in this piece? Cite examples. Comment on the use of some figurative language. Cite examples.Text Analysis (English Version)1. Disappearing Though the Skylight is not only the title of this chapter but also the title of the book. This shows the importance the writer attaches to thi
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