现代大学英语book401.docx

1、现代大学英语book401 Lesson One Thinking as a Hobby一、教学目的与要求 1.To make a clear understanding toward the thinking habits being divided and the nature of it. 2.To learn some conversational words and some useful sentence structures. 3.To learn the neat writing arrangement of the author.二、知识点和教学重、难点1.Introduct

2、ion; Synopsis; Organization of the Text 2.Questions to help comprehension and appreciation. (P.15)3.Think about why the author chose thinking as his hobby三、讲课的内容提纲1,.Preparation or intruduction to the text2, The general analysis of the text3, Detailed Discussion to the text4, Discussion(Oral work) 5

3、, Exercise 6, Homework四、教学方法lecture + discussion+exercise五、板书设计及教学手段 板书设计：重点词汇及paraphrasing 教学手段：常规手段六、教学步骤及分配时间 . Preparation to the text （25minutes）1.Greeting and introduction to the course plan for this semester Altogether nine lessons will be dealt with in this semester and four lectures for eac

4、h lesson: one for glossary study, two for text analysis, one for vocabulary exercises and one for grammar exercises. Oral quiz may be done before lecture to check what the students are expected to grasp in the previous lecture.2.introduction to the textThe British novelist and essayist William Goldi

5、ng (born in 1911) is best known as the author of the international best seller Lord of the Flies (1945). In “Thinking as a Hobby”, he defines three grades of thinking and describes his intellectual and not so intellectual childhood, adolescence, and maturity. Venus statue The ancient Venus statue is

6、 also known as the Aphrodite goddess. The original goddess Venus statue can be found in Pairs at the Louver Museum. Venus De Milo Aphrodite was carved by the sculptor of Antioch on the Maeander River at about 150 BC and it was only later rediscovered. In the goddess Aphrodites son was named Eros in

7、Greek Mythology for the Greeks and Cupid, the god of love and sexual desire and the messenger of love, in Roman Mythology. To this day the Venus statue remains a sculptural masterpiece with few equals.Leopard statue The lonely leopard statue is near Hout Bay, which is located on the western side of

8、the Cape Peninsula. The famous bronze statue stands on the rocky outcrop at the foot of Chapmans Peak Drive, facing the mouth of Hout Bay harbour. It commemorates these animals that freely roamed the Hout Bay Mountains as recently as the 1930s. It was a gift to the people of Hout Bay from sculptor I

9、van Midford - Barberton, the statue has been guarding the bay and facing the elements since March 1963.Rodins Thinker It is the most famous piece of art by the French sculptor August Rodin in 1917. It is said to be the statue that most clearly shows the abstract idea of thought or thinking. “ The Th

10、inker” is pondering so intensely that even his toes are tightly clutching the ground. Rodin often portrayed strong contrasts, as is shown by this sculpture, such as the finished figure combined with the unfinished marble on which he is seated. The original is now on display at the Metropolitan Museu

11、m of Art. The general analysis of the text(15 minutes) Theme: Thinking is not just for professional thinkers like philosophers. It is something all educated people should enjoy doing, and it is considered one of the most precious qualities in young scholars for the healthy mental development. Struct

12、urePart 1 (Paras. 124 ) about: How the subject of thinking was first brought up to the author and his understanding of the nature of “grade-three thinking” Part 2 (Paras. 2529) about: The authors analysis of the nature of “grade-two thinking” Part 3 (Paras. 3035) about: The authors understanding of

13、the “grade-one thinking” and his desire for it.Detailed Discussion to the text （160 minutes）1.I came to the conclusion that there were three grades of thinkingThe collocations of “conclusion”: to come to a ; to come to a ; to reach a; to arrive at a; to draw a ; to jump to a , etcgrade: degree; leve

14、l; stage in a process, e.g. low-grade steel , high-grade alloy2.grammar schoolIn Britain, it refers to a school for children over 11 who are academically bright. Today, there are few grammar schools. Most secondary schools are called “ comprehensive” and take in all children over 11 whatever their a

15、bilities. In the United States, a grammar school used to mean an elementary school, but it is now considered old-fashioned.3.One was a lady wearing nothing but a bath towel.nothing but: nothing except; only, e.g.e.g. The doctor told her that it was nothing but a cold.e.g. He cared for nothing but hi

16、s name and position.4.She seemed frozen in an eternal panic lest the bath towel slip down any fartherlest: (fml) for fear that; to make sure that sth would not happen, e. g.e.g. We ran as fast as we could lest we miss the train.the subjunctive mood is used in the clause lest introduces.farther & fur

17、ther: the former refers to physical distance whereas the latter to degree, time and all other figurative uses, e.g.The next village turned out to be much farther than we had thought.5.she was in an unfortunate position to pull the towel up again.(not) to be in a position to do it: (not) to be able t

18、o do sth because you (do not) have the ability, money or power to do it, e.g.e.g. Im sorry, but I am not in a position to answer that question.6.Next to her, crouched the statuette of a leopard, ready to spring down at the top drawer of a filing cabinet.next to: situated very close to sb/ sth7.Beyon

19、d the leopard was a naked, muscular gentleman.Pay attention to the following words in which “ ed” is pronounced as /-id/: a naked man a learned professor that blessed morning a wicked boy; the wretched life; our beloved country; ragged pants; my aged parents (But not in “a man aged 45”); rugged indi

20、vidualism; dogged efforts8.delinquent childrendelinquent: failing to do what is required by law or obligation, e.g.delinquent behavior; delinquent students; young delinquents; juvenile delinquencyIn the original text (The present text is an abridged version.), the author mentioned some of his “delin

21、quent” behavior for which he was punished: breaking a window, failing to remember Boyles Law and being late for school. But he said, “I had broken the window because I had tried to hit Jack Arney with a cricket ball and missed him; I could not remember Boyles Law because I had never bothered to lear

22、n it; and I was late for school because I preferred looking over the bridge into the river.”9.because they symbolized to him the whole of life.because they represented/stood for the whole of life to him.(The leopard stood for all animal needs or desires; Venus stood for love and the Thinker stood fo

23、r thinking as a uniquely human feature.)10.The naked lady was Venus.Venus: (Roman mythology) the goddess of love and beauty, identified with the Greek goddess Aphrodite11.She was just busy being beautiful.to be busy doing sth: In this pattern, what follows the word “busy” is usually an action verb.

24、This sentence means that from the boys point of view, the Goddess of Love was simply trying to remain beautiful.12.Rodins ThinkerThis is the most famous piece of art by the French sculptor August Rodin. It is said to be the statue that most clearly shows the abstract idea of thinking. The thinker is

25、 pondering so intensely that his toes are tightly clutching the ground.13.I was not integrated. I was, if anything, disintegrated.integrated: forming a part of a harmonious groupdisintegrated: Here, it is used by the author to mean the direct opposite of “integrated”, and therefore means some kind o

26、f a trouble-maker.Note: This is not the way the word is normally used.if anything: on the contrary, e.g.e.g. He is not known for his generosity. He is, if anything, quite miserly.The weather forecast says that it will not be warmer this winter. It will, if anything, even colder than last year.14.“Wh

27、at are we going to do with you? Well, what were they going to do with me? When the school headmaster asked, What are we going to do with you? he meant How can we make you mend your ways and become a nice boy? But when the boy mused, Well, what were they going to do with me? he was wondering how the

28、school authorities were going to punish him this time. .15.the muscular gentleman contemplated the hindquarters of the leopard in endless gloomto contemplate: to think for a long time in order to understand betterthe hindquarters: the rump; the back part of an animal16.His spectacles caught the ligh

29、t so that you could see nothing human behind them. There was no possibility of communication. (Para. 9)to catch the light: to have the light shine on it brightly and suddenlyParaphrase: The teachers glasses caught the light and therefore the boy could not see the teachers eyes. He could not have any

30、 communication with him without eye contact. (In fact the real reason is that the teacher lacked the understanding of the boy.)17.On one occasions the headmaster leaped to his feet, reached up and put Rodins masterpiece on the desk before me. (Para.13)to leap to ones feet: jump upRefresh students me

31、mory of: to rise to ones feet; to struggle to ones feet; to stagger to ones feet; to help sb to one feetto reach up: to move a hand or arm upward in order to touch, hold, or pick up.Also: to reach sth down; to reach out for; o reach into18.Nature had endowed the rest of the human race eith s sixth e

32、nse and left me out. (Para. 15)a sixth sense: a keen intuitive powerto endow sb with sth: to provide sb with a natural quality or talenteg. She is one of those luck women who are endowed with both a sharp brain and great beauty.God has not endowed him with much humor.19.Or was there more sense in drinking than there appeared to be? But if not, and if dinking were in fact ruinous to health- and Mr. Houghton was ruined, there was no doubt abo