The damned human race英文教案.docx
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Unit9 TheDamnedHumanRace
TeachingObjectives
1.Toknowtheauthorandhisbackground;
2.Toexplorethemainideaandanalyzethestructureoftext;
3.Tomasterthefeaturesoftravelwriting;
4.TomasterthelanguagepointsinTextA
TeachingProcedures
I.Pre-Reading
1.CommentontheQuotationsonhuman
²IsometimesthinkthatGodincreatingmansomewhatoverestimatedHisability. —OscarWild
²Men!
Theonlyanimalintheworldtofear. —D.H.Lawrence
²Weareperversecreaturesandneversatisfied. —NanFairbrother
²Suchisthehumanrace,oftenitseemsapitythatNoah...didn'tmisstheboat. —MarkTwain
²Man—acreaturemadeattheendoftheweek'sworkwhenGodwastired. —MarkTwain
Discussion:
whatisyourview?
1)Whatisyourunderstandingofhumannature?
2)Haveyoufoundanydefect?
Ornothingnegativeatall?
3)Pleasenamethreemajordefectsofhumannature.
2.Backgroundknowledge
1)Abouttheauthor BillBuford(1950-)
²MarkTwain(1835---1910)wasbornSamuelLanghorneClementsinFlorida,Missouri,butlivedasachildinHannibal,Missouri,ontheMississippiRiver.
²HetookthepennameMarkTwainfromthecallofthepilotsontheriversteamers,whichindicatedthatthewaterwastwelvefeetdeep,asafedepthforasteamer.
²Duringhisearlyyears,heworkedasariverboatpilot,newspaperreporter,printer,andgoldprospector.Butthenheturnedtowriting,andbecameoneofthegreatestofAmericanwriters.
²Hismasterpiece:
nInnocentsAbroad 1869
nTheAdventuresofTomSawyer 1876
nTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn 1885
nLifeontheMississippi 1883
nThePrinceandthePauper 1882
²Hiswritingstyle:
nhilariouslyhumorous
nbitterlysatirical
2)Aboutthetext
²Theauthorwritesaboutuglyhumantraitsanddispositions.Inhisopinion,humanbeingsarenotascendedfromtheloweranimalsbutdescendedfromthehigheranimals.
3)Culturalbackground
a)PlainsBison美洲或欧洲的野牛
•OriginatinginEurasia(欧亚大陆)butmigratingtoNorthAmericaacrosstheBeringlandbridgeduringprehistorictimes,theythrivedontheGreatPlains,untilthearrivalofwhitesettlersdrovethemto
thebrinkofextinction.
•AlthoughtheyoncerangedacrosstheGreatPlainsfromMexicotoCanada,withnumbersestimatedat60million,todaytheyexistprimarilyongamereservesandranches(大牧场),withestimatednumbersof200,000.
b)BuffaloChasewithBowsandLances(长矛)
•HorsemenpursuebuffaloontheGreatPlainsinBuffaloChasewithBowsandLances(长矛).
•Huntersfirstisolatedabuffalobyridingbetweenitandtherestoftheherd;then,ridingatfullspeedalongsidetheanimal,theyshotitwithabowandarroworalance.Later,firearmswereused.
c)ThePeerage(贵族阶级)
•Thecollectivenounforpeers,menandwomenwhoserankisequaltonobilityandaristocracy.IntheUnitedKingdom,thepeeragecompriseshereditarypeers(世袭贵族)andlifepeers(终身贵族).Bothmaleandfemalepeersreceivethesamerights.
•IntheUnitedKingdom,hereditarypeersareknownbyanumberoftitles,whichrankthemintermsofimportance.
•Mostimportantare24dukes.Nextinrankarethe35marquises.Earls,thelevelbelow,therearearound200intheUKintotal.Thefemaleequivalentofanearlisacountess.Thereare120orsoviscounts,andthenearly500baronsorbaronesses.
•Lifepeers,calledbaronorbaroness,totalapproximately500.Alifepeerhasalltherightsofanhereditarypeer,butheorshecannotpassonthetitletohisorherheirs.
duke公爵;
marquis侯爵;
earl:
伯爵
viscount子爵;
baron男爵
•TheUnitedKingdomistheonlycountrythathasanUpperHousecomprisingthearistocracy.Originallyvestedwithagreatdealofpower,in
termsofland,money,andfollowers,thepeerswouldbesummonedtositintheHouseofLords.Thus,theprincipleofthefewrepresentingthemanyevolved.TheoriginalUpperHousesatintheParliamentHouseinthePalaceofWestminster.
•TodaytheUnitedKingdomistheonlycountryinEuropewhoseUpperHouseisstillcomposedofunelectedpeers.Membersofthearistocracyormembersoftheoldnoblefamiliesstillactinanadvisorycapacitytothemonarch.
d)Anaconda(水蟒)
•Anaconda,commonnameforlargeSouthAmericansnakes.Anacondasareamongthelargestandmostpowerfulsnakesintheworld.
•Alargeadultmaybe6mlongandweigh107kg.Anacondaskilltheirpreybyconstrictionorsqueezing.
•ThecommonanacondainhabitstheriversystemsofnorthernandAmazonianSouthAmericaeastoftheAndes(安第斯山脉).Femaleanacondasgivebirthtolivingyoung.
e)Darwiniantheory
•DarwinismoriginallyincludedthebroadconceptsoftransmutationofspeciesorofevolutionwhichgainedgeneralscientificacceptancewhenCharlesDarwinpublishedOntheOriginofSpecies,includingconceptswhichpredatedDarwin'stheories,butsubsequentlyreferredtospecific
conceptsofn
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