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Unit4Oxford新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）高级英语1电子教案Contents3DetailedReading24516WarmUpGlobalReadingConsolidationActivitiesFurtherEnhancementTextAppreciationSection1:WarmUpLookatthetwopictures,andanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Howwillyoudescribethetowninthepictures?2.Doyoulikethetown?Whyorwhynot?Lead-inBackgroundInformationSection1:WarmUpExpressionsyoumightusefordescribingthepictures:Splendid,poetical,graceful,mysterious,picturesque,peaceful,stately,grave,dignity,charm,solemn,quaint,paradise,classical,Gothic,dreamland…Lead-inBackgroundInformationSection1:WarmUpAbouttheAuthorArthurChristopherBenson(1862-1925)wasanEnglishessayist,poetandauthor,andthe28thMasterofMagdaleneCollege,Cambridge.Hispoemsandvolumesofessays,suchasFromaCollegeWindow,andTheUptonLetters(essaysintheformofletters)werefamousinhisday;andheleftoneofthelongestdiarieseverwritten,somefourmillionwords.1862-1925BackgroundInformationLead-inSection1:WarmUpToday,heisbestrememberedastheauthorofthewordstooneofBritain’sbest-lovedpatrioticsongs,“LandofHopeandGlory”,andasabrothertonovelistsE.F.BensonandRobertHughBenson,andtoEgyptologistMargaretBenson.BackgroundInformationLead-inSection1:WarmUpAboutOxfordOxfordisacityincentralsouthernEngland,andhomeoftheUniversityofOxford.ThecityisthecountytownofOxfordshire,andhasapopulationofjustunder165,000.Oxfordhasadiverseeconomicbase.Itsindustriesincludemotormanufacturing,education,publishingandalargenumberofinformationtechnologyandscience-basedbusinesses.BackgroundInformationLead-inSection1:WarmUpBuildingsinOxforddemonstrateanexampleofeveryEnglisharchitecturalperiodsincethearrivaloftheSaxons,includingtheiconic,mid-18thcenturyRadcliffeCamera.Oxfordisknownasthe“cityofdreamingspires”,atermcoinedbypoetMatthewArnoldinreferencetotheharmoniousarchitectureofOxford’suniversitybuildings.TheUniversityofOxfordistheoldestuniversityintheEnglish-speakingworld.BackgroundInformationLead-inSection2:GlobalReadingWhatisthetextmainlyabout?StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaInthishighlyemotionalyetwell-elaboratedessay,theauthorexpresseshisenthusiasticpraisesofOxford,firstaboutthebeautyofthebuildingsinOxford,thenaboutthebeautyofitsinnerspirit.Section2:GlobalReadingPleasedividethetextinto3partsandsummarizethemainideaofeachpart.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartI(Paragraph1)IntroductionInParagraph1,theauthorfirststatesthatpraiseworthythingsneednotbepraised,butabruptlydiscloseshispurposeofwritingthisarticle,i.e.topraiseOxford;thusemphasizingthebeautyofthiscity.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartIII(Paragraphs6-7)ThePureSpiritofOxfordParagraphs6-7illustratethespiritofOxfordasenablingpeopletolivealifebothofsimplicityanddignity,makingthelifefullofhope,sensationandemotion,andholdingoutahopeofaffectingtheintellectualandspirituallifeoftheworld.PartII(Paragraphs2-5)TheBeautyofandtheAuthor’sFeelingsabouttheBuildingsinOxfordParagraphs2-5areabouttheauthor’sfeelingstowardsthebuildingsofOxford.HepraisesthebeautyoftheoldnessandtheshabbyappearanceofOxfordbuildings,relatesthefeelingcausedbytheblacknessofthebuildings,anddiscussesthespiritreflectedbythebuildingsofOxford.Section2:GlobalReadingSection3:DetailedReading1Therearecertainthingsintheworldthataresopraiseworthythatitseemsaneedless,indeedanalmostlaughablethingtopraisethem;suchthingsareloveandfriendship,foodandsleep,springandsummer;suchthings,too,arethewisestbooks,thegreatestpictures,thenoblestcities.ButforallthatImeantotryandmakealittlehymninproseinhonourofOxford,acityIhaveseenbutseldom,andwhichyetappearstomeoneofthemostbeautifulthingsintheworld.OxfordQUESTIONSection3:DetailedReading2Idonotwishtosingleoutparticularbuildings,buttopraisethewholeeffectoftheplace,suchasitseemedtomeonadayofbrightsunandcoolair,whenIwanderedhourafterhouramongthestreets,bewilderedandalmostintoxicatedwithbeauty,feelingasapoormanmightwhohaspinchedallhislife,andmadethemostofsinglecoins,andwhoisbroughtintothepresenceofaheapofpiled-upgold,andtoldthatitisallhisown.3IhaveseenitsaidinfoolishbooksthatitisamisfortunetoOxfordthatsomanyofthebuildingshavebeenbuiltoutofQUESTIONSection3:DetailedReadingsoperishableaveinofstone.Itisindeedamisfortuneinonerespect,thatittemptsmenofdullandprecisemindstorestoreandreplacebuildingsofincomparablegrace,becausetheiroutlineissoexquisitelyblurredbytimeanddecay.Iremembermyself,asachild,visitingOxford,andthinkingthatsomeofthebuildingswerealmostshamefullyruinousofaspect;nowthatIamwiserIknowthatwehaveinthesebatteredandfrettedpalace-frontsakindofbeautythatfillsthemindwithanalmostdespairingsenseofloveliness,tilltheheartacheswithgratitude,andthrillswiththedesiretoproclaimthegloryofthesightaloud.Section3:DetailedReading4Theseblack-frontedblisteredfacades,sothreatening,sosombre,yetscreeningsobrightandclearacurrentoflife;withthetendergreenofbuddingspringtrees,chestnutsfullofsilveryspires,glossy-leavedcreepersclinging,withtinyhands,tocorniceandparapet,givesurelythesharpestandmostdelicatesensethatitispossibletoconceiveofthecontrastonwhichtheessenceofsomuchbeautydepends.Topassthroughoneofthesedarkandsmoke-stainedcourts,witheverylinemellowedandharm