高级英语课件The-One-who-Walks-Away-fromOmelas

TheOnesWhoWalkAwayfromOmelasUrsulaLeGuinUnit9TeachingPlanTeachingObjectivesToenablethestudentstolearnaboutanallegoricalstoryTofamiliarizestudentswithsciencefictionTodiscussthetopic“whatishappinessandonwhatrealhappinessdepends”TeachingFocusUtopia,anidealsocietyforhumanbeings,isalong-pursueddreamandwehavehadvarioustypesofitfromPlatotoThomasMooreandothers.Isittrue?Canitbecometrue?Itisasciencefiction,anallegory,aUtopiaoramixture.Anyhowthefocusisthestoryitself:whatcanwegetfromit?Allfiguresofspeechapplied.Acastofcharacters.Thedescriptionofthechild.Howdoestheauthorconveyhisidealofheridealsociety?TeachingMethods1.Teacher-orientedteachingmethod2.Student-orientedteachingmethod3.TheelicitedmethodTeachingProcedureⅠ.IntroductoryRemarksⅡ.BackgroundInformationⅢ.LearningFocusⅣ.KeywordsandExpressionsⅤ.ExplanationoftheTextⅥ.DivisionoftheTextⅦ.TheWritingStyleⅧ.RhetoricalDevicesⅨ.ExercisesIntroductoryRemarksⅠ.IntroductoryRemarksapieceofallegoricalwritingprovocativethemethenatureofhappinessandonwhatitdependsdescribingtheeventsa.theFestivalofSummerb.marchinprocessionc.ahorseracepeopleofOmelasnotsimplebuthappythebasisoftheirhappinessajustdiscriminationofwhatisnecessaryWhatisneithernecessarynordestructive,andwhatisdestructive.nomonarchy,slavery,oranycommercial,politicalormilitaryinstitution,andnoguiltachildlockedinatinyroomandmistreatedaterriblejusticeofrealityAllthehappinessofOmelasisbasedonitssuffering.thenatureandbasisofhappinessShouldhappinessofthemanybebaseduponthesufferingofthefew?anopen,thought-provokingendingSomepeopleleaveOmelasafterseeingthechild.DetailedStudyoftheTextⅡ.BackgroundInformationUrsulaLeGuinAmericanSciencefictionwriterborninBerkeley,CaliforniastudiedatRadcliffCollegeandColumbiaUniversityprolificwriterbothforadultsandchildrenHerworks“Hain”novelsRocannon’sworld(1966)TheLeftHandofDarkness(1969)Her“Earthsea”trilogyAwizardofEarthsea(1968)TheTombsofAtuan(1971)TheFarthestShore(1972)WilliamJamesAmericanPhilosopherandPsychologistborninNewYorkCityteachinganatomy,physiologyandphilosophyhelpedfoundtheAmericanSocietyforPhysicalresearchHisbooksThePrinciplesofPsychology(1890)TheWilltoBelieve(1897)TheVarietiesofReligiousExperience(1902)Threeprincipalaspectsofhisphilosophyvoluntarismpragmatism“radicalempiricism”AllegoryasymbolicstorythatservesasadisguisedrepresentationformeaningsotherthanthoseindicatedonthesurfaceThecharactersoftenhavenoindividualpersonality,butareembodimentsofmoralqualitiesandotherabstractions.Allegorycloselyrelatedtotheparable,fable,andmetaphor,differingfromthemlargelyinintricacyandlengthⅢ.LearningFocusStyleapieceofallegoricaldescriptiondescribingthecityofOmelasanditscitizensdwellingonaprovocativetheme:thenatureofhappinessandonwhathappinessdepends.refutingtheviewthatpainisintellectualandevilconcludingthatthehappinessofthemanyisbasedonthesufferingofafewintroducingthemiseryandsufferingofachildputtingforwardtheproblemallowingthereaderstogivefreereintotheirimagination.WordsandPhrasessparklewithashimmeringofdodgeinandoutrisetotheoccasioninthesilenceoffartherandnearerbreakintodulcetshepherdsfesteredsorestothetouchimbecilethroughfearincommunionwithinranksithunchedfumble…withpeerinatscreamforseepinpoignancyabominablemiserybroodoverclamormauvetambourinelithesnivelvapidⅣ.KeywordsandExpressionsrigging(n.):tackle，esp.thechains,ropes,etc.,usedforsupportingandworkinginthemasts,sails,yards,etc.,ofavesseldecorous(adj.):characterizedbyorshowingdecorum,propriety,goodtaste,etc.mauve(n.):anyofseveralshadesordelicatepurpletambourine(n.):ashallow,single-headedhanddrumhavingjinglingmetaldisksintherimdodge(v.):moveortwistquicklyaside;shiftsuddenly,astoavoidablowlithe(adj.):bendingeasily;flexible;supple;limber;lissomegear(n.):aharnesshalter(n.):arope,cord,strap,etc.,usuallywithaheadstall,fortyingorleadingananimal;abitlessheadstall,withorwithoutaleadropemane(n.):thelonghairgrowingfromthetoporsidesoftheneckofcertainanimals,asthehorse,lion,etc.braid(v.):interweavethreeormorestrandsof(hair,straw,etc.)nostril(n.):eitheroftheexternalopeningsofthenoseprance(v.):(saidofahorse)riseuponthehindlegsinalivelyway,esp.whilemovingalongarchaic(adj.):antiquated;old-fashioned;ancientstallion(n.):anuncastratedmalehorse,esp.oneusedasastudbarbarian(n.):memberofapeopleorgroupwithacivilizationregardedasprimitive,savage,etc.dulcet(adj.):sweet-sounding;pleasant;calmingutopian(n.):apersonwhobelievesmautopia,esp.ofasocialorpoliticalnature;visionarytreason(n.):betrayaloftrustorfaith;betrayalofone’scountrybanal(adj.):dullorstaleasbecauseofoveruse;trite;hackneyed;commonplaceexuberance(n.):thestateorqualityofbeingexuberant;greatabundance;luxuriancepuritanical(adj.):ofthePuritans;extremelyorexcessivelystrictinmattersofmoralsandreligionlanguor(n.):alackofvigororvitality;weakness:indifference;lethargyarcane(adj.):hiddenorsecretmagnanimous(adj.):nobleinmind;high-souled;generousinoverlookinginjuryorinsult;risingabovepettinessormeannessprovisioner(n.):