Unit 7 French and English

Unit7FrenchandEnglish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3DetailedReadingContents24516WarmUpGlobalReadingConsolidationActivitiesTextAppreciationFurtherEnhancementSection1:WarmUpReadastoryshowingdifferentreactionstheFrenchandtheEnglishhavetothesameeventandanswerthefollowingquestions.Lead-inBackgroundInformationSection1:WarmUpLead-inBackgroundInformationOnceuponatimeacoachcontainingsomeEnglishmenandsomeFrenchmenwasdrivingovertheAlps.Thehorsesbegantorun,andastheyweredashingacrossabridgethecoachcaughtonthestonework,tottered,andnearlyfellintotheravinebelow.TheFrenchmenwerefranticwithterror:Theyscreamedandgesticulatedandflungthemselvesabout.TheEnglishmen,however,satquitecalmly.Anhourlater,thecoachdrewupataninntochangehorses.BythattimetheFrenchmenhadforgottenallaboutthedanger,sotheychattedgaily;buttheEnglishmenhadjustbeguntofeelit,andonehadanervousbreakdownandwasobligedtogotobed.Section1:WarmUp1.WhataretherespectivelydifferentreactionsoftheFrenchandtheEnglishtothesameevent?Howwouldyoucommentonthedifference?2.ArethereanyotherdifferencesyouknowbetweentheFrenchandtheEnglish?3.HowwouldChinesepeoplereacttothesamesituation?Lead-inBackgroundInformationSection1:WarmUpAbouttheAuthorGilbertKeithChesterton:Britishmanofletters,journalist,scholar,novelist,short-storywriter,andpoet.HisworksofsocialandliterarycriticismincludeRobertBrowning(1903),CharlesDickens(1906),andTheVictorianAgeinLiterature(1913).1874-1936BackgroundInformationLead-inSection1:WarmUpHisfictionincludesTheNapoleonofNottingHill(1904),thepopularallegoricalnovelTheManWhoWasThursday(1908),andhismostsuccessfulcreation,theseriesofdetectivenovelsfeaturingthepriest-sleuthFatherBrown.BackgroundInformationLead-inSection1:WarmUpVoltaireFrançois-MarieArouet,betterknownbythepennameVoltaire,wasaFrenchEnlightenmentwriter,essayist,deistandphilosopher.Voltairewasknownforhissharpwit,philosophicalwritings,anddefenseofcivilliberties,includingfreedomofreligionandtherighttoafairtrial.1694-1778BackgroundInformationLead-inSection2:GlobalReadingDecidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor’spurpose.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaA.TocomparethenationalcharactersoftheEnglishandtheFrench.B.ToexplainhowtheEnglishandtheFrenchhavedevelopedtheirrespectivenationalcharacters.C.Tostressthatinternationaldifferencescanbeunderstoodandappreciatedonlyonthebasisofunderstandingone’sownnationalcharacters.D.Toillustratetheeffectofanyattempttoimitateforeigncharacters.C.Tostressthatinternationaldifferencescanbeunderstoodandappreciatedonlyonthebasisofunderstandingone’sownnationalcharacters.Section2:GlobalReadingPleasesummarizethemainideaofeachofthefourparagraphsofthetext.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartI(Paragraph1)IntroductionParagraph1pointsoutthatoneshouldpaymuchrespecttothedistinctivefeaturesofanynationandthatanycasualsimplificationoftheso-callednationalcharacterwouldbequitedangerousorevendisastrous.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartII(Paragraph2)UnderstandingtheFrenchParagraph2givesreadersakeytothestudyoftheFrenchnationalcharacter,whichistogobeyondthevisiblesurfaceanddelveintotheconcealeddepth.Italsopointsoutthedangerofasuperficialobservationandunderstandingofthenationalcharacterofacountry.Section2:GlobalReadingStructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartIII(Paragraph3)UnderstandingtheEnglishParagraph3doesareversedresearch,supposingaFrenchmanhassomeerroneousknowledgeabouttheEnglishpeople,andthenpointsouttheridiculousnessofhismisunderstandingoftheEnglishpeople.Theconclusionisthatthenationalcharactercannotbeunderstoodsoeasily,sinceitisacondensedembodimentofcultureandtradition.Section2:GlobalReadingStructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartIV(Paragraph4)AnExampleTheauthorrecountsanincidentinlifetofurtherprovewhathewantstosayinthisarticle:Ifonedoesnotknowthenationalcharacterofhisowncountry,itwouldbeimpossibleforhimtoknowthatofanothercountry.Withoutathoroughandcompleteknowledgeofthecharacterofacertainnation,one’sso-calledlovetowardsorappreciationofthatparticularcharactercangonofurtherthanblindandsuperficialimitation.Withoutduerespecttopeculiaritiesofdifferentnations,therewouldbenosuchthingasdiversityintheworld,andtherefore,nogenuinepeaceorhappinesscaneverbeachieved.Section2:GlobalReadingSection3:DetailedReading1Itisobviousthatthereisagreatdealofdifferencebetweenbeinginternationalandbeingcosmopolitan.Allgoodmenareinternational.Nearlyallbadmenarecosmopolitan.Ifwearetobeinternationalwemustbenational.Anditislargelybecausethosewhocallthemselvesthefriendsofpeacehavenotdweltsufficientlyonthisdistinctionthattheydonotimpressthebulkofanyofthenationstowhichtheybelong.Internationalpeacemeansapeacebetweennations,FrenchandEnglishQUESTIONSection3:DetailedReadingnotapeaceafterthedestructionofnations,liketheBuddhistpeaceafterthedestructionofpersonality.ThegoldenageofthegoodEuropeanisliketheheavenoftheChristian:itisaplacewherepeoplewillloveeachother;notliketheheavenoftheHindu,aplacewheretheywillbeeachother.Andinthecaseofnationalcharacterthiscanbeseeninacuriousway.Itwillgenerallybefound,Ithink,thatthemoreamanreallyappreciatesandadmiresthesoulofanotherpeoplethelesshe