lesson 10高级英语课程教案第一册

1TextBook《高级英语》由张汉熙主编,外语教学与研究出版社TitleUnit10TheTrialThatRockedtheWorldTeachingAims1.ImprovingReadingSkills----pointinggoutthefourcomponentsofastory2.EnrichingVocabulary---enlargingvocabularycultivatingstudents’senseofwordbuildingunderstandingthatsynonymshavefineshades3.ImprovingWritingskills---makingeffectiveuseofspecificverbs&makingeffectiveuseofdescriptionTeachingActivitiesVocabulary1hourTextAnalysis4hoursDiscussion3hoursPractice2hoursTeachingProcessI.WarmingupII．IntroductiontoAdditionalBackgroundKnowledgeIII.TextAnalysis1.IntroductiontothePassage2.EffectiveWritingSkills3.RhetoricalDevices4.SpecialDifficultiesIV.QuestionsAssignment1.Studentsexpresstheirunderstandingof“avictoriousdefeat”.2.Describetheclimaxofthetrial2ReferenceBooks1.LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish2.AHandbookofWriting3.EnglishRhetoric&Writing4.OxfordAdvancedLearner’sDictionaryofCurrentEnglish5.《英语修辞大全》6.AGuidetoAdvancedEnglish7.BritanniaEncyclopedia附页TextBook《高级英语》由张汉熙主编,外语教学与研究出版社TitleUnit10TheTrialThatRockedtheWorldWarming-upActivitiesElicitsomeinformationabout“monkeytrial”fromstudentsDescribetheclimaxofastory附页TextBook《高级英语》由张汉熙主编,外语教学与研究出版社TitleUnit10TheTrialThatRockedtheWorldAdditionalBackgroundInformation3AboutfundamentalismReligiousbeliefsbasedonaliteralinterpretationofeverythingintheBibleandregardedasfundamentaltoChristianfaithandmoralsAbouttheauthorJohn,Scopes,ahighschoolscienceteacherinDayton,Tennesseewho,byteachingevolution,wasaccusedofbreakingthelaw.Hewasthedefendantinthecase.Asthelastsurvivingprincipalinthistrial,hedecidedtowriteastorydescribingthehighlightsofthetrial.ThenameofJohnScopesbecamesynonymouswiththistrial,whichispopularlyknownasthemonkeytrial.Afilm,calledInherittheWind,wasmadeofthetrial,withmuchofthedialoguecomingdirectlyfromthetranscriptsofthecourtproceedings.Thisstoryalsodrawsontheactualtranscripts.JohnScopesdiedin1979BriefintroductiontotheBibleanditsinfluence1.collectionofreligioustextscentraltoChristianityandJudaism.Theword“bible”comesfromGreek,“biblia”,meaning“books”.2.translatedinto2,018languages;everdescribedas“thegreatestbookeverwritten”3.containsatotalof66books,dividedintotwoparts,theOldTestamentandtheNewTestament.TheentireBiblewaswrittenoveraperiodof1,500years.Itsauthorsincludemorethan25menfromavarietyofbackgrounds,includingprophets,priests,fishermen,kings,taxcollectors,anddoctors.4.itsmaintheme:God’srelationshipwithman5.Manyconceptsandprinciplesofwesternculturehavecomedownfromit.ManycommonEnglishphrasesandexpressionshavetheiroriginintheBible.4AboutWilliamJenningsBryan(1860-1925)borninSalem,Illinois.Inhismiddle-classfamily,greatemphasiswasplacedonreligionandmorality,notonlyinone'spersonallifebutinpoliticsandintheconductofnationalaffairs.AftergraduatingfromIllinoisCollegeofLawinChicago,heopenedalawofficeinJacksonville.In1887BryanmovedtoLincoln,Nebraska,practicinglawandsimultaneouslyturningtowardpolitics.HewonaseatinCongressin1890andwasreelectedin1892.HewastheDemocraticparty'spresidentialnomineethreetimes(1896,1900,1908).In1912hehelpedtosecurethenominationofWoodrowWilsonforthepresidency,andWilsonnamedhimsecretaryofstatein1913.InWorldWarIheadvocatedapolicyofneutrality,hopingthattheUnitedStatesmightplaytheroleofarbitratorbetweentheopposingsides.Wilson,however,didnotfollowhisadviceandheresignedinJune1915.Duringhistimeheadvancedprogressivecausessuchaswomen'ssuffrageandspokeonbehalfofthecommonpeople,particularlythefarmers,introducingmeasures,whichwouldgivethemmoreofavoiceingovernment.Butallthatheadvocatedhadafundamentalistbasis,i.e.,hewasmotivatedbyastrongreligiousbeliefanddidthingsinthenameofreligion.Hisold-fashionedfundamentalismmadehimpopularamongsomeofthecommonpeople.Duringthelast10yearsofhislife,hebecamemoreandmorefanatical.HerefusedtocondemntheKuKluxKlanbecausetheyconductedtheiraffairsinthenameofChristianity.In1925heappearedfortheprosecutionintheScopestrialinTennesseeopposingtheteachingoftheoriesofevolutioninpublicschools.The'naivete'andnarrownessofhisthinkingemergedclearlyinthistrial,whichwasBryan'slastappearanceinpublicbeforehisdeathin1925.5AboutClearenceSewardDarrow(1857-1938)wasborninFarmdale,Ohio.In1894Darrowbeganwhatwouldbehisprimarycareerforthenext20years--laborlaw.Duringtheseyears,hehaddefendedEugeneV.Debs,BigBillHaywoodandotherlaborleaders.Butin1911disasterstruckasDarrow,defendingtheMcnamarabrothersagainstachargeofblowinguptheLosAngelesTimesBuilding,wassuddenlyfacedwithhisclients'reversingtheirpreviouspleaofinnocencetooneofguilt.Inturn,Darrowwasindictedformisconductbutwasnotconvicted.Withthishiscareerasalaborlawyercametoanend.Thenheembarkedonanewmajorcareerasacriminallawyer.Heviewedcriminalsaspeopleledbycircumstanceintocommittingantisocialactsratherthanasfree-willingmonsters.Forthisreasonhewasabitteropponentofcapitalpunishment,viewing’itasabarbaricpractice.Darrow'smostfamouscriminaltrialwasthe1924Leopold-Loebcase,inwhichtwoChicagoboyshadwantonlymurderedayoungster.FortheonlytimeinhiscareerDarrowinsistedthathisclientspleadguilty,thenturnedhisattentiontosavingthemfromthedeathpenalty.Hewassuccessf