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Unit7AFewKindWordsforSuperstitionByRobertsonDaviesTheAuthor—RobertsonWilliamDavies1913-1995，Canadawriter,journalist,professoracknowledgedasanoutstandingessayist&brilliantnovelist.earnedadegreeinliteraturefromOxford.In1961,appointedMasterofMasseyCollege梅西学院attheUniversityofToronto&remainedatthatpostuntilhisretirement.thefirstCanadiantobecomeanHonoraryMemberoftheAmericanAcademyandInstituteofArtsandLettersTheAmericanAcademyofArtsandLettersisa250-memberorganizationwhichhasasitsgoalto“foster,assist,andsustainexcellence”.MembershipintheAcademyisconsideredthehighestformalrecognitionofartisticmeritintheUnitedStates.Pre-readingActivitiesWhatdoessuperstitionreferto?Canyougiveanexampleofsuperstition?Whydopeoplestillclingtosuperstitionhandeddownedthroughthecenturies?Superstition“oldwives’tales”acredulous['krɛdʒələs]beliefornotionnotbasedonreasonorknowledgerefertofolkbeliefsdeemedirrational.Super-nature/apparition(ghost)/omenscommonlyappliedtobeliefsandpracticessurroundingluck,prophecy['prɑfɪsi]预言andspiritualbeings,particularlythebeliefthatfutureeventscanbeforetoldbyspecificunrelatedpriorevents.Pre-readingActivitiesClayhamsaonawall,toprotecttheinhabitantsfromharmvoo-doodollsFRIDAYTHE13TH-howdidFridaythethirteenthbecomesuchanunluckyday?fearofFridaythe13thisrootedinancient,separatebad-luckassociationswiththenumber13andthedayFriday.Thetwounluckyentitiescombinetomakeonesuperunluckyday.BIRTHDAYCAKEIfyoublowoutallthecandlesonyourbirthdaycakewiththefirstpuffyouwillgetyourwish.BELLRingouttheoldyearandringinthenewyearThesoundofbellsdrivesawaydemonsbecausethey’reafraidoftheloudnoise.Whenabellrings,anewangelhasreceivedhiswings.(fireworks)CRACKDon’tsteponacrackonasidewalkorwalkway.SteponacrackBreakyourmother'sback.BEEIfabeeentersyourhome,it’sasignthatyouwillsoonhaveavisitor.Ifyoukillthebee,youwillhavebadluck,orthevisitorwillbeunpleasant.(Magpie['mæɡ,paɪ])/crow/owlAMBULANCESeeinganambulanceisveryunluckyunlessyoupinchyournoseorholdyourbreathuntilyouseeablackorabrowndog.TouchyourtoesTouchyournoseNevergoinoneofthoseUntilyouseeadog.1:Para(1-2)Introduction2:Para(3-6)fourtypes3:Para(7-11)history,popularity&reasonsforitspopularity4:Para12concludingTextAnalysisInthefirstsectiontheauthortellsofpeople'sdifferentreactionstosuperstitionandtherampantsuperstitionamonglearnedpeople.Thesecondsectionservesasadescriptionofthefourmanifestationsofsuperstition.Thethirdsectionisananalysisofthehistoryandcharacteristicsofsuperstition.Thelastsectionconcludesthewholeessay.TestURMemorycondemndeploredevoutdivinationabsolvesubmergechronicleproliferatecompulsiondiscreditwrittenrecordsofhistoricaleventspredictionfreesbfromguiltsinkbelowthesurfacestronglydisapprovegrowrapidlytocriticizestronglycausetobedistrustedpiousastrongdesiretodosthParagraph1—sentencesIngravediscussionof“therenaissanceoftheirrational”inourtime,superstitiondoesnotfigurelargelyasaseriouschallengetoreasonorscience.therenaissanceoftheirrational—therevivaloftheirrationalthings/weirdthingsRenaissance文艺复兴theperiodofEuropeanhistoryatthecloseoftheMiddleAgesandtheriseofthemodernworld;aculturalrebirthfromthe14ththroughthemiddleofthe17thcenturiestherevivaloflearningandculture;rebirthfigurefigure:beorplayanimportantpartoforin是…重要部分Thequestionofthepeacesettlementislikelytofigureprominentlyinthetalks.和平解决的问题很可能是这次谈判的重点。我对这个问题的意见似乎根本无足轻重。Myfeelingaboutthematterdidn’tfigureatall.superstitiondoesnotfigurelargelyasaseriouschallengetoreasonorscience.—superstitionisnotagreatthreattoreasonandscienceParaphraseIngravediscussionof“therenaissanceoftheirrational”inourtime,superstitiondoesnotfigurelargelyasaseriouschallengetoreasonorscience.—Inseriousdiscussionsoftherevivaloftheirrationalthingsinourtime,peopledon’tthinkthatsuperstitionisagreatthreattoreasonorscience.parapsychology:phenomenathatappeartocontradictphysicallawsandsuggestthepossibilityofcausationbymentalprocesses诡异心理学,通灵学transcendentalmeditation:Note3instantenlightenment:Note4condemn:toexpressstrongdisapprovalofdeplore:toexpressstrongdisapprovalof;regretstronglySentence2Isitbecauseithasanunacknowledgedholdonsomanyofus?—Isitbecauseithasanunrecognizedcontrolonmanyofus?Languagework—irrationaladj.notconsistentwithorusingreasonTheiractionsmaybequalifiedasirrational.他们的行动可视为无理性的。Hehadanirrationalbeliefthateverybodywashisenemy.他有个荒谬的信念,以为人人都是他的仇敌。condemnexpressstrongdisapprovalofSomepraisehim,whereasotherscondemnhim.有些人赞扬他,而有些人谴责他。Hisanger,condemnandjealousywillbeeruptedlikevolcano.他积压的愤怒、妒忌和谴责会象火山爆发。在指责中成长的孩子，容易怨天尤人。Ifchildrenlivewithcriticism,theylearntocondemn.deploreexpressstrongdisapprovalof;regretstronglyAndwedeploretheviolenceagainstinnocentciviliansanywherethatittakesplace.我们强烈反对发生在世界任何地方的针对无辜平民的暴力。你自己的哪个特点让你觉得最痛恨？Whatisthetraityoumostdeploreinyourself?Paragraph2Question:Whatisthecommonassumptionaboutpeoplewhobelieveinsuperstition?Whatistheauthor’scommentonthiskindofassumption?—Itiscommonlybelievedthatpeoplewhobelieveinsuperstitionareignorantandnaïve.Superstitionflouri