外研社 现代大学英语4教案

1LessonOne:ThinkingasaHobbybyWilliamGoldingPartI.Warm-upactivityI.PictureDescriptionPleasedescribethefollowingpicturesindetailanddepicttheirsymbolicmeaninginyourownwords.Compareyouranswerwiththatoftheauthor,andtrytofindtheirsymbolicmeaningintheboy’s(theauthor)eyes.II.QuotationsonThinking“Intelligenceissomethingwearebornwith.Thinkingisaskillthatmustbelearned.”—EdwarddeBono爱德华·德·波诺(fatherofcreativethinking)“Mostpeoplecan’tthink,mostoftheremainderwon’tthink,andthesmallfractionwhodothinkmostlycan’tdoitverywell.”—RobertHeinlein罗伯特·海因莱因（fatherofmodernAmericansci-fi）“Ithink,thereforeIam.”—RenéDéscartes笛卡儿“Thinkingiswhatagreatmanypeoplethinktheyaredoingwhentheyaremerelyrearrangingtheirprejudices.”—WilliamJames(Americanpsychologist)“Icannotteachanybodyanything,Icanonlymakethemthink.”—Socrates“Wethinktoosmall.Likethefrogatthebottomofthewell.Hethinkstheskyisonlyasbigasthetopofthewell.Ifhesurfaced,hewouldhaveanentirelydifferentview.”—MaoZedong“Nurtureyourmindwithgreatthoughts.”—BenjaminDisraeli本杰明·迪斯雷利(BritishPremierinthe19thcentury)“Whatisthehardesttaskintheworld?Tothink..”—RalphWaldoEmerson2III.WhatIsYourStory?Haveyougotananecdoteortruestoryliketheauthor’saboutyourschoollife?Pleaseinterviewyourpartnerabouthis/herstoryandbereadytoreporttotheclass.PartII.BackgroundinformationI.AuthorSirWilliamGeraldGolding(September19,1911—June19,1993)wasanEnglishnovelist,poetand1983NobelLaureateinLiterature:TheNobelFoundationcited:hisnovelswhich,withtheperspicuityofrealisticnarrativeartandthediversityanduniversalityofmyth,illuminatethehumanconditionintheworldoftoday.WilliamGolding’smainworks*Poems(1934)*LordoftheFlies(1954)*TheInheritors(1955)*PincherMartin(1956)*FreeFall(1959)*TheSpire(1964)*DarknessVisible(1979)*TheTrilogyRitesofPassage(1980,BookerPrize)*CloseQuarters(1987)*FireDownBelow(1989),republishedunderthegeneraltitleToTheEndsoftheEarthII.Rodin’sThinkerRestingonthehorizontalpanelabovethedoors,TheThinkerbecamethefocalpointofTheGatesofHellandsubsequentlyperhapsthemostwell-knownsculptureofalltime.Theathletic-lookingfigure,inspiredbythesculptureofMichelangelo,depictsamaninsobermeditation,yetwhosemusclesstrainwitheffort—possiblytoevokeapowerfulinternalstruggle.RodininitiallyreferredtothefigureasDantebuteventuallywhatweknowasTheThinkerevolvedintoamoresymbolicrepresentationofcreativity,intellect,andaboveall—thought.III.GoddessVenusVenusofMiloVenusdeMilo(about150—100BC)isconsideredbymanyarthistorianstobetheidealofHellenisticbeauty.Itwascarvedoutofmarbleandstandsapproximately205cm(6ft10in)high.AsRomanGoddessofLoveandBeauty,VenusisassociatedwithcultivatedfieldsandgardensandlateridentifiedbytheRomanswiththeGreekGoddessofLove,Aphrodite.8majorplanetsinthesolarsystem：Venus;Jupiter;Mercury;Mars;Saturn;Uranus;Neptune；Pluto3PartIII.Vocabularystudy1.acquaintancen.a.(CN)apersonwhomoneknowsb.(UN)knowledgeorinformationaboutsomethingorsomeonen.acquaintanceshipv.acquaint:tocometoknowpersonally;tomakefamiliar;toinformExamples:*Mrs.Bosomleyhasbecomemerelyanoddingacquaintance.点头之交*FewofmyacquaintanceslikeSheila.认识的人*TheguidehassomeacquaintancewithItalian.懂一点意大利语*Hehasawideacquaintanceshipamongallsortsofpeople.交往甚广Examples:*Letmeacquaintyouwithmyfamily.*Youmustacquaintyourselfwithyournewduties.*Pleaseacquaintuswithyourplans.Expressions:be(become,get)acquaintedwith:*Iamalreadyacquaintedwiththefacts.makesb.’sacquaintance(maketheacquaintanceofsb.):*Sopleasedtohavemadeyouracquaintance.2.anguishv.(vi.)tofeelorsufferanguishn.agonizingphysicalormentalpain;tormenta.anguishedSynonyms:suffering,agony,distress,grief,heartache,heartbreak,misery,pain,sorrow,torment,tortureExamples:*anguishedcries*Shewasinanguishoverherboyfriend’sbreakingupwithher.3.bulgev.tocurveoutward;toswellup;tostickoutn.a.aprotrudingpart;anoutwardcurveorswellingb.asudden,usuallytemporaryincreaseinnumberorquantitySynonyms:protrude,project,stickoute.g.Hispocketwasbulgingwithsweets.Thebabyboomcreatedabulgeinschoolenrollment.生育高峰造成学校入学人数的暴涨protrude4v.topushorthrustoutward;tostickoutfromaplaceorasurfacee.g.protrudingeyes/teethThepolicemansawagunprotrudingfromtheman’spocket.Nailsprotrudedfromtheboardandhadtoberemovedforsafety.CompareBulgesuggestsaswellingoutinanexcessiveorabnormalfashion;itmaybeusedwhentheimpressiontobegivenisthatthereisanimperfection,adefect,oracauseofstrainthatexplainstheswellinge.g.thewallbulgedinthecenterAboveherboots…thecalvesbulgedsuddenlyout.--BennettStickoutdoesnotimplyabnormalityasarulebutconstruction,formation,orpositionthatpermitsathingtoextendoutsideorbeyondtheflatlineofasurfaceProtrudeimpliesathrustingforthesp.inanunexpectedplace;itappliesesp.tosth.thatdoesnotseemtobelongorthatsticksoutobviously--MerriamWebster’sDictionaryofSynonymsPleasefinishExerciseP215.4)CultureNotes:LostGeneration:LostGeneration,groupofexpatriateAmericanwritersresidingprimarilyinParisduringthe1920sand1930s.Thegroupneverformedacohesiveliterarymovement,butitconsistedofmanyinfluentialAmericanwriterslikeErnestHemingwayandScottFitzgerald.ThegroupwasgivenitsnamebytheAmericanwriterGertrudeSteintorefertoex