现代大学英语第二册unit the rite of spring

1、课堂教学设计首页课程名称综合英语教学班次人数章节名称Unit Three Text A / 第三单元 课文A The Rite of Spring教学时数8学时教学内容及要求内容及要求时 间1. 热身；2作者：教育与背景；主要著作；创作观；3作品赏析：结构分析；如何赏析文学作品；通过深刻理解文章内涵，培养学生社会洞察力和相关的讨论能力；4写作技巧：省略疑问句和修辞疑问句；倒装句； 5语言理解：长难句解析；核心词汇学习；介词练习；构词法：前缀；6课堂讨论；7练与讲。10 minutes4090301204070重点难点1. 文学作品的赏析；2.文学中的修辞手法3.构词法：词缀教学方法结合实际吸收

2、各种教学法（讲授、问答、讨论、模仿、练习、多媒体使用）的优点。教学手段传统教学手段与多媒体运用相结合回顾和小结作业教学后记主要内容栏The Rite of SpringBy Arthur MillerPart I Warming up: Will you be a good gardener? A quick quiz!1. Where is the best location to plant tall or climbing plants? A. North side of the garden B.  East side of the garden  

3、60; C. South side of the garden  D.  West side of the garden 2. Tomato plants that are “determinate” are more bushy plants, and tomato plants that are 'indeterminate' are more viny plants     True False 3. Potatoes are in what family? A. Carrot Fa

4、mily (Umbelliferae)  B. Tomato Family (Solanaceae) C. Pea Family (Leguminosae)  D. Morning Glory Family (Convolvulaceae) 4. What is the best level of soil ph for MOST plants? A.  3.5 - 5.5 B. 5.5 - 7.5C.  8.0 - 9.0D.  2.5 - 3.5 5. Pine needle mulch lowers the

5、ph level of soil while peat moss raises the ph level. TrueFalse 6. When a plant has beautiful lush foliage, but almost no fruit, the plant has an overdose of: (Ans: One 8-letter word)7. Tomato leaves that are purple and thin is a pretty good sign that they are lacking Potassium. TrueFalse

6、8. Potato plants want lots of organic matter in the soil for the potatoes to grow better.   TrueFalse Now Check Your Answer!1. North side of the garden.  When the tall plants are planted on the north side, they don't block the sun from other smaller plants and also keep down the n

7、orth winds.2. True. If you don't want to stake, you will want determinate. If not, go with indeterminate. 3. Tomato Family (Solanaceae). Eggplant, Tomato, Tomatillo, Potato, and Pepper are all in the tomato family.4. 5.5 - 7.5. Most plants require ph levels of 6-7, but a few

8、can tolerate 5.5 like corn, carrots, and potatoes. Others can grow well in soil ph of 7.5 like cabbage and cauliflower. 5. False. Pine needle mulch and peat moss are good for alkaline soils because they lower the ph level. 6. Nitrogen. Nitrogen will help produce lush foliage, but too

9、much will make the plant concentrate on the leaves instead of the fruit. 7. False. They lack phosphorus when the plants look like that.8. False. Too much organic matter will cause scabbing on the potatoes. Part II Background Information Arthur Miller 1915-2005 u A Harlem-born Polish-J

10、ewish boyu Majored in journalism at University of Michiganu Wrote first play in 1936u Received BA in English in 1938u First successful play: All My Sons, 1946u Huge success: Death of a Salesman, 1949u The Crucible, 1953Ø About Salem Witchhunt in 1692Ø HUAC (House Un-American Activities Com

11、mittee), anti- communist McCarthyism Ø Attended a HUAC hearing in 1956, refusing to give names; sentenced to a $500 fine or thirty days in prison, blacklisted, and disallowed a US passportØ Conviction overturned in 1958u Return to theatrical success: The Price, 1968u Experimental drama in

12、1970s, unsuccessful u Kept writing until 2004u One of the greatest dramatists of the twentieth centuryu Politically engaged, commercially successful, social playsu Numourous awards and honors: Ø Three Tony Awards, Pulitzer Prize for Death of the Salesman in 1949Ø 1965, Elected the first Am

13、erican president of International PenØ 1993, awarded the National Medal of ArtsØ  2001, selected for the Jefferson Lecture, the U.S government's highest honor for achievement in the humanities his marriage u Mary Slattery, college sweetheart, 1940u Marilyn Monroe, 1

14、956Ø Brief affair in 1951Ø Accompanied Miller to his 1956 trialØ Made The Misfits with Miller as the scriptwriterØ Divorced in 1961u Inge Morath, 1962Ø Son Daniel born with Down Syndrome; institutionalized at Millers insistenceØ Son-in-law, English actor Daniel Day-Lewi

15、s Part III Text Understanding 1. StructureI. Gardening as a celebration of the coming spring (1-2).II. Why gardening? (3-10)Gardening involves conflict and choice-making.Gardening teaches you about nature. Gardening is neurotic and moral. Gardening helps character building. III. Gardening enables pe

16、ople to stay hopeful for the future. (11-12) 2. GenreEssay A short piece of prose often written from the authors personal point of viewVague definition, great variety: literary, political, academic, journalistic, argumentative, expository, etc.Aldous Huxley: a literary device for saying almost every

17、thing about almost anything Personal and the autobiographical: these use "fragments of reflective autobiography" to "look at the world through the keyhole of anecdote and description ".Objective and factual: in these essays, the authors "do not speak directly of themselves,

18、but turn their attention outward to some literary or scientific or political theme".Abstract-universal: these essays "make the best . of all the three worlds in which it is possible for the essay to exist". Types of essayFormal & Informal, Impersonal & FamiliarPost-Montaigne,

19、the essay split into two distinct modalities: one remained informal, personal, intimate, relaxed, conversational, and often humorous; the other dogmatic, impersonal, systematic, and expositoryStructure: rather loose, shapelessSamuel Johnson: "an irregular, indigested piece, not a regular and or

20、derly performance." Voice: usually “I”Readers role: The reader generally believes what the essayist says is true; he has been called on to join in the making of meaning Famous essayist Michel de Montaigne, first to use the term in Essais, 1580 Francis Bacon , “Of Studies”William Hazlitt Charles

21、 Lamb Ralph Waldo Emerson3. Theme“The Rite of Spring” rite: a solemn ceremony or act; a set of fixed words or acts The Rite of Spring by Stranvinsky: a sacred pagan ritual where the wise elders are seated in a circle and are observing the dance before death of the girl whom they are offering as a sa

22、crifice to the god of Spring in order to gain his benevolenceWhat does “The Rite of spring” refer to in this text? How is gardening a rite? Does gardening carry any symbolic meaning? Is gardening a celebration of spring?Part IV: Writing devices  Irony Definition:the surface meaning and the

23、 underlying meaning of what is said are not the sameIrony consists in stating the contrary of what is meantTypes of irony Verbal irony is a disparity of expression and intentionDramatic irony is a disparity of awareness between actor and observerSituational irony is the disparity of i

24、ntention and resultCan you find where the irony is in “The Rite of Spring”?Ø TitleØ Time of writingØ Verbal ironyPart V: Language Understanding patch: n. a small piece of land (尤指种菜用的)小块土地; vt. repair, solve，mask 修补；解决；掩饰 vi. 打补丁 relatively: fairly相对的来说a bunch of : 一堆tell apart from :

25、 distinguish (.) from 区分 eg . Can you distinguish right from wrong? 你能分清是非吗?store-bought : bought in the store 店里买的 eg. Though cards can be store-bought, but hand-made ones mean more . 尽管卡片可以在店里买的，但亲手做的更有意义。human instinct : the nature of human 人类本能at work : come into effect/play 起作用 eg. Political ma

26、noeuvrings could well be at work. 政治部署也可能正在起作用。back-breaking : (of physical work ) very hard and tiring艰苦繁重的 eg. Cleaning is a back-breaking work for me. make-believe : a playful pretence 伪装raise:plant ，grow，developeg：Iric raised some roses in the backyard.exist,to cause to exist 引起，导致communitcate,t

27、o communicate with someone, especially by telephone or radio交流 justify: to show that sb /sth is right or reasonable, or to give or to be a good reason for为.辩护eg: If you justify yourself,you give a good reason for what youhave done.miserable: very unhappy or uncomfortable eg: She's miserable living on her own.low value,having little value or quilityeg: She only offered me a miserable 20 pounds for my old computer.beam：noun: light，