【正文】 st of the differences between “masculine words” amp。 “feminine words” in English from the text: ? 1. Whereas a woman39。s body is considered more important, a man39。s mind or his activities are valued. Examples: ? 1) many men39。s names are used as everyday words, but women39。s names used as everyday words are only onefifth of men39。s names, most of which came from Greek mythology. ? 2) Topless Topography words like Tetons, Nipples, Teats are used as names of mountains and peaks. Men39。s names in place names have nothing to do with the men39。s bodies, ., Jackson Hole and Pikes Peak. ? 2. A serious tone for masculine words, ., call boy, Sir, master. Sexual connotation for feminine words, ., call girl, madam, mistress. ? 3. Masculine words are mostly the base words, e. g., usher, hero. Feminine words have suffixes added to the base words, ., usherette, heroine. ? 4. Masculine words form pounds, e. g., king kingdom, sportsman sportsmanship. ? Feminine words form no pounds, ., queen, sportswoman. ? 5. In the area dealing with sex and marriage, feminine words are dominant, ., prostitute, widow, bride. ? In this area, masculine words are not the base words, ., man prostitute, widower, bridegroom. ? Postreading activity: ? Discussion and assignment: ? Give further examples to show sexism in English and / or in Chinese Unit Eight TEXT I Appetite Laurie Lee ? Warmingup discussions on the next two topics: 1) What are the dictionary definitions of ―appetite‖? 2) If you have an appetite for food or for something else, do you as a rule try hard to satisfy it? Will you feel disappointed if your appetite is not satisfied? Why or why not? ? “appetite” means: a. a desire for food or drink b. a desire to satisfy, any bodily need or craving c. a strong desire or liking for something。 fondness。 taste . she gave him just enough information to whet his appetite. ? Main Idea: ? By interpreting what ―appetite‖ means to him, the author actually is seeking to explain to his readers a relatively more abstract idea (―appetite‖ in its broad sense), a subject, a look at how to keep away from boredom in life. ? Purpose in writing: ? to give a more general difinition of ―appetite‖ and call attention to the importance of preserving it as a source of satisfaction in life. Organization and Development: ? Section I: (P13) defining the word ―appetite‖ in a broad sense ? Section II: (P4—P7)Topic and examples of fasting to illustrate the happiness that can be derived from the preservation of appetite ? Conclusion: (P8) reinforcement of the topic Difficult Sentences for Translation (EC): 1) Appetite is the keenness of living。 it is one of the senses that tells you that you are still curious to exist, that you still have an edge on your longings and want to bite into the world and taste its multitudinous flavors and juices. 2) By appetite, of course, I don’t mean just the lust for food, but any condition of unsatisfied desire, any burning in the blood that prove you want more than you’ve got, and that you haven’t yet used up your life. 3) It is a long time now since I knew that acute moment of bliss that es from putting parched lips to a cup of cold water. The springs are still there to be enjoyed all one needs is the original thirst. ? Post reading Activities: 1). Exercises in Workbook 2). Develop a passage, menting on either of the following: – Wilde said he felt sorry for those who never got their heart’s desire, but sorrier still for those who did. – One of the keenest pleasures of appetite remains in the waning, not the satisfaction. Unit Eight TEXT II Wanting an Orange Larry Woiwode ? Main Idea of the passage： Childhood memory of oranges in the winters in North Dakota in the 1940’s. ? Structure of the passage —11: childhood recollections of the orange —16: a sensory description of the ways of cutting, dividing, and eating an orange : life brought by the orange upon the monotonous atmosphere of the North Dakota wintry world ? Paraphrase the following sentences: was no depth of degradation that we wouldn’t descend to in order to get one. In order to get an orange, ue wouldn39。t mind going through humiliation and disgrace. orange, stripped of its protective wrapping, as vivid in your vision as a pebbled sun, encouraged you to picture a whole pyramid of them in a bowl on your dining room table. With its wrapping taken off, each orange looked like a shining sun as round as a pebble, and you were led to imagine a bowl filled with oranges on the table in your dining room. 3.… and the eruption of smell and the watery fireworks as a knife, in the hand of someone skilled, like our mother, goes slicing through the skin so perfect for slicing. When someone who is skilled in using a knife, just like our mother, cuts the orange into slices, the sweet smell of the orange permeates the room and the juice of the fruit just splatters. ignitions can also be produced by squeezing a peel near a candle (at least one candle is always going at Christmastime), and leftover peels are set on the stove top to scent the house. If you squeeze an orange peel near a burning candle (as there is always at least one candle lit at Christmas season), you can see flickering flames. You put the remaining peels on the top of the stove to give the house a pleasant smell. if indeed you have sensed yourself ing down in a cold, there is a chance that you will feel it driven from your headyour nose and sinuses suddenly opening in the midst of the scent of peel and eating an orange. ( And if you really feel that you are suffering from a bad cold, the sweet smell of the orange peel and the good