【正文】 slands? 4. What kind of coastline does he like? 選用教材：由張漢熙主編、外語(yǔ)教學(xué)與研究出版社出版的《高級(jí)英語(yǔ)》第一冊(cè) 第三學(xué)期： 本學(xué)期的教學(xué)內(nèi)容：張漢熙主編的《高級(jí)英語(yǔ)》第二冊(cè)的1至4單元，共36學(xué)時(shí)。 教學(xué)安排：本學(xué)期共需學(xué)習(xí)4個(gè)單元，平均每個(gè)單元約需9課時(shí)。其中背景知識(shí)介紹、相關(guān)文化知識(shí)介紹及文章結(jié)構(gòu)概述約需1學(xué)時(shí)，課文講解約需6學(xué)時(shí)，課后練習(xí)約需2學(xué)時(shí)。 教學(xué)要求：要求學(xué)生課前對(duì)每一個(gè)單元的相關(guān)文化背景知識(shí)作必要的了解；能夠較為熟練、準(zhǔn)確地用英語(yǔ)對(duì)某些詞語(yǔ)、句子進(jìn)行釋義；能準(zhǔn)確地指出文章中出現(xiàn)的修辭；能夠在老師的指導(dǎo)下分析、欣賞文章的寫(xiě)作技巧、文章的結(jié)構(gòu)、語(yǔ)言特點(diǎn)；學(xué)會(huì)查找有關(guān)參考書(shū)，并自己動(dòng)手寫(xiě)注釋、做筆記等。 Unit 1: Face to Face with Hurricane Camille by Joseph P. Blank I. Additional Background Knowledge 1. Hurricane。 typhoon。 cyclone 2. Salvation Army 3. Red Cross II. Introduction to the Passage 1. Type of literature: A piece of narration character (protagonist/antagonist) action (incidents, events, etc.) conflicts (suspense, tension) climax denouement 2. Main idea 3. Organization： introduction development climax conclusion III. Effective Writing Skills: 1. making effective use of verbs 2. using many elliptical and short, simple sentences to achieve certain effect IV. Rhetorical Devices: 1. transferred epithet 2. personification 3. metaphor 4. simile V. Special Difficulties Avoiding the following kinds of mistakes: 1. runon sentences 2. sentence fragments 3. dangling modifiers 4. illogical or faulty parallelism 5. unnecessary shifts in point of view 6. paraphrasing some sentences 7. identifying figures of speech VI. Questions 1. What is the organizational pattern of this piece of narration? 2. What does the writer focus chiefly on developing character, action (plot), or idea (theme)? is the protagonist in the story? 4. How does the writer build up and sustain the suspense in the story? 5. Why did John Koshak feel a crushing guilt? 選用教材：由張漢熙主編、外語(yǔ)教學(xué)與研究出版社出版的《高級(jí)英語(yǔ)》第二冊(cè) Unit 2: Marrakech by George Orwell I. Additional Background Knowledge 1. George Orwell 2. Morocco 3. Marrakech 4. The Jewish people II. Introduction to the Passage 1. Type of literature: a piece of exposition 2. The purpose of a piece of exposition: to inform or explain 3. Ways of developing the thesis of a piece of exposition: parision, contrast, analogy, identification, illustration, analysis, definition, etc. 4. The central thought or thesis III. Effective Writing Skills: 1. making effective use of specific verbs 2. using the methods of contrast, illustration, parision, etc. 3. clever choice of words and scenes and tenses IV. Rhetorical Devices: 1. rhetorical questions 2. repetition 3. metaphor 4. simile 5. elliptical sentences V. Special Difficulties 1. Making sentences more pact by proper subordination, such as subordinate clauses, appositives, prepositional or verbal phrases. 2. Discriminating groups of synonyms: wail, cry, weep, sob, whimper, moan glisten, glitter, flash, shimmer, sparkle 3. Paraphrasing some sentences 4. Identifying figures of speech VI. Questions 1. Orwell shows the poverty of the natives in at least five ways. Identify them. 2. Could paragraphs 47 just as well e after 815 as before? Why or why not? 3. Does this essay give readers a new insight into imperialism? 4. Comment on Orwell’s lucid style and fine attention to significant descriptive details. 選用教材：由張漢熙主編、外語(yǔ)教學(xué)與研究出版社出版的《高級(jí)英語(yǔ)》第二冊(cè) Unit 3: Pub Talk and King’s English by Henry Fairlie I. Additional Background Knowledge 1. pub/pubfriends 2. Dumas/Three Musketeers 3. Carlyle 4. Charles Lamb II. Introduction to the Passage 1. Type of literature: a piece of exposition 2. The thesis 3. What makes a good conversation 4. Seemingly loose organization title transitional paragraph digression 5. Highly informal language abundance of simple idiomatic expressions cheeked by jowl with copious literary and historical allusions a mixed metaphor in paragraph 2 III. Effective Writing Skills: 1. deliberately writing this essay in a conversational style to suit the theme 2. making effective use of specific verbs IV. Rhetorical Devices: 1. metaphor 2. mixed metaphor 3. simile V. Special Difficulties 1. Idiomatic expressions: be on the rocks get up on the wrong side of the bed be on wings turn up one’s nose at sth. into