【正文】 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 ta。 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。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。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 are used as everyday words, but women39。s body is considered more important, a man39。purpose of writing: ? Through the discussion on the lexical narrowing of ―beauty‖, the author aims actually to exploring a feminist issue that demands public attention and discrediting modern society’s biased attitude to women as shown in the changed meaning of the word ―beauty‖.. Analysis of the anization of the text ? Section 1 (Para 13): Contrast the ancient notion of ―beauty‖ with the modern concept to introduce the topic ? Section II (Para 47) Illustrating how women and men are viewed/treated differently to support the argument: the oppression of women – ? Section III (Para 89 ) Pointing out how society’s gender stereotypes have affected adversely the development of women (. encouraging narcissism, dependence, immaturity, passive acceptance … etc) ? Section IV (Para. 10) Calling on women and the whole society to get out of the trap created by the ―myth of beauty‖ and the resulting oppression of women Difficult Sentences for Translation (EC): 1. One of Socrates’ main pedagogical acts was to be ugly—and teach those innocent, no doubt splendidlooking disciples of his how full of paradoxes life really was. 2 Associating beauty with women has put beauty even further on the defensive, morally. 3. It does not take someone in the throes of advanced feminist awareness to perceive that the way women are taught to be involved with beauty encourages narcissism, reinforces dependence and immaturity. 4. If a woman does real work—and even if she has clambered up to a leading position in politics, law, medicine, business, or whatever—she is always under pressure to confess that she still works at being attractive. 5. One could hardly ask for more important evidence of the dangers of considering persons as split between what is “inside” and what is “outside” than that interminable halfic halftragic ta