新视野大学英语第二册教学课件
New Horizon College English Book 2
Unit 5 Stop Brain Drain
Background Information,
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Topic I,Major Writing
Technique,Contrast
Question 1,What is described in
Paragraph 7?
Answer,The purpose of
building the educational
institution IIT(Para7)
Question 2,What is portrayed in
Paragraph 2?
Question 3,What is the purpose
of making the contrast?
The contrast may be found on the
paragraph level
It is also possible to place both
parts of the contrast in the same
paragraph
Question 3,What is
conveyed in the 17th
paragraph?
We should pay attention to
the Signals of contrast,
These signals often include,
But,however,while,meanwhile,
whereas,instead of,instead,on
the one hand,on the other hand,
etc
Exercise,Please write something
to show the differences between
human brain and computer,
II,Features of Language
Figure of Speech
?A) Metaphor
?B)personificat
ion
?C)synecdoche
India’s politically conscious
leadership has been replaced by
a new generation,riding on the
wave of the Internet,
Mid-sized cities like Bangalore are
now the Silicon Valleys of India,
As IIT can not graduate
enough students to fill these
needs,every street corner now
sports billboards for private
academies offering certificates
in computer programming,
We threw Coca-Cola out and
invented Thumps-Up Cola,
The rhetoric of Sentences
? A)rhetoric
questions
? B) Parallelism
And why bother rebuilding the
nation when the only goal is to
abandon it?(Para 15)
Simple Unique Language
? shift gears
? put flowers around
Bill Gates’ neck
? to wave the slogan
Variety of language
? synonyms
? fall apart and disintegrate
? bill,legislation,act
? feed the appetite of the American
computer industry,keep pace with
demand,fill the need for skilled
technology workers
? Indian taxpayers footed the bill,IIT
graduates,educated at the expense
of Indian taxpayers
Work in pairs and
comment on the following
statements,
? 1) The cream of India was
leaving for the shores of
England and America,
? 2) We throw Coca-Cola out
and invented,Thumps Up Cola”
? 3) Few foreign graduates
came home to,pay their
pledge”,
Work in pairs and comment on
the following statements,
?4) The entire education system in
India has shifted gears to feed the
appetite of the American Computer
Industry,
?5) Indians now put flowers around
Bill Gates’ neck,
Assignment
? 1,What are the problems faced
by the Indians?
? 2,What measures the Indian
government has taken in order
to solve these problems?
? 3.What are the effects of the
measures?
? 4,What are the best ways to
cope with the difficult situation?