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Lvhong
English Department R-516
Lhong9904@yahoo.com
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Unit 11
? The Future of the English
?
? J,B,Priestley
Teaching Points
? I,Background knowledge
? II,Introduction to the passage
? III,Text Analysis
? IV,Rhetorical devices
? V,Questions
I,Background Knowledge
? A brief introduction to the author
? J,B,Priestley
J,B,Priestley
? John Boynton Priestley
? --- born in Bradford,England,in 1894
? --- died in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1984
J,B,Priestley
? --- British journalist
? --- novelist
? --- playwright
? --- essayist
? Priestley's output was vast and varied -
he wrote over one hundred novels,
plays,and essays.
J,B,Priestley
? His best-known play,
? An Inspector Calls (1946)
? his novels:
? The Good Companions (1929)
? Angel Pavement (1930)
? established him as a successful popular
novelist.
J,B,Priestley
? Other novels:
? They Walk in the City (1936)
? The Doomday Men (1938)
? Let the People Sing (1939)
? Festival at Farbridge (1951)
J,B,Priestley
? --- more successfully than any other
novelist in the first half of the 20th
century
? --- thoughts and feelings of the ordinary
Englishman
? --- a being whose character he outlines
with vigor and good humor
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 1,Type of literature,
? part exposition and part persuasion or
argument
II,Introduction to the Passage
? Exposition is an explanation of facts
which something is done,to make other
people understand.
? Argument is an attempt to lead other
people to believe our opinion and
induce them to adopt this opinion as
their own.
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 2,The thesis:
? stated in the title of the essay
? The future of the English
II,Introduction to the Passage
? The writer is trying to explain the future
of the English people but he doesn’t
really state what that future is going to
be.
II,Introduction to the Passage
? The future depends on the outcome of the
struggle between their Englishness and
Admass.
? --- the workers and union bosses
? --- the men and women in the professional
class
? --- the young
? --- political leaders
? --- Englishness
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 3,The structural organization of this
essay,
? --- loose
? --- informal
? --- illogical
? --- emotional
II,Introduction to the Passage
? The central topic,The English are different
? ---Instinctive feeling and not rational thought
? --- not at home in the contemporary world
? --- deeply suspicious of change for change’s
sake
? --- feel bored and enjoy dramatic change
? --- sense of community
? --- imaginative people
II,Introduction to the Passage
? --- P.4,5 or 6 points of the argument
around the central topic
? --- insufficient evidence to support the
writer’s position,and his reasoning on
some points not logically sound
? --- a quite informal piece of argument
which appeals more to the emotion of
his English readers
Words and expressions
? Cosmopolitan – representative of all or many
parts of the world
? n,四海为家的人,世界主义者
? adj,世界性的,全球 (各地 )的
? cosmopolitanism
? n,世界大同主义,四海一家
? cosmopolitanize
? v.使大同化,使国际化
Words and expressions
? English
? adj,英文的,英国人的,英格兰的
? n,英国人,英语
? Englisher
? n.英国人,将另一种文字译成英文者,英语译者
? Englishism n,英国风格,英语语法,英国精神
? Englishize vt,英国化
? Englishness n.英国风格,英国人作风
Words and expressions
? neo-[ni:EJ]
? 表示“新,新近”之义
? Neo-Darwinism
? n,新达尔文主义
? Neo-Nazism
? 新纳粹主义
? Fascist
? 法西斯主义的,法西斯主义者的,法西斯主义
者
Words and expressions
? scuffle[5skQfl]
? v,混战
? n,混战 fist fights
Words and expressions
? fanatical[fE5nAtikEl]
? adj,狂热的,盲信的
? fanatically
? adv,狂热地,盲信地
? fanaticism
? n,狂热,盲信
? fanaticize
? v,使狂热,使产生盲从
Words and expressions
? A reservoir of instinctive fellow-feeling
Words and expressions
? snarl
? vt,使缠结,搞乱,咆哮着说
? n,咆哮,吼叫,怒骂,缠结,混乱
? snarlingly
? adv,咆哮着,怒吼着
Words and expressions
? A reservoir of instinctive fellow-feeling---
? There still exists a lot of natural
sympathetic feeling for each other
Words and expressions
? On the board or the shop floor---
? Governing board of a factory and
workshop
? There are not many snarling shop
stewards in the workshop,nor are there
many cruel wealthy employers on the
board of managers
Words and expressions
? From lago:
?,Put money in thy purse.”---
? To get rich,to have a lot of money
? Iago,the villain in Shakeespeare’s
Otthello
Words and expressions
? Admass
? n,易受大众传媒影响的群众
? A system of commercial marketing that
attempts to influence great masses of
consumers by mass-media advertising
Words and expressions
? The future of the English hangs upon
the final result of a battle between
Admass and Englishness.
Words and expressions
? Admass
? --- more and more material things
? --- money
? --- good life
? --- in the outer visible world
? --- conquered most of the Western
world
Words and expressions
? Englishness
? --- states of mind
? --- instinct and intuition
? --- the invisible inner world
? --- links with the past
? --- deep long roots
Words and expressions
? To keep clear of---
? Avoid,refrain from
Words and expressions
? Time-and-motion studies---
? An investigation of the motion
performed and time taken in industrial
work with a view to increase production
Words and expressions
? To its credit---
? To be proud of itself
Words and expressions
? shrug
? n,耸肩
? v,耸肩
? shrug off
? v,耸肩表示蔑视,抖去,摆脱,扭身脱掉衣
服
Words and expressions
? Sweat one’s guts out---
? To work extremely hard
? Prodictivity-per-man-hour---
? Productivity of a man in an hour
? Caper---
? A wild,foolish action
Words and expressions
? It is all a racket anyhow---
? In any case all this is but a dishonest
scheme.
Words and expressions
? bicker[5bikE]
? vi.斗嘴,流动,闪动
? n,口角,流水声
? bickering
? 争吵 [论 ]
Words and expressions
? anomalous[E5nCmElEs]
? adj,不规则的,反常的
? anomalistic
? adj,不规则的,反常的,[天 ]近点的
? anomalism
? n.变态,反常,畸形物
? anomaly
? n.s不规则,异常的人或物
Words and expressions
? syndicalism[5sIndIkElIz(E)m]
? n,工会组织主义,工团主义 (运动 ),职能政府论
? syndicalist
? n,工会组织主义者,工团主义者
? Syndicat [sindi5kB:] [法 ]工会
? syndicate
? n.企业联合,[经 ]辛迪加,财团
? v.联合成辛迪加
Words and expressions
? In the van---
? The foremost position in a line.
Words and expressions
? hippopotamus[7hipE5pCtEmEs]
? n.河马
? Like a hippopotamus blundering in and
out of a pets’ tea party---
? Simile,At present they only create
disorder and confusion like a
hippopotamus going in and out of a tea
party held by small tamed animals.
Words and expressions
? American counterculture---
? The culture of many young people of
the 1960’s in America manifested by a
life style that is opposed to the
prevailing culture.
Words and expressions
? conform to
? v,符合,遵照
Words and expressions
? Madison Avenue---
? A street in New York City,regarded as
the center of the U.S,advertising
industry
Words and expressions
? Hippy Califormia---
? California was the centre of the Hippie
movement
Words and expressions
? Road to Katmandu---
? East wind---
? See the notes
Words and expressions
? swagger
? n.狂妄自大者,大摇大摆,吹牛
? vi.昂首阔步,虚张声势吓人,大摇大摆,吹
牛
? vt.吓唬,恫吓
? adj.漂亮的,时髦的
Words and expressions
? skimp[skimp]
? v,节约使用
? skimpily
? adv,吝啬地
? skimpingly
? 吝啬地,小气地
? skimpy
? adj,不足的,吝啬的
Words and expressions
? scrounge[skraundV]
? vt,占有,行乞,搜寻,搜集
? vi,东张西望,搜寻,搜集,乞讨,偷东西
Words and expressions
? farce[fB:s]
? n,笑剧,闹剧,滑稽剧,胡闹
Words and expressions
? demagogue[5demE^C^]
? n,煽动政治家 (尤指利用情绪或偏见煽动
民众,以期获得领导地位及达到私人目的
的人 )
Words and expressions
? myopic[maI5RpIk]
? adj,近视的
? myopic eye
? 近视眼
? myopy
? n.近视
III,Text Anaylsis
? 1,smooth and polished
? 2,informal
IV,Rhetorical Devices
? 1,metaphor
? 2,simile
? 3,ellipsis
? 4,transferred epithet
? 5,metonymy
? 6,euphemism
Special Difficulties
? 1,Identifying and understanding British
English in this essay
? --to take a whip to
? --whole troublesome mob of them
? --cosy
? --safe to say
? --along the way
? --shrug off
? --nudge
Special Difficulties
? 2,Understanding some colloquialism
? --swing
? --junk
? --Victorian
Special Difficulties
? 3,Paraphrasing some sentences
Special Difficulties
? 4,Identifying figures of speech
Special Difficulties
? 5,Understanding some important terms
? --American counterculture
? --Madison Avenue
? --Hippy California
? --Hippie
? --road to Katmandu
Special Difficulties
? --Englishness
? --state of mind
? --industrial action
? --do-it-yourself
? --repertory company
? --Common Market
V,Questions
? 1.What role,according to Priestley,
does instinctive feeling play in the
behavior of an Englishman?
? 2,How,according to the writer,are the
real English people different?
V,Questions
? 3,What is the dominant intention of this piece
of argument? Is the proposition clearly stated?
? 4,How does the writer make use of emotional
appeals? Cite some examples,
? 5,What conflicts or issues are put forward in
this argument? Are all the conflicts resolved?
Lvhong
English Department R-516
Lhong9904@yahoo.com
82066873
Unit 11
? The Future of the English
?
? J,B,Priestley
Teaching Points
? I,Background knowledge
? II,Introduction to the passage
? III,Text Analysis
? IV,Rhetorical devices
? V,Questions
I,Background Knowledge
? A brief introduction to the author
? J,B,Priestley
J,B,Priestley
? John Boynton Priestley
? --- born in Bradford,England,in 1894
? --- died in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1984
J,B,Priestley
? --- British journalist
? --- novelist
? --- playwright
? --- essayist
? Priestley's output was vast and varied -
he wrote over one hundred novels,
plays,and essays.
J,B,Priestley
? His best-known play,
? An Inspector Calls (1946)
? his novels:
? The Good Companions (1929)
? Angel Pavement (1930)
? established him as a successful popular
novelist.
J,B,Priestley
? Other novels:
? They Walk in the City (1936)
? The Doomday Men (1938)
? Let the People Sing (1939)
? Festival at Farbridge (1951)
J,B,Priestley
? --- more successfully than any other
novelist in the first half of the 20th
century
? --- thoughts and feelings of the ordinary
Englishman
? --- a being whose character he outlines
with vigor and good humor
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 1,Type of literature,
? part exposition and part persuasion or
argument
II,Introduction to the Passage
? Exposition is an explanation of facts
which something is done,to make other
people understand.
? Argument is an attempt to lead other
people to believe our opinion and
induce them to adopt this opinion as
their own.
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 2,The thesis:
? stated in the title of the essay
? The future of the English
II,Introduction to the Passage
? The writer is trying to explain the future
of the English people but he doesn’t
really state what that future is going to
be.
II,Introduction to the Passage
? The future depends on the outcome of the
struggle between their Englishness and
Admass.
? --- the workers and union bosses
? --- the men and women in the professional
class
? --- the young
? --- political leaders
? --- Englishness
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 3,The structural organization of this
essay,
? --- loose
? --- informal
? --- illogical
? --- emotional
II,Introduction to the Passage
? The central topic,The English are different
? ---Instinctive feeling and not rational thought
? --- not at home in the contemporary world
? --- deeply suspicious of change for change’s
sake
? --- feel bored and enjoy dramatic change
? --- sense of community
? --- imaginative people
II,Introduction to the Passage
? --- P.4,5 or 6 points of the argument
around the central topic
? --- insufficient evidence to support the
writer’s position,and his reasoning on
some points not logically sound
? --- a quite informal piece of argument
which appeals more to the emotion of
his English readers
Words and expressions
? Cosmopolitan – representative of all or many
parts of the world
? n,四海为家的人,世界主义者
? adj,世界性的,全球 (各地 )的
? cosmopolitanism
? n,世界大同主义,四海一家
? cosmopolitanize
? v.使大同化,使国际化
Words and expressions
? English
? adj,英文的,英国人的,英格兰的
? n,英国人,英语
? Englisher
? n.英国人,将另一种文字译成英文者,英语译者
? Englishism n,英国风格,英语语法,英国精神
? Englishize vt,英国化
? Englishness n.英国风格,英国人作风
Words and expressions
? neo-[ni:EJ]
? 表示“新,新近”之义
? Neo-Darwinism
? n,新达尔文主义
? Neo-Nazism
? 新纳粹主义
? Fascist
? 法西斯主义的,法西斯主义者的,法西斯主义
者
Words and expressions
? scuffle[5skQfl]
? v,混战
? n,混战 fist fights
Words and expressions
? fanatical[fE5nAtikEl]
? adj,狂热的,盲信的
? fanatically
? adv,狂热地,盲信地
? fanaticism
? n,狂热,盲信
? fanaticize
? v,使狂热,使产生盲从
Words and expressions
? A reservoir of instinctive fellow-feeling
Words and expressions
? snarl
? vt,使缠结,搞乱,咆哮着说
? n,咆哮,吼叫,怒骂,缠结,混乱
? snarlingly
? adv,咆哮着,怒吼着
Words and expressions
? A reservoir of instinctive fellow-feeling---
? There still exists a lot of natural
sympathetic feeling for each other
Words and expressions
? On the board or the shop floor---
? Governing board of a factory and
workshop
? There are not many snarling shop
stewards in the workshop,nor are there
many cruel wealthy employers on the
board of managers
Words and expressions
? From lago:
?,Put money in thy purse.”---
? To get rich,to have a lot of money
? Iago,the villain in Shakeespeare’s
Otthello
Words and expressions
? Admass
? n,易受大众传媒影响的群众
? A system of commercial marketing that
attempts to influence great masses of
consumers by mass-media advertising
Words and expressions
? The future of the English hangs upon
the final result of a battle between
Admass and Englishness.
Words and expressions
? Admass
? --- more and more material things
? --- money
? --- good life
? --- in the outer visible world
? --- conquered most of the Western
world
Words and expressions
? Englishness
? --- states of mind
? --- instinct and intuition
? --- the invisible inner world
? --- links with the past
? --- deep long roots
Words and expressions
? To keep clear of---
? Avoid,refrain from
Words and expressions
? Time-and-motion studies---
? An investigation of the motion
performed and time taken in industrial
work with a view to increase production
Words and expressions
? To its credit---
? To be proud of itself
Words and expressions
? shrug
? n,耸肩
? v,耸肩
? shrug off
? v,耸肩表示蔑视,抖去,摆脱,扭身脱掉衣
服
Words and expressions
? Sweat one’s guts out---
? To work extremely hard
? Prodictivity-per-man-hour---
? Productivity of a man in an hour
? Caper---
? A wild,foolish action
Words and expressions
? It is all a racket anyhow---
? In any case all this is but a dishonest
scheme.
Words and expressions
? bicker[5bikE]
? vi.斗嘴,流动,闪动
? n,口角,流水声
? bickering
? 争吵 [论 ]
Words and expressions
? anomalous[E5nCmElEs]
? adj,不规则的,反常的
? anomalistic
? adj,不规则的,反常的,[天 ]近点的
? anomalism
? n.变态,反常,畸形物
? anomaly
? n.s不规则,异常的人或物
Words and expressions
? syndicalism[5sIndIkElIz(E)m]
? n,工会组织主义,工团主义 (运动 ),职能政府论
? syndicalist
? n,工会组织主义者,工团主义者
? Syndicat [sindi5kB:] [法 ]工会
? syndicate
? n.企业联合,[经 ]辛迪加,财团
? v.联合成辛迪加
Words and expressions
? In the van---
? The foremost position in a line.
Words and expressions
? hippopotamus[7hipE5pCtEmEs]
? n.河马
? Like a hippopotamus blundering in and
out of a pets’ tea party---
? Simile,At present they only create
disorder and confusion like a
hippopotamus going in and out of a tea
party held by small tamed animals.
Words and expressions
? American counterculture---
? The culture of many young people of
the 1960’s in America manifested by a
life style that is opposed to the
prevailing culture.
Words and expressions
? conform to
? v,符合,遵照
Words and expressions
? Madison Avenue---
? A street in New York City,regarded as
the center of the U.S,advertising
industry
Words and expressions
? Hippy Califormia---
? California was the centre of the Hippie
movement
Words and expressions
? Road to Katmandu---
? East wind---
? See the notes
Words and expressions
? swagger
? n.狂妄自大者,大摇大摆,吹牛
? vi.昂首阔步,虚张声势吓人,大摇大摆,吹
牛
? vt.吓唬,恫吓
? adj.漂亮的,时髦的
Words and expressions
? skimp[skimp]
? v,节约使用
? skimpily
? adv,吝啬地
? skimpingly
? 吝啬地,小气地
? skimpy
? adj,不足的,吝啬的
Words and expressions
? scrounge[skraundV]
? vt,占有,行乞,搜寻,搜集
? vi,东张西望,搜寻,搜集,乞讨,偷东西
Words and expressions
? farce[fB:s]
? n,笑剧,闹剧,滑稽剧,胡闹
Words and expressions
? demagogue[5demE^C^]
? n,煽动政治家 (尤指利用情绪或偏见煽动
民众,以期获得领导地位及达到私人目的
的人 )
Words and expressions
? myopic[maI5RpIk]
? adj,近视的
? myopic eye
? 近视眼
? myopy
? n.近视
III,Text Anaylsis
? 1,smooth and polished
? 2,informal
IV,Rhetorical Devices
? 1,metaphor
? 2,simile
? 3,ellipsis
? 4,transferred epithet
? 5,metonymy
? 6,euphemism
Special Difficulties
? 1,Identifying and understanding British
English in this essay
? --to take a whip to
? --whole troublesome mob of them
? --cosy
? --safe to say
? --along the way
? --shrug off
? --nudge
Special Difficulties
? 2,Understanding some colloquialism
? --swing
? --junk
? --Victorian
Special Difficulties
? 3,Paraphrasing some sentences
Special Difficulties
? 4,Identifying figures of speech
Special Difficulties
? 5,Understanding some important terms
? --American counterculture
? --Madison Avenue
? --Hippy California
? --Hippie
? --road to Katmandu
Special Difficulties
? --Englishness
? --state of mind
? --industrial action
? --do-it-yourself
? --repertory company
? --Common Market
V,Questions
? 1.What role,according to Priestley,
does instinctive feeling play in the
behavior of an Englishman?
? 2,How,according to the writer,are the
real English people different?
V,Questions
? 3,What is the dominant intention of this piece
of argument? Is the proposition clearly stated?
? 4,How does the writer make use of emotional
appeals? Cite some examples,
? 5,What conflicts or issues are put forward in
this argument? Are all the conflicts resolved?
