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Unit 13
Britannia Rues the Waves
Teaching Points
? I,Background information
? II,Introduction to the passage
? III,Text analysis
? IV,Rhetorical devices
? V,Questions for discussion
I,Background Information
? 1,North Sea Oil
? 2,Container ship
? 3,Iron Curtain
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 1.Type of literature:
? -- a piece of objective description
Introduction to the Passage
? 2.The purpose of a piece of objective
description,
? ---to record and reproduce a true
picture with opinions and emotions of
the author excluded
Introduction to the Passage
? 3,Ways of developing a piece of
objective description,
? ---to begin with a brief general
picture,divide the object into parts and
organize the detailed description in
order of space
III, Effective Writing Skills
? making effective use of specific
adjectives
IV, Rhetorical Devices
? 1,antithesis
? 2,oxymoron
? 3,simile
? 4,ridicule
V,Text Analysis
VI, Special Difficulties
? 1,understanding some proper names
? 2,paraphrasing some sentences
? 3,identifying figures of speech
VII, Questions for Discussion
? 1,According to the author Britain is
handicapped in her attempts to counter the
challenges of the developing world and the
Soviet Union at an international level,What
are these handicaps or problems? Does this
tell us anything about the capitalist world?
? 2,How are the British shipping companies
trying to meet the challenge? Are they
confident that they can counter the challenge
successfully?
? 3,Comment on the title of the article,What is
the implied meaning?
VIII,Exercises
? P.150-153