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Lvhong
English Department R-516
Lhong9904@yahoo.com
82066873
Unit 3
? Pub Talk and King’s English
? by Henry Fairlie
Teaching Points
? I,Background knowledge
? II,Introduction to the passage
? III,Text Analysis
? IV,Rhetorical devices
? V,Questions
I,Background Knowledge
? 1,British pubs
? 2,Pub-friends
? 3,The author
A British Pub
British Pub
? You have to be 18 years old to order a drink
in a pub,Some pubs will allow people over
14 years old to go inside if they are with
someone who is over 18,but they are not
allowed to go to the bar or to have an
alcoholic drink
British Pub
? Open,
? SUMMER,Mon-Sat,12-11; Sun,12-
10:30;
? WINTER,Mon-Sat,5-11; Sun,12-10:30
British Pub
? Most pubs have no waiters--you have to go
to the bar to buy drinks.A group of Italian
youths waiting 45minutes before they
realized they would have to fetch their
own.This may sound inconvenient,but there
is a hidden purpose,
British Pub
? Pub culture is designed to promote
sociability in a society known for its
reserve.Standing at the bar for service
allows you to chat with others waiting to be
served.The bar counter is possibly the only
site in the British Isles in which friendly
conversation with strangers is considered
entirely appropriate and rea1ly quite normal
behaviour,
Pint of English Bitter
? Bitter is traditional British beer (also
known as ale),It is quite strong and leaves a
bitter taste in your mouth after drinking,It
is usually served at room temperature.
? --- Light ales (or mild brews),contain
fewer hops and are less alcoholic,
? --- Strong ales have a high alcoholic
content and a strong flavour,
Wine
? Wine is an increasingly popular drink in the
UK,---- house wine (red or white).
? Cider is a traditional English alcoholic
drink made from apples,
? Whisky is a strong drink produced in
Scotland and in Ireland,
Drinks
? In summertime a popular drink is Pimms
and lemonade,This is a traditional cocktail
of either Pimms Number 1 (based on gin) or
Pimms Number 6 (based on vodka) together
with ice,citrus fruits (lemon/orange/lime)
and lemonade/ginger ale,
Cheese & onion crisps
? It is common to ask for snacks to eat with
your drink,
? Common snacks:
? ---crisps
? ---peanuts
? ---pork scratchings (smoky bacon and
beef)
Pub friends
? Bar friends are companions,not intimates,
They are friends but not intimate enough to
be curious about each other’s private life
and thoughts.
The Author
? Henry Fairlie 1924-
? The editor of,The New Republic”
? Masterpieces:
? The Kennedy Promise
? The life of Politics
? The Spoiled Child of the Western World
Words and expressions
? Meander [mi5AndE]
? n.漫止,弯曲,曲流 ramble
? v.漫止,蜿蜒而流 wander aimlessly or idly
? Meandering adj.
? Meanderer n.
? Eg,We meandered the lower reaches of the
river.
Words and expressions
? on the rocks
? adv,触礁,毁坏,破产
? on the rolls
? 在名单上
? adv,on the run
? adv,跑着,逃跑,奔走,被通辑着
? on the spot
? adv,当场,在危险中,处于负责地位
Words and expressions
? Delve [delv]
? v,钻研 investigate for information; search
? Eg,Let’s delve into this subject.
? n,a hole or ditch
Words and expressions
? Recess [ri5ses]
? n,(墙壁等的 )凹进处,休息,[解 ]隐窝
? the inner place
? vt,使凹进
? vi,休假,休息
? Eg,take a ten-minute recess
? in the recess of the forest
Words and expression
? Alchemy [5Alkimi]
? n,炼金术,魔力 miraculous change of a
thing into something better
? Alchemical adj.
? Alchemist n.
Words and expressions
? Convict [5kCnvikt]
? vt,证明,..有罪,宣告,..有罪
? n,罪犯 a person found guilty of a crime
? Conviction [kEn5vikFEn]
? n,深信,确信,定罪,宣告有罪 guilty of a
crime
Words and expressions
? Churl [tFE:l]
? n,农业工人,乡下人,粗野的人,吝啬鬼
? A farm laborer; peasant
? Churlish adj.
Words and expressions
? out of
? 在,..外
? 从里面
? 由于
? 缺乏,放弃
? 丧失
? 在,..范围外
? 用,..制成
? 来自
? 与,..不相宜,不相称
? 离开,脱离
Words and expressions
? out of bread
? [口 ]失业
? out of time
? adv,不合时宜,不合拍
? out of the race
? 没有成功的可能
? out of the question
? adv,不可能
Words and expressions
? Rear [riE]
? n,后面,背后,后方,屁股 in the back of
? adj,后面的,背面的,后方的
? vt,培养,饲养,举起,树立,栽种 bring up
? vi,高耸,暴跳,用后腿站起
Words and expressions
? Scamper [5skAmpE]
? v,奔跳 run or go hurriedly or quickly
? n,奔跑
? scamper about
? v,蹦蹦跳跳
? scamper off
? v,奔逃
? scamper through
? v,浏览
Words and expressions
? Rendering [5rendEriN]
? n,翻译,表现,描写,透视图,粉刷,表演,
打底,复制图 a translation
? Render [5rendE]
? vt,呈递,归还,着色,汇报,致使,放弃,表
演,实施
? vi,给予补偿
? n,交纳,粉刷,打底
Words and expressions
? come into use
? v,开始被使用
? come into view
? v,看得见
? come into wear
? 成为流行式样,风行,时兴
? come into season
? 上市
? come into service
? 投入使用
Words and expressions
?,Strange Newes…letters”
? Archaic spelling
?,Strange News of the Intercepting Certain
Letters”
Words and expressions
?, thou clipst the King’s English”
? Middle English
?,you clip the King’s English”
Words and expressions
?,The sinister corridor of our age”
? Comparing the things we do,the road we
travel in this age to a corridor,
? In our age people are traveling along a
sinister road doing all kinds of evil things.
Words and expressions
? Bind [baind] tie up
? v,绑,镶边,装订,凝固,约束
? bind down
? 捆,绑
? bind in
? 并合,组合
? bind up
? v.包扎,装订
? bind up in
? 专心致力于
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 1.Type of literature:
? a piece of exposition
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 2,The thesis:
? The thesis is expressed in the opening
sentence,Conversation is the most
sociable of all human activities”,
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 3,The main idea:
? General discussion on what makes
good conversation
II,Introduction to the Passage
? The writer feels that bar conversation in
a pub has a charm of its own and
illustrates his point by describing the
charming conversation he had with
some people one evening in a pub on
the topic,the King’s English”.
II,Introduction to the Passage
? What makes a good conversation?
? A good conversation does not really start
from anywhere,and no one has any idea
where it will go,A good conversation is not
for making a point,Argument may often be
a part of it,but the purpose of the argument
is not to convince.
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 4,Seemingly loose organization
? --- title
? --- transitional paragraph
? --- digression
The title of the text
? The title of this piece is not well chosen,It
misleads the readers into thinking that the
writer is going to demonstrate some
intrinsic or linguistic relationship between
pub talk and the King’s English,Whereas
the writer,in reality,is just discussing on
what makes good conversation.
Transitional paragraph
? Para.5 is a transition,
? From here the writer passes from a general
discourse on good conversation to a
particular instance of it.
Digression
? --- His reflections on the history and
meaning of,the King’s English
? --- His love for dictionaries and the salons
of 18th century Paris
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 5,Highly informal language
? --- abundance of simple idiomatic
expressions
? --- copious literary and historical
allusions
? --- mixed metaphors
Idiomatic phrases
? 1,Their marriage may be on the rocks (P.3)
? 2,They got out of bed on the wrong side
(P.3)
? 3,The conversation was on wings (P.8)
? 4,The Norman lords of course turned up
their noses at it (P.10)
Idiomatic phrases
? 5,We ought to think ourselves back into the
shoes of the Saxon peasant (P.11)
? 6,English had come royally into its own
(P.13)
? 7,We sit up at the vividness of the phrase
(P.18)
III,Text Analysis
? 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
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 the shoes of
Groups of synonyms
? Ignorant
? Illiterate
? Uneducated
? Unlearned
Groups of synonyms
? Jeer
? Scoff
? Sneer
? Gibe
? flout
Special Difficulties
? 2.Allusions
? --descendants of convicts
? --Saxon churls
? --Norman conquerors
? --musketeers of Dumas
Special Difficulties
? 3.The use of transitional devices
? --transitional words and expressions
? --pronoun reference
? --repetition of important words
? 4,Paraphrasing some sentences
? 5.Identifying figures of speech
Figures of speech
? 1,No one has any idea where it will go as it
meanders or leaps and sparkles or just
glows.
? 2,They got out of bed on the wrong side is
simply not a concern.
? 3,They are like the musketeers of Dumas
who,although they lived side by side with
each other,did not delve into each other’s…
Figures of speech
? 4,Suddenly the alchemy of conversation took
place
? 5,The glow of the conversation burst into flames.
? 6,We ought to think ourselves back into the shoes
of the Saxon peasant.
? 7,The Elizabethans blew on it as on a dandelion
clock,and its seeds multiplied,and floated to the
ends of the earth.
Figures of speech
? 8,I have an unending love affair with
dictionaries.
? 9,Otherwise one will bind the conversation,
one will not let it flow freely here and there.
? 10,We would never have gone to Australia,
or leaped back in time to the Norman
Conquest.
Borrowed words
? Buffet
? Cursine
? Lemonade
? Ligueur
? Dejeuner
? Menu
? salon
Borrowed words
? Soiree
? Cloisonne
? Omelette
? Restaurateur
? Repertoire
? Coup d’etat
? Corps de ballet
Borrowed words
? Attache
? Liaison
? Déjà vu
? Encore
? Discotheque
? chandelier
V,Questions
? 1,What,according to the author,makes a
good conversation? What spoils it?
? 2,What is the author’s attitude of the writer
towards, the King’s English”?
? 3,How does the use of words show class
distinction?
? 4,What does the writer mean when he says,
“the King’s English,like the Anglo- French of
the Normans,is a class representation of
reality”?
Lvhong
English Department R-516
Lhong9904@yahoo.com
82066873
Unit 3
? Pub Talk and King’s English
? by Henry Fairlie
Teaching Points
? I,Background knowledge
? II,Introduction to the passage
? III,Text Analysis
? IV,Rhetorical devices
? V,Questions
I,Background Knowledge
? 1,British pubs
? 2,Pub-friends
? 3,The author
A British Pub
British Pub
? You have to be 18 years old to order a drink
in a pub,Some pubs will allow people over
14 years old to go inside if they are with
someone who is over 18,but they are not
allowed to go to the bar or to have an
alcoholic drink
British Pub
? Open,
? SUMMER,Mon-Sat,12-11; Sun,12-
10:30;
? WINTER,Mon-Sat,5-11; Sun,12-10:30
British Pub
? Most pubs have no waiters--you have to go
to the bar to buy drinks.A group of Italian
youths waiting 45minutes before they
realized they would have to fetch their
own.This may sound inconvenient,but there
is a hidden purpose,
British Pub
? Pub culture is designed to promote
sociability in a society known for its
reserve.Standing at the bar for service
allows you to chat with others waiting to be
served.The bar counter is possibly the only
site in the British Isles in which friendly
conversation with strangers is considered
entirely appropriate and rea1ly quite normal
behaviour,
Pint of English Bitter
? Bitter is traditional British beer (also
known as ale),It is quite strong and leaves a
bitter taste in your mouth after drinking,It
is usually served at room temperature.
? --- Light ales (or mild brews),contain
fewer hops and are less alcoholic,
? --- Strong ales have a high alcoholic
content and a strong flavour,
Wine
? Wine is an increasingly popular drink in the
UK,---- house wine (red or white).
? Cider is a traditional English alcoholic
drink made from apples,
? Whisky is a strong drink produced in
Scotland and in Ireland,
Drinks
? In summertime a popular drink is Pimms
and lemonade,This is a traditional cocktail
of either Pimms Number 1 (based on gin) or
Pimms Number 6 (based on vodka) together
with ice,citrus fruits (lemon/orange/lime)
and lemonade/ginger ale,
Cheese & onion crisps
? It is common to ask for snacks to eat with
your drink,
? Common snacks:
? ---crisps
? ---peanuts
? ---pork scratchings (smoky bacon and
beef)
Pub friends
? Bar friends are companions,not intimates,
They are friends but not intimate enough to
be curious about each other’s private life
and thoughts.
The Author
? Henry Fairlie 1924-
? The editor of,The New Republic”
? Masterpieces:
? The Kennedy Promise
? The life of Politics
? The Spoiled Child of the Western World
Words and expressions
? Meander [mi5AndE]
? n.漫止,弯曲,曲流 ramble
? v.漫止,蜿蜒而流 wander aimlessly or idly
? Meandering adj.
? Meanderer n.
? Eg,We meandered the lower reaches of the
river.
Words and expressions
? on the rocks
? adv,触礁,毁坏,破产
? on the rolls
? 在名单上
? adv,on the run
? adv,跑着,逃跑,奔走,被通辑着
? on the spot
? adv,当场,在危险中,处于负责地位
Words and expressions
? Delve [delv]
? v,钻研 investigate for information; search
? Eg,Let’s delve into this subject.
? n,a hole or ditch
Words and expressions
? Recess [ri5ses]
? n,(墙壁等的 )凹进处,休息,[解 ]隐窝
? the inner place
? vt,使凹进
? vi,休假,休息
? Eg,take a ten-minute recess
? in the recess of the forest
Words and expression
? Alchemy [5Alkimi]
? n,炼金术,魔力 miraculous change of a
thing into something better
? Alchemical adj.
? Alchemist n.
Words and expressions
? Convict [5kCnvikt]
? vt,证明,..有罪,宣告,..有罪
? n,罪犯 a person found guilty of a crime
? Conviction [kEn5vikFEn]
? n,深信,确信,定罪,宣告有罪 guilty of a
crime
Words and expressions
? Churl [tFE:l]
? n,农业工人,乡下人,粗野的人,吝啬鬼
? A farm laborer; peasant
? Churlish adj.
Words and expressions
? out of
? 在,..外
? 从里面
? 由于
? 缺乏,放弃
? 丧失
? 在,..范围外
? 用,..制成
? 来自
? 与,..不相宜,不相称
? 离开,脱离
Words and expressions
? out of bread
? [口 ]失业
? out of time
? adv,不合时宜,不合拍
? out of the race
? 没有成功的可能
? out of the question
? adv,不可能
Words and expressions
? Rear [riE]
? n,后面,背后,后方,屁股 in the back of
? adj,后面的,背面的,后方的
? vt,培养,饲养,举起,树立,栽种 bring up
? vi,高耸,暴跳,用后腿站起
Words and expressions
? Scamper [5skAmpE]
? v,奔跳 run or go hurriedly or quickly
? n,奔跑
? scamper about
? v,蹦蹦跳跳
? scamper off
? v,奔逃
? scamper through
? v,浏览
Words and expressions
? Rendering [5rendEriN]
? n,翻译,表现,描写,透视图,粉刷,表演,
打底,复制图 a translation
? Render [5rendE]
? vt,呈递,归还,着色,汇报,致使,放弃,表
演,实施
? vi,给予补偿
? n,交纳,粉刷,打底
Words and expressions
? come into use
? v,开始被使用
? come into view
? v,看得见
? come into wear
? 成为流行式样,风行,时兴
? come into season
? 上市
? come into service
? 投入使用
Words and expressions
?,Strange Newes…letters”
? Archaic spelling
?,Strange News of the Intercepting Certain
Letters”
Words and expressions
?, thou clipst the King’s English”
? Middle English
?,you clip the King’s English”
Words and expressions
?,The sinister corridor of our age”
? Comparing the things we do,the road we
travel in this age to a corridor,
? In our age people are traveling along a
sinister road doing all kinds of evil things.
Words and expressions
? Bind [baind] tie up
? v,绑,镶边,装订,凝固,约束
? bind down
? 捆,绑
? bind in
? 并合,组合
? bind up
? v.包扎,装订
? bind up in
? 专心致力于
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 1.Type of literature:
? a piece of exposition
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 2,The thesis:
? The thesis is expressed in the opening
sentence,Conversation is the most
sociable of all human activities”,
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 3,The main idea:
? General discussion on what makes
good conversation
II,Introduction to the Passage
? The writer feels that bar conversation in
a pub has a charm of its own and
illustrates his point by describing the
charming conversation he had with
some people one evening in a pub on
the topic,the King’s English”.
II,Introduction to the Passage
? What makes a good conversation?
? A good conversation does not really start
from anywhere,and no one has any idea
where it will go,A good conversation is not
for making a point,Argument may often be
a part of it,but the purpose of the argument
is not to convince.
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 4,Seemingly loose organization
? --- title
? --- transitional paragraph
? --- digression
The title of the text
? The title of this piece is not well chosen,It
misleads the readers into thinking that the
writer is going to demonstrate some
intrinsic or linguistic relationship between
pub talk and the King’s English,Whereas
the writer,in reality,is just discussing on
what makes good conversation.
Transitional paragraph
? Para.5 is a transition,
? From here the writer passes from a general
discourse on good conversation to a
particular instance of it.
Digression
? --- His reflections on the history and
meaning of,the King’s English
? --- His love for dictionaries and the salons
of 18th century Paris
II,Introduction to the Passage
? 5,Highly informal language
? --- abundance of simple idiomatic
expressions
? --- copious literary and historical
allusions
? --- mixed metaphors
Idiomatic phrases
? 1,Their marriage may be on the rocks (P.3)
? 2,They got out of bed on the wrong side
(P.3)
? 3,The conversation was on wings (P.8)
? 4,The Norman lords of course turned up
their noses at it (P.10)
Idiomatic phrases
? 5,We ought to think ourselves back into the
shoes of the Saxon peasant (P.11)
? 6,English had come royally into its own
(P.13)
? 7,We sit up at the vividness of the phrase
(P.18)
III,Text Analysis
? 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
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 the shoes of
Groups of synonyms
? Ignorant
? Illiterate
? Uneducated
? Unlearned
Groups of synonyms
? Jeer
? Scoff
? Sneer
? Gibe
? flout
Special Difficulties
? 2.Allusions
? --descendants of convicts
? --Saxon churls
? --Norman conquerors
? --musketeers of Dumas
Special Difficulties
? 3.The use of transitional devices
? --transitional words and expressions
? --pronoun reference
? --repetition of important words
? 4,Paraphrasing some sentences
? 5.Identifying figures of speech
Figures of speech
? 1,No one has any idea where it will go as it
meanders or leaps and sparkles or just
glows.
? 2,They got out of bed on the wrong side is
simply not a concern.
? 3,They are like the musketeers of Dumas
who,although they lived side by side with
each other,did not delve into each other’s…
Figures of speech
? 4,Suddenly the alchemy of conversation took
place
? 5,The glow of the conversation burst into flames.
? 6,We ought to think ourselves back into the shoes
of the Saxon peasant.
? 7,The Elizabethans blew on it as on a dandelion
clock,and its seeds multiplied,and floated to the
ends of the earth.
Figures of speech
? 8,I have an unending love affair with
dictionaries.
? 9,Otherwise one will bind the conversation,
one will not let it flow freely here and there.
? 10,We would never have gone to Australia,
or leaped back in time to the Norman
Conquest.
Borrowed words
? Buffet
? Cursine
? Lemonade
? Ligueur
? Dejeuner
? Menu
? salon
Borrowed words
? Soiree
? Cloisonne
? Omelette
? Restaurateur
? Repertoire
? Coup d’etat
? Corps de ballet
Borrowed words
? Attache
? Liaison
? Déjà vu
? Encore
? Discotheque
? chandelier
V,Questions
? 1,What,according to the author,makes a
good conversation? What spoils it?
? 2,What is the author’s attitude of the writer
towards, the King’s English”?
? 3,How does the use of words show class
distinction?
? 4,What does the writer mean when he says,
“the King’s English,like the Anglo- French of
the Normans,is a class representation of
reality”?
