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Unit7 TheAgeofMiracleChips TeachingPoints I BackgroundinformationII IntroductiontothepassageIII TextanalysisIV RhetoricaldevicesV Questionsfordiscussion BackgroundInformation 1 Timepresentingthetopnewsstoriesofthedayandcurrenteventsfromaroundtheglobe 2 ByzantineartTheartoftheEasternRomanEmpire theChristianempirewhosecapitalwasConstantinople nowknownasIstanbul whichenduredfromc 330CEfollowingtheRomanEmpireintheeast untilitwasconqueredbytheTurksc 1450 Caliban ShakespeareTheTempest Caliban Navahorug Navahorug Theterm however refersmoretoastyleassociatedwithBy zantiumthantoitsarea By zantinepaintingsandmosaics镶嵌图案arecharacterizedbyarichuseofcolorandfigureswhichseemflatandstiff Thefiguresalsotendtoappeartobefloating andtohavelargeeyes Backgroundstendtobesolidlygoldenortoned色调 Intendedasreligiouslessons theywerepresentedclearlyandsimplyinordertobeeasilylearned EarlyByzantineartisoftencalled EarlyChristianart Byzantinearchitecture Byzantinearchitectsfavoredthecentralplancoveredbyahugedome Byzantinearchitecture OxfordTutorialSystemOxfordUniversityOxfordUniversityisaconfederationof45societiesorcolleges AtOxford teachingisconductedprimarilythroughthetutorialsystem大学导师制 whichoffersunrivaledopportunitiestostudyconcentratedtopics Thetutorialconsistsofaone hourmeetingbetweenthetutorandoneortwostudents Duringthistime apieceofwrittenwork anessay isreadandcommentedupon withdiscussionfrequentlybranchingoutbeyondtheoriginaltopic Attheendofthetutorial thetutorassignsthemandatory强制的topicofstudyfortheforthcomingweekandsuggestsreadings Thestudentstudiesoneprimaryandonesecondarysubject whichconsistsofnineandfivetutorialsrespectively atroughlyone to two weekintervalsduringtheterm Thestudentmustengageinextensiveindependentreadingandresearch usingtheresourcesavailable underthebroadguidanceofthetutor ThismethodologysharpensthelearningskillsofcriticalevaluationofmaterialandorganizationofideasinwaysnotfosteredinthetypicalAmericanuniversity SincealleducationatOxfordishighlyindividualizedtheexactcoursesareworkedoutjointlybytheOxfordacademicadvisor thestudent andthetutorThereisnoOxfordcoursecatalog Aladdingenie Lampandring H G Wells JamesSmithsonStatuemonumentofJamesSmithson InstituteThankstoJamesSmithson II IntroductiontothePassage 1 Typeofliterature apieceofexposition IntroductiontothePassage 2 Thepurposeofapieceofexposition toinformorexplain IntroductiontothePassage 3 Waysofdevelopingthethesisofapieceofexposition comparison contrast analogy identification illustration analysis definition etc IntroductiontothePassage 4 Thecentralthoughtorthesis III EffectiveWritingSkills 1 makingeffectiveuseofspecificverbsandadjectives2 employingvariousmethodstomakethesciencewritingunderstandableandinteresting IV RhetoricalDevices 1 antono masia换称2 metaphor3 alliteration antono masia HishonourHer HismajestyYourhonour阁下先生 antono masia JudasatraitorHitleratyrantShylockanextortionateusurerRomeoromanticyoungloverSolomonawiserulerDonJuanalady killerHelenabeautifulwoman antono masia RockefellerisaNapoleonoffinance HeistheNapoleonofcrime HeistheNewtonofourschool Thelatter dayAladdin antono masia WellsianfantasySmithsonianantique Parody 繁荣必然昌盛繁荣必然娼盛革命不是请客吃饭革命不是请客就是吃饭一个人做一件好事并不难 难就难在一辈子做好事不作坏事 一个人做一件坏事并不难 难就难在一辈子做坏事不作好事 Twinkle twinkle littlebat HowIwonderwhatyouare Upabovetheworldyoufly Likeateatrayinthesky Twinkle twinkle littlestar HowIwonderwhatyou reat Upabovetheworldsohigh Likeadiamondinthesky Synecdoche提喻 vacuumtubesandtangledwires eatyourhumblebreadandcheeseAllhandsondeck Allofasudden Isawasailinthedistance Synecdoche ChinabeatJapanatthegame Hecutmeopenandtookouttheappendixandstitchedmeupagain Synecdoche Alas thespringshouldvanishwiththerose Whatatrickycreatureheis Synecdoche Shewasdressedinsilksandsatins metonymy UncleSam name Thebear SovietUnion animal Heart head greyhair partsofthebody Thepress newspapers reporters profession TheCapitolHill location metonymy I mreadingShakespeare ThedragonThebarWallstreetHollywood V TextAnalysis Aroundthecorner stilltocome notyetathandParodyAroundthebendofasiliconcircuit VI SpecialDifficulties 1 understandingthetermsconnectedwithcomputer2 paraphrasingsomecomplicatedsentences VII QuestionsforDiscussion 1 Whatdoesamiraclechiplooklike Whatisitmad