Lesson1Pub Talk and the King’s English读书报告ppt课件

PubTalkandtheKingsEnglish,2010123337李秀娥,HenryFairlie,Themeofthetext,Structureofthetext,Writingstyle,Writingskills,contents,MyViews,Languagefeatures,醉心作品,ThemeoftheText,Conversationisthemostsociableofallhumanactivities.Conversationdoesnotreallystartanywhere,andnooneknowswhereaconversationwillgo.Conversationisnotformakingapointandthereisnowininginconversation.,StructureoftheText,Part3:Paras.6-17Part4:Paras.18-21,Part1:Paras.1-2Part2:Paras.3-5,Part1andPart2,Part1:Thisparttellsthereaderwhatisaconversationandwhatarethecharacteristicsofarealconversation.Part2:Thefocusofthispartispubtalk,whichhasacharmofitsown.Para5introducesthefocalsubjectoftheconversation“theKingsEnglish”asatermofcriticism.,Part3andPart4,Part3:Thispartshiftsfromageneraldisclosureonwhatagoodconversationtoaseriesofinstances.Part4:Thispartsummarizesthewholepassagetalkingsenseruinsallconversation.,Languagefeatures,Conversationalstyle:looselyorganizedinformallanguage-tosuitthethemeReasonsfortheinformalstyle:1.thetitlemisleadingThewritertalksaboutthecharmofconversationbyillustrations:HowtoMakeGoodConversation”TheCharmofConversation”,Languagefeatures,2.thethesisWehavetwothesesherea)Thethesis-Conversationisthemostsociableofallhumanactivities.(Para1)b)Therealthesis-Barconversationhasacharmofitsown.(Para3)3.thetransitionordigressionpara.5servedastransitionshiftgeneraldiscoursetospecificone,Languagefeatures,4.twodifferentkindsoflanguagea)colloquialexpressions俗语ontherocksgetoutofbedonthewrongsideb)literaryallusions文学典故，引喻inreferencetoaperson;event;story5.mixedmetaphors6.nobigandabstractwords7.sentencefragments,Writingstyle,apieceofexpositionWhatispubtalk?WhatisKingsEnglish?,conversationheldinthepublichouse,standardEnglish,Writingstyle,Thetitleofthispieceisnotveryaptlychosen.Thewriterillustrateshispointbydescribingthecharmingconversationhehadwithsomepeopleoneeveninginapubonthetopic“theKingsEnglish.,Relationship?,pubtalk,kingsEnglish,whatmakesgoodconversation.,醉心作品,Writingskills,Theloosestructureisuseddeliberatelybytheauthorofthisarticletosuithisthemeofwhatmakesagoodconversation.Theuseofconversationallanguagealsoaddstotheconvincingpowerofhearticle.Theuseofalargenumberofrhetoricaldevices,coupledwithcopiousliteraryandhistoricalallusionenhancesthehumorofthewriting.,醉心作品,Myviews,Onthesurface,“pubtalk”and“theKingsEnglish”areirrelevant;however,thewritersuccessfullyarousesthereadersinterestbyjuxtaposingthetwo.Inthisarticle,thewrit