《大学基础英语》教案（英文）Book 3 Unit 3 Teaching plan.docx

1、Unit ThreeI. Objectives To listen to or read some related materials about William Shakespeare. Text I of this unit is a form of narration, which is designed to help the students to gain some knowledge of narrative writings and to get some information about William Shakespeare. The major grammar poin

2、t in this text is the use of double negation. On completing this unit, the students are expected to get some information about Shakespeare, have a firm grasp of the use of double negation, and know how to use the important phrases and expressions in the text appropriately.IL Teaching Emphases and Di

3、fficulties:1. The comprehension and appreciation of Text I;2. New words and expressions:legacy, estate, genius, baptize, in a flash, influential, sufficiently, conviction, apprentice, set foot on the road to, presume, tempest, brilliantIII. Teaching Procedures: (7 teaching hours)Warming up (15 minut

4、es):Read the following quotes and tell your classmates which one is your favorite. State your reasons.QuotesRead the following proverbs and tell your classmates which one is your favorite. State your reasons.A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight.一 P. B.

5、 ShelleyGood painting is like good cooking; it can be tasted, but not explained.一 Maurice de vlaminckLiterature is a kind of intellectual light which, like the light of the sun, may sometimes enable us to see what we do not like.一 Samuse JohnsonThe poet's voice need not merely be the record of m

6、an, it can be one of the props , the pillars to help him endure and prevail.一 William FaulknerA truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight.Robertson Davies(1) This is an example of

7、 double negation.e.g. No one who was treated by Dr. Wang was not moved by his conscientious work.(2) a man whose work was so much better than that of anyone elsea man whose work was by far the best among his contemporaries2. . almost every detail of his personal life is supposition rather than fact.

8、"Rather than” here has the meaning of "instead of'.e.g. Young people should be an asset to society rather than a menace or a curse.It was such a low doorway that I had to bend my head to go into the room rather than walk into the room upright.3 Roman timesRoman occupation of Britain be

9、gan in the first century after Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55 B.C., and it continued until the early fifth century.4. even though many of them would have the greatest of difficulty in understanding Shakespeare's Elizabethan English.Shakespeare lived during the reign of Queen Eliza

10、beth I (1558一1603). The English language used in that period is called Elizabethan English, which is classified as early modern English and which is different from present-day English in many respects, such as pronunciation, spelling, grammar and vocabulary. That is why many of the tourists would ha

11、ve difficulty in understanding it.5. it is well worth the journeyit is, to a considerable extent, worth the journey6. the register of the Parish ChurchThe Parish Church was the church in the parish where Shakespeare was born. A parish (教区) is an area in the care of a priest and served by one main ch

12、urch. Every case of baptism, marriage, and death of the members of a parish is recorded in the parish register.7. the most likely onethe one which is almost certain8. the young Shakespeare . talked one of the managers into giving him a jobthe young Shakespeare persuaded one of the managers (by talki

13、ng to him) to give him a job e.g. They talked John into taking part in the speech contest.The opposite of talk into is talk out of.e.g. Judy talked her husband out of investing their money in stocks and shares.9. Whatever else had happened during the lost years, plays that followed, such as Richard

14、III and The Taming of the Shrew, were proof that the greatest literary career of all time had begun.(1) the lost yearsfrom the year 1585 to the year 1592(2) the greatest literary career of all time had begunShakespeare began his great writing career, which was unprecedented in human history.10. at c

15、ourtat Queen Elizabeth Ts court. Note that a ruler court is 宫廷 or 朝廷，and a court of law is 法庭.11. “dark lady"the mysterious person to whom Shakespeare addressed his sonnets12. butexcepte.g. Mr. Smith left nothing to his children but his manuscripts.None of my classmates came to the Alumni Meeti

16、ng but Bob.4. Comments on the TextThis text is another form of narration. After the first paragraph, it is organized in the usual chronological order. The writer classifies William Shakespeare's life into chronological periods, the division of which is based on a time order.One way to begin a na

17、rrative is to use the flashback technique, for example, a film may start with the main character dying on a battlefield and then relates for 110 minutes how he changed from an ordinary young man into a staunch revolutionary. This technique is to a certain extent used in the text, which begins with t

18、he signing of the will and then turns back to the beginning, the middle, and the end.Moreover, the writer uses the key word signature 一 in the beginning paragraph and ends the final paragraph with the same word signalling “the end”. This technique is called the “cyclic return”.By using the two techn

19、iques, the writer tries to inform the reader about the life of Shakespeare in the most effective way possible.The tone of this text can be described as “expressive".Examples of specific words that are used to achieve the tone:1. The most interesting part of the will.2. There is something fascin

20、ating about a man .3. . that have been written about this cimazing writer.4. . had made a thriving business out of its most famous citizen .5. Exactly what happened . during those seven years has puzzled scholars .6. . were proof that the greatest literary career of all time .7. . more than thirty p

21、lays as well as marvellous verse .8. What was the source of Shakespeare's amazingly detailed knowledge .9. . it seems astonishing that nothing remains .Examples of sentence patterns that are used to achieve the tone:1. There is no country where Shakespeare's work is not read with something v

22、ery like awe because there is something fascinating about a man whose work was so much better than that of anyone else.2. Nobody even knows the exact date of his birth . Nor can it be proved that he went to the excellent local grammar school.3. It can never be proved, but it seems .Examples of sente

23、nces using superlatives to achieve the tone:1. . out of its most famous citizen .2. . would have the greatest of difficulty .3. . but of all the probabilities the most likely one is that he travelled abroad .4. were proof that the greatest literary career of all time .The above words in italics and

24、emphatic sentence patterns are likely to arouse the feelings of readers. They are also used to develop the central idea 一 it is astonishing that nothing remains of the greatest and the most famous and the busiest writer's own handwriting but his signature.Furthermore, this narrative has no plot

25、in the usual sense of the word but appropriate temporal reference points are used to enable the readers to trace the flow of events.Examples of the temporal reference points that are used in the text:1. . William Shakespeare was baptised there on April 26th, 1564.2. At the age of 18. he married .3.

26、Then in 1585, this young married man .4. Exactly what happened to William Shakespeare during those seven years has puzzled .5. . he can next be traced in 1592 in London .6. During his fifteen years as a working man .7. After his death on April 23rd, 1616, Shakespeare .5. ExercisesA. Give an exact re

27、ference to prove that each of the following statements is wrong.1. Anne Hathaway got Shakespeare's real estate.A person's whole property can be categorized into two kinds: real estate and personal estate. The former refers to land and buildings and the latter refers to money and other kinds

28、of property. Shakespeare left his second best bed and furniture to his wife and the greater part of his estate to Susanna Hall.2. For Anne Hathaway and his married daughter the most interesting part of the will was his signature because without it, the will would not have been valid.Shakespeare was

29、a popular playwright in his day and an author of high standing. There was nothing unusual in his will, but his signature in the will and other signatures were all we have left of his handwriting, so to historians it is the most important and interesting part of the will, it was not so to his wife an

30、d daughter in this sense.3. Every detail of Shakespeare's life is fact as well as supposition.Many of his activities are vague to us, and he left behind a great many questions that experts have been trying to answer ever since: the exact date of his birth, the real source of his amazingly detail

31、ed knowledge of so many different subjects, his whereabouts during the seven years after departure from Stratford in 1585, the identity of the beautiful "dark lady” and the mystery about his manuscripts. We can well say that almost every detail of his personal life is based on supposition.4. Sh

32、akespeare is considered to have been born in Roman times.“Roman times", refers to the time beginning from the first century up to the fifth century. In the text the writer is stating that many details of Shakespeare's personal life are so vague to us that it seems as if he had been born in

33、Roman times.5. People in every country read Shakespeare's work with fear.Shakespeare was one of the literary geniuses of all times. His numerous tragedies and comedies as well as verses have won him worldwide fame. He is respected for his amazingly detailed knowledge of different subjects. Peopl

34、e all over the world read his work with great admiration and profound respect, not fear.6. Shakespeare's Elizabethan English is not very difficult to people who understand modern English.This is not so. Elizabethan English belongs to the period of early modern English which is quite different fr

35、om contemporary English and so it is difficult to understand.7. It is a waste of time for tourists to go to Shakespeare,s birthplace.Since Shakespeare's plays have won him great fame and since he was a literary genius rare in history, and he enjoyed such a fine reputation, it cannot be considere

36、d a waste of time to make the journey to Stratford to see his birthplace and his plays at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre because these have become things of historic interest.8. It is not surprising that Shakespeare left us nothing but his signature.Shakespeare has been acknowledged to be a great fig

37、ure of the English Renaissance and one of the greatest writers the world over. Shakespeare left us 37 plays as well as verse. During his fifteen years as a working man of the theatre, he wrote more than thirty plays. But experts have been puzzled about the whereabouts of the manuscripts. The only ac

38、tual example of his writing is the signature on his will and some other signatures.Explain the following in your own words.1. . the income from the estate probably amounted to about £200 a year .in all probability (most likely), the money he made from his estate reached about £ 200 a year

39、.2. There is no country where Shakespeare9s work is not read with something very like awe because there is something fascinating about a man .People all over the world read Shakespeare's work with a feeling of profound respect and wonderment because there is something deeply attractive about a p

40、erson .3. . almost every detail of his personal life is supposition rather than fact.what we can say about almost everything to do with his personal life is based not so much on facts as on guesswork.4. . but his activities, like those of nearly every playwright of his day, are so vague that he coul

41、d have been born in Roman times.we are so uncertain about his activities that we might as well say that he was born when the Romans occupied Britain a long time ago.5. . had made a thriving business out of its most famous citizen for a long time. because of its most famous citizen, Stratford-upon-Av

42、on has made a lot of money for a long time.6. . he has such a fine reputation that it is well worth the journey just to be able .he enjoys such high prestige that it is worthwhile to make a journey to Stratford-upon-Avon just to be able .7. . he can next be traced in 1592 in London . after that we k

43、now he was in London in 1592.8. Shakespeare soon became sufficiently well-known for managers and other influential people to refer to him in writing.Soon Shakespeare became so famous that managers and other powerful people often mentioned him in their writings.Text II (45 minutes): Notes Comprehensi

44、onWilliam ShakespeareNotes1. he was beaten . for stealing rabbits and deer from the estate of a neighbouring landowner, Sir Thomas LucyAccording to an authoritative source, the story that Sir Thomas Lucy prosecuted the young William Shakespeare for stealing deer from his estate gained currency only

45、long after Shakespeare's death.2. set foot on the road to famebegan to live the life of a playwright that led him to fame3. Lord Chamberlainthe head of the Royal household in England. The Lord Chamberlain's Men, one of the two principal theatrical companies of the late Elizabethan era, were

46、the favourite court entertainers.4. the Queen's CourtQueen Elizabeth Vs court5. He had a curse engraved on this stone .Shakespeare had a right to a grave in the Chancel of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon. It was the custom then to bury the dead there only for a short time and then rem

47、ove their bones to another place. This may explain why Shakespeare protected his last resting place with these verses:Good friend, for Jesus s sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here:Blest be the man that spare these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.6. remainsdead body Comprehension (R

48、efer to Workbook P34)Exercises (refer to Workbook P32,P41-43) (30 minutes)1) Give an exact reference to prove that each of the following statements is wrong.2) TranslationAssignments:1. Do supplementary exercise 35.2. Do the relevant exercises in Workbook 3.Without libraries what have we? We have no

49、 past and no future.一 Kay BradburySpeech was given to man to express his thought.MolierePoetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.PlatoA poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin.E. de GoncourtListening In and Speaking Out(45 minutes)1. Notes2. Listening

50、3 Speaking Practice1. Notes1. Titus Andronicus 一 a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is often seen as Shakespeare's attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were extremely popular with audiences throughout the sixteenth century.2. epic a poem, book or

51、 film which is long and contains a lot of action, usually dealing with a historical subject 史诗3. myth 一 an ancient story or set of stories, esp. explaining in a literary way the early history of a group of people or about natural events or facts 神话4. sublime 一 extremely good, beautiful or enjoyable5

52、. Aristotle 一 ancient Greek philosopher and scientist, one of the greatest intellectual figures of Western history. He was the author of a philosophical and scientific system that became the framework for both Christian Scholasticism and medieval Islamic philosophy.6. purgatory 一 an extremely unplea

53、sant experience which causes suffering7. halo 一 a ring of light around the head of a holy person in a religious drawing or painting8. Renaissance 一 literally "rebirth," the period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages and conventionally held to have been characteri

54、zed by a surge of interest in Classical learning and values9. engulf surround and cover completely10. J. W. Goethe 一 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749一1832), was a German writer, pictorial artist, biologist, and theoretical physicist. He is considered the supreme genius of modern German literature.11

55、. overweening 一 (fml, disapproving) very great, or showing too much confidence in oneself2. ListeningListen to the recording and answer the following questions.1. When did Shakespeare begin to write tragedies?He began to write tragedies from the beginning of his career.2. When were Shakespeare9s mos

56、t admired tragedies created? They were written in a seven-year period between 1601 and 1608.3. Can you name Shakespeare9s four major tragedies?Yes, Shakespeare's four major tragedies are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth.4. What makes Shakespeare a giant in drama?What makes Shakespeare a gi

57、ant in drama is not how he inherited from the Greek tragedy but how he further developed it.5. Who are the heroes of Shakespeare's tragedy?They are the men with high social status, kings, princes and generals.ScriptShakespeare's TragedyShakespeare wrote tragedies from the beginning of his ca

58、reer. One of his earliest plays was the Roman tragedy Titus Andronicus, which he followed a few years later with Romeo and Juliet. However, his most admired tragedies were written in a seven-year period between 1601 and 1608. These include his four major tragedies Hamlet, Othello. King Lear and Macbeth.As one of the most remarkable playwrights in the world, William Shakespeare was greatly influenced by British traditional literature and culture, which partly originated from ancient Greek and Roman culture. He got inspiration from the European legends and historical stor