《现代大学英语精读1》第六课the-green-banana

1、,The Green Banana,Donald Batchelder,The Green Banana,Unit 6,Questions / Activities,Check-on Preview,Objectives,W,B,T,R,The Green Banana,Unit 6,Warming up,Warming up,Questions / Activities,What are “learning moments”? Have you had learning moments? What have you learned? Have you ever heard of or enc

2、ountered experiences of cultural differences? Please give some examples.,W,B,T,R,Check-on Preview,Match the words with their correct meaning in the text.,1. assure 2. encounter 3. spout 4. occasion 5. potential,a. the possibility that sth. will have a positive effect b. to become soft through heatin

3、g c. to send out with great force; gush d. to tell sb. that sth. is sure to happen e. strong feeling of dislike f. a special or particular time g. to meet sb. or experience sth.,W,B,T,R,Warming up,Check-on Preview,What happened to the authors old jeep in Brazil? How did the villagers help repair it?

4、 What did the author learn about the center of the world (the rock)? How did he feel toward it? What are the two learning moments of the author? What did he learn? Whats the use of the green banana in the text? What does it symbolize? When the author says we should leave our own centers of the world

5、, does he mean we should travel to other countries more often?,W,B,T,R,Warming up,Objectives,Understand the structure and the general idea of the story Think about how to interpret the story Know something about the author Solve your own questions about the story,W,B,T,R,Warming up,Background,Cultur

6、e Tips,The Green Banana,Unit 6,Genre,Author,B,W,T,R,Background,Author,B,W,T,R,A. source of the text: Beyond Experience: An Experiential Approach to Cross-cultural Education B. editor: Donald Batchelder and Elizabeth G. Warner (1974) C. Batchelders view on cross-cultural education:,Background,Author,

7、B,W,T,R,the goals of education: a. “to open up possibilities for discovery” b. “to expand learning and the chance for mutual acceptance and recognition” c. to offer students a cross-cultural perspective: from ones own immediate center of the world to the center of someone elses world,Background,Genr

8、e,A Short Story,Plot: “My” experience in a small Brazilian village and what “I” concluded. Setting: a small village in the central area of Brazil Protagonists: an American traveler (“I”), several Brazilian people Theme of the story: What do you think?,B,W,T,R,Background,Ethnocentrism,B,W,T,R,What is

9、 ethnocentrism? Ethnic refers to cultural heritage, and centrism refers to the central starting point or the tendency of people to put their own group at the center. ethnocentrism basically refers to judging other groups from ones own cultural point of view, or misinterpreting other cultures because

10、 one uses the concepts of his own culture.,Background,Ethnocentrism,B,W,T,R,What may happen? Ethnocentrism can lead to making false assumptions about others ways based on ones own limited experience. The key word is assumptions, because we are not even aware that we are being ethnocentric (People do

11、nt understand that they dont understand). Everybody can be ethnocentric, as all of us around the world assume things about other peoples ways.,Background,Ethnocentrism,B,W,T,R,Why are people ethnocentric? Limited life experience: People will never be able to experience every life situation of everyo

12、ne around the world, so assumptions about life have to be based on existing limited experience. It is normal to assume things and interpret new experience and others behavior on the basis of ones own experience. Lack of cross-cultural awareness,Background,Ethnocentrism,B,W,T,R,What consequences? Att

13、itudes of Superiority stereotype Hostility Discrimination Violence xenophobia Verbal aggressiveness,Background,Ethnocentrism,B,W,T,R,What can we do about it? Addressing ethnocentrism is NOT a matter of just trying not to be ethnocentric. A more effective way is to catch yourself when you are being e

14、thnocentric and seek to develop better understandings. Once we realize that we may not be understanding properly, we will be in a better position to seek more valid and balanced understandings.,Background,Cultural Relativism,B,W,T,R,A sociological theory; An attempt to understand the cultural develo

15、pment of societies and social groups on their own terms; Do not try to impose absolute ideas of moral value or try to measure different cultural variations in terms of some form of absolute cultural standard. By cultural relativism, all cultures are equally worthy of respect and in studying another

16、culture people need to suspend judgment, empathize and try to understand the way that particular culture sees the world.,Half a Day,Unit 6,Text Analysis,T,W,B,R,Text Analysis,Theme,We should respect all civilizations in the world. Wisdoms are to be discovered with an open mind to other cultures.,T,W

17、,B,R,Text Analysis,Structure,1,Para. 1-4 The story of “the green banana” as the object fixing the radiator.,2,Para. 5-8 What the author learned: Every culture has its hidden treasure and should be respected.,T,W,B,R,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Main Idea,Sentence Study,Words apparently,Text Analy

18、sis,Detailed Analysis,Part I: Sentence Study,The occasion called for some show of recognition on my part.,The situation then needed me to say something to show my approval for what he said. (I sensed the need to say something to show my approval for what he said to be polite.),Text Analysis,Detailed

19、 Analysis,Part I: Words & Expressions,Words,Phrases,Sentence Pattern,Grammar,encounter strain leak scatter assure mark grasp occasion,consist of send sb running for sth work out in turn call for on my part an armful of cut sth in half/into halves in case,in case (should) do/did Main verb (past conti

20、nuous/past perfect tense) + when +time clause,Verbs with two objects “so” and result clause,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part I: Exercise,Translate the required parts in the following sentences. Im sure that_(情况最后会变得对我们有利). Everybody knows that_(当前的情况需要立即采取行动). Too many arguments _(会影响婚姻关系). Be q

21、uiet_(免得吵醒了孩子). 大学教育的成功不在于它有多高大的楼，而在与它有什么样的教育理念和什么样的学者。,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II: Main Idea,What does it mean by each of the “time”s in para.5? Do they mean the same thing? What are the two learning moments? What is the center of the world in the authors eyes? Why? What is your center

22、 of the world? Explain why. How can we experience a second center?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II: Further Questions,What can you learn about American education from the first sentence of para.5? How do you understand the second sentence of para.7?,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II: S

23、entence Study,As a product of American education, I had never paid the slightest attention to the green banana, except to regard it as a fruit whose time had not yet come. (para. 5),As someone educated in the United States, I naturally had never paid any attention to the green banana, except to take

24、 it as a fruit which was not yet ripe or which was not yet ready to be picked and eaten. Question: what is the authors tone? He is being humorous and self-mocking.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II: Sentence Study,It was my own time that had come, all in relation to it. (para. 5),It was me who

25、 had come to know the green bananas, and everything connected with it. Question: what does the author imply? He implies that every civilization has its special geniuses (here symbolized by the green banana), which have existed for many years. But they will not come to your notice and benefit you unt

26、il and unless you are ready to go out and meet/experience them.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II: Sentence Study,I had at first doubted their claim, as I knew for a fact that the center was located somewhere else in New England. (para. 6),Question: Why? The author obviously was born and broug

27、ht up in New England. Therefore he had always regarded it as the center of the world.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II: Sentence Study,The cultures of the world are full of unexpected green bananas with special value and meaning. (para. 8),Question: What can we learn from the sentence? The gr

28、een bananas have become a symbol of hidden treasures from every culture. For proper understanding of a piece of writing, it is often important to notice such symbolic language and to know what the symbols stand for.,Text Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Part II: Words & Expressions,Words,Phrases,Sentence

29、Pattern,Grammar,reflect potential claim locate breakthrough,meet ones need know for a fact tend to do sth reach back to in relation to dawn on sb in a certain sense for ages all along,so + adj/adv +that +result clause,The to-infinitive as subject, object, complement, adverbial, attribute.,Text Analy

30、sis,Detailed Analysis,Part II: Exercise,Translate the required parts in the following sentences. _（工会领袖一直说）that they will win but it turned out to be a big failure. _（我想起来了）that I had seen him before. _（植物在炎热天气容易枯死）if you dont water them. Scientists_（已经取得重大突破）in the treatment of cancer. He opened his mouth_（似乎要说话）.,R,W,B,T,Half a Day,Unit 6,Reinforcement,Retelling,Discussion,Reinforcement,Discussion,Brainstorm in groups: Do you agree that the 21st century will see the bitter conflicts between the west culture and the east culture? What is the right attitude towards cultural differ