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1、Unit 13 The Power of Belief,Part 1: Communicative Activities,you are supposed to learn the words ,Aims,Part 1: Communicative Activities,1 . Expressions of Chinese superstitions: - unlucky numbers, hell money; - tell ones future by ones facial or palm features; - Fengshui or geomancy in the West; - b

2、less ones family by bribing the ghosts through burning paper money , and incense, etc.; - burn paper houses, vehicles, etc. for the dead;,Brainstorming,Part 1: Communicative Activities,1 . Expressions of Chinese superstitions: - punish someone by reincarnating him/her as inferior animals in the next

3、 world; - pseudo-science, zodiac, astrology; - kow-tow for good luck, pray to God for rain, set off firework for good fortune, etc.,Brainstorming,Part 1: Communicative Activities,2. Expressions of English superstitions: - Those are considered to bring good luck: eg. Knock on wood, hang a horse shoe

4、over the door, keep a rabbits foot, keep ones fingers crossed, discover a four-leaf clover,Brainstorming,Part 1: Communicative Activities,2. Expressions of English superstitions: - Those are considered to bring bad luck: eg. Walk under a ladder, break a mirror, see a black cat across ones way,Brains

5、torming,Part 1: Communicative Activities,2. Expressions of English superstitions: - paranormal person, - someone having supernatural powers; - zodiac, constellation, - astrology, horoscope; - tell ones future by gazing into a crystal ball; - last judgment, - destruction of the world by God,Brainstor

6、ming,Part 1: Communicative Activities,2. Expressions of English superstitions: constellation 魔羯座 (12/22 - 1/19) Capricorn 水瓶座 (1/20 - 2/18) Aquarius 双鱼座 (2/19 - 3/20) Pisces 牡羊座 (3/21 - 4/20) Aries 金牛座 (4/21 - 5/20) Taurus 双子座 (5/21 - 6/21) Gemini 巨蟹座 (6/22 - 7/22) Cancer 狮子座 (7/23 - 8/22) Leo 处女座 (

7、8/23 - 9/22) Virgo 天秤座 (9/23 - 10/22) Libra 天蝎座 (10/23 - 11/21) Scorpio 射手座 (11/22 - 12/21) Sagittarius,Brainstorming,Part 1: Communicative Activities,3 . Expressions of believing: - have credence in, give credence to; - have no doubt that, there is no doubt that; - be convinced, be sure/certain/ass

8、ured that(about); - be unquestionable, take my word for it; - out of /beyond question, out of the question; - make no question of/about, bet on; - be open to question, come into question; - bring/call something into question; - You can bank or count on it!,Brainstorming,Part 1: Communicative Activit

9、ies,4 . Expressions of disbelieving: - be skeptical, doubtful, dubious; - filled with doubt, take with a grain of salt/skepticism; - unconvincing, implausible, untenable, unsound unbelievable, questionable, incredible, incredulity; - Say who?, You are kidding/joking; - in pigs eye, Pigs might fly! -

10、 Dont be ridiculous! - Just cant swallow that,Brainstorming,Part 2: Reading a master of science fiction and popular science books, mystery fiction, essays,literary criticism;,12,Background Information of the Text: Issac Asimov,anatheist, ahumanist, and arationalist. He did not oppose religious convi

11、ction in others, but he frequently railed againstsuperstitious andpseudoscientificbeliefs . having written or edited more than 500 books; 9. a self-taught reader 10. a claustrophobe, afraid of flying his most enduring contributions- Three Laws of Robotics Paul Krugman, a Nobel Laureate in Economics,

12、 has stated that it was Asimovs concept of psychohistory that inspired him to become an economist.,17,Giants with Beliefs Music,Beethoven,Mozart,Haydn,Giants with Beliefs Fine Arts,Leonardo da Vinci,Michelangelo,Raphael,Giants with Beliefs - Science,Charles Darwin,Newton,Albert Einstein,Part 2: Read

13、ing Science is not able to explain all natural phenomena; It may also be attributed the human desire to pursue power; Science is not a panacea for all problems or diseases of human society; People try to find spiritual healing power; People promulgate it for the selfish and evil purpose of obtaining

14、 personal gains or profit,Part 2: Reading - Theists threaten people with hellfire and bribe them with promises of eternal bliss, while he merely attempts to look at the universe in a rational way. - Unlike those theists who appear to have absolute truth and an eternal answer to every problem, Asimov

15、 only offers an ordinary persons mind working at its very best to improve its view from one generation to the next.,Part 2: Reading -The examples he used to argue for his point that these things (smoking, drinking, etc.) are not only harmful to the practitioners, but potentially harmful to the other

16、 people as well; -Using the excuse of seeking solace and comfort for themselves, these people may do great harm to others.,Part 2: Reading -The superstitious believers do not search for rational ways of preventing or solving these problems; -Worse than this is that they even prevent others from sear

17、ching for solutions to all these problems facing us.,Part 2: Reading - Asimov wonders whether those advocating superstition do not believe what they are preaching themselves.,Part 2: Reading & Language Activities,Comprehensive Work: - summary on the reading of the text: Group-discussion: 2. Is it po

18、ssible to eliminate superstitions in peoples mind, and why?,Is it possible to eliminate superstitions in peoples mind, and why?,It is not necessary because superstitions has social functions in every human society. It is important to distinguish beliefs and scientific knowledge. A belief does not ha

19、ve to stand up to verification and it creates psychological comfort and confidence and thus important for some peoples well-being. It is important to distinguish a person who has a faith and a person who abuses faith for personal gains.,Is it possible to eliminate superstitions in peoples mind, and

20、why?,People should also learn to distinguish between the person who is involved in a religious profession, such as priesthood, and the faith he promulgates. People in modern society should learn to respect each other whatever their beliefs are,Part 2: Reading & Language ActivitiesWord Study: extra k

21、ey words in the text,1. humanity, contempt, solace, uselessness, call, mission, theist, version, notion, elitist, addict, gambler, sociopath, practitioner, effluvium, reek, deterioration, armament, viability, superstition, (21),Part 2: Reading & Language ActivitiesWord Study: extra key words in the

22、text,2. humble, modest, rational, eternal, absolute, fallible, sophisticated, superior, pernicious, inscrutable, supernatural, beneficent, radical, superstitious(14) 3. interview, plague, preach, accord, threaten, claim, multiply, (7) 4. merely, humanely, (2),Part 2: Reading & Language Activities Wo

23、rd Study: extra key words in the text,by ones admission, at ones disposal, in essence, in the first place, for the sake of, in that case, without let or hindrance, by and large, insofar as (that), from generation to generation, this sort of thing, What of, It is no defense of ,Part 2: Reading & Lang

24、uage Activities Word Study: extra key words in the text,to deprive of ., to express ones contempt for , to bribe . with , to have a pipeline to, to interfere with, to lure into, to search for, to turn to, to see.through, to console with, to be deeply concerned with, to believe in,Part 3: Extended Activities Dictation,Superstition is a traditional belief that a certain action or event can cause or foretell an apparently unrelated event. For some example, some superstitious pe