基英四 U 9 教案-周小莉.doc

Unit 9 The Damned Human Race Teaching Objectives To know the author and his background; To explore the main idea and analyze the structure of text; To master the features of travel writing; To master the language points in Text A Teaching Procedures I. Pre-Reading Comment on the Quotations on human I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated His ability. —Oscar Wild Men! The only animal in the world to fear. —D.H. Lawrence We are perverse creatures and never satisfied. —Nan Fairbrother Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah... didn't miss the boat. —Mark Twain Man—a creature made at the end of the week's work when God was tired. —Mark Twain Discussion: what is your view? What is your understanding of human nature? Have you found any defect? Or nothing negative at all? Please name three major defects of human nature. Background knowledge About the author-----Bill Buford (1950- ) Mark Twain (1835---1910) was born Samuel Langhorne Clements in Florida, Missouri, but lived as a child in Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River. He took the pen name Mark Twain from the call of the pilots on the river steamers, which indicated that the water was twelve feet deep, a safe depth for a steamer. During his early years, he worked as a riverboat pilot, newspaper reporter, printer, and gold prospector. But then he turned to writing, and became one of the greatest of American writers. His masterpiece: Innocents Abroad 1869 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1885 Life on the Mississippi 1883 The Prince and the Pauper 1882 His writing style: hilariously humorous bitterly satirical About the text The author writes about ugly human traits and dispositions. In his opinion, human beings are not ascended from the lower animals but descended from the higher animals. Cultural background Plains Bison美洲或欧洲的野牛 Originating in Eurasia(欧亚大陆) b