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Lesson 9 Appetite I. General Arrangements 1. Class Hours 9 2. Teaching Content 1 Comprehension of the text: the philosophical nature of appetite 2 Language points 3 Structural Analysis of the Text; 4 Topic Discussion 5 Exercises 6 Homework: Dictation; Recitation; Writing and so on. 3. Objective: By defining “appetite” as any human desire that is not yet satisfied, the author delivers us a message on our way of life: if we want to make our life really enjoyable, we should give up our food as well as pleasures regularly so as to keep ourselves in a state of keen desire, loss of which is a sort of death. 4. Methods to be applied: questions and answers II. The Important Points 1. Language points: the keenness of living; have an edge on your longings; bite into; the greatest pitch; an inexhaustible treasure-house of flavors; bludgeon sb.; for that matter; preserve their intensity; for days on end; gorge oneself silly; come into one’s own; the divinity of appetite; etc. 2. Main idea of the text 3. Structural analysis of the text 4. Word study: satisfy, perceive, exhaust, deny 5. Grammar: non-finite verbs III. The Difficult Points 1. Expository essay development 2. Metaphors. IV. Detailed Study of the Text 1. What is the subject matter of the essay? Appetite. What it is and what its importance is. What is the theme of the essay? The first sentence answers the question. It is the topic sentence. Appetite is so important and we must preserve it. What type of writing is it? Exposition through definition 2. Appetite is the keenness of living: eagerness for living. If you have appetite, you will be eager to live. Appetite is what makes life go on. 3. senses: powers of physical perception. five senses: sight, smell, hearing, touch, taste verbs of perception: look see , listen hear , smell, taste, feel 4. you still have an edge on your longings. longings: desires for life. Your desires for life are still intense or passionate or strong or keen. edge: keennes