高级英语第一册nit 2课文.docVIP

Unit Two Hiroshimathe Liveliest City in Japan Objectives of Teaching To comprehend the whole text To learn and master the vocabulary and expressions To learn to paraphrase the difficult sentences To understand the structure of the text To appreciate the style and rhetoric of the passage. Teaching Points I. Background information II. Introduction to the passage III. Text analysis IV. Rhetorical devices V. Questions for discussion I. Background Information 1. The City of Hiroshima 2. The first dropping of an atomic bomb“Little Boy” II. Introduction to the Passage 1. Type of literature: -- a piece of radio report 2. The purpose of a piece of radio report: -- to inform the auditors of the truth 3. Some characteristics of radio report:-- authenticity and objectivity III . Text Analysis 1. accurately recording the dialogues with some Japanese to reinforce the authenticity of the report 2. carefully observing and describing details to reinforce the authenticity of the report 3. vivid and humorous description to make the report interesting Important and difficult points 1. The separation of the anti-Japanese psychology of the Chinese students’ with the author’s repentance for the A-bomb cataclysm. 2. What is a narration? 3. The understanding and comprehension of the contradiction between the sorrowful mentality of the author and the humorous language of the text. 4. Some useful expressions such as to be preoccupied, to be oblivious, and etc. IV . Rhetorical Devices 1. metaphor 2. anti-climax 3. Irony 4. Alliteration 5. Rhetorical Question VII . Questions for Discussion 1. What was the writer’s attitude towards Hiroshima? 2. Was Hiroshima in any way different from other Japanese cities? 3. Even in this short description one may find some of the problems of Japan, or at least, of Hiroshima. Can you say what they are? 4. How do the Japanese themselves look at Hiroshima? Why? I. Background Information 1. Backgrou