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大学英语(全新版)第二册电子教案 Unit 7 Learning about English I. Teaching objectives: Students will be able to: 1. grasp the main idea because of its tolerance for outside influences .English has become a great language) and structure of the text 2.understand some idiomatic English usages mentioned in the unit; 3 master key language points and structures in the text; 4 conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking, and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. II. Text Analysis An expert on English language is supposed to know well about rhetorical devices in English. Robert MacNeil, the author of Text A, does not disappoint us. The title, The Glorious Messiness of English, offers a good example of oxymoron, An oxymoron puts two contradictory terms together to puzzle the reader, luring him/her to pause and explore why. “Glorious” is a commendatory terms ,while” messiness” is derogatory, Why do they stand next to each other ? Then, as the reader reads on, he/she will find out that the title is actually a thesis statement: yes, English is messy, but the messiness reflects some commendable qualities of English, such as tolerance, the love of freedom, and the respect for others’ rights. At this point the reader cannot but admire the author’s ingenuity. Robert MacNeil employs many metaphors, such as core pf English(Para4), a common parent language (para8), another flood pf new vocabulary(para14),the special preserve of grammarians(para19). In Para 18 there is an instance of sustained metaphor: the cultural soil, the first shoots sprang up,…. Grew stronger, build fences around their language. In this case the English language is compared to plants, and the various cultures influencing it are compared to the soil, while users of English are compared to gardeners. We can also find parallelism in the quote from Winston Churchill: “ We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the field and in the streets, we shall fight