新编英语教程5_unit1_教学课件.pptVIP

Hit the Nail on the Head Alan Warner I. Pre-reading Questions Have you ever hit a nail into a box? What’s the correct way of doing it? Can you see the connection between the proverb and our writing? Suggested Answers Force the nail to the right place It means exactly right in words or action E.g. : (1). Your criticism really hit the nail on the head. 你的批评确是一针见血。 (2). In so saying, you hit the right nail on the head. 你这样说确是击中要害。 The author advises that the English students should try to get the words, phrases and sentences completely right for their purposes in their writing. II. Library Work 1. Gustave Flaubert (1821 – 1880), French novelist, was associated with the movement of naturalism and known as one of the greatest realists of 19th-century France. He devoted his life to long hours spent in heavy toil over his work. His writing is marked by exactness and accuracy of observation, extreme impersonality and objectivity of treatment, and precision and expressiveness in style, or the principle of the mot juste. 2. Mrs. Malaprop is a famous character in Sheridan’s comedy The Rivals (1775). She is noted for her blunders in the use of words. She has given us the word malapropism（as a name for such mistakes. 用词错误，尤指误用发音相似而意义全非的词） i.e., the unintentional misuse of a word by confusing it with one that resembles it, such as human for humane, singularity for singleness. 3. Hindi（印地语）is a literary and official language of northern India. Swahili（斯瓦希里语）is a Bantu（班图) language that is a trade and governmental language over much of East Africa and in the Congo region. Bantus are people belonging to a group of tribes found in equatorial and southern Africa. III. Organization of the Text 1. An analogy between the unskilled use of the hammer and the improper choice of words (Paragraph 1) 2. The significance of finding the right words (Paragraphs 2 --- 3) 3. Semantic differences between words having the same root (Paragraphs 4 --- 7) (1). Example 1 (human vs.