[英语学习]englishandamericanliterature20110830.ppt

How to greet me Cecilia Ms. Peng Ms. Pain No pains, No gains. A pain in the ass! Bad language The first lesson of learning a second language? Answer the following questions: 1. Have you ever used bad language? 2. What bad language have you used? 3. How did you pick up such bad language? 4. Do you find it useful in your daily life? Role Play 1. Please form a group of 2 and do the following role-play. Levene: We tried to sell those stones. We pitched those cocksuckers but they didn’t buy. They even couldn’t buy a fucking toaster. They are fucking broke. They are deadbeats. It is tight. Money is tight. See? See? I need … William: Marry said … Levene: William. William … William: You mother fucker. Would you please wait a second? Marry told me … Levene: … ah, fuck this. William: Screw you. You are out! Levene: I’m out. That’s fucked. That’s fucked. I’ll tell you why I’m out. You are giving me toilet paper, William. FOUR FUCKING GRANDS. I saw you bastards putting money in a sock. You kicked me out. Screw you! Question for Discussion Do you feel that learning bad words is much easier than academic words? Answer 1. Probably curse words are easy to learn, but they do very little to further your knowledge of the English language. When you watch movies and TV, it gives the impression that these words are used very frequently. However, for most people this is just not true. Especially in an office or classroom environment, these words are inappropriate. In addition, these words are used by people who seem to not know any other words with which to truly express their feelings. This is a shame if it is your native language. Answer 2. Yes, because invariably we do use swear words in our lives and they can sometimes express the frustration we have. In our textbooks there are too many academic vocabularies which we are not gonna use in daily life. Nobody speaks like the text books, language is not static, its about communicating and conveying all kinds of ideas and emotions.