精品课程《高级英语》_第一册3课.pptVIP

Unit 3 Ships in the Desert By Al Gore Teaching Points: I. Background information II. Introduction to the passage III. Text analysis IV. Rhetorical devices V. Special difficulties VI Questions for discussion I. Background Information 1. Al Gore the author :US Former Vice President (1948- ) More Hilarious Al Gore Quotes and Blunders1) I am not part of the problem. I am a Democrat. --Vice President Al Gore 2) A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls. -- Vice President Al Gore 3) Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it. Vice President Al Gore, 5/20/996 4) Democrats understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child”Vice President Al Gore 2. Clean Air Act : See note 5 on page 40. 3. The Aral Sea: See note 2 on page 40. Image 1 depicts the Aral Seaon November 16, 1996 and Image 2 depicts that of October 14, 2003. We can readily see that the outline of the lake has drastically changed during the last seven years Image 1 image2 II. Introduction to the Passage 1. Type of literature: -- a piece of exposition 2. The purpose of a piece of exposition: -- to inform or explain 3. Ways of developing the thesis of a piece of exposition: comparison, contrast, analogy, identification, illustration, analysis, definition, etc. 4. The central thought or thesis : III . Effective Writing Skills 1. making effective use of specific verbs 2. discussing the solution to environmental problems from a politician’s point of view, that is, relating the solution to environmental destruction to the solution to arm races IV . Rhetorical Devices 1. understatement 2. metaphor V. Special Difficulties 1. analyzing the structure of some long and complicated sentences 2. understanding the scientific matters connected with ecological environment 3. translating long and complicat