Presentation_skills 视听说 Book 4 Unit 2 A Good Read 讲解材料.ppt

Giving a lecture 1 Work in pairs and prepare a lecture describing a literary tour of a place. Example answers: Step 1: choose figures for the tour Figures Places related Representative works John Steinbeck California, USA The Grapes of Wrath Ernest Hemingway Illinois, USA; Cuba The Old Man and the Sea Octavio Paz (poet) Mexico; Paris; India The Labyrinth of Solitude Figures Places related Major works Du Fu (poet in Tang Dynasty) Chengdu, China 《春夜喜雨》 Wang Wei (poet in Tang Dynasty) Chang’an (modern Xi’an), China 《鹿柴》 Lin Yutang (writer in the 20th century) Beijing, China Moments in Beijing (《京华烟云》) Step 2: route for the tour: America  Cuba Mexico  Paris  Spain India  China 2 Work in pairs. Talk about your audience profile and answer the questions. Audience profile: have knowledge of literature; greatly interested in literature and culture; Lecture content: information that the audience might have had and that they may not have known before; Auxiliary support: photos, map, diagrams, drawings, key notes, main headings, etc. 3 Work in pairs. Talk about specific details about each writer and each place. John Steinbeck: California The Pearl: Mexican pearl fishers (Mexico) Ernest Hemingway: Illinois in the north Farewell to Arms: (Paris) For Whom the Bell Tolls: (Spain) The Old Man and the Sea: (Cuba) Octavio Paz: a poet in Mexico Also acted as: a diplomat in Paris the Mexican ambassador to India Du Fu: Chengdu A thatched cottage where he spent the last period of his life; Wang Wei: Chang’an (modern Xi’an) Zhongnan Mountains where he wrote poems in peace Lin Yutang: Beijing born in Xiamen, Fujian;