高级英语课件Disappearing through the Skylight.ppt

Disappearing Through the Skylight Osborne Bennet Hardison Jr. Teaching Plan Teaching Objectives To acquaint themselves with the writing style of a scientific essay To know the features of this scientific essay: long paragraphs, formal English expressions, objective perspective, topic sentences, etc. To analyse the structure of the text Teaching Focus The philosophic sense of this scientific essay. Technique terms, famous brands of cars, quotations, the world situation in science, technology, etc. and the future development. Teaching Methods Teacher-oriented teaching method Student-oriented teaching method The elicited method Teaching Procedure Ⅰ. Introductory Remarks Ⅱ. Background Information Ⅲ. Learning Focus Ⅳ. Key words and Expressions Ⅴ. Explanation of the Text Ⅵ. Division of the Text Ⅶ. The Writing Style Ⅷ. Rhetorical Devices Ⅸ.Exercises Introductory Remarks Ⅰ. Introductory Remarks The central theme of “disappearance” Nature disappears History disappears The solid banks disappear The second important idea the universalizing tendency of science and technology The third concept the modern man is no longer a unique individual, and he is the product of a special environment and culture The last statement the disappearance of history is a form of liberation and this feeling of liberation is often expressed through play Detailed Study of the Text Ⅱ. Background Information Osborne Bennet Hardison Jr. born in San Diego, Californian, 1928 Graduated from University of North California and the University of Wisconsin a teacher at Princeton and the University of North Carolina. writing a lot of books Lyrics and Elegies (1958) The Enduring Monument (1962) English Literary Criticism: The Renaissance (1964) Entering the Maze: Identity and change in Modern Culture (1981) Disappearing through the Skylight (1980) well-known for his profound insights into the change in modern culture brought about by modern science and technology reviewing the ways in which the central con