高级英语课件-Love-is-a-Fallacy.ppt

Love Is a Fallacy Max Shulman Teaching Plan Teaching Objectives To have a basic knowledge of the terms in logic To understand what love is in an affluent society To appreciate the humorous and satirical writing style To appreciate the language Teaching Focus The rules of logic: to understand all the eight fallacies referred in the text. The particular writing style of the author. The light, humorous, yet impressing way of depicting things. Subjective, personal, sensible. Teaching Focus The self-boasting tone of “I”. Different adjectives applied to describe “ I” and my “rival” Petey Burch. The positive, neutral and negative senses of the similar adjectives. 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. The Personality of Dobie Ⅸ. Exercises Introductory Remarks Ⅰ. Introductory Remarks About the title “There is deceptive or delusive quality about love”. “Love can not be deduced from a set of given premises”. About the author Max Schulman an American’s best-known humorists a productive writer of many talents His works Barefoot boy with Cheek The Feather merchant Rally Round the Flag, Boys The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis About the text The text is excerpted from The Many loves of Dobbie Gillis by Max Shulman. It is a piece of narrative writing. The narrator of the story, Dobie Gillis, a self-conceited freshman in a school struggles against Petey Burch, his stupid roommate whose girl friend he plans to steal and Polly Espy, the beautiful dumb girl he intends to marry after suitable reeducation. Detailed Study of the Text Ⅱ. Background Information Explanation of thelogical Fallacies A logical argument gives evidence to support some conclusion. two necessary parts: a conclusion the thesis argues for certain premises or