现代大学英语精读5全部课文背景和段落大意.doc

英语专业精读授课教案（第五册） Lesson One Where Do We Go from Here Teaching aims: 1. fully understand the article 2. grasp the rhetorical device in the text Teaching difficulties: how to identify the rhetorical device in the sentence and understand the implication for some sentences Time distribution: eight periods Teaching method: students-centered Teaching procedures: I. Background information: The 1960s were turbulent times for the United States. The anti-war movement, the Civil Right movement, the counter-culture movement, the feminist movement were all unfolding in this period of time. The civil Rights movement was a major movement which began with the Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954 and the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955. Martin Luther King jr. (1929-1968), as a key leader of the movement, played a significant and irreplaceable role. His name is associated with the march on Washington in 1963 and his famous speech “ I have a dream”, delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial. He was awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. this speech, delivered in 1967, in more on the side of reasoning and persuasion and less on emotional appeal. Thus his analysis of riots and revolution in the united states in his speech is sound and convincing. On the night of April4. 1968, King was shot dead, as he stood o the balcony of his hotel in Memphis, Part II. Details studies of the text Part III. Structure of the text: Part i. Para. 1—2 Martin Luther King link the theme of the speech with the question of "Where we are now". That is, in order to know where we go from here we must first recognize where we are now. Without knowing our present situation, how can we design a policy for the future? Part ii Para. 3--5 This is a transitional paragraph to call for all the African-American must “rise up with an affirmation of his own Olympian manhood”. Part iii (Para. 6--9) In this part the author puts forward the second task: how to organize the strengt