高级英语第二册第三课课件.pptVIP

Advanced English liu chun-fang English Department myonlyrealmsofgold@ Unit 3 Pub Talk and King’s English by Henry Fairlie Aims To learn the methods in developing an expository writing,esp. the use of examples To know how to make good conversation To trace the history of the King’s English To analyse the features of spoken English To appreciate the language features Teaching Contents 1. Exposition 2. History of Britain 2. Detailed study of the text 3. Organizational pattern 4. Language features 5. The characteristics of spoken English Writing style a piece of exposition What is Kings English? What is pub talk? Writing style The title of this piece is not very aptly chosen. It misleads the readers into thinking that the writer is going to demonstrate some intrinsic or linguistic relationship between pub talk and the kings English Writing style Whereas the writer, in reality, is just discoursing on what makes good conversation. He feels that bar conversation in the pub has a charm of its own. Writing style The writer illustrates his point by describing the charming conversation he had with some people one evening in a pub on the topic “the Kings English. The thesis --- in the opening sentence of Para 1. Writing style Conversation is the most sociable of all human activities. The last sentence of the last par. winds up the theme by pointing out what is the bane (祸害）of good conversation ....... talking sense“ Writing style The real thesis --- in the 3rd para. “Bar conversation has a charm of its own”. A better title would be: The Art of Good Conversation“ The Charms of Conversation The History of Britain 1.The native people in Britain Celts --- Celt (language) 2. Roman Conquest 43 AD, ruled for 400 years Latin (language) The History of Britain 3. In 449 Angles, Saxon, and Jutes from Northwest of Germany , conquered the most part of England English --- old English The History