高级英语第二册.docxVIP

Unit 1: Face to Face with Hurricane Camille by Joseph P. Blank I. Additional Background Knowledge 1. Hurricane; typhoon; cyclone 2. Salvation Army 3. Red Cross II. Introduction to the Passage 1. Type of literature: A piece of narration --character (protagonist/antagonist) --action (incidents, events, etc.) --conflicts (suspense, tension) --climax --denouement Main idea Organization ： --introduction --development --climax --conclusion III. Effective Writing Skills: 1. making effective use of verbs 2. using many elliptical and short, achieve certain effect IV. Rhetorical Devices: 1. transferred epithet  simple sentences to 2. personification 3. metaphor 4. simile V. Special Difficulties Avoiding the following kinds of mistakes: 1. run-on sentences 2. sentence fragments 3. dangling modifiers 4. illogical or faulty parallelism 5. unnecessary shifts in point of view 6. paraphrasing some sentences 7. identifying figures of speech VI. Questions 1. What is the organizational pattern of this piece of narration 2. What does the writer focus chiefly on --- developing character, action (plot), or idea (theme) 3. Who is the protagonist in the story 4. How does the writer build up and sustain the suspense in the story 5. Why did John Koshak feel a crushing guilt Unit 2: Marrakech by George Orwell I. Additional Background Knowledge 1. George Orwell 2. Morocco 3. Marrakech 4. The Jewish people II. Introduction to the Passage 1. Type of literature: a piece of exposition 2. The purpose of a piece of exposition: -- to inform or explain 3. Ways of developing the thesis of a piece of exposition: --comparision, contrast, analogy, identification, illustration, analysis, definition, etc. 4. The central thought or thesis III. Effective Writing Skills: 1. making effective use of specific verbs 2. using the methods of contrast, illustration, comparision, etc. 3. clever choice of words and scenes and tenses IV. Rhetorical Devices: 1. rhetorical questions 2. repetition 3. metap