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Unit2BardsoftheInternet略

Unit2BardsoftheInternet

作者：

 喻婷

PARTI:

CLASSPLANNING

1.TeachingMaterials

1）  Textbook:

AnIntegratedEnglish Book6;Teacher’sBook

2）  Dictionaries:

OxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary（Fourthedition）;ANewEnglish-ChineseDictionary.

2.TeachingObjectives

1）  Tolearnaboutsomebasicfeaturesofexpositoryorganizationalpattern;

2）  Tograspthenewwordsandexpressions;

3）  Befamiliarwiththeuseofquotations.

3.TimeAllocation

Periods1-2:

TextI:

Paragraph1-6

Periods3-4:

TextI:

Paragraph7-13

Periods5-6:

Comprehensionquestions;Exercises;TextII

4.TeachingMethods

1）  Interactiveteaching

2）  Communicativeteaching

5.TeachingAids

Lecturenotespreparedbytheteacher

PARTII:

TEACHINGLECTURES

Periods1-2（80min）

◆Aid:

Lecturenotespreparedbytheteacher

◆Warm-upQuestions:

1.DoyoufrequentlysurftheInternet?

Forwhatpurposedoyoudoitmostofthetime?

2.HowhastheInternetchangedourlives?

◆Contents:

 ★mainidea

Inthisessaytheauthordescribesthecurrentfashionofnetwriting,exploresthecausesofthepoorqualityofwritingfoundontheinternet,explainsitsmeritsanddifferencesfrompublishedwritingaswellasjustificationsforitssurvivalandprevalence.

Paragraphs1—2

Analysis

Thefirsttwoparagraphsareanintroductoryleadthatpresentsananalyticalcomparisonbetweenwhathappenedtowritingwhenthetelephonewasinventedandwhatishappeningoncomputernetworksnow.

1）"...andgivetheirfingers--andsometimestheirmind--arest”（Paragraph1）

---andprefertousethetelephoneratherthanthepen（inahumorousway）

2）"Whichmakeswhat'shappeningonthecomputernetworksallthemorestartling”

（Paragraph2）

Here"which"isarelativepronounreferringtothesituationmentionedintheprecedingparagraph.Thesentencewouldbegrammaticallyacceptableifitwererestructuredas"Allthismakeswhat'shappeningonthecomputernetworksallthemorestartling."

Question:

Whatisimpliedwhentheauthorsays“…themediaofMcLuhanweresupposedtorenderobsoletethemediumofShakespeare…”?

Thephrase"themediaofMcLuhan"referstothenewmediathatbecamepopularin

the20thcentury,suchasradioandmovies,while"themediumofShakespeare”referstothetraditionalwayof“letter-writing”inthemainclauseofthissentence.Thesentenceimpliesthat,insteadofbeingrenderedobsolete,letterwritingisexperiencingthefastestdevelopmentsincethe18thcentury,thoughitisinthe“online”form.

LanguageWork

1.   Oneoftheunintendedsideeffectsoftheinventionofthetelephonewasthatwritingwentoutofstyle.

---Whentelephonewasinvented,noonerealizedatthattimethatitwouldoutdatewriting.

anunintendedslight

Thegrouparguesthatmanyoftheproposedreformswillhaveunintendedconsequences.

2.   JustwhenthemediaofMcLuhanweresupposedtorenderobsoletethemediumofShakespeare,theonlineworldisexperiencingthegreatestboominletterwritingsincethe18thcentury

---Contrarytowhatisexpected,atatimewhenthemediaofMcLuhan（e.g.television）weresupposedtomakethemediumofShakespeare（i.e.letterwriting）outofdate,letterwritingontheInternetisenjoyingthegreatestdevelopmentsincethe18thcentury.

Hisrudenessrenderedmespeechless.

Thesingersrenderedthesongwithenthusiasm.

Theamateurmoviegaugesof8mm,Super-8and9.5mmareobsolescent.

Muchofourexistingmilitaryhardwareisobsolescent.

Thisyearhasseenaboominbooksales.

Theinsurancebusinesssufferedfromaviciouscycleofboomandbust.

Paragraph3

Analysis

Inthisparagraphanumberofpeople'sremarksarcquoted.Thesequotationsserveasevidenceofthefactthatdeviationsfromthetraditionalmediumofletterwritingarenotrareinhistory.Theimplicationisthatweshouldnotbesurprisedbytheboomofnetwriting.

1）“...thetall-talefolktradition”一thetraditioninwhichpeopletellastoryoratalein

afancifulandexaggeratedmanner.A“tall-tale/atall-story”isastoryoratalethatishardtobelieve,becauseitissoexaggeratedorunlikely.Heretheauthorreferstoauniquekindofjournalisminwhichpeoplereportnewsinmuchthesamewayaspeopletelltall-tales.

2）"...pamphleteers..."---Thoughmostpamphleteerswerenotprofessionalwriters,

theywerepassionateadvocatorsofNorthAmericanindependence.

Question:

Whatdoestheauthormeanwhenhesays"...E-mailandcomputerconferencingisteachinganentiregenerationabouttheflexibilityandutilityofprose"?

TheauthormeansthatE-mailandcomputer-conferencingdemonstratetoawholegenerationofpeoplethatthelanguageweusedoesnothavetobealwayssoformalasintraditionalletter-writing;itcanbeusedinacasualmannerwhilestillservingitspurposeeffectively.

LanguageWork

3.DavidSewell...likensnetwritingtotheliterarysceneMarkTwaindiscoveredinSanFranciscointhe1860s,"whenpeoplewerereinventingjournalismbygraftingitonto

thetall-talefolktradition."

---DavidSewellcomparesnetwritingtotheliterarysceneMarkTwaindiscoveredinSanFranciscointhe1860s,"whenjournalistswerefondofwritingnewsreportsinthetraditionaltall-talestyle."

Shelikenedtheexperiencetosinkingintoawarmbath.

Oursma1lcompanycanbelikenedtoabig,happyfamily.

ThestoryofRomeoandJulietwasreinventedasaLosAngelesgangstermovie.

He'soneofthosesportsmenwhoreinventthemselvesasTVpresenters.

Apieceofskinwasremovedfromherlegandgraftedontoherface.

Themanagementtriedunsuccessfullytograftnewworkingmethodsontotheexistingwaysofdoingthings.

Paragraph4

Analysis

Inthisparagraphtheauthorconcedesthemostseriousproblemofnetwriting---its

poorquality.

"ITHINKMETALLICAIZREELKOOLDOOD!

1!

!

!

"一Thisisanexampleof

sloppywritingontheInternet.Presumablyitshouldread"IthinkMetallicaisreallycool

dude!

Numberone!

!

!

"

LanguageWork

4.Foritcanbeverybadindeed:

sloppy,meandering,puerile,ungrammatical,poorly

spelled,badlystructuredandattimesvirtuallycontentfree.---Foritcanbeverybadindeed:

careless,pointless,childish,withmanygrammaticalandspellingmistakes,andstructuralmistakes,andsometimesithasnorealmessageormeaning.

Spellingmistakesalwayslooksloppyinaformalletter.

Anothersloppypasslikethatmightlosethemthewholematch.

ameanderingriver

alongmeanderingspeech

Thefilmmeandersalongwithnoparticularstoryline.

Hecanbeverypuerilewhenhe'shadacoupleofdrinks.

Someofyourcolleagueshavebeencomplainingaboutyourpuerilityintheoffice.

Paragraphs5--6

Analysis

Inthesetwoparagraphstheauthorexploresthereasonswhythequalityofnetwriting

issopoor.Onceagaintheauthorquotessomeremarksmadebyotherpeople.

1）“They'renottohaveandhold;theyaretofireandforget”（Paragraph5）--Theyare

oflittleliteraryvalue,sopeoplewritethem,sendthemandforgetthem.

2）“Manyonlinepostingsarecomposed”live“withtheclockticking.”（Paragraph5）--

Manyonlinepostingsarcwrittenspontaneously,withnopreparationwithinavery

shorttime.（i.e.Theyareimprovisedundergreattimepressure.）

3）"...ahellofalotof..."（Paragraph6）--（usedasanemphasizer）...agreatdeal

of...

   Question

Whatarethereasonsthatcouldaccountforthepoorqualityofnetwriting?

First,things（suchasE-mail）writtenontheInternethavelittleliteraryvalue,so

they'renotmeanttobepermanent.Theyjustcomeandgoandnoonewilleverrememberthem,oncetheyareread.Second,manyonlinepostingsarcproducedundergreattimepressure.Third,thereisactuallynothresholdontheInternet,sothatanyonecanlogonandsendoutwhattheyhavewritten.

LanguageWork

5.…GerardVanderLeun...hasemergedasoneofthepreeminentstylistsontheNet.

---GerardVanderLeunhasbecomeknownasoneofthemostimportantstylistsontheInternet.

Thefactsbehindthescandalaresuretoemergeeventually.

She'sthemostexcitingBritishsingertoemergeonthepopsceneforadecade.

Sheisthepreeminentauthorityinhersubject.

Hispreeminenceinhissubjectisinternationallyrecognized.

6.Ittakesahellofalotofworktogetpublished,whichnaturallyweedsoutalotofthegarbage.---Ifyouwanttohaveyourbookpublished,youneedtodoalotofwork.Inthiswayalotofuntalentedwritersarepreventedfrompublishingbadworks.

Oh‘hell,I'veforgottenmykey!

Whatthehellwasthatnoise?

weedoutdandelions

weedoutunqualifiedapplicants

I'mweedingthevegetablegarden---wouldyouliketohelp?

Helookslikearealweedinthoseshorts.

Periods3-4（80min）

Paragraphs7

Analysis

Inthisparagraphtheauthorbeginstociteexamplesindefenseofnetwriting.Hefirstpointsoutthatthereareactuallysomereallygoodwritings（gems）ontheInternet.

Question

Whatisimpliedinthesentence“...whenImetMarkIwasdressedastheCanterburyTales.Ratherdifficulttodoasyoumightsuspect,butIwantedtomakeacertainimpression”?

Inthesentence“Mark”referstothefellownetworkscribblermentionedintheprecedingsentence.“IwasdressedastheCanterburyTales”means“Iwasdressedinaveryold-fashionedmedievalstyle.”ThewholesentencesuggeststhatGreenwantedtoattractattention.

LanguageWork

7.Butevenamongthereamsofbadpoetry,gemsaretobefound.---Eventhoughmostofthepoemsareofbadquality,therearcstillsomereallygoodones.

Iorderedthreereamsofthebesttypingpaper.

She'swrittenreamsofpoetry.

Thebossreamedthemoutforsleepingonthejob.

alittlegemofabook

Sheinherited$20,0