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Unit
Five
Book
Four
unit 5 Section A
Choose to Be Alone on Purpose
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Text Analysis
Key Sentenc=
e Patterns
Writing & Reading Skills
Lead-in Activities
Background Information
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Key Word Study
Teaching Objectives
Students are supposed to be able to:
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about their view of living alone
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the key language points
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discuss
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William Wordsworth(I)
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class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.26%;top:.39em'>vborn in Cockermouth in 1=
770
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ammar
school
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n the
Lake District.
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vburied,with his family,in
Grasmere churchyard.
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; William Wordsworth(II)
The most important contrib=
ution
:
1.started the modern
poetry, the poetry of the growing
inner self,
v2.changed
the course of English poetry by using ordinary
speech of the language and by advocating a
return to nature. William Wordsworth(III)
Major
Works:
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style=3D'font-size:88%'>vLyrical Ballads, with Other Poems(1800)
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style=3D'font-size:88%'>vPoems, in Two Volumes (1807)
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style=3D'font-size:88%'>vThe Excursion (1814)
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style=3D'font-size:88%'>vThe Prelude; or, Growth of a Poet's Mind (1850)
John Milton =
(I)
vLife:
v great
English poet and writer（1608-1674）
v
prominent figure in politics
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educated at Cambridge
v
visiting the continent
v
involved into the revolution
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Persecuted
v
writing epics.
John Milton =
(II)
vLiterary
career:
v The first period was up to
1641
v The second period is from 1=
641 to
1654,
v The third period is from 16=
55 to
1671,
John Milton =
(III)
Major Works
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John Milton =
(IV)
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class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-4.26%;top:.39em'>v Features of his works:
1.a great master of blank v=
erse. Henry David Thoreau(I)
U.S. thinker,essayist,
naturalist (1817
—1862).
Born in Concord, Mass
graduated from Harvard University&=
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taught school for several years &#=
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became a poet of nature.
Henry David Thoreau(II)
an ea=
rly
advocate:
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canoing
<=
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class=3DBB style=3D'position:absolute;left:-3.57%;top:.39em'>vconserving natural resou=
rces on
private land
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public
land
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ry of
evolution
Henry David Thoreau(III)
vMajor
Works :
vCivil
Disobedience
vLife Witho=
ut
Principle
vPlea for C=
aptain
John Brown
vSlavery in
Massachusetts
vWalking=
3;
vA Week on =
the
Concord and Merrimac Rivers
vDial Contr=
ibutions
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solitary
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adj. 1)existing,living,or going
without others; alone
2)Happening, done, or= made alone
3) Remote from civilization; secluded
2)Happening, done, or= made alone
3) Remote from civilization; secluded
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:
— a solitary traveler 单=
9420;的游客
— a solitary evening 唯一的夜=
晚；
— solitary pursuits 独=
3258;的追求
— a solitary retreat 隐=
3621;处
Word Building: solitude
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n. 1） The state or quality of being alone or rem=
ote from
others.
2） A lonely or secluded place.
Cf:=
solitu=
de,
isolation, seclusion,retirement
These nouns denote the =
state
of being alone.
Solitude implies the absence of all others.
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Seclusion suggests a withdrawal from social contact.
vRetirement
suggest=
s a
withdrawal from active life or to a retreat
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destitute of sincere friendship.
vThe beast =
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monk, robbed of the isolation <=
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fe to
either, will die.
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As a sort of US national disease, lots of <=
/b>people are living alone. But to be alone on purpose is of American hero. Although those living with others may enjoy temporary solitude, those living in solitude may suffer =
from the need to talk, thus behaving strangely and talking at length to themselves or to their pets. The best cure for this is to stay rational, settle down and find grace and pleasure in one’s own condition.
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falls into 4 parts:
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vPart I (para.1): Living
alone is a common social phenomenon in USA.
•Devices for developing it ?
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Explanation ( 解释法)
vPart II (para.2): While many people think living in solitude may be a sort of
national disease,
others take it as a characteristic of an American hero.
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Contrast (<=
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tical'>对比法=
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• Devices for developing it ?
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vPart III (para3-10): Poets and philosophers are for inspiration in solitude, whic=
h suggests that the more c=
onfident
we are, the less
we desire to keep company with others.
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v Devices for developing it ?
• =
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Exemplification (举例法)
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vPart
IV (para.11-16): Living alone, one is stricken with it. Thus, the auth=
or
advises people to stay rational, settle down a=
nd
enjoy grace and pleasure at home. =
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v
•Devices for developing it ?
v Comparison & Contrast (比较法)
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Typical patterns for=
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exemplification
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(Just) Consider/Look at sb., for example /instance, doing this, doi=
ng
that, and
doing…
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v E.g. =
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Consider Kong Fansen, for instanc=
e, always valuing the
people’s interests above everything else, never bending=
the law for the benefit=
of his relatives, and earnestly=
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>advocates. He is seen as=
the
mirror of honesty
and uprightness.
Typical patterns for=
preference
for doing sth
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vRather than do sth., =
sb. does
(would do) sth. else.
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0154;不愿意··&midd=
ot;···, 而=
4895;意··&midd=
ot;···
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E.g. =
3;
Rather =
than
muddle =
along
every day, you
do
something
within your ability for society.
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与其天天浑浑噩噩&#=
22320;活着，你还不如为<=
/span>社=
0250;做点儿力所能及的ߚ=
7;。Typical patterns for=
explanation
of doing sth.
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;
Sb. does sth., not for…(短=
5821;), but because 某=
0154;做某事，并非因为··&midd=
ot;···, 而=
6159;因为··&midd=
ot;···
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;
v =
e.g.=
I yearn for you, not for your charming looks, but because your arrival has invested my life wit=
h new
meanings.
v
我爱慕你，并非因È=
26;你娇美的外表，而是=
因ߒ=
6;你的到来给我的生活&=
#36171;予了新的内涵。
Writing Skills:
= compari= sons and contrasts
= compari= sons and contrasts
Two methods: =
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one side at a Time
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point by point
One side at a Time
vThesis: Studying is something I do differently in college
than in high school.
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v1. Keeping=
up with
reading assignments
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v a. High school&=
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v b. College
=
v2.
Concentration while reading
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v a. High school
v b. College
point by point(I)
1. doctor medicine/ scientific med=
icine
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p;
a. diagnostic method: observe sicknesses &=
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&nbs=
p;
or look for logical patterns/find out how the human body works
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&nbs=
p;
b. treatment: figure out what treatments may work according to diagnosispoint by point(II)
2. natural cures/ folk medicine
&nbs=
p;
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v&nbs=
p;
b. treatment: (less educated people)try things until finding something that s=
eems to work/ keep doing that=
/ try to
cure sicknesses
with various herbs
point by point(III)
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a. diagnostic method:&#=
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b. treatment: (a magician)touching th=
e holy
man/ make
you a magic charm/ say a magic word to you; (some religious groups) organic
special healing
for the sick/ pray to the godsSummary---- Expressions & Patterns
vto cast out/throw out/expel sb
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vto be a major commodity for sb
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vto (not) trouble / bother to do st=
h
vto stretch out
vto fill up the whole room
vto stay up late to do sth.
vto back up
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vto argue with sb. over sth.
Assignments
1.Search the Web-pages
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2.Get some information of famous Chinese solitary writers of poetry and philosophy.
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