现代大学英语精读2第二版课件.ppt

现代大学英语精读2第二版Unit_2_Say_Yes,1963,If I were a black,would you,What shall we do?,Five Parts:Part I:Warm-Up Exercises(songs&poems)Part II:Background Information(author and“-isms”)Part III:Text AnalysisPart IV:Language AppreciationPart V:Supplemented Reading&Exercises,Part One,Warm-up,ENTER,Say Yes,Contents,Warm-up,On the Origin of Racism Enjoy a Song Enjoy a Poem（for reference）Make up a Story,I.On the Origin of Racism,Debates over the origins of racism often suffer from a lack of _ over the term.Many mix recent forms of racism with earlier forms of ethnic and national conflict.In most cases ethno-national conflict seems to _ to conflict over land and strategic resources.In some cases ethnicity and nationalism were _ to wars between great religious empires(for example,the Muslim Turks and the Catholic Austro-Hungarians).As Benedict Anderson has suggested ethnic _ and ethno-nationalism became a source of conflict within such empires with the rise of print-capitalism.,Listen to the passage and then fill in the blanks.,To be continued on the next page.,clarity,owe,harnessed,identity,I.On the Origin of Racism,In its modern form,racism evolved in with European exploration and _ of much of the rest of the world,and especially after Christopher Columbus reached the Americas.As new peoples were _,fought,and ultimately subdued,theories about“race”began to develop,and these helped many to _ the differences in position and treatment of people whom they categorized as belonging to different races.,To be continued on the next page.,conquest,encountered,justify,I.On the Origin of Racism,Another possible source of racism is the misunderstanding of Charles Darwins theories of evolution.Some _ Darwins theories to imply that since some“races”were more civilized,there must be a biological _ for the difference.At the same time they _ to biological theories of moral and intellectual traits to justify racial oppression.There is a great deal of controversy about race and intelligence,in part because the concepts of both race and _ are themselves controversial.,The end of On the Origin of Racism.,took,basis,appealed,IQ,II.Listen to a Song,It dont matter if youre blackwhite or yellow,if youre brown or redlets get down to thatlove is color-blindI remember whenI was a child and couldnt understandpeople having fundiscriminating all the different onesmama just used to saywhen you grow up youll maybe find a wayto make these people seethat everything I do comes back to me,Listen to the song.,To be continued on the next page.,II.Listen to a Song,You gotta live your livewere all the same,no ones to blamethey gotta live their livesjust play the game and let love reign It dont matter if youre blackwhite or yellow,if your brown or redlets get down to thatlove is color-blindyoure my brother,youre my friendall that matters in the very end is to understandlove is color-blind,To be continued on the next page.,II.Listen to a Song,I remeber as a young boyI watched my neighbourhood go up in flamesI saw the whole thing thru tears of painand a situations rackin my brainI wish I could fly away and never come back againwe need some love yallwe need some real deal help from above yallI mean the kids watchinand I just cant see it stoppin,I dont understandI mean we all bleed the same blood,man!,To be continued on the next page.,II.Listen to a Song,You gotta live your lifebetter than our fathers didlets make some love,baby,have some kidsthey gotta live their livesand I dont care what color they are,or you are,or we areits all love,baby!,To be continued on the next page.,II.Listen to a Song,It dont matter if youre blackwhite or yellow,if your brown or redlets get down to thatlove is color-blindyoure my brother,youre my friendall that matters in the very end is to understandlove is color-blind,To be continued on the next page.,II.Listen to a Song,You have been my motheryou could have been my brotherwhat if you were my sisterif you were my father?you could have been my fellayou could have been my teacherwhat if you were my friend?would be so nice to meet ya,To be continued on the next page.,II.Listen to a Song,take it out to the worldtell every boy and every little girlbe proud of yourselfcause youre as good as anybody elseput away your prejudiceopen your mind,dont need a stick to thistry to make this eartha better place without a racial curse Yeah,its time for some changes,To be continued on the next page.,II.Listen to a Song,It dont matter if youre blackwhite or yellow,if your brown or redlets get down to thatlove is color-blindyoure my brother,youre my friendall that matters in the very end is to understandlove is color-blind,The end of Listen to a Song.,Write your own ending of the story.,Make up a Story,The end of Make up a Story.,Part Two,Background Information,ENTER,Author Racism Ku Klux KlanJim Crow Laws,Background Information,Contents,Tobias Wolff(1945)was born in Alabama in 1945.His parents divorced when he was a boy.Wolffs mother retained custody of him.As a child,Wolff traveled with his mother,Rosemary,to the Pacific Northwest,where she remarried.Growing up in the Pacific Northwest,young Tobias soon was forced to endure life under his strict and cruel stepfather.His efforts to get away from his stepfather led to his self-transformation.,Author,To be continued on the next page.,That period of Wolffs life is recounted in This Boys Life:A Memoir,which was later made into a film.He lives with his family in upstate New York and teaches writing at Syracuse University.From 1964 through 1968,Wolff served as a lieutenant with the U.S.Army Special Forces(Green Berets)in Vietnam.He later recounted his wartime experiences in the memoir In the Pharaohs Army:Memoirs of the Lost War.In 1972 Wolff earned his B.A.and then his M.A.from Oxford University with First Class Honors in English three years later.,To be continued on the next page.,Author,He is the author of the short novel The Barracks Thief,which won the 1985 PEN/Faulkner Award;two collections of short stories,Back in the World(collecting“Say Yes”)and In the Garden of the North American Martyrs,which received the Saint Lawrence Award for fiction in 1982.,Author,The end of Author.,Racism:the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.,Racism,The end of Racism.,Koo Klucks Klan also known as KKK:a secret white supremacist organization at various times in American history terrorized blacks and white sympathizers with violent acts of lynching,shootings and whippings.Founded:1866Founder:Confederate Civil War veteransHeadquarters:Powderly,Kentucky;Butler,Indiana;Jasper,Texas,III.Ku Klux Klan,To be continued on the next page.,Jim Crow Laws Racial segregation,called“Jim Crow”,excluded blacks from public transport and facilities,jobs,juries,and neighborhoods.Blacks had separate hospitals,prisons,orphanages,parks and pools.The 19th century ended with the races firmly segregatedculturally and legally.,IV.Jim Crow Laws,The end of Jim Crow Laws.,Part Three,Text Appreciation,ENTER,Text Appreciation,I.Text Analysis 1.Theme2.Structure3.Further DiscussionWriting Devices 1.Contrast 2.InnuendoIII.Sentence Paraphrase,Contents,Text Analysis,The idea of racism is a theme in the story,for the implication of the husbands racism is what causes the couple to quarrel.The wife dislikes her husbands beliefs that African Americans are different from whites.He maintains that it is not that he is prejudiced against African Americans,but that they come from a different culture and they even have their own language.The husbands negative response to Anns question of whether he would marry her were she African American indicates the pervasive and destructive nature of his racism.,The end of Theme.,Part 1(Para.1-13):Part 2(Paras.1446):Part 3(Para.47-57):,Text Analysis,The husband and wife argue about marriages between blacks and whites.,As their argument intensifies it becomes personal.,He gives in and their argument is seemingly settled.,The end of Structure.,Text Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,Question:Is the quarrel between the husband and wife an ordinary quarrel?What does the talk touch upon?Who do you think is responsible for the quarrel?,It touches upon the issue of racism.,Text Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,He was a hypocrite and a terrible racist.,Question:Is the husband a considerate and honest man?What kind of man is he?,Text Analysis,Question:Does the man oppose marriage between a black and a white?What are his arguments?,To be continued on the next page.,He opposes the marriage between a black and a white.His basic arguments are that blacks and whites have different cultures.They cannot know each other.,Text Analysis,Question:What kind of woman is the wife?Is she too critical?What does she think the marriage between blacks and whites?,She is honest and square.She thinks the marriage between a black and a white is perfectly natural,if they love each other.,To be continued on the next page.,Question:Why does the woman corner her husband by keeping asking him whether he would marry her if she were black?,Text Analysis,She seems to have found that her husband has subtle racist nature.,To be continued on the next page.,Text Analysis,Question:Do you think the husband knows his wife very well?,He seems to understand her wife well and is confident of manipulating any awkward situation.But actually,to him his wife is a stranger.,To be continued on the next page.,When the husband got the look where the wife pinched her brows together and bit her lip,he knew he should keep his mouth shut.But he never did.Instead,it made him talk more.What can you infer from the above description?“Listen,I went to school with blacks,and Ive worked with blacks and weve got along just fine.I dont need you coming along now and implying that Im a racist.”What can we conclude about the husband?,Text Analysis,To be continued on the next page.,When he said“They even have their own language”,what did the husband imply?When the wife said“but if they love each other?”,the husband thought“Oh,boy”.What was he actually thinking?He was angry with her for resorting to the trick of repeating his words so that they sounded hypocritical.Do his words sound hypocritical or is he hypocritical?,Text Analysis,Innuendo:an indirect or subtle,usually derogatory implication in expression;an insinuation,Writing Devices,He thought of years they had spent together,and how close they are,and how well they knew each other(Para.48),The room was silent.His heart pounded the way it had on their first night together,the way it still did when he woke at a noise in the darkness and waited to hear it againthe sound of someone moving through the house,a stranger.(Para.57),The end of Writing Devices.,II.Writing Devices,considerate:pitch in on the housework,come to the aid out of concern,ask to complete the dish-washing,Scan the text and list out the related information.,The end of Contrast.,Contrast:to show the hypocritical nature of the husband and the subtlety of his racist nature,Part Three,Language Study,ENTER,Word Study Phrases and Expressions Word BuildingGrammar,Language Study,Contents,Word Study,Word list:,somehowconsiderpinchsnaprummagespray,ashamedattachdemonstratetoneclear,Word Study,I know what we are doing is legal,but somehow it doesnt feel right.,They came anyhow they couldby boat,train,or plane.It sounds crazy,but I believe it anyhow.,adv.in a way not specified,understood,or known,Compare:anyhow,anywayanyhow:in whatever way or manner;however;nevertheless,1.somehow,To be continued on the next page.,Word Study,anyway:in any way or manner;whatever;nevertheless;regardless,Get the job done anyway you can.It was raining but they played the game anyway.,Word Study,All things considered,the reform is a success.,She considers waste to be criminal.,2.to think or deem to be;to regard,v.1.to think carefully about,2.consider,To be continued on the next page.,Word Study,Her success is not surprising if you consider her excellent training.,She failed to consider the feelings of others.,4.to show consideration for,3.to take into account;to bear in mind,To be continued on the next page.,Word Study,consider:suggests objective reflection and reasoning,The faculty deems the essay to be by far the best one submitted.,I regard your apology as the end of the matter.,3.regard:often implies a personal attitude,2.deem:is more subjective through its emphasis on judgment as distinguished from contemplation,Synonyms,deemregardaccount reckon,To be continued on the next page.,Word Study,4.account and reckon:in this sense are rather literary in flavor and imply calculated judgment,I account no man to be a philosopher who attempts to do more.,I cannot reckon you as an admirer.,To be continued on the next page.,Word Study,It is considerate of you not to play the piano while I was having a sleep.,cf.considerate considerableconsideringconsideration,He bought a house at a considerable expense.,2.considerable:adj.rather large or great,as in size,distance,or extent,considerate:adj.showing kind regard for the feelings;thoughtful;careful not to hurt or cause inconvenience to others,To be continued on the next page.,Word Study,Shes very active,considering her age.,cf.considerate considerableconsideringconsideration,We will give your proposal consideration.Safety is the most important consideration in choosing a car.,4.consideration:n.careful thought;deliberation;factor to be considered in forming a judgment or decision,3.considering:prep.in view of;having regard to,Word Study,These shoes pinch my toes.,buds that were pinched by the frost a face that was pinched with grief,2.to wither,v.1.to squeeze or bind(a part of the body)in such a way as to cause discomfort or pain,3.pinch,Word Study,The reporter snapped the governor as she was getting into her car.,He snapped at the child.,2.to speak abruptly or sharply,v.1.to take photograph,4.snap,Word Study,He rummaged in/through all the drawers,looking for a pen.,ransacksearch,I had a rummage about/around the house,but I couldnt find my certificate anywhere.,2.n.a thorough search among a number of things or a confusion of miscellaneous articles,1.v.to make an energetic,usually hasty search,Synonyms,5.rummage,Word Study,1.v.to disperse(a liquid)in a mass or jet of droplets,The pipe burst and the water was spraying everywhere.,Can you feel the spray from the waterfall?,2.n.water or other liquid moving in a mass of dispersed droplets,as from a wave,Synonyms,splashsprinkle,6.spray,To be continued on the next page.,Word Study,You should feel ashamed of what you have done.,cf.,shamefulshameless,shameful conduct shameless exploiter,shameful:adj.causing shame;disgraceful 导致羞愧的；可耻的shameless:adj.without shame;feeling no shame 厚颜无耻的,adj.feeling shame 感到羞愧的，惭愧的,7.ashamed,Word Study,They attach great importance to the threat.The girl is very much attached to her grandparents.She attached great value to