课文分析ConfessionofaMiseducatedMan课堂课件.ppt

1、Confession of a Miseducated Man ?The theme of the passage 1The theme of the passage?Cultural differences -cultural similarities 2The theme of the passage?To prepare ourselves for this new world, we must all be re-educated so that we will be able to understand that there are more similarities than di

2、fferences among peoples. The differences are superficial and insignificant whereas the similarities are essential and fundamental. Similarities will wipe out all the differences. These similarities enable all of us to be equal members in this global village and to live happily with mutual respect.3?

3、Paragraph 1 Confession of miseducated man?Paragraph 2 The test of education?Paragraph 3 The significance of old education?Paragraph 4 The failure of old education?Paragraph 5 The importance of similarities ?Paragraph 6 The knowledge of similarities ?Paragraph 7 The new education ?Paragraph 8 The res

4、pect for life and faculties?Paragraph 9 The respect for the mutual faculties?Paragraph 10 The respect for humanity ?Paragraph 11 The concern for human destiny ?4Part 1 (Paras. 17 ):Part 2 (Para. 8):Part 3 (Para. 9):Part 4 (Paras.1011):I.Text AnalysisStructure of the TextThe old education focusing on

5、 cultural differencesshould give way to the new one emphasizing the similarities .We should respect all human beings because human life is such a rare occurrence.However different peoples may be, they are united in their humanness , in their basic human faculties and gifts .They are also united in t

6、heirneeds and destiny.The end of Structure.5?Paragraph 1 Confession of miseducated man?Paragraph 2 The test of education?Paragraph 3 The significance of old education?Paragraph 4 The failure of old education?Paragraph 5 The importance of similarities ?Paragraph 6 The knowledge of similarities ?Parag

7、raph 7 The new education ?Paragraph 8 The respect for life and faculties?Paragraph 9 The respect for the mutual faculties?Paragraph 10 The respect for humanity Paragraph 11 The concern for human destiny ?6Paragraph one ?These notes are in the nature of confession. ?In the nature of : similar essenti

8、ally ; similar in nature, ?kind of ?He is in the nature of a kind man.7?repetition : ?to strengthen the rhetorical effect 8Paragraph 2?How to test your education? 9lack: n inadequacy; insufficiency, incompetence -Lack of water is the biggest obstacle for the agriculture. lack vtbe lack of sth 10?The

9、 test is a simple one: Am I prepared to?Colon : 冒号11?Not the world as it was in 1850 or 1900, for which my education might have been adequate, but the word today. ?Incomplete sentence ?as ?Adverbial clause of manner 12The structure of the paragraph 3?What did the our education prepare to us ?Key sen

10、tence ?Explanation ?Exemplification ?Conclusion 13?Parallel sentences ?Parallelism14?I am not surprised at the fact that some people lived in mud huts and others in bamboo cottages; or( I am not surprised at )that some used?appositive sentence 15?by preference ?Prefer ?Prefer sth to (above) sth ?pre

11、fer to do than do ?Prefer sb to do sth?Prefer that 16Analysis of paragraph four What had my education failed to do? What is the simplest reality in the world? What is the significance of this simple reality?17?In those respects my education had beenmore than adequate. ?respects: aspects, perspective

12、s ?My education is more than adequate. ?My education had been more than adequate. (past perfect ) 18?But what my education failed to do was to teach me that the principle significance of such differences was that they were largely without significance.?Main sentence ?Subordinate sentence : that, whi

13、ch, when ?objective clause, predicative clause19?The differences were all but wiped out by the similarities. ?all but: almost 20?Wipe out ?Wipe out poverty ?Wipe out illiteracy?Wipe out prejudice?wipe out a stain?wipe out deficits?wipe out a disgrace21?It had failed to grasp and define that fact tha

14、t beyond the differences are realities scarcely comprehended because of their simplicity.22?And the simplest reality of all was that the human community was one-greater than any of its parts, greater than the separateness imposed by the nations, greater than the different faiths and loyalties or the

15、 depth and color of varying cultures. ?Predictive clause ?Hyphen?Progressive rhetorical effect 递进的修辞效果23?The larger unity was the most important central fact of our time-something on which people could build at a time when hope seemed misty, almost unreal. ?explanation ?Progressive rhetorical effect

16、24Paragraph 5?What does our ability to get along with other peoples depend on? 25?As I write this, I have the feeling that my words fail to give force to the idea they seek to express. ?give force to: to strengthen, to emphasize 26?It turned out that my ability to get along with other peoples depend

17、ed not so much upon my comprehension of the uniqueness of their way of life as my comprehension of the things we had in common. ?27Paragraph 6 ?What kind of knowledge you can live by and build on ? 28?Only a few years ago an education in differences of references fulfilled a specific if limited need

18、. 29?out of curiosity?He asked out of curiosity. ?Fish cannot live out of water.30in terms of: from the perspective?In terms of finance, Company A has great advantage.?It was a bad year for films, in terms of both quantity and quality.31?It was a mark of a rounded man to be well travelled and to kno

19、w about the amazing variations of human culture and behavior. ?someone who has received a ?well-rounded education (通才教育通才教育), ?not one-sided, but complete and varied32Paragraph 7: a new type of education ?Then overnight came the great compression. ?Then the world has shrunk much smaller than before.

20、33?Fling-flung-flung ?to fling a stone at a dog?He flung out his arm to welcome her.?The horses are flinging up their heels in the warm spring air.?Far-flung areas: far-extended areas 34?Some far-extended places that used to be safe with isolation suddenly got involved together in a single plant. 35

21、And all at once a new type of education became necessary, and education in liberation from tribalism. 36?to look at someone anywhere in the world and be able to recognize the image of himself.?To understand someone in another culture is too understand yourself. 37It had to be an education is self-re

22、cognition. It had to be an progressive process to know yourself.38Paragraph 8 ?A new type of education should respect human life because life is a precious occurrence and human beings have certain faculties that make them unique and mysterious. 39?In such an education we begin with the fact that the

23、 universe itself does not hold life cheaply. ?Appositive clausethe universe itself does not consider life insignificant. the universe itself does not take life for granted. 40?Holdheldheld ?1.She is holding a bunch of flowers. ?2. I hold the idea that it is unfair to contribute his success to luck.

24、?3. I hold her to be a cruel murderer. ?4. please hold yourself. ?5. Martin Luther King held to his dream that all man are free at last. 41Hold fast to dream?Langston Hughs?Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die ?Life is a broken-winged bird ?That can never fly. ?Hold fast to dreams For when dreams g

25、o ?Life is a barren field Frozen only with snow.42?Life is a rare occurrence among the millions of galaxies and solar system that occupy space. ?Life is a uncommon existence. ?occupy vt ?Occupation n 43galaxy?A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants , interstellar gas an

26、d dust, and dark matter.?The word galaxy is derived from the Greek galaxias(?), literally milky, a reference to the Milky Way. 44Solar system45The origin of life ?And on that one planet life takes millions of forms. ?And on that one planet there are millions of varieties of life. 46?Among all uncoun

27、table forms life, only human beings have some comprehensive abilities and talents that gives them superiorities over other lives. ?countless: uncountable because of too many?possess vt ?possession : fortune, weath 47?Combine vt/vi ?Combination n ?It is more effective if you take these different medi

28、cines in combination. 48Reflection ?reflect vt /vi ?to show, to think , to recall the past?1) His image was reflected many times in the mirror. ?2)His actions reflect his thoughts. ?3) We should all give ourselves time to reflect.4) Sometime, he reflect something happened in his children had changed

29、 his life. 49?to take in past experience: ?to learn( absorb) lessons from past experience ?take in ?Take in more vitamins ?Take in information ?Take in nature ?take in lessons50?Vision n television?Visual adj visual effect ?Visualize vt : to foresee, to imagine 51?How do these faculties work is stil

30、l beyond our understanding and remains mysterious. 52?the talents of keeping hope, the abilities of doing what is right ,the gifts of enjoying beauty, family relationship, love and belief. 53Paragraph 9 ?Human beings share the mutual faculties and that is what counts. 54?Viewed in global perspective

31、, what counts is not that the thoughts of people lead them in different directions but all men possess the capacity to thinks; not that they pursue?Seen from the globalization, what important is not thatbut ?What counts: something that counts, something that matters55?What counts is ?重要是不是你学到了多少知识，而

32、是你从这些知识中获得了多少智慧。56What counts is not how much knowledge you have acquired but how much wisdom you have gain from it. 57Faiths: Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Daoism (religion) ?Confucianism, communism, 58precariously?We lived precariously. ?我们过着动荡不安的生活。?Our financial situation had become precarious.

33、 ?我们的财政状况已经不稳定了。?precarious : unstable, uncertain59?Concern vi/vt : have to do with; be relevant to?n ?Concern: be concerned with ?Randolphs work exclusively concerned the effects of pollution on health.?Randolphs work was exclusively concerned with the effects of pollution on health. ?伦道夫的作品全部讲的是污染

34、对健康的影响。60?threat n ?threaten vt /vithreatening adj ?1) Excessive drinking will threaten the health.?2) The policeman threatened to shoot if the criminal tried to run. ?3) The terrorists send threatening message to kill all the villagers. 61?With such an education , it is possible that some nation or

35、 people may come forward not only withvital understanding but with the vital inspiration that people need no less than food. ?come forward with : propose, suggest ?With such an education , it is possible that some nation or people may come forward with important understanding and inspiration between

36、 nations that is as important as food.62?no less than asas ?He is no less active than he used to be. ?He is as active as he used to be. ?He has been studying electronics for no less than ten years. ?63?You are more careful than he is. ?You are not more careful than he is. ?You are no more careful th

37、an he is. ?You are less careful than he is. ?You are not less careful than he is. ?You are no less careful than he is. 64?You are more careful than he is. 你比他仔细。?You are not more careful than he is. 你不如他仔细。?You are no more careful than he is. 你和他一样不仔细。?You are less careful than he is.你不如他仔细（你比他粗心）。?

38、You are not less careful than he is.你比他仔细（你不如他粗心）。?You are no less careful than he is. 你和他一样仔细。65?Mountains of gold metaphor 暗喻?thunder n vi ?thundering adj thunderous 66?This evening when my father burst in, his mood seemed even more thunderous than usual.67?respond: act, give response ?response n 68