《高級(jí)英語》課程教學(xué)大綱.doc

高級(jí)英語課程教學(xué)大綱一、課程基本信息 課程代碼：080029；080030課程名稱：高級(jí)英語 I; 高級(jí)英語 II英文名稱：Advanced English課程類別：專業(yè)課 學(xué) 時(shí)：72 X 2 = 144學(xué)分：4 X 2 = 8適用對(duì)象: 英語（旅游管理方向）、英語（國(guó)際商務(wù)方向）專業(yè)高年級(jí)學(xué)生考核方式：筆試 先修課程：現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語 精讀（基礎(chǔ)英語）1- 4冊(cè)二、課程簡(jiǎn)介 高級(jí)英語課程題材廣泛，時(shí)代氣息濃厚，選材體裁多樣，除說明文外，還有記敘文、敘述文和論說文，是一門訓(xùn)練學(xué)生綜合英語技能尤其是閱讀理解、語法修辭與寫作能力的課程,注重培養(yǎng)學(xué)生對(duì)不同體裁不同題材不同風(fēng)格的文章的理解和欣賞能力。課程材料主要選自名家作品，內(nèi)容涉及政治經(jīng)濟(jì)社會(huì)文化、文學(xué)教育哲學(xué)諸方面。通過精心閱讀與分析，學(xué)生的知識(shí)面得以擴(kuò)大，對(duì)社會(huì)和人生的理解得以加深，分析理解能力及邏輯思維能力得以升華，英語語言綜合運(yùn)用能力得以提高。為此，每課都配有大量的相關(guān)練習(xí)，包括閱讀理解、詞匯研究、句子釋義，文體分析、中英互譯和寫作練習(xí)等。 Featured in a wide range of materials with strong flavor of the times and various types of writing exposition, description, narration and argumentation, Advanced English is a course designed to train students comprehensive English skills, especially in reading comprehension, grammar, rhetoric and writing. Great attention is paid to students development in comprehension and appreciation of the articles with different types, themes and styles. Materials are selected largely from some famous contemporary masters works with respect to politics, economics, society, culture, literature, education, philosophy, etc. Students scrupulous reading and analysis of the articles help to broaden their knowledge, deepen their understanding of life and society, elevate their analysis and logical thinking and enhance their ability comprehensively in application of the English language. For those purposes, plenty of relevant exercises are attached to each lesson for reading comprehension, word study, sentence paraphrase, style analysis, writing and Chinese-English cross-translation. 三、課程性質(zhì)與教學(xué)目的 根據(jù)全國(guó)英語專業(yè)教學(xué)大綱規(guī)定，在基礎(chǔ)階段的英語教學(xué)完成以后，必須繼續(xù)進(jìn)行更高一級(jí)的英語閱讀教學(xué)。高級(jí)英語是英語專業(yè)本科教學(xué)中的一門主干必修課，是低年級(jí)基礎(chǔ)英語課程的延伸和發(fā)展。該課程的教學(xué)重點(diǎn)在于提高學(xué)生閱讀理解和詞匯運(yùn)用能力，即能掌握和使用所學(xué)詞匯，特別是同義詞、近義詞的區(qū)分和使用，正確理解文章的內(nèi)容和主題思想，抓住文章的要點(diǎn)，分析文章的結(jié)構(gòu)、語言技巧和修辭特點(diǎn)；提高學(xué)生語言表達(dá)能力，邏輯思維和判斷評(píng)述能力，能用英語解釋文章中的難句、要點(diǎn)；能用英語歸納文章的主題思想，并能對(duì)文章的內(nèi)容進(jìn)行簡(jiǎn)單的分析、鑒賞、評(píng)論。 學(xué)生應(yīng)該能用辭典和其他工具書獨(dú)立解決語言和文化、背景知識(shí)方面的難點(diǎn)，增加文化知識(shí)，尤其是英語語言國(guó)家的背景知識(shí)和文化知識(shí)，更好地使語言和文化結(jié)合起來。 通過一學(xué)年（約144學(xué)時(shí) ）的高級(jí)英語課程教學(xué)，學(xué)生應(yīng)達(dá)到高等學(xué)校外語專業(yè)教學(xué)指導(dǎo)委員會(huì)修訂的 高等學(xué)校英語專業(yè)英語教學(xué)大綱 所規(guī)定的要求：認(rèn)知詞匯達(dá)10，000以上，能正確而熟練地使用其中5，000多個(gè)及其最常用的搭配；能熟練掌握句子之間和段落之間的各種銜接手段，連貫地表達(dá)思想；能讀懂一般英美報(bào)刊雜志上的文章、英語國(guó)家出版的有一定難度的歷史傳記和文學(xué)作品；能分析文章的思想觀點(diǎn)、語篇結(jié)構(gòu)、語言特點(diǎn)和修辭手法等。通過閱讀和分析內(nèi)容廣泛的材料，包括涉及政治經(jīng)濟(jì)社會(huì)語言文學(xué)教育哲學(xué)等方面的名家作品，擴(kuò)大學(xué)生的知識(shí)面，加深對(duì)社會(huì)和人生的理解，培養(yǎng)對(duì)文章的分析和理解能力邏輯思維能力以及獨(dú)立思考能力，鞏固和提高語言綜合運(yùn)用能力。要求學(xué)生掌握課文的中心思想，了解篇章結(jié)構(gòu)段落大意，熟悉各種常見的修辭手段以及課文的重點(diǎn)、難點(diǎn)。每課都配有大量的相關(guān)練習(xí)，包括閱讀理解、詞匯研究、文體分析、中英互譯和寫作練習(xí)等，使學(xué)生的英語水平在質(zhì)量上有較大的提高。英語專業(yè)高年級(jí)階段的主要教學(xué)任務(wù)是讓學(xué)生繼續(xù)打好語言基本功，學(xué)習(xí)英語專業(yè)知識(shí)和相關(guān)專業(yè)知識(shí)，進(jìn)一步擴(kuò)大知識(shí)面，增強(qiáng)對(duì)文化差異的敏感性，提高綜合運(yùn)用英語進(jìn)行交際的能力。 與其它高年級(jí)英語課程相比，高級(jí)英語課程課時(shí)最多，涵蓋面最廣；因此，該課程是保證實(shí)現(xiàn)教學(xué)目標(biāo)的重要環(huán)節(jié)。 四、教學(xué)內(nèi)容及要求 （一）目的與要求高級(jí)英語 I （教材：現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語 精讀 5 楊立民、梅仁毅 主編 外語教學(xué)與研究出版社 2004年版）（一）目的與要求 Lesson One Where Do We Go From Here? Teaching Aims and Requirements 1) carefully read the “Guide to Reading” to get a basic understanding of the background of Dr. Martin Luther Kings speech -Where Do We Go From Here?2) read the word and expressions provided on Page 11 that will facilitate reading 3) preview the speech itself with the help of the notes provided between page 12 to15 4) learn how to comprehend works of English literature -for this lesson, a famous speech by a famous person 5) learn how to use some rhetorical devices such as metaphor, simile, antitheses, and parallel structure 6) understand some biblical allusions with the help of the original version 7) learn to paraphrase some sentences in the text 8) do some translation work as is required. 重點(diǎn)：restructuring the whole of American society with nonviolence難點(diǎn)：the rhetorical devices in the speechLesson Two Two KindsTeaching Aims and Requirements 1) carefully read the “Guide to Reading” to get a basic understanding of the background information of the story: Two Kinds 2) read the word and expressions provided on Page 30-31 that will facilitate reading 3) preview the story with the help of the notes provided on page 31-32 4) learn how to read and appreciate an English short story: especially the theme, character, organization of plot development and the heros or heroines epiphany(頓悟) 5) get some brief information about the differences between Chinese culture and American culture 6) get some information about the author, Amy Tan (譚恩美) 7) explain some meaningful sentences and understand their implications 重點(diǎn)：the sharp conflict between two generations and two cultures難點(diǎn)：the authors language and techniques in writing Lesson Three Goods Move. People Move. Ideas Move. And Cultures Change.Teaching Aims and Requirements 1) learn how to read and appreciate an English essay in the way the arguments are presented. 2) What are some of the important words that the author uses in developing her arguments 3) get to know what the authors attitude is towards globalization 4) get to know how the author describes the process from the moving of goods to the changing of cultures 5) note the choice of words in the rhetorical device of contrast the author employs and the mood or attitude expressed through such choice of words 6) notice some characteristics of a journalistic writing.重點(diǎn)：Globalization will result in a cultural merging.難點(diǎn)：the words and the rhetorical device of contrast the author employs Lesson Four Professions for WomenTeaching Aims and Requirements 1) The background information of the author, Virginia Woolf, and her writing style. 2) The characteristic of the language in this essay. 3) The organization of the whole speech. 4) The transition between the authors 1st and 2nd professional experience. 5) What metaphors the author uses in describing her first professional experiences as a book reviewer and her second professional experience as a novelist 6) The history of womens liberation from patriarchy and womens current social status in society. 重點(diǎn)：Women still encounter many of the same obstacles.難點(diǎn)：the techniques the author employs in the textLesson Five Love Is a FallacyTeaching Aims and Requirements 1) The background information about the author, Max Shulman and his writing style 2) The characteristics of the language in this informal essay 3) The organization of the essay 4) The large variety of writing techniques the author employs 5) The profuse figurative language the author uses 重點(diǎn)：Fallacy can be interpreted at different levels.難點(diǎn)：the language of the author Lesson Seven Invisible Man Chapter 1(Battle Royal) by Ralph EllisonTeaching Aims and Requirements 1) The background information about the author, Ralph Ellison, and the novel, Invisible Man 2) Introduction of Booker T. Washington and his Atlanta speech in 1895 3) History of Battle Royal 4) Symbolism and two main symbols in the text 5) Organization of the text 6) Theme of the story重點(diǎn)：The battle royal is symbolic of the place or position of all American black people in the white-dominated society.難點(diǎn)：rhetorical devices: symbolismLesson Nine The Way to Rainy MountainTeaching Aims and Requirements 1） The background information about the author, Ralph Ellison, and the novel, Invisible Man 2） Introduction to the authors book The Way To Rainy Mountainof Booker T. Washington and his Atlanta speech in 1895 3） AHistory of Battle Royal ppreciate the authors lyrical and pictorial description of the landscape 4） Symbolism and two main symbols in the text 5） Organization of the text 6） Theme of the story重點(diǎn)：Our cultural or ethnic heritage may differ, yet seeking ones roots is a common human experience.難點(diǎn)：a lyrical and pictorial description of the landscape; complicated feelingsLesson Ten Before and After September 11Teaching Aims and Requirements 1） The background information about the author, Ralph Ellison, and the novel, Invisible Man 2） The background information about “The Events of September 11” and the national paranoia in the United StatesIntroduction of Booker T. Washington and his Atlanta speech in 1895 3） History of Battle Royal 4） Symbolism and two main symbols in the text 5） Organization of the text 6） Theme of the storyessay重點(diǎn)：Dissenting voices can be heard and in order to win the struggle against terrorism abroad it is all the more necessary to strengthen, not to weaken democracy at home.難點(diǎn): the background of what the writer called national paranoia and the influence of September 11 Event高級(jí)英語 II （教材：現(xiàn)代大學(xué)英語 精讀 6 楊立民、梅仁毅 主編 外語教學(xué)與研究出版社 2004年版） Lesson OneHow to Get the Poor off Our Conscience by John Kenneth GalbraithTeaching Aims and Requirements 1） The background information about the author, John Kenneth Galbraith, and the essay, How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience 2） Introduction to the authors writing style: lucidity and persuasiveness and his skillful employment of irony, from humorous irony to bitter satire.3） History of the “intellectual preoccupation”: how to get the poor off conscience - from the Bible to the present day 4） Theories of some historical celebrities like utilitarianism by Jeremy Bentham, Malthusianism by Thomas Robert Malthus, Social Darwinism by Herbert Spencer5） Organization of the text6） Understanding and appreciating the essay 重點(diǎn)：the gap between the rich and the poor; the meaning of the title難點(diǎn)：the ironical and sarcastic tone of the textLesson TwoThe Woods Were Tossing with Jewels A Childhood in the Florida Wildernessby Marie St. John Teaching Aims and Requirements 1） The background information about the essay2） Introduction to the authors writing style of the short story 3） General organization of a short story 4） Non-chronological narration of a story and its function5） Description of surroundings one is in 6） Understanding and appreciating the essay 7） Group discussion in the study of this story8） Learn to write a short story in English重點(diǎn)：the westward movement and the message the author wants to get across難點(diǎn)：appreciate the text through the eyes of a girl of five; description of personLesson ThreeAt War with the PlanetA Reflection on Environmental Crisisby Barry Commoner Teaching Aims and Requirements 1） The background information about the author2） Introduction to the authors writing style of the essay 3） Organization of the essay4） How to develop the theme when writing an essay5） Appreciating the use of rhetorical device of pun 6） How to develop the topic sentence in a paragraph 7） Learn to write an essay in English concerning environment重點(diǎn)：the importance of understanding the interplay of the two worlds and make peace with the Planet難點(diǎn)：definition of the words on environment; the relationship between two worldsLesson FourNettlesA Womans problems: passions, confusions, and dilemmasBy Alice MunroTeaching Aims and Requirements 1) The background information about the author2) First-person narration and its function3) The authors realistic writing technique 4) A blend of naturalism and symbolism in description5) The narrative structure of the story6) Psychological description of a character 7) Description of emotional reality8) Explore the complexity and beauty of everyday life9) Group discussion in the study of this story重點(diǎn)：first-person narration; detailed description of emotional reality難點(diǎn)：simple plot probing of complicated feelings and subtle meanings of life Lesson SixDeath of a PigAn famous essay on the relationship between animals and human beingsby E. B. WhiteTeaching Aims and Requirements 1) The background information about the author2) Introduction to the authors free, smooth and humorous writing style3) Detailed description of surroundings and its function 4) Careful choice of words in description5) Rhetorical device of parallelism, imagery and allusion6) Understanding and appreciating the essay 7) Group discussion in the study of this essay重點(diǎn)：the mood and the feeling of the author during these days難點(diǎn)：the implied meaning of the death of a pig; careful choice of words Lesson EightA Rose for Emilyby William FaulknerTeaching Aims and Requirements 1) The background information about the author2) Introduction of the authors writing style of the short story 3) Study the authors writing techniques: vague references, ambiguities, symbolism, jumbled time sequences, etc.4) An atmosphere needed for story-telling5) How to explore the inner world of a human being, or the inner struggle in the human heart6) Try to understand and appreciate the complex story7) Group discussion in the study of this story 重點(diǎn)：the implied meaning of the story; the order of narration難點(diǎn)：the conflicts of the story: different levels、the South and the North; Lesson NineThe Bluest Eye (Excerpts) by Toni MorrisonTeaching Aims and Requirements 1) The background information about the author 2) Introduction to the authors Cultural Ethnical Context (族裔文化語境)3) Realistic details in narration4) Appreciate the use of rhetorical device of metaphor 5) Understanding and appreciating the essay 6) Group discussion in the study of this story重點(diǎn)：background information about the author and the novel 難點(diǎn)：racial prejudice; the realistic details and skillful writing Lesson TenNotes on the English Characterby E. M. ForsterTeaching Aims and Requirements 1) The background information about the author2) Introduction of the authors writing style 3) Try to understand the English people in order to learn the English language well4) Understanding and appreciating the essay 重點(diǎn)：the English Character in middle-class and upper class, merits and shortcomings難點(diǎn)：the background information about the life and works of the author; which caused the concentration of the notesLesson ElevenBeautyby Scott Russell SandersTeaching Aims and Requirements 1) The background information about the author2) Appreciating the authors writing of personal essays 3) Appreciating the authors poetic writing style: homely and impressive images, carefully chosen words and concisely and well-measured presentation of ideas 4) A further understanding of what beauty is 重點(diǎn)：the theme of the text and how the author defines beauty難點(diǎn)：writing style of the author in this text: poetic writing, homely but impressive images etc. （二）教學(xué)內(nèi)容高級(jí)英語 I 周 別課時(shí)數(shù)教 學(xué) 內(nèi) 容 1234567822Lesson 1 Where Do We Go From Here?warm-up & background informationLesson 1 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase)22Lesson 1 Text AppreciationLesson 1 Text Appreciation & Extension (review and exercise)22Lesson 2 Two Kindswarm-up & background informationLesson 2 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase)22Lesson 2 Text AppreciationLesson 2 Text Appreciation & Extension (review and exercise)22Lesson 3 Goods Move. People Move. Ideas Move. And Cultures Change.warm-up & background informationLesson 3 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase)22Lesson 3 Text AppreciationLesson 3 Text Appreciation & Extension (review and exercise)22Lesson 4 Professions for Womenwarm-up & background informationLesson 4 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase)22Lesson 4 Text AppreciationLesson 4 Text Appreciation & Extension (review and exercise)周 別課時(shí)數(shù)教 學(xué) 內(nèi) 容 9101112131415161718 22May Day holiday22Lesson 5 Love Is a Fallacywarm-up & background informationLesson 5 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase)22Lesson 5 Text AppreciationLesson 5 Text Appreciation & Extension (review and exercise)22Lesson 7 Invisible Man Chapter 1(Battle Royal) warm-up & background informationLesson 7 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase)22Lesson 7 Text AppreciationLesson 7 Text Appreciation & Extension (review and exercise)22Lesson 9 The Way to Rainy Mountainwarm-up & background informationLesson 9 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase)22Lesson 9 Text AppreciationLesson 9 Text Appreciation & Extension (review and exercise)22Lesson 10 Before and After September 11warm-up & background informationLesson 10 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase) 22Lesson 10 Text AppreciationLesson 10 Text Appreciation & Extension (review and exercise)22Review高級(jí)英語 II周 別課時(shí)數(shù)教 學(xué) 內(nèi) 容 1234567822Lesson 1 How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience: warm-up & background informationLesson 1 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase)22Lesson 1 Text AppreciationLesson 1 Text Appreciation & Extension (review and exercise)22Lesson 2 The Woods Were Tossing with Jewels: warm-up & background informationLesson 2 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase)22Lesson 2 Text AppreciationLesson 2 Text Appreciation & Extension (review and exercise)22Lesson 3 At War with the Planet: warm-up & background informationLesson 3 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase)22Lesson 3 Text AppreciationLesson 3 Text Appreciation & Extension (review and exercise)22Lesson 4 Nettles: warm-up & background informationLesson 4 Text Appreciation (structure, general idea & paraphrase)22Lesson 4 Text Apprec