TextⅠ: Why Nothing Works Aims and Demands：
1. Learning to use example and illustration in expository writing 2. Learning to develop an expository writing through a causal analysis
3. Getting to know Murphy’s Law
Unit Nine
TextⅠ Where Is the News Leading Us?
Aims and Demands：
1. Understand the role of the news media in social life.
2. Develop an ability to criticize the social function of the news media.
3. Learn to use argument in combination with other expository means.
Unit Ten
TextⅠ Things: The Throw-away Society
Aims and Demands：
1. Get students acquainted with the author Alvin Toffler and his studies. 2. Learn something about “future shock” and “futurology”.
3. Learn more about the method of exposition by illustration and exemplification. 4. Learn more about the method of comparison and contrast.
5. Learn to make a clear thesis statement which states both your focus of attention and your stand on the issue under discussion;
6. Know the different positions of the thesis, i.e., pre-position, mid-position, and end-position.
7. Understand the need to restate the thesis/idea (e.g., to keep the discussion coherent, to make the idea emphatic). Unit Eleven
TextⅠ Cultivating a Hobby Aims and Demands：
1. Learning to use metaphorical language in exposition.
2. Learning to use synonymous expressions that add to the vividness and effectiveness of exposition.
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3. Learning to read and appreciate Churchill’s style of writing, focusing on parallelisms in particular. Unit Twelve
TextⅠ The Science of Custom
Aims and Demands：
1. The background information of the author, Ruth Benedict and her works Patterns of Culture and The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture 2. Learning to paraphrase some sentences in the text 3. Reviewing different ways of developing an exposition Unit Thirteen
TextⅠ What Life Means to Me, Part Ⅰ
Aims and Demands：
1. The background information of the author, Jack London and his masterpieces 2. The characteristic of the language in this essay
3. Learning how to use figurative language and some rhetorical devices Unit Fourteen
TextⅠ What Life Means to Me, Part Ⅱ
Aims and Demands：
1. Learning some new words and useful expressions 2. Learning to paraphrase some sentences in the text 3. Learning to read and appreciate London’s style of writing 4. Making a distinction between narration and description Unit Fifteen TextⅠ I Have a Dream Aims and Demands
1. The background information
2. Listening to and understanding the speech with the help of the notes provided between page 194—197
3. Noticing some characteristics of the speech such as King’s emotional appeals and their effectiveness
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4. Getting to know the characteristics of the diction and sentence structure used in the present speech 四、考核方式
考试的形式：笔试＋口试
考题的类型：即兴演讲，翻译（汉译英，英译汉），英文写作。 五、成绩评定
本课程学期考核总成绩为100分，成绩评定按《甘肃政法学院课程考核评定 办法》及《高级英语》考试改革方案执行。学期末考评成绩由两部分组成：平时成绩（60%）和期末考试成绩（40%）。平时成绩包括：出勤（10%），课堂PPT，讲解
演示（20%），小组合作项目（10%），单元测试（10%），读书报告（20%），课后作业（10%）， 经典英文背诵（10%）， 期中考试（10%）。期末考试主要由三部分组成： 即兴演讲（20%），
翻译（汉译英，英译汉）（40%），英文写作（40%）。 六、教材及参考书目 1. 教材
李观仪，《新编英语教程》，上海：上海外语教育出版社，2001，第二版 2. 参考书目
黄任，《英语修辞与写作》，上海：上海外语教育出版社，2001 龙毛忠，《英美文学精华导读》，上海：华东理工大学出版社，2003 祁寿华，《高级英语写作指南》，北京：外语教学与研究出版社，2001 王佐良，《欧洲文化入门》，北京：外语教学与研究出版社，2002
编写者：王剑鸣
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