4) The large variety of writing techniques the author employs 5) The profuse figurative language the author uses
重点：Fallacy can be interpreted at different levels. 难点：the language of the author
Lesson Seven
Invisible Man Chapter 1(Battle Royal)
by Ralph Ellison
Teaching 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
重点：The battle royal is symbolic of the place or position of all American black people in the
white-dominated society. 难点：rhetorical devices: symbolism
Lesson Nine
The Way to Rainy Mountain
Teaching Aims and Requirements
1）The background information about the author,
2） Introduction to the author’s book The Way To Rainy Mountain
3）Appreciate the author’s lyrical and pictorial description of the landscape 4）Organization of the text 5）Theme of the story
重点：Our cultural or ethnic heritage may differ, yet seeking one’s roots is a common human
experience.
难点：a lyrical and pictorial description of the landscape; complicated feelings
Lesson Ten
Before and After September 11
Teaching Aims and Requirements
1）The background information about the author
2）The background information about “The Events of September 11” and the national paranoia in the United States 3）Organization of the text 4）Theme of the essay
重点：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.
难点: the background of what the writer called national paranoia and the influence of
September 11 Event
高级英语 II （教材：《现代大学英语》 精读 6 杨立民、梅仁毅 主编
外语教学与研究出版社 2004年版）
Lesson One
How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience
by John Kenneth Galbraith
Teaching 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 author’s 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 Spencer 5）Organization of the text
6）Understanding and appreciating the essay
重点：the gap between the rich and the poor; the meaning of the title 难点：the ironical and sarcastic tone of the text
Lesson Two
The Woods Were Tossing with Jewels
A Childhood in the Florida Wilderness
by Marie St. John
Teaching Aims and Requirements
1）The background information about the essay
2）Introduction to the author’s writing style of the short story 3）General organization of a short story
4）Non-chronological narration of a story and its function 5）Description of surroundings one is in 6）Understanding and appreciating the essay 7）Group discussion in the study of this story 8）Learn to write a short story in English
重点：the westward movement and the message the author wants to get across 难点：appreciate the text through the eyes of a girl of five; description of person
Lesson Three
At War with the Planet
A Reflection on Environmental Crisis
by Barry Commoner
Teaching Aims and Requirements
1）The background information about the author
2）Introduction to the author’s writing style of the essay 3）Organization of the essay
4）How to develop the theme when writing an essay 5）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
重点：the importance of understanding the interplay of the two worlds and make peace with
the Planet
难点：definition of the words on environment; the relationship between two worlds
Lesson Four
Nettles
A Woman’s problems: passions, confusions, and dilemmas
By Alice Munro
Teaching Aims and Requirements
1) The background information about the author 2) First-person narration and its function 3) The author’s realistic writing technique
4) A blend of naturalism and symbolism in description 5) The narrative structure of the story
6) Psychological description of a character 7) Description of emotional reality
8) Explore the complexity and beauty of everyday life
9) Group discussion in the study of this story
重点：first-person narration; detailed description of emotional reality
难点：simple plot probing of complicated feelings and subtle meanings of life
Lesson Six
Death of a Pig
An famous essay on the relationship between animals and human beings
by E. B. White
Teaching Aims and Requirements
1) The background information about the author
2) Introduction to the author’s free, smooth and humorous writing style 3) Detailed description of surroundings and its function 4) Careful choice of words in description
5) Rhetorical device of parallelism, imagery and allusion 6) Understanding and appreciating the essay 7) Group discussion in the study of this essay
重点：the mood and the feeling of the author during these days
难点：the implied meaning of the death of a pig; careful choice of words
Lesson Eight
A Rose for Emily
by William Faulkner
Teaching Aims and Requirements
1) The background information about the author
2) Introduction of the author’s writing style of the short story