AN INTEGRATED ENGLISH COURSE

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AN INTEGRATED ENGLISH COURSE

• Gao Yufen
• English Department R-406Nancy5815_at_sina.com847244
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UNIT 5

• Text 1 The Tapestry of Friendship

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Teaching Points

• I. Pre-reading discussion and presentation
• II. Introduction
• III. Text Analysis
• IV. Questions
• V. Structural analysis and Rhetorical features
• VI. Discussion about Text II

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I. Pre-reading discussion

• 1. Do you keep in touch with your childhood
  friends?
• 2. What do you need friends for?

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Presentation
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Presentation
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Presentation
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II. Introduction

• About the author
• Background Information

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III. Text Explanations

• This text distinguishes two kinds of friendship
  that between men and that between women.
• The whole speech can be divided into four parts.
• Part I (Paragraph 1-2) serve as the Prelude.
• Part II (Paragraphs 3-6) are the Introduction.
• Part III (Paragraphs 7-18) are the Body.
• Part IV (Paragraphs 19) is the Conclusion.

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Paragraphs 1-2 Analysis

• In this part the author reveals what kind of film
  the woman had just seen and what attitude she had
  to it.

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Language Work

• 1.  It was, in many ways, a slight movie. In
  many aspects it was a simple, ordinary movie.
• 2. big-budget chase scenea car-chase scene that
  costs a lot of money

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• 3.   cosmic
• This earthquake was a disaster of cosmic scale.
• The other great cosmic reality is time.
• Some people believe that what happens in their
  lives is influenced by cosmic forces.
• 4.  Slowly, it panned across the tapestry of
  friendship Step by step it gave an all-sided
  view of the complex structure of friendship

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Paragraphs 3-6 Analysis

• This part describes the womans observation of
  the shift of focus of the cinema and advances the
  argument for the distinction between the two
  types of friendship that between men and that
  between women.

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Language Work

• 1. across millions of miles of celluloidin large
  numbers of movies
• 2. cullchoose from various sources.
• Here are a few facts and figures Ive culled from
  the weeks papers.
• Its collection of fascinating stories culled
  from a lifetime of experience.
• 3.  only men inherited a primal capacity for
  friendship. -- only men were born with the
  instinctive capacity of making friends.

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• inherit
• 1) receive (money, a house etc. ) from someone
  after they have died
• All her children will inherit equally.
• When I took on the job of manager, I inherited
  certain financial problems.
• 2) be born with (a physical or mental quality
  that a parent, grandparent or other relative has)
• Rosie inherited her red hair from her mother.
• The child has an inherited disease which attacks
  the immune system.

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Paragraphs 7-18 Analysis

• This part discusses in detail the distinctions
  between the Male Buddiness and the Female
  Friendship. Generally speaking, the former is
  action-oriented while the latter is
  emotion-oriented. That is, the Male Buddiness is
  based on the need for co-operation in the
  activities that men are engaged in or in the
  adverse situations they are confronted with. In
  contrast, the Female Friendship borders on love,
  the need for mutual emotional support.

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Language Work

• 1. through the wars togethercorporate or
  athletic or militarythrough the commercial,
  athletic or military strives together
• 2. They had to soldier together --- They had to
  struggle together
• 3.  countconsider or be considered as
• I think we can count this meeting a great
  success.
• I count myself fortunate to have had such a good
  education.
• I didnt think his grudging remarks really
  counted as an apology.
• I hope you wont count it against me if I dont
  come to your birthday party.

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• 4. wretched with embarrassmentunhappy with
  embarrassment
• There can be few experiences as wretched as
  moving house.
• 5.  made it betterreduced her unhappiness made
  her less unhappy
• 6.  The only relationship that gave meaning to
  the claustrophobic life of George Babbitt had
  been with Paul Riesling.

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Paragraph 19 Analysis

• This part is the Conclusion of the text, which
  restates the distinction between the two types of
  friendship. The teacher can ask the students to
  tell in what ways buddies and friends differ.
  Buddies are those you can do things together with
  in your lifetime, but friends are those with whom
  you can share roses and thorns in your life.
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IV. Questions

• 1. Why does the author list the movies the woman
  had seen?
• 2. What led the woman to think that the cinema
  has drastically shifted its focus?
• 3. What was the shift?
• 4. Whats the fundamental difference between
  buddies and friends?

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V. Structural analysis and Rhetorical features

• A piece of argumentation
• Coordinate sentences used in the text enables the
  writing more vivid and convinced

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VI. Discussion about Text II

• My Daughter, My Friend

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Assignment

• Write a piece of argumentation about 150 words
• Prepare for the new unit