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3 Pub Talk and the King’s EnglishTeaching Objectives1. Learn about the features of pub talk and the origin of the king’s English2. Learn about the writing stylesEmphases and difficult points1. The difficult language points and expressions2. The complex sentences and differentiation of synonymsTeaching Methods1. Illustration2. Contrast3. Figure materialTeaching Contents1. New words and expressions2. Pub talkTeaching ProcessI. Morning Report1. Prepared beforehand.2. Chosen Topic3. Latest news and interesting storesII. Introduction to Background1.The author: Henry Fairlie1）Henry Fairlie (1924— ) a contributing editor (特约编辑) to the New Republic (新共和国) as well as a contributor (撰稿人) to other journals. His works: The Kennedy Promise (肯尼迪诺言), the Life of Politics (政治的生命), the Spoiled Child of the Western World (西方世界宠坏的孩子).2）The Pub: public house or a localBesides offering different kinds of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and providing hot and cold food, it serves as a place for meeting friends and for entertainment. For instance,many pubs have TV sets, amusement machines and juke-boxes (投币式自动电唱机) andprovide facilities for playing darts(投镖), billiards(台球), dominoes(西洋骨牌) and similar games. Some also employ musicians for evening entertainment, such as piano playing, folk singing and modern jazz.III. Main body1. Explanation of Useful Expressions1) the king’s English: the correct or standard English2) indulge in: give way to one’s own desire 尽情享受，沉溺e.g. He ～s in dreams. 他爱空想。

[transformation] indulgence (n.) indulgent (adj.)indulgently (adv.)3) make a point / score a point: persuade others to accept one’s idea. 立论，证明论点，赢得他人对争论之点的同意4) in a flash: in a moment5) let it go: give it up, give up the opportunity6) be on the rocks: be breaking upe.g. Their marriage is ～. 他们的婚姻破裂了。

7) get out of bed on the wrong side: be bad tempered for the day 整日心情不好(This phrase derives from the superstition that it was unlucky to set the left foot on the ground first on getting out of the bed.)e.g. Let him alone. He got ～today.8) delve into: investigate…for information, make research into…钻研，深入研究e.g. In order to find out how man came into being,he ～ed for information into old books.9) Jupiter: the planet Jupiter(木星) and the information about it gathered by a U.S. space probe(探测飞船)10) all at once: suddenly, at the same time (突然，同时)11) make / offer resistance to: opposing, using force against in order to prevent the advance of…抵抗，对抗，e.g. They were defeated because they made no ～to the enemy’s advance. 他们失败了因为他们对敌人的前进未做抵抗12) go ignorantly on: go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong.13) snobbery: state, quality, of being snobbish, paying too much respect to social position or wealth, despising persons who are of lower social position.[transformation] snob (n.) snobbish (adj.)14) turn up one’s nose at: scorn, look down upone.g. He came from a rich family, but he never turned ～the poor.think oneself back into the shoes of…: think as …do15) old: great, plenty of16) come into+ n.: begin to do sth.e.g. ～being / existence / blossom / effect / force / fashion / action, etc.17) come into one’s own: receive what properly belongs to one, esp. recognition 得到自己名分应得的东西，得到认可18) lay down: establish; formulatee.g. He laid “No gains, no pains” down as his maxim.他将“不劳无获”作为自己的座右铭。

19) immune: exempt, protected against, make free from 免除[collocation] ～from / to / agaiste.g. ①He has had the disease once, so he should be ～against / to it now.②He lied in order to be ～from punishment. 他说了谎以免受惩罚。

[transformation] immunity (n.) immunize (v.)20) sit up at : (colloquialism) become suddenly alert at 突然注意到21) be justified in doing sth.: have right to do sth.e.g. The manager is ～in changing the normal method of work if it is not suitable.2.Analysis of Sentences1) The charm of conversation is that it does not really start from anywhere, and no one has any idea where it will go as it meanders or leaps and sparkles or just glows: 闲谈的引人入胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。

它时而迂回流淌，时而奔腾起伏，时而火花四射，时而热情洋溢，话题最终会扯到什么地方谁也拿不准。

此处运用了混合隐喻修辞手法。

在同一个句子里，作者把conversation(闲谈)比作astream which meanders and leaps(迂回流淌、奔腾起伏的小溪)和fire which glows andsparkles (光芒四射的火花)。

2) It was on such an occasion the other evening , as the conversation moved desultorily here and there, from the most common place to thoughts of Jupiter, without any focus and with no need for one, that suddenly the alchemy of conversation took place, and all at once there was a focus: 有一天晚上的情形正是这样，人们正漫无边际地东拉西扯，从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学奇闻，谈了半天也没有一个中心话题，事实上也不需要一个中心话题。