高级英语(第三版)第二册第一课 Pub Talk and King's English
高级英语第二册Pub_Talk_and_the_King’s_English
Background Information
• 3. In 449, Angles, Saxon, and Jutes from Northwest of Germany , conquered the most part of England • English --- old English • 4. 9th century, Scandinavian conquest Danish (language) • 5. 11th century Norman Conquest for 400 years French (language) Middle English • 6. British people conquered the conquest again. English won its recognition. Modern English • 7. American English has become the dominant world variety.
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To appreciate the language features
Teaching Contents
• 1. Background information • 2. Text analysis • 3. Detailed study: Vocabulary and structure, paraphrase • 4. Stylistic features & Rhetorical devices • 5. Exercises
Background Information
The History of Britain • 1.The native people in Britain – --- Celt (language) • 2. Roman Conquest 43 AD, ruled for 400 years – Latin (language)
高英Lesson3(Book-2)-Pub-Talk-and-the-King’s-English
There are approximately 60,000 public houses in the United Kingdom, with one in almost every village. In many places, especially in villages, a pub can be the focal point of the community, playing a similar role to the local church in this respect.
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Traditionally, a pub which offers lodging may be called an inn or (more recently) hotel in the UK. Today many pubs, in the UK and Australia in particular, with the word "inn" or "hotel" in their name no longer offer accommodation, or in some cases have never done so. Some pubs often bear the name of "hotel" because they are in countries where stringent anti-drinking laws were once necessary. Until 1976 in Scotland only hotels could serve alcohol on Sundays;[1] in Australia, this restriction operated all throusually known as a pub, is an establishment which serves alcoholic drinks especially beer - for consumption on the premises, usually in a cozy setting. Pubs are commonly found in English-speaking countries, particularly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada.
高英Lesson3(Book-2)-Pub-Talk-and-the-King’s-English
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Pubs are social places based on the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages, and most public houses offer a range of beers, wines, spirits, alcopops and soft drinks. Many pubs are controlled by breweries, so beer is often better value than wines and spirits, whilst soft drinks can be almost as expensive. Beer served in a pub may be cask ale or keg beer. The beer lends most pubs a pleasant, memorable aroma. [weasel words] All pubs also have a range of non-alcoholic beverages available. Traditionally the windows of town pubs are of smoked or frosted glass so that the clientele is obscured from the street. In the last twenty years in the UK and other countries there has been a move away from frosted glass towards clear glass, a trend which fits in with brighter interior decors.
高级英语二册Pub_Talk_and_the_King’s_English
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Aims
1. To learn the methods in developing an expository writing, esp. the use of examples 2. To know how to make good conversation
3. To learn the differences between “pub talk” and the King’s English 4. To analyse the features of spoken English 5. To appreciate the language features
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5.Early modern English (c. 1450 — 1750)
• This age includes the Renaissance, the Elizabethan era and Shakespeare. The role of the church, of Latin and of French declined and English became a language of science and government. Britain grew commercially and acquired overseas colonies. English was taken to America, Australia, and India. Slave trade carried black speakers of African languages to Caribbean and America, giving rise to English Creoles克里奥尔语. English acquired a typographic排字印刷 identity with the rise of printing. There were many attempts to "standardize and fix" the language with dictionaries and grammars.
高级英语Pub Talk and the King’s English 课文双语对照
P u b T a l k a n d t h e K i n g’s E n g l i s h(酒吧闲谈与标准英语)H e n r y F a i r l i e1.C o n v e r s a t i o n i s t h e m o s t s o c i a b l e o f a l l h u m a n a c t i v i t i e s.A n d i ti s a n a c t i v i t y o n l y o f h u m a n s.H o w e v e r i n t r i c a t e t h e w a y i nw h i c h a n i m a l s c o m m u n i c a t e w i t h e a c h o t h e r,t h e y d o n o t i n d u l g e i n a n y t h i n gt h a t d e s e r v e s t h e n a m e o f c o n v e r s a t i o n.人类的一切活动中，闲谈是最具交际性的，也是人类特有的。
而动物之间的信息交流，无论其方式何等复杂，也是称不上交际的。
2.T h e c h a r m o f c o n v e r s a t i o n i s t h a t i t d o e s n o t r e a l l y s t a r t f r o ma n y w h e r e,a n d n o o n e h a s a n y i d e a w h e r e i t w i l l g o a s i t m e a n d e r s o r l e a p s a n d s p a r k l e s o r j u s t g l o w s. T h e e n e m y o f g o o d c o n v e r s a t i o n i s t h e p e r s o n w h o h a s“s o m e t h i n g t o s a y.”C o n v e r s a t i o n i s n o t f o r m a k i n g a p o i n t.A r g u m e n t m a y o f t e nb e a p a r t o f i t,b u t t h e p u r p o s e o f t h e a r g u m e n t i s n o t t oc o n v i n c e.T h e r e i s n o w i n n i n g i n c o n v e r s a t i o n. I n f a c t, t h e b e s t c o n v e r s a t i o n a l i s t s a r e t h o s e w h o a r e p r e p a r ed t o l o s e.S u d de n l y t h e y s e e t h e m o m e n tf o r o n e o ft h e i r b e s t a n e c d o t e s, b u t i n a f l a s h t h e c o n v e r s a t i o n h a s m o v e d o n a n d t h e o p p o r t u n i t y i s l o s t.T h e y a r e r e a d y t o l e t i t g o.闲谈的引人入胜之处就在于它没有一个事先设定好的主题。
高级英语第二册LESSON1课后答案
Pub Talk and the King's English 课后练习题I. Write short notes on： Carlyle, and Lamb.Suggested Reference Books[SRB］1. The Oxford Companion to English Literature2. Any standard book on the history of English literature3。
Encyclopaedia BritannicaIII. Questions on appreciation：1. In what way is “pub talk”connected with “the King's English”? Is the title of the piece well-chosen？2. Point out the literary and historical allusions used in this piece and comment on their use.3。
What is the func tion of para 5? Is the change from "pub talk" to "the King’s English” too abrupt?4。
Do the simple idiomatic expressions like ”to be on the rocks， out of bed on the wrong side, etc。
，” go well with the copious literary and historical allusions the writer uses? Give your reasons。
5. Does the writer reveal his political inclination in this piece of writing? How？IV。
高级英语第二册L3中英文对照
高英II-3（中英）3 Pub Talk and the King' s English酒吧闲聊与标准英语Henry Fairlie亨利.费尔利1 Conversation is the most sociable of all human activities. And it is an activity only of humans. However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.人类的一切活动中，只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊，而且是人类特有的一种活动。
动物之间的信息交流，不论其方式何等复杂，也是称不上交谈的。
2 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. The enemy of good conversation is the person who has "something to say." Conversation is not for making a point. Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. There is no winning in conversation. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose. Suddenly they see the moment for one of their best anecdotes, but in a flash the conversation has moved on and the opportunity is lost. They are ready to let it go.闲谈的引人人胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。
高级英语第二册Pub Talk and the King’s English
During the Renaissance, many words were introduced from Greek and Latin to express new ideas, especially in science, medicine and philosophy. They included physics, species, architecture, encyclopedia and hypothesis. In the 16th century several versions of the Bible helped bring written English to ordinary people. The Elizabethan period is also famous for its drama, and Shakespeare’s plays were seen by many people.
• English vocabulary and spelling were now affected by French, which became the official language of England. Educated English people were trilingual: French, Latin, and English.
• In the 16th century several versions of the Bible helped bring written English to ordinary people. The Elizabethan period is also famous for its drama, and Shakespeare’s plays were seen by many people.
高级英语新版第二册Lesson-1-Pub-Talk-and-the-Kings-English
高级英语新版第二册Lesson-1-Pub-Talk-and-the-Kings-EnglishParaphrase:1. And it is an activity only of humans. (para 1)并且它是人类特有的一种活动。
1．And conversation is an activity which is found only among human being．2. Conversation is not for making a point. (para 2)交谈并不是为了表明一种看法。
2．Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view．3. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose. (para 2)实际上，最好的交谈者，是那些准备输的人。
3．In fact a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept his point of view．4. Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other's lives. (para 3) 酒吧友人没有深层次地涉及彼此的生活。
4．People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed or engrossed in e ach other’s lives．5. it could still go ignorantly on (para 6)大伙仍旧可以糊里糊涂地扯下去。
高级英语2课文翻译和单词pub talk
高级英语2课文翻译和单词pub talkLesson 1;Pub Talk and the King’s English 1. intricate [5intrikit] adj. complex; solvable or comprehensible only withpainstaking effort错综复杂的；难懂的，难以解决的：an intricate design难懂的设计2. indulge [in5dQldV] vt. to yield to the desires and whims of,especially to an excessive degree沉迷，放纵，纵情享受：indulge oneself ineating and drinking纵情于吃喝。
与其构成的短语有：indulge in沉溺于；饱享3. meander [mi5AndE] vi. to move aimlessly and idly without fixeddirection漫游，闲逛：We usually meander down to the pub after thedinner.晚饭之后，我们常常漫步去酒吧。
4. conversationalist [7kCnvE5seiFEnElist] n. one given to or skilled atconversation健谈者：He is even-tempered, easy-going and an excellent conversationalist.他处事不惊，待人随和，同时也是个非常健谈的人。
5. anecdote [5AnikdEut] n. a short account of an interesting orhumorous incident轶事，奇闻：He told one or two amusing anecdotesabout his years as a policeman.他讲述了一两桩他当警察时的趣事。
高级英语2第三版 unit1 课文翻译+课后英译汉部分划线
Unit 1 Pub Talk and the King' s English酒肆闲聊与标准英语by:Henry Fairlie1.Conversation is the most sociable of all human activities. And it is an activity only of humans. However intricate the ways in which animals communicate with each other, they do not indulge in anything that deserves the name of conversation.人类的一切活动中，只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊，而且是人类特有的一种活动。
无论动物之间的交流方式有多么复杂，他们都称不上聊天。
2.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. The enemy of good conversation is the person who has "something to say." Conversation is not for making a point. Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. There is no winning in conversation. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose. Suddenly they see the moment for one of their best anecdotes, but in a flash the conversation has moved on and the opportunity is lost. They are ready to let it go.闲谈的引人人胜之处就在于它没有一个事先定好的话题。
高级英语2第三版_张汉熙_课文翻译
Unit 1 Pub Talk and the King’s English人类的一切活动中，只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊，而且是人类特有的一种活动。
动物之间的信息交流，不论其方式何等复杂，也是称不上交谈的。
闲谈的引人人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去谁也拿不准。
要是有人觉得“有些话要说”，那定会大煞风景，使闲聊无趣。
闲聊不是为了进行争论。
闲聊中常常会有争论，不过其目的并不是为了说服对方。
闲聊之中是不存在什么输赢胜负的。
事实上，真正善于闲聊的人往往是随时准备让步的。
也许他们偶然间会觉得该把自己最得意的奇闻轶事选出一件插进来讲一讲，但一转眼大家已谈到别处去了，插话的机会随之而失，他们也就听之任之。
或许是由于我从小混迹于英国小酒馆的缘故吧，我觉得酒瞎里的闲聊别有韵味。
酒馆里的朋友对别人的生活毫无了解，他们只是临时凑到一起来的，彼此并无深交。
他们之中也许有人面临婚因破裂，或恋爱失败，或碰到别的什么不顺心的事儿，但别人根本不管这些。
他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样，虽然日夕相处，却从不过问彼此的私事，也不去揣摸别人内心的秘密。
有一天晚上的情形正是这样。
人们正漫无边际地东扯西拉，从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学趣闻。
谈了半天也没有一个中心话题，事实上也不需要有一个中心话题。
可突然间大伙儿的话题都集中到了一处，中心话题奇迹般地出现了。
我记不起她那句话是在什么情况下说出来的——她显然不是预先想好把那句话带到酒馆里来说的，那也不是什么非说不可的要紧话——我只知道她那句话是随着大伙儿的话题十分自然地脱口而出的。
“几天前，我听到一个人说‘标准英语’这个词语是带贬义的批评用语，指的是人们应该尽量避免使用的英语。
”此语一出，谈话立即热烈起来。
有人赞成，也有人怒斥，还有人则不以为然。
最后，当然少不了要像处理所有这种场合下的意见分歧一样，由大家说定次日一早去查证一下。
高级英语pub talk and the king's english
高级英语Pub Talk and the King’s English人类的一切活动中，只有闲谈最宜于增进友谊，而且是人类特有的一种活动。
动物之间的信息交流，不论其方式何等复杂，也是称不上交谈的。
闲谈的引人人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去谁也拿不准。
要是有人觉得“有些话要说”，那定会大煞风景，使闲聊无趣。
闲聊不是为了进行争论。
闲聊中常常会有争论，不过其目的并不是为了说服对方。
闲聊之中是不存在什么输赢胜负的。
事实上，真正善于闲聊的人往往是随时准备让步的。
也许他们偶然间会觉得该把自己最得意的奇闻轶事选出一件插进来讲一讲，但一转眼大家已谈到别处去了，插话的机会随之而失，他们也就听之任之。
或许是由于我从小混迹于英国小酒馆的缘故吧，我觉得酒瞎里的闲聊别有韵味。
酒馆里的朋友对别人的生活毫无了解，他们只是临时凑到一起来的，彼此并无深交。
他们之中也许有人面临婚因破裂，或恋爱失败，或碰到别的什么不顺心的事儿，但别人根本不管这些。
他们就像大仲马笔下的三个火枪手一样，虽然日夕相处，却从不过问彼此的私事，也不去揣摸别人内心的秘密。
有一天晚上的情形正是这样。
人们正漫无边际地东扯西拉，从最普通的凡人俗事谈到有关木星的科学趣闻。
谈了半天也没有一个中心话题，事实上也不需要有一个中心话题。
可突然间大伙儿的话题都集中到了一处，中心话题奇迹般地出现了。
我记不起她那句话是在什么情况下说出来的——她显然不是预先想好把那句话带到酒馆里来说的，那也不是什么非说不可的要紧话——我只知道她那句话是随着大伙儿的话题十分自然地脱口而出的。
“几天前，我听到一个人说‘标准英语’这个词语是带贬义的批评用语，指的是人们应该尽量避免使用的英语。
”此语一出，谈话立即热烈起来。
有人赞成，也有人怒斥，还有人则不以为然。
最后，当然少不了要像处理所有这种场合下的意见分歧一样，由大家说定次日一早去查证一下。
（完整版）高级英语第二册LESSON1课后答案
（完整版）高级英语第二册LESSON1课后答案Pub Talk and the King's English 课后练习题I. Write short notes on: Carlyle, and Lamb.Suggested Reference Books[SRB]1. The Oxford Companion to English Literature2. Any standard book on the history of English literature3. Encyclopaedia BritannicaIII. Questions on appreciation:1. In what way is “pub talk” connected with “the King’s English”? Is the title of the piece well-chosen?2. Point out the literary and historical allusions used in this piece and comment on their use.3. What is the function of para 5? Is the change from "pub talk" to "the King's English" too abrupt?4. Do the simple idiomatic expressions like "to be on the rocks, out of bed on the wrong side, etc., " go well with the copious literary and historical allusions the writer uses? Give your reasons.5. Does the writer reveal his political inclination in this piece of writing? How?IV. Paraphrase:1. And it is an activity only of humans. (para 1)2. Conversation is not for making a point. (para 2)3. In fact, the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose. (para 2)4. Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other's lives. (para 3)5. it could still go ignorantly on (para 6)6. There are cattle in the fields, but we sit down to beef(boeuf). (para 9)7. The new ruling class had built a cultural barrier against him by building their French against his own language. (para11)8. English had come royally into its own. (para 13)9. The phrase has always been used a little pejoratively and even facetiously by the lower classes. (para 15)10. The rebellion against a cultural dominance is still there. (para 15)11. There is always a great danger that "words will harden into things for us. " (para 16)12. Even with the most educated and the most literate, the King's English slips and slides in conversation. (para 18) V. Translate paras 9--11 into Chinese.VI. Look up the dictionary and explain the meaning of the italicized idiomatic phrases:1. their marriage may be on the rocks (para 3)2. they got out of bed on the wrong side (para 3)3. the conversation was on wings (para 8)4. the Norman lords of course turned up their noses at it (para 10)5. we ought to think ourselves back into the shoes of the Saxon peasant (para 11)6. English had come royally into its own. (para 13)7. we sit up at the vividness of the phrase (para 18)VII. Discriminate the following groups of synonyms:1. ignorant, illiterate, uneducated, unlearned2. jeer, scoff, sneer, gibe, floutVIII. Give ten synonymous and/or related words of the word conversation (meaning 'communication'). Give words of the same part of speech.[SRB]1. Roget ' s International Thesaurus2. Webster's Collegiate ThesaurusIX. Give ten antonymous and/or contrasted words of the word intricate. Give words of the same part of speech.[SRB]1. Roget's International Thesaurus2. Webster's Collegiate ThesaurusX. Look up the dictionary, find out from what languages the following words are borrowed, and then put them into Chinese:1. buffet 8. soireé 15. attaehé2. cuisine 9. cloisonné 16. liaison3. lemonade 10. omelette 17. déjàvu4. liqueur 11. restaurateur 18. encore5. déjeuner 12. repertoire 19. discothèque6. menu 13. coup d'état 20. chandelier7. salon 14. corps de balletXI. The following sentences all contain metaphors or similes. Explain their meaning in plain, non-figurative language:1.no one has any idea where it will go as it meanders or leaps and sparkles or just glows.2.they got out of bed on the wrong side is simply not a concern.3.They are like the musketeers of Dumas who, although they lived side by side with each other, did not delve into each other's lives or the recesses of their thoughts and feelings.4.suddenly the alchemy of conversation took place5.The glow of the conversation burst into flames.6.we ought to think ourselves back into the shoes of the Saxon peasant.7.The Elizabethans blew on it as on a dandelion clock, and its seeds multiplied, and floated to the ends of the earth.8.I have an unending love affair with dictionaries9. Otherwise one will bind the conversation, one will not let it flow freely here and there.10. We would never have gone to Australia, or leaped back in time to the Norman Conquest. XII. Study the model given below. Then read the next two paragraphs and show how coherence and unity is improved by the use, of transitional devices.Model: But this is only one aspect of the problem. Another, no less essential, is the wider gap between generations since the rate of social development has speeded up. The tastes and habits of young people today differ markedly from those of the young people of the thirties, let alone of the twenties. Still influenced by the tastes and habits of their own youth, the "fathers" are inclined to think these habits and tastes are absolutes and to deny their children the right to independent creativity which they demanded from their own parents. Hence the artificial conflicts, in which a dance or the width of trousers is elevated to the dignity of crucial issues. The writer uses the following transitional devices:1) Transitional words and expressionsbut another still hence2) Pronoun referencethose their these they3) Repetition of important wordstastes and habits young people1. And since we (teenagers) are so new, many people have some very wrong ideas about us. For instance, the newspapers are always carrying advice-columns telling our mothers how tohandle us, their "bewildered maladjusted offspring, " and the movies portray us as half-witted bops (hoodlums-ed. ); and in the current best sellers, authors recall their own confused, unhappy youth. On the other hand, speakers tell us that these teen-years are the happiest and freest of our lives, or hand us the "leaders of tomorrow, forge on the future" line. The general opinion is that teen-agers are either car-stealing, dope-taking delinquents, or immature, weepy adolescents with nothing on our minds but boys (or girls as the case may be ). Most adults have one or two attitudes toward the handling of teens--some say that only a sound beating will keep us in line; others treat us as mentally unbalanced creatures on the brink of insanity, who must be pampered and shielded at any cost.2. As of today, I am fed up with the food served in the campus dining hall. My disenchantment started in September---the day I bit into a hamburger to find myself staring at a long strand of grey hair that trailed out of the meat, through the mayonnaise, and over the edge of the bun. After that, I was not much surprised by the little things I came across in October and November: bugs in the salad and bobby pin in the meatloaf, for example. Then in December the food was worse--and a little dirtier. For Christmas dinner, for in- stance, the cook gave me a thin slice of rolled turkey, straight out of the can, and dished up a cock-roach in my pudding. Even that was excusable (nobody is perfect), but what happened today is not" I had already eaten most of my clam chowder before I found it, at the bottom of the bowl, nestled among the diced potatoes and the chopped onions: one band-aid, slightly used.XIII. Topics for oral work:1. In your opinion, what makes or spoils a good conversation?2. Is spoken English different from written English? In what ways are they different?XIV. Write a short composition describing some of the peculiarities of spoken EnglishPub Talk and the King's English 课后练习题答案Ⅰ .1. Carlyle : Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), English essayist and historian born at Ecclefechan,a village of the Scotch lowlands. After graduating from the University of Edinburgh, he rejected the ministry, for which he had been intended, and determined to he a writer of hooks. In 1826 he married Jane Welsh, a well-informed and ambitious woman who did much to further his career. They moved to Jane' s farm at Craigenputtoeh where they lived for 6 years (1828-1834 ). During this time he produced Sartor Resartus (1833-1834), a book in which he first developed his char- acteristic style and thought. This book is a veiled sardonic attack upon the shams and pretences of society, upon hollow rank, hollow officialism, hollow custom, out of which life and usefulness have departed. In 1837 he published The French Revolution, a poetic rendering and not a factual account of the great event in history. Besides these two masterpieces, he wrote Chartism (1840), On Heroes, hero Worship, and the Heroic in History (I841), Past and Present (1843) and others. "Carlylese", a peculiar style of his own, was a compound of biblical phrases, col loquialisms, Teutonic twists, and his own coinings, arranged in unexpected sequences. One of the most important social critics of his day, Carlyle influenced many men of the younger generation, among them were Mathew Arnold and Ruskin.2. Lamb : Charles Lamb (1775-1834), English essayist, wasborn in London and brought up within the precincts of the ancient law courts, his father being a servant to an advocate of the inner Temple. He went to school at Christ's Hospital, where he had for a classmate Coleridge, his life-long friend. At seventeen, he became a clerk in the India House and here he worked for 33 years until he was re-tired on a pension. His devotion to his sister Mary, upon whom rested an hereditary taint of insanity, has done al-most as much as the sweetness and gentle humor of his writings to endear his name. They collaborated on several books for children, publishing in 1867 their famous Tales from Shakespeare. His dramatic essays, Specimens of English Dramatic Poets (1808), established his reputation as a critic and did much in reviving the popularity of Eliza-be then drama. The Essays of Ella, published at intervals in London Magazine, were gathered together and republished in two series, the first in 1823, the second ten years later. They established Lamb in the title which he still holds, that of the most delightful of English essayists.Ⅱ.1.A good conversation does not really start from anywhere, and no one has any idea where it will go. A good conversation is not for making a point. Argument may often be a part of it, but the purpose of the argument is not to convince. When people become serious and talk as if they have something very important to say, when they argue to convince or to win their point, the conversation is spoilt.2. The writer likes bar conversation very much because he has spent a lot of time in pubs and is used to this kind of conversation. Bar friends are companions, not intimates. They are friends but not intimate enough to be curious about each other'sprivate life and thoughts.3. No. Conversation does not need a focus. But when a focal subject appears in the natural flow of conversation, the conversation becomes vivid, lively and more interesting.4. The people talked about Australia because the speaker who introduced the subject mentioned incidentally that it was an Australian who had given her such a definition of "the King's English. " When the people talked about the resistance in the lower classes to any attempt by an upper class to lay down rules for "English as it should be spoken", the conversation moved to Norman England because at that time a language barrier existed between the Saxon peasants and the Norman conquerors.5. The Saxon peasants and their Norman conquerors used different words for the same thing. For examples see paragraph 9.6. The writer seems to be in favor of bilingual education. He is against any form of cultural barrier or the cultural humiliation of any section or group of people.7. The term "the Queen's English" was used in 1953 by Nash because at that time the reigning monarch was a queen, Elizabeth I. The term "the King's English" is the more common form because the ruling monarch is generally a king. Those who are not very particular may use the term "the King's English", even when the ruling monarch is a queen. In 1602, Dekker used the term "the King's English", although the reigning monarch was still Queen Elizabeth.8．“The King’s English” was regarded as a form 0f racial discrimination during the Norman rule in England about 1154—1399．9．The writer thinks “the King’s English” is a classrepresentation of reality．1t is worth trying to speak “the King’s English”，but it should not be 1aid down as an edict，and made immune to change from below．The King’s English is a model a rich and instructive one- but it ought not to be an ultimatum．10．During the Norman period，the ruling class spoke Anglo—French while the peasants spoke their native Saxon language．Language bears the stamp of the class that uses it．The King’s English today refers to the language used by the upper，educated class in England．Ⅲ．1．The title of this piece is not well chosen．It misleads the readers into thinking that the writer is going to demonstrate some intrinsic or linguistic relationship between pub talk and the King’s English．Whereas the writer．in reality，is just discoursing on what makes good conversation．The King’s English is connected with “pub talk” when the writer describes the charming conversation he had with some people one evening in a pub on the topic “the King’s English” to illustrate his point that bar conversation in a pub has a charm of its own．2．1n this essay the writer alluded to many historical and literary event such as the Norman conquest，the saloons of 18th century Paris，and the words of many a man of letters．For a short expository essay like this，the allusions used are more than expected and desirable．3．Paragraph 5 is a transition paragraph by means of which the writer passes from a general discourse on good conversation to a particular instance of it．But one feels the change from “pub talk” to “the King's English” a bit too abrupt．4．The simple idiomatic expressions like "to be on the rocks，out of bed on the wrong side，etc．”may be said to go well with the copious literary and historical allusions the writer used for an informal conversational style to Suit the theme of this essay in which the writer tries to defend informal uses of language．5．The writer’s attitude towards “the King’s English” shows that he is a defender of democracy．Ⅳ．1．And conversation is an activity which is found only among human beings. (Animals and birds are not capable of conversation.)2．Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view．3．In fact a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept his point of view．4．People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed or engrossed in each other’s lives．5．The conversation could go on without anybody knowing who was right or wrong．6．These animals are called cattle when they are alive and feeding in the fields；but when we sit down at the table to eat．we call their meat beef．7．The new ruling class by using French instead of English made it difficult for the English to accept or absorb the culture of the rulers.8．The English language received proper recognition and was used by the King once more.9．The phrase, the King’s English, has always been used disrespectfully and jokingly by the lower classes. The workingpeople very often make fun of the proper and formal language of the educated people.10．There still exists in the working people, as in the early Saxon peasants, a spirit of opposition to the cultural authority of the ruling class.11．There is always a great danger that we might forget that words are only symbols and take them for things they are supposed to represent. For example, the word “dog” is a symbol representing a kind of animal. We mustn’t regard the word “dog” as being the animal itself.12．Even the most educated and literate people do not use standard, formal English all the time in their conversation.V．See the translation of the text．Ⅵ·1. on the rocks：metaphor，comparing a marriage to a ship wrecked on the rocks2．get out of bed on the wrong side: be in a bad temper for the day (The meaning is perhaps derived from the expression “You got out of bed the wrong way”. It was an ancient superstition that it was unlucky to set the left foot on the ground first on getting out of bed.) 3．on wings：metaphor，comparing conversation to a bird flying and soaring．It means the conversation soon became spirited and exciting．4．turn up one’s nose at：scorn；show scorn for5．into the shoes：metaphor(or more appropriately an idiomatic expression)，think as if one were wearing the shoes of the Saxon peasant，i．e．as if one were a Saxon peasant6 come into one’s own：receive what properly belongs to one，especially acclaim or recognition657．sit up at：(colloquial)become suddenly alert and takenotice ofⅦ．1．ignorant指缺乏知识，可以是就整体而言(如an ignorant man)，也可以是就某一具体方面或问题而言(如ignorant of the reason of their quarrel对他们争吵的起因毫无所知)；illiterate意为缺乏文化修养，尤指读写能力的缺乏；uneducated指没有受到正规的、系统的学校教育；unlearned意为学问不富(未必无知)，既可指一无所长，又可指某一方面所知有限，如unlearned in science，意为对科学懂得有限，但对其他学科，如文学、哲学等，倒可能是很精通的。
Pub talk and the king's english 高级英语2整理
Unit1Pub Talk and the King's EnglishParaphrase:1.And it is an activity only of humans.(para1)并且它是人类特有的一种活动。
And conversation is an activity which is found only among human being．2.Conversation is not for making a point.(para2)交谈并不是为了表明一种看法。
Conversation is not for persuading others to accept our idea or point of view．3.In fact,the best conversationalists are those who are prepared to lose.(para2)实际上，最好的交谈者，是那些准备输的人。
In fact a person who really enjoys and is skilled at conversation will not argue to win or force others to accept his point of view．4.Bar friends are not deeply involved in each other's lives.(para3)酒吧友人没有深层次地涉及彼此的生活。
People who meet each other for a drink in the bar of a pub are not intimate friends for they are not deeply absorbed or engrossed in each other’s lives．5.it could still go ignorantly on(para6)大伙仍旧可以糊里糊涂地扯下去。
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1. Language—is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication.
• --system: elements are arranged according to certain rules, can be learned and used consistently.
• To familiarize students with the history of the English language
• To familiarize students with the social background of England and Australia
Pre-text questions
1) The Norman Conquest and its influence upon the English language
2) English Convicts in Australia 3) How can language serve as a class barrier? 4) What is the author’s opinion of a good
language and animal language? 3) What does the charm of conversation lie in? 4) What ruins a good conversation according
to the writer?
1) What is language?
Textual Structure
Part I (para1-3): ( thesis statement: A good conversation
is not making a point)
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Part II (Para 4-17): Illustration of a good conversation: Talking about “the king’s English”
高级英语（第三版）第二册第一课
Pub Talk and King's English
《高级英语》第三版第二册
Lesson One
Pub Talk and the King’s English
Teaching Objectives
• To enable students to appreciate the essay (theme, view, structure, language)
• King’s English —Supposedly correct or standard English (Especially British English) as to grammar and pronunciation. Or Queen’s English
• RP—Received Pronunciation
conversation? Do you agree why? 5) What is the organization of the text? 6) What is the relation between ‘Pub Talk’ and
‘the King’s English’?
General Knowledge
Part IV (para18-21): Resuming to the topic: Restating his viewpoint
Detailed Analysis of the Text
Part I (par1-3):
Questions: 1) What is language? 2) What are the differences between human
• --arbitrary: no intrinsic connection between the word and the thing. Different languages have different words for the same thing.
• --symbolic: words are associated with objects, actions and ideas by conventions.
• Pub: The public house---known as the pub or the local --is the center
of the social life for a large number of people in Britain. Pub, besides offering a wide variety of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and providing hot and cold food, serve as places for meeting friends and for entertainment. Many have, for instance, television sets, amusements machines and juke-boxes ( 自 动 唱 机 ） and provide facilities for playing darts; billiards, dominoes and similar games. Some also employ musicians for evening entertainment, such as piano playing, folk singing and modern jazz, rock and roll, punk music etc.