大学综合英语7,unit7,课件

1. Text Analysis and Appreciation of Para1

1) Comprehension Questions on Para1

•What are the difference between the two concepts of being international and being

cosmopolitan?

•Why did the author say “all good men are international but nearly all bad men are

cosmopolitan”?

•What does he mean by “being national”?

•What does the example of Buddhist peace prove?

•What are the author’s opinions toward the Christian and the Hindu?•What example did the author use to explain the distinction between “loving each other”

and “being each other”?

•What are the difference between Englishme n’s “having a fancy for France” and their

“admiring France?”

•What did the author compare to the Frenchmen’s vices and virtues?

Buddhist Peace

4.Questions for Further Thinking

•What does the author’s experience in para4 tell us about?

•What did you learn from the text?

5. Language Points(*Words for Band4, **Words for Band8)

1) …being international and being *cosmopolitan (para1)

● A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countries

and cultures.

● e.g. London has always been a cosmopolitan city.

2) …Thus their **obscenity is the expression of their passionate love of dragging all things

into the light.(para2)

●The French people often impress others as “obscene”, this can be interpreted as an

expression of their strong love to make all things open and public, even those such

as sex or the expression of love.

3) The avarice of their peasants means the independence of their peasants.(para2)

●French peasants may leave people of other countries the impression of being

greedy, yet that is because they make their own living all by themselves and

little would they count on their kings, governments or other forms of

authorities.

4) ...seeing the savage French **caricature… (para2)

● A drawing or description that appears in a humorous or critical way.

5)…exquisite fruit of French **cynicism… (para2)

●Cynicism is the belief that people always act selfishly.

● e.g.I found Ben's cynicism wearing at times.

●Cynicism about something is the belief that it cannot be successful or that the people involved are not

honorable.

● e.g. This talk betrays a certain cynicism about free trade.

6) …never *till ed the rude but rich soil of French virtue…(para2)

●Verb: till = cultivate

●Prep: In spoken and informal English, till is often used instead of until.

●They had to wait till Monday to ring the bank manager...

●Noun: In a shop or other place of business, a till is a counter or cash register

where money is kept.

...long queues at tills that make customers angry.

A till is the drawer of a cash register, in which the money is kept.

He checked the register. There was money in the till.

7)…the shadow of the great houses still *falls everywhere…(para3)

●The remaining prestige of those old and eminent aristocratic families can still be felt everywhere.

8) *Snobbishness…(para3)

●If you describe someone as snobbish, you disapprove of them because they are too proud of their social status,

intelligence, or taste.

● e.g.They had a snobbish dislike for their intellectual and social inferiors...

9)Understand the vice he plagiarized…para3)

●If someone plagiarizes another person's idea or work, they use it or copy it and pretend that they thought of it

or created it.

● e.g.The poem employs as its first lines a verse plagiarized from a billboard.

10) They like a noble to be *unconscious and **amiable (para3)

●They like their noble to be not aware of his own social status, always treating

them as friends and equals.

11)**vicarious nobility in the English love of a lord(para3): The English love of a lord

should not be deemed as what it seemingly is.