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1、cover AFewKindWordsforSuperstition Unit5 新世纪高等院校英语专业本科系列教材 修订版 综合教程第六册 第2版 电子教案 上海外语教育出版社 Contentspage Contents LearningObjectivesPre readingActivitiesGlobalReadingDetailedReadingConsolidationActivitiesFurtherEnhancement objectives LearningObjectives Rhetoricalskill clarificationwithanecdotesandexam
2、plesKeylanguage grammarpointsWritingstrategies classificationanddivisionTheme superstitionfromdifferentperspectives Pre R pictureactivation What syoursign Anddoyoubelieveinhoroscope PictureActivation Pre questions Pre R pre questions 1 1 Peoplearemoreorlesssuperstitious Forexample weChineseallthinkt
3、hatthenumbers six and eight canbringgoodluck while four and thirteen areunfavourednumbers What syourfavouritenumber Whydoyoulikeit PictureActivation Pre questions Openfordiscussion Pre R pre questions 2 2 It swellknownthatdifferentcolourshavequitedifferentconnotationsindifferentcultures Forexample y
4、ellow inChineseisassociatedwithpornography whileinmostEnglish speakingcountriesitconnotescowardice Canyougivesomeotherexamplesofthiskind PictureActivation Pre questions Openfordiscussion G R textintroduction Thetextisdevelopedbymeansoftheauthor sclassificationofthefourtypesofsuperstition andhisexpla
5、nationofitshistory popularityandcharacteristics andthereasonsforpeople sfascinationwithit Daviesusesavarietyofexamplesineveryparagraph withtheexceptionofthefirsttwoparagraphs todevelopthetext Theseexamplesincludeanecdotes factsandpersonalexperiences Inmanyoftheseexampleswenoticethewords adeeplylearn
6、edprofessor anotherlearnedprofessor Dr SamuelJohnson agoodscientist Allthishelpstobuildtheimpressionthatsuperstitionisnotonlyforthenaiveandignorantbutitisalso aliveandflourishingamongthepeoplewhoareindisputablyrationalandlearned TextIntroduction CultureNotes Author Structure G R CN transcendentalmed
7、itation 1 transcendentalmeditation Paragraph1 Transcendentalmeditation 超脱禅定法 isatechniqueofmeditationderivedfromHindutraditionsthatcalmsthemindandpromotesdeeprelaxationthroughtheuseofamantra 符咒 asacredverbalformularepeatedinprayer meditation orincantation 符咒 咒语 suchasaninvocation 祈祷 ofagod amagicspe
8、ll orasyllableorportionofscripturecontainingmysticalpotentialities TextIntroduction CultureNotes Author Structure G R CN transcendentalmeditation 2 Transcendentalmeditationisuniqueandfundamentallydifferentfromanyothersystemsofmeditationandrelaxation Over5millionpeoplearoundtheworldhavelearnedthetech
9、niquesinceitwasfoundedbyMaharishiMaheshYogiin1957 TextIntroduction CultureNotes Author Structure G R CN enlightment enlightenment Paragraph1 InHinduismandBuddhism enlightenmentisthehighestspiritualstatethatcanbeachieved ItisablessedstateinwhichtheindividualtranscendsdesireandsufferingandattainsNirva
10、na theineffableultimateinwhichonehasattaineddisinterestedwisdomandcompassion TextIntroduction CultureNotes Author Structure G R CN VainObservances VainObservances Paragraph3 Anobservanceisanactperformedforreligiousorceremonialreasons Here vain roughlymeans proud Notwalkingunderaladderisavainobservan
11、cebecausepeoplebelievethattheyshouldnotbehumbleinfrontoftheDevil TextIntroduction CultureNotes Author Structure G R CN IChing IChing Paragraph4 TheIChing orBookofChanges 易经 isanancientChinesedivinationmanualandbookofwisdomthatoffersslightlyambiguousadviceonhowtoact Especiallysincethe1960s itspoetict
12、extandextraordinarysymbolism tosaynothingofitsstrangeeffectivenessindivination havegaineditafollowingintheWest TheIChingwastraditionallyheldtobewrittenbythelegendaryChineseEmperorFuHsi 伏羲 2953B C 2838B C TextIntroduction CultureNotes Author Structure G R CN IChing ItispossiblethattheIChingoriginated
13、fromaprehistoricdivinationtechniquewhichdatesbackasfaras5000B C FurthercommentarieswereaddedbyKingWenandtheDukeofChouinthe11thcenturyB C TextIntroduction CultureNotes Author Structure G R CN SamuelJohnson Dr SamuelJohnson Paragraph8 1709 1784 Englishpoet essayist critic journalist lexicographer conv
14、ersationalist regardedasoneoftheoutstandingfiguresof18thcenturylifeandletters JohnsonbecameDoctorJohnsonwhenDublinUniversitygavehimthehonorarydegreein1765 TextIntroduction CultureNotes Author Structure G R CN OrthodoxJews OrthodoxJews Paragraph9 OrthodoxJudaism 正统的犹太教 isthebranchofJudaismthatisgover
15、nedbyadherencetotheTorah 旧约 的首五卷 即摩西五经 asinterpretedintheTalmud 塔木德经 犹太古代法典 ItistheoldestformofJudaismpracticedbyJews OrthodoxJewsareJewswhobelieveinOrthodoxJudaism TextIntroduction CultureNotes Author Structure G R CN Melanesian Melanesian Paragraph9 MelanesiaisadivisionofOceaniainthesouthwestPacif
16、icOceancomprisingtheislandsnortheastofAustraliaandsouthoftheequator ItincludestheSolomonIslands NewHebrides NewCaledonia theBismarckArchipelago variousotherislandgroups andsometimesNewGuinea MelanesianisamemberofanyoftheindigenouspeoplesofMelanesia TextIntroduction CultureNotes Author Structure G R CN romanCatholic 1 RomanCatholic Paragraph11 TheRomanCatholicChurchseesitselfasinstitutedbyJesusChristforthesalvationofsouls Itaccomplishesthisgoalthroughteachingandthroughtheadministrationofsacrament
