2SayYes新版现代大学英语二册完整个性化教案
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第 教学周/第 节（第 次课） 第 页 Teaching Objectives: 教学目的 To acquire the key words, important and difficult sentences and language points Teaching Focus 1) Words and expressions related to household chores 2) The idea of racism and attitudes 教学重点和难点 towards love Possible Difficulties To form one’s own opinions to racism Teaching techniques To integrate several different teaching methods and techniques: elicitation; explanation; illustration and discussion, role play/read in roles (voiceover). 教学方法和手段 2
教 学 基 本 内 容 备 注 Unit 2 Say yes 1. Background Information Racism: the belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others. 2. Structure ? Theme The idea of racism is a theme in the story, for the implication of the husband’s racism is what causes the couple to quarrel. The wife dislikes her husband’s beliefs that African Americans are different from whites. He maintains that it is not that he is prejudiced against African Americans, but that they come from a different culture and they even have their own language. The husband’s negative response to Ann’s question of whether he would marry her were she
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African American indicates the pervasive and destructive nature of his racism. This story is a revelation of subtle expression of racial prejudice. Subtle: sensitive/ delicate ? An analysis of the husband The husband in the story is generally an unsympathetic character. He appears to have racist feelings and seems to be dishonest with himself. He claims to appreciate the stability of his life with Ann provides him, but he still makes efforts to undermine it. He refuses to take responsibility for his actions. Throughout the evening, he is seen to be less than a genuine person; he does things for effect rather than out of a genuine, sincere desire. Within the confines of the story, his most significant trait is his rejection of his wife, which she takes quite seriously, much to his surprise. By the end of the story, the husband demonstrates yet another shift in mood:
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excitement as he realizes that, in certain ways, his wife is unknowable to him. The final scene has him awaiting his wife in their darkened bedroom, imagining that she is a stranger that he seems to embrace, as demonstrated by the excited pounding of his heart. 1)appearance: considerate: pitch in on the housework, come to the aid out of concern, ask to complete the dish-washing 2) innermost being: hypocritical He is excited by her anger to challenge her. His concern for her is for her appreciation. Send her away to stop the conversation as he is tired of it. He felt ashamed that he had let his wife get him into the fight. He knew that he had to come up with the right answer…but, in fact, he did not realize his mistake. ? “They don’t come from the same culture”
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2SayYes新版现代大学英语二册完整个性化教案
