unit 1 Package Design.ppt

Unit One Package Design Teaching Objectives 1. Topic: Appearance of objects, goods, animals or human beings 2. Vocabulary: Expressions about the appearance of objects, goods, animals or human beings; grab, seduce, artifice, motivate, connote, evoke, standout, subliminal, rut it in, aspire to, not so much…as.., 3. Linguistic device: simile metaphor Part I Listening and Speaking Activities Aims: Learning expressions and phrases for describing objects, people or animals; Learning to understand and practice elements of linguistic devices: similes and metaphor Expressions of size (of things) colossal, huge, vast, immense, bulky, mammoth (of persons) huge, stout, chubby, plump, bulky, roly-poly, titan (n.), elephantine a colossal building a mammoth task 巨大的任务 miniature, diminutive (formal), midget (infml. offensive), tiny, teeny-weeny Expressions of material/texture wood, paper, plastic, fabric, silk, rayon, batik, nylon, wool, cotton, silky, velvety, smooth, coarse, rough Prepositional phrases of appearances like velvet, in yellow, on the crooked path[1], with plastic, towards obesity[2], along with a snub-nose  [1] not living a straightforward and honest life [2] tending towards being fat Figurative language (The con-man was) as smooth as silk, (His ego was) colossal, a midget in the land of titans, crooked (smile), (He ate) like a horse, (ran) like a cheetah Discussion Aims: Learning to use the vocabulary you have learned in the brainstorming and listening sections to describe objects, people and geographic features through discussion. Understanding similes and metaphors Practicing using similes and metaphors to add more depth and poetry to descriptions Simile and metaphor A simile is a comparison that involves using the words “like” or “as”. Metaphors are much more direct; say that something is something else. Simile (明喻) He ate like a horse. He ran like a cheetah. The con-man was as smooth as silk. Si