高级英语（第四版）1_教学课件Lesson 4 The Libido for the Ugly.pptx

Lesson4

TheLibidofortheUgly

HenryL.Mencken

FOREIGNLANGUAGETEACHINGANDRESEARCHPRESS

Contents

PartOne:Warm-up

PartTwo:BackgroundInformation

PartThree:TextAppreciation

PartFour:LanguageStudy

PartFive:Extension

PartOne—Warm-up

Ⅰ.PictureViewing

Ⅱ.Brainstorming

Ⅲ.Discussion

Ⅳ.LearningObjectives

Ⅰ.PictureViewing

DoyouknowabouttheWorld’sTop10UgliestBuildings?

Thegreatthingabouttravelmaybeseeingtheworld

throughadifferentlens,butthatdoesn’tmeantheview

isalwayspretty.Withthisinmind,thetravelexpertsat

havecomeupwithalistof“The

World’sTop10UgliestBuildingsandMonument.”

“Someofthesepickshaveallthecharmofabagof

nailswhileothersarejustjaw-droppingintheir

complexity.Lovethemorhatethem,thelistis

certainlyentertaining.”

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Ⅰ.PictureViewing

Ⅰ.PictureViewing

What’syourgeneralimpressionofthesebuildings?

Fromthegalleryoftenoftheworld’sugliestbuildings,

weknowthatalthoughthebuildingsshownarescattered

acrosstheglobe,theyhavesomethingincommon.All

ofthemhavebigbudgets,mostattemptingtocreate

contemporaryorfuturisticstyling,andtheyallhave

dividedopinionamonglocalresidents,architects,andthe

generalpublic.

Ⅱ.Brainstorming

Doyouknowanyuglybuildings?Sharewithyourclassmates

Makesomepredictionsaboutthetexttobelearned

Ⅲ.Discussion

1.Howdoyouunderstandthetitle?

2.WhydoesMenkenchoosetheterm“libido”?

Ⅳ.LearningObjectives

1.Toacquaintstudentswithsubjectivedescriptionwriting.

2.Tohelpstudentsunderstandtheauthor’srealintentionbehindthedescription.

3.Tohelpstudentsappreciatethelanguagefeatures.

4.Tomakestudentslearnalltheexpressionsconcerningugliness.

PartTwo—BackgroundInformation

Ⅰ.AbouttheAuthor

Ⅱ.Menken’sstyle

III.Pittsburgh

IV.Westmorelandcounty

V.Greensburg

Ⅰ.AbouttheAuthor

HenryLouisMencken

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