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1、Unit9TheDamnedHumanRaceTeachingObjectives1.Toknowtheauthorandhisbackground;2.Toexplorethemainideaandanalyzethestructureoftext;3.Tomasterthefeaturesoftravelwriting;4.TomasterthelanguagepointsinTextATeachingProceduresI.Pre-Reading1.CommentontheQuotationsonhuman²IsometimesthinkthatGodincreatingman
2、somewhatoverestimatedHisability.—OscarWild²Men!Theonlyanimalintheworldtofear.—D.H.Lawrence²Weareperversecreaturesandneversatisfied.—NanFairbrother²Suchisthehumanrace,oftenitseemsapitythatNoah...didn'tmisstheboat.—MarkTwain²Man—acreaturemadeattheendoftheweek'sworkwhenGodwastired.—MarkTwainDiscus
3、sion:whatisyourview?1)Whatisyourunderstandingofhumannature?2)Haveyoufoundanydefect?Ornothingnegativeatall?3)Pleasenamethreemajordefectsofhumannature.2.Backgroundknowledge1)Abouttheauthor-----BillBuford(1950-)²MarkTwain(1835---1910)wasbornSamuelLanghorneClementsinFlorida,Missouri,butlivedasachil
4、dinHannibal,Missouri,ontheMississippiRiver.²HetookthepennameMarkTwainfromthecallofthepilotsontheriversteamers,whichindicatedthatthewaterwastwelvefeetdeep,asafedepthforasteamer.²Duringhisearlyyears,heworkedasariverboatpilot,newspaperreporter,printer,andgoldprospector.Butthenheturnedtowriting,and
5、becameoneofthegreatestofAmericanwriters.²Hismasterpiece:nInnocentsAbroad1869nTheAdventuresofTomSawyer1876nTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn1885nLifeontheMississippi1883nThePrinceandthePauper1882²Hiswritingstyle:nhilariouslyhumorousnbitterlysatirical2)Aboutthetext²Theauthorwritesaboutuglyhumantrait
6、sanddispositions.Inhisopinion,humanbeingsarenotascendedfromtheloweranimalsbutdescendedfromthehigheranimals.3)Culturalbackgrounda)PlainsBison美洲或欧洲的野牛•OriginatinginEurasia(欧亚大陆)butmigratingtoNorthAmericaacrosstheBeringlandbridgeduringprehistorictimes,theythrivedontheGreatPlains,untilthearrivalofw
7、hitesettlersdrovethemtothebrinkofextinction.•AlthoughtheyoncerangedacrosstheGreatPlainsfromMexicotoCanada,withnumbersestimatedat60million,todaytheyexistprimarilyongamereservesandranches(大牧场),withestimatednumbersof200,000.a)Buffalo
