高级英语第二册.docx

高级英语第二册
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Unit 1: Face to Face with Hurricane Camille
byJoseph P. Blank
I. Additional Background Knowledge
1. Hurricane; typhoon; cyclone
2. Salvation Army
3. Red Cross
II. Introduction to the Passage
1. Type of literature: A piece of narration
--character (pro
--action (incidents, events, etc.)
--conflicts (suspense, tension)
--climax
--denouement
2. Main idea
3. Organization：
--introduction
--development
--climax
--conclusion
III. Effective Writing Skills:
1. making effective use of verbs
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2. using many elliptical and short, simple sentences to achieve certain effect IV. Rhetorical Devices:
1. transferred epithet
2. personification
3. metaphor
4. simile
V. Special Difficulties
Avoiding the following kinds of mistakes:
1. run-on sentences
2. sentence fragments
3. dangling modifiers
4. illogical or faulty parallelism
5. unnecessary shifts in point of view
6. paraphrasing some sentences
7. identifying figures of speech
VI. Questions
1. What is the organizational pattern of this piece of narration?
2. What does the writer focus chiefly on --- developing character, action (plot), or idea (theme)?
3. Who is the pro
4. How does the writer build up and sustain the suspense in the story?
5. Why did John Koshak feel a crushing guilt?
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Unit 2: Marrakech byGeorge Orwell
I. Additional Background Knowledge
1. George Orwell
2. Morocco
3. Marrakech
4. The Jewish people
II. Introduction to the Passage
1. Type of literature: a piece of exposition
2. The purpose of a piece of exposition:
-- to inform or explain
3. Ways of developing the thesis of a piece of exposition:
--
4. The central thought or thesis
III. Effective Writing Skills:
1. making ef