郧阳师范高等专科学校：《综合英语》（英文版）Unit 10 Guiding tips

Unit 10 Text 1 郧阳师专英语系综合英语教研室

Unit 10 Text 1 郧阳师专英语系综合英语教研室

Guiding tips i Background Information About the author Introduction of the text Comprehensive Questions Language Points Discussion Homework

Guiding tips ▪ Background Information ▪ About the Author ▪ Introduction of the Text ▪ Comprehensive Questions ▪ Language Points ▪ Discussion ▪ Homework

Background Information (1) Education in Britain (1) Education in the United Kingdom is compulsory for everyone between the ages of five to sixteen. This is the absolute minimum length of time that students attend educational establishments. Increasingly, children attend nursery schools at the age of three or four, and more Britons every year are staying in education after the age of sixteen. Educational institutions a9鲁 are expanding fast to meet the increased demands There are two parallel school systems in the UK: the state system, where education is provided free, the independent system, where parents normally pay fees. About one in thirteen of British school-age children goes through the independent system

Background Information(1) Education in Britain(1) ▪ Education in the United Kingdom is compulsory for everyone between the ages of five to sixteen. This is the absolute minimum length of time that students attend educational establishments. Increasingly, children attend nursery schools at the age of three or four, and more Britons every year are staying in education after the age of sixteen. Educational institutions are expanding fast to meet the increased demands. There are two parallel school systems in the UK: the state system, where education is provided free; the independent system, where parents normally pay fees. About one in thirteen of British school-age children goes through the independent system

Education in Britain(2) Britain has a National Curriculum---a statement of the minimum learning requirement of all children at each stage in their education. This curriculum is compulsory in the state system. Independent schools are not bound by it, but in practice most of them teach what the National Curriculum demands About forty percent go on to Further Education colleges from the state or independent sectors. Students who choose to continue their education want to go to a university or university sector college to do a degree. A level and AS-levels in GCSE(G eneral certificate of Secondary Education are still the most common entrance qualifications for students in the UK

Education in Britain(2) Britain has a National Curriculum---a statement of the minimum learning requirement of all children at each stage in their education. This curriculum is compulsory in the state system. Independent schools are not bound by it, but in practice most of them teach what the National Curriculum demands. About forty percent go on to Further Education colleges from the state or independent sectors. Students who choose to continue their education want to go to a university or university sector college to do a degree. A￾level and AS-levels in GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education )are still the most common entrance qualifications for students in the UK

Background Information(2 About Geoffrey Chaucer(1340-1400) English poet, one of the most important figures in English literature. His masterpiece, in which he achieved his fullest artistic power, is The Canterbury Tales. This unfinished poem, about 17.000 lines is one of the most brilliant works in all literature. The poem introduces a group pf pilgrims journeying from London to Canterbury To help pass the time they decide to tell stories Together, the stories represent a wide cross section of 14th-century English life

Background Information(2) About Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400) ▪ English poet, one of the most important figures in English literature. His masterpiece, in which he achieved his fullest artistic power, is The Canterbury Tales. This unfinished poem, about 17, 000 lines , is one of the most brilliant works in all literature. The poem introduces a group pf pilgrims journeying from London to Canterbury. To help pass the time they decide to tell stories. Together, the stories represent a wide cross section of 14th-century English life

Background Information (3) phrases of thumb(1) 1. Under ones thumb: under ones contro在某人支配(控制) a e. g. I can't tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my fathers thumb 2 All thumbs(fingers): clumsy, unable to hold it, fingers feel like thumbs手脚不灵巧,笨拙 E.g. When I try to sew a button on my shirt, I'm all thumbs 3. Green thumb: good gardener naturally good with plants绿手 指指种植花木蔬菜的高超技能 e.g. Willie is the green thumb in our group. He is the gardener

Background Information (3) phrases of “thumb”(1) ▪ 1.Under one’s thumb: under one’s control 在某人支配(控制) 下 ▪ e.g. I can’t tell you what pain I feel when I see how much my mother is under my father’s thumb. ▪ 2.All thumbs (fingers) :clumsy, unable to hold it, fingers feel like thumbs手脚不灵巧,笨拙 ▪ E.g. When I try to sew a button on my shirt, I’m all thumbs. ▪ 3.Green thumb: good gardener, naturally good with plants绿手 指,指种植花木蔬菜的高超技能 ▪ e.g. Willie is the green thumb in our group. He is the gardener

Phrases of“ thumb”(2 4. by thumb to someone by stopping the driver to give you at以免费搭车的方 E.g. He traveled to other parts of the country by thumb 5. thumb down; reject, not accept反对 E.g. He tends to thumb down all my best ideas 6. thumb up: approve, be for sth.赞成 E.g. The chairman thumbed up our plan 7. twiddle one's thumbs to do nothing while you wait impatiently for sth. to happen /N 着无事 E.g. For the next half hour I was twiddling my thumbs

Phrases of “thumb”(2) ▪ 4.by thumb: to someone by stopping the driver to give you a lift以免费搭车的方式 ▪ E.g. He traveled to other parts of the country by thumb ▪ 5.thumb down; reject, not accept反对 ▪ E.g. He tends to thumb down all my best ideas. ▪ 6.thumb up: approve, be for sth. 赞成 ▪ E.g. The chairman thumbed up our plan. ▪ 7.twiddle one’s thumbs :to do nothing while you wait impatiently for sth. to happen闲 着无事 ▪ E.g. For the next half hour I was twiddling my thumbs waiting for my friends to arrive

Phrases of thumb(3) 8. thumb through turn the pages of a book, magazine etc without reading much of it 快速浏览 E.g. She thumbed through the guidebook, looking for somewhere to visit in the afternoon 9. thumb ones nose at: behave in a way that you do not care what they think蔑视 E.g. He has always thumbed his nose at the media 10. stick out like a sore manmao5n0. yan. net humb: very noticeable 再量量很量片·wwwQ,co because they are unusual or nappropriate得十分不自然 E.g. The ugly painting stuck out like a sore thumb in the art

Phrases of “thumb”(3) ▪ 8.thumb through :turn the pages of a book , magazine etc. without reading much of it 快速浏览 E.g. She thumbed through the guidebook, looking for somewhere to visit in the afternoon. ▪ 9.thumb one’s nose at :behave in a way that you do not care what they think蔑视 ▪ E.g. He has always thumbed his nose at the media. ▪ 10.stick out like a sore thumb :very noticeable because they are unusual or inappropriate显得十分不自然, 不合适 ▪ E.g. The ugly painting stuck out like a sore thumb in the art gallery

About the author Edward Blishen (1920- British novelist autobiographer, writer of children's fiction and writer in the field of education. He has been working as an editor for the Junior Press Encyclopaedia, London since 1961. The text is an extract from one of his publication Roaring Boys(1955)

About the Author ▪ Edward Blishen(1920- ),British novelist, autobiographer, writer of children’ s fiction, and writer in the field of education. He has been working as an editor for the Junior Press Encyclopaedia, London, since 1961.The text is an extract from one of his publication Roaring Boys(1955)

Introduction of the Text( organization and development(1) The text is a short and amusing story which vividly describes how a fledgling substitute teacher tries to keep a class of unruly boys under control. The story has an artistic outset---direct quotation of the headmasters instruction which relates to the title---the thumb, a pun of double meanings The body of the text is a detailed account of the interaction between the teacher and the students---the teacher, timid and incompetent tries all his means to bring the class into order while the students mischievous and arrogant, disregard all classroom disciplines The story ends with a climax of the conflict in which the young teacher takes up a book on Chaucer, which he intends to read to the class but is mistaken for the Bible---a proof of the giant boys as intellectual dwarfs

Introduction of the Text(1) organization and development(1) ▪ The text is a short and amusing story which vividly describes how a fledgling substitute teacher tries to keep a class of unruly boys under control. The story has an artistic outset---direct quotation of the headmaster’s instruction which relates to the title---the thumb, a pun of double meanings. ▪ The body of the text is a detailed account of the interaction between the teacher and the students---the teacher, timid and incompetent, tries all his means to bring the class into order while the students, mischievous and arrogant, disregard all classroom disciplines. ▪ The story ends with a climax of the conflict in which the young teacher takes up a book on Chaucer, which he intends to read to the class but is mistaken for the Bible---a proof of the giant boys as intellectual dwarfs