大连海事大学：《高级英语 Advanced English》课程教学资源（PPT课件讲稿，英文版）Unit 9 The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

Unit 9 o The Ones who Walk away From omelas By ursula le guin

Unit 9 ⚫ The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas ⚫ ⚫ By Ursula Le Guin

Teaching Points Background knowedge oIl. Introduction to the passage ●Ⅲ. Text Analysis ●ⅣV. Rhetorical devices o V Questions

Teaching Points ⚫ I. Background knowledge ⚫ II. Introduction to the passage ⚫ III. Text Analysis ⚫ IV. Rhetorical devices ⚫ V. Questions

Background Knowledge The author o Ursula k le guin is one of the most important and respected authors of science fiction 16 novels 0---4 collections of poetry O---10 children's books O -- several screenplays and more

I. Background Knowledge ⚫ The Author ⚫ Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the most important and respected authors of science fiction. ⚫ --- 16 novels ⚫ --- 4 collections of poetry ⚫ --- 10 children's books ⚫ --- several screenplays and more

Background Knowledge ● Ursula kroeber: -- born on october 21. 1929 O -- Her father, Alfred Kroeber. was an anthropologist, her mother, Theodora, a writer of children's stories She has three children and two grandchildren She is considered a great author, but not a particularly tall one

Background Knowledge ⚫ Ursula Kroeber: ⚫ --- born on October 21, 1929. ⚫ --- Her father, Alfred Kroeber, was an anthropologist, her mother, Theodora, a writer of children's stories ⚫ --- She has three children and two grandchildren. ⚫ ---She is considered a great author, but not a particularly tall one

Background Knowledge She studied literature o -- Bachelor of arts degree at radcliffe O---M.A from Columbia university, in 1952 O - awarded a fulbright fellowship to study in France there she met charles Le guin whom she later married Mrs. Le Guin now lives in Portland, oregon

Background Knowledge ⚫ She studied literature ⚫ --- Bachelor of Arts degree at Radcliffe ⚫ --- M.A. from Columbia university, in 1952. ⚫ --- awarded a Fulbright fellowship to study in France ⚫ --- there she met Charles Le Guin, whom she later married ⚫ --- Mrs. Le Guin now lives in Portland, Oregon

Background Knowledge ● The works o A Wizard of earthsea(1968) o The Tombs of Atuan(1971) The Farthest Shore(1972) o The Dispossessed (1974) o The Beginning Place(1980)

Background Knowledge ⚫ The works: ⚫ A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) ⚫ The Tombs of Atuan (1971) ⚫ The Farthest Shore (1972) ⚫ The Dispossessed (1974) ⚫ The Beginning Place (1980)

Background Knowledge o LeGuin said she has studied very little hard science. My science fiction tends to be social science fiction, she said. "But I try not to make mistakes

Background Knowledge ⚫ LeGuin said she has studied very little hard science. "My science fiction tends to be social science fiction," she said. "But I try not to make mistakes

Background Knowledge o Her writing force us to re-examine many of the things that we once took for granted cities ● political structures social attitudes conventional ideas about life

Background Knowledge ⚫ Her writing force us to re-examine many of the things that we once took for granted. ⚫ --- cities ⚫ --- political structures ⚫ --- social attitudes ⚫ --- conventional ideas about life

Background Knowledge o She uses science fiction to explore contemporary Issues o She explains why she likes the science fiction form ● She says:“ Science fiction allows me to help people get out of their cultural skins and into the skins of other beings .. in science fiction you are often expected to get into the skin of another person from another culture

Background Knowledge ⚫ She uses science fiction to explore contemporary issues. ⚫ She explains why she likes the science fiction form. ⚫ She says: “ Science fiction allows me to help people get out of their cultural skins and into the skins of other beings…in science fiction you are often expected to get into the skin of another person from another culture

l. Introduction to the Passage o Type of Writing o A piece of allegorical description

II. Introduction to the Passage ⚫ Type of Writing: ⚫ A piece of allegorical description