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 11 The Future of the English

Unit 11 The Future of the english J.B. Priestley

Unit 11 ⚫ The Future of the English ⚫ ⚫ J. B. Priestley

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 oa brief introduction to the author J.B. Priestley

I. Background Knowledge ⚫ A brief introduction to the author ⚫ J. B. Priestley

J. B. Priestley ● John boynton Priestley O -born in Bradford, England, in 1894 died in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1984

J. B. Priestley ⚫ John Boynton Priestley ⚫ --- born in Bradford, England, in 1894 ⚫ --- died in Stratford-upon-Avon in 1984

J. B. Priestley ●- British journalist novelist ● playwright essayist o Priestley's output was vast and varied he wrote over one hundred novels plays, and essays

J. B. Priestley ⚫ --- British journalist ⚫ --- novelist ⚫ --- playwright ⚫ --- essayist ⚫ Priestley's output was vast and varied - he wrote over one hundred novels, plays, and essays

J. B. Priestley ● His best-known play o An Inspector Calls(1946) ● his nove|s The Good Companions(1929) Angel Pavement (1930) o established him as a successful popular novelist

J. B. Priestley ⚫ His best-known play: ⚫ An Inspector Calls (1946) ⚫ his novels: ⚫ The Good Companions (1929) ⚫ Angel Pavement (1930) ⚫ established him as a successful popular novelist

J.B. Priestley o Other novels o They Walk in the city(1936) o The Doomday Men(1938) o Let the People sing(1939) o Festival at Farbridge (1951)

J. B. Priestley ⚫ Other novels: ⚫ They Walk in the City (1936) ⚫ The Doomday Men (1938) ⚫ Let the People Sing (1939) ⚫ Festival at Farbridge (1951)

J.B. Priestley o---more successfully than any other novelist in the first half of the 20th century thoughts and feelings of the ordinary Englishman a being whose character he outlines with vigor and good humor

J. B. Priestley ⚫ --- more successfully than any other novelist in the first half of the 20th century ⚫ --- thoughts and feelings of the ordinary Englishman ⚫ --- a being whose character he outlines with vigor and good humor

l. Introduction to the Passage ●1. Type of literature o part exposition and part persuasion or argument

II. Introduction to the Passage ⚫ 1. Type of literature: ⚫ part exposition and part persuasion or argument