大学思辨英语教程．精读2，文学与人生

目录 Map of the Book Unit Texts Literary Elements Reading Strategies Critical Thinking Intercultural Competence Unit 1 Trust and Character P. 1 Text A Do You Like It Here? by John O’Hara P. 2 Text B Teenage Wasteland by Anne Tyler P. 16 • Irony • Speech style • Characterization through dialogue • Read between the lines • Predict the development of the plot • Analyze the tone of the speakers in the story • Draw inferences about the character’s background • Evaluate the effect of the first-person narrative • Make moral reasoning and fair-grounded judgments about the characters • Be sensitive to terms with cultural connotations • Interpret cultural concepts and institutions from a historical perspective • Explain ideas and practices regarding how to discipline children in different cultures Unit 2 More than Skin Deep P. 29 Text A Revolt of the Evil Fairies by Ted Poston P. 30 Text B The Revenge of Her Race by Mary Beaumont P. 43 • Irony • Point of view • Dramatic plot twist • Find thematically related background information • Notice how first-person narration affects the reception of a story • Look up special terms • Distinguish between the literal and implied meanings • Make inferences through connecting and reflecting on the events • Interpret and evaluate the quotes and arguments about racism • Understand racism in changed historical contexts • Articulate observations of different cultures with awareness of historical complexity • Discern cultural stereotypes and reflect on their roles in intercultural communication Unit 3 Bereavement and Grief P. 53 Text A War by Luigi Pirandello P. 54 Text B The Prince Finds a Wise and Happy Man by Samuel Johnson P. 67 • Irony • Internal conflict • Dramatic plot twist • Look up background information against the setting of the story • Analyze arguments in the story • Examine the narrative structure • Examine and evaluate characters’ arguments about war • Interpret the figurative meaning of the story’s title • Understand and evaluate the concept of patriotism • Understand similarities and differences regarding expressions of emotions across cultures • Compare the representations of theme of grief in Western and Chinese poems • Discern core values of a culture in its cultural products Unit 4 The Uncanny and Fear P. 71 Text A The Open Window by H. H. Munro P. 72 Text B The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe P. 84 • Genre (romance, Gothic tale) • Foreshadowing • Story within story Unit 5 Knowledge and Ignorance P. 91 Text A An Ounce of Cure by Alan Nourse P. 92 Text B Extracts from Adam’s Diary by Mark Twain P. 106 • Allegory • Un-intrusive third-person narration • Irony, satire • Look up the technical terms in the text and consider the author’s purpose • Learn about the genre of the story • Identify the rhetorical devices and consider their effect • Examine and evaluate the assumptions of the doctors’ remarks • Explain the author’s approach of loading the story with medical jargons • Understand the dialectics of knowledge and ignorance and apply the understanding to the real world • Examine some of the traditional ideas and practices in Western and Chinese medicine • Compare and critique creation myths from different cultures • Compare cultural products from the East and West in light of the embedded ways of thinking Unit 6 Time and Future P. 119 Text A August 2002: Night Meeting by Ray Bradbury P. 120 Text B The Daughters of the Moon by Italo Calvino P. 140 • Science fiction • Sensory description • Metaphor, simile • Setting, atmosphere • Identify and analyze figures of speech and their functions in the text • Learn about the genre of the story • Analyze the mood and tone of the story • Draw inferences about the various aspects of the story • Explain the genre of the story by examining its features against the notions of science fiction and allegory • Perceive and evaluate different points of view regarding time and civilizations • Be aware of differences in attitudes towards time among different cultures • Compare traditions of science fiction between China and the West • Be alert to egotism in intercultural communication Unit 7 Bonds of Love P. 151 Text A Encore by James Purdy P. 152 Text B Long Day’s Journey into Night (excerpt) by Eugene O’Neill P. 173 • Vernacular style • Internal conflict • Characterization through dialogue • Read between the lines • Analyze the tone of the speakers in the story • Identify the moments of emotional and psychological crisis • Make inferences about the emotional state of the characters • Analyze relationships among characters and their situations • Analyze and interpret the gestures and behavior of the characters through empathetic reasoning • Understand common themes of love in different cultures • Recognize generational differences across cultures • Interpret family problems from different cultural perspectives Unit 8 Trauma P. 183 Text A Hands by Sherwood Anderson P. 184 Text B Celia Behind Me by Isabel Huggan P. 200 • Symbolism • Setting, mood • Metaphor, simile • Chronology (flashback)