高级英语（第三版）第二册第八课 The future of English.ppt

省级精品课程 《高级英语》第三版第二册 制作人：徐李洁 Lesson Eight The Future of the English Teaching Objectives 1) To familiarize students with a combination writing style of exposition and argument 2) To familiarize students with the knowledge of the 20’s England. 3) To enable students to appreciate the writing style of the text. House of Parliament Westminster Buckingham Palace Tower?Bridge Windsor Castle London Eye Background Information John Boynton Priestly Iago in Shakespeare’s Othello Katmandu American counterculture Madison Avenue Hippy California the Taylor system of time-and-motion study the City Common Market John Boynton Priestly(1894-1984) English novelist, dramatist and critic, born in Bradford, Yorkshire. He studied at Bradford and Cambridge, made a reputation with his critical writings, and gained wide popularity from his novel, The Good Companions (1929). It was followed by other humorous novels, such as Angel Pavement (1930), and he established his reputation as a playwright with Dangerous Corner (1932), Time and the Conways (1937), and other plays on space-time themes, as well as popular comedies, such as Laburum Grove (1933). He refused both a knighthood and a peerage, but accepted the order of merit in 1977. He has perhaps identified himself more successfully than any other novelist in the first half of the 20th century with the thoughts and feelings of the ordinary Englishman, a being whose character he outlines with vigor and good humor. Iago in Shakespeare’s Othello Perhaps the most interesting and exotic character in the tragic play “Othello,” by William Shakespeare, is “Honest” Iago. Through some carefully thought-out words and actions, Iago is able to manipulate others to do things in a way that benefits him and moves him closer toward his goals. He is the main driving force in this play, pushing Othello and everyone else towards their tragic end. His advice to Roderigo is, “Put money in thy purse”, (to get ric