现代大学英语4教案.doc

PAGE PAGE 21 Lesson?One:?Thinking?as?a?Hobby?by William Golding Part I. Warm-up activityI. Picture Description Please describe the following pictures in detail and depict their symbolic meaning in your own words.?Compare your answer with that of the author, and try to find their symbolic meaning in the boy’s (the author) eyes. II. ?Quotations on Thinking “Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.”???? ?????????????????????????—Edward de Bono 爱德华·德·波诺 (father of creative thinking) ?? ?“Most people can’t think, most of the remainder won’t think, and the small fraction who do think mostly can’t do it very well.” ???????????????????—Robert Heinlein 罗伯特·海因莱因?（father of modern American sci-fi ）??“I think, therefore I am.”??????????? —René Déscartes? 笛卡儿 “Thinking is what a great many people think they are doing when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.”??????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????? —William James (American psychologist) “I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.”???????????? —Socrates ?? “We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.”??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ?? —Mao Zedong??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? “Nurture your mind with great thoughts.”??????????? 　　　　—Benjamin Disraeli 本杰明·迪斯雷利??? (British Premier in the 19th century)???????????????????????????????????????????????? “What is the hardest task in the world? To think..”???????? —Ralph Waldo Emerson III. What Is Your Story?Have you got an anecdote or true story like the author’s about your school life? Please interview your partner about his/her story and be ready to report to the class. Part II. Background informationI. Author???? ?? Sir William Gerald Golding