哈尔滨学院授课教案 章 序 名 称 Lesson Seven Spring Sow ing Liam O’Flaherty 周 次 第 9 周 至 第 10 周 授课时间 2005 年 4 月 18 日至 2005 年 4 月 29 日 教 学 目 的 要 求 1. Part One: Introduction to the Text 2. Part Tw o: Explanation of the text in detail 3. Part Three: Vocabulary — pretend, compare, burst, dot, rebel 4. Part Four : Grammar — Sentence analysis Some uses of “as” Absolute construction Tenses & verb forms 5. Part Five: More work on the Text. 教 学 重 点 1. The emphasis in teaching should be on content and clear presentation. 2. Emphasize the importance of understanding the values and moral principles of life, the nature of happiness. 3. Let students understand that in Ireland at that time, most people still depend on farming for a living, and the main crop was the potato. Modern science and technology had not yet caught up with the land. There was little machinery. Practically everything was still done by hand. A typical farmer believed in traditional virtues: hard work, simple living, discipline, and above all, a strong sense of responsibility, responsibility for the happiness of your wife/husband, parent, and children. 教 学 难 点 1. Liam O’Flaherty is considered one of the most important modern Anglo-Irish authors together with James Joyce. He was born in 1896 on an island in Ireland, which must have had very big influence on his character as well as on his writing. He once said: “I was born on a storm-swept rock and hate the soft growth of sun-baked lands where there is no frost in men’s bones.” 2. “Spring Sowing” is taken from the author’s first collection of short stories which bears the same title published in 1924. The story describes ...
