Unit1ThewrittenwordGrammarandusageTeachingaims:Studentswilllearnthebasicfunctionofnegativestatements,themostcommonlyusednegativewordssuchasno,not,neverandneitherandhowtousethemindifferentsituations.Teachingprocedures:Step1Lead-in(PPT4-5)1.Playapieceofvideotothestudents,askingthemwhatitisabout.(SharonStone’sfalsecommentonChina’searthquake.)2.ShowthestudentsthetranscriptofthecommentsbySharonStoneonChina’searthquake.Ask:1)Whatdoalltheredwordshaveincommon?(Theyarenegativeexpressions.)2)Whydidthewomanusesomanynegativeexpressions?(Toexpressherhatredanddissatisfactiontowardsourgovernment.)3)WhatwordsdidsheusetodescribetheearthquakeinChina？（Interesting,Karma.）4)WhatdoesKarmapossiblymean？(B.因果报应)5)Isitrighttosayso?Howdowecorrectit?Step21.auxiliaryverb+notInthesimplestkindofnegativestatement,notorn’tcomesaftertheauxiliaryverb.莎朗的言论是不合适的。Sharon’swordsarenotappropriate.我认为她那么说是不明智的。Idon’tthinkshewaswisetosayso.Tip:Anegativestatementmaysometimeshaveapositivemeaning.地震不仅是中国的灾难也是全人类的。莎朗的表现表明她不仅缺少爱心而且缺少人性。TheearthquakeisnotonlyChina’sdisaster,butalsoadisasterforallofmankind.SharonStone’sperformanceshowsthatnotonlydoesshelacklove,butshelackshumanity.2.notpairedwithotherwordsWhenusedbeforeawordwithanegativeprefix(e.g.un-,dis-,orin-),themeaningbecomespositive.Butthistypeofphraseisnotasstrongasadirectpositivestatement.她不可能对地震中大量的死亡数未有所闻。Shecouldn’thavebeenuninformedofthehugenumberofdeathsinthequake.Whenusedbeforeaphraseoftime,distanceoranounphraseincludingquantities,itservestoemphasizethenegativemeaningofthephrase.她是在地震发生不久后的戛纳电影节上说这番话的。Sheexpressedallthisnotlongaftertheearthquake.Whenitisusedincan’t…tooorcan’t…enough,themeaningofthesentencebecomespositive.认为地震是报应，再愚蠢不过了。Onecan’tbetoosillytobelievethattheearthquakeiskarma.3.othernegativeexpressions莎朗太冷漠，不配做亲善大使。Sharonistoocold-bloodedtobeaGoodwillAmbassador.对死难者如此不敬，SharonStone又该最终得到什么样的报应呢？Withoutbeingrespectfultothedead,whatkindof“karma”shouldSharonStonegeteventually?毋庸置疑，许多中国人将不再看她的电影或购买她代言的产品了。NodoubtalotofChinesewillnever/nolongerseeherfilmsorbuyproductsrepresentedbyher.在很多人看来莎朗斯通是个十足的傻瓜。SharonStoneisnothingbut/nomorethananidiottomanypeople.4.partialnegationWhenusedwithall,both,many,always,each,everyone…,itformspartialnegation.并非所有西方人都同意她的观点。Notallwesternersagreewithher.(Veryfewwesternersagreewithher.)这一事件显示并非所有的外国人对中国都是友好的。ThiseventshowsalltheforeignersarenotfriendlytoChina.Step3Makealistofthemostcommonlyusednegativewordsandexpressions:no,not,never,neither,hardly,seldom,few,little,barely…onnoaccount,innocircumstances,neverbefore,nowhere,atnotime,bynomeans…Step4Groupwork:Askthestudentstoworkinsmallgroupstocommentonthisevent,makingasmanynegativestatementsaspossible.(Possibleones:It’sunbearableifSharonwouldaddressnoapologytoChinesepeople.EvenDalaiLamawouldn’tagreewithyou,Sharon,wouldhe?Noonecandenythefactthattheearthquakeisanaturaldisaster.Iwouldn’tbesurprisedifyoutoldmeshehadnobrains.BymakingsuchirresponsiblecommentsSharonStoneonlyhasherselftoblameanditisgoingtocostherdearly.AsaChinesesayinggoes,astoneinthetoiletisnotonlyhardbutalsofoul！Obviou...
