高级英语2

李茂莉

目录

  • 1 An introduction to the course
    • 1.1 course introduction
    • 1.2 contents of the course
  • 2 Unit 1: Lesson 2 Marrakech
    • 2.1 Background information
    • 2.2 Writing Style,Thesis, Structure
    • 2.3 Detailed study of the text
      • 2.3.1 Part 1 (1-3)
      • 2.3.2 Part 2 （4-7)
      • 2.3.3 Part 3 (8-15)
      • 2.3.4 Part 4 (16-16)
      • 2.3.5 Part 5 (19-21)
      • 2.3.6 Part 6 (22-26)
    • 2.4 rhetoric devices
  • 3 Unit 2: Lesson 4 Inaugural Address
    • 3.1 Background information
    • 3.2 Writing Style,Thesis, Structure
    • 3.3 Detailed study of the text
    • 3.4 rhetoric devices
  • 4 Unit 3: Lesson 5 Love Is A Fallacy
    • 4.1 Background information
    • 4.2 Writing Style,Thesis, Structure
    • 4.3 Detailed study of the text
    • 4.4 rhetoric devices
  • 5 Unit 4: Lesson 10 The Discovery of What It Means To Be an American
    • 5.1 Background information
    • 5.2 Writing Style,Thesis, Structure
    • 5.3 Detailed study of the text
    • 5.4 rhetoric devices
  • 6 Unit 5: Lesson 15 Disappearing Through the Skylight
    • 6.1 Background information
    • 6.2 Writing Style,Thesis, Structure
    • 6.3 Detailed study of the text
    • 6.4 rhetoric devices
course introduction
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Course Title: Advanced English      

Course Prerequisites: Comprehensive English      

Total Semester Credit Hours: 64          

Lecture Hours: 60              

Practising Hours:   4               

Major: English  


Advanced English: Course description 

    Advanced English is a platform course for English majors. It is a progression of Comprehensive English. The objective of this course is the improvement of students’ general proficiency in reading comprehension, grammar, rhetoric, and writing. Resources used in the course cover diverse topics such as politics, economics, society, language, literature, and education, drawn from works by famous writers and scholars in western society. Outcomes of Advanced English include expanded knowledge of language and society, understanding of the relationship between society and life, and awareness of cultural differences between English language expression and Chinese language expression, and overall enhancement of English language performance.


Textbooks and Course Materials:

 1.  Brooks, C. & Warren R. P. Understanding Fiction. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2004.

 2.   Lucas, S. The Art of Public Speaking. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 2004.

 3.  McManus, J. How to Write Effective Speeches. Shanghai：Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 2005.

 4.   张汉熙. Advanced English （Book 1, 2）. 北京：外语教学与研究出版社，1995. (Zhang Hanxi. Advanced English (Book 1, 2). Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, 1995.)