Lesson six Groundless beliefs I. Teaching Objectives: After learning this unit, students are supposed to 1. get familiar with the rules of word formation 2. get familiar wi 3. retell the text as a whole 4. have a thorough understanding of the whole text: Groundless beliefs 5. get a list of the new words and expressions and be able to use them freely in writing and daily conversation IL Listening and speaking activities 1. Listen to the recording of the text and fill in the blanks about the main ideas of the article 2. Learn something from it on the problem of beliefs and discuss the questions on the text IlL. Reading Comprehension and language activities 1. Pre-reading discussions: 1)What do you think of self- interest? 2)What do you think of groundless beliefs 2. Background knowledge (I)egoism, egocentrism, self-interest, self-concern, attempting to get personal recognition or yours (2)Logic is a branch of philosophy and mathematics that deals with the formal principles, methods and criteria of validity of inference, reasoning and knowledge. Logic is concerned with what is true and how we can know whether something is true. this involves the formalization of logical arguments and proofs in terms of symbols representing propositions and logical connectives. The meanings of these logical connectives are expressed by a set of rules are assumed to be self--evident 3. Text analysis: Part one(para. 1-2)The authors suggestion on thinking classifying propositions according to Part Two(para. 3-24) The expatiation of five sources for many of our groundless belief. Part Three( para. 25) The intention and purpose of this article-the author ends the article by urging readers to get at the truth as all costs 4. Language points: l) Vocabulary rest upon: to be based on以.为基础;以.为根据 All our hopes rested upon this venture我们所有的希望都寄托在这次冒险上了 )as such: in itself or in themselves.. J4 The position as such does not appeal to me, but the salary is a lure我对职位本身并不感兴趣,但是薪水却很有诱惑力
Lesson Six Groundless Beliefs I．Teaching Objectives: After learning this unit, students are supposed to: 1. get familiar with the rules of word formation ; 2. get familiar with some grammatical points; 3. retell the text as a whole; 4. have a thorough understanding of the whole text: Groundless Beliefs 5. get a list of the new words and expressions and be able to use them freely in writing and daily conversation; II. Listening and speaking activities 1. Listen to the recording of the text and fill in the blanks about the main ideas of the article. 2. Learn something from it on the problem of beliefs and discuss the questions on the text. III. Reading Comprehension and Language Activities 1. Pre-reading discussions: 1) What do you think of self- interest ? 2) What do you think of groundless beliefs. 2. Background knowledge (1) egoism, egocentrism , self—interest, self—concern, attempting to get personal recognition for yourself. (2)Logic is a branch of philosophy and mathematics that deals with the formal principles, methods and criteria of validity of inference, reasoning and knowledge. Logic is concerned with what is true and how we can know whether something is true. This involves the formalization of logical arguments and proofs in terms of symbols representing propositions and logical connectives. The meanings of these logical connectives are expressed by a set of rules are assumed to be self--evident 3. Text analysis: Part one(para.1-2) The author’s suggestion on thinking—classifying propositions according to their grounds. Part Two(para.3-24) The expatiation of five sources for many of our groundless belief. Part Three(para.25) The intention and purpose of this article—the author ends the article by urging readers to get at the truth as all costs 4. Language points: 1) Vocabulary rest upon : to be based on 以…为基础；以…为根据 All our hopes rested upon this venture.我们所有的希望都寄托在这次冒险上了． 2) as such : in itself or in themselves…的本身 The position ,as such does not appeal to me ,but the salary is a lure .我对职位本身并不感兴趣，但是薪水却很有诱惑力．
3) shake off: to get rid of摆脱,甩掉(追踪等) The boy tried to shake off the wasps that were hanging to his coat sleeves那男孩子设法要抖去攀在他衣袖上的黄蜂 4)as the cause may be as the state of affairs makes proper; according to circumstances Ri 情形;根据情况 The soldiers will be paid in coin or green backs as the case may be.土兵 的薪饷是发硬币还是美钞,视情形而定 5)bear a grudge(against): to fell some bitterness towards to continue to fell annoyed about sth. did a long time ago怀恨在心 Mary still bore a grudge against him for his rudeness 由于他的鲁莽无礼玛丽对他仍怀恨在心 6) take in: to accept without questions believe相信:毫不怀疑地接受 The leader took in whatever we told him我们告诉他的一切,该领导都相信 7 at all/any cost: without regard to the cost: whatever must be done, given, suffered, etc. A 惜一切,无论如何 We must at all costs prevent him from finding out about the plan我们无 论如何不能让他发现这个计划 2)Grammatical structure But if the staunchest Roman Catholic and the staunchest Presbyterian had been exchanged when infants, and if they had been brought up with home and all other influences reversed, we can have very little doubt what the result would have been have: verb X: predi 5. Post-reading discussion 1)What is the author talking about here? Why do you think he wrote this article? (2)What does the author say we must do from now on when we come across some propositions? ()What does he mean by "groundless"? How should truth be grounded according to the author?
3) shake off :to get rid of 摆脱，甩掉（追踪等) The boy tried to shake off the wasps that were hanging to his coat sleeves.那男孩子设法要抖去攀在他衣袖上的黄蜂． 4) as the cause may be :as the state of affairs makes proper ;according to circumstances 依照 情形；根据情况 The soldiers will be paid in coin or green backs as the case may be . 士兵 的薪饷是发硬币还是美钞，视情形而定． 5) bear a grudge (against) : to fell some bitterness towards; to continue to fell annoyed about sth. did a long time ago 怀恨在心 Mary still bore a grudge against him for his rudeness 由于他的鲁莽无礼玛丽对他仍怀恨在心 6) take in : :to accept without questions :believe 相信：毫不怀疑地接受 The leader took in whatever we told him 我们告诉他的一切，该领导都相信 7) at all/any cost : without regard to the cost : whatever must be done ,given ,suffered ,etc. 不 惜一切，无论如何 We must at all costs prevent him from finding out about the plan.我们无 论如何不能让他发现这个计划 2) Grammatical structure But if the staunchest Roman Catholic and the staunchest Presbyterian had been exchanged when infants, and if they had been brought up with home and all other influences reversed, we can have very little doubt what the result would have been. We: subject can have: verb X: predicative 5. Post-reading discussion: (1)What is the author talking about here? Why do you think he wrote this article? (2)What does the author say we must do from now on when we come across some propositions? (3)What does he mean by “groundless”? How should truth be grounded according to the author?