自 Step4:The students are Excuse me,could you tell me the right time,please? supposed to tell the What time is it,please? differences of the different What the time? expressions. How goes the enemy? Time? How much longer have we got? My watch seems to be going slow (have stopped).... Questions: Rhetoric is the linguistic choice. What is linguistic choice and Conclusion:linguistic choice:Saying the right thing in the most effective way what's the motivation of linguistic choice? ·样的话几样的说 Why there go the following 一言足可“丧邦”，一言也足以“兴邦” sayings？ 会说的说得你笑，不会说的说得你跳 Rhetoric originated in speaking- What is rhetoric Aristotle,in the 4th century BC,first defined rhetoric as the art of persuasion equivalent to argumentation as people understand today,particularly its early association with forensic oratory that is,pleading in court. John Locke,English philosopher of the late 17th century,described rhetoric as "the art of speaking with propriety,ele gance,and force".. Linguistic choice at four levels linguistic choice at lexical level 15 minutes Compare the dynamic words Keyun har ga3e5知 Xcyu通t的0明 and the static words 1nats地d and单rmin 年015 censtruct地 welscnstrahio 四esde地behd 困he物m te对nee 春实tegg山 h标重C裙 The trilliat 6r临wrreoff Conclusion:Dynamic words give the prominence to the action thus make the description more vivid than the static verb s do.3 Excuse me, could you tell me the right time, please? What time is it, please? What the time? How goes the enemy? Time? How much longer have we got? My watch seems to be going slow (have stopped)…. Rhetoric is the linguistic choice. Conclusion : linguistic choice: Saying the right thing in the most effective way. 一样的话几样的说 一言足可“丧邦”,一言也足以“兴邦” 会说的说得你笑，不会说的说得你跳 Rhetoric originated in speaking￾Aristotle, in the 4th century BC, first defined rhetoric as the art of persuasion equivalent to argumentation as people understand today, particularly its early association with forensic oratory ——— that is, pleading in court. John Locke, English philosopher of the late 17th century, described rhetoric as "the art of speaking with propriety, ele gance, and force".. Linguistic choice at four levels linguistic choice at lexical level Conclusion : Dynamic words give the prominence to the action thus make the description more vivid than the static verb s do. Step4: The students are supposed to tell the differences of the different expressions. Questions: What is linguistic choice and what’s the motivation of linguistic choice? Why there go the following sayings ? What is rhetoric ? 15 minutes Compare the dynamic words and the static words