Unit 7 . Background information Kentucky Fried Chicken, known as KFC in the US, is the world's most popular chicken restaurant chain. The company originated and still has its headquarters in the US. It now has more than 30,000 restaurants worldwide. For more information, check out KFCs homepage at http://ww.kfc.com 2. Blakes Thames Blake, William(1757-1827)was an English poet and artist whose best known books of poems are Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. The quotation used in Passage A comes from the first verse of a poem called"London "More information about William Blake canbefoundfromlinksathttp://w.betatesters.com/penn/blakel.htmcoLlectionsofhis workscanbefoundathttp://wnw.blakearchive.oi 3. The Thames The Thames is the main river flowing through London, and England's most important river Formoreinformationcheckoutthewebsiteathttp://nww.riverthames.co.uk 4.911: This is the emergency telephone number in the US and Candada for contacting the police department, the fire department or medical emergency services IL. Text Analysis: Main idea and devices for developing it 1. Main idea of the text? One night two armed young men robbed me of money, watch and even KFC. Next day, I went to look through the mug shots at the police station, affected with the impression that these young men, like a raging current, were eating at the foundations of what we had held 2. Devices for developing it? Narration(叙事法) Example:“ Where' s your money? Where' s your money”(对话) he barked. Everything he said during our encounter was repeated; instinctively, I did the same(#)(Para. “It’ s in my wallet. It' s in my wallet,” I said.(对话)(Para.5) He moved behind me, put his gun on my neck and began to search my trousers pockets.(叙事)(Para6) Description(描写法) Example 1: Just then, his partner appeared. Slight and shorter, he held an enlarged blue steel pistol. His dark eyes shone like polished glass; his arms and legs moved unexpectedly, as if attached to unseen wires. ( Para. 13) Chinese:就在这时,他的同伙出现了。他很瘦小,手持一支加大的蓝色钢制手枪。 他深色的眼睛里闪着光,好似擦亮了的玻璃;他手臂和双腿冷不防地移动着,就 好像是连着看不见的电线似的。(第13段) Example 2: Turning those pages and studying their photographs is like flowing on aUnit 7 I. Background information： 1．KFC: Kentucky Fried Chicken, known as KFC in the US, is the world’s most popular chicken restaurant chain. The company originated and still has its headquarters in the US. It now has more than 30,000 restaurants worldwide. For more information, check out KFC's homepage at http://www.kfc.com. 2．Blake's Thames: Blake, William (1757 - 1827) was an English poet and artist whose best known books of poems are Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. The quotation used in Passage A comes from the first verse of a poem called “London.” More information about William Blake can be found from links at http://www.betatesters.com/penn/blake1.htm . Collections of his works can be found at http://www.blakearchive.org. 3. The Thames The Thames is the main river flowing through London, and England's most important river. For more information, check out the website at http://www.riverthames.co.uk . 4. 911: This is the emergency telephone number in the US and Candada for contacting the police department, the fire department or medical emergency services. II. Text Analysis: Main idea and devices for developing it 1. Main idea of the text? One night two armed young men robbed me of money, watch and even KFC. Next day, I went to look through the mug shots at the police station, affected with the impression that these young men, like a raging current, were eating at the foundations of what we had held dear. 2. Devices for developing it? Narration (叙事法) Example: “Where’s your money? Where’s your money”(对话) he barked. Everything he said during our encounter was repeated; instinctively, I did the same. (描写) (Para. 4) “It’s in my wallet. It’s in my wallet,” I said. (对话) (Para. 5) He moved behind me, put his gun on my neck and began to search my trousers’ pockets. (叙事) (Para. 6) Description (描写法) Example 1 : Just then, his partner appeared. Slight and shorter, he held an enlarged blue steel pistol. His dark eyes shone like polished glass; his arms and legs moved unexpectedly, as if attached to unseen wires. (Para. 13) Chinese: 就在这时，他的同伙出现了。他很瘦小，手持一支加大的蓝色钢制手枪。 他深色的眼睛里闪着光，好似擦亮了的玻璃；他手臂和双腿冷不防地移动着，就 好像是连着看不见的电线似的。（第 13 段） Example 2: Turning those pages and studying their photographs is like flowing on a