Unit 12 Confessions of a miseducated man 教学目的:通过学习本课,使学生提高理解颇具难度文章的能力。 教学内容:作者及背景知识介绍 语言点及若干难句的逐一解释 文章写作技巧分析 语言技能训练 教学重点:词汇、难句及对文章深层含义的理解。 教学方法:讲授、问答、讨论、模仿、练习、作业等。 Unit 12 Confessions ofa miseducated man Background Knowledge About the author Life Story writer, ed itor citizen diplomat promoter of holistic healing, unflagging optimist born in New Jersey, on June 24, 1915 a fine athlete and a fine writer writer and editor with brief stints at the New York evening Post and Current executive editor of the Saturday review of Literature(later Saturday review Inevitably, an individual is measured by his or her largest concerns from Human Options, by Norman Cousins Lifelong Concerns War and peace, world governance, justice, human freedom, the human impact on the environment and health and wholeness His primary platform for promoting his views: ed itor of Saturday Review for the better part of forty years Belief in World Governance During World War II Cousins was a member of the editorial board for the Overseas Bureau of the Office of War Information and was cochairman of the 1943 victory ampaign He also came to believe that enduring world peace could only be achieved through effective world governance In Saturday review, Cousins affirmed that The need for world government was clear before august6,1945, but hiroshima(广岛) and Nagasaki(长崎) raise that need to such dimensions that it can no longer be ignored Belief in World Federalism In Who Speaks for Man, Cousins expanded his arguments for world federalism and for a world no longer based on the supremacy of nationalism and other super differences: The new education must be less concerned with sophistication1 Unit 12 Confessions of a Miseducated Man 教学目的：通过学习本课，使学生提高理解颇具难度文章的能力。 教学内容：作者及背景知识介绍 语言点及若干难句的逐一解释 文章写作技巧分析 语言技能训练 教学重点：词汇、难句及对文章深层含义的理解。 教学方法: 讲授、问答、讨论、模仿、练习、作业等。 Unit12 Confessions of a Miseducated Man Background Knowledge About the Author Life Story writer, editor, citizen diplomat, promoter of holistic healing, unflagging optimist born in New Jersey, on June 24, 1915. a fine athlete and a fine writer. writer and editor with brief stints at the New York Evening Post and Current History. executive editor of the Saturday Review of Literature (later Saturday Review) "Inevitably, an individual is measured by his or her largest concerns." -from Human Options, by Norman Cousins Lifelong Concerns War and peace, world governance, justice, human freedom, the human impact on the environment, and health and wholeness. His primary platform for promoting his views: editor of Saturday Review for the better part of forty years. Belief in World Governance During World War II Cousins was a member of the editorial board for the Overseas Bureau of the Office of War Information and was cochairman of the 1943 Victory Book Campaign. He also came to believe that enduring world peace could only be achieved through effective world governance. In Saturday Review, Cousins affirmed that “The need for world government was clear before August 6, 1945, but Hiroshima(广岛) and Nagasaki（长崎） raise that need to such dimensions that it can no longer be ignored." Belief in World Federalism In Who Speaks for Man, Cousins expanded his arguments for world federalism and for a world no longer based on the supremacy of nationalism and other superficial differences: "The new education must be less concerned with sophistication than