高中英語 Unit3 The secret of success Grammar and usage課件 牛津譯林版選修11.ppt

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Unit3Thesecretofsuccess,GrammarandusageEuphemism,Whodoes“themaninthestreet”inthesubtitleofthearticleinpartBoftheReadingsectionreferto?,Itreferstoordinarypeople.,Answerthefollowingquestions.,Whatdoyouthinkthewriteruses‘themaninthestreet’insteadof‘ordinarypeople’?,Here‘themaninthestreet’isusedtoraisethestatusofthepeopleandthustomakethesubtitlemoreattractivesothatpeoplewanttoreadthearticle.,Whenwedonotwanttouseadirectwordorphrasewhichmightupsetorembarrassothers,weoftenprefertouseapolitewordorphraseinstead,andthisiscalledeuphemism.,Aeuphemismisusuallyapolitewaytosaysomethingthatisembarrassingorunpleasant.Tomakeaeuphemism,youreplacewordsthatareconsideredharsh,oroffensivewithotherwordsthatvagueandlessdirect.,ThedefinitionofEuphemism,Weoftenuseeuphemismtorefertotabooorverysensitivesubjects.,Hisgrandfatherpassedawaylastweek.ThefuneralwillbeheldthisFriday.“passaway”means_______.,todie,Aschairmanofthecommunitycentre,hehassetupacommitteetohelpSeniorCitizensinthearea.“SeniorCitizen”means____________.,Theschoolisforpeoplewhoarephysicallychallenged.“physicallychallenged”means_____________________________,anoldperson,peoplehavingaphysicaldisability.,2.Weoftenuseeuphemismtotalkaboutthestatusofsomeoneorsomething.Thesanitaryworkerscleanedthehospital.“Sanitaryworker”referto_____________________________.,apersonwhocleansdirtyplaces,Myfatherhasalotoffreetimebecauseheisbetweenjobsatthemoment.“betweenjobs”means___________.,unemployed,3.Weoftenuseeuphemismtoindicatesituationsthatwedonotwanttomentiondirectlyinpublic.,Iamjustgoingtowashmyhands.“washone’shands”means______________________.,togotothetoilet,Thebattleissaidtohavethehighestbodycountofanywar.“bodycount”means___________________________________.,Themurdererwouldspendtherestofhislifeinacorrectionalfacility.“correctionalfacility”means_______.,prison,thenumberofdeadbodiesfoundonthescene,ReadtheinstructionsinPartAonpage41,andthenthenineeuphemismsinthebox.Andfillintheblanksusingeuphemismsfromtheboxtoreplacetheunderlinedwordsorphrases.,PartA.Answers:,1.bodycount2.acorrectionalfacility3.waseconomicalwiththetruth4.aconfidentialsource5.passedaway6.goldenyears7.seniorcitizens8.downsizing9.sanityworkers,ReadtheinstructionsofPartBtolearnanothertypeofeuphemism-doublespeak.,Doublespeakisatypeofeuphemismusedtomodifythemeaningofsomething.Itisusuallyusedbygovernmentsorbigorganizations.,Readtheeighteuphemismsintheboxandtrytoguessthemeanings.,Whatdoestheword‘seekers’mean?Whichismeaningcanbematchedwiththephrase‘jobseekers’?,,Itmeanspeoplewhoarelookingforsomething.,Unemployed.,Whatdoes‘punishment’mean?Whenwill‘punishment’beused?Canyouguesswhat‘capital’meanswhenitusedbeforepunishment?,Itistheactofpunishing.ifsomeonehasbehavedbadlyordoessomethingagainstlaw,heorshewillreceivepunishment.,Itmeansthemostsevere,andcapitalpunishmentmeans‘thedeathpenalty’.,Whoisa‘taxpayer’?Whichmeaningdoyouthinkcanbematchedwithit?Whichmeaningdoyouthinkcanbematchedwithpre-owned?Why?,Ataxpayerisapersonwhopaystaxestothegovernmentofacountry.Ataxpayerisdoublespeakforacitizen.,Pre-ownedmeans‘second-hand/used’.Theprefix‘pre-’means‘before’,sopre-ownedmeans‘somethingonceownedbysomeone’.,PartB.Answers:1.c2.h3.a4.f5.g6.e7.b8.d,