简介:Romanticismisanimportantstageintheevolutionofman’sself-consciousness.Itshowsnewinterestinandnewconcernwithmanandnature.Wordsworthiswell-knownasanaturepoet.Thethemeofhumanmindandnatureinhispoemshaslongattractedreaders’attention.However,hedoesnotindulgeinnatureitselfbuttakesitasconsolationandinspirationforhumankind.Inordertohighlightthepoet’sconcernwithhumanmind,thepresentpaperchoosestoexploreWordsworth’sconcernwithchildren’smind,basedontheanalysisofWordsworth’sThePreludeandmanyofhispoemsaboutchildren.
简介:Sinceancienttimes,asoneofthesymbolsofuglyanddirty,prostitutesareinvariablylivingintheblackmarginsofsociety.Facingprostitutes’miseries,peoplealwayscannotunderstandtheiremotions,mentalitiesanddesires,ortreatsthemasequals,particularlyaswomen.ProstitutesareaspecialgroupintheoppressedwomeninWesternsocieties.MargaretandNanaaretwotypicalimagesoftheminthehistoryofwesternliterature.Withtearsandlives,theydeducetheirmiserablelifestoriessimilarly.
简介:Inwritingclasses,studentsoftenfeelpuzzledabouthowtogenerategoodideasontheessaytopicwhileteachersusuallyspendmostoftheclassroomhourstalkingaboutthewritingskillssuchasorganiza-tion,style,etc.Undersuchacircumstance,stu-dentswillbeimmersedinnotetakingandwillnothaveanopportunitytoexpressthemselves.Thispaperexploresapre-writingactivity—brainstorming—asawaytosolvesuchaproblem.Comparedwiththetra-ditionalteachingmethod,brainstorminghasthefol-lowingadvantages:(1)Ithelpsgenerategoodideasconcerningtheessaytopic.(2)Itismorestimulatingthanponderingovertheessaytopicalone.(3)Itmakesthewritingclasslivelierandmoreenjoyable.(4)Ithelpsincreasethereader-awarenessofthestu-dentsintheirwritingprocess.Suggestionsforadoptingbrainstormingactivitiesinwritingclassesarealsopre-sentedintheessay.
简介:ThispaperpointsouttheproblemsexistingintheIntensiveReadingCourseclassroomsconductedundertheteacher-centredpedagogyandproposesthatvariedwarm-upactivitiesbeappliedatthebeginningofeveryclass.Thepurposeistomotivatethestudentstobeactiveparticipantsinclass,provokecommunicationatdifferentlevels,andfosterthetop-downreadingschema,allofwhichservetoenablethestudentstobecomeeffectivereaders.Thetheoreticalandapplicativeconsiderationsofthewarm-upactivitiesarediscussedindetailinthepaper.
简介:Thispaperintroducesthreemodelsofreading.Thenitana-lyzesthedatagatheredfromanexperimentonthecomparisonofthe"top.down"andthe"bottom-up"approachesandaccord-inglydrawstheconclusionthattheformerapproachishelpfulinimprovingstudents’readingcomprehensionwhilethelatterisusefulindevelopingtheirwritingskillsaswellastheirknowledgeofvocabularyandsentencestructure.Finallythispaperpresentsaprocedureoftheapplicationofthe"interactiveapproach",whichprovestobeproductiveinteachingcollegeEnglishinten-sivereading.
简介:InNewYorkCity,ononeofthehighhillsoverlookingtheHarlemRiverValley,standstheHallofFameforGreatAmericans.Fromtimetotime,acommitteeisappointedtoselectfamousAmericanmenandwomentothisHallofFame.Inordertomakesurethateachpersonsoselectedhasachievedlastinggreatness,noonecanbechosenunlesshehasbeendeadforatleast25years.
简介:AsamasterpieceofHawthorne’sworks,TheScarletLettersetsuponNewEnglandintheseventiethcenturyandsuccessfullydepictsthecrueltyofPuritansocietyandthekilltohumannature.However,itseemsthatthisisnottheonlypurposefortheauthortocriticizethePuritanism.Hawthornealsoendeavorstopursuitanidealharmonythroughtheimageoftheforest,whichisomittedbymostofthescholarswhoresearchHawthorne’sworks,especiallyforTheScarletLetter.Inthisthesis,itaimstoillustratetheidealharmonyfromtwoperspectives:first,theimageoftheforeststandsfortheharmonyoftheprimitivelife;second,theimageoftheforestrepresentstheharmonyofthedevelopmentbothinbodyandmind.