1、第一课：The Company in Which I work1、章节知识点1) 背景知识（Background knowledge）Joseph Heller2) 词汇 (Vocabulary)a. Joseph Hellerb. drain c. bypass d. strain e. distribute f. grudgeg. incur h. stimulate i. motivate j. budgetk. boost 3) 短语 (Expressions)a. come upon / onb. credit sb. / sth. with sth.c. in the long r
2、und. on triale. brood on / over sth.f. look aheadg. thrive onh. convert to / into i. fall victim (to sth.)j. take advantage of sth. / sb.4) 词语辨析 (Word analysis)a. occur, incurb. ingenuous ,ingeniousc. implicit, explicitd. compliment, complemente. stimulate, simulatef. wonder, broodg. grudge, maliceh
3、. cunning, shrewd5) 难句理解（Sentence comprehension）a. All these twelve men are elderly now and drained by time and success of energy and ambition.b. They seem friendly, slow, and content when I come upon them in the halls and always courteous and mute when they ride with others in the public elevators.
4、c. .and I will bypass him on most of our assignments rather than take up his time and delay their delivery to people who have an immediate need for them.d. They are always on trial, always on the verge of failure, collectively and individually.e. They strain, even the most secure and self-assured of
5、 them, to look good on paper; and there is much paper for them to look good on.f. The result of this photocopying and distributing is that there is almost continuous public scrutiny and discussion throughout the company of how well or poorly the salesmen in each sales office of each division of the
6、company are doing at any given tune. g. When they are doing poorly, they are doing terribly.h. The company, in fact, will pay for their country club membership and all charges they incur there, and rewards salesmen who make a good impression on the golf course. i. In fact, I am continuously astonish
7、ed by people in the company who fall victim to their own propaganda. j. Virtually, I am constantly astonished by people in the company who were fooled by their own exaggerated statements.k. Every time we launch a new advertising campaign, for example, people inside the company are the first ones to
8、be taken in by it.l. These exercises in malice never fail to boost my spirits but only for a white. 2、考核知识点本课文章中作者通过描写公司里人人自危、相互惧怕的心态，讽刺了大公司对人性的摧残， 讽刺了为争名夺利而牺牲了人的尊严的可悲。学生要掌握课文中出现的重点词汇的用法、语境及同义词的辨析，能够用英文解释本课文章中的长难句，并能够给出恰当的中文翻译。综合相关的词汇、句法结构写作有关大公司里人的行为和心态的文章。3、重点及难点1) 课文重点段落：第三页第2、3段，第五页第3段，第6页最后1段2)
9、 重点词语：bypass、distribution、monotony、motivate3) 重点短语：in the long run:最终，终究, 从长远来看、regardless of :不顾、take advantage of:利用4、考核要求深入理解文章内容并能用英文回答有关课文内容的问题；学会使用文章中出现重点词汇，并能掌握相关的词义辨析，了解其使用的相关语境；能够将课文中的长难句翻译成汉语，并能够用英语解释相关的句子；独立撰写150-200字的有关大公司里人的行为和心态的文章第二课：Eveline 1、章节知识点1) 背景知识（Background knowledge）James J
10、oyce2) 词汇 (Vocabulary)a. James Joyceb. dust c. wearyd. provision e. lodge f. tumble g. impulse h. passage i. fervent 3) 短语 (Expressions)a. pass on to sth.b. say ofc. go ford. have / get an / the edge one. send upf. elbow ones way through / tog. see that / see to (it) thath. be about sth.i. lay upj.
11、run outk. out of sthl. draw back4) 词语辨析 (Word analysis)a. Invariable, unchangeableb. unaccustomed, undesirablec. squabble, debated. pitiful, sympathetice. anguish, melancholyf. stumbled, tumbledg. unspeakable, pitifulh. spell, appeal5) 难句理解（Sentence comprehension）a. She sat at the window watching th
12、e evening invade the avenue. Her head was leaned against the window curtains, and in her nostrils was the odor of dusty cretonne. b. Her father used often to hunt them in out of the field with his blackthorn stick;c. She tried to weigh each side of the question.d. She would not cry many tears at lea
13、ving the Stores. e. Besides, the invariable squabble for money on Saturday nights had begun to weary her unspeakably. f. He had started as a deck boy at a pound a month on a ship of the Allan Line going out to Canadag. A2、考核知识点本课文章描述了主人公伊芙林无可奈何、无能为力的麻木生活，蕴藏了作者对都柏林生活的强烈不满和抨击。学生要掌握课文中出现的重点词汇的用法、语境及同义词
14、的辨析，能够用英文解释本课文章中的长难句，并能够给出恰当的中文翻译。综合相关的词汇、句法结构写作有关人物行为、生活的文章。3、重点及难点1) 课文重点段落：32) 重点词语：anguish、fervent、tumble3) 重点短语：be laid up:病倒在床、go for sb.袭击某人、have an edge on: 较占优势，胜过、for sbs sake: 为了，看在的份上4、考核要求深入理解文章内容并能用英文回答有关课文内容的问题；学会使用文章中出现重点词汇，并能掌握相关的词义辨析，了解其使用的相关语境；能够将课文中的长难句翻译成汉语，并能够用英语解释相关的句子；独立撰写150
15、-200字的有关人物行为、生活的文章。第三课：Whats wrong with Our Press? 1、章节知识点1) 背景知识（Background knowledge）Marya Mamies2) 词汇 (Vocabulary)a. Marya Mamiesb. conflict c. allot d. available e. color f. predominant g. virtue h. coverage i. document j. bolster k. stuffl. justify m. feature n. elevate o. prevail p. degrade q.
16、 cheapen r. entrust 3) 短语 (Expressions)a. it is the other way aroundb. speak ofc. pass ford. get over withe. confine to f. get into sth.g. take precedence overh. by and largei. have ones sayj. knock sb. downk. cater to sth.l. in the light of: inm. at randomn. appeal too. derive from4) 词语辨析 (Word ana
17、lysis)a. advantage, strengthb. meet, encounterc. on the whole, as a wholed. confine, limit toe. coverage, reportingf. justifiable, justifiedg. attract, appealh. function, work5) 难句理解（Sentence comprehension）a. It is still the only effective screen against the morning features of the loved one, and as
18、 such, performs a unique human service. b. When Mr. Roper asked his guinea pigs , the newspapers topped the list. c. . which serve the world as models of responsible public information, d. Well, lets get the partisan bit over with.e. hat balanced and independent opinion is our only security as a nat
19、ion.f. It can only stuff. g. No picture can ever be an adequate substitute.h. The word will prevail; that is, if you, who are its guardians, treat it with the respect it deserves.2、考核知识点本课文章指出了美国报纸所存在的问题，作者呼吁改善报纸，使它发挥应有的传媒作用。学生要掌握课文中出现的重点词汇的用法、语境及同义词的辨析，能够用英文解释本课文章中的长难句，并能够给出恰当的中文翻译。综合相关的词汇、句法结构写作有关
20、报纸和电视等新闻媒体描述的文章。3、重点及难点1) 课文重点段落：课本第38页倒数第2段，第39 页倒数第3段2) 重点词语：balanced、cheapen、trust、justified、opposing3) 重点短语：cater to: 迎合，投合、 in vain: 徒劳、by and large:大体而言，一般而论、confineto：将限制在一定范围内、take precedence over: 优于，高于4、考核要求深入理解文章内容并能用英文回答有关课文内容的问题；学会使用文章中出现重点词汇，并能掌握相关的词义辨析，了解其使用的相关语境；能够将课文中的长难句翻译成汉语，并能够用英
21、语解释相关的句子；独立撰写150-200字的有关报纸和电视等新闻媒体描述的文章。第四课：The Tragedy of Old Age in America1、章节知识点1) 背景知识（Background knowledge）Medicare and Medicaid2) 课文要义（Main idea of the text）Old age is neither necessarily miserable nor great by nature. Like every other stage of life, it has problems, fears and potentials. But
22、 the genuine tragedy of the old age in America lies in the fact that a society has been shaped which is extremely harsh to live in when one is old.They are not welcome to the job training programs which provide opportunities to learn new skills. Instead, they are arbitrarily fired, forced to retire
23、or resign. The old people are frequently cheated and attacked both in the streets and in their houses due to their hearing and visual difficulties. They are yelled at by bus drivers for their slowness in getting on and off the buses. They are not well received or adequately treated by medical profes
24、sionals.Old women lead a more miserable life than old men. And at the bottom of the harsh society remain the old people of American Indians, African and Asian Americans.3) 词汇 (Vocabulary)a. propel b. confrontation c. lull d. eradicate e. discrepant f. stereotype g. sublime h. imminence i. clarify j.
25、 adapt k. conserve l. sustain m. fulfill n. arbitrary o. impair 4) 短语 (Expressions)a. in (all) truthb. come to terms withc. sum upd. contingent on / upone. pay offf. base on g. adjust toh. end up5) 词语辨析 (Word analysis)a. inherent, naturalb. interrelate, interconnectc. one-time, onced. base, establis
26、he. difficulty, adversityf. false, fraudulentg. untreatable, incurableh. preserve, conserve6) 难句理解（Sentence comprehension）a. Americans find it difficult to think about old age until they are propelled into the midst of it by their own aging b. Death is a dramatic one-time crisis while old age is a d
27、ay-by-day and year-by-yearc. Those of us who are not old barricade ourselves from discussions of old age by declaring the subject morbid, boring or in poor stated. But this is not the full story. A second theme runs through the popular view of old age.e. Much that is unique in old age in fact derive
28、s from the reality of aging and the imminence of death.f. There is a lifetime accumulation of personality and experience which is available to be used and enjoyed.g. Old women fare worse than old men. h. Our popular attitudes could be summed up as a combination of wishful thinking and terror.i. The
29、potential for satisfactions and even triumphs in late life are real and vastly underexplored. 2、考核知识点本课文章描述了在美国老年人的境遇。学生要掌握课文中出现的重点词汇的用法、语境及同义词的辨析，能够用英文解释本课文章中的长难句，并能够给出恰当的中文翻译。综合相关的词汇、句法结构写作有关老年人生活状况的文章。3、重点及难点1) 课文重点段落：1、5、9、102) 重点词语：conserve、eradicate、impair、lull、scant 3) 重点短语：come to terms with
30、: 与达成协议，向妥协、baseon.以为基础、be contingent on/upon 视而定的、 adjust to:使适应make way for:为让路4、考核要求深入理解文章内容并能用英文回答有关课文内容的问题；学会使用文章中出现重点词汇，并能掌握相关的词义辨析，了解其使用的相关语境；能够将课文中的长难句翻译成汉语，并能够用英语解释相关的句子；独立撰写150-200字的有关老年人生活状况文章。第五课：Trifles (Part One) 1、章节知识点1) 背景知识（Background knowledge）Susan Glaspell2) 课文要义（Main idea of th
31、e text）A farmer John Wright was strangled while he was sleeping, but his wife didnt report to the police. Their neighbor Mr. Hale, another farmer, found Mr. Wright was lying dead the second morning. The police took away Mrs. Wright. In the following day the county attorney Henderson, sheriff Peters
32、came back to Wrights house with Mr. Hale to investigate the signal of anyone coming to the house and the criminal motive of Mrs. Wright. Meanwhile, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters came to the house, while men were busy doing what they thought important, but had gained nothing, the two women found the trut
33、h of the murder from the trifles which the men looked down upon.Just when the men who regarded themselves as infallible were investigating criminal clue and motives, Mrs. Hale and Mrs. Peters found some clues from the unfinished quilt in Mrs. Wrights sewing basket, then they found wrung bird cage an
34、d neck wrenched canary body. These were all done by Mr. Wright! It was he who locked her wifes mind! From the trifles they realized the truth. Because of their sympathy for Mrs. Wright they decided to cover her motive to kill her husband, which the men were busy with. The women, who the men consider
35、ed garrulous, just used the trifles to destroy the mens authorities.3) 词汇 (Vocabulary)a. abandonedb. notifyc. strangled. convincee. messf. gallantryg. unbend h. snoop4) 短语 (Expressions)a. bundle upb. make ac. differenced. back and forthe. point tof. have ones hands fullg. keep an eye out forh. meant
36、 toi. fix onj. keep sth. to oneself5) 词语辨析 (Word analysis)a. pleat, wrinkleb. snoop, checkc. shabby, cheapd. care for, minde. unconcerned, unbentf. keep an eye for / on, look atg. keep from, keep toh. no use, no need6) 难句理解（Sentence comprehension）a. I asked her, out of patienceb. She just nodded her
37、 head, not getting a bit excited, but rocking back not forth. c. He died of a rope round his neck. d. He said it businesslike.e. Heres a nice mess. f. With the gallantry of a young politician.g. I want to get the lay of things upstairs now. h. My, its cold in there.2、考核知识点本课剧本中中作者通过细小的情节反映了二十世界初美国女性
38、的生存状况和她们对男权控制的反抗。学生要掌握课文中出现的重点词汇的用法、语境及同义词的辨析，能够用英文解释本课文章中的长难句，并能够给出恰当的中文翻译。综合相关的词汇、句法结构写作有关女性生存状况文章。3、重点及难点1) 课文重点段落：课本第70页最后1段2) 重点词语：unconcerned、snoop、strangle、unbend3) 重点短语：make a difference:有关系，有影响，起作用、have ones hands full: 忙于、keep an eye on:注意，留神、keep to oneself: 不与别人交往4、考核要求深入理解文章内容并能用英文回答有关课
39、文内容的问题；学会使用文章中出现重点词汇，并能掌握相关的词义辨析，了解其使用的相关语境；能够将课文中的长难句翻译成汉语，并能够用英语解释相关的句子；独立撰写150-200字的有关女性生存状况文章。第六课：Trifles (Part Two)1、章节知识点1) 词汇 (Vocabulary)a. sarcasticb. piecec. abashd. smooth e. reproachf. somehowg. peer h. chokei. snatch2) 短语 (Expressions)a. rig upb. come back toc. turn againstd. take upe.
40、wrap upf. pull g. keep ones wordh. stir upi. under ones breath3) 词语辨析 (Word analysis)a. hold back, old forthb. ignorant, superstitiousc. remember, have on ones mindd. pleasant, pleasantrye. falter, waverf. nervous, fidgetyg. cover, coverth. abash, blush4) 难句理解（Sentence comprehension）a. Mr. Henderson
41、 is awful sarcastic in a speech and hell make fun of her saying she didnt wake up.b. Mr. Henderson said coming out that what was needed for the case was a motive.c. Franks fire didnt do much up there, d. All the rest of it has been so nice and even.e. They may be through sooner than we think.2、考核知识点
42、本课的剧本中描述了被男人们认为只注意婆婆妈妈的琐碎小事的女人正是用“琐事”颠覆了男人的权威。学生要掌握课文中出现的重点词汇的用法、语境及同义词的辨析，能够用英文解释本课文章中的长难句，并能够给出恰当的中文翻译。综合相关的词汇、句法结构写作有关总结本文戏剧剧情的文章。3、重点及难点1) 课文重点段落：课本第93页最后1段2) 重点词语：abash、comprehension、covert、falter、fidget3) 重点短语：turn against: 反对，采取敌对态度、can not help doing.禁不住、hold back: 阻碍，阻止、peer into: 凝视，盯着看4、考
43、核要求深入理解文章内容并能用英文回答有关课文内容的问题；学会使用文章中出现重点词汇，并能掌握相关的词义辨析，了解其使用的相关语境；能够将课文中的长难句翻译成汉语，并能够用英语解释相关的句子；独立撰写150-200字的有关总结本文戏剧剧情的文章。第七课：Miss Brill1、章节知识点1) 背景知识（Background knowledge）Katherin Mansfield2) 课文要义（Main idea of the text）Miss Brill was British who lived in France. She made living on teaching children English and taking care of an old man. To drive away the feeling of loneliness, she went to garden every Sunday afternoon. There she sat on a seat listening to the conversations of others or observing the people around her. A particular Sunday afternoon, she had a strange fee
