高英第六冊第七單元

高英第六冊第七單元第1頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四MainIdea&purposeofwriting:

Throughthediscussiononthelexicalnarrowingof“beauty”,theauthoraimsactuallytoexploringafeministissuethatdemandspublicattentionanddiscreditingmodernsociety’sbiasedattitudetowomenasshowninthechangedmeaningoftheword“beauty”..第2頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四Analysisoftheorganizationofthetext

Section1(Para1-2):Contrasttheancientnotionof“beauty”withthemodernconcepttointroducethetopicSectionII(Para3-7)Illustratinghowwomenandmenareviewed/treateddifferentlytosupporttheargument:theoppressionofwomen–SectionIII(Para8-9)Pointingouthowsociety’sgenderstereotypeshaveaffectedadverselythedevelopmentofwomen(e.g.encouragingnarcissism,dependence,immaturity,passiveacceptance…etc)SectionIV(Para.10)Callingonwomenandthewholesocietytogetoutofthetrapcreatedbythe“mythofbeauty”andtheresultingoppressionofwomen第3頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四DifficultSentencesforTranslation(E-C):1.OneofSocrates’mainpedagogicalactswastobeugly—andteachthoseinnocent,nodoubtsplendid-lookingdisciplesofhishowfullofparadoxeslifereallywas.2Associatingbeautywithwomenhasputbeautyevenfurtheronthedefensive,morally.3.Itdoesnottakesomeoneinthethroesofadvancedfeministawarenesstoperceivethat

thewaywomenaretaughttobeinvolvedwithbeautyencouragesnarcissism,reinforcesdependenceandimmaturity.4.Ifawomandoesrealwork—andevenifshehasclambereduptoaleadingpositioninpolitics,law,medicine,business,orwhatever—sheisalwaysunderpressuretoconfessthatshestillworksatbeingattractive.5.Onecouldhardlyaskformoreimportantevidenceofthedangersofconsideringpersonsassplitbetweenwhatis“inside”andwhatis“outside”thanthatinterminablehalf-comichalf-tragictale,theoppressionofwomen.6.Thereshouldbeawayofsavingbeautyformwomenandforthem.第4頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四FeedbackonTr.Exercise

1)Itdoesnottakesomeoneinthethroesofadvancedfeministawarenesstoperceivethat

thewaywomenaretaughttobeinvolvedwithbeautyencouragesnarcissism,reinforcesdependenceandimmaturity.

對婦女進(jìn)行的有關(guān)美方面教育的方式促成了她們的自戀情節(jié)，加深了她們對男人的依賴，使她們遲遲不能成熟．這一點(diǎn)并不是只有處在痛苦中的先進(jìn)的女權(quán)主義者才能感受到．第5頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四

2)Onecouldhardlyaskformoreimportantevidenceofthedangersofconsideringpersonsassplitbetweenwhatis“inside”andwhatis“outside”thanthatinterminablehalf-comichalf-tragictale,theoppressionofwomen.Howeasyitistostartoffbydefiningwomenascaretakersoftheirsurfaces,andthentodisparagethem(orfindthemadorable)forbeing“superficial”.Itisacrudetrap,andithasworkedfortoolong.Buttogetoutofthetraprequiresthatwomengetsomecriticaldistancefromthatexcellenceandprivilegewhichisbeauty,enoughdistancetoseehowmuchbeautyitselfhasbeenabridgedinordertopropupthemythologyofthe“feminine”.Thereshouldbeawayofsavingbeautyformwomenandforthem.第6頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四有關(guān)婦女被壓迫的傳聞既有喜劇色彩又有悲劇色彩.在這種沒完沒了的傳聞中,有關(guān)把人分割為”外表”與”內(nèi)心”兩部分之危險(xiǎn)的證據(jù)比比皆是

//把人分割為”外表”與”內(nèi)心”所帶來的危害,在關(guān)于婦女受壓迫的那些既有喜劇色彩又有悲劇色彩無休止的傳聞中體現(xiàn)得最為淋漓盡致.人們是多么輕易地先把婦女定義為注重外表的人,然后再將其貶低為“膚淺”(或可愛)之人.這真是一個(gè)拙劣的陷阱/圈套,而且它發(fā)生作用的時(shí)間也延續(xù)得太久了.然而,要擺脫這個(gè)陷阱/圈套就需要婦女與“美麗”這一優(yōu)越與特權(quán)/“美麗”所具有的優(yōu)越與特權(quán)保持審慎/至關(guān)重要的距離.這種距離足以讓她們認(rèn)識(shí)到,為了支撐“女性”這一神話,美麗本身失色/縮水了多少.我們應(yīng)該找到一種方法,使“美麗”一詞免于因婦女之緣故而遭損毀,同時(shí)也讓“美麗”一詞為婦女保留著以便將來好用.//我們應(yīng)該找到一種挽救“美麗”同時(shí)也挽救婦女本身的兩全途徑.第7頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四Post-readingactivities:ClassroomdiscussionAnalyzethemajorargumentativedevicesusedintheessay.Howwouldyourelatethetopicdiscussedinthisessaywiththefeministissuethatyouhavecomeacrossinyourlife?Whydoyouthinkthattheobligationtobebeautifulhasbecomeatrapforwomen?Towhatdegreedoyouagreewiththeauthor’spointofviewinthisregard?第8頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四TEXTII

SexisminEnglish:AFeministViewPre-readingBrainstorming:

Doescultureshapelanguageorviceversa?Isthisaneasyquestiontoanswer?Why?Therehasbeenacommonpracticenowtouseall-inclusivewordssuchas“Ms”,“chairperson”,“businessperson”intheplaceofmasculinewordssoastoavoidsexualdiscrimination.Howdidsomelinguistsreacttothis?Howdoyoufeelaboutsuchpractice?Doyouthinksuchlinguisticeffortswillresultinanysignificantchangeinculture?Whyorwhynot?What’sthemainargumentoftheauthor?Canyoufindthethesisstatementinthepassage?HowdoestheauthorprovethatthereissexisminEnglish?Findtheevidencegivenbytheauthorandgrouptheminsensiblecategories.Istheevidenceprovidedpowerfulenoughtosupporttheauthor’sargument?第9頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四MainIdeaofthepassageSexismisdeepseatedinEnglish.

Thesis:(Title)SexisminEnglish(endofPara3)“howreallydeep-seatedsexismisinourcommunicationsystem”第10頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四Structureofthepassage

（I）:para.1—3:introductionofthetopic,thatis,sexismaspartofcultureshapeslanguagepara.4—9:wordsfromwomen’sbodyversusthoseindicatingmen’smindoractivitiespara.10—14:sexualconnotationsaregiventofemininewordswhilethemasculinewordsretainaserious,businesslikeauraCf:AnalysisfromXU,nextpage:第11頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四Organization(II):1.

Presentingthetopic(Para1-3)startingwiththeobservationontherelationbetweenCULTUREandLANGUAGE,tobringinthetopicfordiscussion,i.e.

“howourlanguage(English)reflectsthesexualdiscriminationinourculture.”2.

GivingevidencetoshowsexisminEnglish(linguisticevidence)1)Wordsthatoriginatedfrompeople’snames(para4-6)

2)Geographicalnames(para7-9)preoccupationwithwomen’sbreasts3)Pairsofwords/cognateterms/male-femalecounterparts

(Para10-13)(withdifferentsemanticfeatures)3.

Conclusion(Englishisamale-centredlanguage)第12頁，共15頁，2023年，2月20日，星期四Alistofthedifferencesbetween“masculinewords”&“femininewords”inEnglishfromthetext:1.Whereasawoman'sbodyisconsideredmoreimportant,aman'smindorhisactivitiesarevalued.Examples:1)manymen'snamesareusedaseverydaywords,butwomen'snamesusedaseverydaywordsareonlyone-fifthofmen'snames,mostofwhichcamefromGreekmythology.2)ToplessTopography--wordslikeTetons,Nipples,Teatsareusedasnamesofmountainsandpeaks.Men'snamesinplacenameshavenothingtodowiththemen'sbodies,e.g.,JacksonHoleandPikesPeak.2.Aserioustoneformasculinewords,e.g.,callboy,Sir,master.Sexualconn