Thinking as a Hobby

1. Thinking as a Hobby By William Golding 许丹云

2. Content • 1. Brainstorming • 2. Skimming Activity • 3. Scanning Activity 1 • 4. Scanning Activity 2 • 5. Language Focus

3. Q1: What does ‘hobby’ mean? Q2: Why did the author say thinking is a ‘hobby’?

4. A2: Skim the Text: The characteristics of the three grades of thinking Characteristics Examples Thinking ignorance; hypocrisy; prejudice; self-satisfied; contradictions Mr. Houghton, nine tens of people Grade-three

5. Presentation Example: Part 1 (Paras. 16-24) Grade-three thinking: The idea of ‘thinking’ was first introduced to the author. With the understanding of the nature of ‘Grade-three thinking’, the author realized that there was no thinking at all, but a combination of ignorance, prejudice and hypocrisy. According to the author, most people belong to this category.

6. The characteristics of the three grades of thinking Characteristics Examples Thinking ignorance; hypocrisy; prejudice; self-satisfied; contradictions Mr. Houghton, nine tens of people Grade-three detecting contradictions; do not stampede easily; lag behind, a withdrawal, destroy but not create Ruth, the author, (maybe) some acquaintances Grade-two to find out what is truth, based on a logical moral system far and few between, only in books Grade-one

7. Part 1 (Paras. 16-24) Grade-three thinking: The idea of ‘thinking’ was first introduced to the author. With the understanding of the nature of ‘Grade-three thinking’, the author realized that there was no thinking at all, but a combination of ignorance, prejudice and hypocrisy. According to the author, most people belong to this category.

8. Part 2 (Paras. 25-29) Grade-two thinking: People who belong to this category is those who can detect the contradictions of grade-three thinkers’ beliefs. They can see their ignorance, prejudice, hypocrisy and lack of logic, which gives them great delight and satisfies their ego.

9. Part 3 (Paras. 30-35) Grade-one thinking: The part is about the author’s understanding of the ‘grade-one thinking’ which he desires for it. According to the author, the satisfaction it brings to the thinker is limited and does not last. The answer to this lies in the author’s definition of ‘grade-one thinkers’ who are the people who set out to find the truth and get it.

10. TEXT ORGANIZATION • p1 -p15 Introduction • P16-p24 Grade Three Thinking • P25-p29 Grade Two Thinking • P30-p35 Grade One Thinking

11. Scanning Activity 1： How did the author describe the figures to demonstrate his analysis of different grades of thinking?

12. How did the author describe the following figures to demonstrate his analyses of different grades of thinking? Headmaster Me, the boy Mr. Houghton: A pious lady

13. Ruth British Prime Minister American politicians Me, the author

14. Question: How did the author describe the following figures to demonstrate his analyses of different grades of thinking? nothing human in his eyes, no possibility of communication (not understand his students) Headmaster delinquent, not integrated, misunderstanding the symbolic meaning of the statuettes, couldn’t think Me, the boy ruined by alcohol, preaching high-moral life but showing hypocritical and prejudiced nature Mr. Houghton: A pious lady who hated German with the proposition of loving enemies

15. Ruth foolish argument, illogical and fled at last talking about the great benefit conferring on India by jailing Nehru and Gandhi British Prime Minister talking about peace and refusing to join the League of Nations American politicians not easily stampede, detect contradiction; turned into a professional thinker Me, the author

16. Scanning Activity 2: How are the three statuettes described by the boy and what do they symbolize?

18. 5. Language Focus

19. Rodin’s thinker A naked man, muscular gentleman, who sat, looking down, with his chin on his fist and his elbow on his knee.

20. elbow ['elbəʊ] n. 肘部；弯头；扶手 vt. 推挤；用手肘推开 • fist[fɪst] n. 拳头；掌握；笔迹 vt. 紧握；拳打；握成拳 • knee[niː] n. 膝盖，膝 vt. 用膝盖碰

21. Synonym • statue： 雕像 • sculpture: 雕塑 • statuette: 小雕像 • bust: 半身像 • bronze: 青铜 • carving: 雕刻品

22. ette: (1)小的东西 (small) cigarette (2)假的东西 (imitation) leatherette (3) 女性 (female) usherette let: 小或者不重要的东西 (small or unimportant things) booklet, leaflet, starlet ess：女性(female) actress, poetess, hostess,

23. 真题再现 The statue of liberty was given to American people by_____ as a gift in 1884. (2003)A． France B． SpainC ．ItalyD．Britain A

24. 2012 Listening S3 1. Where was the marble statue found? • Out in the sea B. Inside a bath house C. On a cliff along the coast D. On the coast outside Jerusalem. 2. Which of the following best describe the condition of the statue? • It was complete. B. It was recent artwork. • It was fairly tall. C. It was in pieces.

25. Script A huge storm that collapsed part of a cliff on Israel’s central coast led to the discovery of a statue dating back to the Roman period, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Tuesday. The white marble statue of a woman is estimated to be 2,000 years old. It stands 1.2 meters tall, weighs about 200 kilograms and was found with no head of arms, according to the discovery, the authority said. The statue fell into the sea when the cliff collapsed as a result of a storm. The collapse also ruined a bath house that had been in the cliff for many hundreds of years. The storm, one of the strongest Israel has experienced in recent years, brought winds of more than 100 kilometer per hour that sent 10-meter waves crashing into Israel’s coast.

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