B2L3

2024年3月23日發(作者：小金魚兒)

3 Pub Talk and the King’s English

Teaching Objectives

1. Learn about the features of pub talk and the origin of the king’s English

2. Learn about the writing styles

Emphas and difficult points

1. The difficult language points and expressions

2. The complex ntences and differentiation of synonyms

Teaching Methods

1. Illustration

2. Contrast

3. Figure material

Teaching Contents

1. New words and expressions

2. Pub talk

Teaching Process

I. Morning Report

1. Prepared beforehand.

2. Chon Topic

3. Latest news and interesting stores

II. Introduction to Background

author: Henry Fairlie

1）Henry Fairlie (1924— ) a contributing editor (特約編輯) to the New Republic (新共和

國) as well as a contributor (撰稿人) to other journals. His works: The Kennedy Promi

(肯尼迪諾言), the Life of Politics (政治的生命), the Spoiled Child of the Western World

(西方世界寵壞的孩子).

2）The Pub: public hou or a local

Besides offering different kinds of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks and providing hot

and cold food, it rves as a place for meeting friends and for entertainment. For instance,

many pubs have TV ts, amument machines and juke-boxes (投幣式自動電唱機) and

provide facilities for playing darts(投鏢), billiards(臺球), dominoes(西洋骨牌) and

similar games. Some also employ musicians for evening entertainment, such as piano

playing, folk singing and modern jazz.

III. Main body

1. Explanation of Uful Expressions

1) the king’s English: the correct or standard English

2) indulge in: give way to one’s own desire 盡情享受，沉溺

e.g. He ～s in dreams. 他愛空想。

[transformation] indulgence (n.) indulgent (adj.)

indulgently (adv.)

3) make a point / score a point: persuade others to accept one’s idea. 立論，證明論點，

贏得他人對爭論之點的同意

4) in a flash: in a moment

5) let it go: give it up, give up the opportunity

6) be on the rocks: be breaking up

e.g. Their marriage is ～. 他們的婚姻破裂了。

7) get out of bed on the wrong side: be bad tempered for the day 整日心情不好 (This

phra derives from the superstition that it was unlucky to t the left foot on the ground

first on getting out of the bed.)

e.g. Let him alone. He got ～ today.

8) delve into: investigate… for information, make rearch into… 鉆研，深入研究

e.g. In order to find out how man came into being,

he ～ed for information into old books.

9) Jupiter: the planet Jupiter(木星) and the information about it gathered by a U.S. space

probe(探測飛船)

10) all at once: suddenly, at the same time (突然，同時)

11) make / offer resistance to: opposing, using force against in order to prevent the

advance of… 抵抗，對抗，

e.g. They were defeated becau they made no ～ to the enemy’s advance. 他們失敗了