TheGreenBananaDonaldBatchelder1/56TeachingAims1.Tounderstandthesymbolof“GreenBanana”.2.Torecallyourownlearningmoments.3.Toenhancecross-culturalunderstanding.4.Tomastertheusefulwordsandphrases.2/56TheGreenBananaWhatdoesgreenbananameantoyou?Pleasewritedownthewordsthatcomeintoyourmindwhenhearingthewords“greenbanana”.GototheRead3/56MeaningoftheGreenBananaWhatdoesitmeaninthispassage?IthastwomeaningsSomethingtostoptheleakofthejeeptemporarilyAsymboloftheunknowntreasuresofeachcivilization4/56TextAppreciationLesson10–TheGreenBanana

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FurtherdiscussionIII.LanguagepointsContents5/56Readthetextquickly,tryingtofindthekeyelementsofthetext.

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ofthestoryTextAppreciationTheGreenBanana6/56Plot:”My”experienceinasmallBrazilianvillageandwhat“I”concluded.Setting:asmallvillageinthecentralareaofBrazilProtagonists:

anAmericantraveler(“I”),severalBrazilianpeople

TextAppreciationTheGreenBanana7/56BrazilWithanestimated170millioninhabitants,BrazilhasthelargestpopulationinLatinAmericaandrankssixthintheworld.InBrazil,54millionpeoplelivebelowthepovertyline.Thechildmortalityratehasfallento29per1,000

live.ThefightagainstHIV/AIDSrequiresspecialactionsfocusedon

childrenandyouth.With97percentenrolmentinprimaryschool,theeducationalchallengeisthatofquality:1.1millionchildrenandadolescentsaged12to17arestillunabletoreadandwrite;11percentofchildrenarecompleting

eightyearsofprimaryschoolbyage15.Childsurvival,development,participationandprotectionallremainchallengesthatcallforcontinuedadvocacyfromUNICEF.populationpovertyeducation8/56Part1(paras.1—)about:

Part2(paras.—)about:Lesson10–TheGreenBananaStructureofthetext4Thestoryofthe“greenbananas”.Whattheauthorlearned:Weshouldrespectallcivilizationsintheworld.

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TheGreenBanana9/56PartⅠPartⅡNarrationofhowpeopleinasmallBrazilianvillagehelpedtofixtheauthor’sjeepwithgreenbananasandhowthelocalpeopleregardedtheirhomevillageasthecenteroftheworld.Whattheauthorlearnedfromthisexperience.fromsth.specifictoageneralconclusion10/56DetailedDiscussionofPartI(para.1-4)Myencounterwiththegreenbanana…(para.1)encounteranoccasionwhenyoumeetsb.orsth.unexpectedly遭遇，偶然碰到Theyoungscientistsencounteredmanydifficultiesduringtheirexploration.年輕科學(xué)家們?cè)谔诫U(xiǎn)期間碰到了許多困難。ParaphraseIcameacrossthegreenbananaonasteeproadinthecentralareaofBrazil.11/56Myancientjeepwasstrainingup…(Para.1)ancienttostrainveryoldtotryveryhard中國(guó)是一個(gè)文明古國(guó)。Chinaisanancientcountrywithalonghistoryofcivilization.不論我怎樣豎起耳朵來(lái)聽(tīng)，都還是什么都沒(méi)有聽(tīng)到。Istillcouldn’thearanythingnomatterhowIstrainedmyears.Tostrainone’seyes/ears/voice:tolook/listen/speaktothebestofone’spower.全神貫注地看（聚精會(huì)神地聽(tīng)；聲嘶力竭地說(shuō)）12/56Theoverheatedengine…(para.1)overheatedtoohot～economy;～discussion;～roomover-:toomuchoverdressed,oversleep,overload,overcharge,overvalue,overeat…13/56…whichconsistedofasmallstoreandafewhouses…(para.1)consistofinclude..asitsmainpartsoraspects包含相同結(jié)構(gòu)：由…組成組成

becomposedof……constitutebemadeupof…fallinto…我們班有四十位同學(xué).Ourclassconsistsof40students.ismadeupofiscomposedof40studentsconstituteourclass.14/56Hepattedmeontheshoulder,assuringmethateverythingwouldworkout(para.1).pattedmeontheshoulderpattedmyshoulder抓住她手臂牽著小孩手takehimbythearmholdthekidbythehand敲打他頭部猛擊他背部knockhimontheheadhithimontheback踢她腿打他胸部kickherinthelegstrikehiminthechest15/56toassuresb.that…totellsb.thatsomethingissuretohappenorisdefinitelytrueIcanassureyouthatheisallright.我能夠向你確保，他沒(méi)事。workouttogetbetterorresolved別擔(dān)心，事情最終會(huì)處理。Don’tworry,thingswillworkoutintheend.16/56ParaphraseHepattedmyshoulder,confirmingthatallthethingswouldberesolved.17/56Ididn’task,though,asthatwouldshowmyignorance,so…(para.2)ignore:takenonoticeofrefusetotakenoticeof

不顧,不理,忽略（有意識(shí)）E.g.Youshouldignoreruderemarks.

你不應(yīng)該理會(huì)那些臟話(huà)。

Beingignoredbyhissuperiors,hefeltsad.

他不被上司重視，非常難過(guò)。

Myadvicewascompletelyignored.

完全沒(méi)人理會(huì)我提議。18/56ignorance/ignorantIgnorancen.無(wú)知；愚昧

Hisignoranceissurprising.

他無(wú)知令人吃驚。

Ignoranceofthelawisnoexcuse.

不懂法律不能成為借口。Ignorantadj.

unaware,knowinglittleornothing沒(méi)知識(shí),不知道

Iamquiteignorantofwhathisplansare.

我完全不知道他計(jì)劃。19/56neglectneglect:

paynoattentionto/givenonoticeornotenoughcareto;unconscious,unaware

忽略玩忽（粗心無(wú)意識(shí)造成）

neglectone’sstudies/children/health

neglectone’sduty玩忽職守

Don’t~writingtoyourmother.20/56ParaphraseHowever,Ididnotinquireaboutthereason,sinceitwouldrevealmylackofknowledge.21/56He,inturn,inspectedmecarefully,asiftomakesureIgraspedthesignificanceofhisstatement(para.3).inturninproperorder依次，輪番我們父母在我們小時(shí)候照料我們，他們年邁時(shí)候我們也應(yīng)該照料他們。Ourparentstakecareofuswhenweareyoung.Andweinturnshouldtakecareofthemwhentheyareold.22/56asifwiththeappearanceof;apparently好像它看起來(lái)好像見(jiàn)了鬼一樣。Helookedasifhehadseenaghost.她清了清嗓子，好像是要說(shuō)話(huà)。Sheclearedthethroatasiftospeak.他正站在窗邊，好像在等誰(shuí)。Hewasstandingbythewindowasifwaitingforsomebody.23/56ParaphraseThenheexaminedmewithgreatcautioninthewayofensuringthatIunderstoodtheimportanceofhiswords.24/56Theoccasioncalledforsomeshowofrecognitiononmypart(para.3)callforneedorrequire這些貧困地域需要我們尤其關(guān)注。Thosepoorareascallforourspecialattention.25/56callfor/callup/callon/calloffcallupcallforcalloncallofftelephoneto給某人打電話(huà)require要求requiresb；要求/makeashortvisitto短暫造訪(fǎng)cancel取消，停頓，放棄26/56Pleasecallme_____thisevening.Anoldfriendcalled______methedaybeforeyesterday.Theoccasioncalls_____acoolhead.Themeetinghasbeencalled_____.Thepresidentcalled_____thecitizenstoworkhardfornationalunity.Someoneiscalling_____help.uponforoffonfor27/56Theoccasioncalledforsomeshowofrecognitiononmypart.(para.3)Whatdoesthissentencemean?28/56…tryingtoshowinterestifnotcompleteacceptance.(para.3)Doestheauthoragreewiththevillagers?29/56Anarmfulofgreenbananas(para.4).armfulusedasanounhere,notanadjectiveahandfulofriceaspoonfulofsugararoomfulofpeople一把米（少許）一匙糖一屋子人30/56…incasemyradiatorshouldgivemetroubleagain(para.4)incase:if帶件雨衣吧，以防下雨。Takearaincoatincaseitrains.給他打個(gè)電話(huà)吧，萬(wàn)一他不知道呢。Givehimacallincasehedoesn’tknow.Hereissomemoneyincaseyoushoulduseit.31/56Paraphrase…sothatIwillbesafeifmyradiatorshouldgivemetroubleagain.32/56DetailedDiscussionofPartII(para.5-8)…toregarditasafruitwhosetimehadnotyetcome(para.5)Paraphrase…toregarditasafruitwhichwasnotyetripeorwhichwasnotyetreadytobepickedandeaten.33/56Lesson10–TheGreenBananaAsaproductofAmericaneducation,Ihadneverpaidtheslightestattentiontothegreenbanana,excepttoregarditasafruitwhosetimehadnotyetcome.(para.5)AssomeoneeducatedintheUnitedStates,Inaturallyhadneverpaidanyattentiontothegreenbanana,excepttotakeitasafruitwhichwasnotyetripeorwhichwasnotyetreadytobepickedandeaten.Thetoneishumorousandself-mocking.34/56Itwasallmyowntimethathadcome,allinrelationtoit(para5).relation：n.

關(guān)系，聯(lián)絡(luò)

(in/withrelationto)關(guān)系包括，相關(guān)relativityn.相對(duì)性，相關(guān)性relatevi.包括，相關(guān)

relateto

relatedadj.有聯(lián)絡(luò)，相關(guān)

relativeadj.相關(guān)，相正確，比較

n.親戚，親屬35/56Hisdiseasecouldberelatedtotheaccidentlastyear.Theachievementisrelatedtoexertion.Youshouldfindoutallthefactsthatarerelativetothisproblem.Theyhavebusinessrelationswithourfirm.ItisEinsteinwhofoundtheTheoryofRelativity.36/56ParaphraseItwasmewhohadcometoknowthegreenbananas,andeverythingconnectedwithit.Whattheauthorissayinghereisthateverycivilizationhasspecialgeniuses(symbolizedbythegreenbanana),whichhaveexistedformanyyears.Buttheywillnotcometoyournoticeandbenefityouuntilandunlessyouarereadytogooutandmeetthem.37/56itstimehadcometomeetmyneed.…Itwasmyowntimethathadcome,allinrelationtoit.(para.5)“Itwasmyowntime”todowhat?Whyisit,intheauthor’sopinion,thatmanyusefulthingsremainunknowntous?Whoistoblame?38/56Lesson10–TheGreenBananaIhadbeenwonderingforsometimeaboutwhateducatorsliketocall“l(fā)earningmoments”,andInowknewIhadjustexperiencedtwoofthematonce.(para.5)

referstothetwo“l(fā)earningmoments”Thetwothingsthatsuddenlydawnedonhimare:thefactthateverycivilizationhaswonderfultreasuretosharewithothersandtheideathateveryvillage,town,regionorcountryhasarighttoregarditselfasthecenteroftheworld.39/56Whatis“l(fā)earningmoments”?Haveyoueverexperienced“l(fā)earningmoments”?Haveyoueverheardoforencounteredtheexperienceofculturaldifferences?Listtheexamples.40/56Lesson10–TheGreenBananaIhadatfirstdoubtedtheirclaim,asIknewforafactthatthecenterwaslocatedsomewhereelseinNewEngland.(para.6)TheauthorobviouslywasbornandbroughtupinNewEngland.Thereforehehadalwaysregardeditasthecenteroftheworld.adverbialclauseofreason41/56Wealltendtoregardasthecenterthatspecialplacewhereweareknown…(para.6)tend:

vi.傾向于;趨于tendtoPricesaretendingupward.

物價(jià)在上漲。

Hetendstopitchtheballtoohigh.

他往往把球擲得過(guò)高。

vt.照料護(hù)理

tendthesick

照料病人

tendency:n.趨勢(shì)intendv.

想要,打算，計(jì)劃intendtodosth.intention:aplanorpurpose

意圖，打算TodayIintendedtofinishreadingthisbook.

我打算今天把這本書(shū)讀完。42/56Butonceaconsciousbreakthroughtoasecondcenterismade,alife-longperspectiveandcollectioncanbegin(para.7)ParaphraseButonceyoucanmakeaseriousefforttoovercomeyourprejudiceandgoouttomeetdifferentcultures,youwillbegintohaveanewoutlookthatwillaffectyoufortherestofyourlife,andyouwillprobablystartcollectingtheculturaltreasuresofothernations.43/56Butonceaconsciousbreakthroughtoasecondcenterismade,alifelongperspectiveandcollectioncanbegin.(para.7)Whatdoeshemeanbythe“secondcenter”?Whichisthefirstcenter?Howcanwemakeaconsciousbreakthroughtoasecondcenter?Whatdoeshemeanby“perspective”and“collection”?44/56Lesson10–TheGreenBananaTheculturesoftheworldarefullofunexpectedgreenbananaswithspecialvalueandmeaning.(para.8)

Thegreenbananashavebecomeasymbolofhiddentreasuresfromeveryculture.Forproperunderstandingofapieceofwriting,itisoftenimportanttonoticesuchsymboliclanguageandtoknowwhatthesymbolsstandfor.TheendofSentenceParaphrase.45/56Lesson10–TheGreenBananaWhentheauthorsaysweshould leaveourowncentersoftheworld, doeshemeanweshouldtraveltoother countriesmoreoften?

TextAnalysisFurtherdiscussionaboutthestoryTobecontinuedonthenextpage.Theauthorbelievesthateverynationhasgoodthingstooffertotherestoftheworld.Itisthereforewrongtoregardanynationasinferior.Weshouldrejectethnocentrismandadoptculturalrelativism.ForReference46/56ThemeoftheTextItisbelievedthateverynationhasgoodthingstooffertotherestoftheworld.Itisthereforewrongtoregardanynationasinferior.Weshouldrejectethnocentrismandadoptculturalrelativism.47/56Weshouldrespectallcivilizationsintheworld.Wisdomsaretobediscoveredwithanopenmindtoothercultures.ThemeofthetextTextAppreciation

TheGreenBanana48/56TextAppreciation

TheGreenBananaPleasedrawamapofthetextbasedonwhathappenedinit.49/56inthecentralareaofBrazil,steepmountainroadjeepstoppedstoppedforhelp

wentonreacheddestinationspecialpotentialofgreenbananasimportanceoftherockCulturalrelativism

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