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Diogenes and Alexander 戴奥吉尼斯和亚历山大 The Dog Has His Day Gilbert Highet

This article by the late classicist Gilbert Highet describes a meeting between two sharply contrasting personalities of history: Alexander the Great and Diogenes. This selection originally appeared in Horizon, the first in a series entitled Great Confrontations.

此文是由晚期著名的古典学者Gilbert Highet所写，描述了历史上两位性格极端伟大人物的会面场面：亚历山大国王和戴奥吉尼斯。本文选择来自 Horizon，一篇名叫“伟大的会面”的开始部分。

Lying on the bare earth, shoeless, bearded, half-naked, he looked like a beggar or a lunatic(神经病

备 课 纸 任教课程 年 月 日

Unit 4

一、授课时间：第8、9周

二．授课类型：理论课9课时；实践课3课时 三．授课题目：Diogenes and Alexander 四．授课时数：12

五．教学目的和要求：

通过讲授课文使大学生了解有关犬儒哲学的有关知识，学会用英语解释句子以达到学以致用的目的。要求学生主动地预习课文，课前准备练习，学会分析文章体裁和进行段落划分。 六．教学重点和难点：

1）背景知识的传授：Diogenes and Cynicism (doggishness)； 2）文章的体裁分析及段落划分；

3）语言点的理解：

Word study: account; possess; form; roll; elaborate

Grammar Focus: The function of adverbial modifier in different sentences; Patterns: the

first/second, ect./the next/last+to-infinitive; the first, ect. + who/t

备 课 纸 任教课程 年 月 日

Unit 4

一、授课时间：第8、9周

二．授课类型：理论课9课时；实践课3课时 三．授课题目：Diogenes and Alexander 四．授课时数：12

五．教学目的和要求：

通过讲授课文使大学生了解有关犬儒哲学的有关知识，学会用英语解释句子以达到学以致用的目的。要求学生主动地预习课文，课前准备练习，学会分析文章体裁和进行段落划分。 六．教学重点和难点：

1）背景知识的传授：Diogenes and Cynicism (doggishness)； 2）文章的体裁分析及段落划分；

3）语言点的理解：

Word study: account; possess; form; roll; elaborate

Grammar Focus: The function of adverbial modifier in different sentences; Patterns: the

first/second, ect./the next/last+to-infinitive; the first, ect. + who/t

备 课 纸 任教课程 年 月 日

Unit 4

一、授课时间：第8、9周

二．授课类型：理论课9课时；实践课3课时 三．授课题目：Diogenes and Alexander 四．授课时数：12

五．教学目的和要求：

通过讲授课文使大学生了解有关犬儒哲学的有关知识，学会用英语解释句子以达到学以致用的目的。要求学生主动地预习课文，课前准备练习，学会分析文章体裁和进行段落划分。 六．教学重点和难点：

1）背景知识的传授：Diogenes and Cynicism (doggishness)； 2）文章的体裁分析及段落划分；

3）语言点的理解：

Word study: account; possess; form; roll; elaborate

Grammar Focus: The function of adverbial modifier in different sentences; Patterns: the

first/second, ect./the next/last+to-infinitive; the first, ect. + who/t

Diogenes and Alexander 戴奥吉尼斯和亚历山大

The Dog Has His Day

Gilbert Highet

This article by the late classicist Gilbert Highet describes a meeting between two sharply contrasting personalities of history: Alexander the Great and Diogenes. This selection originally appeared in Horizon, the first in a series entitled Great Confrontations.

此文是由晚期著名的古典学者Gilbert Highet 所写，描述了历史上两位性格极端伟大人物的会面场面：亚历山大国王和戴奥吉尼斯。本文选择来自 Horizon，一篇名叫“伟大的会面”的开始部分。

Lying on the bare earth, shoeless, bearded, half-naked, he looked like a beggar or a lunatic(神经

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About the AuthorGilbert Arthur Highet (June 22, 1906 – January 20, 1978) was a Scottish-American classicist, academic, writer, critic and literary historian. Born in Scotland, he is best known as a mid-20th-century teacher of the humanities in the United States. Highet devoted most of his energy to teaching, but he also aspired to raise the level of mass culture and achieved broader influence by publishing essays and books.

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