新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）高级英语1电子教案
Unit1ChineseHumanism
Contents
WarmU
WarmUp
1
2GlobalReading
3DetailedReading
4TextAppreciation
5ConsolidationActivities
6FurtherEnhancement
Section1:WarmUp
Lead-inBackgroundInformation
Takethequizbelowtoseehowwellyouknowabouthumanism.
1.Humanismistheassertionofthegreatnessofman.T/F?
T
T
2.TheearliesthumanistsduringtheperiodofWestern
FFRenaissancehadinterestonlyinclassicliterature.T/F?
F
F
3.Humanistsdeclarethateveryonebebornequal.T/F?
4.Religioushumanismcentersonhumanneeds,interests,
Tandabilities.T/F?
T
F5.InChina,Confuciusisregardedasthehumanistic
F
primogenitor.T/F?
Section1:WarmUp
Lead-inBackgroundInformation
6.InclassicChinesehumanism,ethicalphilosophyisbased
onhumanvaluesratherthanthesupernatural.T/F?T
7.ThescientificinquirythatfollowedtheRenaissance
adoptedempiricalobservationsandexperimentationofthephysicaluniverse.T/F?T
8.Themaintypesofhumanismintheworldare
Renaissancehumanism,Religioushumanism,and
Inclusivehumanism.T/F?T
9.Humanistsareneverconcernedaboutthemeaningoflife.
T/F?F
Section1:WarmUp
Lead-inBackgroundInformation
10.Themodernworld,withitsover-developmentof
machinery,hastakentimetoensurethatmanenjoys
whathemakes.T/F?F
Section1:WarmUp
Lead-inBackgroundInformation
Discussthefollowingquestionswithyourpartner.
1.Whatcomestoyourmindwhenyoucomeacrossthe
term“humanism”?
2.Haveyoueverreadanyworksabouthumanism?
3.Doeshumanismvaryfromcountrytocountry?Ifit
does,arethereanyelementsintheconceptthatareuniversallyshared?
Section1:WarmUp
Lead-inBackgroundInformation
AbouttheAuthor
LinYutang:aChinesewriter,
translator,andeditor,bornin
Longxi(nowZh