Unit 4 1 Disney World: Cities of Simulation as Postmodern Utopias
Unit 4 Disney World: Cities of Simulation as Postmodern Utopias
I.Teaching Aims: To know about the shift of addressing forms and the specific functions. To understand the author's purpose of writing this essay. To grasp the new words and expressions;
I. Teaching Aims: ◼ To know about the shift of addressing forms and the specific functions. ◼ To understand the author’s purpose of writing this essay. ◼ To grasp the new words and expressions;
II.Teaching Importance and Difficulties: Understand the author's main purpose of writing the essay. Know the writing strategies of the text. Grasp the key language points in the text. III.Teaching periods:6 periods
◼ Understand the author’s main purpose of writing the essay. ◼ Know the writing strategies of the text. ◼ Grasp the key language points in the text. III. Teaching periods: 6 periods II. Teaching Importance and Difficulties:
IV.Teaching steps: 1.Warm-up Questions: 1)What does Disney World evoke in you? 2)What can we learn from Disney World?
1. Warm-up Questions: 1) What does Disney World evoke in you? 2) What can we learn from Disney World? IV. Teaching steps:
2.Information related to the text: 1)The author gives his critical view on Disney World from two perspectives: Why does this park have such a great appeal to its visitors?And how does modern technology plays its paradoxical roles in Disney? 2)This expository essay may be divided into 4 parts as follows: Part I (Para.1-4):the author explains the illusion,idealized reality and fantasies created by Disney. Part II (Paras 5-7):the author probes the implications of modern technology in Disney World. Part III(Paras 8-9):the author moves on to discuss the difference between the perfect world as desired by humanity and that of Disney World. Part IV (Paras.10-11):the author raises the question about our relationship with technology and cautioned us against the greatest negative aspects of Disney World
2. Information related to the text: 1) The author gives his critical view on Disney World from two perspectives: Why does this park have such a great appeal to its visitors? And how does modern technology plays its paradoxical roles in Disney? 2) This expository essay may be divided into 4 parts as follows: Part I (Para. 1-4) : the author explains the illusion, idealized reality and fantasies created by Disney. Part II (Paras 5-7 ) : the author probes the implications of modern technology in Disney World. Part III (Paras 8–9): the author moves on to discuss the difference between the perfect world as desired by humanity and that of Disney World. Part IV (Paras. 10-11): the author raises the question about our relationship with technology and cautioned us against the greatest negative aspects of Disney World