1. Text Analysis and Appreciation of Para11) Comprehension Questions on Para1•What are the difference between the two concepts of being international and beingcosmopolitan?•Why did the author say “all good men are international but nearly all bad men arecosmopolitan”?•What does he mean by “being national”?•What does the example of Buddhist peace prove?•What are the author’s opinions toward the Christian and the Hindu?•What example did the author use to explain the distinction between “loving each other”and “being each other”?•What are the difference between Englishme n’s “having a fancy for France” and their“admiring France?”•What did the author compare to the Frenchmen’s vices and virtues?Buddhist Peace4.Questions for Further Thinking•What does the author’s experience in para4 tell us about?•What did you learn from the text?5. Language Points(*Words for Band4, **Words for Band8)1) …being international and being *cosmopolitan (para1)● A cosmopolitan place or society is full of people from many different countriesand cultures.● e.g. London has always been a cosmopolitan city.2) …Thus their **obscenity is the expression of their passionate love of dragging all thingsinto the light.(para2)●The French people often impress others as “obscene”, this can be interpreted as anexpression of their strong love to make all things open and public, even those suchas sex or the expression of love.3) The avarice of their peasants means the independence of their peasants.(para2)●French peasants may leave people of other countries the impression of beinggreedy, yet that is because they make their own living all by themselves andlittle would they count on their kings, governments or other forms ofauthorities.4) ...seeing the savage French **caricature… (para2)● A drawing or description that appears in a humorous or critical way.5)…exquisite fruit of French **cynicism… (para2)●Cynicism is the belief that people always act selfishly.● e.g.I found Ben's cynicism wearing at times.●Cynicism about something is the belief that it cannot be successful or that the people involved are nothonorable.● e.g. This talk betrays a certain cynicism about free trade.6) …never *till ed the rude but rich soil of French virtue…(para2)●Verb: till = cultivate●Prep: In spoken and informal English, till is often used instead of until.●They had to wait till Monday to ring the bank manager...●Noun: In a shop or other place of business, a till is a counter or cash registerwhere money is kept....long queues at tills that make customers angry.A till is the drawer of a cash register, in which the money is kept.He checked the register. There was money in the till.7)…the shadow of the great houses still *falls everywhere…(para3)●The remaining prestige of those old and eminent aristocratic families can still be felt everywhere.8) *Snobbishness…(para3)●If you describe someone as snobbish, you disapprove of them because they are too proud of their social status,intelligence, or taste.● e.g.They had a snobbish dislike for their intellectual and social inferiors...9)Understand the vice he plagiarized…para3)●If someone plagiarizes another person's idea or work, they use it or copy it and pretend that they thought of itor created it.● e.g.The poem employs as its first lines a verse plagiarized from a billboard.10) They like a noble to be *unconscious and **amiable (para3)●They like their noble to be not aware of his own social status, always treatingthem as friends and equals.11)**vicarious nobility in the English love of a lord(para3): The English love of a lordshould not be deemed as what it seemingly is.● A vicarious pleasure or feeling is experienced by watching, listening to, or readingabout other people doing something, rather than by doing it yourself.● e.g....a father who lived vicariously through his sons' success.12) And it requires *battery and **barricade(para3)●C o m p a r e d w i t h E n g l i s h p e o p l e,t h e F r e n c h p e o p l e d o n o t h a v e s o s t r o n g a s e n s e o f s o c i a ln o r m s a n d e t i q u e t t e s.T h i s m a y b e d e e m e d a s i n d e c e n c y.Y e t i f o n e h a s a c q u i r e ds u f f i c i e n t k n o w l e d g e o f F r e n c h p e o p l e’s c r a z e a b o u t f r e e d o m,w i t h t h e e x t e r i o re x p r e s s i o n s of f igh t s a n d s o n g si n t h e s t r e e t s,p o o r p e o p l e d y i n g f o r t h e c o n c e p t o ff r e e d o m,e t c.,h e w i l l a c c e p t t h e i r b e h a v i o r a s m o s t n a t u r a l.13) *unmeaning (para4) a.●devoid of meaning or sense; meaningless● e.g. The officer gave an unmeaning response to that difficult query.14)…under all their **pageant of chivalry men are not only beasts, but even hunted beasts(para4).●…under the disguise of good manners, men actually have a nature as dark, horrible and brutal asthat of cornered beasts, always ready to fight against each other.●pageant n. a thing that looks impressive or grand, but is actually shallow and empty.15) *blazes…(para4)●I n f o r m a l l y u s e d i n v a r i o u s e x p r e s s i o n s o f a n g e r,b e w i l d e r m e n t,o r s u r p r i s e a s ae e u u p p h h e e m m i i s s m mf f o o r r““h h e e l l l l””..●e.g.G o t o b l a z e s!H e s h o u t e d.●W h a t t h e b l a z e s a r e y o u a l l t a l k i n g a b o u t?6. Types of WritersThe Essayist• A Piece of Chalk• A Defence of Rash Vows•Mending and Ending Things•Negative and Positive MoralityThe Poet• A Ballad of Suicide• A Child of the Snows•The Rolling English Road•The Donkey•The Song of Right and WrongThe Critic • A Midsummer Night’s Dream•George Macdonald•Oscar Wilde•The Orthodoxy of HamletThe Philosopher •Child Psychology and Nonsense•On Thoughtless Remarks •Philosophy for Schoolroom•The Revival of Philosophy—Why? •Science and the SavagesThe Theologian •Buddhism and Christianity•Miracles and Modern Civilization•The Religious Aim of Education •Skepticism and Spiritualism•Why I Believe in Christianity7. Assignment•Group discussion: What is Chinese Humanism?。