The-Sad-Young-Men-习题答案

1TheSadYoungMen习题答案/answerⅡ.1.Theyoungergenerationofthe1920swerethoughttobewildbecause1heyvisitedspeakeasies,denoucedPuritanmorality,etc.(Seepara.1).2.YesandnoYesbecausethebusinessofgrowingupisalwaysaccompaniedbyaYoungerGenerationProblem,nobecausealltheiractionscannowbeseeninperspectiveasbeingsomethingconsiderablylesssensationalthanthedegenerationofjazzmadyouth.3.Yes.Youthwasfacedwiththechallengeofchangingthestandardsofsocialbehavior,ofrejectingVictoriangentility.ButinAmericatheyoungpeopletriedtoescapetheirresponsibilitiesandretreatbehindandairofnaughtyalco-holicsophisticationandaposeofBohemianimmorality.4.Therevoltwaslogicalandinevitablebecauseoftheconditionsintheage.Firstofall,therebellionaffectedtheentireWesternworld.Second,peopleintheUnitedStatesrealizedtheircountrywasnolongerisolatedineitherpoliticsortraditionandthattheycouldnolongertakerefugeinisolationism.5.Alltheactivitiesmentionedaboveweremeanstohelptheyoungpeopletoescapetheirmoreseriousresponsibilitiesofchangingsocietyandmostyoungpeoplewentinfortheseactivities.Itbecameageneralpatternofbehavior.6.Thewarwhippeduptheirenergiesbutdestroyedtheirnaivette.Itmadethemcynical.Theycouldnotfitthemselvesintopostwarsocietysotheyrebelledandtriedtooverthrowcompletelythegentelstandardsofbehavior.7.Intellectualsandnon-intellectualsbegantoimitatethepatternoflifesetbythoselivinginGreenwichVillage.ThesepeoplelivedaBohemianandeccentriclife.Theydefiedthelawandfloutedallsocialconventions.Theyattackedthewar,Babbittry,andPuritanicalgentility.8.TheseyoungintellectualswantedAmericatobecomemoresensitivetoartandculture,lessavidformaterialgain,andlesssusceptibletostandardization.9.TheyemigratedtoEuropebecausetheretheydothingsbetterthanintheUnitedStateswherepeopleonlycareformoneyandwealth.OnlyinEuropewilltheybeabletofindremedyfortheirsensitiveminds.10.TheywerecalledthelostgenerationbyGertrudeSteinbecausetheyweretroubledandworriedandhademigratedtoEurope.ButtheywereneverreallylostfortheyfinallyreturnedtoAmericaandproducedtheliveliest,freshest,moststimulatingworksinAmerica'sliterayexperience.Ⅲ.1.Thestructuralorganizationofthisessayisclearandsimple.Theessaydivideslogicallyintoparagraphswithparticularfunctions:tointroducethesubject(introduction)inparagraph1,tosupportanddevelopthethesis(thebodyorthemiddle)inparagraphs2through9,tobringthediscussiontoanend(conclusion)inparagraphs10and11.2.HortonandEdwardsstatetheirthesisinthelastparagraphoftheessay:The2intellectualsoftheTwenties,thesadyoungmen,asF.ScottFitzgeraldcalledthem,cursedtheirluckbutdidn'tdie;escapedbutvoluntarilyreturned;flayedtheBabbitsbutlovedtheircountry,andinsodoinggavethenationtheliveliest,freshest,moststimulatingwritinginitsliteraryexperience.3.Theysupporttheirthesisbyprovidinghistoricalmaterialconcerningtherevoltoftheyoungergenerationofthetwentiesinaseriesofparagraphsandparagraphunitsbetweentheintroductionandconclusion.4.Yes.Eachparagraphorparagaphunitdevelopsanewbutrelatedaspectofthethoughtstatedinthethesis.Frequentlythefirstsentenceofthesemiddleparagraphsstatesclearlythemainideaofthematerialthatfollowsandindi-catesanewbutrelatedstageofthedevelopingthought.Forexample:TherejectionofVictoriangentilitywas,inanycase,inevitable.(paragraph3).TherebellionstartedwithWorldWarI.(paragraph5)GreenwichVillagesetthepattern.(paragraph7)Meanwhilethetrueintellectualswerefarfromflattered.(parageraph9).5.Thetwoparagraphsformasingleunit.Thewritersbegin.withaclearlystatedmainidea--GreenwichVillagesetthepatternanduseparagraph1toexplainGreen-wichVillagetothereader,followinginparagraph2withsup-portingmaterialshowinghowtherestofthecountryimitatedlifeintheVillage.6.Student'schoice.7.Student'schoice.Ⅳ.1.Attheverymentionofthispost-warperiod,middle-agedpeoplebegintothinkaboutitlongingly.2.Inanycase,anAmericancouldnotavoidcastingasideitsmiddle-classrespectabilityandaffectedrefinement.3.ThewaronlyhelpedtospeedupthebreakdownoftheVictoriansocialstructure.4.InAmericaatleast,theyoungpeoplewerestronglyinclinedtoshirktheirresponsibilities.Theypretendedtobeworldly-wise,drinkingandbehavingnaughtily.5.TheyoungpeoplefoundgreaterpleasureintheirdrinkingbecauseProhibition,bymakingdrinkingunlawfuladdedasenseofadventure.6.Ouryoungmenjoinedthearmiesofforeigncountriestofightinthewar.7.Theyoungpeoplewantedtotakepartinthegloriousad-venturebeforethewholewarended.8.Theseyoungpeoplecouldnolongeradaptthemselvestolivesintheirhometownsortheirfamilies.9.ThereturningveteranalsohadtofaceProhibitionwhichthelawmakershypocriticallyassumedwoulddogoodtothepeople.10.(Underallthisforceandpressure)somethingintheyouthofAmerica,whowerealreadyverytense,hadtobreakdown.11.ItwasonlynaturalthathopefulyoungWriterswhosemindsandwritingswerefilledwithviolentangeragainstwar,Babbitry,andPuritanicalgentility,shouldcomeingreatnumberstoliveinGreenwichVillage,thetraditionalartisticcentre.12.Eachtownwasproudthatithadagroupofwild,recklesspeople,wholived3unconventionallives.Ⅴ.Seethetranslationofthetext.Ⅵ.1.flapper:(Americanism)(inthe1920s)ayoungwomanconsideredboldandunconventionalinactionanddress2.provinc