Lesson 5 The Libido for the Ugly

Para.9Tasks:1.Readingtogetherandunderstandingthisparagraph.2.thegeneralideaofthisparagraph3.thegraspingofnewwordsandphrases4.paraphrase5.rhetoricspara.99Hereissomethingthatthepsychologistshavesofarneglected:theloveofuglinessforitsownsake,thelusttomaketheworldintolerable.ItshabitatistheUnitedStates.Outofthemeltingpotemergesaracewhichhatesbeautyasithatestruth.Theetiologyofthismadnessdeservesagreatdealmorestudythanithasgot.Theremustbecausesbehindit;itarisesandflourishesinobediencetobiologicallaws,andnotasamereactofGod.What,precisely,arethetermsofthoselaws?AndwhydotheyrunstrongerinAmericathanelsewhere?LetsomehonestPrivatDozentinpathologicalsociologyapplyhimselftotheproblem.这里涉及到一个心理学家迄今未加重视的问题，即为了丑本身的价值而爱丑(非因其他利益驱动而爱丑)，急欲将世界打扮得丑不可耐的变态心理。这种心理的孳生地就是美国。从美国这个大熔炉中产生出了一个新的种族，他们像仇视真理一样地仇视美。这种变态心理的产生根源值得进行更多的研究，它的背后一定隐藏着某些原因，其产生和发展肯定受到某些生物学规律的制约，而不能简单地看成是出于上帝的安排。那么，这些规律的具体内容究竟是什么呢?为什么它们在美国比在其他任何地方更为盛行?这个问题还是让某位像德国大学的无薪教师那样正直的社会病理学家去研究吧。MainideaConclusion:MenckenisbeingverycriticaloftheAmericanraceandtheAmericansociety,whichhatesbeautyaswellasithatestruth.Inthe9thparagraph,thewriterrestatedthereasonsthatAmericansloveugliness,makeshiswritingsoundscientific:psychologicalmadness,abnormalstateofmindQuestion:whatsuggestiondoesthewritermakeinthisconcludingparagraph?Isheseriousinhissuggestionsforresearchinpsychologyandpathologicalsociologyinhisfinalparagraph?HemakesasuggestionthattheproblemshouldbesolvedbysomehonestPrivatDozentinpathologicalsociology.No,heisnotserious.Heonlyimpliessarcasticallythathedoesn’tunderstandwhysomanyAmericansseemtoloveuglinessforitsownsake.Thepsychologyofthesepeoplewholusttomaketheworldintolerableisanextremelyabnormalmind.Detailedstudyofpara.9Sentence1:Hereis…intolerable.(containinganattributiveclause),thephrases(theloveofuglinessforitsownsakeandthelusttomaketheworldintolerable)servesasappositivestosomething.Foritsownsake:forthepurposeofitself;forthevalueofitself为某事本身的缘故;鉴于某事本身的价值Ex:Ibelieveineducationforitsownsake.我相信教育本身就是有价值的。Lust:adesire,esp.asseekingunrestrainedgratification,togratifysense,esp.sexualdesire（—after/for）性欲，欲望,贪欲Ex:Hehasalustforpowerandriches.他贪求权力和财富。tolustafterawoman贪恋女色Sentence2:Itshabitatistheunitedstates.Habitat:dwelling;home栖息地；住所；产地，孳生地Paraphrase:TheplacewherethispsychologicalattitudeisfoundistheUnitedStates.Sentence3:Outof…truth.(aninvertedsentencecontaininganattributiveclause)Paraphrase:FromtheinterminglingofdifferentnationalitiesandracesintheUnitedStatesemergestheAmericanracewhichhatesbeautyasstronglyasithatestruth.Meltingpot:anenvironmentinwhichmanyideasandracesaresociallyassimilated熔炉（借指同化许多种族、人物的国家或城市）Rhetorical:metaphor(themeltingpotreferstoAmericaassimilatingmanyracesandcultures)Sentence4:Theetiologyof…got.etiology:thecauseofadiseaseorthescientificstudyofit（医）病原学，病因学；本源，原因（的说明）Sentence5:Theremustbe…ofgod.flourish:developingquicklyandstrongly繁荣；兴旺inobedienceto:服从，遵照Paraphrase:…thebirthanddevelopmentofthismadnessisgovernedbythescientificlawsofbiologyandnotduetosomesupernaturalactofgod.Sentence6:What,…thoselaws?Terms:---conditionsorrequirements,specificcontentAccordingtothetermsoftheagreements,Britishshipswillbeallowedtotakealimitedamountoffisheachyear.根据协议条款的规定，英国船只每年的捕鱼量是有限的。----Whatareyoursalesterms?----Cash----你们的销售条件是什么？---现金支付。Paraphrase:what,exactly,arethespecificcontentsofthosebiologicallaws？Wereadevidentsarcasminthissentence.Sentence7:Andwhy…thanelsewhere?They:referstothetermsofthoselawsSentence8:Letsome…totheproblem.PrivatDozent:P99pathologicala.relatedtopathology病理学的，病理的apply:toconcentrateone’sfacultieson;employoneselfdiligentlyParaphrase:LetsomelecturerinpathologicalsociologyashonestanddiligentasPrivatDozentworkonthisproblem.