Quick-Fix-Society

QuickFixSocietyWhatIs“QuickFixSociety”?Whatisthemeaningof“fix”?Howdoyouunderstand“quickfix”?quickfixIhavetogetmycarfixed.Weneedalong-termsolution,notjustaquickfix.“Fix”meanssolution.“Quickfix”inthisessaymeansquicksolution.Itreferstothelifestyleofmodernpeoplewhoareimpatienttogeteverythingdoneandwanttofindthequicksolutiontoeverything.Brainstorming1.Whatarethethreefeaturesofaquickfixsocietyaccordingtotheauthor?Summarizetheminyourownwords.2.Howis“quickfixsociety”reflectedinthefollowingaspects?transportationandcommunicationeatinghabitsandconsumptionhabitsentertainmentreadinghabits,learninghabitsworkingstyleII.FasterorSlower?Whataretheadvantagesof“quickfixsociety”?Whatarethedisadvantagesof“quickfixsociety”?Doyouwantafastpacedlifeorslowpacedone?ChinesetoEnglish提倡，主张同盟的，联合的浓缩，精简微波漂亮的肤浅地版本•advocate•confederate•condense•microwave•gorgeous•version•superficiallyCheck-onPreview高速公路田园景色老爷车医药箱畅销书自动提款机读者文摘•expressway•pastoralscenery•antiquecar•medicinecabinet•bestseller•automatictellermachine•Reader’sDigestBackgroundInformationFastroadsintheU.S.Highways:connectcities公路，大路Superhighways:aroadwithsixormorelanesInterstatehighways:connectcitiesindifferentstatesFreeways:roadswithinacity高速公路Expressways:fastroadsinornearcitiesTurnpike:paymoneybeforeyouuseit.PennsylvaniaDutchtownLancasterCounty,theheartofthePennsylvaniaDutchCountry,islocatedinsouthcentralPennsylvania11/2hourswestofPhiladelphia.MostoftheAmishCountryattractionsareinLancasterCounty,andalmostallofthelocalAmishpeoplelivehereaswell.locationPennsylvaniaDutchtownAmish[宗]阿们宗派(十七世纪成立的孟诺教派,因创此教派的雅可布阿们而得名)TheAmishareareligiousgroupwholiveinsettlementsin22statesandOntario安大略湖[北美洲中东部](美国和加拿大共有的湖),Canada.TheoldestgroupofOldOrderAmish,about16,000-18,000peopleliveinLancasterCounty,Pennsylvania.TheAmishstresshumility,familyandcommunity,andseparationfromtheworld.PeoplePennsylvaniaDutchtownTheAmishwaspartoftheearlyAnabaptist(再洗礼派教徒：16世纪宗教改革激进运动的成员，相信《圣经》的权威性，洗礼是对教徒内心信仰个人契约的外部证明，相信政教分离、信徒和非信徒分离)movementinEurope,whichtookplaceatthetimeoftheReformation.TheAnabaptistsbelievedthatonlyadultswhohadconfessedtheirfaithshouldbebaptized（洗礼）,andthattheyshouldremainseparatefromthelargersociety.Theyalsobelieveinnon-resistanceandbasicBibledoctrines.Amish’sbeliefsPennsylvaniaDutchtownThesepeopleasawholearenotasmaterialisticasmodernsocietytoday.TheydonotuseelectricityormodernconveniencesAmishmenhavebeards,butnotmustachesMostAmisharetrilingual:dialectofGerman,HighGerman高地德语andEnglishOldOrderchildrenattendone-roomschoolsthroughtheeighthgrade.Amish’slifestylePennsylvaniaDutchtownTheyareaprivatepeoplewhobelieveGodhaskeptthemtogether.Theyareastrongexampleofacommunitythatsupportsandcaresforitsmembers.Theyareapeopleapart;theyarealsoapeopletogether.Amish’slifestylePennsylvaniaDutchtown“SundayAntiquesCapitaloftheUnitedStates.Over3000antiquedealersgatherheretodisplayandselltheirmerchandise.AntiqueshoppingOutletshopping•Here,you'llfindover240factoryoutletstoresfeaturingnamebrandsandqualitymerchandisepricesatreducedprices.PennsylvaniaDutchtownSceneryAmisholdestmeetinghouseHand-madequiltsPennsylvaniaDutchtownSceneryCoveredbridgeTheyridetheirhorseandbuggy（轻便马车）andhaveaslower-pacedlifestyle.Cliff’sNotesCliff’snotesisaseriesofreferencebookwrittentohelpundergraduatestudentstounderstandandappreciateimportantliteraryworks.Withsuchnotes,studentsdon’thavetoreadtheworkitselfandbeabletowritepapersandtakeexams.IcebergPrincipleAfterthepublicationofhislastmajorwork,TheOldManandtheSea,ErnestHemingwayexplainedhisicebergtheoryoffictionwritingIfawriterofproseknowsenoughaboutwhatheiswritingabouthemayomitthingsthatheknowsandthereader,ifthewriteriswritingtrulyenough,willhaveafeelingofthosethingsasstronglyasthoughthewriterhadstatedthem.Thedignityofmovementoftheicebergisduetoonlyone-eighthofitbeingabovewater.Thewriterwhoomitsthingsbecausehedoesnotknowthemonlymakeshollowplacesinhiswriting.CivilWarCivilWarwasthewarfrom1861to1865foughtbetweenthenorthernandsouthernstates.TheCivilWarbattlefieldmentionedinparagraph2isthebattlefieldoffamousGettysburg(葛底斯堡）battleinJuly,1863.AtGettysburg,UnionarmydefeatedConfederatearmy.ThisvictoryistheturningpointoftheCivilWar.Afterthecampaign,onNovember19,PresidentLincolndeliveredthewell-knownGettysburgAddress.BeethovenLugwigVanBeethovenisoneofthegreatestcomposersintheworld.Hisfamoussymphoniesinclude:No.5(Fate)No.6(Pastoral)No.9(Choral)USATodayUSATodayisoneofthemostpopulardailynationalnewspapersservingtheinterestofageneralpublicintheUnitedStates.TextAnalysisI.TextAnalysisLet’sslowdownandenjoywhatnatureoffersusandwhatmankindhasleftusandrediscoverlife.ThemeThethemeissummedupattheveryend.Part1(Paras.1—):Part2(Paras.):Part3(Paras.):I.TextAnalysisStructure34—67—8HerrideonfastroadsandherreturntripofacountryroadNowinsteadoflaterFasterinsteadofslowerSuperficiallyinsteadofthoroughlySlowdownandrediscoverlifeBackgroundGenreExplanatoryWritingComparisonandContrast(e.g.para.4)Exemplification(e.g.para.5)UseofRhetoricalQuestionsRepetitionofStructureandWordsII.WritingDevicesDefinitionThecentralparagraphs(4-