新世纪英语专业本科生综合教程(第二版)第3册Unit13

OurSchedules,OurSelvesOurSchedules,OurSelvesUnit13Unit13Unit13Watchthevideoclipandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.What’sAmanda’splanaftertheprojectisfinished?2.Whydoesshehavesuchanidea?Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement1AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationTohaveaholidayforseveralweeks.Becauseshewantstogetridofthestresswhichmakeswomenlookhaggard.Pre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplement2AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationOk,sowearedone.Allright.Youknowlet’sjusttakeoffforafewweeks.Yeah.Whatdoyoumeanby“yeah”?I’mnotkidding.Youalwaysthatthisisourbusiesttime.Ineedtogetoutofthetown.Youknow,IthinkIneedsomepeaceandquiet.Whateverthesepeoplegoawayfor.YouknowwhatIreallywanttodo.IwanttoeatcarbssoIwouldn’tneedtokillmyself.Youknow,Iwanttoreadabook,notjustamagazine,anVideoScript1AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationAmanda:AssistantA:Amanda:AssistantA:Amanda:AssistantB:Amanda:actualbook.ForyearsIreadthesereviewsIbuythebooksbutIneverreadthem.DidyoureadthatarticleinNewYorkTimeslastSunday?SeverestressmakeswomenageprematurelybecausestresscausesDNAinourcellstoshrinkuntiltheycannolongerreplicate.Sowhenwearestressedwelookedhaggard.Thisisjustwomennotmen.I’msorry.RememberwhenIusedtosaythatsinglewomenovertheageof35willmorelikelytobekilledbyaterroristthantogetmarried.OK,thatwashorrible.ButnowourgenerationisAssistantA:Amanda:VideoScript2AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationalsonotgettingmarriedandbonus,realterroristsactuallybecomepartofourlives.Sothestressofitatallactuallyshowsuponourfacesmakinguslookhaggard.VideoScript3AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationCulturalinformation1AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformationWaldenPondisalakelocatedinConcord,Massachusetts,intheUnitedStates.Thewriter,transcendentalist,andphilosopherHenryDavidThoreaulivedontheshoresofthepondfortwoyearsstartinginthesummerof1845.HisaccountoftheexperiencewasrecordedinWalden;or,LifeintheWoods,andmadethespotfamous.WaldenPondCulturalinformation2AudiovisualSupplementCulturalInformation“IwenttothewoodsbecauseIwishedtolivedeliberately,tofrontonlytheessentialfactsoflife,andseeifIcouldnotlearnwhatithadtoteach,andnot,whenIcametodie,discoverthatIhadnotlived.Ididnotwishtolivewhatwasnotlife,livingissodear;nordidIwishtopracticeresignation,unlessitwasquitenecessary.Iwantedtolivedeepandsuckoutallthemarrowoflife.”(fromHenryDavidThoreau,Walden,“WhereILived,andWhatILivedFor”)NowtheWaldenPondhastheculturalembodimentofleavingthebusycitylifeandimmersionintothenaturesoastopursueone’sownself.Alltheeffortswemakeinoursociallifemayleadtotheultimatepurposeofseekinghappiness.Yetinmodernworldpeoplearesodriftedbytheirbusyschedulesthatwemayonedayfindoutthatwehavebeenfarawayfromouroriginaltarget.Thistextiswrittenfromthosewhomightgetlostduringourlongjourneyofstruggle.Welearnfromthetextthattheproblemofoverschedulinghasthreemaincauses,whichareeconomiccause,technologicalcauseand,themostimportant,psychologicalcause.Allthesecauses,whenworkingtogether,makeustheslavesofourownschedulesandloseourfunindoingthings.Besidesthismacroscopicchangeinourvaluejudgment,GlobalReading-TextAnalysisStructuralAnalysisTextAnalysisRhetoricalFeaturesGlobalReading-TextAnalysisitisalsonecessarytoseekhelpfromoutsideeffortssuchasexpandingvacationtimeandshorteningtheworkweek.Another,whichismoreimportantandmoredifficulttoachieve,istoadoptanewperspectiveoftime.Onlythroughthiscanwebebacktoouroriginaljourneytopursuehappiness.StructuralAnalysisTextAnalysisRhetoricalFeatures(Paragraphs1-3)introducesthefactthatmostAmericanshavebecometheslavesoftheirschedules.Structuralanalysis1)Intermsoforganization,thearticleclearlyfallsintofourmainparts:StructuralAnalysisTextAnalysisRhetoricalFeaturesThefirstpart(Paragraphs4-6)liststhethreemajorcausesofoverscheduling,namely,economiccause,technologicalcauseandpsychologicalcauses.Thesecondpart(Paragraphs7-10)tellsusthebadeffectofoverscheduling:itdeprivesusofthefunoflifeanditalsorevealstheauthor’sopiniononthisproblem—“Wearebiggerthanourschedules”.Thispartalsobringsustohissuggestedsolutiontothisprobleminthelastpartoftheessay.ThethirdpartStructuralanalysis2)ThetransitionalparagraphsofthistextisParagraph9and10wheretheauthornotonlyrevealshisopiniononthisproblem—“Wearebiggerthanourschedules”—butalsobringsustohissuggestedsolutiontothisproblem,whichispresentedinthelastpartoftheessay.StructuralAnalysisTextAnalysisRhetoricalFeatures(Paragraphs11-14)suggeststhepoliticalsolutionwhichconsistsofmainlytheoutsideeffortsaswellasourownpsychologicaladjustment.ThefourthpartRhetoricalFeaturesStructuralAnalysisTextAnalysisRhetoricalFeatures1)Extensiveemploymentofshortsentences,ellipsisandevenone-wordsentences:e.g.“DAMN!”,“Thatwoulddoit.”,“Whew!”,“Yes!”,“No!”(Paragraph1)RhetoricalFeaturesStructuralAnalysisTextAnalysisRhetoricalFeatures2)Syntacticalfeatures:inasinglesentence,asuccessionofverbsareusede.g.“You’llskipyogaclass,blowofftheneighborhoodmeeting,ignorethepilesoflaundryandjustrelax.”(paragraph1)“Determinedandsternlyfocused,wemarchthrougheachdayobeyingtheordersofourcalendars.”(Paragraph2)“…virtua