Unit-10-The-Sad-Young-Men

Unit10TheSadYoungMenbyRodW.Horton&HerbertW.EdwardsTheTwenties:--WorldWarI(1914-1918)--Economicdevelopment--AttitudesoftheyoungpeopleTheJazzAgeorTheRoaringTwentiesTerms--TheSadYoungMen--TheLostGeneration“迷惘的一代”--TheBeatGeneration二战后“垮掉的一代”--TheAngryYoungMenTheLostgenerationwascharacterizedbyastronganti-waremotion;anti-traditionattitude;completedespairandperplexity.babyboomer生育高峰期出生的人，yuppie雅皮士,dink有双份收入而没有小孩的夫妇sandwichgeneration三明治的一代mallrats购物狂couchpotato电视迷asmallpotato小人物，不重要的事Someliteraryfigures:--GertrudeStein--E.Hemingway--F.ScottFitzgeraldGertrudeSteinF.ScottFitzgeraldandZeldaSayreTheF.ScottFitzgeraldsinParisin1925ForChristmasTheapartmenthousewhereF.SCOTTFITZGERALDdiedin1940.Theme“Theintellectualsofthetwenties,the‘sadyoungmen,’cursedtheirluckbutdidn’tdie;escapedbutvoluntarilyreturned;flayedtheBabbitsbutlovedtheircountry,andinsodoinggavethenationtheliveliest,freshest,moststimulatingwritinginliteraryexperience.”Typeofliterature:apieceofexpositivewritingPara1What’sthefunctionofthefirstpara?1.EverypeopleoflifeintheTwentiesintheU.S.hasbeencommenteduponbutwhatwasmorecommentedupon?2.WhatdoestheTwentiesmeantothemiddle-agedandtheyoungpeoplerespectively?3.Comparedwithtoday’sjazzmadyouth,whatwouldtheysayabouttheyoungpeopleofTheTwenties?Para1Speakeasy---aplacewherealcoholicdrinksaresoldillegallyduringProhibition非法的酒馆Flask-toting---adj.Alwayscarryingasmallflaskfilledwithwhiskyorotherstrongliquor.Sheik---amasterfulmantowhomwomenaresupposedtobeirresistablyattracted美男子Para1Drugstorecowboy---ayoungmanwhohangsarounddrugstoresandotherpublicplacestryingtoimpresswomen例：Youdon’tseetheolddrugstorecowboysaroundthispartoftownanymore．在这个镇的这片地方你再也看不到以往那些杂货店牛仔了。Para1Flapper---(colloq)ayoungwomanconsideredboldandunconventionalinactionsanddress.轻佻女郎Para1Puritanism:sin;after-worldlife;drinking,gamblingandtheatricalperformances;Para1JazzAgeorTheRoaringTwenties:TheTwentieswereknownasTheRoaringTwenties,TheJazzAge,theAgeoftheLostGeneration,flamingyouth,flappers,radio,movies,thespeakeasy.Para1seesth.inperspective:vieworjudgethingsinawaythatshowtheirtruerelationstooneanother以联系的观点正确地看待或判断事物例：Weshouldseetheseeventsinperspective．我们应该注意这些事件间的本质联系以正确评价它们。Para1Theslightestmention…tothemiddle-aged:Attheverymentionofthispost-warperiod,middle-agedpeoplebegintothinkaboutitlongingly.Para.2.1.Accordingtothewriter,doestherevoltofyouthhaveanythingtodowiththeparticularperiodofhistory?2.WhatdidAmericansrealizeifnotopenlyatlastsubconsciously?Para.31.Mainidea:socialreasonsofdiscardingVictoriangentility.2.Whyisithardforyoungpeopletoacceptthestandardsofbehavioroftheiroldergeneration?3.What’sthefunctionofwarinthecollapseoftheVictoriansocialstructure?Para3VictorianAge(Victoriangentility):1837-1901VictorianAge(Victoriangentility)QueenVictoriaattheageof23QueenVictoriaattheageof66Para3TherejectionofVictoriangentilitywas,inanycase,inevitable.Inanycase,anAmericancouldnotavoidcastingasideitsmiddle-classrespectabilityandaffectedrefinement.Para3ThewaractedmerelyasacatalyticagentinthisbreakdownoftheVictoriansocialstructureThewaronlyhelpedtospeedupthebreakdownoftheVictoriansocialstructure.Para.41.Whatchallengedidtheyouthoftwentiesface?2.Whatarethespecificbehaviorpatternofescapefortheyoungpeople?3.Whatofferedtheyoungpeopleanextraopportunityofmakingtheirpleasuresillicit?(prohibition)4.Whoprovidethemphilosophicdefense?(much-publicizedorgiesanddefiantmanifestoes)Para4BohemiaandBohemianism:Bohemian.波希米亚(以前为一中欧国家,现为捷克一部分),aregionofCzechRepublic;thenomadic,oftenvilified,groupcalledtheGypsiesorRomanyarecalledbohemiansinFrench.Bohemianismn.玩世不恭之作风或思想What’s‘theBohemian’?(aperson,esp.anartist,poet,etc.wholivesinanunconventional,nonconformingway.生活豪放不羁的)Para4Prohibition:Theforbiddingbylawofthemanufacture,transportation,andsaleofalcoholicliquorsforbeveragepurposes;speciallyintheU.S.,theperiod(1920-1933)ofprohibitionbyFederalLaw.Para4GreenwichVillage:ItisasectionofNewYork.,onthelowerwestsideofManhattannotedasacenterforartists,writersetc.:formerlyavillage.Para4Itwastempted,…alcoholicsophistication:InAmericaatleast,theyoungpeoplewerestronglyinclinedtoshirktheirresponsibilities.Theypretendedtobeworldly-wise,drinkingandbehavingnaughtily.Para4Prohibitionaffordedtheyoungtheadditionalopportunityofmakingtheirpleasuresillicit.TheyoungpeoplefoundgreaterpleasureintheirdrinkingbecauseProhibition,bymakingdrinkingunlawfuladdedasenseofadventure.Para.51.WhydidsomanyAmericansenlistunderforeignflags?2.Whatdidtheythinkofthewarbeforetheyjoinedit?3.HowwastheCivilWarportrayedinmotionpictures.4.Whatdidtheoratorspreachatthehighschoolassembly?5.Whatwerethosedoingwhowerereluctanttoserveinaforeignarmy?6.Whathappenedattherecruitmentcenters?Para5JohnDosPassoU.S.A.atrilogy,depictingthegrowthofAmericanmaterialism.ThreeSoldiers:anti-warnovelJohnDosPassosPara5Soapopera---adaytimeradioortelevisionserialdramaofahighlymelodramatic,sentimentalnature.Ithasbeensocallsincemanyoriginalsponsorsweresoapcompanies.Para5Jingoismn.主战论,武力外交政策,沙文主义,侵略主义jingoistn.沙文主义者,侵略主义