现代大学英语(第二版)Unit4-Lions-and-Tigers-and-Bears

Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsBillBufordLionsandTigersandBearsUnit4Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBears•Warming-upQuestions•BackgroundInformation•TextAnalysis•Languagestudy•VocabularyExtensionLionsandTigersandBearsXi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsWarming-upQuestionsWhat'sthestyleofthiswriting?WhatPlot?Whichperson?Whydoyouthinktheauthorwrotethispassage?WhywasthestorycalledLionsandTigersandBearsOhmy,lions,tigersandbears!=Oh,mygod!(seeNote1)Tigers:cruelandviolentmanLions：celebrity,bravemanBears:（AmrE.slang）cops,policemanWhycan’tordinarypeoplewanderaroundCentralParkatnight?Howdoestheessayend?Doyoufindtheendinginteresting?Whatkindofeffectdidtheauthorwanttocreatebydescribingtheraccoons?2020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsStyle:NarrationProtagonist:“I”-------firstpersonPlot:Traveldescriptioncombinedwitheverythinghehasheard,observed,andexperiencedinconnectionwiththeplace:hismovementsinCentralPark,theeventsandfamouspeopleassociatedwithitshistory,thebeautyofNewYorkatnight.Finally,hegottiredanddroppedofftoapeaceful,outdoorsysleep.Setting:Place:CentralPark(NewYork)Time:AmuggyeveninginJuly2020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsBackgroundInformationXi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsAbouttheAuthorBillBuford(1954--)Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsBillBufordisastaffwriterandEuropeancorrespondentfortheNewYorker,wherehewaspreviouslythefictioneditorforeightyears.Hewastheeditor-in-chiefforGrantamagazineforsixteenyearsandwasalsothepublisherofGrantaBooks.HeistheauthorofAmongtheThugs.HelivesinNewYorkCity.IntroductiontoBillBufordXi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsThreedifferentrolesinlifeEditorAuthorCook2020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsTheeditoroftheNewYorkfor8years@Foundedin1925,weeklypublication.@Comprehensiveliterarymagazines@Focusonthequalityofpublicationsandtheconsciousnessoffinework@Writerscouldquicklybecomeahitaftertheirworkpublishedonit2020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsAmongTheThugs(1991)Heat(2006)2020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsBillBuford,theformerfictioneditorofTheNewYork,gaveuphisjobtostudycooking.-------TheNewYorkTimes,May28,20062020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBears1.CentralPark2.FoundingCommissionersofCentralPark3.CentralParkLocationonManhattanMap4.CentralParkHistoryBackgroundInformation--CentralParkXi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsCentralPark2020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsTypeUrbanparkLocationManhattan,NewYorkCitysize843acres1.32sqmiOpened1859OperatedbyCentralParkConservancyAnnualvisitors25millionstatusOpenallyear2020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsThenightintheCentralParkNighthereissilent,butnotpeaceful…2020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsTheRamble(漫步园)TheWestSideNearthereservoirTheNinety-fifthStreet2020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsPark’sWestDriveTheNorthWoodsTheLochTheEmpireStateBuilding（帝国大厦）And…2020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearstheNorthMeadowStrawberryFields2020/5/28Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsCentralParktheurbanwondersoftheworld,agreenoasisinthegreatconcrete,high-riselandscapeofNewYorkCityXi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsFormostNewYorkers,CentralParkisaconstantdefinitionofopenspace,roomtorunandtheromanceofreadingunderatree.Freeandopentothepublic,CentralParkisacitywidecampusandacommonbackyard.“agardenforallasprivateEden”Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsXi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBears•Thefoundingcommissioners:thecityofficialswhowereappointedtoestablishCentralPark.Commissionersareofficialsingovernment,esp.thoseinchargeofdepartments.ThefoundingcommissionersofCentralParkwerethelandscapearchitectsFrederickLawOlmstedandCalvertVaux.Thetwodesignedandoversawthefirst-phaseconstructionoftheParkwhichbeganin1858andendedin1878.FoundingCommissionersofCentralParkFrederickLawOlmstedCalvertVauxXi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsRobertMoses(1888—1981)wasaNewYorkstateandmunicipalofficialwhoseambitiouspublicworksprojectsofthe1930s,1940sand1950stransformedtheurbanlandscapeofNewYorkCity.HeexpandedtheState’sparksystemandbuiltnumerousparkwaysandhundredsofnewplaygroundsandparksandimportanthighways,bridgesandtunnelslinkingtheboroughsofNewYorkCity.Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsMosespreferredrecreationalfacilitiestotheruralscenerystressedbytheEnglishRomanticists,andanorderedandsymmetricaldesigninFrenchRenaissancestyle,evidentinthesouthernCentralPark.Therefore,underMoses,CentralParkgained19playgrounds,12ball-fields,handballcourts,andtheskatingrink.Xi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsCentralParkLocationonManhattanMapCentralParkNewYork’sgreenrectangleXi’anJiaotongUniversityLionsandTigersandBearsTherearethreeelementsinthearchitectureofCentralPark.•EnglishRomanticismischaracterizedbythepicturesqueidealtoblendwiththenaturalenvironment.CentralPark’sfoundingcommissione