Unit-14--loving-and-hating-new-york

2020/6/61AdvancedEnglishBookIIUnit14LovingandHatingNewYork2020/6/62Book2Unit14LovingandHatingNewYorkI.Pre-readingQuestionsII.BackgroundInformationIII.StructureoftheTextIV.QuestionsforStudentstoAnswerV.Follow-upQuestions2020/6/63I.Pre-readingQuestions1.WhatdoyouknowaboutNewYorkCityWhathavewelearnedaboutN.Y.C.tillnow,i.e.inthiscourse,intensivereadingandlistening?Whatdoyouknowconcerningitshistory,itsgeographicalposition,itsimportanceasafinancialandculturalcenter,itspeopleanditsproblemsetc.)?2.WhatimpressiondidyouhaveaboutNewYorkbywhatyou’veheard,readorseen?3.DoyouwanttoliveinNewYorkifyoucouldhaveachance?Why?4.What‘syouropiniontowardslivingandworkinginbigcities?2020/6/64II.BackgroundInformation1.AbouttheAuthor2.AboutNewYork3.Broadway4.Off-Broadway5.BigApple6.IvyLeague7.WallStreet2020/6/651.ThomasGriffith(1915—2002)BornonDec3,hewasanAmericanwriter,editor.Since1974hehasbeenpresscolumnist,Timemagazinestaffcontributor投稿人,Fortunemagazinecolumnist,AtlanticMonthly.HewasanuprootedwesternerwhocalledNewYorkhome.HehadworkedforTimeInc.for30yearsandwasknownintheorganizationasthe“houseliberal;”.Hewrote“TheWaist-HighCulture,”1959;HowTrue?---ASceptic’sGuidetoBelievingtheNews.托马斯•格里菲斯(1915一)，美国作家和编辑。1974年以来，一直是美国《时代》杂志的专栏作家，《财富》杂志编委，《大西洋》月刊的专栏作家。其作品有《齐腰高的文化》、《怎么会是真的》等。2020/6/66Timemagazinewascreatedin1923byBritonHadden布里顿·哈登与他的耶鲁同学andHenryLuce亨利·卢斯,makingitthefirstweeklynewsmagazineintheUnitedStates.ThetwohadpreviouslyworkedtogetheraschairmanandmanagingeditorrespectivelyoftheYaleDailyNewsandconsideredcallingthemagazineFacts.1923年3月,(BritonHadden)出版了第一期《时代》（又译《时代周刊》、《时代杂志》；英语：TIME）美国出版的时事周刊，被誉为当代最具代表性与影响力的刊物。《时代》的注册商标为大写的“TIME”。在一些广告中，《时代》将“TIME”定义为“报道国际重要事件的杂志”（TheInternationalMagazineofEvents.）作为它的刊物定位.他们在全面考察了20世纪20年代的形势后，在发起书中宣告时代杂志每年年底都会选出该年度的时代年度风云人物，是该年最有影响力的人、事或物.2020/6/67Time(trademarkedincapitalsasTIME)isanAmericannewsmagazine.AEuropeanedition(TimeEurope,formerlyknownasTimeAtlantic)ispublishedfromLondon.TimeEuropecoverstheMiddleEast,Africaand,since2003,LatinAmerica.AnAsianedition(TimeAsia)isbasedinHongKong.Asof2009,TimenolongerpublishesaCanadianadvertiseredition.TheSouthPacificedition,coveringAustralia,NewZealandandthePacificIslands,isbasedinSydney.Timeistheworld'slargestweeklynewsmagazine,andhasadomesticaudienceof20millionandaglobalaudienceof25million.欧洲版（TimeEurope，原名为TimeAtlantic）1923年3月3日创刊于伦敦，涵盖中东、非洲和拉丁美洲（2003年起）的事件。亚洲版于香港岀版。《时代》在加拿大同步发行，但广告不同。总部位于多伦多。南太平洋版的《时代》覆盖了澳大利亚、新西兰和太平洋群岛，总部在悉尼。2020/6/68《纽约时报》（TheNewYorkTimes）有时简称为“时报”（TheTimes）。是一份在美国纽约出版的日报，在全世界发行，有相当的影响力，美国高级报纸/严肃刊物的代表，长期以来拥有良好的公信力和权威性。由于风格古典严肃，它有时也被戏称为“灰色女士”（TheGrayLady）。它最初的名字是《纽约每日时报》（TheNew-YorkDailyTimes），创始人是亨利·贾维斯·雷蒙德和乔治·琼斯2020/6/692.NewYork•NewYorkCityisthelargestcityintheU.S.andoneofthelargestintheworld;oneoftheworld’smostimportantcentersofbusiness,culture,andtrade;thehomeoftheU.N.,hencethemostinfluentialcitythroughouttheU.S.andaroundtheworld.2020/6/6102020/6/611EmpireStateBuilding2020/6/6122020/6/613ManhattanSkyline,withStatueofLibertyNewYorkFederalReserveBankEmpireStateBuildingWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkCity,twintowersWorldTradeCenterinNewYorkCity,twintowers在2001年9月11日以后，这两座大厦再也不见了2020/6/614世界贸易中心（WorldTradeCenter，1973年—2001年9月11日）在纽约曼哈顿岛西南端，为美国纽约的地标之一，西临哈德逊河。2001年9月11日发生的9·11事件中倒塌。由两座并立的塔式摩天楼、4幢7层办公楼和1幢22层的旅馆组成，建于1962—1976年。业主是纽约州和新泽西州的港务局。设计人是美籍日裔建筑师M·雅马萨基（MinoruYamasaki，日本名为山崎实）。世界贸易中心曾为世界上最高的双塔，纽约市的标志性建筑，也曾是世界上最高的建筑物之一。2020/6/6152020/6/616NewYork—officialnameCityofNewYork,calledNewYorkCitytobedistinguishedfromNewYorkstate,inwhichitislocated—isthemostpopulouscityintheUnitedStates,andthesecondmostpopulousinNorthAmerica,afterMexicoCity.AffectionatelyknownasTheBigApple,NewYorkisbymanymeasuresoneofthemostimportantcitiesintheworld.Itisprobablytheworld'smostimportantfinancialcenter,andoneofthemostimportantculturalcentersoftheWesternworld.Mostofthepublishinghousesthatselectandproducethenation’sbookshavetheirheadquartersinN.Y.BroadwayareaisthecenterofprofessionaltheaterintheU.S.Itisalsothehomeofsomeofthenation’slargestmuseumsandartgalleries.ThecitydisplaysbeautifulGothicchurchesandotherinterestingstylesofarchitecture.TheUNheadquartersisinNewYork,givingsomecredencetothecity'sself-designationascapitaloftheworld.NewYorkCityisamongthemostdenselypopulatedplacesintheUnitedStates.Itspopulationismorethaneightmillion(2000U.S.Census),anditslandareais831squarekilometers(320squaremiles);thedensityis10,000/km²(2931inShanghai,130,000inMongKok旺角,HongKong).2020/6/617A)HistoryandGeographicalPositionGovernorPeterMinuitoftheDutchWestIndiaCompanyhadthejobofbuyingManhattanIslandfromtheIndiansin1626.TheDutchsetupthesettlementofNewAmsterdamonthesoutherntipofManhattan.In1664,Englishshipscapturedthecitywithoutstruggle,anditwasrenamedNewYork,aftertheDukeofYork.AttheendoftheSecondAnglo-DutchWarin1667,intheTreatyofBreda布雷条约theDutchformallysignedNewYorkovertotheEnglishandreceivedthecolonyofSuriname苏里南inreturn.AtthestartoftheAmericanRevolutionaryWar,thecitywasthesceneofimportantearlyfightingattheBattleofBrooklyn,sufferedagreatfireinwhichmuchofitburned,andfellintoBritishcontrolf