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BackgroundInformationTextStudySummaryWritingWarm-upBackgroundInformation课文小结导入写作Back背景知识复合听写视频讨论随笔BackgroundInformation1.GlobalGloomandGrowingAnti-AmericanismDespiteaninitialoutpouringofpublicsympathyforAmericafollowingtheSeptember11,2001terroristattacks,discontentwiththeUnitedStateshasgrownaroundtheworldoverthepasttwoyears.ImagesoftheU.S.havebeentarnishedinalltypesofnations:amonglongtimeNATOallies,indevelopingcountries,inEasternEuropeand,mostdramatically,inMuslimsocieties.BackgroundInformation课文小结导入写作Back背景知识复合听写视频讨论随笔Since2000,favorabilityratingsfortheU.S.havefallenin19ofthe27countrieswheretrendbenchmarksareavailable.WhilecriticismofAmericaisontherise,however,areserveofgoodwilltowardtheUnitedStatesstillremains.ThePewGlobalAttitudessurveyfindsthattheU.S.anditscitizenscontinuetoberatedpositivelybymajoritiesin35ofthe42countriesinwhichthequestionwasasked.Truedislike,ifnothatred,ofAmericaisconcentratedintheMuslimnationsoftheMiddleEastandinCentralAsia,today’sareasofgreatestconflict.BackgroundInformation课文小结导入写作Back背景知识复合听写视频讨论随笔OpinionsabouttheU.S.,however,arecomplicatedandcontradictory.PeoplearoundtheworldembracethingsAmericanand,atthesametime,decryU.S.influenceontheirsocieties.Similarly,pluralitiesinmostofthenationssurveyedcomplainaboutAmericanunilateralism.Butthewaronterrorism,thecenterpieceofcurrentU.S.foreignpolicy,continuestoenjoyglobalsupportoutsidetheMuslimworld.BackgroundInformation课文小结导入写作Back背景知识复合听写视频讨论随笔WhileattitudestowardtheUnitedStatesaremostnegativeintheMiddleEast/ConflictArea,ironically,criticismsofU.S.policiesandidealssuchasAmerican-styledemocracyandbusinesspracticesarealsohighlyprevalentamongthepublicsoftraditionalallies.Infact,criticalassessmentsoftheU.S.incountriessuchasCanada,GermanyandFrancearemuchmorewidespreadthaninthedevelopingnationsofAfricaandAsia.BackgroundInformation课文小结导入写作Back背景知识复合听写视频讨论随笔IntroductionTheexcerptistakenfromTheChronicleofHigherEducation,July23,2004.WhentheauthorSashaAbramskyvisitedLondonhecameacrossanessaywrittenbyawell-knownBritishwriter,whichwasfilledwithanti-Americanism.AndhealsofoundalargenumberofpeopleinEuropeaswellasinotherpartsoftheworldloatheAmerica.ThisledhimtolookintothereasonswhyAmericansaredislikedabroad.ThroughhisanalysisheholdsthattheIraqwarismerelyapretextforadeeperdiscontentwithAmerica.HecomesBackgroundInformation课文小结导入写作Back背景知识复合听写视频讨论随笔totheconclusionthatforeignersdonotlikeAmericabecausetheyhavelostfaithintheAmericanDream,whichusedtoattractthousandsofthousandsofpeopleintothecountry.TheauthorworriesthattheAmericanDreamrisksbeingshatteredasAmerica’simagechanges.TextStudy预习小结导入写作DetailedStudyoftheText预习小结导入写作Back单词学习课文分析课文学习随笔GlobalAnti-AmericanismPara.1.LastyearIvisitedLondonandstumbleduponanessayinaSundaypaperwrittenbyMargretDrabble,oneofBritain’spre-eminientladiesofletters.“Myanti-Americanismhasbecomealmostuncontrollable,”shewrote.“Ithaspossessedme,likeadisease.Itrisesupinmythroatlikeacidreflux,thatfashionableAmericansickness.InowloathetheUnitedStatesandwhatithasdonetoIraqandtherestofthehelplessworld.”预习小结导入写作Back单词学习课文分析课文学习随笔Para.2Theessaycontinuedinthesameratherbiliousveinforaboutathousandwords,andasIreadit,twothingsstruckme：ThefirstwashowappalledIwasbyDrabble’scrasslyoversimplisticanalysisofwhatAmericawasalIabout,ofwhoitspeoplewere,andofwhatitsculturevalued;thesecondwasasensesomewhatakintofearasIthoughtthroughtheimplicationsofthevenomattachedtothewordsofthisgentlescribeoftheEnglishbourgeoisi.Afterall,ifsomeonewhosecountryandclasshavesoclearlybenefitedeconomicallyfromtheprotectionsprovidedbyAmericanmilitaryandpoliticaltiesreactssopassionatelytotheomnipresenceoftheUnitedStates,whatmustanangry,impoverishedyoungmarlinafailingthirdworldstatefeel?DetailedStudyoftheText预习小结导入写作Back单词学习课文分析课文学习随笔Para.3IgrewupinLondoninthe1970sand1980s,inacountrythatwasstrugglingtocraftapostcolonialidentityforitself,acountrythatwas,inmanyways,stillreelingfromthecollapseofpoweritsufferedinthepost—WorldWarIIyears.Notsurprisingly,therewasastronganti—Americanflavortomuchofthepolitics,thehumor,theculturalchitchatoftheperiod;aftera11,AmericahaddramaticallyusurpedBritanniaontheworldstage,andwhoamongusdoesn’tharborsomeresentmentsatbeingshuntedontothesidelinesbyanewsuperstar?DetailedStudyoftheText预习小结导入写作Back单词学习课文分析课文学习随笔Para.4Today,however,whenItalkwithfriendsandrelativesinLondon,whenIvisitEurope,theanti—Americanismismorethanjustsardonicasides,ruefulMontyPython—stylejibes,andhaughtyintimationsofsuperiority.Todaysomethingmuchmorevisceralisintheair.IgotomyoldhomeandIgetthedistinctimpressionthat,asDrabbleputit,peoplereallyloatheAmericasomewheredeep,deepintheirgut.DetailedStudyoftheText预习小结导入写作Back单词学习课文分析课文学习随笔Para.5APewResearchCenterGlobalAttitudesProjectsurveyrecentlyfoundthateveninBritain.America’sstaunchestally,morethan6outofl0peoplepolledbelievedtheUnitedStatespaidlittleornoattentiontothatcountry’sinterests.About80percentofFrenchandGermanrespondentsstatedthat+becauseofthewarinIraq,theyhadlessconfidenceinthetrustworthinessofAmerica.IntheMuslimcountriessurveyed,largemajorit