大学英语精读-Unit-9-课件-The-Damed-Human-Race

MadebyJYYYContentThestructureTheanalysisandappreciationThereflectionTheauthorTheauthorTheauthorBornSamuelLanghorneClemensNovember30,1835Florida,Missouri,U.S.DiedApril21,1910(aged74)Redding,Connecticut,U.S.PennameMarkTwainOccupationWriter,humorist,entrepreneur,publisher,lecturerNotableworksAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnTheAdventuresofTomSawyerRelativesJohnMarshallClemens(father)OrionClemens(brother)ThebackgroundThethreedecadesaftertheCivilWaroftheUnitedStateswerecharacterizedbycutthroatcompetition,childlaborrobberbaronsandlaborriots,corruptionandunethicalbusinesspractices,spreadofthejunglelawandracialconflictsandimperialistwars.ContentThestructureTheanalysisandappreciationThereflectionTheauthorThestructureTheauthorThestructure•ThethesisstatementPart1(p.1)•Introductiontothescientificexperimentandtheanalysisrelatedtovarioustraitsanddispositionsofhumanbeingsascontrastedtothe“higheranimals”.Part2(p.2-9)•Arguingwithpeoplewhobelieveinman’ssuperiority.Part3(p.10-17)•Menhavedescendedanddegenerated.Part4(p.18)Thinkabout:Isthisarticlewritteninacolloquialorformalway?Answer:Language:formal(bigwords,longsentences,serioustone,etc)Hepretendstobereportingonascientificexperiment.Tone:tongue-in-cheekToachievehumor.ContentThestructureTheanalysisandappreciationThereflectionTheauthorThestructureTheauthorTheanalysisandappreciationTheDamnedHumanRaceTheanalysisThesisstatement:Ihavebeenstudyingthetraitsanddispositionsofthe“loweranimals”,andcontrastingthemwiththetraitsanddispositionsofman.Ifindtheresulthumiliatingtome.(Para.1)Q:Whyisloweranimalsputinquotationmark?*Noticethetongue-in-cheekwaytheauthorexpresseshisideas.TheDamnedHumanRaceFindout:Theonlyonefeatureofhumanbeing1.Manistheonlyonethatdealsintheatrocityofwar.2.Manistheonlyonethatrobshishelplessfellowofhiscountry.3.ManistheonlySlaveandtheonlywhoenslaves.4.ManistheonlyPatriot.5.Manistheonlyreligiousanimal.6.Manisincurablyfoolish.TheDamnedHumanRaceMoreinformationTheHessiansweretheGermanmercenaries(Soldierswhowillfightanybodyforwagesarecallmercenaries)servingwiththeBritishduringtheAmericanRevolution.TheGermansconstitutedaboutonethirdoftheKing’stroopinAmerica.Forthesemercenaries,BritainpaidtheGermanrulersatotalof1.77millionpounds.TheDamnedHumanRaceConclusionAndsoIfindthatwehavedescendedanddegenerated,fromsomefarancestor---somemicroscopicatomwanderingatitspleasurebetweenthemightyhorizonsofadropofwaterperhaps…downthelonghighwayofperfectinnocence,tillwehavereachedthebottomstageofdevelopment--namableastheHumanBeing.Belowus--nothing.(Para.18)Thelongprocessofourchangefromoneintoanother,webecomehumanbeingsandloseallourinnocence.ContentThestructureTheanalysisandappreciationThereflectionTheauthorThereflectionThestructureTheauthorTheanalysisandappreciationWhat'syourview?Doyouagreewithhim?Theauthorshowsmanyuglytraitsanddispositionsofhumanbeings.Tellusyouropinionaboutanyoneofthosetraits.MadebyLynnJ