综英3-Unit4

Unit4Fun,OhBoy.Fun.YouCouldDiefromItBySuzanneBrittJordanTeachingSchedule1.1Pre-reading1.2VocabularyStudy1.3TextAnalysis2.1TextAnalysis2.2RhetoricalFeaturesoftheText3.1ExercisesPre-readingDiscussionDoyouthinkweChinesepeoplehavea“fun”culture?Whyorwhynot?Whatisthegreatestfuninyourlife?Howimportantisfuninyourlife?Pre-readingGroupdiscussion:IfIhadabillionYuananddidn’thavetowork,Iwould…Considerhowyouaregoingtospendthemoney.Makealistofthethingsyouwouldliketodo.Considerhowyouwouldfeelwitheachdreamofyoursfulfilled.Whatwouldyoudointheend?Text1.Fun,OhBoy.Fun.YouCouldDiefromItWhatexpectationsdoyoubringtoanarticleentitled“Fun,OhBoy.Fun.YouCouldDiefromit”?Can‘fun”actuallyharmorkillyou?Inwhatways?DoyouthinkthatAmericansaretoomuchofa“fun”culture?Why?Pre-readingConsiderthecontrastsbetween,andshadesofdifferencewithin,“puritan”(par.3).“selfless”(par.4),and“licentiousness”(par.9).Orbetween“epitome”(par.11),“reverently”(par.13),and“blaspheme”(par.13).Whatdothesewordsimplyabouttheessay,theauthor?Whatdoyouguesstheessayislikelytosay?Abouttheauthor:SuzanneBrittJordanBorninWinston-Salem,NorthCarolina,andattendedSalemCollegeandWashingtonUniversity.ShehasbeenacolumnistfortheRaleighNewsandObserverandStarsandStripes,Europeanedition,andhaswrittenforothernewspapersandnewsmagazines.Jordan’sbooksincludeacollectionofessays,ShowandTell(1982);SkinnyPeopleAreDullandCrunchylikeCarrots(1982),anexpansionofheressayThatLeanandHungryLook;andAWriter’sRhetoric(1988),acollegetextbook.ThisessayoriginallyappearedintheMyTurncolumnofNewsweekmagazine.NewsweekPuritansPuritansrefertoagroupofradicalEnglishprotestantsthataroseinthelatesixteenthcenturyandbecameamajorforceinEnglandduringtheseventeenthcentury.Puritanswantedto“purify”theChurchofEnglandbyeliminatingtracesofitsoriginsintheRomanCatholicChurch.Inaddition,theyurgedastrictmoralcodeandplacedahighvalueonhardwork.AftertheexecutionofKingCharlesIin1649,theycontrolledthenewgovernment,theCommonwealth.OliverCromwell,whobecameleaderoftheCommonwealth,isthebest-knownPuritans.ManyPuritans,persecutedintheirhomeland,cametoAmericainthe1620sand1630s,settingcoloniesthateventuallybecameMassachusetts.Thewordspuritanandpuritanicalhavecometosuggestazealforkeepingpeoplefromenjoyingthemselves.Onewhoisscrupulousandstrictinhisreligiouslife;oftenusedreproachfullyorincontempt;onewhohasoverstrictnotions.清教徒原指英国的一部分新教徒，他们大都倾向于资产阶级革命，像克伦威尔。后来分布变得更广泛，遍及美国。历史上将在英国的新教徒，那些信奉加尔文教义、不满英国国教教义的人称为清教徒。由于英国的宗教迫害，大部分清教徒逃亡到了美国，所以人们所说的清教徒，一般指在美国的清教徒。清教徒并不是一种宗教，而是一种态度，一种倾向，一种价值观，它是对信徒群体的一种统称。清教徒是最为虔诚，生活最为圣洁的新教徒，他们认为“人人皆祭司，人人有召唤”。认为每个个体可以直接与上帝交流，反对神甫集团的专横、腐败和繁文缛节、形式主义。他们主张简单、实在、上帝面前人人平等的信徒生活。清教徒认为人必须要禁欲和勤俭节约。他们限制一切纵欲、享乐甚至消费行为。毫无疑问，清教徒运动对后世的影响是巨大的。清教徒精神所形成的现代文化，其许多重要方面，仍是当今社会的基础。尤其是美国的共和政体制度、美国文化精神，都深受清教徒运动的影响。可以说，没有清教徒，美国今天不会是这样的社会面貌。罗斯福总统在纪念五月花号清教徒的演说上说，“三百年前到达此地的五月花清教徒，改变了这一块土地的命运，也因而改变了这一个世界的命运。”现在清教徒也用来指那些主张禁欲的人或极端拘谨的人。Languagepoints1.somewherealongtheline:inf.Duringthetimewhenyouareinvolvedinanactivityorprocess,e.g.Somewherealongtheline,Jackseemedtohavelostinterestintheirmarriage.Somewherealongtheline,hisfatherbecameaddictedtogambling.2.deserve:beworthyof(应受奖、罚；值得),e.g.Hedeservestobescoldedforhavingbrokenthepreciousvase.Thecompositiondeservescarefulstudy.deserve+doing=deservetobedone,e.gdeservecriticizingYoudeserveit.==Itservesyouright.3.overshadow:tomake(sb.Orsth.)lesssuccessful,importantorimpressivebycomparisonwithothers;todominate)e.g.prevail;outweighBenovershadowsallhiscolleagues.Sheisovershadowedbyheryoungerandmoreattractivesister.4.beneficial:producingresultsthatbringadvantages,e.g.beneficialeffectsAnagreementhasbeenreachedthatwillbebeneficialtobothparties.5.reputation:theopinionthatpeoplehaveaboutaparticularpersonorthingbecauseofwhathashappenedinthepast,e.g.Hehasareputationforhonestyandefficiency.Themanbegantoestablishareputationasawriterattheageof19.earn/win/establishareputationasliveuptoyourreputation符合，无愧于6.flunk:tofail,especially(in)acourseoranexamTheboywasupsetbecauseheflunked(in)anEnglishexam.flunkout:toexpelorbeexpelledfromaschooloracoursebecauseofworkthatdoesnotmeetrequiredstandards.因不及格而退学Wespentthedaytraipsingfromoneshoptoanother.Stroll7.very:right,exactly(forthesakeofemphasis),usu.usedwiththesuperlativeformofadj.orfirstandlast,etc.e.g.Therehavebeenthreeaccidentsinthisverysameplace.Theveryfirstthingyoumustdoisringthepolice.She’stheverybestcookI’veeverencountered.8.consumption:consume,consumerThisisproducedfordomesticconsumption.ThereistoogreataconsumptionofalcoholinBritain.Wehavenomorerighttoconsumehappinesswithoutproducingitthantoconsumewealthwithoutproducingit.(BernardShaw)(如果我们不能创造幸福的生活,我们就没有权利享受幸福;这正如没有创造财富就无权享受财富一样。)9.epitome:anideal;atypicalrepresentative典范，化身Hisfatheristheepitomeofgoodness.“Heisseen…astheepitomeofthehawkish,right-of-centerintellectual”.:tobeanepitomeofsomethingHeepitomizesthelovingfather.Sheepitomizesallthegoodqualitiesofherfamily.10.nomatterwhat:nomatterwhathappens:youwilldefinitelydosth,e.g.I’llcallyoutonightnomatterwhat.Nomatter