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1、齐淑青20103157魏晓敏20103160邹俊婷20103153陈芬20103164陈艳梅20103163TheLibidofortheUglybyHenryL.MenckenAbomination:anythinghatefulanddisgustingPutrid:rottenandfoul-smelling腐烂的Frightful惊世骇俗的Ghastly[gɑːs(t)lɪ]:horribleObscene:offensivetoone’sfeelings,disgusting猥亵的，可憎的Paragraph6Thereasonswhytheylovesuc
2、huglyhouse.Isitbecausetheyareignorant?MainideaThewritertriestotracethesourceofugliness.Aretheysofrightfulbecausethevalleyisfullofforeigners---dull,insensatebrutes,withnoloveofbeautyinthem?RhetoricalquestionforeffectArethehousesofrightfullyuglybecausethevalleyisinhabitedbyalotofforeigne
3、rswhoarestupidandunfeelinglikeanimalsAndwhohavenoloveandbeautyinthem?Itisincrediblethatmereignoranceshouldhaveachievedsuchmasterpiecesofhorror.Masterpieces:noonecouldbuildworsehousesSarcasmandironyItishardtobelievethatpeoplebuiltsuchhorriblehousesjustbecausetheydidnotknowwhatbeautifulh
4、ouseswerelike.BorderuponBeverymuchlikeTheproposalbordersupontheabsurd该提议似乎荒唐可笑Save:except除什么之外Youwill,infact,findnothingofthesortinEurope–saveperhapsinthemoreputridpartsofEnglandMainideaofPara.7Reasonfortheugliness:libidofortheuglyFiguresofspeech(Para.7)Antithesis--oncertainlevelsofthe
5、Americarace,indeed,thereseemstobeapositivelibidofortheugly,asonotherandlessChristianlevelsthereisalibidoforthebeautiful.MenkenmocksattheChristiansandattacktheirbehaviors,theChristiansaresupposedtohavethequalitiesoflove,kindness,humility,etc,butMenkenthinkstheydonotknowwhatisbeautiful.P
6、agans,notChristians,knowwhatisbeautiful.paraphraseLibidofortheugly–libidoforthebeautiful---Peopleincertainstrata(socialclassesordivision)ofAmericansocietyseemdefinitelytohungerafteruglythins,whichinotherlessChristianstrata,peopleseemtolongforthinsbeautiful.putdownto---statethatsomethin
7、giscausedbysomething(attributeto)归因于Iputhisbadtemperdowntohisrecentillness.ItisimpossibletoputdownthewallpaperthatdefacestheaverageAmericahomeofthelowermiddleclasstomereinadvertence,ortotheobscenehumorofthemanufactures.绝不能将破坏一般美国中下层阶级家庭装饰美感的墙纸，归咎于选购者的疏忽大意，也不能归咎于制造商的有伤风化的玩笑。Thetastefo
