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1、ANewEnglishCourse(5)LectureNotesUnit8:WhyNothingWorks厦门大学外文学院高年级教研室Unit8Text1WhyNothingWorksⅠ.Learningobjectives1.Learntouseexemplification,illustrationandcontrastinexpositorywriting.2.Learntodevelopatopicthroughacausalanalysis.Ⅱ.Warm-upquestions1.What’stheissuebeingdiscussedinthepresenttext?Doyou
2、thinktheissuerelevanttousornot?2.Haveyoueverboughtsomething,likeafountainpen,acassetterecorder,orawatch,whichbrokedownorwentoutofordershortlyafteruse.Wereyoufrustratedbythis,feelingthatyou’dbeencheated?Whodidyounormallyblameforthis?Whatdidyouthinkarethecausesforsuchproblem?3.Whatdopeopleusuallythi
3、nkarethefactorsrelatedtogoodqualityinproducts?Whatdotheythinkarethecausesforshoddygoods?Howdoestheauthorofthepresenttextthinkdifferently?4.Regardingtheproblemofshoddygoods,whatfactorsarespecifiedbytheauthor?Whichfactordoesheregardasprimary,humanortechnology?Why?Doyouagreewithhim?5.Whatisthemessage
4、thattheauthorintendstogetacrosstous?Canyoufindthemessageexplicitlystatedintext?Whatdoyouthinkisthethesisstatementofthetext?6.Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagreewiththeauthor’sargument?Ⅲ.Relevantinformation1.TheauthorMarvinHarristeachesanthropologyattheUniversityofFlorida.HewritesaboutAmericanlifefrom
5、thepointofviewoftheanthropologistinCannibalsandKings(1977)andAmericaNow(1981),fromwhichthetextistaken2.Murphy’sLaw(墨菲法则:一种认为凡有可能出差错的事终将出差错的俏皮法则)Thisisahumorousmaxim，declaringthatingeneral,ifanythingcangowrong,itwill.Thelaworiginatedin1949withCaptainEDMurphy,anaircraftengineer.Referringtoatechnicia
6、n,hesaid,“ifthereisanywaytodoitwrong,hewill.”Theprojectmanager,GeorgeE.Nichols,assignedthename“Murphy’sLaw”tothatandsimilarstatement.AdditionalformsofMurphy’sLawinclude:n“Nothingisaseasyasitlooks.”n“Everythingtakeslongerthanyouthinkitwill.”9ANewEnglishCourse(5)LectureNotesUnit8:WhyNothingWorks厦门大学
7、外文学院高年级教研室n“Toknowyourselfistheultimateaggression.”(意为:战胜别人容易，而知道自己、认识自己，敢于面对现实，敢于跟自己过不去，才会克服自身的弱点，才是大勇。)n“Friendscomeandgo,butenemiesaccumulate.”（“朋友有来有去，仇人则有增无减”，意即：交友不易，能够持久的朋友更难，但仇人容易累积，易结不易解）n“Ifyou’refeelin
