How America Lives.ppt

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1、HowAmericaLives导入&第一段翻译111班周玲11110124Pre-readingQuestions1.Withtheever-increasingcontactbetweentheChineseandAmericanpeoples,wearegettingtoknoweachotherbetter.BasedonyourcommunicationwithsomeAmericansoryourreadingaboutthatnation,whatopinionsdoyouholdabouttheAmericanpeople?AbouttheAuthorJamesAlbe

2、rtMichener(1907-1997),Americanwriter,becameknownforthevoluminousresearchheincorporatesandmakesaccessibleandinterestinginhiswritings.Hisbookstypicallyprovideadetaileddiscussionofthehistoryandgeographyofspecificregions.HiswiderangingwritingcareerbeganwhenhisexperiencesduringWorldWarIIprovidedthem

3、aterialforabookofshortstories,TalesoftheSouthPacific(1947);forwhichhereceivedthe1984PulitzerPrizeinfiction.(P125)PulitzerPrizeThePulitzerPrizeisaU.S.awardforachievementsinnewspaperandonlinejournalism,literature,andmusicalcomposition.Itwasestablishedin1917byprovisionsinthewillofAmericanpublisher

4、JosephPulitzer,andisadministeredbyColumbiaUniversityinNewYorkCity.Prizesareawardedyearlyintwenty-onecategories.Intwentyofthecategories,eachwinnerreceivesacertificateandaUS$10,000cashaward.Thewinnerinthepublicservicecategoryofthejournalismcompetitionisawardedagoldmedal.StructuralAnalysisPartI(1)

5、reality:Americansstillfollowmanyoftheoldways,similaritiesthandifferences.PartII(2-4)majorchangesinAmericansocietyPartIII(5-7)mainproblemsinAmericansocietyPartIV(8-9)explainswhyAmericahasgoodprospectsandwhytheAmericansystemhassurvivedandshouldsurvive.QuestionsforParagraph11.What'sthemainideaofth

6、eParagraph1?ItmentionsandillustratesthemainideathatAmericansstillfollowmanyoftheoldwaysthoughdifferencesareobviousinAmericanlife.2.WhichsentencesinthispartshowthemainsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenAmericanlifeinthepresentandthatinthepast?Paragraph1AnalysisTheintroductorypartoftheessayThemaini

7、deaThelastsentenceLanguageWorkofParagraph1follow：todeveloporhappeninaparticularway按······方式（或方向）发展；以······方式发生e.g.Thedayfollowedtheusualpattern.cling(on)tosb.orsth.:toholdontightlytosb.orsth.;beunwillingtoabandonitorrefusetogiveit