阅读university days--James Thurber.ppt

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1、UniversityDays----JamesThurberRemarksonUniversityLife1、It'sinteresting,colorful,butchallengingandcompetive.2、Ifyoucherishit,youwillbeblessedwitharichlife.3、Universityisastagewhereyouareabletoshowoff.4、Universityisasmallsocietywhichyoucanlearntosurvive.5、Universityisagoldmineinwhichyoudigoutthemo

2、stpreciousstoneifyouworkhardenough.6、Universityisacommunicationsnetworkwhereyouarenotlonely.Contends1.TheArthour2.BackgroundInformation3.NewWordsandPhrease4.TheStructure5.QuestionsforComprehensionJamesThurberHewasanAmericancartoonist,author,journalist,playwright.ThebestAmericanhumoristsinceMarkT

3、wain.Heisknownfortheirony,satireandwhimsical(异想天开的)humourofhisstoriesaboutordinaryAmericanlife.HisbooksincludeMyLifeandHardTimes(1933),fromwhichthistextistaken,andMyWorldandWelcometoIt(1943).BackgroundInformationJamesThurberattendedOhioStateUniversityfrom1913to1918,butleftwithoutadegree.Tall,thi

4、n,andblindinoneeyefromachildhoodaccident,hesufferedthroughtheathleticandmilitaryprogramoftheuniversityintheWorldWarⅠperiod.InthisessayThurberrecalledsomeofthehighandlowpointsofhisyearsatOhioStateofUniversity.Theessayisincludedinhis“autobiograph”MyLifeandHardTimes.WordsandPhrasesenrage[ɪnˈreɪdʒ]v

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6、abreastof与…齐头并进，不拉下roundoff使圆满结束，使完美getawaywithsth做了坏事而不被发现fallbackon转而依靠cutoutfor适合于，天生是…的料startoff开始littleshortof简直可以说是TheStructureAnecdoteⅠ.(Para.1--Para.4)Itridiculesthebotanyteacher'sinsistenceonteachingtheunteachable.AnecdoteⅡ.(para.5--Para.12)Itridiculestheeconomicsteacher’sleniencyandBol

7、enciecwcz’sdumbness.AnecdoteⅢ.(Para.13)Itridiculestwounreasonablerequirementsforgymnasiumwork:takingoffglassesandstripping.AnecdoteⅣ.(Para.14)Itridiculesthelowliterarylevelofthestudent-journalist.AnecdoteⅤ.(Para.15--Para17)I