《大学综合英语》课程PPT教学课件（讲稿）Unit10 The Idiocy of Urban Life

Unit 10 The idiocy of Urban Life Henry Fairlie 主讲人:霍小静

Unit 10 The Idiocy of Urban Life 主讲人：霍小静 Henry Fairlie

Contents 1 Background of the text 2 Try to answer the following questions 3 Text structure 4 Language points 5 Analysis the long sentences in the text

Contents 2 Try to answer the following questions 1 Background of the text 4 Language points 3 Text structure 5 Analysis the long sentences in the text

1 Background of the text 2009, Bite the hand That feeds you: essays and Provocations was published as an anthology of his work. he wrote in a manner that was oftentongue-"(intended to be humorous and not meant seriously to apoint to some of the amusing things about Eity life. presidency of John F Kennedy

• 2009, Bite the Hand That Feeds You: Essays and Provocations, was published as an anthology of his work. He wrote in a manner that was often “tongue-in-cheek” (intended to be humorous and not meant seriously) to point to some of the amusing things about city life. presidency of John F. Kennedy. Background of the text 1

o:1 Background of the text about author

(1) About author Background of the text 1

The history of the author Henry Fairlie(1924--1990)was a british expatriate freelance writer on both sides of the Atlantic, appearing n e journalist and social critic. he spent 36 years as a prominel The spectator The New Republic, the Washington Post, The New Yorker and many other papers and magazines he was also the author of five books, most notably the Kennedy Promise, an early revisionist critique of the U.S. presidency of John F Kennedy

The history of the author • . Henry Fairlie (1924－1990) was a British expatriate journalist and social critic. He spent 36 years as a prominent freelance writer on both sides of the Atlantic, appearing in The Spectator, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and many other papers and magazines. He was also the author of five books, most notably The Kennedy Promise, an early revisionist critique of the U.S. presidency of John F. Kennedy. •

Background of the text (2) About the text This text is taken from The Seven Deadly sins published by New republic books in 1987. The title of the text inverts as oft-quoted remark about "the idiocy of rural lifethat appears in the english translation of The Communist Manifesto by marx and engels

（2）About the text This text is taken from The Seven Deadly Sins published by New Republic Books in 1987. The title of the text inverts as oft- quoted remark about “the idiocy of rural life” that appears in the English translation of The Communist Manifesto by Marx and Engels Background of the text 1

Background of the text (3) About the related information to the text Thoreau' s walden Modern people have long been tired and bored by the idiocy of city life So they seek other possible ways of living away from city life. Thoreau' s walden is an influential work of this type. in which the author isolates himself from society to gain a more objective understanding of it. Simple living and self- sufficiency were Thoreau'sother goals, and the whole project was inspired by Transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme fthe American Romantic Period. Through le following quote, we may see his stance better

（3）About the related information to the text Thoreau’s Walden • Modern people have long been tired and bored by the idiocy of city life. So they seek other possible ways of living away from city life. Thoreau’sWalden is an influential work of this type, in which the author isolates himself from society to gain a more objective understanding of it. Simple living and self￾sufficiency were Thoreau’s other goals, and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme of the American Romantic Period. Through the following quote, we may see his stance better Background of the text 1

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