大连海事大学：《高级英语 Advanced English》课程教学资源（PPT课件讲稿，英文版）Unit 7 The Libido for the Ugly

Unit 7 The libido for the ugly By h.l. Menchen

Unit 7 ⚫ The Libido for the Ugly ⚫ By H. L. Menchen

Teaching Points Background knowedge oIl. Introduction to the passage ●Ⅲ. Text Analysis ●ⅣV. Rhetorical devices o V Questions

Teaching Points ⚫ I. Background knowledge ⚫ II. Introduction to the passage ⚫ III. Text Analysis ⚫ IV. Rhetorical devices ⚫ V. Questions

Background Knowledge ● about the author: o I. Henry Louis mencken

I. Background Knowledge ⚫ About the author: ⚫ 1. Henry Louis Mencken

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The author o Henry louis mencken(1880-1956 O---the most prominent newspaperman book reviewer political commentator o He was a prolific writer of his day

The Author ⚫ Henry Louis Mencken (1880 - 1956) ⚫ --- the most prominent newspaperman ⚫ --- book reviewer ⚫ --- political commentator ⚫ He was a prolific writer of his day

The author his prose is as clear as an azure sky O -- his rhetoric as deadly as a rifle shot o No other entertainment gave him greater pleasure than reporting from the conventions, nor did anyone appreciate his efforts more than mencken himself

The Author ⚫ --- his prose is as clear as an azure sky ⚫ --- his rhetoric as deadly as a rifle shot ⚫ No other entertainment gave him greater pleasure than reporting from the conventions; nor did anyone appreciate his efforts more than Mencken himself

The author One reporter, peering through Mencken's window late at night after one rally recalled watching him at work alone in his hotel room, pounding out copy on a typewriter propped on a desk. He would type a few sentences, read them, slap his thigh, toss his head back. and roar with laughter Then he would type some more lines, guffaw, and so on until the end of the article

The Author ⚫ One reporter, peering through Mencken's window late at night after one rally, recalled watching him at work alone in his hotel room, pounding out copy on a typewriter propped on a desk. He would type a few sentences, read them, slap his thigh, toss his head back, and roar with laughter. Then he would type some more lines, guffaw, and so on until the end of the article

Mencken's creed o I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind-that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking

Mencken's Creed ⚫ I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind - that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical side have been more than overcome by the damage it has done to clear and honest thinking

Mencken's creed I believe that all government is evil,in that all government must necessarily make war upon liberty. i believe that the evidence for immortality is no better than the evidence of witches. and deserves no more respect

Mencken's Creed ⚫ I believe that all government is evil, in that all government must necessarily make war upon liberty... I believe that the evidence for immortality is no better than the evidence of witches, and deserves no more respect