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1、LessonTwelveLionsandTigersandBearsGroup7孙素珍张艳王香妮陈晓珍Beginning:Tosomeextend,theauthor’sexperienceintheCentralParkatnightisakindofexploration.SoourclueinthisPPTisexploration.ContentsBackgroundInformationTravelRouteBriefSummaryTopicandIllustrationDiscussionQandABackgrou
2、ndInformationAbouttheauthor--BillBufordBorninBatonRouge,LouisianaandraisedinSouthernCaliforniaAttendingtheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeleybeforemovingtoKing'sCollege,UniversityofCambridgeAneditorforNewYorkerfrom1994to2001TheeditorofGrantaforsixteenyears.Aboutthecent
3、ralparkDesignedbyFrederickLawOlmstedandarchitectCalvertVauxBuiltin1857LocatedinthecenterofManhattan,NewYorkExtendingfrom59thStreetto110thStreetCoveringanareaof840acresHavingbeenaNationalHistoricLandmarksince1963TravellingRoutetheDelacorteTheatreBelvedereCastleHenryL
4、ucyNatureObservatoryShakespeareGardentheRambletheWestSideStrawberryFieldsTheReservoirTheNinety-fifthStreetPark’sWestDriveTheEmpireStateBuildingTheNorthWoodsTheLochTheNorthMeadowTheSleepingBagBriefSummaryThroughtheexplorationintheCentralParkatnight,theauthorshowsuscl
5、earlyNewYorkers’ambivalence(contradictorymentality)tothePark.Ontheonehand,CentralPark-astheNationalHistoricLandmark,culturallyrichandnaturallybeautiful,iswhattheNewYorkersloveandareproudof.However,ontheotherhand,behindtheenticingsemblance,thereliesthecrimeandfeartha
6、tfrightenvisitorsawayatnight.TopicandIllustrationAdventurousvs.TranquilNowadays,moreandmorepeopleliketoexplore,sotheyadorethesocalled“alternativeleisure",whichisfamousinnovelty,stimulation,andsatisfiesmodernpeopletochallengethemselves.DesertExplorationCanyonExplorat
7、ionMountainExplorationTherearealsosomepeople,whojustwantapeacefullife.Theydon’texpecttolivealifewithtoomuchchallengeandstimulation.Theydon’texpectexplorationsinlife,either.Tothem,peaceandtranquilityiswhatlifeis.OldTownTranquilStreamBeautifulGlen(幽谷)DiscussiontheGran
8、dCanyon,USLijiang,YunnanWhichisyourpriority?TRANQUILITYorEXCITIMENTEnding:Asamatteroffact,lifeisajourney.Sometimes,itmaybefullofexploratio
