大学综合英语Unit10 The Idiocy of Urban Life.ppt

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1、Unit10Text1TheIdiocyofUrbanLifeLearningObjectives：Afterlearningthisunit,youarerequiredtomasterallthenewwordsandemploytheminconversationandwriting.beabletoparaphraseallthetopicsentencesinText1.awaretheauthor’spurposeofwritingandgraspthemainstructurethroughanintensivereadingofText1

2、.haveagoodunderstandingofthestyleofthetext—argumentation,mostofwhichconsistsofthreeparts:thethesisoftheauthor,theevidencestosupportthethesis,andthesummaryorconclusionoftheargument.Pre-readingquestions:Whatarethemajordifferencesbetweencitylifeandcountrylife?Wheredoyouprefertolive,

3、inthecityorinthecountry?Pleasegiveevidencestosupportyourchoice.(arguefortheadvantagesofcitylifeandcountryliferespectively)HighlightThisargumentativeessaycomprisesthreeparts.Theauthorfirstpresentstousthattheaggressivelyindividualisticandatomizedurbanlifetodaygoesagainstboththepurp

4、oseofthecityandthehumannature,andthusisfoolish.Thenheprovidesevidencesfortheidiocyofurbanlife.Finally,theauthorreiterateshispoint.Thistextcanbedividedintothreeparts.PartOne(Paragraphs1-2):Inthispart,theauthorpresentsthethesisofhisargument:aggressivelyindividualisticandatomizedurb

5、anlifetodaygoesagainstboththepurposeofthecityandthehumannature,andthusisfoolish.PartTwo(Paragraphs3-9):Inthispart,theauthorprovidesevidencesfortheidiocyofurbanlife.Para.3-4:discussingthepretenseofcitydwellerswhentheytrytoliveoutsidethecityboundaries;Para.5-6:puttingforwardthepoin

6、tthatcityworkismuchlessmeaningfulthanfarming;Para.7:provingthatthecitydwellersliveandworkinanunrealenvironment;Para.8-9:showingthedamagedonebytheofficeworktothephysicalconditionsoftheworkers.Part3(Paragraph10):Inthispart,thewritersummarizestheidiocyofurbanlifeandtheultimatereason

7、sforthisphenomenon.Ontheonehand,citydwellerstrytosimulaterurallife,andontheotherhand,theydisdainandmockthislife.TextStudyQuestionsfordiscussionfromparagraphs1—2Whatisurbanlifelikeatnight?Whatdoestheauthorthinkofthehumanurbanlife?TextStudyLanguagePointsfromparagraphs1-2civila.poli

8、teandformalHismannerwascivil,thoughnotpa