现代大学英语精读lesson精要.ppt

Unit 8We’re Only Human Text A The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. ----Bertrand Russell 美好的人生是由爱所激励、由知识所引导的生活。 Life is real, life is earnest. 人生真实， 人生真挚. Content Questions 1. What are the qualities the author suggests we should have so as to arise above nature? Explain the reasons for having them respectively. 2. Why does the author caution us to beware of the pleasure principle? What is the difference between pleasure and happiness? 3. What are the basic desires for a good life that are mentioned to be the root of happiness? 4. What is your view on “Might is right” and the survival of the fittest ? Will you comment on the emphasis of ethics and morality in our life and in China’s modernization drive? Every day in the United States of America: 4,219 teenagers contract sexually transmitted diseases 2,329 teenagers unintentionally become pregnant 908 teenagers who didnt intend on becoming pregnant obtain abortions 1,000 adolescents begin drinking alcohol 500 adolescents begin using illicit drugs 16,000 crimes are committed on school There are 600,000 drug addicted children in the United States. 6% of boys between 16 and 18 carry guns outside the home for protection. While only four percent (4%) of inner-city school students report use of hard drugs, 13 percent (13%) report either dealing drugs or working for a drug dealer. 51% of graduating high school seniors admit having used illicit drugs by the time they reach their senior year of high school Language Points Be elevated(p2): achieve a more important rank or status Be elevated to the post of chancellor Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure.(to increase in amount, significance or intensity) Elevate pop singers to idols (consider it to be more important than it really is) Drive(p6): a strong need or desire ; energy and determination n. 车道＝driveway I thought we might go for a drive.兜风 disk drive Rescuers battling through dri