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8.The Worker as Creator or Machine Erich Fromm 目的/重点 Aims 　　1.To know the author, Erich Fromm 　　2.To learn the writing technique of causation 　　3.To appreciate the language features Teaching Contents　　1. Erich Fromm 　　2. Causation and the thesis 　　3. Detailed study of the text 　　4. Organizational pattern 　　5. Language features 　　6. Exercises Time allocation 　　1.The introduction of the author (10 min.) 　　2. Causation and the thesis (10min.) 　　3. Detailed study of the text (115 min.) 　　4. Structure analysis (15 min.) 　　5. Language appreciation (15 min.) 　　6. Exercises (15 min) 课文内容 8. The Worker as Creator or Machine Erich Fromm 　　1 Unless man exploits others, he has to work in order to live. However primitive and simple his method of work may be, by the very fact of production, he has risen above the animal kingdom; rightly has he been defined as the animal that produces. But work is not only an inescapable necessity for man. Work is also his liberator from nature, his creator as a social and independent being. In the process of work, that is, the molding and changing of nature outside of himself, man molds and changes himself. He emerges from nature by mastering her; he develops his powers of co-operation, of reason, his sense of beauty. He separates himself from nature, from the original unity with her, but at the same time unites himself with her again as her master and builder. The more his work develops, the more his individuality develops. In molding nature and re-creating her, he learns to make use of his powers, increasing his skill and creativeness. Whether we think of the beautiful paintings in the caves of Southern France, the ornaments on weapons among primitive people, the statues and temples of Greece, the cathedrals of the Middle Ages, the chairs and tables made by skilled craftsmen, or the cultivation of flowers, trees or corn by peasants--all are expressions of the creative transformation of nature by mans reason and skill. 　　2 In Weste