新概念2精品课件Lesson41.ppt

Illusions of pastoral peace 宁静田园生活的遐想 rural life V.S. urban life   听录音,思考： What particular anxiety spoils the country dweller’s visit to the theatre? The worry about the whether they will be able to catch the last train home. 整体结构及主题 It’s an essay of comparison and contrast. The author’s attitude: He prefers the city life. What’s more: He is against the city dwellers who always claim to love the country life. 组织结构 1 presenting his friends’ view 2 the negative aspects of country life 3 describe the advantages of city life Vocabulary Illusion lud-演戏 delude 欺骗、哄骗 delusion collude vi. 串通、共谋 4/46 prelude 序幕、前奏 Be/live under the illusion/delusion that= wrongly believe that… She is under the illusion that she’ll marry into the upper class. Extol vt.: 赞美，境界高于praise 好比 worship对respect twitter 与 chatter Chatter：喋喋不休 He who chatters to you will chatter of you. 搬弄是非者必是小人。 Language points City born and city bred (brought up). 省略相同主语使句子整合 breed Breed 引起、产生 bring up Quality breeds success (福特汽车广告），其套用谚语 Familiarity breeds contempt She had been bred to an elegant lady. 教养、抚养 The sad truth is that we were brought up to eat certain foods. Born and raised. (口语） 关于押韵 alliteration 押头韵 Export fair set for foreign-founded firms.博览会广告 One man’s disaster is another man’s delight. (削价售货广告） As every football hero will tell you, on the field brains count for more than brawn beauty and beast Jane Austen 的作品 pride and prejudice Sense and sensibility 关于押韵 Rhyme 押尾韵, 增强音律美 Emergency Medical Insurance and Assistance.(保险广告） Most spacious and luxurious(汽车广告）. Go into：to enter a certain kind of state or to achieve a kind of effect Go into a temper ？ 发脾气 Go into effect 开始生效 Rapture: extremely excited or extremely happy At the mere mention of …= so long as the country is mentioned She blushed at the mere mention of his name. Extol the virtues of = extol the merits of Extol (formal): praise highly His books extols the benefits of being single. virtue: