现代大学英语精读四课件PPT.thinking as a hobby.ppt

But you would be wrong. I dropped my hobby and turned professional. But you guessed wrong. I did not drop my hobby of thinking ( here, we can say he might give up the hobby of grade-two thinking). Instead I went further and became a professional thinker. Text Analysis Thinking is not just for professional thinkers like philosophers. It is something all educated people should enjoy doing, and it is considered one of the most precious qualities in young scholars for the healthy mental development. Theme Part 1 (Paras.1-24 ) Part 2 (Paras. 25-29) Part 3 (Paras. 30-35) Text Analysis Structure How the subject of thinking was first brought up to the author and his understanding of the nature of “grade-three thinking” The author’s analysis of the nature of “grade-two thinking” The author’s understanding of the “grade-one thinking” and his desire for it Text Analysis The summary of the characteristics of the three grades of thinking Grade-three Grade-two Grade-one characteristics examples Ignorance, hypocrisy, prejudice, self-satisfied, contradictions Mr. Houghton, nine tens of people Detecting contradictions; do not stampede easily; lag behind, a withdrawal, destroy but not create Ruth, the author, (maybe) some acquaintances To find out what is truth, based on a logical moral system far and few between, only in books thinking Writing Devices Metonymy （转喻） In metonymy, an idea is evoked or named by means of term designating some associated notion. “It” stands for “thought” in grammar, but actually refers to Mr. Houghton, and it is vulgar to refer to a girl as a skirt. It will lecture on disinterested purity while its neck is being remorselessly twisted toward a skirt. (Para. 23) Mr. Houghton More examples To be continued on the next page. girls Writing Devices The burglar was in Sally’s mind all day long. (burglar=some idea of the burglar) Democracy favors the vote rather than the bullet. (Vote=election, bullet=military solutions) “Political power gro