Unit 3 多维英语.ppt

Unit three: An American Love Affair Brock Yates love affair keen interest; close relationship; an experience of love between two people; a sexual relationship 强烈爱好;亲密关系；恋爱事件; 风流韵事 Bob’s love affair for aviation. 鲍勃对航空的热爱 the love affair between the 2 countries 两国间的亲密关系 Some novelists make their love affairs their stock-in-trade. 桃色描写是某些小说家惯用的手法。 The basics of reporting the love affair of President Clinton with a former White House intern are just like reporting Watergate: a journalist and a source meeting somewhere and whispering. 对克林顿总统和前白宫实习生之间的私情报道的基本做法和对水门事件的报道如出一辙，不外乎记者和提供消息的人聚在一起，窃窃私语。 Introduction to the Author Brock Yates is one the best-known, most respected automotive journalists in the world, who has achieved recognition in the fields of magazine writing, books, screenwriting and television commentary. He is an active commentator on automotive industry matters and has appeared on a number of major television talk shows, including Today, The Tonight Show, CBS Morning News and This Week with David Brinkley on CNN and The News Hour with Brian Williams on MSNBC, The Fox News Network, PBS and countless radio talk shows around the nation. Introduction to the Text Americans love their cars. More than just a means of transportation, the automobile is an identity, a way of life, a symbol of freedom. The author of this essay describes his father not by his job or his appearance, but rather describes him as “a Buick man”—as if the brand of car owned was the primary aspect of his father’s identity. Although environmentalists may disapprove, Brock Yates argues that America’s love of cars in fact plays a key part in people’s lifestyles, the layout of cities, and the national economy. Introduction to the Text But unlike any love affair, intemperance 放纵can breed trouble. Excessive reliance on the automobile has resulted in pollution, “urban sprawl” (the extension of urban areas farther and farther away from the city center), traffic jams, and countless deaths and