高英2第14课Loving and Hating New York.ppt

Unit 14;New York;New Yorker who sees all the faults of the city still prefer to live in New York. New York’s faults: — trash-strewn streets — unruly school — uneasy feeling or menace — the noise — the brusqueness ;strew (v.) : scatter，partly cover撒，散布 be strewn with 布满 unruly(adj.)：wayward, self-partial 1. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline an unruly class 2. unwilling to submit to authority unruly teenagers menace: dangerous or threateningn. 威胁；恐吓 brusque (adj.) : rough and abrupt (态度、语言上)粗暴的，鲁莽的；唐突的 brusqueness n. 无礼；唐突；直率 ;they wouldn’t live here if you gave them the place. --- They wouldn’t live here under any condition. Even if New York were given to them as a gift, they wouldn’t like to live here.;Dallas [d?l?s] n. a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields;Dallas达拉斯是美国得克萨斯州第二大城市，美国第八大城市;cabana: a tent or small wooden structure used for changing clothes at a beach or pool. (海滩等地的)简易浴室(或更衣处)；小屋；棚屋 ;Beverly Hills: 贝弗利希尔斯an expensive part of Los Angles, where many famous film stars live 贝弗利山（Beverly Hills），中国大陆又译作贝弗利希尔斯；台湾译作比佛利山；香港译作比华利山，是一座位于美国加州洛杉矶县西边的城市。贝弗利山和邻近的西好莱坞被洛杉矶市完全包围。;well-to-do adj. in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich a well-to-do family一个富裕的家庭；小康人家 well-to-do society小康社会 well-to-do level u小康水平 well-to-do family富有家庭 well-to-do target小康目标 ;So much of well-to-do America now lives antiseptically in enclaves, tranquil and luxurious, that shut out the world. ---Metonymy, America standing for the Americans --- Metaphor, comparing the secluded residential area of the rich to an enclave. enclave: a minority culture group living as an entity within a larger group在大文化团体中的一少数派集团 ;antiseptic: adj. N. A substance that kills germs and harmful bacteria. 杀菌剂 untouched by life，its problems，emotions，etc．冷静的；超然的；客观的 enclave: small area within a large area在大文化团体中的一少数派集团 孤立地区 tranquil: adj. 安静的，平静的；安宁的；稳定的 peaceful, pacific, q