现代大学英语PPT课件Book4 .ppt

II.??Introductions 1.???About the author (see P.300) 2.??? About the Text thing coming into people’s lives. Like globalization, any invention is a double-edged sword. The coming of the telephone left Magdaluna desolate (negative effect), but it broke the seclusion of the village. We cannot resist a good thing because it might have some negative effects, just as we cannot throw the baby out with the bath water. . The narrative is set in a village in Lebanon. It provides us with some cultural background of the Arab world, which is strategically important because of its geographical position and its rich oil reserves (though not in Lebanon). In the new century, the telephone came. The second part is about how the telephone was installed, what changes it brought about in the village. The transition between sections and paragraphs is smooth. The most striking narrative technique is the use of figure of speech with a local flavor. For example: We knew what to do and when to do it, just as the Iraqi geese knew when to fly north, driven by the hot wind that blew in from the desert. …they were ready to toss back and forth, like a ball, the latest rumors going around the village. Magdaluna became a skeleton of its former self, desolate and forsaken, like the tombs, a place to get away from. The Map of Lebanon The Site of an Old Castle National Flag National Emblem Beirut at Night Fishing Along the Coast of Beirut He was born in a small town about 100 kilometers southwest of Hangzhou. The Browns live 150 miles west of London. Sidon: a city on Lebanon’s southern coast, approximately 25 miles south of Beirut. It is one of the country’s largest ports and one of the oldest cities in the Middle East. In 1985, the city had approximately 100,000 residents. Cf. need: a situation when sth is necessary or must be done, e.g. As the helicopter arrived, Katie knew that her desperate need to direct her own res