课件高级英语课程二册.pptVIP

《高级英语》 精品课程  第二册 制作人： 徐李洁 Unit 14 Loving and Hating New York General Analysis of the Text A piece of expository writing Textual structure Theme: Loving and hating New York becomes a matter of alternating moods, often in the same day. Style: objective and emotional description Textual Structure Part I (paras 1-5) General introduction Part II (paras 6-22) Explanation General Questions on the Text 1. In what fields can New York no longer be regarded as the leading American city? New York no longer begets the styles and sets the sets the trends. It is no longer a pacesetter. 2.What are its deficiencies as a pacesetter? Other cities have buildings more inspired architecturally. The center of music and sports have also shifted to other cities. As a tourist attraction it is inferior to New Orleans, San Francisco, Washington or Disneyland. Finally there are many better cities to live in than New York. 3. Why do many Europeans call New York their favorite city? The Europeans call New York their favorite city because they like its cosmopolitan complexities, its surviving European standards and its alien mixtures. Perhaps some of them are reassured by the international names of jewelers, shoe stores and designer shops. But what most excites Europeans is the city’s charged, nervous atmosphere, its vulgar dynamism. 4. Where is the author from? Why did he go and live New York?The author is from Seattle, a seaport in west central Washington State. He went to people still go to New York because he liked to live there and he could practice the kind of journalism he wanted in that city. 5. Why do many young New York? The young people go to New York to test themselves and to avoid giving in to the most banal and marketable of their talents. In New York they also find the company of many other young people similarly fleeing from the constricting atmosphere of smaller cities. 6. In what respects is New York still regarded