LovingandHatingNewYork爱恨纽约PPT课件

1、Contents Background of New York Background of the author ThemeNew YorkHistory 1524 Discovered by the French1609 Claimed by the Dutch, naming it the New Netherland1626 Manhattan was established called New Amsterdam 1664 New York was officially establishedNew York City Yesterday Top, highest, biggest

2、Leading city sets styles and trends of nation Undisputed fashion authority Looked up to and imitated Today isnt any more out of phase with _ as out of step with lost its undisputed leadership no longer soNew York “If you love him, bring him to New York, for its heaven; if you hate him, bring him to

3、New York, for its hell.” Beijingers in New York New York(1) “Big Apple”; “City that Never Sleeps”: a city of superlatives Americas biggest; its most exciting; its business and cultural capitals; the nations trendsetter.(2) Located in southeastern New York State on the Hudson and East Rivers and New

4、York Bay.(3) Composed of five boroughs: Brooklyn, Bronx , Manhattan, Queens, and Staten IslandThe Big AppleAffectionately known as The Big Apple, New York is by many measures one of the most important cities in the world. It is probably the worlds most important financial center, and one of the most

5、 important cultural centers of the Western world. The United Nations headquarters is in New York, giving some credence to the citys self-designation as capital of the world. Why is the New York called “the Big Apple”? 经济大衰退时，许多银行家失业，以及一些名门望族都靠卖苹果维持生计。 19201930年，爵士乐盛行。歌词：“there are many apples on the

6、 success tree, but when you pick New York City, you pick the Big Apple”.以及市内著名俱乐部就叫The Big Apple. 大约在50年前，美国爵士乐手把演出赚钱比喻成摘苹果，把要去城市比喻成树上的苹果。纽约市当时诸城中赚钱最多的城市，所以是The Big Apple。Manhattan Skyline with The Statue of Liberty From many immigrant that flocked fro Europe to New York, the Statue of Liberty was t

7、he first image they saw of the USA. The status was a gift from the French government for the 100th birthday of Americas Independence.返回SkyscrapersThe Fifth Avenue（第五大道）Times Square （时代广场）Central Park (中央公园）9.11New York New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New

8、 York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. The city is referred to as New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part.New York A global power city, New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce,

9、finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The home of the United Nations Headquarters, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural capital of the world.New York New York is the most densely populated major

10、 city in the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. The New York City Metropolitan Areas population is the United States largest, with 18.9 million people distributed over 6,720 square miles (17,400 km2),and is als

11、o part of the most populous combined statistical area in the United States, containing 22.2 million people as of 2011. Problems of New York City Along with all N.Y.s greatness, it has many serious problems. 1)Thousands of immigrants have not found the opportunities they had hoped for in N.Y. 2) More

12、 than a million New Yorkers received welfare aid, and thousands live in slums.Other problems include 3) air pollution, 4)traffic jams 5)crime, 6)drug abuse, 7)racial conflicts, and 8)the ever-increasing cost of living in the cityThomas Griffith(19152002) : American writer and editor in the 20th cent

13、ury; Since 1974 he has been press columnist of Time magazine; staff contributor to Fortune magazine and columnist of Atlantic Monthly. He is an uprooted westerner who now calls New York home. Publications: The Waist-High Culture (1959); How True? -A Skeptics Guide to Believing the News.(1974)THEME O

14、F THE TEXT The theme is explicitly expressed by the title “Loving and Hating New York,” or more specifically by the first sentence of the last paragraph, “Loving and hating New York becomes a matter of alternating moods, often in the same day. ” As the writer develops his theme ,readers will see clearly that he loves New York and feels exhilarated living there . He may sometimes feel exasperated b