南昌航空大学英语高级第1册第七单元的课件

1、Unit 7Things: The Throw-Away SocietyAlvin Toffler南昌航空大学大学英语2The titlethe throw-away society?The society that is designed to be thrown awayThe society that throws things away31. What things do you use only once and then throw away? (brainstorm) 2. Why do you do that? 3. List things that you would thr

2、ow away, but your parents or grand-parents would keep. 4. How do you understand a “throw-away society”?456789Pre-modification多重前置修饰语前置定语代替后置定语多成分复合形容词构词法句子型复合形容词构词法the throw-away societythrow-away trays throw-away culturethrow-away tissuesthrow-away toothbrusha throw-away mentalitythrow-away product

3、10Pre-modificationFind sentences containing pre-modification in the textFunctions of pre-modification?11StructureI. (P1-3) Introduction of the topicII. (P4-12) Development of the thesis (P4-7) The impact that _ has on peoples mentality (P8-9) The throw-away trend is _. (P10-12) A _III. (P13) Conclus

4、ion123 Writing devices?13examplesPexample(s)point to illustrate147891014P1-3highly realistic: looks just like a real personwardrobe: the clothes one has winter / summer wardrobehumanoid: having human shape and characteristicstrade-in allowance: trade in the old doll in exchange for a new one at a lo

5、wer price15P1-3trade in: give something as part of the payment to buy a new one e.g. He traded his old TV in for a new one.16P4topic sentence?17P4the ocean of : large quantities ofiridescent: showing colors that seem to change in different lightsglisten: shiningstaggering: adj. very surprising, shoc

6、king, unbelievable, wondrous, stunning, breath-takinge.g. The cost is staggering. a staggering problem18P4cityscapelandscapemoonscapeseascapethe intimate realities of his existence: things that are closest and most immediate to his life19P4color: v. influence the way sb. thinks about sth., esp. so t

7、hat they become less fair or reasonablee.g. Dont you think your opinions are colored by prejudice? color ones judgment / opinions / attitudes a highly colored version of facts20P4consciousness: mentality, thoughts and mindboth absolutely and relative to the natural environment: in terms of their act

8、ual amount and in proportion to the natural environment21P5topic sentence?What are the two functions of things?Which does the writer emphasize?What psychological impact do things have on us?22P5deride: laugh at, scoff at, mock ate.g. You shouldnt deride children for their failure; you should encoura

9、ge them to try again. foreshortening: shortening, shrinkingthe foreshortening of our relationships with things accelerates the pace of life: temporary relationships with things makes life move on faster23P6topic sentence?How does the writer illustrate this point?24contrastPara. 6 different attitudes

10、 toward things25P6nothing could be more dramatic than the difference between : the difference is most obvious betweenclutch: hold tightlylingeringly: reluctantly to give awaydisintegrate: fall apart, break aparttransience: temporariness, impermanence26P6sheer: meree.g. He won the first prize by shee

11、r luck / sheer chance. What she said was sheer nonsense. Its a sheer waste of time trying to argue with Steve. 27P7Topic sentence?28P7at a rapid / fast / good clip: quicklyeliminate: get rid of, discardencased: cover, surround completelydinner: a dinner that is sold already prepared 预先做好的盒装便餐inextri

12、cably: inseparably, impossible to separate29P7embed in: 1. fix firmly and deeply in a surface 嵌入e.g. The bullet is embedded in the wall. The gold crown is embedded with jewels.2. feel or believe sth. very strongly 使深留脑海中 He has embedded his name in the minds of millions of people Racist ideas are de

13、eply embedded. 30P8topic sentence?Quotation 31P8run counter to the grain /go against the grain: go against ones nature 违反本性e.g. It runs counter to the grain for me to do that. Mary is always honest and it went against the grain to tell liesrun / go counter to: go against, conflict with, be the oppos

14、ite to 与背道而驰，与相违背e.g. This behavior runs counter to international law. The policy by the local government runs counter to the call of the central government to lower the house price. 32P8steep in: soak in; immerse in 沉浸be steeped ine.g. He is steeped in Chinese history. 潜心研究 They have been steeped i

15、n prejudice since their childhood. 从小充满偏见33P9 topic sentence?34contrastPara. 9 Sweden different in different time35P9awe: respect and amaze with wonder and fearlo and behold: look (used before mentioning sth. surprising that has happened, humorous) 你瞧e.g. We had just been talking about John when, lo

16、 and behold, he walked into the room. bloom: flowers open; increase rapidly, appear suddenly in a large number36P10-12topic sentence?37P10-12quasi-: partly, in some ways 类似，类e.g. quasi-official 半官方boutique: small shop that sells fashionable clothes or other thingssprout: grow rapidly in numbergaily

17、colored / painted / decorated: having bright cheerful colorsWhy are both fashionable boutiques and working-class clothing stores mentioned here?38P10-12sumptuous: luxurious, impressive and expensivetrain: a part of a long dress that spreads out over the ground behindbenign: kind and gentlefeature: s

18、ell a particular product 专门推出一项39P10-12devil-may-care: cheerful, careless, willing to take risk 无忧无虑的，不顾一切的，满不在乎的 e.g. a devil-may-care attitude to life 天塌了也不管的生活态度 40Development of Part IIP4P5P6 P7P 8-9P10-12 41P13restatement of the thesis?42P13mentality: a particular kind of attitude or way of thi

19、nking 思想，心态e.g. a throw-away mentality 快速致富的心态 a get-rich-quick mentality 小团体思想 a small-group mentality43P13with / in respect to: concerninge.g. His work is good in respect to quality, but bad in respect to quantity. With respect to the content, this article is very good.supplant: replace, take the

20、place ofe.g. Machinery has largely supplanted hand labor. 44examplesPexample(s)point to illustrate1478910Rhetoric deviceMetaphorFind sentences containing metaphor in this text.5. 4546Rhetoric devicemetaphor (simile: like, as, as if, as though, resemble, may be compared to, similar to, be some

21、thing of, be akin to 像) 1. to beThe thought was fire in him.The newspaper is a jungle of ads. 2. a of a sea of trouble a rain of bullets / a shower of stones47Rhetoric device3. VerbHe bulled his way to fortune. (move fast ignoring everything in his way)Sam devours books. (read quickly and eagerly)Sh

22、e sailed in the room. (walk gracefully and confidently)48Rhetoric device4. NounNazis claw on Europe (control)We waited until the red ball sinks to its daily doom. (sun)Sometimes you go into what I call a bubble boom. Every bubble bursts. (a state that looks good but is not real and will usually end

23、in a sudden collapse)TranslationHis peculiar behaviour runs counter to the popular concept of good conduct.What is certain is that few people in history have created a greater impact than Newton on the development of both science and maths.You are not supposed to deride children for their failure. Y

24、ou should encourage them to try again.On her graduation day, Judy was treated to a sumptuous dinner by her uncle and aunt.With respect to his past record in the firm, no one has anything to complain about. Their freedom is inextricably bound to ours. We cannot act alone.My aged great aunt is not use

25、d to the disposable goods which flood the market today. His name was immediately eliminated from the list of candidates after he was caught cheating in the exam. 49 反物质主义者往往会对“物质”的重要性嗤之以鼻，然而物质是非常重要的，不仅仅是因为它们的实用功能，还因为它们所能产生的心理效应。我们与物质建立起关系。物质影响着我们对于延续或终止的观念。它们在构筑客观环境的过程中发挥了一定的作用，而我们与物质关系的日益接近加快了我们的生活节奏。5051exercisestemporary, transient, transitory, momentary, passing temporary: last for a limited time only a temporary job a medicine that gives temporary relief a temporary shelter from the storma temporary setback, not a f