高级英语-the-future-of-English-课件

Lesson11TheFutureoftheEnglish“TheFutureoftheEnglish”islooselyorganizedanditispartexpositionandpartargument.Thethesisoftheexpositionisstatedinthetitle.ThewriteristryingtoexplainthefutureoftheEnglishpeoplebuthedoesn’treallystatewhatthatfutureisgoingtobe.HeleavesthequestionopenandconcludestheessaywithstatementspointingoutwhathethinkswillhelptheEnglishpeopletofacethefutureproperlyandnotbedefeatedbyapoorerandharderwayoflife.HethinkstheEnglishneedbothadirectionandagreatliftoftheheartandtheymustnotrejecttheirEnglishness.Itislooselyorganizedbuthighlyreadableforhissincerityandintensityofthefelings.中国出现第三拨移民高潮中坚阶层集体流失各种数据表明，自上世纪70年代末、90年代初期的两拨移民潮以来，中国改革开放之后的第三拨移民高潮在进入新世纪的十年中已成愈发汹涌之势。不同于第一拨混杂偷渡客的底层劳工和第二拨国门初启之时的“洋插队”，新世纪移民潮的主力由新富阶层和知识精英组成。高端群体、庞大数量和趋势化发展构成了不容忽视和必须面对的问题：中国是否正在经历社会中坚阶层的集体流失？中国已是世界最大移民国，目前约有3500万华人散居世界各地。

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优质的教育，健康的环境，安全的食品，规范的法律Para.1Whatisthethesisorcontroversialtopicoftheargument?TheEnglisharedifferent.@Theirinstinctivefeeling(nationalcharacter,byemotions)ismorereliablethantheirrationalthought(notafterreasoning).Para.2MaterialevidencetosupporthisfirstpointofviewAlthoughtheEnglishseemtohaveseriousdisagreementamongthemselvesandseemalwaystobeabusingpoliticallyeachotherloudly,therearefewer

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orfascistsinEnglandthaninmostothercountries.TheEnglishpeoplemayhotlyargueandquarrelwitheachotherbuttherestillexistsalotofnaturalsympatheticfeeling(fellowfeeling)foreachother.Noteverybodycandrawonthatreservoir.Noteverybodymaybeabletodisplaythisdistinctivefellow-feeling.Forexample:snarlingshopsteward(工会代表):wealthyemployers:SomecancerintheircharacterhaseatenawaytheirEnglishness.ThesepeoplenolongerbehaveliketypicalEnglishmenbecausesomediseasehaswarpedtheircharacter.Lecture21.WhatroledoesinstinctivefeelingplayinthebehaviorofanEnglishman?HowdoesthewritercometotheconclusionthattherearefewerfanaticalbelieversinEngland?Thedominantintentionorthecontroversialtopic(thesis)ofhisargumentisstatedearlyinparagraph1inonesuccinctsentence:“TheEnglisharedifferent”Aroundthiscentraltopic,Priestleydevelops5or6points(orissues)oftheargument:1)ItisinstinctivefeelingandnotrationalthoughtthatshapesandcoloursactualeventsinEngland.2)TheEnglishdonotfeelathomeinthecontemporaryworld,representingtheaccelerateddevelopmentofourwholeage.Theyaresuspiciousoflargeness,severeefficiencyandadmass,3)TheEnglisharealsodeeplysuspiciousofchangeforchange’ssake.4)TheEnglishcansoonfeelboredandthat’swhytheygambleandboozesomuchandenjoyanydramaticchangeinpubiclife.5)TheEnglishhaveasenseofcommunity,decentfellowfeeling,fairness.6)TheEnglishareatheartandatrootanimaginativepeopleimmediatelyresponsivetoanysuggestionofdramaintheirlives.Para.3:Secondpointinhisargument.@TheEnglisharedifferentbecausetheydonotfeelcomfortable(athome)livingintheworldtoday,whereallkindsofdevelopmentaretakingplaceatafasterandfasterrate.Theyaresuspiciousoflargeness,severeefficiencyandAdmass,Example:Scientificbigness:Industrialbigness150.000-tonship,alientoEnglishnessbutallrightforAmerica.PutmoneyinthypurseIfyouwanttogetthefavorofDesdemona,youhavetoberich.Para.4TheconflictbetweenAdmassandtheEnglishWhatimportancedoesthewriterattachtotheoutcomeofthisconflict?ThefutureoftheEnglishhangsupontheoutcomeofthebattlebetweenAdmassandEnglishnessItisbetweenadmass…advertisingcompaigns:

ThefutureoftheEnglishhangsupontheoutcomeofthebattlebetweenAdmassandEnglishness.AdmasshaswoninmostcountriesintheWesternworldsuchastheUnitedStates(dollars),France(francs),Germany(Deutschmarks),etc.InmostWesterncountriesAdmassgetshugegrantsofmoneyfromthegovernmenttoimprovepublicrelationsandmountbigadvertisingcampaigns;whereasEnglishnessissickandpoorandreceivesnosubsidies.Againstthis…infullcolour:

WhatisthefunctionofAdmassandEnglishnessaccordingtothewriter?Metaphor.AdmassiscomparedtoaposterinfullcolourandEnglishnesstoafaintpencilsketch.Atleastonthesurface.WhenEnglishnessisputagainstthepowerandsuccessofAdmass,Englishnessseemstoputuparatherpoorweakperformance.Admassislikeaposterpaintedindeepcolours(richvarietyofthings)andEnglishnessislikeafaintsketchdrawninpencil.(statesofmind)intermsofmaterial,orspirit.Butitisworthnoting…intotheretraps:

WhatarethedemeritsofAdmass?ButitisworthnotinginpassingthatinAmerica,thechiefadvocateofAdmass,therearetoomanytiredsalesmengettingdrunkinbarsandbreakinguptheirhomes,toomanyworkmensufferingfrommonotonyortime-and-motionstudiesandwonderinghowtheygotintosuchdesperatesituationsformwhichtheycannotescape.ThethirdpointinhisargumenttoprovethattheEnglisharedifferentnow.