综合英语教程3 Fun,Oh Boy.Fun.You Could Die from It

综合英语教程3Fun,OhBoy.Fun.YouCouldDiefromItUnit4Fun,OhBoy.YouCouldDiefromItBorninWinston-Salem,NorthCarolina,andattendedSalemCollegeandWashingtonUniversity.ShehasbeenacolumnistfortheRaleighNewandObserverandStarsandStripes,Europeanedition,andhaswrittenforothernewspapersandnewsmagazines.Jordan’sbooksincludeacollectionofessays,ShowandTell(1982);SkinnyPeopleAreDullandCrunchylikeCarrots(1982),anexpansionofheressay“ThatLeanandHungryLook”;andAWriter’sRhetoric(1988),acollegetextbook.Thisessayoriginallyappearedinthe“MyTurn”columnofNewsweekmagazine.Abouttheauthor:SuzanneBrittJordan《新闻周刊》是美国主要时事周刊之一。内容广泛。长于报道和评论国际时事和美国国内政治动态。在美国，它是仅次于《时代》的周刊。在发行量上，它超过了《美国新闻和世界报道》。在这三份期刊中，《新闻周刊》通常被视作观点比《时代》更自由而比《美国新闻和世界报道》更保守。该刊刊名最初为News-Week，52期/年，由托马斯·J·C·马丁于1933年2月17日创立。1937年，马尔柯姆·米尔成为该刊主编及总裁，他将刊物改用现名，并加强了该刊文章的可读性，以及引入了新的署名专栏和国际版面。随着时间的流逝，《新闻周刊》已经发展为一个内容广泛的全方位新闻类杂志，其涵盖范围包括了从突发新闻到深度分析的各种内容。1961年，华盛顿邮报公司将其收归旗下。NewsweekNewsweekTextStructurePart1（Para.1—5）：Thisistheintroductorypart.Inthispart,theauthorprovidesaprecisedefinitionoffunandtalksaboutthepopularthoughtsaboutfun.Part2（Para.6—11）：Inthispart,theauthorofferstheextendeddefinitionoftheword“fun”bynegation.Part3（Para.12—15）：Thisistheconcludingpart.Inthispart,theauthortellsushowweshouldtreatfunandusesherownexperiencetopointouttheessenceoffun.AppreciationofWritingStyleLiteraryForm：ArgumentationWritingTechniques：AnarticlewithamixofnarrativeandcommentComparisonandContrastFiguresofSpeech＆RhetoricalDevice：Repetition,personification,simileandmetaphor.ColloquialExpressions：“Fun,OhBoy.Fun.YouCouldDiefromIt”“sakesalive！”,“byJove”,“Gollygee”,“Oughta”etc.TextSummaryFunishardtohave.However,peopleholdtheideathatfuniseasytogetandtheyshouldhavefun.Forthisreason,seekingfunbecomesamustinlife,overshadowingotherpursuits.Thismakespeopleignorethatthereshouldbesomethingseriousandgraveinreality.Intheiropinion,everythingshouldbefunandtheycansqueezefunoutofit,butitturnsoutdifferent.Peoplemakealotofattemptstogetfunbutinvainintheend,whichdrivesthemtolookformoreandmorethrillingwaystosupplyit,evensteppingupthelevelofdangerorlicentiousnessoralcoholordrugconsumption.Actually,whattheyhavedoneblasphemesfun,resultingintheabsenceoff