UnitTenThings:TheThrow-Away Society整理課件Pre-readingQuestionsAfteryouhaveeatenapaperbagofapples,doyoukeepthebagorthrowitaway?Ifthefruitcomesinagoodplasticbag,howdoyoudisposeoftheplasticbag?Supposeyouhaveanoldwatchwhichisoutoforder.Wouldyouhaveitrepairedorbuyanewoneandthrowtheoldoneaway?Ifitisnotyoubutyourgrandmotherwhohastheplasticbagandthewatch,whatisshemostlikelytodowiththem?整理課件II.RelevantInformationLosAngeles:LosAngelesisthelargestcityinCaliforniaandthesecond-largesturbanareaintheU.S.Itspopulationis10,103,000(in2004).London:Ithasapopulationof7,172,036(2001census).3.

Paris:2,107,700(2004)整理課件IV.KeyPointsoftheTextParagraph1eminently:very;perfectly不尋常地，非常E.g.:Thediscussioniseminentlypractical.討論非常實際。Hisarticlesarecomprehensiveandeminentlycomprehensible.他的文章內(nèi)容豐富又特別易于理解。整理課件Paragraph2humanoid:(esp.ofamachine)havinghumanshapeorqualities似人的，有人類特點的Eg.,Thedollhasatwist-and-turnwaistthatmakeshermorehumanoidthanbefore.整理課件Paragraph2trade-inallowance:areducedpriceonepayswhenonetradeinsomethingoldforanewone以舊換新打折價整理課件Paraphrase1 Moreover,Mattelannounce…forheroldone.(para.2) Moreover,Mattelmadepublicthat,forthefirsttime,allgirlsdesiretobuyaBarbiefromitscompanyweretobegiventherightofturningintheirolddollsinexchangefornewmodelsatareducedprice.整理課件Paragraph4iridescent:showingchangingcolorsaslightfallsonit色彩斑斕的，彩虹般的E.g.:Soapbubblesareiridescent.肥皂泡沫呈彩虹色。aniridescentnovel才華閃爍的小說beiridescentwiththegloriesofthepast.因既往的光榮事跡而燦爛發(fā)光整理課件Paragraph4Man-madethingsenterintoandcolorhisconsciousness:Hismindisfilledwithandinfluencedbyartificialthings.整理課件Paraphrase2 Butincreasingly,itis…fortheindividual.(para.4) Butmoreandmore,man-madeproductsformaveryimportantpartinthelivesofpeople.整理課件Paragraph5deride:laughatormakefunof(sthconsideredworthless)嘲笑；嘲弄E.g.:Theyderidedhisnotionthatmancanconquerspace.整理課件Paragraph6clutchlingeringlyandlovinglytothesamedoll:holdontothesameolddollfaithfully/persistently/withdevotionandwithlove整理課件Paragraph6Transientandtemporaryaresynonyms,buttheyaredifferentinthattemporarysignifies“l(fā)astingforatime”(暫時的)whiletransientmeans“existingonlyforthemoment”(稍縱即逝的).“Themoodsweremanyandtransient.”“心緒紛繁但往往如過往煙云”整理課件Paraphrase3 Nothingcouldbe…fromsheerage.(para.6) Thisdifferenceseemsmostnoticeablebetweenthemoderngirlswhoaredelightedinreplacingtheirout-of-dateBarbiesforthenewones,andtheirmothersandgrandmothers,whoarereluctanttopartwiththeirdearlittledollsuntiltheyaretimewornandbroken.整理課件Paragraph7clip:(infml,esp.Am.E)fastspeedE.g.:Theytraveledonfootataclipof25milesaday.他們徒步旅行，一天走25英里。keeptheeconomygrowingatagoodclip

使經(jīng)濟(jì)保持高速增長整理課件Paragraph7ruthlesslyeliminated:doneawaywith/thrownoutcompletelyThenormalmeaningofruthlesslyis“cruelly,mercilessly.”Inthiscontext,itmeans“firmlyandcompletely.”E.g.:Adecisionwasmaderuthlesslytocarrythroughthereform.整理課件Paragraph7Sheisinextricablyembeddedinathrow-awayculture:shebecomesapartofthethrow-awaysocietyfromwhichshecannotbreakaway整理課件Paragraph7inextricably:inseparablyE.g.:Highbirthrateandlowlifeexpectancyusedtobeinextricablylinkedinourcountry,butitisnolongersotoday.整理課件Paragraph7embed:fixfirmlyanddeeplyinamassofsurroundingsubstanceE.g.:Heexertedsomuchstrengththathisknifegotembeddedinthechoppingblock.Asplinter(破片)wasembeddedinmyfinger.整理課件Paragraph8runcounterto:conflictwith;oppose;beoppositetoE.g.:Thegovernment’sactionsruncountertotheirelectionpromises.runcounterto/goagainstthegrain:becontrarytoone’sinclination（癖好，意向）ordisposition（氣質(zhì)，性情）整理課件Paragraph8steepin:a.placeandleave(sth)in(liquid)foralongtime;E.g.:Iftheclothesareverydirty,steeptheminsoapywaterovernight.b.giveone’swholeattentiontoandesp.learnabout(sth)E.g.:Ihaveatalktogiveonthefamouswriternextmonth,sofirstImuststeepmyselfinhisbooks.整理課件Paragraph10quasi-paper:imitationpaper,syntheticpaper人造紙，合成紙quasi/‵kweizai/:resembling;seemingE.g.:quasi-liberal近乎自由主義的

quasi-justice近似的公正整理課件Paragraph10sumptuous:grandandexpensive豪華的；華麗的；奢侈的E.g.:sumptuousfurniture/meal/eveningdress整理課件Paragraph12feature:advertiseasaspecialfeature以…為特色；是…的特色E.g.:Thenewtypeenginesfeaturehighspeed,smallsizeandeconomicaloperatingcosts.這種新型發(fā)動機(jī)以高速、小型和操作費(fèi)用低為特色。Round-the-clockservicefeaturesthisstore.日夜服務(wù)是這家商店的特色。整理課件Paragraph12devil-may