Book 1 Unit 6.ppt

Contents Benjamin Franklin United States Minister to France1778–1785 1st United States Postmaster General1775–1776 His Inventions: Franklin was a prodigious inventor. Among his many creations were the lightning rod, glass armonica (a glass instrument, not to be confused with the metal harmonica), Franklin stove, bifocal glasses and the flexible urinary catheter. Franklin on 100 Dollar Bill YUKO SHIMIZU （清水裕子） Yuko Shimizu is a freelance illustrator based in New York City and an illustration instructor at School of Visual Arts. Newsweek Japan has chosen her as one of “100 Japanese People The World Respects” in 2009. Her clients include: Microsoft, Pepsi, VISA, MTV, TARGET, The Gap, T-Mobile, Neiman Marcus, Warner Elektra Atlantic Music, NPR, FUSE TV, M.A.C. Cosmetics, Pentagram, Sagmeister Inc., TIME, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, PLAYBOY, GQ, etc. Some of Her Works Lead-in What are the advantages of living in the city? Lead-in Lead-in Lead-in What are the disadvantages of living in the city? Lead-in Lead-in Lead-in Lead-in How to balance the advantages of living in a big city against the disadvantages? Text Structure Part I. The city has always been an engine of intellectual life, but a new research suggests cities actually dull our thinking. (Paragraph 1-3) Part II: With our brain being a limited machine, unnatural surroundings of city hurt our mental health. (Paragraph 4-6) Text Structure Text Structure Sentence Study While the modern city might be a haven for playwrights, poets, and physicists, it’s also a deeply unnatural and overwhelming place. (Para.2) Sentence Study Sentence Study Given the myriad of mental problems that are exacerbated by city life, from an inability to pay attention to a lack of self-control, the question remains:　Why do cities continue to grow? And why, even in the electronic age, do they endure as wellsprings of i