21世纪英文报1011期P67.ppt

Background Information Dandy is a man who places particular importance upon?physical appearance, refined language, and leisurely hobbies, pursued with the appearance of nonchalance in a cult of Self. Historically, especially in late 18th- and early 19th-century?Britain, a dandy, who was self-made, often strove to imitate an aristocratic?lifestyle despite coming from a?middle-class?background. Background Information Playboy was initially used in the18th century for boys who performed in the theatre,?and later it appears in the 1828 Oxford Dictionary to characterize a person with money who is out to enjoy himself. By the end of the 19th century it also implied the connotations of “gambler” and “musician”.?By 1907, in?J. M. Synge’s comedy “The Playboy of the Western World”, the term had acquired the notion of a?womanizer. Background Information Background Information Background Information Oscar Wilde (16 October 1854?– 30 November 1900) was an?Irish writer?and a spokesman of “art for art’s sake”. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Today he is remembered for his?epigrams, his only novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, his plays, and the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. Background Information Reading Comprehension Read the news and answer the following questions: 4. What is the difference between the ways that employees are paid in US and in European countries and Australia? The federal minimum wage in the US is $7.25 (44.5 yuan) an hour, but employers of tipped