Unit2HowReadingChangedMyLife教程分析.ppt

Part 4 Detailed Reading: Language Focus Paraphrase: When literary critics discussed the problem of reading, they sometimes showed the terrible attitude that reading was a right that only belonged to the elite, not to be shared with other people. If we say some people have certain exclusive rights, it means these rights are exclusive to these people, not shared with anybody else. Part 4 Detailed Reading: Language Focus This was always couched in terms of taste, but it tasted, smelled unmistakably like snobbery. taste: n. (here) the ability to judge if sth is good or bad in things like art, literature, music, fashion or social behavior 品位；鉴赏力；欣赏力 e.g. He has very good taste in music. 他有很高的音乐鉴赏能力。 Part 4 Detailed Reading: Language Focus taste: linking verb: to have a particular kind of taste smell: linking verb Part 4 Detailed Reading: Language Focus Paraphrase: The discrimination of different books was said to be made with a good judgement, but such discrimination seemed to be completely snobbish. Part 4 Detailed Reading: Language Focus Gutenberg invented the printing press. printing press: (here) refers to a machine for printing books, newspapers, etc. 印刷机 Part 4 Detailed Reading: Language Focus After that, it became more difficult for one small group of people to lay an exclusive claim to books, to seize and hold reading as their own. lay claim to sth: to state officially that you have a right to own sth 声称对…..的拥有权；提出对….的所有权 seize and hold sth: to grasp sth quickly and forcibly and then hold it firmly Part 4 Detailed Reading: Language Focus When I began to read their work, I was disheartened to discover that many of them felt that the quality of poetry and prose, novels and history and biography, was plummeting into some intellectual bargain basement. Part 4 Detailed Reading: Language Focus plummet: v. to drop straight down; to fall suddenly and quickly from a high level or position 暴跌；速降 e.g. Their exports plummeted in the first quarter of the year. Share p