Lesson five the_libido_for_the_ugly.ppt

Main idea of Para. 9 Mencken is critical of the American race which hates beauty as well it hates truth. chalet Para. 5 back street; Newark; Brooklyn; Chicago; Camden; Newport News back street: streets in slum areas Newark --- city in New Jersey Brooklyn --- borough of New York City Chicago --- city in Illinois Camden --- city in New Jersey Newport News --- seaport in Virginia Para. 5 Pullman a railroad car with private compartments or seats that can be made up into a place for sleeping. Named after the US inventor, George M. Pullman (1831-97) Para. 5 whirl; Godforsaken; Iowa, Kansas; malarious; tidewater hamlet whirl: go or move quickly Godforsaken: located in a remote area; desolate Iowa; Kansas: states in the middle malarious: of a disease(malaria) caused by mosquitoes 疟疾的 tidewater hamlet --- very small village near the sea affected by tides Para. 5 huddle; incomparable; titanic; aberrant; uncompromising; inimical huddle: crowd together incomparable: beyond comparison; matchless unequalled titanic: of great size，strength，or power aberrant: turning away from what is right or true 偏离常规的 uncompromising: not compromising or yielding；firm；determined 不妥协的 inimical: unfriendly; hostile Para. 5 ingenuity; Hell; grotesquery; in retrospect; diabolical; concoct ingenuity: cleverness, originality, skill Hell: the powers of evil grotesquery: being strange and unnatural so as to cause fear in retrospect: looking back diabolical: of the devil concoct: make sth. by mixing or combining Figures of speech (Para. 5) Sarcasm and irony--I award this championship only after laborious research and incessant prayer. (championship: used ironically, not the best but the worst.) Sarcasm-- They are incomparable in color, and they are incomparable in design. (People cannot find such terrible color and design in any other region.) Figures of speech (Para. 5) hyperbole and irony--It is as if some titanic and aberrant genius, uncompromisingly inimical