新世纪大学英语第3册unit1.ppt

Before Reading_ MAIN;;Before Reading_2.2;Before Reading_2.3;Before Reading_2.4;Directions: When you are listening to the brief introduction to the author, you are required to catch the key words of this passage. And then say something about the author according to the key words you’ve got.;Directions: When you are listening to the brief introduction to the author, you are required to catch the key words of this passage. And then say something about the author according to the key words you’ve got.;Before Reading_4.11;;Before Reading_4.12;Before Reading_4.13;Before Reading_4.14;Before Reading_4.15;Before Reading_4.16;Before Reading_4.17;Before Reading_4.18;Before Reading_4.21;;Before Reading_4.22;Before Reading_4.23;Before Reading_4.24;Before Reading_4.25;Before Reading_4.26;Before Reading_4.27;Before Reading_4.28;Before Reading_4.29;Before Reading_5.1;Before Reading_5.2;Global Reading_1;Global Reading_2.1;Global Reading_2.2;Global Reading_3;Global Reading_4;Friendship is an eternal (永恒的) theme (主题) in human history. A life without friendship is hard to imagine. But what is friendship? Read the following text and see if you can gain some new insights into the true meaning of friendship.; When we approach the notion of friendship, our first problem is that there is a lack of socially acknowledged criteria for what makes a person a friend. In one setting, we may describe someone as a friend; in another, the label may seem less appropriate. Therefore, people tend to have a very thin understanding of what friendship really means. To help us understand what friendship really means, we need to review some classical views of friendship. One classical view of friendship is provided by Aristotle, the famous ancient Greek philosopher. Aristotle distinguishes between what he believes to be genuine friendships and two other forms: one based on mutual usefulness,