大学英语精读第六册课件.pptVIP

精读第六册 Lesson One How to get the poor off our conscience Part II (1-2) These are the opening paragraphs. The author, without beating about the bush, comes straight to the theme. In stating “our conscience”, the author seems to indicate that he is included in the search of ways of “getting the poor off our conscience”, thus making it sound that he is reflecting on a moral sin we are all guilty of, rather than adopting a condescending way of preaching. The author points out that the search has been “an intellectual preoccupation for centuries” and continues to be so “in our own time”, The word “our” implicitly includes all people who are not poor. 1. I would like to reflect on one of the oldest of human exercise…(1) I want to think seriously about one of the oldest practices of human beings. to reflect on/upon: to think on; to bring discredit upon 2. …we have undertaken to get the poor off our conscience.(1) …we have managed to feel comfortable when we see the existence of the poor around us. conscience: a sense of right and wrong, with an urge to do right 良心，本性 3. Plutarch was led to say: “An imbalance between the rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of republics.”(2) The lap between the rich and the poor has caused many fatal problems all the time for the society, and no way has found to resolve them. 4. And the problems that arise from the continuing coexistence of affluence and poverty-and particularly the process by which good fortune is justified in the presence of the ill fortune of others-have been an intellectual preoccupation for centuries.(2) For centuries those with high intellect have been searching for explanations to justify the coexistence of the rich and the poor. intellectual: appealing to the intellect 智力的，需要思考的 intellectual preoccupation: 有思想有学问的人孜孜不倦的思考探索的问题 Part II (3-9) This part deals with the five solutions that had been offered in history. These solutions are arranged chro