the throw-away society第八段讲课.pptx

Paragraph 8;Para. The idea of using …a heritage of poverty.;disposable products things to be used once and then thrown away, e.g. disposable paper cups, disposable bib, disposable napkins disposable is made up of dispose (of) and the suffix -able, meaning able to be got rid of/to be thrown away. Disposability n. having the quality of being disposed of ;Disposable：made to be thrown away after use;1. What is the topic sentence of para. 8 ? Is it adequately developed by the evidence that follows in the paragraph?; 1. The first sentence. 2. It is not adequately developed by the example given in the paragraph. While the French can be regarded as a nation disposed to keeping things, even old things, they are not typically a nation steeped in a heritage of poverty. Therefore, the topic sentence is only partially developed. ;2. How does Toffler imply that the development of the throw-away culture is entailed by? industrialization? ;The last sentence of Para. 4 implies that the expanding number of man-made objects is typical of a highly industrialized society. The last sentence of Para. 8 indicates that the more developed the society, the less the resistance to throw-away things. Examples given in the essay are all related to highly industrialized countries.