disappearing through the sky line课文解析--大学英语专业精读.ppt

Company Logo Other figures of speech They made a statement:” We are solid. We are permanent…” (personification P88) We are abstract like art and almost invisible like the Crystal Palace. (simile P88) REFERENCES 1 Teacher’s Book 2 for Advanced English 2 /books/ advanced english/course2/ disappearing-through-the-skylight-aims 高级英语课程辅导 Company Logo The End Thank you Company Logo Company Logo LOGO PRESENTERS: Jade Monica Derek Disappearing Through the Skylight Osborne B. Hardison Jr. presenters. plural form. Company Logo About the author Osborne B. Hardison Jr. ● interested in the characteristics and changes of the modern culture ● works: 1.Entering the Maze: Identity and Change in Modern Culture (1981) 2.Disappearing Through the Skylight (1980). 3.…… (refer to Page 89 for more details) delete being italisize all titles. About the text Disappearing Through the Skylight ◆ the title of both the chapter and the book ◆ subtitle of the book: Culture and Technology in the Twentieth Century ◆ the book is about the ways culture has changed in the past century, changing the identities of all those born into it. Company Logo ◆ the article itself concentrates on ? “disappearance” — nature, history, even the solid banks ?universalizing tendency of science and technology ?the modern man is universalized by a homogeneous world and becomes a cosmopolitan ?a form of liberation resulting from the disappearance of history, “playfulness” Company Logo Scientific Writing ? scientific and technology terms ? plain and accurate description ? organized clearly and logically ? attractive for nonscientists and scientists “thermodynamics” figurative language topic sentences Company Logo text analysis Company Logo Divided into four parts Paras.16 1 Paras.78 2 Paras.915 3 Paras. 1619 4 Company Logo Part