【2017年整理】现代与大学英语精读2Lesson9QuickFixSociety讲解.docVIP

Lesson 9 Quick Fix Society Links 1.?????? American Civil War 2.?????? Try to tell as many brand names of cars as possible Lead-in topics 1. What are the advantages of a quick—fix lifestyle. 2. When you listen to a piece of classical music, do you try to appreciate every note of it or just the most wonderful part? 3. How do you deal with the exercises after each lesson? Words and Phrases 1)????? Key Words: antique (总结英语的前缀ant, anti, ante, an的用法); f ix (从课文标题入手整理fix的一些重要和用法 ); vacation (由vacation入手讲解英语中单词的分类common words, literary words, slang words, colloquial words, technical words); herd (总结英语中的一些量词) 2)????? Word Building: root: cede, cess, ceed prefix: pre 3)????? Pick out the expressions that can both be used in formal writing and informal writing. 4)????? Phrases: sth agrees with sb, as many, can not wait to do sth, save up, off the rack, linger on 5)????? Text Appreciation 1)????? Theme Let’s slow down and enjoy what nature offers us and what mankind has left us and rediscover life. 2)????? Structure Part 1 (Paras. 1—3): the author’s different experiences of her trip on the fast road and that of her return trip through the countryside. Part 2 (Paras. 4—6): Now instead later; Faster instead of slower; Superficially instead of thoroughly Part 3 (Para. 7-8): We should slow down and enjoy life. 3）Language Style ?????? informal essay ?????? a lot of abbreviation 4）Writing Devices comparison and contrast examples rhetorical questions Repetition 5）Questions What made the writer come to think about the lifestyle of American people? How do you understand “deferred gratification”? Symbolically, the American eagle now flies for Express Mail. How dare anyone keep America waiting longer than overnight? ? 6) Grammar One of the problems existing among first—year English majors is they can not manipulate participles very well, especially when they function as adverbials. Therefore, in the analysis