现代大学英语精读3 lesson8课件.pptVIP

Unit 8We’re Only Human;The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge. ----Bertrand Russell 美好的人生是由爱所激励、由知识所引导的生活。 Life is real, life is earnest. 人生真实， 人生真挚.;Content Questions;1. What are the qualities the author suggests we should have so as to arise above nature? Explain the reasons for having them respectively. ;3. What are the basic desires for a good life that are mentioned to be the root of happiness?;Every day in the United States of America:;;Language Points;Be elevated(p2): achieve a more important rank or status;Drive(p6): a strong need or desire ; energy and determination;Derive(p7): derive pleasure or benefit from sth or sb;Forge(p8);;Commitment(p): a strong belief in an idea or system; 责任；承诺;commit a crime or a sin;commit suicidebe ~ted to sth致力于;If I could project you fifteen years into the future (p14): to device in the mind;Sustain(p17);Initiative(p17);Courage is to life what broth is to soup. (simile);Conform to(p22) ;Adam and Eve;Devastating(p25): very destructive;Transitory(p26): lasting only for a short time; Metonymy (借代)与Metaphor (隐喻)的区别;以典型的人体组织、四肢或器官借代抽象行为或能力;以人名借代事物或观念;以动、植物借代某种特征;地理上的局部借代整体;以工具或容器借代邻近的实体或概念;以商品的商标唤起相近的联想;以专业术语借代特定的概念