Unit1 Lesson2 The Lost Generation 美英报刊选读课件.ppt

Unit1 Lesson2 The Lost Generation;;;1.1 BusinessWeek BusinessWeek is a business magazine published by McGraw-Hill. It was first published in 1929 (as The Business Week) under the direction of Malcolm Muir, who was serving as president of the McGraw-Hill Publishing company at the time. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune （1930）and Forbes （1917）, which are published bi-weekly.;From 1975, it carried more advertising pages annually than any magazine in the United States, and in the mid 1990s its circulation was more than one million worldwide. Since 1988, Business Week has published annual rankings of United States business school MBA programs.In 2006, it also started publishing annual rankings of undergraduate business programs.;BusinessWeek discontinued its European and Asian editions in 2005. The press release of 07 December 2005 issued by McGraw-Hill stated that it had decided to deliver a single global edition instead of providing separate regional ones. On October 12, 2007, BusinessWeek launched a revamped design, its first in four years. Several sections were redesigned to focus the publication more on news and global coverage, while eliminating the Executive Life section. ;;考核知识点;美国内战后的几代人分别是： 传教士一代 1860—1882出生（他们有着强烈的使命感，在国内开展禁酒、戒毒和女权运动，在国外积极传播基督教），美国内战摧毁了阻碍社会经济发展的南方奴隶制度，促进了北方大资产阶级和大工业的发展。生活水平的提高使这代人受到良好教育，具有强烈的使命感。他们视自己为道德的守护神，狂热地推行其主张。在国内，他们积极组织“打击不端行为纠察队”，大力开展禁酒、戒毒和女权运动；在国外，积极传播基督教。一战后，这一代人进人中年，开始掌握国家政权。 ;丁韪良 (1827—1916);迷惘的一代（1883一1900年）：迷茫的一代（“迷茫的一代”源自Gertrude?Stein对海明威说的话：You?are?all?a?lost?generation.），The Sun Also Rise 这代人出生、成长于世纪之交，正逢美国各种道德观念交织碰撞的时代，其精神上的迷惘表现为虚无主义。他们看破红尘，贪图享乐。爵士乐、狐步舞、查尔斯顿舞等新的娱乐形式在年轻人中很快流行。许多人将此时期称做“喧闹的20年代”。在其成长中，出现了一系列无法解释的灾难——旧金山大地震、“泰坦尼克号”客轮沉没、美国大流感等。他们成年不久，第一次世界大战爆发。战争冷酷无情地彻底打召他们的理想，使他们对现实深感失望。;;大兵的一代（1901—1924年）： 美国历史学家伦纳德?凯恩认为，1900年是个代际分水岭，此后的出生者受到明显多的关心和照顾。第二次世界大战锻炼了他们的意志，战争的胜利又使他们深感自豪。这一代人对自己信心十足。有较强的责任感，其中产生了7位美国总统，从肯尼迪到布什，控制白宫达50年。大兵的一代（第二次世界大战锻炼了他们的意志，战争的胜利又使他们深感自豪。他们中共产生了7为美