上外课件：Unit 04_B (第六册,英语综合教程,外教社).ppt

Unit 4 Text Explanation Part II Paragraph 6 These qualities make Disney World the ultimate showcase for the way technology will lead to transcendence of the mundane world. In place of the promise of modernism, which told us that we could realistically hope that technology would usher in an age of affluence, power over nature, and rationality, it reveals a postmodern promise that has emerged out of modernism, in which we are told that technology will allow us to escape the conditions of society and the physical world ultimate (adj.) furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme Of his ultimate fate, I know not.对于他最终的命运，我不知道。 The ultimate goal is to achieve gender equality.它的最终目的是达到社会性别平等。 He gave his life and thereby paid the ultimate price.他牺牲了生命,从而付出了最大的代价。 showcase (n.v.) a situation or event which makes it possible for the best features of sth. to be seen The Internet provides people with a showcase to understand the world.因特网给人们提供了了解世界的一扇窗。 They might not air as produced, but they certainly showcase your talents and might get you started on a new career path.也许制作的纪录片不能对外播出，但是他们肯定展示了你的才华，或许为你展开了一条新的职业道路。 modernism genre of art and literature that makes a self-conscious break with previous genres; the quality of being current or of the present; practices typical of contemporary life or thought现代主义；现代思想；现代作风 The European modernism is really surprising.欧洲人的“前卫”可谓让人大跌眼镜。 The Confucian educational thinking is obviously branded with post-modernism.儒家教育思想有明显的后现代主义特征。 usher (v.) show (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums usher in: to be at the start of a new period, especially when importat changes of new things happen, or to cause important changes to start happening. Dunleavy is about to usher in his coaching career in the Clippers sixth year.邓利维即将迎来自己在快船执教生涯的第六个年头。 affluence(n.) abundant wealth The American way of life was said to be deficient in spite of the affluence.虽然美国财力丰厚，但人们的生活方式存在一定的缺憾。 affluent (adj.) having an abundant supply