How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience课件.ppt

How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience John Kenneth Galbraith  How do you understand the title? Get the poor off our conscience: 不为穷人的存在而感到内疚 E.g. Get off the bus / train / plane. E.g. I will have to get this letter off by tonight. E.g. How should he get off doing the dishes only because he is a boy? I’ll pay you anything if you managed to get her off. Key points of the text The author’s writing style: lucidity and persuasiveness, skillful employment of humorous irony to bitter satire. Rhetorical device: irony. Words and expressions: perilous, justify, preoccupation, dawn, subsistence, repair to, as regards, be replete with, resort to, compassion, yearn for Organization of the text *Part I (Para. 1-2): opening part *Part II (Para. 3-9): five solutions ( arranged chronologically) that have been offered in history. *Part III (Para. 10-11): transition part Part IV (Para.12-20) a critical analysis of the five current design to get the poor off our conscience. Part V (Para.21) concluding part Part I (Para. 1-2) What is one of the oldest human exercises? What is the main idea of this part? people have been trying to search for expalnations to justify the coexistence of the rich and poor for centuries and the search will “continues to be so “in our own time.” Reflect (1) The moon reflects the sun’s rays. (2) The low value of the dollar reflects growing concern of Americans. (3) Take some time to reflect on your future plan. (4) If my children are rude, that reflects on me as a parent. 对造成（不利）影响 justify (1) to show … is right, reasonable or proper. 证明（人，言论，行为等）有道理，为正当。 E.g. Now can you justify the expense? You can hardly justify such conduct. The course of events fully justifies our views. Nothing can justify such careless mistakes. (2) be a good reason for 为…辩护 E.g. Your wish to go for a walk does not justify your leaving the baby alone in the house. preoccupation sth. that gives all your attention to. 心里总想着的事，入神。 E.g. His main preoccupations were