现代大学英语精读6Lesson1HowtoGetthePooroffOurConscience.pptVIP

How to Get the Poor off Our Conscience John Kenneth Galbraith John Kenneth Galbraith(1908-2006) An economist, author, professor, presidential counselor and U.S. ambassador to India The “last American Institutionalist” an unabashed popularizer of economics The Affluent Society (1958) 2000 the Presidential Medal of Freedom,the U.S. governments highest civilian honor. John Kenneth Galbraith Discussion and Pre-class Works: Why do you think the author choose this title? What do you think of the gaps in wealth between the rich and the poor? Is there any way to solve this problem? Detailed study: I(1-2): *Get the poor off our conscience: conscience, a sense of right and wrong, with an urge to do right *intellectual: appealing to the intellect II (3-9): *The poor suffer in the world but…: in the next, after they die; when they go to the next world, i.e. heaven or paradise *This is, in some ways, an admirable solution…. : why? And does the author really think that this is an admirable solution? (Discuss about it) * “the principle of utility”: an artion is judged by whether it will increase or decrease the benefits of those who are affected by the action. *Poverty being caused in the bed…: Poverty was caused by overproduction of children. *overriding: Prevailing *The American Beauty Rose can be …: 美国这朵玫瑰花后以其华贵让观众倾倒、赞不绝口。而她之所以 能被培植出来，就是因为在早期其周围的花蕾给掐掉了。在经济 生活中情况亦是如此。这是自然规律和上帝意志在起作用。 III(10-11) What was the Roosevelt revolution? Why does the author call it a revolution? Is he for or against the revolution? How do you know? How did people feel when a number of social measures were put into practice? Were they right in thinking so? IV(12-20) What is the argument of the first design? Essence? *We have great corporate bureaucracies replete with corporate bureaucrats, … ,(When these …, all been in the Pantagon.): What is the basic view of the author?