华东理工大学 高级英语 授课教案 book2 lesson_10.ppt.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Paraphrase Something in the tension-ridden youth of America had to “give”(para6) Something in the youth of America, who were already very tense, had to break down. Back Paraphrase it was only natural that hopeful young writers, their minds and pens inflamed against war, Babbittry, and “Puritanical” gentility, should flock to the traditional artistic center(para7) It was only natural that hopeful young writers whose minds and writings were filled with violent anger against war, Babbittry, and “Puritanical” gentility, should come in great numbers to live in Greenwich Village, the traditional artistic centre. Back Paraphrase Each town had its “fast” set which prided itself on its unconventionality(para8) Each town was proud that it had a group of wild, reckless people, who lived unconventional lives. Back The structure of the text is clear and simple. The essay divides logically into paragraphs with particular functions: (1)?? to introduce the subject in para.1. (2)?? to support and develop the thesis in para.2-9 (3)?? to bring the discussion to an end (conclusion) in para. 10-11 Macro-Structure of the text In “The Sad Young Men’, Horton and Edwards state their thesis in the last para of the essay “ The intellectuals of the twenties …… most stimulating writing in its literary experience”. They support their thesis by providing historical material concerning the revolt of the younger generation of the twenties in a series of paras between the introductory para and conclusion. The Rejection of Victorian gentility was, in any case, inevitable (para.3) The rebellion started with WWI (para.5) Greenwich Village set the pattern (para.7) Meanwhile the true intellectuals were far from flattered. Back Macro-Structure of the text Para.1. The function of this para is introductory. The writers begin by mentioning the interest in the Twenties by