The Telephone 现代大学英语教材.ppt

Lesson 10 ;; I.?? Discussions for General Comprehension 1. Work on the questions on P.307; 2. Why does the author say so much about how the local people kept time in the small Lebanon village? ;; The telephone is one of the most wonderful inventions of all times. With the arrival of more sophisticated means of telecommunications, it still remains an important instrument in our daily life. The text describes, from a little boy’s perspective, how the telephone affected people’s way of life in a Lebanese mountain village. The essay raises the question of what attitude we should adopt toward new things, whether we should welcome them or boycott them. The question is not so easy to answer, but the writer’s conclusion seems to be that whether you like it or not, you cannot stop a good;;… the two important-looking men from the telephone company, who proceeded with utmost gravity, like priests at Communion, to wire up the telephone. I wriggled my way through the dense forest of legs to get a firsthand look at the action. Her house was an island of comfort, an oasis for the weary village men, exhausted from having so little to do.;;III. Detailed Discussion of the Text 1.????? When I was growing up in Magdaluna, a small Lebanese village in the terraced, rocky mountains east of Sidon… Magdaluna: a village that lies in the Lebanon Mountains running parallel to the Mediterranean coastline. A narrow plain lies along the Mediterranean coastline. In some places the plain is just wide enough for a road. east (west, etc) of: at a distance to the east (west, etc), e.g. ;The Map of Lebanon;The Site of an Old Castle;National Flag;;; Lebanese Old Man; Lebanese Lady;; 2. In those days, there was no real need for a calendar or a watch to keep track of the hours, days, months, and years. to keep track (of): to keep oneself informed about a person, situation, etc, e.g. They try hard to keep track of all the new developments in the IT industry. The bo