Unit_6 Sanctuary or Fulfillment 高等院校研究生英语系列教材 综合教程（上）.ppt

高等院校研究生英语系列教材;*; Content;Task 1 Work with your partner to match the following US cities with their nicknames. Try to explain the origin of the nicknames on Page 160.;Task 2 A Native of Beijing in New York was a TV series reflecting the lives of Chinese living abroad. They struggle for a better life while coming to realize how much they have lost. Its prologue is quite impressive (P160): If you love him bring him to New York for its heaven; if you hate him bring him to New York for its hell. ;Starting out—Task 3;Starting out—Task 3; Here is New York; ;; Introduction ;The vibrations of great things or people felt in New York;The insulation provided by New York;Conclusion;Task 2;Critical Thinking;Step One Read the following sentences from the text and decide what the author actually meant. Do you agree with him or not? ;Step Two Just like New York in America, Beijing is the city in China that many Chinese dream of living in. What are the gifts Beijing bestows on its residents? Suppose you are a university students in Beijing. After graduation, will you decide to stay in Beijing and why? Discuss in groups the above questions. ;1. It is this largess that accounts for the presence within the city’s walls of a considerable section of the population; for the residents of Manhattan are to a large extent strangers who have pulled up stakes somewhere and comet to town, seeking sanctuary or fulfillment of some greater or lesser grail. (Para. 1) considerable: adj. considerably: adv. much, a lot 非常；很；相当多的 grail: a thing that you try very hard to find or achieve, but never will 渴望但永远得不到的东西 翻译：纽约城内数量庞大的居民中，冲着这份赠礼而来此落脚的绝不在少数；曼哈顿也因此聚集了众多异乡客，他们背井离乡到此闯荡，有的为了寻求庇护，有的为了一展抱负，还有的为了实现心中或大或小的愿望。 ;2. It carries on its lapel the unexpungeable odor of the long past, so that no matter where you sit in New York you feel the vibrations of great times and tall deeds, of queer peopl