英语专业《综合英语第二册》Unit-2-Text-2-Closing-the-gap.pptVIP

That is all Unit 2 WWW.COMPANYSITE.COM | INFO@COMPANYSITE.COM | +12 34 567 890 | LONG STREET 12345, CITY, COUNTRY Unit 2 Text II Company name Company slogan here WWW.COMPANYSITE.COM | INFO@COMPANYSITE.COM | +12 34 567 890 | LONG STREET 12345, CITY, COUNTRY ----Mary Pipher Closing the gap * Part 1:Background Information⑴ Dr. Mary Pipher is a clinical psychologist and an adjunct clinical professor at the University of Nebraska. She received her BA in Cultural Anthropology at University of California at Berkeley and her PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Nebraska. Dr. Piphers work combines her training in the fields of psychology and anthropology. Her special area of interest is how American culture affects mental health. She is the author of Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls, an insightful work about the formation of self-esteem in adolescent girls. Dr. Pipher has also written The Middle of Everywhere: Helping Refugees Enter the American Community, The Shelter of Each Other: Rebuilding Our Families, Another Country, Hunger Pains: The Modern Womans Tragic Quest for Thinness and Eating Disorders. Three of her books have been on he New York Times best sellers list. Dr. Pipher travels all over the world sharing her ideas with community groups, schools and health care professionals. Her most recent book is Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World lord of the flies: 中文译作《蝇王》，是英国作家、诺贝尔文学奖获得者威廉·戈尔丁的代表作，是一本重要的哲理小说，借小孩的天真来探讨人性的恶这一严肃主题。故事发生于想象中的第三次世界大战，一群六岁至十二岁的儿童在撤退途中因飞机失事被困在一座荒岛上，起先尚能和睦相处，后来由于恶的本性的膨胀起来，便互相残杀，发生悲剧性的结果。作者将抽象的哲理命题具体化，让读者通过阅读引人入胜的故事和激动人心的争斗场面来加以体悟，人物、场景、故事、意象等都深具象征意义。 * Part 1:Background Information ⑵ Vocabulary: ●closing the gap:to make up the difference ●relatively:adv. viewed in comparison with something else rather than absolutely; quite比较地，相当 relatively speaking:相对来说；相比较而言 eg: Relatively speaking, these jobs provide good sala