基础英语unit8_text appreciation英语.pptVIP

Sentence Paraphrase 15 Are we up to it? (28) Are we capable of performing or dealing with it? B T L E W here is used in a new meaning, be capable of doing sth go to 16 Sentence Paraphrase 16 The economy is a human construct. (29) The economy is a human concept. The end of Sentence Paraphrase B T L E W an idea or theory formed in people’s minds Part Three This is the end of Part Three. Please click HOME to visit other parts. B T L E W Unit 8 – Economic Growth Is a Path to Perdition, Not Prosperity Part Three ENTER B T L E W Text Appreciation Text analysis 1. Theme 2. Structure 3. Further discussion Writing devices Alliteration Sentence paraphrase B T L E W Text Analysis Compared with the Biblical myth of creation Darwin had long fought against, there is a modern dangerous myth about economic growth. The cause of the myth is rooted in capitalism and statistics of the rapid growth. Economic growth leads to lots of disasters, such as exhaust of natural resources, decline of ecology, continued inequality between rich and poor countries, etc. The mission of humanity, therefore, is to change the way as it is. Theme of the story The theme is summed up at the very end. B T L E W The end of Theme. The modern myth of economic growth A. Definition (4–6) 1. The myth being more dangerous (4) 2. The myth that economy being able to grow forever (5–6) B. Normal pattern of economic growth before the 1940s (7) C. The latest global economic slump challenging the myth (8) Part 1 (paras. 1- ): Part 2 (paras. ): Text Analysis Structure of the text 3 4-8 Introduction: Darwin’s long battle against the Biblical myth of creation B T L E W To be continued on the next page. A. Growth being the core of capitalism (9–10) B. Statistics of the rapid growth (11) Part 3 (paras. ): Text Analysis Structure of the text 9-11 Root cause of the myth B T L E W To be continued on the next page. A. Finiteness of natural resources (12–13) B. Statistics of ecological d