《高级英语》第二册第6课课件.pptVIP

Loving and Hating New York ;The United States;Manhattan;;;The Statue of Liberty (自由女神像);---A modern city with skyscrapers or high buildings. It is an international metropolis with nationalities from all over the world. So it is called a “melting pot”.;About the author Thomas Griffith  Thomas Griffith (1915--), American writer and editor. Since 1974 he has been press columnist, Time magazine; staff contributor, Fortune magazine; columnist, Atlantic Monthly. He is an uprooted westerner who now calls New York home. Publications: The Waist-High Culture; How True? ---A Sceptics Guide to Believing the News.;2) About New York City;New York City;New York City;New York City;New York;New York; five boroughs (counties) in New York State: Manhattan (New York County); Brooklyn (Kings County); Bronx (Bronx County); Queens (Queens County); and Staten Island (Richmond County) “The Big Apple” is a major world capital and a world leader in finance, the arts, and communications. The port of New York is one of the finest in the world and ranks as the largest port complex on the East Coast. ;Manhattan; The city is the home of the United Nations and is headquarters for some of the worlds largest corporations. The city is also the center of advertising, fashion, publishing, culture, art, music and radio broadcasting in the United States. New York is also one of the centers of industry in America.; ----- exposition; expository writing ( revision: Narration, Description, Exposition and Argumentation) Definition: Exposition is a type of oral or written discourse that is used to explain, describe, give information or inform. Methods for writing a piece of exposition: ---comparison; definition; exemplification; contrast; illustration, etc.;3) The structural organization of this essay: clear and simple. ;Textual Structure;Part 1: (Para.1-5) General introduction of N.Y. — setting forth the present status of New York in the United States and in