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Lesson10RodW.Horton&HerbertW.EdwardsTeachingobjectivesTolearnabouttheLostGenerationTounderstandthestyleoftheessayTolearntheeffectiveuseoftopicsentencesAuthorsjointauthors:HortonandEdwardstakenfromBackgroundsofAmericanLiteraryThought(1967)Thestyleoftheessayapieceofexpository(说明的)writingexplainingacertainperiodinAmericanliteraryandsocialhistoryBackgroundInformationTheSadYoungMen&theLostGeneration:Thesamegroupofpeople,thedisillusionedintellectualsafterWorldWarI(1914-1918),whorebelledagainstformeridealsandvalues,butcouldreplacethemonlybydespairoracynicalhedonism(享乐主义).theSadYoungMen:createdbyF.ScottFitzgeraldinhisbookAlltheSadYoungMentheLostGeneration迷惘的一代:createdbyGertrudeStein.BackgroundInformationErnestHemingway,F.ScottFitzgerald,WilliamCarlosWilliams,ThorntonWilderBackgroundInformationBeatGeneration垮掉的一代afterWorldWarII,agroupofAmericanwritersofthe1950s,profounddissatisfactionwithcontemporaryAmericansociety,firstusedbyKerouac,1960s,hippies:“beat”lifestyleBackgroundInformationtheangryyoungmen:agroupofEnglishwritersinthe1950s,rebellious,criticalattitudestowardssocietyOverviewItexplainsacertainperiodinAmericanliteraryandsocialhistory.ItfocusesontheattitudesandrevoltoftheyoungpeoplewhoreturnedfromWorldWarI,disappointedanddisillusioned,wenttoEurope.Youngintellectuals,writersandartists:critical,rebellious—“SadYoungMen”(“TheLostGeneration”)creative,productive,notlost,“gavethenationtheliveliest,freshest,moststimulatingwritinginitsliteraryexperience.”StructuralorganizationclearandsimplePara.1:introducingthesubjectParas.2–9:supportinganddevelopingthethesisParas.10–11:conclusionDetailedstudyofthetext(Para.1)sensationallyromanticized:(Thisso-calledproblem)wastreatedinapassionate,idealizedmannertoshockthrillandarousepeople’sinterest.revolt:anactofprotestorrejectionnostalgic:lookingforsomethinglongagorecollection:recallDetailedstudyofthetext(Para.1)deliciouslyillicitthrill:animproperactionbutveryenjoyableandexciting(Avisittoaspeakeasywasprohibitedbecausetheseplacessoldalcoholicdrinksillegally.)thrill:tremorofexcitementspeakeasy(Americanism):aplacewherealcoholicdrinksaresoldillegally，esp.aplaceintheU．S．duringProhibition(美国禁酒期的)非法酒店Detailedstudyofthetext(Para.1)denunciation:apublicstatementinwhichyoucriticizesomeoneorsomethingPuritanmorality:extremestrictnessinmattersofmorals.StrictPuritansevenregardeddrinking,gamblingpunishableoffences(应受惩处的罪行).Detailedstudyofthetext(Para.1)fashionableexperimentationsinamour:tryingoutnewwaysoflovemakingaseveryonewasdoingatthattimeamour:aloveaffair，esp.ofanillicitoneparkedsedan:acarparked…Detailedstudyofthetext(Para.1)naughty:alittleindecentjazzy:(aparty)playingjazzmusicsheik(Americanism):amasterfulmantowhomwomenaresupposedtobeirresistiblyattractedflask-toting:alwayscarryingasmallbottlefilledwithstrongliquortote:carryDetailedstudyofthetext(Para.1)moralandstylisticvagaries:oddandeccentricdressandconductvagary:anodd,eccentric,orunexpectedactionflapper(Americanism):inthe1920s,ayoungwomanconsideredtobeboldandunconventionaldrugstorecowboy(Americanism):ayoungmanwhohangsarounddrugstoresandotherpublicplacestryingtoimpresswomenDetailedstudyofthetext(Para.1)inperspective:reasonably;correctlye.g.Youmustlearntoseethingsinperspective.sensational:arousingstrongcuriosity,interest,orreactiondegeneration:moralcorruptionjazzmad:blindlyandfoolishlyfondofjazzmusicFiguresofspeech(Para.1)Theslightestmentionofthedecadebringsnostalgicrecollectionstothemiddle-agedandcuriousquestioningsbytheyoung…transferredepithetPara.1MainideaYoungpeople’sinterestintheRevoltoftheYoungerGenerationofthe1920s.Detailedstudyofthetext(Para.2)logicaloutcome:necessaryorexpectedresultaftermath:aconsequence,esp.ofadisasterormisfortunesubconscious:occurringwithoutconsciousperceptionDetailedstudyofthetext(Para.2)stature:highlevelofrespectprovincial:narrowborderingoceansFiguresofspeech(Para.2)andthatwehadreachedaninternationalstaturethatwouldforeverpreventusfromretreatingbehindtheartificialwallsofaprovincialmorality…Metaphor(comparing“provincialmorality”to“artificialwalls”)Para.2MainideaTherevoltwasalogicaloutcomeoftheconditionsintheage.Detailedstudyofthetext(Para.3)Victorian:showingthemiddle-classrespectability,generallyofVictorianEnglandgentility:thequalityofbeinggenteel,elegantboom:developrapidlyroar:tomakealoudnoiseDetailedstudyofthetext(Para.3)corporate:individualsactingtogetherimpersonality:lackofhumancharacterorfeelingsaggressive:aruthlessdesiretodominatecode:principlesorrulesofconductDetailedstudyofthetext(Para.3)well-bred:well-manneredandrefinedbustling:fullofenergeticandnoisyactivitymedium:environmentcatalyticagent:stimulustospeedupprecipitate:throwsuddenlyDetailedstudyofthetext(Para.3)inhibit:putdownbyforce,repressobsolescent:gettingoldandbecomingunacceptable;beingintheprocessofpassingoutofuseFiguresofspeech(Para.3)…theywereexpectedtobattleforsuccess.Metaphor(Theyhadtofightasinabattleinordertobecomesuccessful.)Thewaractedmerelyasacatalyticagentinthisbreakdownof….MetaphorPara.3Mai