Lesson-6-Loving-and-Hating-New-York-爱恨纽约

Lesson6LovingandHatingNewYorkTeachingObjectives•TofamiliarizestudentswithAmericanculture•Toappreciatethewritingstyleofthetext•Tounderstandsomedifficultwordsandexpressions;TeachingContentsBackgroundKnowledgeAbouttheauthorThomasGriffithAboutNewYorkCityWritingStyleOrganizationDetailedStudyoftheEssayRhetoricalDevicesBackgroundKnowledge•AbouttheauthorThomasGriffith•ThomasGriffith(1915--),Americanwriterandeditor.•Since1974hehasbeenpresscolumnisttoTimemagazine;staffcontributor员工toFortunemagazine;columnisttoAtlanticMonthly.HeisanuprootedwesternerwhonowcallsNewYorkhome.•Publications:•TheWaist-HighCulture•HowTrue?---ASceptic'sGuidetoBelievingtheNewsBackgroundKnowledge•AboutNewYorkCity•HowmuchdoyouknowaboutNewYork?Thegeneralimpressionwell-knownarchitecture,placesNewYorkCity--ThegeneralimpressionNewYorkCity--ThegeneralimpressionNewYorkCity--ThegeneralimpressionManhatonCentralParkStatueofLibertyEmpireStateBuilding•theworld'sbusiestpedestrianintersections,andamajorcenteroftheworld'sentertainmentindustryTheBroadway•regardedasTheCrossroadsoftheWorldTimesSquareLowerMahatonNYSE:NewYorkStockExchangeWallStreetChinaTowninManhaton9.11terrorismWorldTradeCenter,TwinTowersNewYork•TheCityofNewYorkiscomposedofboroughs[ˈbʌrə]区,eachacountyofNewYorkState:•Manhattan(NewYorkCounty郡);•Brooklyn(KingsCounty);•TheBronx(BronxCounty);布朗克斯区•Queens(QueensCounty);皇后区•StatenIsland(RichmondCounty里士满郡).斯丹登岛•ThemainpartofNewYorkisonManhattan.BronxManhattanBrooklynQueensStatenIslandNewYorkCity•NewYorkCityisthecapitalcityintheUnitedStates.•Location:ItislocatedinthesouthernpartofNewYorkState,atthemouthoftheHudsonRiverandbordersontheAtlanticOcean.•Asapoliticalandindustralcenter,thecityisalsothecenterofadvertising,fashion,publishing,culture,art,musicandradiobroadcastingintheUnitedStates.NewYorkCity•Status:•NewYorkCityisthecityandcommercialcenternotonlyinAmericabutalsointheworld.•“TheBigApple”isamajorworldcapitalandaworldleaderin,thearts,andcommunications.•TheportofNewYorkisoneofthefinestintheworldandranksastheportontheEastCoast.NewYorkCity•capitaloftheworld•CityofArt•CityofFashion•SleeplessCityNewYork•FacingProblems•1)immigrants•2)unemployment•3)airpollution,•4)trafficjams•5)crime,•6)drug•7)racialconflicts•8)theever-increasingcostoflivinginthecity.NewYork“Ifyoulovehim,bringhimtoNewYork,forit’sHeaven.”“Ifyouhatehim,bringhimtoNewYork,forit’sHell.”WritingStyle•exposition;expositorywriting•(Narration,Description,ExpositionandArgumentation)•Definition:Expositionisatypeoforalorwrittendiscoursethatisusedtoexplain,describe,giveinformationorinform.•Methodsforwritingapieceofexposition:•comparison;definition;exemplification;contrast;illustration图解,etc.••Organization•Part1:(Paras.1-5)•GeneralintroductiontoNewYork--thepresentstatusofN.Y.C.intheU.S.andintheeyesofforeigners.•Part2:(Paras.6-21)•DetaileddescriptionofNewYorkandthelifeandstruggleofNewYorkers.•Part3:(Para.22)•Conclusion:LovingandhatingN.Y.---amatterofalternatingmoods,inthesameday.(Repetitionofthetheme.)DetailedLearningoftheText-Para.1•ThoseadcampaignscelebratingtheBigApple,thoseT-shirtswithaheartdesignproclaiming“IloveNewYork,”aresigns,patheticintheirdesperation,ofhowthemightyhasfallen.•(1)theBigApple:anylargecity;nicknameforNewYorkCity•Thisideacamefromthe20'sand30'swhenmusicianshadanexpressionforplayinginsmalltowngigs(小型演出).Itwasthat'therearemanyapplesonthetreebutwhenyoupickNewYorkCityyoupickedtheBigApple.'Para.1•TheBigApple:Inthe1970'sNewYorkCitywentthroughmanyfiscal(财政的)troubles.Thecitybecamethebuttofmanyjokes,andtherewasabigdropintouristscomingtoNewYorkCity:manypeople,infact,leftNewYorkCity.ThisledtoacampaigntogiveNewYorkCityanewimage.SoCharlesGillate,whoworkedfortheNewYorkCityVisitorsBureau,usedthenicknameBigAppletodrawtouriststoNewYorkCity.•Thisnickname,theBigApple,helpedturnNewYorkCityaround.PeoplewantedtoseewhatwaswiththisBigAppleandreturnedtoNewYorkCity.Para.1•ThoseadcampaignscelebratingtheBigApple,thoseT-shirtswithaheartdesignproclaiming“IloveNewYork,”aresigns,patheticintheirdesperation,ofhowthemightyhasfallen.•(2)pathetic:sorrowful;pitiful•(3)desperation:hopelessnessanddespair•ManyadvertisingcampaignspubliclypraiseN.Y.andmanyNewYorkerswearT-shirtwithaheartdesignandthewords“IloveNewYork”printedonit.TheseactionsonlyshowhowfarNewYorkhasfallen.ItispitifultoseehowdesperatelyNewYorkistryingtoregainherlostprestigeandstatus.Para.1•ThoseadcampaignscelebratingtheBigApple,thoseT-shirtswithaheartdesignproclaiming“IloveNewYork,”aresigns,patheticintheirdesperation,ofhowthemightyhasfallen.•那些赞美“大苹果”的广告活动，还有那些印着带有“我爱纽约”字样的心形图案的T恤衫，只不过是它们在绝望中发出悲哀的迹象，只不过是纽约这个非凡的城市日趋衰落的象征。Para.1•NewYorkCityusedtoleavethebraggingtoothers,forbraggingwas“bush”.•(1)brag:v.toboast;tostatepompously•(2)bush(adj.):uncivilized,primitive;belongingtosmalltowns粗俗的；乡土气的；乡下的Para.1•NewYorkCityusedtoleavethebraggingtoothers,forbraggingwas“bush”.•InthepastNewYorkneverboastedofitsgreatness,thoughothercitiesoftendidso,forbraggingwasdoneonlybysmallprovincialtowns.•纽约过去从不自我炫耀，而只让别的城市去这样做，因为自我炫耀显得“小家子气”。Para.2•Itisn’tthetopanymore,atleastiftheto