现代大学英语精读第二版book3unit6

HowDoWeDealwiththeDrugProblem?GoreVidalClarencePageCharlesKrauthammerReinforcementTextAnalysisBackgroundWarmingupUnit6HowDoWeDealwiththeDrugProblem?Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesUnit6WarmingupHowDoWeDealwiththeDrugProblem?Warmingup1.Discussthefollowingquestions:•Whatdidyouknowaboutthedrugproblembeforereadingtheessays?Whydoyouthinkpeoplestilltakedrugsinspiteoftheworldwideanti-drugcampaigns?•WhatdoyouknowaboutthesituationinChina?Doyouthinkthedrugproblemisserious?2.Sidewithoneofthethreeauthorsandhaveabriefdebatewithyourgroupmemberstoseewhichauthorismoreconvincing.Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreview1.Definetheunderlinedwords:thesimplebeauty(para.16)asocialsanction(para.26)2.Paraphrasethefollowingsentence:NooneinWashingtontodayrecallswhathappened…theUnitedStates.(para.6)WarmingupObjectives1.Learnaboutthedifferentsolutionstothedrugproblemandunderstandtheprosandconsofeachofthem.2.Comparetheargumentsandfindouttheirlogicalpremisesandfallacies.3.Learnhowtoarguecoherentlyandconvincinglybystudyingthetechniquesemployedbythewriters.WarmingupBackgroundHistoryAuthorsUnit6HowDoWeDealwiththeDrugProblem?1.GoreVidal•prolificAmericannovelist,andessayist•politicalactivist:Democratic-LiberalThewarondrugshasnothingatalltodowithdrugs.Itispartofanall-outwarontheAmericanpeoplebyagovernmentinterestedonlyincontrol.—GoreVidalBackgroundAuthors•“ProbablynoAmericanwritersinceFranklinhasderided,ridiculed,andmockedAmericansmoreskillfullyandmoreoftenthanVidal.”(GordonS.Wood,TheNewYorkTimes,December14,2003)•GoreVidalwasoftenpointedlycontroversial:hepublishedcommentsondemocracy,homosexuality,religion,anddruglegalization.BackgroundAuthors2.ClarencePage•columnistandmemberoftheeditorialboardoftheChicagoTribune•1972PulitzerPrizeforaChicagoTribuneTaskForceseriesonvoterfraud•1989PulitzerPrizeforCommentaryBackgroundBackgroundAuthors3.CharlesKrauthammer•asyndicatedcolumnist:TheWashingtonPostWritersGroup•politicalcommentator•physician•conservative(neoconservativeinforeignpolicy)BackgroundBackgroundAuthorsComparethethreeauthors’backgroundsandseeifyoucanexplainwhytheydisagreewitheachother.BackgroundBackgroundAuthorsProhibitionintheUnitedStates(theNobleExperiment)•1840s,spearheadedbysomereligiousdenominations•1881,Kansasasthefirsttooutlawalcoholicbeverages•1917,alcoholbannedasmandatedinthe18thAmendmenttotheConstitution•1919-1933,nation-widemovement,plaguedbysmugglingandbootlegging•1933,the18thAmendmentrepealedbythe21stAmendmentHistoryBackgroundTextAnalysisEssay1Essay2Essay3StructureDetailedAnalysisStructureDetailedAnalysisDetailedAnalysisStructureUnit6HowDoWeDealwiththeDrugProblem?1.WhatisthesolutiontothedrugproblemofferedbyVidal?legalizationratherthancriminalization2.Whatthenarehismainarguments?•Therighttobeinformedcorrectly(paras.1-2)•Therighttochoose(paras.3-4)•Sanepeoplewon’tbeaddictedtodrugs.(para.5)•AlessonfromProhibition(paras.6-7)•Thegovernmentandthemafiahaveavestedinterestinthecriminalizationofdrugs.(paras.8-10)TextAnalysisEssay1StructureofEssay1Therighttobeinformedsensibly1.Howtoinformpeoplesensibly?2.Whywillthisrequireheroichonesty?3.Doyouthinkthiswillwork?heroinopiumecstasyspeediceTextAnalysisEssay1Argument1:Discussion1.atcost(atcostprice)Tom’suncleisacardealerandlethimbuythecaratcost.Cost+_______=sellingpriceTranslation•倾销是指用低于成本的价格进行销售，以将竞争对手赶出市场的行为。Dumpingisthesellingbelowcosttodrivecompetitorsoutofmarket.•实话和您说吧，这差不多是成本价了。Totellyouthetruth,it’salmostatcostprice.markupTextAnalysisEssay1Argument1:WordsandExpressions(1)2.kick/breakthehabit(infml)tostopdoingsththathasbeenahabitforalongtime,esp.abadordangeroushabit•Thecenterprovideshelpforaddictswhohavekickedtheirhabitandwanttostayawayfromdrugs.•Alexhaskickedcigarettes,heroin,andbooze.TextAnalysisEssay1Argument1:WordsandExpressions(2)3.(just)fortherecord•Justfortherecord,Ididn’tvoteforhim.•FortherecordI’djustliketosaythatItotallydisagreewiththisdecision.TextAnalysisEssay1Argument1:WordsandExpressions(3)20Therighttochoose1.Tochoosewhat?2.Thepreconditionofthisright?3.Doyouthinkthattakingdrugsbelongstothisright?rightrightrightTextAnalysisEssay1Argument2:Discussion•endupIwonderedwherethepictureswouldendupaftertheauction.•endupdoingsthMostslimmersoncrashdietsendupputtingweightbackon.•endupwithAnyonewhoswimsintherivercouldendupwithanastystomachupset.•endupasHecouldendupasPresident.•enduplikeIdon’twanttoenduplikemyparents.TextAnalysisEssay1Argument2:WordsandExpressionsSanepeoplewon’tbeaddictedtodrugs.1.Why?2.Howtodealwithpeoplewhoarenotsaneenough?3.Howcantheforbiddenfruitpsychologyapplytothisargument?4.Doyouagreewiththisargument?TextAnalysisEssay1Argument3:Discussion1.itistoobadthat…itisapitythat…Itistoobadthatthecountryhadtogotowaroverthematter.2.itisnottoobadif…Itisnottoobadifamanhassomewilddreams.TextAnalysisEssay1Argument3:WordsandExpressionsAlessonfromProhibition1.What’sthelesson?2.What’smeantby“nopublicmemoryofanythingthathappenedlastTuesday”?3.WhydidtheCongressfeelittheir“divinemission”toprohibitalcohol?4.TheresultofProhibition?TextAnalysisEssay1Argument4:Discussion1.sthisforbidd