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高级英语精品课程教案TheSadYoungMen

LessonTenTheSadYoungMen

BackgroundInformation

TheSadYoungMenandtheLostGeneration:

refertothesamegroupofpeople.ThenamewasfirstcreatedandusedbyF.ScottFitzgeraldinhisbookAlltheSadYoungMenandsecondbyGertrudeStein.ThesenameswereappliedtothedisillusionedintellectualsandaesthetesoftheyearsfollowingtheWWI,whorebelledagainstformeridealsandvalues,butcouldreplacethemonlybydespairoracynicalhedonism享乐主义.

LostGeneration:

groupofexpatriate移居国外AmericanwritersresidingprimarilyinParisduringthe1920sand1930s.Thegroupneverformedacohesiveliterarymovement,butitconsistedofmanyinfluentialAmericanwriters,includingErnestHemingway,F.ScottFitzgerald,WilliamCarlosWilliams,ThorntonWilder,ArchibaldMacLeish,andHartCrane.ThegroupwasgivenitsnamebytheAmericanwriterGertrudeStein,who,inaconversationwithHemingway,usedanexpressionshehadheardfromagaragemanager,unegénerationperdue（“alostgeneration”）,torefertoexpatriateAmericansbitterabouttheirWorldWarI（1914-1918）experiencesanddisillusionedwithAmericansociety.Hemingwaylaterusedthephraseasanepigraph引语forhisnovelTheSunAlsoRises（1926）.

BeatGeneration:

groupofAmericanwritersofthe1950swhosewritingexpressedprofounddissatisfactionwithcontemporaryAmericansocietyandendorsedanalternativesetofvalues.Thetermsometimesisusedtorefertothosewhoembracedtheideasofthesewriters.

ThetermBeatGenerationwasfirstusedbyKerouacinthelate1940s.Thewordbeathadvariousconnotationsforthewriters,includingdespairoverthebeatenstateoftheindividualinmasssocietyandbeliefinthebeatitude,orblessedness,ofthenaturalworldandintherestorativepowersofthebeatofjazzmusicandpoetry.Beatwritinggenerallycalledforarenunciationofmaterialgoodsandacquisitivenessinfavorofarediscoveryoftheerotic,artistic,andspiritualselfthroughtheuseofdrugs,casualsex,music,andthemysticismofZen禅宗Buddhism.

§Whatkindofwritingisthisone?

Andwhatisthetopicofit?

ThisisapieceofexpositorywritingbytwoAmericanwritersexplainingacertainperiodinAmericanliteraryandsocialhistory.Itfocusesesp.ontheattitudesandrevoltoftheyoungpeoplewhoreturnedfromWWI,disappointedanddisillusioned.Inthisrevolttheyoungintellectuals,writersandartists,stoodinthevanandwasthemostvocalgroup.Manyoftheseintellectualslivedabroad,esp.inParis,asexpatriates,butmostofthemlaterreturnedtotheU.S.voluntarily.Theseintellectualswerecalled“SadYoungMen”or“thelostgeneration”,becausetheywerecriticalandrebellious.However,theywereneverlostbecausetheywerealsoverycreativeandproductiveandasthisessaysays:

“gavethenationtheliveliest,freshest,moststimulatingwritinginitsliteraryexperience”.

§Whatisthethesisofthisessay?

Inwhichparaisitstated?

Inthelastparaoftheessay,thethesisisstatedasfollow:

“Theintellectualsofthetwenties,the‘sadyoungmen’,asF.ScottFitzgeraldcalledthem,cursedtheirluckbutdidn’tdie;escapedbutvoluntarilyreturned;flayedtheBabbitsbutlovedtheircountry,andinsodoinggavethenationtheliveliest,freshest,moststimulatingwritinginitsliteraryexperience”.

§Whatisthestructuralorganizationofthisessay?

Howmanypartsdoesthisessayfallinto?

Thestructuralorganizationofthisessayisclearandsimple.Theessaydivideslogicallyintoparaswithpart.Functions:

tointroducethesubjectinpara1,tosupportanddevelopthethesisinpara2through9,tobringthediscussiontoanendinpara10-11.

§Howdothesetwowriterssupporttheirthesis?

Theysupporttheirthesisbyprovidinghistoricalmaterialconcerningtherevoltoftheyoungergenerationofthetwentiesinaseriesofparasandparaunitsbetweentheintroductionandconclusion.Eachparaorparaunitdevelopsanewbutrelatedaspectofthethoughtstatedinthethesis.Frequentlythefirstsentenceofthesemiddleparasstatesclearlythemainideaofthematerialthatfollowsandindicatesanewbutrelatedstageofthedevelopingthought.

DetailedStudyoftheText

P1:

§Whatisthefunctionofthefirstpara?

Howdothesewritersdevelopthispara?

Thefirstparaisanintroductoryone,beginningbymentioningtheinterestintheTwentiesbyyoungpeopletoday.Inaddition,thesewritersdiscussthequestionsthatpresent-daystudentsareaskingtheirparentsandteachers:

WastherereallyaYoungerGenerationproblem?

Wereyoungpeoplereallysowild?

sensationallyromanticized:

wastreatedinapassionate,idealizedmannertoshockthrillandrousetheinterestofpeople

Noaspectoflife…morecommented…than:

AfterWWI,duringthe1920s,everyaspectoflifeintheU.S.hasbeencommentedupon,buttheso-calledRevoltoftheYoungerGenerationhasbeenmorecommenteduponthanalltheotheraspect.

revolt:

anactofprotestorrejection

nostalgic:

bittersweetlongingforthings,persons,orsituationsofthepast

middle-aged:

middle-agedpeoplelivedthroughtheTwentiessotheycanrecallwhatlifewaslikethen

theyoung:

theyoungpeoplehaveonlyheardaboutallthisandwereverycuriousaboutthelivesofyoungpeopleofanothergeneration

nostalgic,curious:

botharetransferredepithets.Theyreallymodify“themiddle-aged”and“theyoung”respectively

Theslightestmention…bytheyoung:

Attheverymentionofthispost-warperiod,middle-agedpeoplebegintothinkaboutitlonginglyandyoungpeoplebecomecuriousandstartaskingallkindsofquestions.

thrill:

asourceorcauseofexcitementoremotion

deliciouslyillicitthrill:

animproperactionbutveryenjoyableandexciting.Avisittoaspeakeasywasimproperorprohibitedbecausetheseplacessoldalcoholicdrinksillegally.Thisexplainsthe“illicitthrill”.

speakeasy:

aplacefortheillegalsaleandconsumptionofalcoholicdrinks,asduringProhibitionintheUnitedStates（theperiod1923-33）

denunciation:

theactoraninstanceofdenouncing,especiallyapubliccondemnationorcensure驳斥

Puritanmorality:

extremeorexcessivestrictnessinmattersofmorals.StrictPuritansevenregardeddrinking,gamblingandparticipationiftheatricalperformancesaspunishableoffences.

amour:

aloveaffair,especiallyanillicitone

experimentation:

theact,process,orpracticeofexperimenting

fashionableexperimentationsinamour:

tryingoutnewwaysoflovemakingaseveryonewasdoingatthattime

sedan:

aclosedautomobilehavingtwoorfourdoorsandafrontandrearseat

parkedsedan:

inasedancarparkedonlonelycountryroads

§Whatisbeentalkedaboutinnounphrase“memoriesof…countryroad”?

Andthefollowingnounphrase“questionsabout…drugstorecowboy”?

Thelongnounphrasesarethenostalgicrecollectionsofthemiddle-aged,thefollowingnounphrasearesomeofthequestionsaskedbycuriousyoungpeople.

naughty:

mildlyindecent

jazzy:

playingjazzmusic

sheik:

aleaderofanArabfamilyorvillage酋长;amasterfulmantowhomwomenaresupposedtobeirresistiblyattracted;aromanticallyalluringman

moralandstylisticvagaries:

oddandeccentricdressandconduct

flapper:

inthe1920s,ayoungwomanconsideredboldandunconventionalinactionanddress;ayoungwoman,esp.oneinthe1920'swhoshoweddisdainforconventionaldressandbehavior

drugstorecowboy:

awesternmovieextra临时演员wholoafs/idleinfrontofdrugstoresbetweenpictures

ofnecessity:

becauseofnecessity

Theanswers…andno:

Theanswertosuchquestionsmustbecauseofnecessitybeboth“yes”and“no”.

§Whydotheythinktheanswerstosuchquestionsmustnecessarilybeboth“yes”and“no”?

Peoplecannotgiveasimply“yes”or“no”answertosuchquestions

“yes”…Problem:

Intheprocessofgrowingup,duringtheperiodwhenchildrengrowuptobecomeadults,therealwaysexistsaYoungerGenerationProblem.Inthissensetheanswermustbe“yes”.

seeinperspective:

tovieworjudgethingsoreventsinawaythatshowtheirtruerelationstooneanother

sensational:

arousing/intendedtoarousestrongcuriosity,interest,orreaction,esp.byexaggeratedorluriddetails耸人听闻的

degeneration:

moralcorruption,depravity

jazzmad:

blindlyandfoolishlyfondofjazzmusic

“no”…jazzmadyouth:

whenwelookbacknowtothosedaysandviewthingsintheirtruerelationstooneanother,weseethatthesocialbehavioroftheyoungpeoplewasnotverywild,irresponsible,andimmoral.Theirbehaviourwasfarfrombeingassensationalasthedegenerationofjazzmadyouth.Therefore,onthissense,theanswermustbe“no”.

P2:

logicaloutcome:

necessaryorexpectedresultorconsequence

§Whydotheythinktherevoltoftheyouthswasanexpectedresult?

Howmanyreasonsdotheylist?

Westernworld:

allthecountriesinthewesternhemisphereandEurope

aftermath:

aconsequence,esp.ofadisasterormisfortune

§Whichwararetheyreferringtoby“thefirstseriouswarinacountry”?

Thewriter,perhaps,isreferringtotheWWIasthelastseriouswarthattookplacealmostahundredyearsago.

therebellionwasnoconfined…century:

therevoltoftheyoungdidnottakeplaceonlyintheU.S.,butaffectedallthecountriesintheWesternworld.TheirrevoltwastheresultorconsequenceofWWI—thebiggestandmostseriouswarinahundredyears.

Actually…intheage:

Actually,therevoltoftheyoungpeoplewasanecessaryandexpectedconsequenceoftheconditionsthatexistedinthisperiodofhistory.

subconscious:

occurringwithoutconsciousperception,orwithonlyslightperception,onthepartoftheindividual

tradition:

stories,beliefs,customs,etchandeddownorallyfromgenerationtoge