B2L9课文详解.docx

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B2L9课文详解

LessonNineQuickFixSociety

IntroductiontotheText

1.Structure

Thetreepartsoftheessayareclear-cut.

Introduction（para.1-3）:

Herrideonfastroadsandherreturntripofacountryroad。

thewritercomparesherrideonfastroadstoWestVirginiaandherreturntripofadifferentroute.ThecontrastsetherthinkingwhethertherewassomethingwrongwithAmerican’squick-fixlifestyle.Thelastsentenceofthesection“Ourcountryhasbecomeanationinsearchofthequickfix---inmorewaysthanone.”servesasatransitionfromtheintroductiontothebody

Body（para.4-6）:

sheliststhreewaysAmericansseekaquickfix.Intheconclusion

Nowinsteadoflater

fasterinsteadofslower

Superficiallyinsteadofthoroughly

Conclusion（para.7-8）:

thethreerhetoricalquestionsinParagraph7preparethereaderforwhatthewritersummarizesinthelastsentenceoftheparagraph.Thethesis（=thecentralidea）isstatedinthelasttwosentencesofParagraph8:

Let’sslowdownandenjoywhatnatureoffersusandwhatmankindhasleftusandrediscoverlife.Slowdownandrediscoverlife

2.WritingSkills

Thisisapieceofexplanatorywriting.Itspurposeistoexplainorclarifyacertainpoint.Thewriterchieflyusestwopatternstodevelopthecentralidea.

1）Comparison-contrast

Comparison-contrastisawayofdevelopinganessay.Itmeansexplainingthesimilaritiesand/ordifferencesbetweenevents,people,ideas,andsoon.Inthisessay,thewriterconcentratesondifferencesratherthansimilarities.Inthefirsttwoparagraphs,shecontrastsherfeaturelessridedrivingonfastroadsandthepleasureofthereturntripofadifferentroute.InParagraph4,shepointsouthowAmerican’slifestylehaschangedfrom“savingforarainyday”to“relaxnow,paylater”,andwhattheydidinthepastwhentheywantedtoloseweigh,andhowtheytrytogetquickresultstoday.

2）Examples

Usinganexampleorexamplesisaoneofthesimplestwaysofexplaininganything.InParagraph5,severalexamplesaregiventoillustratehowthe“I-hate-to-wait”attitudeisreflectedinvariousaspectsofAmericanlife.Inthenextparagraph,thewriterlistsfactstoshowhowtheicebergprincipleappliestothewaymanyAmericanslivetheirlives.

3）RhetoricalQuestions

RhetoricalquestionsintheessayarechieflyusedinParagraph3,5and7.wecouldaskthestudentstothinkaboutwhatpurposessuchquestionsserve.

4）Repetition

（1）OfStructure:

InParagraph4,fourif-clausesareusedtocontrastthewayAmericansdidthingsinthepast（thefirstthree）andthewaytheyseekaquickfixtoday（thelastone）

（2）OfWords:

Thewriterrepeatstheword“fast”throughoutParagraph5withnegativeimplications.

3.LanguageandStyle

Unlikesomepreviousessayssuchas“MoreCrimeandLessPunishment”and“TheManintheWater”,thisisaninformalessay.Wedon’tfindlongandcomplicatedsentencesandthevocabularymainlyconsistsofplainwords,everydayexpressionsandphrasalverbs.Anotherfeaturewenoticeistheuseofnumberofcontemporaryexpressionsandabbreviations（=shorterformsofawordorphrase）suchas“faxed”,“qualitytime”,CD,VCR,etc,whicharefacetsofcontemporarylifeconnectedwiththequick-fixwayoflifeintheU.S.

DetailedDiscussionoftheText

1.Ofcourse,wecouldn’twaittogetthere,sowetookthePennsylvaniaTurnpikeandacoupleofinterstates.

（1）

Becausewewanted/wereeagertogetthereassoonaswecould,wetookroadsfortheuseoffast-travellingtraffic.

can’twait/canhardlywait:

usedwhenyouareemphasizingthatsb.isveryexcitedaboutsth.orkeentodoit,e.g.

WhenshereceivedtheletterofadmissionfromQinghuaUniversity,shecouldn’twaittotellherparentsthegoodnews.

TheNightbeforethereunion,IcouldhardlywaittogobacktomyAlmaMater（母校）

interstate（n.）:

aninterstatehighwayfundedbythefederalgovernment

CulturalNote:

TherearemanydifferentnamesforfastroadsintheU.S.Highwaysusuallyconnectcities.Sometimestheyhaveonlytwolanes（车道）especiallyincountryareas,butnearcitiestheymayhavethreeorfourlanesgoingineachdirection.Aroadwithmanylanesissometimescalledasuperhighway.Interstatehighwaysconnectcitiesindifferentstates,andsometimesgothroughseveralstates.Freewaysareroadswithinacityonwhichyoucandriveveryfastwithoutstopping,andtheyusuallyhavethreeormorelanesgoingineachdirection.Expresswaysarefastroadsinornearcities.Freewaysandexpresswaysdonotcostanythingtouse,butyouhavetopayasmallamountofmoneybeforeyoucanuseafastroadcalledaturnpikeoratollway.Theseroadsareoftenverylong,andmaygofromoneendofastatetotheother.Somehighwaysalsocostmoneytouse.（LongmanDictionaryofEnglishLanguage安定Culture,1998）

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