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1、13.The Decline of NeatnessBackground knowledgeNew WordDifficult sentenceLanguage featuresStructure of the essayQuestions on the article共三十一页BackgroundTime magazineThe American DressThe Beverly Hills HotelForbidden fruitback共三十一页The Beverly Hills Hotel is a hotel in Beverly Hills, CA, at 9641 Sunset
2、Boulevard. It was opened on May 12, 1912 and started by Margaret J. Anderson and her son, Stanley S. Anderson, who had been managing the Hollywood Hotel. The original main building of the Beverly Hills Hotel was designed by Pasadena architect Elmer Grey. The extensive gardens of the grounds were des
3、igned by landscape architect Wilbur David Cook. Since the citys inception, the hotel has been a central meeting place for residents and business people, especially from Los Angeless movie and television industries. back共三十一页Time was created in 1923 by Briton Hadden and Henry Luce, making it the firs
4、t weekly news magazine in the United States. The two had previously worked together as chairman and managing editor of the Yale Daily News. Hadden was a rather carefree figure, who liked to tease Luce and saw Time as something important but also fun. That accounts for its tone, which many people sti
5、ll criticize as too light for serious news and more suited to its heavy coverage of celebrities (including politicians), the entertainment industry, and pop culture. It set out to tell the news through people, and for many decades the magazines cover was of a single person. The first issue of Time w
6、as published on March 3, 1923, featuring on its cover Joseph G. Cannon, the retired Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. People was originally inspired by Times People page.back共三十一页The only official editorial that Time has ever published was in 1974, calling for the resignation of
7、 Richard Nixon.back共三十一页Americans dont have distinctive folk attire with a long tradition.American dress is distinctive because of its casualness.The idea of “casual Friday”.共三十一页No item of clothing is more American than the blue jeans invented in 1873 by Jacob Davis and Levi Strauss. These two visi
8、onary immigrants, turned denim, thread and a little metal into the most popular clothing product in the world. Waist overalls, was the traditional name for work pants, which is what these first jeans were called. The word jeans became more popular around 1960 when the baby-boom generation adopted th
9、e term for its favorite type of pants, blue jeans. 共三十一页1921年2007年back共三十一页 Cultural background:Jeans are trousers traditionally made from denim, but may also be made from a variety of fabrics 共三十一页众议院议长(y chn)back共三十一页back共三十一页Initially, blue jeans were simply sturdy trousers worn by workers, espec
10、ially in the factories during World War II. During this period, mens jeans had the zipper down the front, whereas womens jeans had the zipper down the right side. By the 1960s, both mens and womens jeans had the zipper down the front. In the United States during the 1950s, wearing of blue jeans by t
11、eenagers and young adults became symbolic of mild protest against conformity. 共三十一页New words. crisply adv freshlyspanking adv very, completelydiscard v. to throw sth out or awaydisheveled adj. (of hair or cloth) untidyphony adj.(指某人(mu rn)假装的,冒充的deprivation n. povertydesensitization n. less strong r
12、eaction to sth共三十一页shun v. to keep away fromdevoid adj. completely lacking in somethingincentive n. stimulus, encouragementgory adj. bloodyglamorization n. 美化(mihu)atrophy v. to become weak共三十一页transfix v. to make sb unable to movemutilate v. 使丧失四肢(szh),使伤残saturate v. to fill sb./sth. completely wit
13、h sth.unkempt adj. dirty & messyback共三十一页Analysis of difficult sentences1. an apt tag for our time is the Unkempt Generation:我们这个时代的合适标签是“邋遢的一代”。2. The sloppiness virus has spread to all sectors of society:邋遢这种病毒已经蔓延到社会各个部分3.People go to all sorts of trouble and expense to look uncombed, unshaved, u
14、npressed.人们不惜代价(b x di ji),不厌其烦,呈现一副边幅不修、衣衫不整、十分邋遢的形象。共三十一页4.Disheveled is in fashion; neatness is obsolete.时下流行的是衣冠不整,服饰整洁以不合时宜。5.No generation has strained harder than ours to affect a casual, relaxed, cool look.没有哪一代人像我们这一代这样努力装出一副随便(su bin)、轻松、酷的样子。共三十一页6.None has succeeded more spectacularly in
15、 looking as though it had been stamped out by cookie cutters.没有拿一代人如此出奇成功地塑造出看上去犹如饼干模子压出来一样(yyng)的形象。共三十一页7. The attempt to avoid any appearance of being-groomed or even neatdeprivation.这种避免服饰考究、衣着整洁形象的努力真是煞费苦心,显出故意(gy)装出的虚假穷酸相。8. slovenly speech comes off the same spool.言语杂乱如出一辙。共三十一页9. swank Polo
16、Lounge:fashionable Polo Lounge10. Spew and sprawl are taking over: filthy language in fashion11. People are not as uncomfortable as they ought to be about the glamorization of human hurt.对于人类遭残害的渲染镜头(jngtu),人们并没有表现出应有的不安。共三十一页12. If you saturate young minds with materialsshowingrevulsion or resistan
17、ce.如果你让年轻人所看的大量内容显示人类毫无价值,人类可以任人凌辱、任人宰割的话,其结果(ji gu)将是他们对一切本应表示反感和抵制的事物,采取麻木不仁的态度。back共三十一页Language featureChange of pace editorial1. sarcasm: The attempt to avoid any appearance of being well groomed or even neat has a quality of desperation about it and suggests a calculated and phony deprivation.
18、 2. allusionMotion-picture exhibitors have a strong preference for the R-rating, forbidden fruit共三十一页3.overstatementManufacturers compete with one another to offer jeans that are made to look as though theyve just been discarded by clumsy house painters after ten years of wear 4. alliteration and en
19、d rhyme But spew and sprawl are taking over. People communicate in chopped-up phrases, relying on grunts and chants .共三十一页5. Repetition of the initial elementNothing is more essential in education than respect for the frailty of human beings; nothing is more characteristic of the age than mindless v
20、iolence.6. HumorThe danger is not that that it may spawn eunuchs. People who have the habit of seeing everything and doing anything run the risk of feeling nothing.Back共三十一页Structure of the essayPart I (Paras. 1-3): Sloppy appearancePart II (Paras. 4): Slovenly speechPart III (Paras. 5-7): Callous a
21、ttitudes towards brutalityPart IV (Paras. 8):Bad human relationshipPart V (Paras. 9-10): Authors wishes1. calculated sloppiness will run its course 共三十一页Schools will encourage genuine creativity.Back共三十一页Questions on the article1. What is the apt tag for the present generation in America according t
22、o the author?2. What kind of dress is the symbol for the present era?3. How do manufacturers meet customers demand for this kind of dress?4. According to the author, how do American people communicate today?共三十一页5. Why are screenwriters careful not to turn in scripts that are devoid of foul language?6. What consequences would TV violence and sex scenes lead to?People will become desensitized 7. Whats the authors hope c
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