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1、Fun, Oh Boy, Fun. You Could Die from ItText Explanation（ meanwhile refer to the other p.p. file）Paragraphs 1 - 5This is the introductory part. The following questions are suggested: 1) What is the thesis statement of the essay? 2) What technique does the author employ in this part of the essay? 3) I

2、n Para. 4, a series of questions has been raised. Whats the effect of it?Language WorkBoy: expressing excitement ones blue-eyed boy: ones favorite personSomewhere along the line: sometime in ones life line: the line of lifefun was there for the asking: if people ask for fun, it would be always avail

3、able. ? People deserved fun. : it is quite natural for people to have fun.“Was it fun?” became the question that overshadowed all other questions.: When compared with all other questions, “Was it there?” became the most significant one.When pleasure got to be the main thing, the fun fetish was sure

4、to follow. : When pleasure began to be the most important thing, people were sure to respect fun. fetish: an object of unreasonably excessive attention or reverence; an object believed to have magical or spiritual powers. make a fetish of Para. 6 11 Analysis In this part of the essay, the writer off

5、ers the extended definition of the word “fun” by negation. Answer the following questions: 1) What style does Jordan create and how does she create it? 2) What are some of the things that do not provide fun according to Jordan? 3) How do some people manage to have fun? 4) What relationship does the

6、use of drugs and alcohol have to our difficulties in having fun today? 5) What is th erelationship between big occasions and the experience of fun?Language WorkFlunk: to fail, esp. (in) a course or an exam flunk outIf it wasnt fun, then by Jove, we were going to make it fun, or else.: If it wasnt fu

7、n, then, God, we would try to make it fun any way. or else: regardless of any extenuating circumstances. Eg. Be there on time or else!Step up: to increase, esp. in stagesNo matter what: it makes no differenceTraipse: to walk wearilyepitome: an ideal; a typical representationEnd up: to finish end up

8、in smoke end up withGo through: to experience (and other meanings?)Cultural NotesThanksgiving: the 4th Thursday in November, kept in the US as a holiday on which God is thanked for the crops which have been safely gathered in.Easter: the yearly feast-day when Christians remember the death of Christ

9、and his rising from the grave; a Christian feast commemorating the Resurrection of Jesus the day on which this feast is celebrated/observed, the first Sundayt following the full moon that occurs on or next after March 21Easter 2006Ash Wednesday is 01 March Palm Sunday is 9 April Good Friday is 14 Ap

10、ril (Western) Easter Sunday is 16 April (Orthodox) Easter Sunday is 23 April Easter 2007Ash Wednesday is 21 February Palm Sunday is 01 April Good Friday is 06 April (Western) Easter Sunday is 08 April (Orthodox) Easter Sunday is 08 April DisneyParas. 12 - 15 This is the concluding part. Answer the f

11、ollowing questions: 1) According to Jordan, How should we treat fun? 2) How does Jordan develop Para. 13? 3) What does “It may even come on a Tuesday” mean? 4) Why does Jordan use an anecdote to conclude her essay? 5) Two simple, direct statements are used to begin and end the essay. What is the eff

12、ect of these statements? 6) An imaginary event is presented in Para. 8 and a real event in Para. 14. Whats the function of the narration of these two events? Language WorkDamperOccurSit aroundIn caseCapacity/ability/talent/skill/competence/aptitudeTreatPay backRefuse/decline/reject/spurn/rebuffI bet

13、 it.: I am sure thatBlasphemeScanCalm/tranquil/serene/peacefulText 2 The Age of ThrillsVI. Main ideas of Text 2 The Age of Thrill tells us our age is the age of thrill. It generates many more thrills than any of the previous ages did and people in our age expect to be thrilled as continuously as peo

14、ple in no other ages did. Happiness is not rooted in thrills, which are merely amusements. Happiness chiefly derives from affection for people and interest in various objects in the external world. Those who are truly happy do not depend on thrills for their happiness, for thrills can only help to g

15、et rid of the feeling of boredom. A topic to be discussedShould we deny ourselves entirely the excitement of thrills?First, let us define thrill:A sudden feeling of intense excitement, usually giving pleasure, causing enrapture or at least singular concentration, possibly causing trembling or quiver

16、ing, often accompanied by certain cardiac and physiological abnormalities, often followed by a warm post-thrill rampdown or afterglow. (Definition of enrapture: Overwhelming emotional effect that is entrancing to the exclusion of inferior stimuli.) So required: Sudden onset, excitement evidenced by

17、adrenaline-style reaction, total concentration, pleasure.Frequent indicators: Trembling, physiological disturbance, enrapture, afterglow(the pleasure of remembering some pleasant event). Of course, danger is the classic source of thrills. Sophisticated Homo Sapiens contrives, I believe, to get thril

18、ls with a different recipe of factors. In fact, straight danger for its own sake is a pretty poor source of excitement-there has to be something you get in exchange for taking the risk. The sort that is portrayed as occurring in those TV programs where all the regular characters are supposed to have

19、 a brilliant group relationship? That can be a thrill; I want to emphasize the disconnection between danger and thrill.The feel of the wind, the closer control and melding of man and machine, the manoeuverability, the acceleration, these and especially the last, make the thrill. Parties would be ano

20、ther classic thrill. They are certainly portrayed with much outrageous energy in drama. Even with the right setup, and people who know how to party, few get thrilling, even the golden ones. I have a couple more suggestions before I finish. The thrill of the chase works elsewhere. A puzzle, a challen

21、ge in detecting, can be a thrill all the way up to the denoument. The competition, the pitting of wits, the use of your faculties, these all add up. (Hence perhaps an enthusiasm for war games, eh Dave?) Text II The age of thrills刺激时代罗林德如今这时代充满刺激，远为别的一切时代所不及。毋庸置疑，古罗马人是有椭圆形竞技场，不过我怀疑就连古罗马人是否也象我们如今这般要不间

22、断地享受刺激。在他们的罗马城里，各地并无全天营业的电影院，也无大量倾销“人猿泰山”和“阿拉伯酋长”读物的出版社。人们现在驾着摩托车比赛所能领略的速度兴奋感，古罗马人是一无所知的。他们一架飞机也没有，所以不可能提心吊胆地坐着观看空中“特技表演”。他们或者去读维吉尔和凯撒以及其它著名教科书作者写的书，或者去看角斗士角斗，此外，似乎别无其它选择。不论学童的心地如何善良，了解到大多数古罗马人宁愿去看角斗士角斗时都不会感到惊奇。然而我怀疑，由于我们日常生活中的刺激增多，我们是否随之更加愉快。我们的最愉快的记忆很少是关于轰动事件的记忆。见过第一家“齐柏林”飞艇在伦敦上空被击中而燃烧的人，个个在第二天似乎都很高兴：他们有了目睹这一奇观的见识，暂时