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ThesadyoungmanParagraph21.Whatwasthenatureoftherevoltoftheyoungpeople?2.Whatwerethehistoricalconditionsoftheage?Answer1:

Itwasthelogicaloutcomeofconditionsintheage.Answer2:Firstofall,thefirstworldwarledtherebellionthathadaffectedintheentirewesternworld.Second,thepoliticalandculturaldevelopmenthelpedAmericanreachaninternationalstaturethatbroketheartificialwallsof…Themainidea:Therevoltoftheyoungmanwasalogicaloutcomeofconditionsintheage.Figuresofspeech:Metaphor“andthatwehadreachedaninternationalstaturethatwouldforeverpreventusfromretreatingbehindtheartificialwallsofaprovincialmorality…”Thesentenceisusedtocompare“provincialmorality”to“artificialwalls”

Importantpoints:Thefirstseriouswarinacentury:thewriter,perhaps,referringtotheNapoleonicwarsendedinNapoleon’sdefeatatwaterlooasthelastseriouswarthattookalmostahundredyears.

Toreachinternationalstature:todevelopandgrowintoanationrespectedandesteemedbyallothernationsintheworld.

logicaloutcome:necessaryorexpectedresultorconsequence.Westernworld:allthecountriesinthewesternhemisphereandEurope.aftermath:aconsequence,esp.ofadisasterormisfortune.therebellionwasnoconfined…century:therevoltoftheyoungdidnottakeplaceonlyintheU.S.,butaffectedallthecountriesintheWesternworld.TheirrevoltwastheresultorconsequenceofWWI—thebiggestandmostseriouswarinahundredyears.Actually…intheage:Actually,therevoltoftheyoungpeoplewasanecessaryandexpectedconsequenceoftheconditionsthatexistedinthisperiodofhistory.subconscious:occurringwithoutconsciousperception,orwithonlyslightperception,onthepartoftheindividual.tradition:stories,beliefs,customs,etchandeddownorallyfromgenerationtogeneration.itwasreluctantly…ortradition:somepeopleintheU.S.fullyunderstood,thoughunwillingly,thattheU.S.couldnolongerremainisolatedpoliticallyorinmattersofsocialcustomsandpractices.Ifthesepeopledidnotstatetheirviewsopenly,atleast,theyunderstooditsubconsciously.artificial:producedratherthannatural;broughtabout/causedbysociopolitical/otherhuman-generatedforces/vincial:narrow,limitedlikethatofruralprovinces.Herethewordmeansnarrowlikethatofasinglecountry—theU.S.Wehadreached…borderingoceans:metaphor,comparing“provincialmorality”to“artificialwalls”Wehavebecomeaworldpowersowecannolongeronouractionjustfollowtheprinciplesofrightandwrongasacceptedinourowncountry,norcanweremainisolatedgeographicallyprotectedbytheAtlanticandPacificoceans.Inotherwords,theU.S.cannolongerpursueapolicyofisolationism.Para.31.whatisthemainideaofthispara?

TherejectionofVictoriangentilitywas,inanycase,inevitable.2.Howdoyouunderstand“Victoriangentility”?Gentility---thequalityofbeinggenteel;politewayofbehavingtypicalofpeoplebelongingtoahighsocialclass.HerethisphrasereferstotheexcessiveoraffectedrefinementandeleganceattributedtoVictorianEngland.3.ThecausetotherejectionofVictoriangentilityAmericanindustrialization.AfterWWI,Americabecameahighlyindustrializedcountry.Therewerebigsuccessfulfactoriesoperatingeverywhere.Businessbecamehugecorporationsdevoidofanyhumanfeelingsandtheruthlessdesiretodominatewasexercisedonalargescale.Inthisnewatmosphere,theprinciplesofpolite,courteousandconsideratebehaviorandconductthatwereformedinaquieterandlesscompetitiveage(beforeWWI)couldnolongerexist.4.WhatdoyouknowabouttheVictorianAgeVictoria(1819-1901)wasqueenoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIrelandfrom1837—1901.Her63-yearreignwasthelongestinBritainhistory.GreatBrainreachedtheirheightofitspowerduringthisperiod.Itbuiltagreatcolonialempireandenjoyedtremendousindustrialexpansionathome.Asaresult,thetimeofVictoria’sreignisoftencalledtheVictorianAge.5.Whatwasthefunctionofthewar?ItactedmerelyascatalyticagentinthisbreakdownoftheVictoriansocialstructureanditreleasedtheyoungpeople’sinhibitedviolentenergies.6.Afterthewar,whatweretheirreleaseenergiesturnedto?Theywereturnedtothedestructionoftheobsolescentnineteenth-centurysociety.Words1.Victorian:showingthemiddle-classrespectability,generallyofVictorianEngland正派。行为举止合乎礼仪，得体，高雅，有身份2.gentility:thequalityofbeingwell-mannered;refinement优雅3.inanycase:atallevents无论如何TherejectionofVictoriangentilitywas,inanycase,inevitable.Paraphrase:Anyway,AmericacouldnotavoiddiscardingVictoriangentilitywhichupheldthemiddle-classrespectabilityandaffectedrefinementofVictorianEngland.对维多利亚式的假派头的拒绝，不管怎么样都是不可避免的。Boom:togrowordeveloprapidlyRoaring:veryactiveorsuccessfulCorporate:relatingtoacorporationImpersonality:lackofapersonalorhumancharacter;thequalityofnotinvolvingpersonalfeelings非人格化，客观，冷静，无人情味Code：trainorinfluenceintoaparticularstateorcharacter塑造TheboomingofAmericanindustry-----andlesscompetitiveage.Paraphrase:AfterWWI,Americabecameahighlyindustrializedcountry.Therewerebigsuccessfulfactoriesoperatingeverywhere.Hugebusinesscorporationsdevoidofanyhumanfeelingscameintobeing.Thedesiretoexpandbusinessanddefeatrivalsexistedonalargescale.Inthisnewsituation,thestandardsofpolitebehaviorandthemoralprincipleofgoodupbringingthatwereformedinaquieterandlesscompetitiveagecouldnolongerexist.美国工业的蓬勃发展，加上它强大喧闹的工厂，公司的冷漠无情和它大规模的侵略性，再也没有为这个多平静，少竞争的年代里的政治行为的准则和良好的教养留下任何余地。Inhibit:holdback;restrain限制Obsolescent:beingin