高级英语（第三版）第二册 全套课件.ppt

Para 22: 1. Even the most incorrigible maverick has to be born somewhere. incorrigible: that can not be corrected, improved, or reformed, because firmly established as a habit. maverick: (Americanism) [after Samuel Maverick (1803-70), Texas rancher who did not brand his cattle] an unbranded animal, especially a strayed calf, formerly the legitimate property of the first person who branded it. Metaphor, comparing a person who likes to travel a lot, a person who leaves the place or country where he was born to a maverick. A person has to be born somewhere, even a person who is in the habit of changing his place of residence constantly has to be born somewhere. 2. On this acceptance, literally, the life of a writer depends. The life of a writer really depends on his accepting the fact that no matter where he goes or what he does will always carry the marks of his origins. A writer cannot write without showing the marks of his origins. Part Four: Para.23-29 Baldwin realized that his responsibility is to find out the hidden laws to govern the American society and unite the vision of Europe and that of America together. What , according to Baldwin, is the task of American writers? American writers should find out the hidden laws and profound assumptions on the part of the people that govern American society. American writers should also try to unite the old vision of Europe and the new vision of America. Paraphrasing Para 26: The book is more likely to be a symptom of our tension than an examination of it. These books were not written by the writer after an analysis of the tension that exists in American society but they are more likely the direct product of the tension itself. Para 27: 1. Every society is really governed by hidden laws, by unspoken but profound assumptions on the part of the people. Every society is influenced and directed by hidden laws, and by many things deeply felt and taken for granted by the people, though not openly