综合英语4 Unit10 The Idiocy of Urban Life.pptVIP

Unit 10 Text 1 The Idiocy of Urban Life Learning Objectives： After learning this unit, you are required to master all the new words and employ them in conversation and writing. be able to paraphrase all the topic sentences in Text 1. aware the author’s purpose of writing and grasp the main structure through an intensive reading of Text 1. have a good understanding of the style of the text—argumentation, most of which consists of three parts: the thesis of the author, the evidences to support the thesis, and the summary or conclusion of the argument. Pre-reading questions: What are the major differences between city life and country life? Where do you prefer to live, in the city or in the country? Please give evidences to support your choice. (argue for the advantages of city life and country life respectively) Highlight This argumentative essay comprises three parts. The author first presents to us that the aggressively individualistic and atomized urban life today goes against both the purpose of the city and the human nature, and thus is foolish. Then he provides evidences for the idiocy of urban life. Finally, the author reiterates his point. This text can be divided into three parts. Part One (Paragraphs 1-2): In this part, the author presents the thesis of his argument: aggressively individualistic and atomized urban life today goes against both the purpose of the city and the human nature, and thus is foolish. Part Two (Paragraphs 3-9): In this part, the author provides evidences for the idiocy of urban life. Para. 3-4: discussing the pretense of city dwellers when they try to live outside the city boundaries; Para. 5-6: putting forward the point that city work is much less meaningful than farming; Para. 7: proving that the city dwellers live and work in an unreal environment; Para. 8-9: showing the damage done by the office work to the physical conditions of the workers. Part 3 (Paragraph 10): In this part, the writer sum