新编英语教程Unit 7 TextI The Throw-Away Society演示教学.pptVIP

Unit 7 Text I (2);Paragraphs 1-3;2. Little girls adore Barbie because she is highly realistic and eminently dress-upable. showing realism; life-like; adj. distinguished (statesman); adv. perfectly, elegantly The reason why Barbie appeals so much to little girls is that she looks just like a real person in real life who can be dressed up in a perfect and elegant way; in the way they wish.;Rhetorical device in Para. One?;Metonymy (换喻，转喻);trade in;Paragraphs 4-6: ;5. Man-made things enter into and color his consciousness. His mind is filled with and influenced by artificial things. consciousness: (one’s) mind and thoughts Doubts about his trustworthiness never entered my consciousness. Their number is… Huxley: He has done more in five thousand years to alter the biological aspect of the planet than has nature in five million. (The Balance of Nature);Rhetorical device in Para. Four?;6. deride laugh at or make fun of (something considered worthless), scoff at, jeer at 他们对他的人类能够征服宇宙的观点嗤之以鼻。 They deride his notion that man can conquer space. 7. psychological impact a strong influence caused by an idea, event a strong influence on one’s way of thinking and behaving Information technology had made a great impact on modern life.;8. foreshorten: to make seem smaller, shorter, closer together than is really the case 按透视法（或按观察角度）缩短线条等 the foreshortening of our relationship with things accelerates the pace of life: the attempt to make our relationships with things transient causes our life to move on faster ;9. value judgments: judgments about the quality of something, based on opinion rather than facts; 价值判断 10. lingering literal meaning: slow to disappear a lingering illness, a lingering hope, Lingering Garden In this context: clinging to with devotion or clasping with love. (hold on to) 11. transient, temporary transient: existing only for a moment 稍纵即逝 temporary: lasting for a time暂时;Fill in the blank with a suitable word from the four: temporary, transient, momentary,