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1、高级英语（第三版）第二册第五课 The Sad Young MenTeaching Aims To familiarize students with the social conditions of American 1920s To help students to understand the authors attitude and intention in the text To help students to appreciate the argumentative writing technique To require students to memorize all the
2、 new words in the textBackground informationVictorian Morality PuritanismHOMEProhibition Greenwich VillageBohemian lifeThe Roaring 20sIntroductionPara 1Para 1DevelopmentPara 2-9Para 2-9ConclusionPara 10-11Para 10-11General Questions on the textn What is the purpose of the text?n What is the attitude
3、 of the writer towards the Lost Generation?Detailed Study Detailed Study Introduction (para 1)Introduction (para 1)Questions :How does the writer introduce the topic?What have you learned about the lives of the 20s USA? What is the general impression of the 20s USA?Why is the answer a yes and no at
4、the same time?Words and Expressionssensationally romanticized: treated in a passionate, idealized manner to shock thrill and rouse the interest of people.nostalgic: looking for something far away or long ago or for former happy circumstance 怀旧的怀旧的deliciously illicit thrill: deliciously: pleasantly,
5、illicit: illegal an improper action but very enjoyable and excitingSpeakeasy: (Americanism) a place where alcoholic drinks are sold illegally, esp. such a place in the U.S. during Prohibitionparked sedan: in a sedan car parked on lonely country roadsflask-toting: always carrying a small flask filled
6、 with whisky or other strong liquorSheik: (Americanism) a masterful man to whom women are supposed to be irresistibly attractedFlapper: (Americanism) in the 1920s, a young woman considered bold and unconventional in action and dress.vagary: an odd, eccentric, or unexpected action or bit of conduct.d
7、egeneration: moral corruption, depravitysee in perspective: to view or judge things or events in a way that show their true relations to one anotherPara.1Para.1No aspect of life in the Twenties has been more commented upon and sensationally romanticized than the so called Revolt of the Younger Gener
8、ation.The slightest mention of the decade brings nostalgic recollections to the middle-aged and curious questionings by the young.deliciously illicit thrill; speakeasy; fashionable denunciation of Puritan morality; fashionable experimentations in amour in the parked sedan on a country road; jazz par
9、ties, flask-totting sheik; moral and stylistic vagaries of the flapper; drugstore cowboybecause what seemed so wild, irresponsible, and immoral in social behavior at the time can now be seen in perspective as being something considerably less sensational than the degeneration of our jazzmad youth.Pa
10、raphrasingParaphrasingAfter World War I, during the 1920s, every aspect of life in the United States has been commented upon, but the so-called Younger Generation has been more commented upon than all the other aspects, and usually the Revolt has been idealized and talked in passionate way.At the ve
11、ry mention of this post-war period, middle-aged people begin to think about it longingly and young people become curios and start asking all kinds of questions.When we look back now to those days and view things in their true relations to one another, we see that the social behavior of the young peo
12、ple was not very wild, irresponsible, and immoral. Their behavior was far from being as sensational as the degeneration of jazzmad youth. StructureStructurePreconditions of the RevoltGoing to the WarReturning from the WarPara 2-3InternationalDomesticEnvironmentsPara 4Escape in the form ofBohemian li
13、fePara 5Eager to participatePara 6Disillusioned withwar & countryPara 7Greenwich set patternPara 8Whole country followed suitPara 9Disappointedexpatriatedto EuropePlease give the main idea of each paragraph Please give the main idea of each paragraph Para 2: The revolt was a logical outcome of condi
14、tions in the age. (international environment)Para 3: The rejection of Victorian gentility was inevitable. (Domestic environment)Para 4: The revolt was in a form of escape under cover of Bohemian way of life made possible by the prosperity of the 20s American economy.Para 5: American youths were eage
15、r to go to battle.Para 6: The soldiers returned, disillusioned with the war and the country, angry.Para 7:Greenwich Village set the pattern of living and writing.Para 8: The whole country imitated their life style.Para 9: Disappointed with the country and people, the intellectuals emigrated to Europ
16、e.Para 2 Para 2 Questions to considernWhat was the international environment for the Revolt?nWhy did the Americans have to change their polity?nWhat does the first serious war refer to?nIn Sentence 3), what does provincial morality, artificial walls and geographical protection of two oceans mean res
17、pectively?nHow do you interpret the sentence that the international statue would prevent us from retreating”?Words and Expressions logical outcome: necessary and expected consequence. confined to: limited to aftermath: a result or consequence, esp. an unpleasant one. international stature: to develo
18、p and grow into a nation respected and esteemed by all other nations in the world. provincial: narrow, limited like that of rural provinces. bordering oceans: the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.ParaphrasingParaphrasingSecond, it was reluctantly realized by some subconsciously if not openlythat
19、our country was no longer isolated in either politics or tradition and that we had reached an international stature that would forever prevent us from retreating behind the artificial walls of a provincial morality or the geographical protection of our two bordering oceans.Some people in the United
20、States fully understood, though unwillingly, that the United States could no longer remain isolated politically or in matters of social customs and practices. If these people did not state their views openly, at least, they understood it subconsciously.1.We have become a world power so we can no lon
21、ger in our action just follow the principles of right and wrong as accepted in our own country, nor can we remain isolated geographically protected by the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In other words, the United States can no longer pursue a policy of isolationism.Para 3 Para 3 Questions to considern
22、 What were the features of modern industry?n What role did the war play in the Revolt and in the young generation?n What attitude did “the mass murder” and “shooting” reveal of the writer view of the war?Words and Expressions gentility: the quality of being genteel; specifically, excessive or affect
23、ed refinement and elegance 有教养有教养,温文尔雅温文尔雅 aggressiveness: bold and energetic pursuit of ones end, enterprise booming: rapid growth or development. impersonality: lack of personal or human character; the quality of not involving personal feelings. fashion: train or influence into a particular state
24、or character; produce, make, create. bustle: hurry busily or with much fuss and bother precipitate: throw headlong; cause to happen before expected, needed, bring on, obsolescent: becoming obsolete, in the process of passing out of use or useless;ParaphrasingParaphrasing1. The rejection of Victorian
25、 gentility was, in any case, inevitable. In any case, America could not avoid casting aside its middle-class responsibility and affected refinement.2. War or no war, as the generation passed, it became increasingly difficult for our young people to accept With or without a war, as one generation fol
26、lowed another, the young people found it increasingly difficult to accept standards of behavior that seemed in no way to be related to the noisy, busy world of business, and it was in this bustling business world that they were expected to become successful.3. The war acted merely as a catalytic age
27、nt in this breakdown of the Victorian social structure. The war only helped to speed up the breakdown of the Victorian social structure.Para 4 Para 4 Questions to consider:nWhat did the young generation try to escape from?nWhat made it possible for them to take up the Bohemian way of life?nWhat does
28、 it mean by international responsibilities? Words and Expressions mores: customs, esp. the fixed or traditional customs of a society, often acquiring the force of law. faddishness: the following of fashion hectic: characterized by excitement, rush, confusion, etc. perversion: corruption orgy: any wi
29、ld riotous licentious merry-making; spree: a lively, noisy frolic reveller: a person who makes merry or is noisily festive sober up: free from drunkenness, be clear-headed after drunkenness.ParaphrasingParaphrasing1. Thus in a changing world youth was faced with the challenge of bringing our mores u
30、p to date. Thus in a world where everything was changing, our young people had to take up the demanding task of reforming our traditional social customs in order to keep up with this changing world.2. It was temptedimmorality: In America at least, the young people were strongly inclined to shirk the
31、ir responsibilities. They pretended to be worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily. They pretended to live like unconventional artists or poets, breaking the moral code of the community.3. The much-publicizedescapism: This much reported wild and riotous life the intellectuals in Greenwich Villa
32、ge and their defiant open declarations of their motives and intentions provided the young people with a philosophy that could justify their escapism.4. The crash to sober up: metaphor The Great Economic Depression which started in the United States in 1929 brought the young escapists back to their s
33、enses and stopped the wild, riotous lives they were living.Para 5- Para 5- Questions to considerWhat was the war like in the young generations mind?What did they believe the war could do?Words and Expressionsstalemate: any unresolved situation in which further action is impossible or useless; deadlo
34、ck 僵持僵持insolence: being boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; imprudencebelligerent (n. adj.) at war; of warstrenuous: vigorous, arduous, zealous, etc.jingoism: chauvinism characterized by an aggressive, threatening, warlike foreign policy.strife: a struggle, fight, or quarrelfracas: a noisy f
35、ight or loud quarrel; brawldissolve into: fade outinfantry: foot soldiers collectivelyharass: trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questionsdraft: the choosing or taking of an individual or individuals from a group for some special purpose, esp. for compulsory military serviceu
36、nabated: sustaining an original intensity or maintaining full force with no decrease ParaphrasingParaphrasing1. Our young men began to enlist under foreign flags. Our young me joined the armies of foreign countries to fight in the war.2. They wanted belly up: The young people wanted to take part in
37、the glorious adventure before the whole war ended.3. The strifeSan Juan Hill. The Civil War of 1861 1865 was always portrayed in the movies and in stories as a highly sentimental drama and the war with Spain in 1898 always ended in a scene in a movie showing the one-sided victory at Manila or the Am
38、ericans charging up San Juan Hill.4. More than enough otherwise sensible boys. who were sensible in many other ways.5. The enlistment craze continued unabated People kept on going to join the army without any reducing of their enthusiasmPara 6- Para 6- Questions to considern How did they find out wh
39、en they returned home?n What made them feel unbearable? Words and Expressionsspirit of carnival: festive spirit, spirit of revelry and merry-makingdissipate: become less, disappear completelycontingent: a share, proportion, or quota, as of troops, delegates, etc.bombast: talk or writing that sounds
40、grand or important but has little meaning; pompous language.recession: a temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity has been generally increasing.problem children: children that are difficult to handle.whip up: rouse, exciteoutmoded: no longer in fashion or accepte
41、dsodden: dull or stupefied, as from overindulgence in liquorsmug: pleased with oneself as how good and kind they are.ParaphrasingParaphrasing1. The eager young men had a good taste of twentieth-century warfare. metaphor. They had real or thorough experience of the war.2. To their lasting glory, they
42、 fought with distinction. The young people fought very bravely and well and as a result they will always be honored and admired.3. Fourth-of July bombast: pompous and patriotic speeches made during the Fourth of July celebrations4. They had outgrown town and families understand. metaphor, comparing
43、their unsuitability to growing too large for ones clothes. These young people could no longer adapt themselves to lives in their home towns or their families. They suddenly felt very confused and weary of the world. They and their relatives could not understand why this happened.5. Resume the pose o
44、f self-deceiving Victorian innocence: to resume living and behaving simply and innocently as the former Victorian social structure required them to do.6. Something in the tension-ridden youth of America had to give: something in the youth of America, who were already very tense, had to break down. P
45、ara 7- Para 7- Words and ExpressionsQuestionsWhat pattern did the Greenwich Village set up?What was Greenwich Village well-known for?dubious: rousing suspicion; feeling doubt; skepticalharbor: provide shelter forBabbitry: title character of “Main Street” by Sinclair Lewis a smugly conventional perso
46、n interested chiefly in business and social success and indifferent to cultural values.flock to: swarm to, go in large numbersflout: be scornful; show contempt; jeer, scoffParaphrasingParaphrasingGreenwich Village set the pattern. metonymy. The writers and artists living in Greenwich Village set the
47、 example with other young intellectuals throughout the country follow.The village had long enjoyed a dubious reputation for Bohemianism and eccentricity. Greenwich Village had long been widely but unfavorably known for its unconventional and nonconforming way of life.Greenwich Village harbored enoug
48、h major writers. Greenwich Village provided shelter for enough major writers.It was only natural that hopeful young writers, their minds and pens inflamed against wasartistic centre. Metonymy, “pens” standing for their writing. It was only natural that hopeful writers whose minds and writings were f
49、illed with violent anger against war, Babbitry, and “Puritanical” gentility, should come in great numbers to live in Greenwich Village, the traditional artistic center.Para 8- Para 8- Words and ExpressionsQuestion to considerHow did the Americans react to the fashion?defy: show disobedienceconflagra
50、tion: a big, destructive firefast: living in a reckless, wild, dissipated waypulpit: preachers collectivelyobliquely: indirectly or evasivelyvulgar: common to the great mass of people in general; common; popularParaphrasingParaphrasing1. Soon they found their imitators among the non-intellectuals. S