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1、The Idiocy of Urban Life Henry FairliePre-reading questions:n1.Have you ever lived in the country?If yes,how do you feel about the differences between country life and city life?If no,do you wish to live in the country for some time?n2.How do you understand the new word“urbanization”?What might be t
2、he result of this trend?Talk about the above two questionsCity LifeFuture City Lifen1.Traffic in the futureFuture City Life2.Buildings in the futureCountry LifeCountry LifeA brief comparisonExternal worldInternal worldcitiesBustling,noisy,competitive,far from nature;caged,limited living room,air pol
3、lution,enjoy lots of conveniences of modern lifeQuiet,Indifference,lack of contact,more psychological problemscountrysideQuiet,leisurely,a part of nature,much living room,fresh and clean air,not able to enjoy much modern convenience,Warm relationship,frequent contact with eath other Urbanization VS
4、SuburbanizationnUrbanization(or urbanisation)is the physical growth of urban areas as a result of rural migration and even suburban concentration into cities,particularly the very large ones.Urbanization is closely linked to modernization,industrialization,and the sociological process of rationaliza
5、tionnSuburbanization is the growth of areas on the fringes of cities.Many residents of metropolitan regions work within the central urban area,and choose to live in satellite communities called suburbs and commute to work via automobile or mass transit.Others have taken advantage of technological ad
6、vances to work from their homes.Suburbanization Sprawling Freeway in Ontario with a suburbanized industry area in the background.Note the far distances from office buildings compared to a downtown.Many office buildings in suburban industry areas are set up on large irrigated campus.It encourages low
7、-density in the city and auto-dependent development.SuburbanizationView of housing development near farm in Richfield,Minnesota,19543.What is urbanization?The titlenThe Idiocy of Urban Lifestupidity,follyIs the urban life stupid?The Idiocy of Urban Life :the pretense of city dwellers when they try t
8、o live outside the city boundaries.:city work is much less meaningful than farming.:city dwellers live and work in an unreal environment.:the damage done by the office work to city dwellers physical conditions.Para 3-4Para 5-6Para 7Para 8-9Structure of the text:nPart I:Para _-_ Introduction,where th
9、e thesis of the argument is presented(What is it?)nPart II:para _-_ The author provides evidences for the idiocy of urban life.nPart III:para _-_ The author reiterates his point.Part I:Para 1-2Questions:1.What is urban life like at night?(quiet and orderly)2.What does the author think of the human u
10、rban life?(Compared with the gregarious life of rats,human life in the city is individualistic(they may be next-door neighbors but they know very little about each other)and competitive,and thus idiotic.)Part I:Para 1-22.What is the purpose of mentioning rats as true city dwellers?(Paragraph 1)(For
11、the purpose of contrasting rats with human beings.In a sense,both rats and human beings are city dwellers,but there are differences between them in terms of life in the city.As natural inhabitants of the city,rats are social creatures and lead a stable urban life.By contrast,most human dwellers do n
12、ot enjoy urban life but try to live outside the city boundaries;and they live an individualistic and atomized rather than gregarious life.Therefore,relatively speaking,rats are true city dwellers.)Language points:ncivil:1.of or relating to the citizens of a country 公民的;民间的;国内的:civil disorders群众性滋事 c
13、ivil strife(=conflict)内乱.2.polite and formal -His manners was civil,though not particularly friendly.nduring an insomniac night:during a sleepless night transferred epithet:移位(to modify something inanimate)e.g.He threw a reassuring arm round my shoulder.(=He threw an arm round my shoulder to reassur
14、e me)I hate these purposeless(=idling)days.(=I have these days which I have passed by idling.)They sat their in thoughtful silence.(=They sat their and they were both in silence and meditation.)Then there was a long thoughtful silence all around me.(=All around me there came a long silence which bro
15、ught people into deep thought.)rat race:fierce competition The rat race is a term often used to describe excessive work.In general terms,if one works too much,one is in the rat race.It implies that many people see work as an endless pursuit with little reward or purpose.-I really want to get out of
16、the rat race.我真的想要远离这种你争我夺的生活。-They longed to escape from the rat race and move to the countryside.他们渴望能够摆脱无情的竞争搬到乡下去。Language points:Part I:Para 1-2Para 1Para 2human life:lone footsteps,come out of silence busy working rat life:come out,sleek,well-groomed,combed urbane Rats are social creatures.(gr
17、egarious)Cities are not social places.(individualistic,atomized,competitive)Part II:Para 3-9Questions:(Para 3-4)n1.What is the evidence that city dwellers try to simulate rural life?n2.What is it that attracts city dwellers to the country?Can their dream come true?Why?(solitude)Part II:Para 3-9Quest
18、ion:(Para 3-4)3.What idiocy is there in the city dwellers trying to live outside the city boundaries?(Paragraph 3)(The idiocy of the practice lies in the pretence of the city dwellers.For one thing,they disdain rural life on the one hand,and on the other hand they try to simulate it by creating larg
19、e or small patches of greenery around their suburb,exurb or rururb residences.For another,while they intend to live a rural life by going to the country,they have in fact spoiled the natural features of the rural areas and created urban surroundings where they have settled down.As a result their pur
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