(精品)现代大学英语精读2unit9.ppt
Norman Cousinslpolitical journalistlauthorlprofessorlworld peace advocateAgenda:lEarly lifelEducationlCareer as journalist and editorlAwardsEarly life:lWest Hoboken,New Jerseylmisdiagnosed with tuberculosis and placed in a sanatoriumlset out to discover exuberanceEducation:l received a bachelors degree from Teachers College,Columbia University in New York Citylbe held honorary degrees in the literature,science,and law from forty-nine colleges anf universitiesCareer as journalist and editor:lNew York Evening PostlCurrent HistorylSaturday Review of Literature Selected works:lModern Man Is Obsolete(1945)l Writing for love or money:thirty-five essays(1949)l Who Speaks for Man?(1953)l In God we trust;the religious beliefs and ideas of the American Founding Fathers(1958)l Dr.Schweitzer of Lambarn(1960)l In place of folly(1962)l Present tense;an American editors Odyssey(1967)l Great American Essays(1967)l Improbable triumvirate:John F.Kennedy,Pope John,Nikita Khrushchev(1972)lAnatomy of an illness as perceived by the patient:reflections on healing(1979)ISBN 978-0-393-32684-0l Human options(1981)l The Physician in Literature(1982)l The healing heart:antidotes to panic and helplessness(1983)l The Words of Albert Schweitzer(Words of Series)(1984)l Albert Schweitzers mission:healing and peace(1985)with Schweitzer ISBN 978-0-393-02238-4l Nobel Prize Conversations:With Sir John Eccles,Roger Sperry(1985)Awards:lAuthor of the Yearlthe inaugural Helmerich Award in 1985lthe United Nations Peace Medallthe American Peace Awardlthe Family of Man Award lthe Eleanor Roosevelt Peace AwardCulture DifferenceWhats culture difference?Culture difference is differences that exist between people because of different histories and different social backgrounds.Chinese culture and western culture are different in many ways:Eating cultureFestivalMedicineLiving styleEating cultureChinese use chopsticks while people in western countries prefer to use forks and knives.Chinese custom festivalThe Spring Festival The Lantern Festival The Mid Autumn Festival The Dragon-Boat Festival The Tomb-sweeping Festival The Double-ninth Day The Double Seventh Festival Western custom festivalThe Christmas Day The Easter Day The Thanksgiving Day The April Fools Day The Mothers Day The Fathers Day Halloween The Valentines Day FestivalMedicineTherere also some pictures painted by Germen to show the differences between China and western countries.globalizationtribalism tribalismOriginally,tribalism refers to behavior and attitudes that are based on strong loyalty to tribe.Scholars believe that modern regionalism,racism,and nationalism are merely more refined forms of primitive tribalism.globalizationThe first wave lasted from 1870 to the start of World War I.Following World War II,a second wave of globalization emerged,lasting from about 1950 to 1980The most recent wave of globalization,which started in 1980TransportationCommunications technologiesInternational companieseffecteconomical political cultural economicalInvestmentemploymentInstability politicalfreedom of speechcriminalculturalspreadingqualityThe education the author received didnt fail completely for it enabled him to have a general idea of the world and taught him the differences of nations and people.But it failed to tell the author the similarities in the world.We human beings are of a unity.Therefore,it was necessary to have a new type of education.In such an education,life was unique and should be respected.Next was the knowledge of human needs and situation.With such education,some nation and people would understand human destiny.
