高级英语第二册第10课.ppt
Lesson 10 The Sad Young Men常雪常雪20111711030Paragraph three page 146 Queen Victoria Queen Victoriaruling time 1837-1901Victoria,queen of Great Britain and Ireland(18371901)and empress of India(18761901).She was the daughter of duke of Kent(fourth son of George III)and Princess Mary Louise Victoria.Victorias father died before she was one year old.in 1837,at the age of 18,she succeeded her uncle,William IV,to the throne.Victorian Age(Victorian Gentility)-great economic,social,and political changes occurred in Britain.The British Empire covered about a fourth of the worlds land.Industry and trade expanded rapidly,and railroads and lands crisscrossed the country.-Science and technology made great advances.-The government introduced democratic reforms.For example,an increasing number of people received the right to vote.-Factory and farm workers lived in terrible poverty.Rich people lived on poor people with the cover of religion.-The term Victorian,like the middle-class society in the time of Queen Victoria,very respectable and religious in a formal way that sometimes only pretends to be good and pure yleFeatures of Victoria Times1.Architects.2.Gothic style,Greek style2.Clothes.3.Afternoon tea was very popular for the noble.They had nutritious breakfast,a simple lunch and late supper.Victorian:showing the middle-class respectability(decency正派，行为举止合乎礼仪，得体，高雅，有身份)Gentility：the quality of being well-mannered;refinement 优雅，now,esp.excessive or affected refinement and elegance In any case,at all events,无论如何Para.3The rejection of Victorian gentility was,in any case,inevitable.The rejection of Victorian gentility was,in any case,inevitable.Anyway,America could not avoid discarding Victorian gentility which upheld the middle-class respectability and affected refinement of Victorian England.对维多利亚式的假派头的拒绝，不管怎么样都是对维多利亚式的假派头的拒绝，不管怎么样都是不可避免的。不可避免的。Para.3The booming of American industry with its gigantic,roaring factories,its corporate impersonality,and its large-scale aggressiveness,no longer left any room for the code of polite behavior and well-bred morality fashioned in a quieter and less competitive age.Corporate:relating to a corporation 法人的，与法人有关的 impersonality:lack of a personal or human character;the quality of not involving personal feelings 非人格化，客观，冷静，无人情味Boom:to grow or develop rapidly roaring：very active or successfulPara.3Para.3Fashion：train or influence into a particular state or character 塑造Code:system of rules and principles that has been accepted by society or class or group社会或某阶层所遵守的礼法，惯例，道德准则The booming of American industry with its gigantic,After WWI,America became a highly industrialized country.There were big successful factories operating everywhere.roaring factories,its corporate impersonality,Huge business corporations devoid of any human feelings came into being.Para.3no longer left any room for the code of polite behavior and well-bred morality fashioned in a quieter and less competitive age.In this new situation,the standards of polite behavior and the moral principles of good upbringing that were formed in a quieter and less competitive age could no longer exist.and its large-scale aggressiveness,The desire to expand business and defeat rivals existed on a large scale.Para.3After WWI,America became a highly industrialized country.There were big successful factories operating everywhere.Huge business corporations devoid of any human feelings came into being.The desire to expand business and defeat rivals existed on a large scale.In this new situation,the standards of polite behavior and the moral principles of good upbringing that were formed in a quieter and less competitive age could no longer exist.The booming of American industry with its gigantic,roaring factories,its corporate impersonality,and its large-scale aggressiveness,no longer left any room for the code of polite behavior and well-bred morality fashioned in a quieter and less competitive age.美国工业的蓬勃发展，加上它强大喧闹美国工业的蓬勃发展，加上它强大喧闹的工厂，公司的冷漠无情和它大规模的的工厂，公司的冷漠无情和它大规模的侵略性，再也没有为这个多平静，少竞侵略性，再也没有为这个多平静，少竞争的年代里的政治行为的准则和良好的争的年代里的政治行为的准则和良好的教养留下任何余地。教养留下任何余地。Para.3The booming of American industry with its gigantic,roaring factories,its corporate impersonality,and its large-scale aggressiveness,no longer left any room for the code of polite behavior and well-bred morality fashioned in a quieter and less competitive age.不论是否发生战争，随着时代的变化要我们的不论是否发生战争，随着时代的变化要我们的年轻一代接受与他们必须在其中拼搏求胜的这个年轻一代接受与他们必须在其中拼搏求胜的这个喧嚣的商业化社会格格不入的行为准则已经变得喧嚣的商业化社会格格不入的行为准则已经变得越来越难了。越来越难了。Para.3War or no war,as the generations passed,it became increasingly difficult for our young people to accept standards of behavior that bore no relationship to the bustling business medium in which they were expected to battle for success.Inhibit：hold back;restrain 抑制，限制Inhibit wrong desires 抑制邪念Obsolescent：being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness;becoming obsolete 逐渐废弃不用的，正成为废品的an obsolescent custom 一种正在逐渐过时的习俗Para.3
