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1、Lesson 11 The Future of the English,张伊婷 5 李璟婷 12 虞沛沛 17 郑婷匀 18 鲍丹莹 25 马文静 35 朱文君 38 陈菥 39,1. Boredom is a menace, now and in the future. boredom: the feeling you have when you are bored 厌倦，厌烦 e.g: the sheer boredom of working in a factory 在工厂里工作的极端乏味 menace : something or someone that is dangerous 危
2、险的事物人 e.g: That man is a menace to society! 那个男人是社会的祸害！ 2.All heavily industrialized societies are in the boredom business.,3. It is also because, after having shattered the slow rhythms, the traditional skills, the closely knit communities of rural societies, they crowd people together, excite them
3、 by large promises that cannot be kept, so drive them into boredom. shattered:to break suddenly into very small pieces, or to make something break in this way. e.g: The plate hit the floor, and shattered into tiny pieces. 盘子砸在地上，摔得粉碎。 closely knit:紧密结合的,4.Now the Englishat least the contemporary Eng
4、lish of my experiencecan soon feel bored, which largely explains why they gamble and booze so much and enjoy any dramatic change in public life , any news that encourages excited talk: the urban English have always seemed to me a dramatic people. contemporary: belonging to the present time 当代的；现代的 e
5、.g: life in contemporary Britain 当代英国的生活,2019/10/23,booze: drink alcoholic beverages excessively or chronically 酗酒；狂欢 e.g: He boozed till daylight and dozed into the afternoon . 他喝了个通宵，昏沉沉地一直睡到下午。 dramatic: exciting and impressive 激动人心的；引人注目；给人印象深刻的 e.g: They watched dramatic pictures of the police
6、raid on TV. 他们在电视上看到了警察突击搜捕的激动人心的画面。,2019/10/23,urban: connected with a town or city 城市的；都市的；城镇的 e.g: urban areas 城市生活/urban life 城市生活 Paraphrase： Now the contemporary English ,who have the same experience as me , can get bored easily .This explains why the English gamble and drink so much and enjoy
7、 dramatic changes in public life , any news that cause warm discussion. I think the urban English always get excited over a little thing.,2019/10/23,5.When boredom cant be banished, there is always danger ahead. banish: sb/sth(from sth) to make sb/sth go away; to get rid of sb/sth 赶走；驱除 The sight of
8、 food banished all other thoughts from my mind . 看到吃的，我别的什么都忘记了。 Paraphrase： The danger will always in front of us if we dont get rid of boredom.,2019/10/23,6.Teenagers,who have not been able to use up enough energy during the day, turn at night to idiot vandalism. Vandalism：willful or maliciously d
9、estruction of public or private property; 破坏公共财物罪，肆意毁坏他人财产罪 eg. It is stupid,just vandalism for the hell of it. 只是为了好玩而破坏公物是很愚蠢的行为。,2019/10/23,7.Later, if boredom hardens into frustration,some of them, too many of them, take to crime, all kinds from petty shop-lifting to ferocious robbery with viole
10、nce. Ferocious: very aggressive or violent 凶猛的，残暴的 eg. The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ships to pieces. 狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。,2019/10/23,Paraphrase: Teenagers who have a lot of surplus energy to go around at night senselessly destroy public and private property. Later,if they feel aggressive r
11、ather than boring,many of them take to all kinds of crime from pretty shoplifting to violent robbery.,2019/10/23,8. Life in fact was much rougher, harder, more superficially insecure, when I was young, but there seemed to be more honesty about, less constant cheating and pilfering and certainly far
12、less vicious criminality. Pilfer: steal (esp. small sums or petty objects)； filch 偷窃；尤指小偷小摸 e.g.: Women pilfer souvenirs from their hotel room 女人会从宾馆房间拿走一些纪念品。,2019/10/23,Paraphrase: When I was young, the life was much rougher and harder than nowadays, on the surface of the security is much less, bu
13、t people seem to be more honest than now, and the phenomenon of cheating and stealing is very rare. 9. Other elements apart from boredom of course have been at work here. Paraphrase: In addition to boredom, there are other factors at work.,2019/10/23,10.There is the false notion that the world owes
14、you something while you owe it nothing. notion non N-COUNT A notion is an idea or belief about something. 想法 eg：We each have a notion of just what kind of person wed like to be. 我们每个人都对自己要做个什么样的人有各自的想法。 N-PLURAL Notions are small articles for sewing, such as buttons, zips, and thread. 缝纫用的杂物 (如扣子、拉锁
15、、线等) 美国英语,2019/10/23,11.Then all will be well-no final damanation threatening you any longer. damnation dmnein n. the act of damning n. 诅咒；非难；被罚下地狱 int. 糟了；该死 the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Hell eg. Adam, in taking the apple had condemned himself and all of mankind to damnatio
16、n. 亚当因为吃了苹果而被定罪，于是所有的人类也遭到非难。,2019/10/23,Paraphrase: Here is Iagos Put money in thy purse; there is the false notion that the world owes you something while you owe it nothing; the other idea that so long as you are not found out, then all will be well - no final damnation threatening you any longer, and no understanding yet that there can be plenty of Hells on a do-it-yourself basis.,2019/10/23,12.Behind it all, whether people are sunk into almost mindless apathy or
