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1、Lesson 10 The Sad Young Men 常雪 20111711030 Paragraph three page 146 Queen Victoria Queen Victoria ruling time 1837 -1901 Victoria, queen of Great Britain and Ireland (18371901) and empress of India (1876 1901). She was the daughter of duke of Kent (fourth son of George III) and Princess Mary Louise
2、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
3、 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 terri
4、ble 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 yle Features of Victoria Times 1.Architects. Go
5、thic style, Greek style 2. 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
6、. excessive or affected refinement and elegance In any case , at all events ,无论如何 Para.3 The 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 uphe
7、ld 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 不可避免的。 Para.3 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 polit
8、e 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 acti
9、ve or successful Para.3 Para.3 Fashion ：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 indu
10、strialized 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.3 no longer left any room for the code of polite behavior and well-bred morality fashioned i
11、n 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
12、existed on a large scale . Para.3 After 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 . I
13、n 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 a
14、ggressiveness, 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 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 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。 Para.3 The booming of American industry with its gigantic, roaring factorie
15、s , 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 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 越来越难了。 Para.3 War or no war, as the g
16、enerations 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
