大学英语精读第三册 第三版 课件 unit one.ppt

1、2. The Sixties “Youth Counterculture”,3. Hippy / Hippie,4. Background Information,BR_MAIN,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,5. Introductory Remarks,6. Words or Phrases Related to the Topic,1. An English Song Kids Wanna Rock,Before Reading_1_1,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,The Background of the Song,The idea for “Kids Wanna Rock” began one summer night in 1984 at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver, where Bryan and I and my wife Rache

2、l had gone to see a performance by Thomas Dolby. With all the electronic sounds and robotic posturing, we found the performance to be somewhat lacking emotionally. Unable to endure another “sine-wave”, twenty minutes into the concert we quietly slipped out of the theatre and went up the street for a bite to eat. While discussing the Dolby performance over dinner, one of us remarked how, really, the kids just “wanna rock”. We wrote most of “Kids Wanna Rock” the next day. We based the song on anot

3、her idea wed been developing. Just as Paul McCartney used “Scrambled Eggs” as a temporary title for “Yesterday”, Bryan and I had a temporary lyric before we settled on “Kids Wanna Rock”. Instead of “Around the world or around the block, everywhere I go the kids wanna rock”, we had “Whats Sir Lew Grade got against me, I cant get my songs on the BBC” . an accurate reflection of Bryans inability at the time to get airplay on UK radio. by Jim Vallance,Before Reading_1_2,Kids Wanna Rock by Jim Vallan

4、ce living in group together; taking drugs,Before Reading_3_1.1,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,Hippie, member of a youth movement of the late 1960s, was characterized by nonviolent anarchy, concern for the environment, and rejection of Western materialism. The hippie movement started in the United States and then spread to Canada, the United Kingdom, and many other countries. The hippies formed a politically outspoken, antiwar, artistically prolific counterculture in

5、 North America and Europe. The hippies were usually dressed in unusual clothes and lived in group together and took drugs.,Richmond upon Thames is a borough of Greater London in southwestern England. Richmond upon Thames is an attractive residential district that borders both sides of the River Thames for about 19 km (about 12 miles). Its population is over 160,000. Among the boroughs historical sites are Hampton Court Palace, the former home of King Henry VIII; and the remains of Richmond Palac

6、e, which was used by Queen Elizabeth I. The Royal Botanical Gardens in nearby Kew are also a popular attraction.,Before Reading_4_1,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,Richmond upon Thames,Before Reading_4_POP_Hampton Court Palace,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_4_POP_King Henry VIII,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_4_POP_Richmond,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Re

7、ading,Before Reading_4_POP_Richmond Palace,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_4_POP_Queen Elizabeth I,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_4_POP_Royal Botanical,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,Before Reading_4_2,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,London,London is the capital of the United Kingdom. It is situated in southeastern England along the Thames River. Wit

8、h a population of about 7 million, this vast metropolis is by far the largest city in Europe, a distinction it has maintained since the 17th century. In the 19th century it was the largest and most influential city in the world, the center of a large and prosperous overseas empire. Today although it no longer ranks among the worlds most populous cities, London is still one of the worlds major financial and cultural centers.,Before Reading_4_3,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After

9、Reading,Middle Class,It refers to the class of people between the nobility and the working class. It includes professional men (such as doctors, lawyers and architects), bankers, owners of business and small gentry.,1) In Britain:,It refers to the class of people between the very wealthy class and the class of unskilled laborers and unemployed people. It includes businessmen, professional people, office workers, and many skilled workers.,2) In the United States:,Before Reading_4_4_1,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,Lawyer Solicitor Barrister,Lawyer:,the general term for anyone whose work is to advise his clients about the law and represent them in court,Solicitor:,a lawyer who gives advice, appears in lower courts, and prepares cases for a barrister to argue in a higher court,Before Reading_4_4_2,Before Reading,Global Reading,Detailed Reading,After Reading,Lawyer Solicitor Barrister,Barrister:,a lawyer who has the right o

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