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 危险的事物人e.g:T
2、hat 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 by large promises th
3、at 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 English of my experiencecan soon
4、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.g:life in contemporary Britain 当代英国
5、的生活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 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。urban:connected with a
6、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 dramatic changes in public life,any news that cause warm discussion.I think the
7、 urban English always get excited over a little thing.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 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 fr
8、ont of us if we dont get rid of boredom.6.Teenagers,who have not been able to use up enough energyduring the day,turn at night to idiot vandalism.Vandalism：willful or maliciously destruction 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
9、很愚蠢的行为。7.Later,if boredom hardens into frustration,some of them,too many of them,take to crime,all kinds from pettyshop-lifting to ferocious robbery with violence.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。Paraphrase:Teen
10、agers who have a lot of surplus energy to go around at night senselessly destroy public and private property.Later,if they feel aggressive rather than boring,many of them take to all kinds of crime from pretty shoplifting to violent robbery.8.Life in fact was much rougher,harder,more superficially i
11、nsecure,when I was young,but there seemed to be more honesty about,less constant cheating and pilfering and certainly far 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。Paraphrase:When I was youn
12、g,the life was much rougher and harder than nowadays,on the surface of the security is much less,but 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,
13、there are other factors at work.10.There is the false notion that the world owes you something while you owe it nothing.notion nonN-COUNTAnotionis 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-PLURALNotionsare small
14、articles for sewing,such as buttons,zips,and thread.缝纫用的杂物(如扣子、拉锁、线等)美国英语11.Then all will be well-no final damanation threatening you any longer.damnation dmnein n.the act of damningn.诅咒；非难；被罚下地狱int.糟了；该死the state of being condemned to eternal punishment in Helleg.Adam,intakingtheapplehad condemnedh
15、imself andall ofmankindto damnation.亚当因为吃了苹果而被定罪，于是所有的人类也遭到非难。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
16、 you any longer,and no understanding yet that there can be plenty of Hells on a do-it-yourself basis.12.Behind it all,whether people are sunk into almost mindless apathy or scream out of their frustration for violence,there is a feeling that everything is different now,that life has beenfound out to
17、 be without meaning,without purpose,equally negative for all mankind or for your own nation.sink into:fall into(陷入)sink into the mind(留在心头)sink into river（沉塘）Apathy:lack of interest or concern;lack of emotion or feeling;impassiveness.Paraphrase:Some people go about listlessly giving no though to any
18、thing,while others feel frustrated and shout in anger for violence.Behind all this is the feeling that every thing is different now,that life is without meaning or purpose,equally meaningless for the whole world or for your own nation.13.Naturally I am not saying all the English are down on this lev
19、el.Paraphrase:Spontaneously,I am not saying all the English are fell to some extend.14.We still have some Englishness left,keeping our minds open to the past and retaining some faith in our future,rejecting the logic-chopping rational for the widely if hazily reasonable,refusing to be cut off from i
20、nstinct and intutition.logic-chopping:to argue,esp.in a hairsplitting way.咬文嚼字，诡辩eg.Her logic-chopping was irrefutable.她的诡辩无懈可击。hazily:faintly,intangibly 模糊地，朦胧地eg.Darkness has now descended and the moon and stars shine hazily in the clear sky.夜幕现在已经降临，晴朗的天空里月影婆娑，星光朦胧。Paraphrase:We still retains the
21、 characteristics of some British people,enable us to the past to maintain a clear understanding of the future maintaining some confidence,those obtained by sophistry logic rational conclusion,rather than accepting thatalthough is not fully understood but is entirely sensible things,rufused to abando
22、n their original instinct and intution.Summarise of paragraph 12-13:All heavily industrializd societies are in the boredom business.The reasons why bordom is a menace:1.work offered is boring.2.shatter slow rhythms,traditional skills,closely knit communities of rural societies 3.crowd and excite people by promises that cannot be keptThank U for your Thank U for your listeninglistening
