高级英语（第二册） Lesson 10 The Sad Young Men (Rod W. Horton and Herbert W. Edwards)

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Introductory paragraphs serve to gain reader interest and present background material or other kinds of explanatory information necessary for a better understanding of what will follow. Some introductory paragraphs include the thesis statement -- a single sentence expressing the central thought of the piece of writing. Others include along with the thesis statement, a clear indication of the direction of the writer's flow of thought.

In \Sad Young Men\the function of the first paragraph is introductory. The thesis statement is placed in the last paragraph. Horton and Edwards begin by mentioning the interest in the Twenties by young people today. In addition, they discuss the questions that present-day students are asking their parents and teachers. Was there really a Younger Generation problem.9 Were young people really so wild? Their answers are yes and no.

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The Younger Generation in China

In the last twenty years or so, China has undergone great changes thanks to the policy of opening up to the outside world. The younger generation is the Number One beneficiary. Strolling along the street, you may see young men ride by with small earphones and a pocket tape recorder. Most probably they are enjoying music. Attending a computer training course, you will' find so many counterparts there. Nowadays, the younger generation benefits a lot from sophisticated scientific and technological products.

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This is a piece of expository writing by two American writers explaining a certain period in American literary and social history. It focuses especially on the attitudes and revolt of the young people who returned from World War I , disappointed and disillussioned. In this revolt the young intellectuals, writers and artists, stood in the van and was the most vocal group. Many of these intellectuals lived abroad, especially in Paris, as expatriates, but most of them later re-turned to the United States voluntarily. These intellectuals were called \Young Men\or \Lost Generation\because they were critical and rebellious. However, they were never lost because they were also very creative and productive and as this essay says \freshest, most stimulating writing in its literary experience\

The structural organization of this essay is clear and simple. The essay divides logically into paragraphs with particular functions: to introduce the subject (introduction) in paragraph 1, to support and develop the thesis (the body or the middle)in paragraphs 2 through 9, to bring the discussion to an end (conclusion) in paragraphs 10 and 11.

In \Sad Young Men\Horton and Edwards state their thesis in the last paragraph of the essay: \cursed their luck but didn't die; escaped butvoluntarily returned; flayed the Babbits but loved their country, and in so doing gave the nation the liveliest, freishest, most stimulating writing in its literary experience.

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高级英语（第二册） Lesson 10 The Sad Young Men (Rod W. Horton and Herbert W. Edwards)

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Ⅰ. Choose the best words to complete the sentences. 1. revolt

A. rebellion B. amour C. memory D. recollection 2. nostalgic

A. sensational B. romantic C. homesick D. fashionable 3. stature A. status B. statue C. station D. stuff 4. provincial A. gigantic B. narrow C. novel D. moral 5. mores

A.customs B. drugs

C. adventurousness D. sergeants 6. orgy

A. bombast B. binary C. compatible D. digitized 7. transitory A. curious B. idealistic C. tremendous D. short-lived 8. contingent A. corps B. distinction C. notion D. morality 9. obsolescent A. unabated

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高级英语（第二册） Lesson 10 The Sad Young Men (Rod W. Horton and Herbert W. Edwards)

B. smug C. outmoded D. sodden 10. strife

A. struggle B. patriotism C. recession D. factor 11. obliquely A. sexually B. reluctantly

C. internationally D. indirectly 12. harass A. plead B. worry C. fan D. flout 13. fad

A. feature B. imitator C. craze D. pulpit 14. hectic A. affluent B. acute C. exciting D. naughty 15. intellectual A. flapper B. sheik C. citizen D. intellect 16. crook A. cook B. cheat C. cowboy D. writer 17. curb

A. control B. shock C. escape D. drift 18. sterile

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高级英语（第二册） Lesson 10 The Sad Young Men (Rod W. Horton and Herbert W. Edwards)

A. cynical

B. B. sensitive C. unproductive D. sophisticated 19. illicit A. legal B. illegal C. resistible D. irresistible 20. aftermath A. search

B. investigation C. experiment D. consequence

Ⅱ. Spell out the words according to the meaning and the first letter of the word is given.

1) This disease causes physical and mental deterioration. d

2) This shop used to be a place for going to buy and drink alcohol illegally in the 1920s and 1930s. s

3) Do you think of him as a man supposed to be irresistibly attractive to romantic young women ? s

4) This bank has both individual and company customers. c 5) I enjoy the hustle and busy activity of life in a big city. b

6) This thing called love was a total mystery to me, but the strange act and idea of passion and despair that accompanied each devotion kept my life in high drama. v

7) Find your ideal online UK jobsite or employing agency by name, location or industry. r 8) He made great attempts to stop her. s

9) The warlike nations refused to have peace talks b

10) Bridgman does not see this scheme as contradicting the custom thesis. c 11) The breeze dispelled the fog d

12) The two sides reached a deadlock in their negotiations. S 13) Tell us what you think of this speech attack. d

14) Though now we talk about lots of smaller wars, what's to prevent a really big fire? c 15) Patriotism can turn into chauvinistic patriotism and intolerance very quickly. j 16) Very few early Byzantine icons survived the icon-destroying period I 17) The newspapers severely criticised him. f

18) His office is in town, but his dwelling place is in the suburbs. r 19) A tendency to eat sand is a strange act of appetite. p

20) My weariness was great after looking unsuccessfully for a job all day. f

Ⅲ. Fill in the blank with the following phrases and make changes if necessary.

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