新视野大学英语读写教程2

马牧野

目录

  • 1 Unit 1 Language in mission
    • 1.1 Lead in
    • 1.2 Main idea and structure
    • 1.3 Text reading
    • 1.4 practical phrases and critical thinking
    • 1.5 Word building
    • 1.6 Vocabulary practice
    • 1.7 Translation
    • 1.8 Writing
  • 2 Unit 2 College - The ladder to success?
    • 2.1 Lead in
    • 2.2 Background information
    • 2.3 About the pronunciation
    • 2.4 Detailed  reading of the Text
    • 2.5 Structure analysis
    • 2.6 Critical thinking
    • 2.7 Exercises
      • 2.7.1 Words in use
      • 2.7.2 Word building
      • 2.7.3 Banked cloze
      • 2.7.4 Expressions in use
      • 2.7.5 Writing
    • 2.8 An MV
  • 3 Unit 4 Dance with love
    • 3.1 Lead in
    • 3.2 Background information
    • 3.3 New words, the text and the General idea
    • 3.4 Detailed reading of the text
    • 3.5 Writing skills
    • 3.6 practices
  • 4 Unit 5 The money game
    • 4.1 Lead in
    • 4.2 Main idea and the structure
    • 4.3 Detailed reading of the text
    • 4.4 About writing skills
    • 4.5 Other exercises
  • 5 Unit 8 Human rights vs. animal rights
    • 5.1 Lead in
    • 5.2 Main idea & Structure
    • 5.3 Detailed reading of the text
    • 5.4 Writing skills
    • 5.5 Word building
    • 5.6 Exercises
Background information

Before reading Text A, you may need the following information to help you with a better understanding.

 

1. generation groups in the West

Generation gaps, referring to differences between young people and their elders, especially between children and their parents, have often been attributed to rapid cultural change, particularly musical tastes, fashion, culture and politics. Some special terms for different generations have thus been coined in English-speaking countries:
• Generation Jones: A term used to describe the generation born right after World War II in 1945 through 1965. It's usually identified with "Baby Boomers". Key characteristics assigned to these members are less optimism, distrust of government, and general cynicism.
• Generation X: A term generally used to refer to people born in the 1960s through the early 1980s. This generation marks the period of birth decline after the baby boom. The generation was pushed toward adulthood at an age earlier than any other recent generations. They are more ethnically diverse and better educated than the baby boomers.
• Generation Y: Also known as the Millennial Generation and many of them are children of baby boomers. Their birth years range from the early 1980s to the early 2000s. It's generally marked by an increased use and familiarity with communications, media, and digital technologies.
• Generation Z: Also known as the Net or the Internet Generation. In the US and other Western nations, it is a common name for the people born from the mid-1990s or early 2000s through to the present. This generation has spent their entire life with the World Wide Web (WWW) and high-tech gadgets.

 

2. campus romance in the 1960s in the United States

The 1960s in the United States are often perceived today as a period of profound societal change. Attitudes to a variety of issues changed, sometimes radically, throughout the decade. The urge to "find oneself", the activism of the 1960s, and the quest for autonomy were characterized by changes toward sexual attitudes and practices, particularly among the young. These changes to sexual attitudes and behavior during the period are often referred to as the "sexual revolution". The sexual revolution was often seen to have been centered on the university campus, among students. While the term "revolution" implies radical and widespread change, this was not necessarily in the case. Even in the "liberal" 1960s, conservative and traditional views were widely held. The love story in Text A coincides with what happened in that particular historical period of time in the United States. From the story students can see the main characters, college sweethearts back then, were actually following a more traditional pattern of dating, romantic but conservative, a clear stream on campus in the 1960s.

 

3. UPenn

It is the University of Pennsylvania. It is an American private Ivy League research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.