Unit10The Throw-Away Society
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Unit Ten Text I Things: The Throw-Away Society
Before Reading: BackgroundAlvin Toffler(born October 3, 1928) is an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communications revolution, corporate revolution and technological singularity. A former associate editor of Fortune magazine, his early work focud on technology and its impact (through effects like information overload). Then he moved to examining the reaction of and changes in society. His later focus has been on the increasing power of 21st century military hardware, weapons and technology proliferation, and capitalism. He is married to Heidi Toffler, also a writer and futurist.
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A few of his well-known works are: · Future Shock (1970) The Third Wave (1980) Th
e Eco-Spasm Report (1981)
Powershift: Knowledge, Wealth and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century(1990)
War and Anti-War (1995)
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Before Reading: Background
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Quotes from Alvin Tofler Society needs people who take care of the elderly and who know how to be compassionate and honest. Society needs people who work in hospitals. Society needs all kinds of skill that are not just cognitive; they're emotional, they're affectional. You can't run the society on data and computers alone.
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Quotes from Alvin ToflerThe Second Wave Society isindustrial and bad on mass production,mass distribution,mass consumption,mass education,mass media,mass recreation,mass entertainment,and weapons of mass destruction. You combine tho things with standardization, centralization, concentration, and synchronization, and you wind up with a style of organization, we call bureaucracy.
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Global Reading: Theme
the discovery of a consumerist society a thorough analysis of new type products and its psychological influences on people’s mentalitydecread durations in man-thing relationships
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Detailed Reading: Language Points 1.trade-in―If you trade-in sth.such as an oldcar, you give it to a dealer when you buy a new one so that you get a reduction of the price e
g. Now we can trade washing machines in for a new one.
Trade-in ; trade-ins (n.): a business deal like this eg. What’s the car’s trade-in value?
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Language Points 2. the new version―the new model, the new form Version has different meanings in different contexts. eg. 1)Several versions (styles) of clothes for outing
are on display. 2)What he said is a completely different version (account) from what we read in the newspaper. 3)A modern version (rendering)of the Shaoxing Opera attracted a large audience. 4)I was only able to read the English version (translation ) of Goethe’s works.
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Language Points
3.staggering vision―stunning scene eg. The cost has climbed to a staggeringprice.
Stagger (verb): an event that staggers (astounded) the world
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Language Points
4.It is the technologically produced environment that matters for the individual
. ―Man-made or produced products form a very important role in people’s daily life.
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Language Points 5. Man-made things enter into and color ourconsciousness. ― His minds is filled with and influenced by artificial things. Consciousness ― (one’s) mind and thoughts. eg. Doubts about his trustworthiness never entered my
consciousness.
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Language Points 6.clutch lingeringly and lovingly to the samedoll ―hold on to the same old doll faithfully/devotedly/persistently/with devotion and with love. Lingering―The literal meaning of this word is �Dslow to disappear‖. eg. A lingering illness; a lingering hope; a lingering
n of guilt
In this context, lingeringly means �Dclinging to with devotion or clasping with love.‖
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Language Points 7. the new breed of little girls ―the new type of little girls. The word breed has different meanings in the following contexts: breed hors―rear In a breeding ason, animals breed offspring.―reproduce Thieves breed thieves. �Cgenerate He was American born and bred.―brought up
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