Section B新视野英语第二册教案

新视野英语第二册教案,适合艺术类及高职学生的大学英语学习

Unit One Text B Disney Mirrors American Culture

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新视野英语教程 Section B: Text B & Exercises

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mirror admit defeat theme battle purchase capital rush videotape provide uniformity opinion sub-adult

oppose by-product folklore crime treatment Indian murder basic lion king positive value critical

rush out make a trip / trips to anything but more than a little of the worst kind at work be opposed to in detail sort of play out long before be quick to do sth.

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Questions PreviewPreview the following questions before reading the text. 1.What rare thing did the Walt Disney company do last autumn?2.People are influenced by Disney in Many ways. Which of the following is Not mentioned in the text? 3.According to Professor Bloom, what will happen if people continue to be influenced by Disney in such a way? 4.According to the text, what is wrong with Disney films? 5.What is the main idea of the text?

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Section B: Text B

Disney Mirrors American Culture1. Last fall, the Walt Disney company did something rare: it admitted defeat in its fight to build a history theme park in Virginia. The park was going to be called ―Disney’s America‖.

2. Some people might be wondering,however, if Disney lost the battle but won the war, as it seems is living in Disney’s America these days.

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3. With its purchase of Capital cities/ABC http://www.77cn.com.cnst month, the company founded by Walter Elias Disney in 1923 deepened its claim on American culture. In fact, it would be hard to find another company so widely respected—even loved—by Americans.

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4. Americans rushed out to see Disney films, and then replay them—on videotapes; they read Disney books to their children; they watch Disney shows on Disney TV; they make trips to Disneyland and Disney world, where they stay in Disney hotel and eat Disney food;Americans buy Disney products at Disney stores, and listen to Disney records of Disney songs.

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5. The world of Disney is becoming anything but small. 6. All this makes some people more than a little upset. Harold Bloom, a professor at Yale University, provides an examination of the cultural history of Western society. 7. ―At the end of this road lies cultural uniformity of the worst kind. Its just terrible.‖

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8. This is becoming a popular opinion in universities around the world. 9. ―Disney products,‖ said Paul Fussell, a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, ―have always seemed to me seriously sub-adult.

10. Those who oppose Disney (and there are many) see its films and by-products as sexist, racist and as simpler, cheered-up accounts of American history and folklore.

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Section B: Text B

11. ―There’s a kind of protection at work here,‖ said Henry Giroux, a professor at

Penn State University. Like all those opposed to Disney, he can list, in detail, Disney’s many crimes against culture: he is very angry, for example, about the treatment of American Indians in Pocahontas.

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Section B: Text B

12. ―I mean, the entire history of what happened to the Indians, which some people would call the murder of their people, is sort of played out as a love story,‖ he said angrily. 13. Giroux said he believes that Disney has become a basic educator of America’s children, most of whom will be able to perform every word of the Lion King long before they even learn US President Abraham Lincoln’s historic Gettysburg Address.

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Section B: Text B

14. However, even the most strongly opposed are quick to note that Disney has many positive values– cheerfulness, good –hearted fun, and a tradition of artistic quality– that help explain its success. Critical or not, most of those who oppose the company are Disney customers themselves.

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Section B: Text B

迪斯尼—美国文化的一面镜子1.去年秋天，沃尔特· 迪斯尼公司做了一件罕见 的事情：“它承认自己争取在弗吉尼亚州建造 一个历史主题公园的努力失败了。公园原本打 算命名为 “迪斯尼美国公园”。 2.不过，有些人会这样想，迪斯尼不过是输了 一次战斗，但赢了一场战争，这是因为，这些 年来似乎人人都生活在迪斯尼的美国。

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3. 随着迪斯尼公司上月购买了美国广 播公司大都会电视台网之后，这家由沃 尔特· 伊莱亚斯· 迪斯尼在1923年创建的公 司进一步代表了美国文化。确实，很难 再找出另一家公司像迪斯尼这样受到美 国人如此普遍的尊敬，甚至可以说是普 遍的热爱。

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4. 美国人争着去看迪斯尼拍的电影， 然后再重看电影录像：他们给孩子念迪 斯尼的故事；他们在迪斯尼电视频道上 观看迪斯尼节目；他们去迪斯尼乐园和 迪斯尼 …… 此处隐藏：3178字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……