Unit 10 The idiocy of Urban Life Henry Fairlie 主讲人:霍小静
Unit 10 The Idiocy of Urban Life 主讲人：霍小静 Henry Fairlie
Contents 1 Background of the text 2 Try to answer the following questions 3 Text structure 4 Language points 5 Analysis the long sentences in the text
Contents 2 Try to answer the following questions 1 Background of the text 4 Language points 3 Text structure 5 Analysis the long sentences in the text
1 Background of the text 2009, Bite the hand That feeds you: essays and Provocations was published as an anthology of his work. he wrote in a manner that was oftentongue-"(intended to be humorous and not meant seriously to apoint to some of the amusing things about Eity life. presidency of John F Kennedy
• 2009, Bite the Hand That Feeds You: Essays and Provocations, was published as an anthology of his work. He wrote in a manner that was often “tongue-in-cheek” (intended to be humorous and not meant seriously) to point to some of the amusing things about city life. presidency of John F. Kennedy. Background of the text 1
o:1 Background of the text about author
(1) About author Background of the text 1
The history of the author Henry Fairlie(1924--1990)was a british expatriate freelance writer on both sides of the Atlantic, appearing n e journalist and social critic. he spent 36 years as a prominel The spectator The New Republic, the Washington Post, The New Yorker and many other papers and magazines he was also the author of five books, most notably the Kennedy Promise, an early revisionist critique of the U.S. presidency of John F Kennedy
The history of the author • . Henry Fairlie (1924－1990) was a British expatriate journalist and social critic. He spent 36 years as a prominent freelance writer on both sides of the Atlantic, appearing in The Spectator, The New Republic, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, and many other papers and magazines. He was also the author of five books, most notably The Kennedy Promise, an early revisionist critique of the U.S. presidency of John F. Kennedy. •