COlEGe ENGLIsh LESSON TEN The Man in Asbestos Stephen Leacock LU ONLINE LEARNING
1.Introduction 2.Text 3.Language points 4. Grammar 5.Exercises related to the text 6.Grammar exercises
1. Introduction 2. Text 3. Language points 4. Grammar 5. Exercises related to the text 6. Grammar exercises
Introduction This story is a good example of a genre common in the West during the 20th century,a genre that could be called “literary dystopia”(meaning the opposite of utopia).“The Man in Asbestos"paints the future in darkly pessimistic colors. In the "new society"presented by Leacock,there is no hunger,war,or disease;natural disasters and gender inequality have been eliminated,but life is dull. empty and meaningless.There is a clear implication that hunger,war,natural disasters and inequality make life
Introduction This story is a good example of a genre common in the West during the 20th century, a genre that could be called “literary dystopia” (meaning the opposite of utopia). “The Man in Asbestos”paints the future in darkly pessimistic colors. In the “new society” presented by Leacock, there is no hunger, war, or disease; natural disasters and gender inequality have been eliminated, but life is dull, empty and meaningless. There is a clear implication that hunger,war,natural disasters and inequality make life
interest and make us human.The article perhaps does raise a thought provoking question.Human beings are always going to have problems.When old problems are resolved,new problems will occur. Scholars have expressed the concern that science has been busy finding answers,but it has not bothered to ask the right questions. Success,progress,achievement all have to be measured by some value system.No doubt, the "new society"presented by Leacock is considered a perfect paradise by the "Men in Asbestos
Scholars have expressed the concern that science has been busy finding answers, but it has not bothered to ask the right questions. Success, progress, achievement all have to be measured by some value system. No doubt, the “new society” presented by Leacock is considered a perfect paradise by the “Men in Asbestos”. interest and make us human. The article perhaps does raise a thought provoking question. Human beings are always going to have problems. When old problems are resolved, new problems will occur
Text The Man in Asbestos By Stephen Leacock To begin with,let me admit that I did it partly from jealousy(. It seemed unfair that other writers should be able at will to drop into a sleep of four or five hundred years,and to plunge headfirst into a distant future and be a witness of its marvels. I wanted to do that too. I made preparations for the sleep
Text The Man in Asbestos By Stephen Leacock To begin with，let me admit that I did it partly from jealousy (1). It seemed unfair that other writers should be able at will to drop into a sleep of four or five hundred years, and to plunge headfirst into a distant future and be a witness of its marvels(2). I wanted to do that too. I made preparations for the sleep