17、asically good, how would you defe nd your positi on?Text An alysis1. Theme:Let slow down and enjoy what nature offers us and what mankind has left usand rediscover life.2.Structure:Part 1 (Paras. 13 ): Her ride on fast roads and her retur n trip of a country roadPart 2 (Paras. 4-6 ): Now in stead of 。

18、 later Faster in stead of slower Superficially in stead of thoroughlyPart 3 (Paras. 7-8 ): Slow dow n and rediscover life3. Further Discussi on?Why did the writer take the tur npikes and in terstates? Did they have any fun on the way? ?Why did the writer take ano ther way back? How did she feel this 。

19、 time?What is the attitude of modern people to do everything? How does it affect ourlife? ?Why did the author write this article? Was she suggesting we stop usingall time-sav ing tech niq ues and products?4 Sentence Paraphrase1. For four hours, our only real amuseme nt con sisted of counting exit si 。

20、g ns andwondering what it would feel like to hold still again. (Para. 1)-The 4-hour drive on fast roads was tedious;
the only fun we had was to count the exit sig ns we were pass ing and to figure out how we d feel if we stopped aga in.2. Gett ing there certai nly did n t seem like half the fun;
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21、fact, gett ing there was nat all. (Para. 1)-We had expected that our ride to West Virginia would be fun, and that half of the funt fun atwe d get from the trip would come from it. But we were wrong. It wasnall.3. We toured a Civil War battlefield and stood on the little hill that fifteenthousa nd Co 。

22、n federate soldiers had tried to take on ano ther hot July after noon,one hun dred andtwenty-five years ago, not knowing that half of them would get killed in thevain attempt. (Para. 2)-We visited a Civil War battlefield and stood on the little hill. One hundred andtwen ty-five years ago, on a hot J 。

23、uly after noon, 15,000 soldiers fight ing forslavery, while trying to occupy the hill, had no idea that they would fail and thathalf of them would bekilled in the battle.4. We stuffed ourselves with spicy salads and homemade bread in an“ all-you-can-eat ” farmhouse restaura nt, the n wan dered outsi 。

24、de to enjoy the sun shi neand the herds of cows no little dots this time lyi ng in it. (Para. 2)-We had a meal in a farmhouse restaura nt where for a certa in amount of money you could eat as much as you wan ted, and we fed ourselves with lots of spicy salads and homemade bread. After the meal, we w 。

25、alked leisurely outdoors to enjoy the sunshine and watch the herds of cows this time they did not seem like littledots lying in the sun shi ne.5. And we returned home refreshed, revitalized, and reeducated. (Para. 2)-Whe n we got home, we not on ly felt fresh and en ergetic, but also felt that wehad 。

26、 experie need a new way of life.6. In fact, most America ns are con sta ntly in a hurry and not just to get fromPoint A to Point B. Our country has become a nation in search of the quick fixin more ways tha n one. (Para. 3)-In fact, most America ns are always in a rush. People are not only trying to 。

27、 find the fastway to get around from place to place, but also look ing for ways ofgett ing thi ngs donequickly in various aspects of life.7. Once upon a time, America ns un derstood the prin ciple of deferred gratificati on. We puta little of each paycheck away“ for a rainy day ” . (Para. 4)-In the。

28、past, America ns were patie nt to have their desires satisfied. We saveda little money each time we got paid in case we might need it in the future.8. If we wan ted a new sofa or a week at a lakeside cab in, we saved up for it, andthe banks helped us out by providing special Christmas Club and Vacat 。

29、ion Clubacco un ts. (Para. 4)-If we wan ted to buy some new furniture or spe nd a week at a lakeside, wecould ope n special acco unts at the banks to save money for it.9. and if we are in a hurry to lose weight, we try the latest miracle diet, guaranteed to takeaway ten pounds in ten days? uni ess w 。

30、e re rich eno ugh to afford liposucti on. (Para. 4)-If we want to lose weight quickly, we try the most rece nt miracle diet which is said to be effective and is sure to make us lose a pound per day. If we are rich eno ugh to pay for the operati on, we can have our unn eeded fat removed from our bodi 。

31、es.10. We like our information fast, too: messages flashed on a computer screen,docume nts faxed from your teleph one to mine, curre nt eve nts in 90-sec ond burstson Eyewit ness News,history reduced to“ Bice ntennial Minu tes” . (Para. 5)-For information, we also want to get it fast by skimming thr 。

32、ough what isoffered on the web. Docume nts are faxed to one pers on from ano ther. We arein formed of what is happe ning at home and abroad through TV programsthrough which we get very brief acco unts of curre nt eve nts. We lear n the historyof the past 200 years quickly from“ Bice ntennial Minu te 。

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