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Lesson 5
The Sad Young Men
—— Molly
Sentence 1: challenge: anything, as a demanding task, that calls for special effort or dedication mores: customs, especially the fixed or traditional customs of a society, often acquiring the force of law paraphrase: Thus in a world where everything was changing, our young people had to take up the demanding task of reforming our traditional social customs in order to keep up with this changing world.
paraphrase: In America at least, the young people were strongly inclined to shirk their responsibilities. They pretended to be worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily. They pretended to live like unconventional artists or poets, breaking the moral code of the community.
Sentence 3:
Faddishness : the following of fads novelty : the quality of being novel; newness Hectic : characterized by intense activity, confusion, or haste Perversion: a sexual practice/act considered abnormal or deviant Pattern : a regular, mainly unvarying way of acting or doing; behaviour patterns
Washington Square Park, in the heart of Greenwich Village
In New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is noted as a center for artists, writers etc, it is formerly a village.
Sentence 2: air: an outward appearance; general impression or feeling given by sth. sophistication: the state of being artificial, worldly-wise, urbane,etc. pose: a way of behaving or speaking that is assumed for effect; pretense Bohemian: a person, especially an artist, poet, etc., who lives in an unconventional, nonconforming way
Sentence 4:
Fatigue : physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion
an escape…responsibilities: the young people could do all these things in their attempt to escape their responsibilities because after the WWI there was general prosperity in the country and people were tired of politics, economic restrictions and international responsibilities.
The faddishness…pattern of escape: The young people did many of the following foolish and wild things in their attempt to escape their responsibilities. They went in for all kinds of fads, spent money freely on transitory pleasures and momentary novelties. They pretended to be wildly gay and experimented with all kinds of sensations, including those produced by sex, drugs, alcohol and perversions.
Greenwich Village
It is generally known as an important landmark on the map of American bohemian(波希米亚的) culture. The neighborhood is known fod the alternative culture they propagate.
Spree : overindulgence in an activity And like…ran out: And like most wild, riotous lives led by the escapist, this one also ended when the escapists didn’t have any more money to spend. Crash : a sudden economic or fiscal failure Revel : make merry sober up : cause sb. to become sober the crash…to sober up: a metaphor, comparing the wild, riotous living of the escapists to a party and the escapists to drunken revelers. The Great Economic Depression which started in the U. S. in 1929 brought the young escapists back to their senses and stopped the wild, riotous lives they were living.
Sentence 5: 1). Prohibition…illicit:
Prohibition: the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes; specifically in the U.S., the period (1920-1933) of Prohibition by Federal law paraphrase: The young people found greater pleasure in their drinking because Prohibition, by making drinking unlawful, added a sense of adventure.
Bohemian(波西米亚）
• Refers to a resident of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, either in a narrow sense as the region ofBohemia proper or in a wider meaning as the whole country, now known as the Czech Republic. In English, the word "Bohemian" was used to denote the Czech people as well as the Czech language before the word "Czech" became prevalent.[1] • In a separate meaning derived from the French word referring to "gypsies," or Romani people, "Bohemian" may also denote "a socially unconventional person, especially one who is involved in the arts."
Sentence 6:
much publicized :reported often and widely in newspapers and magazines Orgy : any wild, riotous, licentious merrymaking; debauchery放荡 Manifesto : a public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, esp. of a political nature Greenwich Village : section of New York City, on the lower west side of Manhattan, noted as a center for artists, writers etc, it is formerly a village
the much-publicized…escapism: the much publicized wild and riotous life of the intellectuals in Greenwich Village and their defiant open declarations of their motives and intentions provided the young people with a philosophy that could justify their escapism
The Sad Young Men
—— Molly
Sentence 1: challenge: anything, as a demanding task, that calls for special effort or dedication mores: customs, especially the fixed or traditional customs of a society, often acquiring the force of law paraphrase: Thus in a world where everything was changing, our young people had to take up the demanding task of reforming our traditional social customs in order to keep up with this changing world.
paraphrase: In America at least, the young people were strongly inclined to shirk their responsibilities. They pretended to be worldly-wise, drinking and behaving naughtily. They pretended to live like unconventional artists or poets, breaking the moral code of the community.
Sentence 3:
Faddishness : the following of fads novelty : the quality of being novel; newness Hectic : characterized by intense activity, confusion, or haste Perversion: a sexual practice/act considered abnormal or deviant Pattern : a regular, mainly unvarying way of acting or doing; behaviour patterns
Washington Square Park, in the heart of Greenwich Village
In New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is noted as a center for artists, writers etc, it is formerly a village.
Sentence 2: air: an outward appearance; general impression or feeling given by sth. sophistication: the state of being artificial, worldly-wise, urbane,etc. pose: a way of behaving or speaking that is assumed for effect; pretense Bohemian: a person, especially an artist, poet, etc., who lives in an unconventional, nonconforming way
Sentence 4:
Fatigue : physical or mental weariness resulting from exertion
an escape…responsibilities: the young people could do all these things in their attempt to escape their responsibilities because after the WWI there was general prosperity in the country and people were tired of politics, economic restrictions and international responsibilities.
The faddishness…pattern of escape: The young people did many of the following foolish and wild things in their attempt to escape their responsibilities. They went in for all kinds of fads, spent money freely on transitory pleasures and momentary novelties. They pretended to be wildly gay and experimented with all kinds of sensations, including those produced by sex, drugs, alcohol and perversions.
Greenwich Village
It is generally known as an important landmark on the map of American bohemian(波希米亚的) culture. The neighborhood is known fod the alternative culture they propagate.
Spree : overindulgence in an activity And like…ran out: And like most wild, riotous lives led by the escapist, this one also ended when the escapists didn’t have any more money to spend. Crash : a sudden economic or fiscal failure Revel : make merry sober up : cause sb. to become sober the crash…to sober up: a metaphor, comparing the wild, riotous living of the escapists to a party and the escapists to drunken revelers. The Great Economic Depression which started in the U. S. in 1929 brought the young escapists back to their senses and stopped the wild, riotous lives they were living.
Sentence 5: 1). Prohibition…illicit:
Prohibition: the forbidding by law of the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic liquors for beverage purposes; specifically in the U.S., the period (1920-1933) of Prohibition by Federal law paraphrase: The young people found greater pleasure in their drinking because Prohibition, by making drinking unlawful, added a sense of adventure.
Bohemian(波西米亚）
• Refers to a resident of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, either in a narrow sense as the region ofBohemia proper or in a wider meaning as the whole country, now known as the Czech Republic. In English, the word "Bohemian" was used to denote the Czech people as well as the Czech language before the word "Czech" became prevalent.[1] • In a separate meaning derived from the French word referring to "gypsies," or Romani people, "Bohemian" may also denote "a socially unconventional person, especially one who is involved in the arts."
Sentence 6:
much publicized :reported often and widely in newspapers and magazines Orgy : any wild, riotous, licentious merrymaking; debauchery放荡 Manifesto : a public declaration of principles, policies, or intentions, esp. of a political nature Greenwich Village : section of New York City, on the lower west side of Manhattan, noted as a center for artists, writers etc, it is formerly a village
the much-publicized…escapism: the much publicized wild and riotous life of the intellectuals in Greenwich Village and their defiant open declarations of their motives and intentions provided the young people with a philosophy that could justify their escapism