高英2第14课Loving and Hating New York

So much of well-to-do America now lives antiseptically in enclaves, tranquil and luxurious, that shut out the world. ---Metonymy, America standing for the Americans --- Metaphor, comparing the secluded residential area of the rich to an enclave. enclave: a minority culture group living as an entity within a larger group在大文化团体中的一少数派

Question & Discussion

Why does a New Yorker who sees all the faults of the city still prefer to live in New York?

congenial (adj.) : suited to one's needs or disposition；agreeable
he prefers the unhealthy hassle and the vitality of urban life. hassle: ( Americanism) a state of commotion(混乱) or confusion; turmoil(骚动) --- (If you tell a New Yorker about the vigor of outdoor pleasures, he will reply that) he prefers the unhealthy, turmoil(混乱) and animated（有 活力的） life of a city.
despite its faults, New Yorkers still love it. (P.16-18) wounded but not dying (P.15) freedom (P.14) lack of cynicism (P.13)
New York
opportunity and challenge for the young (P.10) dominant in banking, communications; a judging town

— New York is so good that it has made it difficult for him to enjoy living in any other American cities. New York has spoiled all the other American cities for him.
rigor: harshness or severity严厉
• the congested, democratic presence of so many other New Yorkers, encased in their own worlds. • congested: crowed 拥堵的，拥挤的 • democratic: treating people of all classes in the same way; not snobbish. • encase: to cover or surround something completely

cabana:

a tent or small wooden structure used for changing clothes at a beach or pool. (海滩等地的) 简易浴室(或更衣处)；小屋；棚屋
Beverly Hills: 贝弗利希尔斯
an expensive part of Los Angles, where many famous film stars live 贝弗利山（Beverly Hills），中国大陆又译作贝弗利希
advertising center (P.12)






New Yorker who sees all the faults of the city still prefer to live in New York. New York’s faults: — trash-strewn streets — unruly school — uneasy feeling or menace — the noise — the brusqueness


So

what else is new?
---There is nothing new in what you say about New York. --- Irony, implying just the opposite. connoting the listener is not impressed nor interested..。
adj.省的；地方性的；偏狭的 n. 粗野的人；乡下人；外地人

— He will always be a New Yorker. His attitude towards his love for New York will never change.

New York … is the spoiler of all other American cities.
适合的；惬意的；令人愉快的

oppressive （adj）. 压迫的；沉重的；压
制性的；难以忍受的
bracing: Fierce
brace v. 绷紧（肩或膝）
If you brace your shoulders or knees, you keep them stiffly in a particular position.
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Loving and Hating New York
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energy, contention, striving (P.6)
never Mecca to me (P.7)
nature: qualified pleasure; yield to man(P.8) Opportunity for me (P.9)

enclave:

数派集团
孤立地区
tranquil:
adj. 安静的，平静的；安宁的；稳定的 peaceful, pacific, quiet, calm
Loving and Hating New York
Para 16-18

So much well-to-do America now lives antiseptically in enclaves, tranquil and luxurious, that shut out the world.
集团

antiseptic: adj. N.


A substance that kills germs and harmful bacteria. 杀菌剂 untouched by life，its problems，emotions， etc．冷静的；超然的；客观的
small area within a large area在大文化团体中的一少
尔斯；台湾译作比佛利山；香港译作比华利山，是一座位于美国加州洛 杉矶县西边的城市。贝弗利山和邻近的西好莱坞被洛杉矶市完全包围。


well-to-do adj.
in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich a well-to-do family一个富裕的家庭；小康人家 well-to-do society小康社会 well-to-do level u小康水平 well-to-do family富有家庭 well-to-do target小康目标



strew (v.) : scatter，partly cover撒，散布
be strewn with 布满
unruly(adj.)：wayward, self-partial 1. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline an unruly class 2. unwilling to submit to authority unruly teenagers menace: dangerous or threateningn. 威胁；恐吓 brusque (adj.) : rough and abrupt (态度、语言上)粗暴的，鲁莽的； 唐突的 brusqueness n. 无礼；唐突；直率

---So many rich Americans now live a peaceful and luxurious life in secluded （隐藏的） residential areas untouched by life and its problems and worries.






they wouldn’t live here if you gave them the place. --- They wouldn’t live here under any condition. Even if New York were given to them as a gift, they wouldn’t like to live here.
• ---The presence of so many New Yorkers crowded together, all treated as equals, all living independently in their own small groups.


the defeated are not hidden away somewhere else on the wrong side of town. --- those who failed in the struggle life, the down-and-outs(被击垮的；穷困潦倒的), are not hidden away in slums(贫民区) or ghettoes(少数民族聚居区) where other people can’t see them. Euphemism: "wrong side" for slum or ghettoes .


Dallas ['dæləs] n. a large commercial and industrial city in northeastern Texas located in the heart of the northern Texas oil fields
Dallas
达拉斯是美国得克萨斯州第二大城市，美国第八 大城市


He is hopeless provincial. hopeless: incurable(无可救药的); offering no prospect of change or improvement provincial: If you describe someone or something as provincial, you disapprove of them because you think that they are old-fashioned and boring. 守旧的
fatigued: adj If you are feeling fatigued, you are
suffering from extreme physical or mental tiredness. 疲惫的 fatigued driving 疲劳驾驶 easily fatigued 容易疲劳 overwhelmed: do not know how to deal with a feeling or event. 不知所措的 strike up: to begin 使开始，使建立 to strike up a conversation or friendship with sb