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Contents
Finish Lesson 10 Judge Sees Politics in Los Alamos Case Detailed Analysis Assignment Begin Lesson 11 Hollywood demons Main Idea Background Information Detailed Analysis
Basketball Diaries (1995)
Seven Sins (1995) Pulp Fiction (1995)
Background Information Hollywood movies in the 1990s
187 (1997)
American History X(1998)
Fight Club (1999)
Electronic Newspapers Download
The New York Times (http://www.verycd.com/topics/2786807/) The Washington Post (http://www.verycd.com/topics/2866067/) Time (http://www.verycd.com/topics/311279/) U.S. News & World Report (http://www.verycd.com/topics/2729826/)
Judge Sees Politics in Los Alamos Case
International Herald Tribune
Structure
Part 1: (1~4) Judge Parker’s opinion and attitude towards this case. Part 2: (5~8) Top decision-makers refute Judge Parker’s remarks. Part 3: (9~17) a general review of the event Part 4: (18~19) Judge Parker restates his opinion Part 5: (20~21) Top decision-makers refute Judge Parker’s opinion again. Part 6: (22~23) a way to settle the dispute
Hollywood demons
The Financial Times
Main Idea
What it is about? When America experiences a steady economic growth, people begin to switch their concern from the material to the spiritual—the breakdown of traditional ethical norms. It is generally believed that the collapse of morality standards is attributed to the immorality in commercial television and popular films. Thus, politicians have taken some actions to regulate the entertainment industry. Although some TV writers claim their work has no social consequences, the media does shape people’s world view by instilling hedonism and selfindulgence into their minds. To eliminate the negative influence of the media, public pressure would be the most plausible way.
Background Information Hollywood Movies in 1990s
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Natural Born Killers (1994)
Unforgiven (1992)
Background Information Hollywood movies in 1990s
A Selective Reading of American and British Newspapers and Periodicals
Lecturer: Deng Minhui
Hale Waihona Puke Baidueview of British Publication Which newspaper is known as British ‘newspaper of record’? What’s the difference between a broadsheet and a tabloid? Can you give some examples? Which party is Daily Telegraph in support of?
Assignment Discuss the following question with your partner after class
Why do we say the involvement of politics in the lawsuit results in unfairness and injustices?
Background Information
Natural Born Killers movie spawns copycat & Lawsuit
The release of Natural Born Killers in 1994 inspired a young couple from Oklahoma to set out on what they planned to be a killing spree that left one person dead and another paralyzed from the neck down.