Lesson 14

1. Lesson 14 Loving and Hating New York

2. Pre-text Questions Do you enjoy reading this essay? What I s your general impression of it? What is the main idea of this essay? How is the essay developed? What are the reasons that make Griffith love and hate New York? What do you know about New York?

3. Detailed Study of the Text Many ad campaigns publicly praise New York and many New Yorkers wear T-shirts with a heart design and the words “I love New York” printed on it. These actions only show how far the great city of New York has fallen. It is pitiful to see how desperately New York is trying to regain her lost prestige and status. bush second rate; bush-league to cause to exist or occur; to produce beget

4. Why does not the author use pride…in ? What’s the difference between pride…in and pride…on ? a place that holds out holdout to continue resistance; to stand firm hold out a person, group, or thing that leads the way or serves as a model pacesetter

5. Toscanini (radio and TV) to replace (a regularly scheduled program); to gain possession of by prior right or opportunity preempt Tin Pan Alley but it is making…a tourist attraction but it is regaining somewhat its status as a city that attracts tourists New Orleans, San Francisco, Washington, Seattle

6. They take more readily…alien mixtures. Europeans are more readily attracted than Americans by New York city because the Europeans like the complicated situation brought about by so many nationalities living together, the standards that still exist in this city so far away from Europe, and the mixture of so many foreigners. charged tense; intense the quality of being energetic, vigorous, having continuous change, activity or progress dynamism

7. The television generation…practicing it. The television generation was constantly and strongly influenced by extravagant promotional advertising. These people find pleasure in much of this kind of advertising and has no hesitation using it to further their own ends. changing it with fond irony in the process it also lovingly changes popular art into something more serious by economy of effort with little effort

8. the quality of being pleasant or attractive; agreeableness amenity being gaudy and cheap in nature/appearance tawdriness abrupt and curt manner or speech brusqueness cabana What is the difference between admiring and envious ? limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered provincial

9. What is your understanding of New York city being a spoiler of other cities? the congested…own worlds the present of so many New Yorkers— crowded together, all treated as equals, all living independently in their own small groups to make brief, sympathetic eye contact to give them just a short glance of sympathy, to treat them as human beings (a derogatory term) of mixed Breed, race, origin or character mongrel

10. Ellis Island dangerously lacking in security or stability precariously The newcomers…the undigested many. The newcomers to New York are never fully assimilated. They mix in a very unstable manner with many who are also not fully absorbed.