Legend Lin.ppt

1、LEGEND LIN,Everyone wants a piece of Jeremy Lin. From Linsanity to Lin-credible then Va-Lin-tine, news headlines have been trying to find wordplays to match the new sensation on the NBA court with his meteoric shoot to stardom. 1. Everyone wants a piece of Jeremy Lin: Here it means that everybody wa

2、nts to have relationships with Jeremy Lin, because he is so hot. 2.linsanity是L+insanity的組合L代表林書豪，insanity是令人發(fā)瘋瘋狂的意思。,However, “A Chink in the Armor”, a news headline that blamed Lin for his teams loss of a game, is obviously a turnoff which threw a PR disaster at ESPN, one of worlds major sports net

3、work. It also cost an editor his job. The charge is racism. 1. A Chink in the Armor：Here it is a representation of racism. 2. ESPN :Entertainment and Sports Programming Network,The case again reminds Americans that while the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, a wrong choice of word might

4、ignite a bomb. Its also a warning to people outside the country who engage in international communications. amendment: a small change or improvement that is made to a law or a document.,Racism Put aside the context, the phrase “Chink in the armor” means the weak point in a supposedly strong defense.

5、 It is somewhat similar to “a fly in the ointment”. The phrase is often deployed in sports writing to describe a players weakness which affects the whole team. But the word is also a racial slur against Chinese people. With Lins Chinese heritage, the “Chink in the armor” was soon bombarded for its r

6、acial implication. To quiet public fury, ESPN issued an apology: “We regret and apologize for this mistake.” Put aside: ignore or forget something , usually a feeling or difference of opinion . Supposedly: according to what is generally thought or believed but not known for certain .,Political corre

7、ctness Racist comment is taboo. But there are many more minefields that people try to avoid in daily life to avoid public offense. Former Harvard president Lawrence Summers in 2005 explained why there were fewer female scientists in elite universities. He put it down to different innate ability betw

8、een men and women. taboo: here it is a cultural custom that do not allow people to do , use or talk with racism . innate: of the ability that a man has when he is born .,This caused a furor. Summers issued an apology: “I was wrong to have spoken in a way that has resulted in an unintended signal of

9、discouragement to talented girls and women.” Interpretations of history can cause offense. A French politician was sentenced to jail recently for remarks about the Nazi occupation of France. His remarks were considered “politically incorrect”. furor: an angry or maniacal fit .,In the book A Short Hi

10、story of Political Correctness, Ruth Perry explains that in order to cause minimum offense to race, gender, age, profession, religion, culture, disability and so on, political correctness, as an umbrella, functions as a social consensus on language, policy, behavior and other ideas to ensure no soci

11、al group suffers from discrimination. discrimination: the practice of treating somebody or a particular group in society less fairly than others.,Thus any ignite violation of social taboos and political correctness could cause damage. “We live in a culture in which a breach of political correctness is criminal,” said Leo Schwartz in the Columbia Daily Spectator last week. Taboo-buster Dont joke about bombs: A new taboo due to the US war on terrorism. Remember Chandler Bing in Friends? He is detained f