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were wide open in the heat, the locomotive's stack trailing a roil of cinders that flurried down the lurchinq coaches, blowing in the eyes of anyone foolish enough to hang his head out in the waterlogged breeze. His sleeper rolled into New Orleans, and he got off in a warm rain. In the Station he was told by a ticket agent wearing an enormous mustache that the railroad trestle at Lafourche Crossing had collapsed into the bayou and he would have to take a steamboat all the way to Tiger Island, then double back east on the train to Poachum, the town at the end of his ticket. (651 words) Tim Gautreaux, The Cleanng, London Sceptre, 2003, reproduced by permission of Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, pp. 14-78 bandanna - a large brightly coloured piece of cloth you wear around your head or neck batten - mit Latten verkleidet boiler - a Container for boiling water that is part of a steam engine to burgeon - (formal) to grow or develop quickly cinders - ash decrepit - worn and broken down finish - the appearance of the surface of an object after it has been painted or polished flywheel - a heavy wheel that keeps a machine working at a steady speed gaunt - very thin and pale, esp. because of illness or continued worry gear teeth - the teeth of a gearvvheel jaundiced - turned yellow due to an illness of the liver to lurch - to move suddenly forward or sideways macadam - a road surface made of broken siones and tar; tarmac maul - a heavy hammer rim - Rand rivet - a metal pin used to fasten things together roil - dirty cloud Sherman - General of the Unionist troops during the Civil War in the South. After taking Atlanta, Georgia, he marched on to the East Coast on his way to win the war for the North smokestack - a tall chimney stack - here: smokestack; chimney streetcar (AmE) - a kind of bus that runs on electricity along metal tracks thoroughfare - the main road through places trestle - an A-shaped frame used as Support for railway tracks turnpike (AmE) - a large road for fast traffic, esp. one that drivers have to pay for to use turreted - adj. of turnet: a Small tower on a large building varnished - lackiert waterlogged - here: extremely humid 20
Englisch Leistungskurs 2.3.09 Comprehension: The American South 1. Outline the changes Randolph witnesses on his journey from Pittsburgh to Louisiana in this excerpt from “The Clearing” 2. Analyse how the contrast between the north and the south of the USA is reflected in the choice of words and the stylistic devices. 3. Air-conditioning changed the South? Discuss the idea presented in the following excerpt by Susanna Robbins. To what extent is the climate the basis for the cultural identity of the American South? “A. Cash Koeniger builds on an argument first presented by Raymond Arsenault, who argued that air-conditioning fundamentally blurred the distinctive southern culture of humid weather, unique architecture, passionate behavior, and a casual approach to work. Most notably, air-conditioning lured people inside, changing community patterns and architecture. Air-conditioning, of course, lessened the chance of heat stroke and thus made urban living more healthy, increasing the number of high-rise apartments and skyscrapers. But air-conditioning also made it easier for northerners to live in the South, spreading their own unique characteristics to growing urban and suburban areas. Particularly, Koeniger argues that the long, hot summers influenced the development of the unique southern, agrarian culture that treated work casually and lived in dispersed farms and plantations, cultivating an individualistic society. Their long growing season and the success of slavery meant that they had fewer worries about their economic survival-- there was no sense of the urgency that characterized northerners who worked hard to plant and harvest their crops during short summer seasons. Koeniger reminds us that nineteenth-century descriptions of southern society characterized southerners as passionate, romantic, and violent. The hot weather, he theorizes contributed the violence and the ways southerners approached confrontation, but their casual approach to work also gave them free time to play games, go hunting or pursue other hobbies and activities. It is important to note that Koeniger 's point is that the hot, humid weather merely influenced southern culture, not that it determined racial characteristics. Architecture is perhaps the most noticeable sign of the impact air-conditioning has had on the South. Older homes featured porches and verandas on which families gathered on hot summer evenings. They simply rocked on porch swings and chatted--passing down stories and traditions along with local gossip and political ideology. Koeniger and Arsenault argue that air-conditioning trapped families inside, where they could watch television rather than talk to each other. Community planners are beginning to reverse this trend. Celebration, Florida, a new planned community near Disney World, and other suburban communities insist on front porches to foster a sense of community, but is this a case of too little too late?” Susanna Robbins OAH Magazine of History 18 (October 2003) GOOD LUCK! ... and please count the words! 21
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