WarmingupObjectives1.GoreVidalprolificAmericannovelist,andessayistpoliticalactivist:Democratic-Liberal“ProbablynoAmericanwritersinceFranklinhasderided（嘲笑）,ridiculed,andmockedAmericansmoreskillfullyandmoreoftenthanVidal.”(GordonS.Wood,TheNewYorkTimes,December14,2003)GoreVidalwasoftenpointedly（尖锐地）controversial（引起争议的）:hepublishedcommentsondemocracy,homosexuality（同性恋关系）,religion,anddruglegalization.Comparethethreeauthors’backgroundsandseeifyoucanexplainwhytheydisagreewitheachother.ProhibitionintheUnitedStates(theNobleExperiment)1840s,spearheaded（带头）bysomereligiousdenominations（宗派）1881,Kansasasthefirsttooutlaw（宣布…为不合法）alcoholicbeverages1917,alcoholbannedasmandated（委托统治的）inthe18thAmendment（修正案）totheConstitution1919-1933,nation-widemovement,plagued（困扰，麻烦）bysmugglingandbootlegging（非法制造或贩卖）1933,the18thAmendmentrepealed（撤销，废除）bythe21stAmendmentQuestion:Whatarethedifferentargumentsbythethreeauthors?GoreVidal:arguedforlegalization,whichhebelievedcouldsolveallproblemsrightaway.ClarencePage:didnotagree,buthealsoopposedtheideaoffurthercriminalization,believingthataproblemcausedbymanyfactorshadtobedealtwithamultifaceted（多方面的）way.CharlesKrauthammer:disagreedwithlegalization,butheofferedabetterstrategywhichhecalled“deglamorization”（失去魅力）TextAnalysisI.Thesis:plausibilityoflegalization(para.1)II.Reasoning(paras.2-8)A.rebuttalofthedangerofawhiffofopium(para2)B.Thefreedomtodowhatonewants(para3)C.rebuttalofthewarningrumblethatlegalizationwillleadustoenduparaceofZombie.(para4)D.aconsequenceofprohibition:makingpeoplewantitmore(para5)E.thenegativeeffectsoftheprohibition(paras.6-7)F.Theconsequencesofaslightreductioninthesupplyofmarujuana(para8)III.Conclusion:unlikelihoodoflegalization(9-10)Trytofindoutthetopicsentenceineachparagraph,orevensomekeywords.DetailedAnalysisofEssayOne1.Simplymakealldrugsavailableandsellthematcost.Para:justsellmakeallthedrugseasytogetandsellthemwithoutprofit.atcost:(atcostprice)e.g:Tom’suncleisacardealerandlethimbuythecaratcost.c.f:Theen