Lesson 4 The Boy and the Bank Officer教学提纲.ppt

Unit4TheBoyandtheBankOfficer I Warming upQuestions Whydidtheauthorgotothebankoneday 1 2 3 Whatwashisfirstimpressionofthebank Whatdidheseeinthebankthatremindhimofhisfriend scommentaboutthebank 4 Whydidtheauthor sfriendcompareabankwithachurch Didhelikebanks 6 5 Whydidtheboyhavetroublewithdrawinghismoney Whatwasthereasongivenbythebankofficer Whathappenedintheend Howdidtheboyfeelwhenheleft II BackgroundknowledgeoftheText AbouttheauthorPhilipRoss 1939 1 anAmericanwriter 2 newspaperreporter 4years freelancewriting3 ManyofhisarticleshaveappearedintheNewYorker Reader sDigestandNewYorkTimes 4 ThistextistakenfromStrategiesforSuccessfulWriting ARhetoricandReader IntroductiontotheHistoryofBanks1 ItfirstemergedintheMiddleAges 2 TheMedicifamily oneofthemostprominentbankingfamiliesinEuropeduringthistime becamequitewealthyfromitsbankingandmoneylendingpractices MediciFamily 3 Functionsperformedbybankstodayhavebeencarriedoutbyindividuals families orstateofficialsforatleast4 000years Claytabletsdatedfromabout2000BCindicatethattheBabyloniansdepositedpersonalvaluablesforaservicechargeofone60thoftheirworth Interestchargesonloansranashighasonethird 4 ThewidespreadcommerceofRomerequiredawell developedbankingsystem RomanauthoritiessetasidetheStreetofJanusintheForumformoneychangers Theseindividualsnotonlyboughtandsoldforeigncoins theyaccepteddeposits madeloans issuedbillsofexchangeandbillsofcredit similartotoday schecks andboughtmortgages 5 BancodiRialtoBancoGiro 1587 Venice 1619 Venice BancoGiro emergedin1637 6 BankofAmsterdamBankofSweden 1609 emergedin16687 TheBankofEnglandwasfoundedin1694 England sgoldsmithswereitsfirstbankers 8 Banksofthe17thcenturyalsobegantoissuebanknotesasaformofmoney Banknoteswereprobablyfirstissuedinthe166osbytheBankofStockholminSweden thepracticesoonspreadtoEngland 9 TheBankofFrancewasfoundedin1800 Formostofthe19thcenturythemoneymarketsofEuropeweredominatedbytheHouseofRothschild IntroductiontotheText Modernsocietiescan tdowithoutbanks Bankskeep lendandissuemoneyaswellasofferingmanyotherfinancialservices Theyalsohelptoregulatetheeconomywithchangesininterestrateandinmoneysupply However traditionally poorpeopleandpeoplewhosympathizewiththemhaveregardedbanksasevil asenemiesofthepoor Suchsuspicionsandmisgivingsobviouslystilllingeron Thisarticleseemstoprovethattheprejudicesofpeopleliketheauthorareungrounded Theauthor sfriendhatesbanks sayingthattheyactlikechurches Andtheauthorobviouslyshareshisfriend sview Whattheyaretryingtosayhereperhapsisthatthebankisjustanordinarystore itmustnotactasifitrepresentsAlmightyGod ithasnorighttotellpeoplewhattodoandwhatnottodo III DetailedDiscussionoftheText 1 Theonlydifferenceisthatabank sgoodshappentobemoneywhichisyoursinthefirstplace tohappentodo tobe todo tobesth bychance e g Ihappentoknowsomethingaboutmedicine sohecouldnotfoolme Shehappenedtobeaway sowedidn tseeher inthefirstplace usedtointroduceaseriesofpointsinanargumentortotalkaboutwhatshouldhavebeendone 2 Ifbankswererequiredtosellwalletsandmoneybelts theymightactlesslikechurches Theword church hascertainassociations PeopleusuallythinkofachurchasthespokesmanofGod asapowerfulorganizationthatcontrolsyourlifeandcaninterfereinyourlife Therefore theauthorthinksitisridiculousforbankstoactlikechurches 3 asmall overlightedbranchofficeonthewestside overlighted toobrightly lit havingtoomuchlight branchoffice 分行 支行 营业所4 Ihadcometoopenacheckingaccount checkingaccount itisalsocalledcurrentaccountinBritain allowspeopletowithdrawanyamountofmoneyanytimebywritingchecks toopenanaccount tocloseanaccount tosettleanaccount 5 theonlyofficerondutywasafortyishblackmanwithshort pressedhair apencilmustache anda suit fortyish aboutfortyThesuffix ish 1 heremeans approximately 2 typicaloforlikeaparticulartypeofperson 3 theendingofsomeadjectivesthatshowdisapproval rathere g bookish brownish childish feverish selfish yellowish 6 Everythingabouthimsuggestedacarefullydressedauthority Everythingabouthim hisclothes hismanner etc indicatedthathewasacarefullydressedmanwhohadanimportantpositionandwhoexercisedpower 7 WhowaswearingaV neckedsweater khakis andloafers suffix er itoftenreferstothingsaswellastopeople e g sweater loafer can opener pain killer cooker boiler bomber duster dish washer etc 8akidfromaprepschool akidfromapreparatoryschool Preparatoryschool AME aprivateschoolthatpreparesstudentsforcollege 9toholdmyattention tokeepmyattentiontopayattentionto togiveattentionto todrawattentionto tocatchattention toattractattention togetattention tohaveone sattention 10 becauseofToturn becauseof into because inthefollowingsentences e g Hepreferstoliveinwarmplacesbecauseofhispoorhealth Shemadeaterriblemistakebecauseofherignoranceofthelaw Manypeoplecan tevenfindenoughwatertodrinkbecauseofpollution 11 Hewasholding savings accountbookandwearinganexpressionofopendismay savings account afixedaccountinBritain hasmorelimitationsbutoffersahigherinterestrate Wearinganexpressionofopendismay lookingveryworried disappointedandupset 12 afourteen year oldisnotallowedtowithdrawmoney afourteen year oldpersonistooyoungtotakemoneyoutofhisaccount not tobeallowedtodosth e g Wastheboyallowedtodepositmoneyinthebank 13 Butthatdoesn tseemfair theboysaid hisvoicebreaking absoluteconstruction withhisvoicebreakinge g Shewaspreparingthedinner withherdaughterhelpingtosetthetable AbsoluteConstruction1 infinitivese g Anumberofofficialsfollowedtheemperor sometoholdhisrobe otherstoadjusthisgirdle andsoon 2 thepresentparticiplephrasee g Therebeingnothingelsetodo weleft 3 thepastparticiplepharsee g Hisvoicedrownedbythenoise thespeakerinterruptedhislecture 4 VerblessclauseHewentoff guninhand 14 Ididn tthinktwice Ididn tthinkverycarefully beforeIsaid e g Nexttimeyoumustthinktwicebeforeyoudecide Thiswillteachheralesson Nowshewillthinktwicebeforesheborrowsmoney 15 thisboyisoldenoughtodeposithismoney adj enoughe g strongenough quickenough tallenough richenoughetc 16 Andsincetheredoesn tseemtobeanyquestionastowhetherit shismoney thebank sso calledpolicyis ridiculous 1 since isusedheretogivethereasonforsomething e g Sinceyoualreadyknowsomethingaboutit letmetellyouthewholestory Sinceyouareallhere let sdiscussitnow Sinceyouaresobusy whydoyouspendsomuchtimewatchingTV a Since自从Ihaven tseenhimsincehisweddingday 如果Since分句中的动作或状态延续到说话时间 通常要用持续性动词 或静态动词的现在完成时 e g Thehousehadbeeninbadrepairsincehehaslivedinit HewaswrittentomefrequentlysinceIhavebeenill C 但在since分句中有时也可用持续动词或静态动词的一般过去时 只是含义不同 e g Thehousehadbeeninbadrepairsincehelivedinit HewaswrittentomefrequentlysinceIwasill 2 asto whether who which etc concerning e g Ican tdecideastowhenweshouldstart Itisstillunclearastowhothiscarbelongto Shewasuncertainastowhyherbossofferedherthatjob 17Itmayseemridiculoustoyou butthatisthebank spolicyandIhavenootherchoicebuttofollowtherules May but isusedtoshowthatalthoughonethingistrue somethingelsethatseemsverydifferentisalsotrue e g Youmayberich butyoucan tbuyeverything Imaybestupid butIamnotasstupidasyouthink Youmayleadahorsetowater butyoucan tforceittodrink 18 Ihavenootherchoicebuttofollowtherules Ican tbutactaccordingtotherules Ican tdoitinanyotherway ThereisnothingelseIcando e g Hehadnochoicebuttoleavethecompany Shehadnochoicebuttosellthehouse Wehavenochoicebuttocontinueourreform 19 Ihadmyopening Ifoundagoodchancetodoortosaysomething opening anopportunitytodosth e g Hishelpmakeanopeningforresolvingproblem 20 Imovedinforthekill Ibegantopreparetokill destroyordefeatmyenemy 21 youreallyshouldn thaveinterfered Theword shouldn t hereisusedtoexpressa