Unit 2 The boy and the bank officer复习进程.ppt

TheBoyandtheBankOfficer CulturalBackground Author PhilipRossisanAmericanwriterbasedinNewYork Heworkedasanewspaperreporterandthenturnedtofreelancewriting Hisarticleshaveappearedinthe NewYorker Reader sDigest NewYorkTimes TheWestSide ManhattaninNewYorkincludesManhattanIslandandsomelittleisland surroundedbyEastRiver HarlemRiverandHudsonRiver UpperWestSideisthecenterofart ThefamousLincolnCenter andthe57thstreetareintheWestSide I Warm up1 Whydidtheauthorgotothebankoneday 2 Whydidtheboyhavetroublewithdrawinghismoney 3 Whatdidthebankofficerlooklike Didtheauthorlikehimimmediately Whyorwhynot 4 Howdidtheauthorargueontheboy sbehalf 5 Whydidtheofficerrefusetolettheboywithdrawhisownmoney 1 Hehadcomeopenacheckingaccount Para 2 2 Becausethebankofficersaidthat afourteen year oldisnotallowedtowithdrawmoneywithoutaletterfromhisparents Para 7 3 Hewasafortyishblackmanwithshort pressedhair apencilmustache andaneatlypressedbrownsuit No hedidn t Becauseeverythingabouthimsuggestedacarefullydressedauthority Para 3 4 Whydidyoulethimwithdrawmoneybefore butnotnow Para 20 5 Becausetheyareprotectingtheboy sinterests DecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrueorFalse 1 Theauthorhadcometodepositmoneyinthebank 2 Theonlyofficerondutywasafiftyishwhiteman 3 Thelittleboywasholdinganopensavings accountbookandwantedtowithdrawmoney 4 Theboy sproblemwasthathecouldn twithdrawhismoney 5 Theboy sopensavingsbookshowedabalanceofabout 100 6 Theboyhasn twithdrawnmoneybeforebyhimself 7 Silently theboyputhissavingsbookinafront pocketandwalkedoutofthebank 8 Someneighborhoodbullyhasbeenshakingthisboydownformorethanamonth 9 Thereisaruleaboutbeingtooyoungtowithdrawmoneyfromasavingsaccount 10 Atlasttheauthordidn topenanewaccountbecauseofwhathehadseen TextAnalysisPlotofthestorySettingofthestoryProtagonistsofthestoryWritingtechniquesofthestoryThemeofthestory Writingtechniques Hyperbole Afigureofspeechinwhichconsciousexaggerationisusedwithouttheintentofliteralpersuasion Itmaybeusedtoheighteneffect ortoproducecomiceffect 1 Imovedinforthekill para 19 2 Izeroedinontheofficer para 20 3 Hiseyesfellonthepage buthismindwasamillionmilesaway 4 Iwillloveyoutillthesea sgonedry therocksmeltwiththesun Rewritethefollowingsentencesbyusing Hyperbole 1 Thanksalot 2 I mveryhungry 3 Heisveryeloquent4 Wisdomismoreimportantthanbooks5 Theylaughedheartily Themeofthestory Traditionally poorpeopleandpeoplewhosympathizewiththemhaveregardedbanksasevil asenemiesofthepoor Suchsuspicionsandmisgivingsobviouslystilllingeron Thisarticleseemstoprovethatprejudicesofpeopleliketheauthorareungrounded StructureofthetextPartIPara 1Theattitudeoftheauthor sfriendtowardbank PartIIParas 2 23Theboymanagedtowithdrawmoneyfromthebankbutwaskindlyrefused PartIIIParas 24 32Thebankofficerclearedthefact PartI Theunfavorableopinionofthenarrator sfriendonbanks actuallythatofthenarrator s Theyactlikechurches paras 1 PartII Thenarrator sexperienceataWestSidebankinNewYorkatlunchtime paras 2 32 A Thenarrator simpressionofthebankofficerandtheboy paras 2 4 1 Thebankofficerlookedlikeamaninpowerthere 2 Theboydidn tlooklikeacustomerinaWestSidebank B Thenarrator sinterestintheboyandhisargumentwiththebankofficer paras 5 9 1 Theboycouldn tunderstandwhythebankofficerwouldn tlethimwithdrawmoneyfromhissavingsaccount 2 Thebankofficerinsistedthattheboybringaletterfromhisparentsifhewantedtodoso C Thenarrator sattempttohelptheboy paras 10 23 1 Thenarratorarguedwiththebankofficerfortheboy 2 Thebankofficerwouldn tlisten 3 Theboyleft D Thenarratorrealizedwhythebankofficerrejectedtheboy srequesttowithdrawmoney paras 24 32 1 Thebankofficercriticizedthenarratorforinterference 2 Thebankofficerexplainedwhyhehadn tallowedtheboytowithdrawmoney bankbusinesswithdrawmoneymakealoanstate ownedbanksputinmoneygivealoanprivatebankstakeoutmoneyraisealoaninvestmentbanksmakemoneyincreasetheinterestratesavingsbanksearnmoneylowertheinterestratebankrulespaymoneyrepayaloan branchofficesavemoneyhaveabalanceofbankerchangemoneyopenanaccountbankofficerconvertmoneycloseanaccountbankmanagerborrowmoneyacheckingaccountbankdirectorlendmoneyasavingsaccountbanktellersendamoneyorderanaccountbookcustomerremitmoneycurrentaccountdepositmoneywriteacheckputmoneyinone saccount LanguagePointsoftheText1 Ihaveafriendwhohatesbankswithaspecialpassionpassion astrongfeelingoremotion averystrongfeeling oflove hate anger etc averystrongfeelingoflikingsthpassion emotion feeling sentiment 2 acandystoreoragrocerystorecandystore astorewhichsellscandiesgrocerystore AmE astorethatsellsfoodanddailythingsusedinthehome asupermarket 3 Theonlydifferenceisthatabank sgoodshappentobemoneywhichisyoursinthefirstplace Theonlydifferencebetweenastoreandabankisthatabank sgoodsaremoneybychance andthemoneyisyoursatfirstgoods usuallyusedinpluralform thingsproducedinordertobesoldhappentodo be todo besthbychanceinthefirstplace usedtointroduceaseriesofpointsinanargumentortotalkaboutwhatshouldhavebeendone 4 Ifbankswererequiredtosellwalletsandmoneybelts theymightactlesslikechurches church hascertainassociations PeopleusuallythinkofachurchasthespokesmanofGod asapowerfulorganizationthatcontrolsyourlifeandcaninterfereinyourlife Thereforetheauthorthinksitisridiculousforbankstoactlikechurches wallet asmallflatcasemencarryintheirpocket forholdingmoney Purse isusuallywhatwomenuse moneybelt abeltwithapocketinitforholdingmoney 5 IbeganthinkingaboutmyfriendtheotherdayasIwalkedintoasmall overlitbranchofficeontheWestSide beganthinking Englishverbsareusedincertainpatterns theotherday recentlyoverlit toobrightlylit havingtoomuchlight6 Ihadcometoopenacheckingaccount Forthedefinitionof checkingaccount 7theonlyofficerondutywasafortyishblackmanwithshort pressedhair apencilmustache anda suit Itwasthetimewhenpeoplehadtheirlunchandtheonlyofficerworkingatthattimewasablackmanwhowasaboutfortyyearsold Hehadshort pressedhairandapencilmustache andworeaneatandtidybrownsuit ortyish aboutforty Thesuffix ish heremeans approximately bookishbrownishchildishfeverishselfishyellowish 好读书的 迂腐的呈棕色的幼稚的发热的 狂热的自私的微黄的 带点黄色的 pressedhair ahairstyle withthehairstraightenedapencilmustache athinmustachelookinglikealinedrawnwithapencil8 Everythingabouthimsuggestedacarefullydressedauthority Everythingabouthim hisclothes hismanner etcindicatedthathewasacarefullydressedmanwhohadanimportantpositionandwhoexercisedpower 9whowaswearingaV neckedsweater khakis andloafers V neckedsweater asweaterwiththeopeningattheneckshapedliketheletterV10 Hehadsandyhair andIthink1wasespeciallyawareofhimbecausehelookedmorelikeakidfromaprepschoolthanacustomerinaWestSidebank Hehadlightyellowish brownhair andIpaidspecialattentiontohimbecausehelookedlikeaprepschoolboyratherthanacustomerinaWestSidebank aprepschool apreparatoryschool 11 toholdmyattention tokeepmyattentionthecollocationsof attention topayattentionto togiveattentionto todrawattentionto tocatchattention toattractattention togetattention tohaveone sattention etc 12 Hewasholding savingsaccountbookandwearinganexpressionofopendismay Therewasanopensavings accountbookinhishandandhelookedverydisappointed wearinganexpressionofopendismay lookingveryworried disappointedandupsetdismayn astrongfeelingofworry sadnessorfearv tomakesb feeldisappointedorupset13 withdraw to makesb sth movebackorawayfromaplaceorsituation totakemoneyoutofabankaccount etc withdraw retreat afourteenyearoldisnotallowedtowithdrawmoney afourteen year oldpersonistooyoungtotakemoneyoutofhisaccount 15 Butthatdoesn tseemfair theboysaid hisvoicebreaking Notethat doesn tseemfair isnotasstrongas isnotfair Thisshowstheboyisafraidofthebankofficer hisvoicebreaking withhisvoicebreakingbreaking changingthetoneofhisvoicebecauseofhisemotion 16 Nowifyouwillexcuseme Thisexpressionisusedwhenonewantstogobacktoone swork ortoattendtoothercustomers orjusttoendtheconversation 17 Ididn tthinktwice Ididn tthinkverycarefully Isaidwithouthesitation IdidnotthinkcarefullybeforeImadeadecision Iplannedtoopenanewaccount Isaid butafterseeingwhatishappeninghere nowIhavechangedmymind 18 Iwasgoingtoopenanaccount Ioriginallyplannedtoopenanaccount butnowI vechangedmymind19 Excuseme Butwhy Idon tunderstand 20thisboyisoldenoughtodeposithismoney enough thepositionisaftertheadjectiveitmodifies 21 Andsincetheredoesn tseemtobeanyquestionastowhetherit shismoney thebank sso calledpolicyis ridiculous Sinceyouseemtobequitesurethatitkhismoneyandhisaccount itisclearlyunreasonablethatyoustilldon tallowhimtowithdrawhismoneyjustbecauseheisnotoldenough since usedheretogivethereasonforsomethingasto whether who which etc concerning about so called usedwhenyouthinkthenamegiveniswrongorimproper22 Itmayseemridiculoustoyou butthatisthebank spolicyandIhavenootherchoicebuttofollowtherules Itmayseemunreasonabletoyou herepliedinalittleloudervoicewhichshowedthathewasalittleannoyedandimpatient butthatistheregulationofthebank andIhavenootherchoiceexceptfollowingtherules may but usedtoshowthatalthoughonethingistrue somethingelsethatseemsverydifferentisalsotrueinavoicerisingslightlyinirritation inalittleloudervoicewhichshowedthatthemanwasalittleannoyedandimpatient slightly alittleirritationn irritatev irritatinga irritateda Thewholeprocesswouldbeaccomplishedinasubtlewaytoavoidgivinganimpressionofover familiaritythatwouldbelikelytoproduceirritation Ihavenootherchoicebuttofollowtherules Ican tbutactaccordingtotherules Ican tdoitinanyotherway ThereisnothingelseIcando alternative adj thatcanbeusedtoreplacesth elsechoice optionAsaferalternativeisexercise suchastakingalongwalk 23 Theboyhadstoodhopefullynexttomeduringthisexchange butnowIwasjustashelpless Duringtheintenseconversationbetweenthebankofficerandme theboyhadstoodbesidemewithhope butnow1wasalsodisappointedlikehim hopefully withhopeduringthisexchange duringthisexchangeofwords duringthisargument 24 SuddenlyInoticedthattheopensavingsbookhecontinuedtograspshowedabalanceofabout 100 Suddenly Ifoundthattheopensavingsbookthathewasalwaysholdinginhishandstillhadabout 100leftintheaccount balance referringtotheamountofmoneyonehasinone sbankaccount asituationinwhichdifferentthingsexistinequalamounts theamountofmoneyonehasleftinabankaccount 0fone sbody theabilitytokeepsteady 25 Italsoshowedthattherehadbeenaseriesofsmalldepositsandwithdrawals aseriesof anumberofthingsofasimilarkindhappeningoneafteranother26 Ihadmyopening Ifoundagoodchancetodoortosaysomething27 Imovedinforthekill Ibegantopreparetokill destroyordefeatmyenemy 28 Howdoyouexplainthat Whatcanyousaytosupportthisridiculouslogic 29 Izeroedinontheofficer Iwasgoingtohaveastrongargumenttosilencethebankofficer tozeroinonsb toaimagunatatarget30 Iturnedtotheboywithashrugshrug v toraiseone sshouldersandthendropthemtoexpressdoubt indifference etc shrugsth off asideMakeeyecontactwiththepeoplepassing nodtothem gesturekeeninterestintalkingtothematalatertime pointtoyourphone shrugandmoveon 31 You rereallygettingcheated Isaid Yououghttogetyourparentstocomeinhereandprotest getcheated becheatedprotest v toexpressoppositionordisapproval tosayfirmlythatsth istruen theexpressionofoppositionordisapprovalprotestagainstunderprotestprotestation n protester n Thousandsofpeopleturnedoutintothestreetsto againstthelocalauthorities decisiontobuildahighwayacrossthefield A contradictB reformC counterD Protestn thebackpartofsth v tocareforyoungchildrenofanimals 32 Youknow hesaid youreallyshouldn thaveinterfered Youknow hesaid youreallyshouldnothavegotinvolvedinthismatterandspokenforthechild shouldn t hereisusedtoexpressacriticism interfere v todeliberatelygetinvolvedinasituationwhereyouarenotwantedorneeded interfere intervene meddle 33 Well itdamnwellseemedtomethen Iamquitesurethatheneededsomeonetospeakforhimandprotecthisinterests damnwell usedheretoemphasizeh