Unit-2The-Fine-Art-of-Putting-Things-Off.ppt

UnitTwoTheFineArtofPuttingThingsOff,QuestionsforDiscussion,Inwhatsenseistheword“art”usedinthetitle?Doyouthinkthebeginningoftheessayiseffective?Why?WhydoestheauthorrefertovisitstothebarberasFaustianencounters”(para.2),Questions,Whatsthetopicsentenceofpara.3?Howdoyouunderstandthetheword“Blessedly”inpara.4?Howdoyouunderstandtheparodyoftheproverb“wherethereisnowill,thereisaway”inpara.5?,Questions,Howdoyouexplaintheparenthesis(at$50-plusanhour)inpara.8?Whydoyouthinktheauthorcalls“puttingthingsoff”afineart?Doyouthinkheisserious?Thetoneofthewritingisamixtureoftheseriousandthehumorous.Pleaseidentifyhisshiftsintonefromonetotheother?,QuotationsfromLordChesterfield,Bewiserthanotherpeople,ifyoucan,butdonottellthemso.Chooseyourpleasuresforyourself,anddonotletthembeimposeduponyou.Knowthetruevalueoftime;snatch,seize,andenjoyeverymomentofit.Noidleness;nolaziness;noprocrastination;neverputofftilltomorrowwhatyoucandotoday.Theknowledgeoftheworldisonlytobeacquiredintheworld,andnotinacloset.,Chesterfield,PhilipDormerStanhope,4thearlof,16941773,Englishstatesmanandauthor.Anotedwitandorator,hislongpubliccareer,begunin1715,includedanambassadorshiptoTheHague(172832),aseatinParliament,andasuccessfultenureaslordlieutenantofIreland(174546).Hisliteraryfamerestsuponhisletterstohisillegitimateson,PhilipStanhope(firstpub.1774),designedfortheeducationofayoungman,anduponhisletterstohisgodson(pub.1890).,LanguagePoints,Exhort(formal):tourgeoradvisestrongly.(力劝,劝告)sbtosth/todosthe.g.Theyhadbeenexhortedtoaction.(已经敦促他们采取行动)Theteacherexhortedthestudentstodotheirownresearchwork.,attest(verb)(formal)1.attesttosth:toshoworprovethatsthistrue证实,是的证据;确凿e.g.Contemporaryaccountsattesttohiscourageanddetermination.当时的报道证实了他的勇气和决心.2.作证,证明awill,Difficultsentences,1.(L4)themostwell-intentionedmenhavebeenpostponersever:LordChesterfieldadvisedhissonnottoputoffdoingwhatshouldbedone,yethehimselfdelayedhisaidtoDrJohnsonwhenitwasbadlyneeded,2.(L14)theapocalypticvoiceofDinersthreatensdoomfromDenver:amenacingorderfromDenver,theheadofficeoftheDinerscreditcardapocalyptic:liketheendoftheworldDinersreferstotheDinersClub,Inc.,U.S.A.Itwasthisclubthatintroduced,in1950,thefirstuniversalcredit-cardwhichcouldbeusedatavarietyofestablishments.,IDM,Atanungodlyhour:veryearlyorverylate,thatisannoying一大早(晚),十分不便的,incur,Yetforallthetroubleprocrastinationmayincur:allthetroublethatapersonsdelayinactionmaybringuponhimincurv.(formal):ifyouincursthunpleasant,youareinasituationinwhichyouhavetodealwithit招致;遭受;引起e.g.Thecompanyincurredaheavylossduetomismanagement.,DifficultSentence,Yetforallthetroubleprocrastinationmayincurdelaycanofteninspireandreviveacreativesoul:Delayleadstoproblems.However,inmanycases,itcanoftenstimulatethecreativityinanartist.,DifficultSentence,Theartofpostponementhadbeenvirtuallyamonopolyofthemilitaryandthelaw:thepracticeofputtingthingsoffhadalmostbeenexclusivelydonebythemilitary,etc.Theimpliedmeaningisthatthemilitary,diplomacy,andthelawarealmosttheworstdelayers.monopoly:thecompletecontrolofmonopolizev.monopolisticadj.,Ruminate,Ruminate:(formal)thinkdeeplyandcarefully沉思,认真思考e.g.on/over/aboutsthruminationruminativeruminatively,DifficultSentences,Lawyersareamongtheworldsmostaddictedpostponers:Lawyersaretheworldsworstpostponerswhojustcouldnotfreethemselvesfrompostponing.Addicted:dependentonsomething(usuallyadrug)andunabletostophavingit;enthusiasticallydevotedtoaparticularthingoractivity.e.g.beaddictedtocomputergames,DifficultSentences,(L33)Thenumberofattorneyswhodiewithoutawillisamazing:Itisausualpracticeforpeopletomakeawill,anofficialstatementofthewaytheywishtheirpropertytobesharedoutaftertheirdeathbeforetheydie.Anditisgenerallytheattorneysorlawyerswhoadministerthewills.Butattorneysthemselvespostponemakingtheirownwills.,DifficultSentences,(L35)Eventhereisnowill,thereisaway:Thisisaparodyoftheproverbwhichgoes:”Wherethereisawill,theresaway”,meaning“Ifonehasthedeterminationtoachievesomething,awayofdoingsowillbefound.”Willintheprecedingparagraphmeans“anofficialstatementofthewayonewisheshispropertytobesharedoutafterhisdeath.Thesentencemaybeparaphrasedas“Evenwherethereisnowillorvolitiontoprocrastinate,thereisawaytodoso.”,DifficultSentences,(L37)thecautionthatbreedsdelay:thegreatcarethatcausesdelayBreed:“tobethecauseofsth孕育、导致Literally,breedreferstoeitheranimalsproducingtheiroffspringorpeoplewhokeepanimalsorplantsforthepurposeofproducingyoungonesinacontrolledway,饲养、培育,stud,Manylanguagesarestuddedwithphrases:ManylanguageshavealotofphraseStud:asmallpieceofmetalwhichisattachedtoasurfaceasadecorationphrases.饰钉bestuddedwithsth(written)havingalotofsthonorinit布满（或有很多）e.g.Theskywasclearandstuddedwithstars.Anessaystuddedwithquotations.,DifficultSentences,(L43-46)smotherpolicy-makersinblanketsoflegalism,compromiseandreappraisal:preventpolicy-makersfromactingpromptly/frommakingpromptdecisionsbyexcessiveadherencetolaw,bymakingconcessions,andbymakingrepeatedassessments.Here,aneffectivemetaphorisusedtodescribetheharmdonebybureaucratization.Legalism,compromiseandreappraisalaresaidtobeblanketswhichsuffocatethepolicy-makerssothattheycannotactpromptlyandproperly.,Sentences,(L73)Indeed,hurrycanbetheassassinofelegance:Indeed,hastinessinactionwillspoilthequalityofanundertaking.(L76)pace/peisi:/:ThisisaprepositioninLatin,meaning“withallduerespectordeferencetothepersonnamed”(inannouncingacontraryopinion).,DifficultSentences,(L52)takehighhonors:doverywell,earngreatdistinctionHeretheauthorissayingplayfullythatacademicpeoplearenoworsepostponersthanothers.(L52)churnsoutthreetofivepagesofwritingaday:producesthreetofivepagesadayChurnout,whichmeans“producesomethingroutinelyormechanically,especiallyinlargequantities”,i