unit-5-the-company-man.ppt

1、Unit 5 Work to Live or Live to Work,Warm-up Questions,What is the meaning of the unit title? Which do you think is more important, work or life? How will you balance the two in your future life? why? How do you think of “workaholics”? why?,Useful Expressions in Overview,把专用于 一方面另一方面 广泛讨论的问题 勤奋工作的人 忙

2、于工作 休息与娱乐 只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 起因和结果 工作与生活的平衡 提出(主意、建议或计划),devote to. on the one hand on the other (hand) a much discussed issue a hard worker become tied up in the work rest and recreation All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. causes and consequences a work-life balance come up with,Unit 5,Text A

3、The Company Man Ellen Goodman,Useful Expressions in lead-in, 1st-6th Paragraphs,劳累工作致死 痴迷工作 把排除在外；不在意 动脉血栓 在休息日 当上一把手 本职工作以外的爱好 每月一次的高尔夫运动 鸡蛋沙拉三明治 在桌旁 运动夹克,work oneself to death in an addiction to work to the exclusion of coronary thrombosis on ones day off move to the top spot extracurricular inter

4、ests a monthly golf game egg salad sandwich(es) at the desk a sports jacket,Questions for this part,What do “finally and precisely” suggest in the first sentence? Why isnt the name of the deceased mentioned at the very beginning? What did the mans friends and acquaintances think was the real cause o

5、f his death? What type of man was the deceased? What was the mans position in the company? How many days did the junior employees work every week? how about the deceased? How come the man got overweight?,Answers,“finally” suggests that his death is expectable;“precisely” suggests that his death took

6、 place as precisely as his schedule was arranged.Together, they suggest the man was overworked and excessively time-conscious when he was alive, and a classic workaholic. It is intentionally and ironically arranged so. It is meant to create suspension, on the one hand, and, more importantly, to sugg

7、est that he was not as important as he himself might think he was in other peoples eyes. He died of overworking . Due to unhealthy diet and lack of exercise.,Difficult Sentences,He worked himself to death, finally and precisely, at 3:00 A.M. Sunday morning. (Para.1) “finally” suggests that his death

8、 is expectable; “precisely” suggests that his death took place as precisely as his schedule was arranged. Together, they suggest the man was overworked and time-conscious when he was alive, and a classic workaholic.,Difficult Sentences,2. but everyone among his friends and acquaintances knew it inst

9、antly. (Para.2) “it” stands for the real cause of his death: overworking.,Difficult Sentences,3. He was a perfect Type A, a workaholic, a classic, they said to each other and shook their head (Para.2) 正确句序：they said to each other (that) he was a perfect Type A, a workaholic, a classic, and shook the

10、ir head ,Type A,People exhibiting Type A behaviour tend to be impatient and highly time-conscious. Often as high-achieving workaholics, they feel insecure about their social status and are extremely competitive and aggressive.,Difficult Sentences,4. He was, however, one of six vice-presidents, and o

11、ne of three who might conceivably if the president died or retired soon enough have moved to the top spot. (Para.3) He was one of the six vice-presidents of a large corporation and one of the three promising candidates who might succeed to the position of the president.,Difficult Sentences,5. He wor

12、ked six days a week, five of them until eight or nine at night, during a time when his own company had begun the four-day week for everyone but the executives. (Para.4) 他一周工作六天，其中五天每天工作到晚上八、九点钟，而公司员工除了管理层每周工作四天。,Difficult Sentences,6. He worked like the Important People. (Para.4) He voluntarily work

13、ed overtime because all the executives in the company considered themselves too important a group to be allowed to ease up.,Difficult Sentences,7. He had no outside “extracurricular interests,” unless, of course, you think about a monthly golf game that way. To Phil, it was work.(Para.4) extracurric

14、ular interests：本义“课外兴趣”引申为“业余爱好” To Phil, the golf game provides him with opportunities to socialize with business partners.,Difficult Sentences,8. He was, of course, overweight, by 20 or 25 pounds. (Para.4) “by 20 or 25 pounds” 表示幅度 他超重了20或25磅。 increase/rise by three percent,Difficult Sentences,9.

15、Three of them will be seriously considered for his job.(Para.6) three of them are seriously considered to be his potential successors.,Useful Expressions in Paragraphs 7-12,不具备市场所需的特别技能 在结婚生子之前 与竞争/对抗 在乎；在意 深爱的 一家制造业公司 在南方的 走访了街坊邻里 刚结婚 高中毕业生 过去的几年 打零工 供（自己）吸大麻和吃饭 抓住 经常彻夜不眠,of no particular marketabl

16、e skills before marrying and mothering compete with care for dearly beloved a manufacturing firm down south walk around the neighborhood (be) newly married a high-school graduate the last couple of years do odd jobs stay in grass and food grab at stay up nights,Questions for this part,What was Helen

17、 skillful at? And what job did Helen take before marrying? How many children did the couple bring up? What did Helen mean by saying “I already have”? Was Phils family close to him? How do you know it? Why was the neighbors embarrassed when asked about Phil? How did the daughter feel when staying wit

18、h her father alone? Why did Phil particularly worry about his youngest son? What do you think is the possible reason for his youngest sons abnormal life?,Answers,She has no particular marketable skills. She worked in an office before getting married. Three. Two sons and a daughter. She meant that sh

19、e had been missing him long before he died because he spent little time at home. No. Because they knew little about Phil. She felt indifferent and had nothing to say to him. Because the youngest son took no regular job and stayed in grass(marijuana .merwn) . He was disappointed with his father for h

20、is negligence of him and the family.,Difficult Sentences,1. But it did list his “survivors” quite accurately. (Para. 7) survivor :【法律】(对共有财产中死者所有部分具有享有权的)生存者 讣告上颇为准确地列出了他的“财产继承人”。,Difficult Sentences,2. He is survived by his wife. (Para. 7) survive：outlive “比活得长” His wife is still alive and outlives

21、 him.,Difficult Sentences,3. “I already have.” (Para. 7) I have already missed him. Being a workaholic, Phil spent little time at home before he died. His wife had missed him long before he died. It implies that Phil had been usually missing from her life when alive. 我早就开始思念他了。,Difficult Sentences,4

22、. “Missing him all these years,” (Para. 8) I have been missing him all these years. 这么多年来我一直在思念他。,Difficult Sentences,5. She must have given up part of herself which had cared too much for the man.(Para. 8) 她一定早已放弃了曾经有过的对丈夫的深深牵挂。（她早已不再牵挂丈夫了。） 那个曾经十分牵挂丈夫的她一定早已不存在了。,Difficult Sentences,6. She would be

23、 “well taken care of.” (Para. 8) She would be “well provided for.” Her husband left her quite some money to live on. 她会得到“很好的照料”。,Difficult Sentences,7. His “dearly beloved” eldest of the “dearly beloved” children is a hardworking executive in a manufacturing firm down South.(Para. 9) What do the qu

24、otation marks on the “dearly beloved” suggest? They imply that the father and his children are not really dear and loving to each other in reality. 他“深爱的”子女中“深爱的”大儿子是南方一家制造公司的经理，工作非常勤奋。,Difficult Sentences,8. The youngest is twenty, a boy, a high-school graduate who has spent the last couple of year

25、s, like a lot of his friends, doing enough odd jobs to stay in grass and food. (Para. 11) His youngest son failed to go in for a college education and did no more than odd jobs to get enough money for marijuana and food. The workaholic Phil never paid enough attention to the growth and education of

26、his youngest son.,Difficult Sentences,9. He was the one who tried to grab at his father, and tried to mean enough to him to keep the man at home. (Para. 11) His son had also tried many ways to secure attention, love and care from his father, but all failed in the end.,Difficult Sentences,10. My fath

27、er and I only board here. (Para. 9) My father and I only live in the same place(i.e. home) like guests living in the same boarding house(提供膳宿的私人住宅).,Useful Expressions in Paragraphs 13-16,在葬礼上 死者 对公司很重要 直视某人 看出她的怨恨 毕竟 解决财务方面的问题 股票期权 诸如此类的 容易患心脏病的人 辨认出 立刻 小心而得体的 询问 四处打听,at the funeral the deceased mean much to the company look sb. in the eye read his bitterness after all straighten out the finances stock option and all that a heart-attack natural pick out in a minute with care and taste make inquires about ask about,Questions for this part,How old