Unit-2-A-Company-Man.ppt

1、,Contents,Learning Objectives and Key Points,Background Information,Pre-reading Questions,Main Idea,Structural Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Class Activity,Assignment,Text one,Pre-reading questions Background information Structure analysis Comprehension questions Language work of Text I,Warm-up Activit

2、ies,How important do you think work is to a person? Make an order of the following elements for your life according to their importance: LOVE / FAMILY / HEALTH / HOBBY / CAREER / FRIENDS 3. What do you think is the life of a typical workaholic like?,Warm-up,China has become a country where death cau

3、sed by overwork is no longer rare. Statistics show that work pressure has caused the death of more than 600,000 Chinese employees and more urban white-collar workers are suffering the ills of overwork.,Proverbs on “work”,Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit. Working without a plan is sailing witho

4、ut a compass. Work today, for you know not how much you may be hindered tomorrow. Work will not kill a man but worry will. Worry kills more men than work.,Watch the video clip and answer the following questions.,Why does Samantha refuse to read Allys resume? 2. Why does Samantha need help?,Pre-readi

5、ng Activities - Audiovisual supplement 1,Because she says, “References are much more important in this line of work. Tony vouched for you. Thats all I care about.”,Her husband has been back East for the last two months opening their New York office. Meanwhile she is here desperately trying to balanc

6、e being a mother, being a father, and running an entire advertising agency. So she has come to the inevitable conclusion that she needs help.,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 2,Background information,Profession: journalist and columnist Achievements: 1980 Pulitzer Prize for commentary

7、 Write for Newsweek, the Detroit Free Press, and the Boston Globe. Works: Turning Points (1979), Close to Home (1979), At Large (1981).,Ellen Goodman(1941 ),Any of several awards established by Joseph Pulitzer and conferred annually for accomplishment in various fields of American journalism, litera

8、ture, and music.,Pulitzer Prize,Other Awards,1980 Distinguished Writing Award the American Society of Newspaper Editors 1988 the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award from the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights 1993 the Presidents Award by the National Womens Political Caucus 1994 American Woman

9、Award by the Womens Research think 2) To gain an upper hand in the cutthroat competitiveness, we have to conceive a plan to make ourselves superior. to form or develop in the mind; map out 3) I couldnt conceive the implication of that sentence, although he explained again. to comprehend mentally; un

10、derstand 4) She was told she couldnt conceive. Hence she got no chance to be a mother. to become pregnant with (a child),v.,4. executive 1) n. 2) a. of, relating to, capable of, or suited for carrying out or executing e.g. An efficient executive must possess great executive ability. execute 1) A gov

11、ernment executes the decisions of the ruling party. (fml) to put into effect; carry out 2) The victims relatives expected to execute the murder. to put to death, especially by carrying out a lawful sentence.,v.,5. overweight a. fat, obese, stout, pudgy, plump, chubby These adjectives mean having an

12、abundance and often an excess of flesh. The most neutral term is overweight. 1) “Fat” is the most usual and direct adjective to describe people with excess flesh, but it is not polite. e.g. That guy is not merely overweight but utterly fat.,2) “Obese”: (fml or medical) (of people) very fat (Doctors

13、use obese to describe people who are so overweight that they are unhealthy.) e.g. Obese patients are advised to change their diet. 3) “Stout” is sometimes used as a polite term to describe fatness. In stricter application “stout” indicates overall heaviness of the body. (身体胖得匀称) e.g. Even slim girls

14、 can become stout housewives.,4) “Pudgy” (infml) means short and fat. e.g. His pudgy fingers look really funny. 5) To be polite, we can use “plump” applies to a slight or attractive fullness of figure. e.g. Everybody loves Rita, the plump, rosy little girl. 6) “Chubby” indicates pleasant roundness i

15、n babies and cheeks. e.g. a chubby toddler; chubby cheeks,Exercises,1. It is impolite to describe people with excess flesh using _, but _ is okay, for its neutral. 2. Doctors suggest people have less fast food, in order not to be _. 3. There was a time when the _ figure caught on. 4. The _ kid has f

16、unny _ fingers.,pudgy,chubby,plump/stout,obese,overweight,fat,Questions for consideration Can you describe the relationship between Phil and his wife and his children? Why did Phils wife try to conceal her bitterness in front of the president at the funeral? She was concerned about her financial sit

17、uation after her husband died. Phil provided well for his widow.,Part 3,Part3,Questions: What did Phils wife mean when she answered, I already have”? How many times is “he finally worked himself” repeated in the essay? Why it is repeated? The author relates the two contradictory ideaswork to death o

18、n Sunday morning. Thus reveals Phils personality and suggests that he is destined to be exhausted.,Language points in Part 3,survive marketable mothering widow straighten out,survive vt.,6. to continue to live after someone, especially a member of your family, has died (synonyms: outlive outlast) It

19、s amazing that she should have survived all her children and grandchildren. 我希望在我有生之年永远不要变成废物。 I hope l shall never survive my usefulness. 经过暴风雨袭击, 这所房屋并未倒塌。 The house survived the storm.,marketable,7 easy to sell; attractive to customers or employers:可销售的; 有销路的 It is a good idea to list all your ma

20、rketable skills before heading for the job fair.,I know how much you will miss him. Missing him all these years. Polysemy being engrossed in work neglecting losing him to,8.Given up trying to compete with his work?,para.9,9.His “dearly beloved” eldest of the “dearly beloved” children sarcastic effec

21、t far from close and intimate devoting too little,10. doing enough odd jobs to stay,1) What an odd desk! Weve never seen it. strange 2) 1, 3, 5 and 7 are odd numbers. (of numbers) that can not be divided by two; not even 3) She is wearing two odd shoes. Of one of a pair, set, series, etc when the ot

22、her(s) is/are missing 4) She made a toy out of odd pieces of the cloth. extra; surplus; left over,a.,5) Twenty-odd years later, you will be middle-aged. (usu placed directly after a number) a little more than 6) He takes some odd bit of exercises, but nothing regular. occasional; not regular or fixe

23、d odd jobs small jobs of various types, usu done for other people odds (assignment),11. He was the one who tried to grab at his father, and tried to mean enough to him to keep the man at home. to take the opportunity to divert his fathers attention,grab at sb/sth: (attempt to) seize sb/sth eagerly o

24、r desperately: 他伸手去拽男孩，还是没防到他摔倒。 He grabbed at the boy, but could not save him from falling. 竭力找借口避免干不好的工作。 (fig) grabbing at any excuse to avoid an unpleasant task.,7. the fifty-one-year old deceased had meant much ,dead, deceased, departed, late, inanimate dead常表语，指“死的”； deceased指人“最近死的”，多用于法律； de

25、parted指“最近死的”，多用于宗教，是委婉语，仅指死者； late“已故的”，多用于刚死的人； inanimate意为“没有生命的，没有生气的”。,Exercises,1. The tiger has been _ for at least two days according to the expert. 2. The _ man left no will or legacy. 3. In a funeral, the priest prays for the _. 4. The story is about the _ hero. 5. Their _ conversation is

26、about the _ stone.,late,inanimate,departed,deceased,dead,inanimate,8. need him to straighten out the finances the stock options and all that.,straighten out straighten sth out To settle or resolve sth; to remove difficulties from sth e.g. With mutual help, we can straighten out each others confusion

27、 ASAP. straighten sb out (infml) to remove doubt or ignorance in ones mind e.g. Traditionally a teacher is expected to straighten puzzled students out.,I was then muddled about the registration procedures. Luckily, she came in time to straighten me out. 我当时正被登记手续搞得稀里糊涂，可巧她来得正好，帮我摆平了。 他的经营情况糟糕透了，要整顿好

28、需要花很多时间。 His business are in a terrible mess, they will take ages to straighten out. Straight out? I told him straight out that he was talking nonsense.,the finances,the stock options,and all that,and all that (jazz, rubbish, etc),(idm) (infml) and other similar things,e.g. I got fed up with mathema

29、tics for its figures, tables, formulae and all that staff.,Paraphrase: 1) But it did list his “survivors” quite accurately. - But the obituary did list the family members of the dead man quite accurately. 2) He was the one who tried to grab at his father, and tried to mean enough to him to keep the

30、man at home. - It was the boy who made efforts to divert his fathers attention from work.,Exercises,1.Word transformation: P60 2.Paraphrase: P61 3. Present perfect or present perfect progressive tense: P61-62 4. translation: P48 5. Writing practice,Exercises (1),Translation exercises 1.我的顶头上司是一个典型的工

31、作狂，一年到头每天工作10个小时以上。(workaholic) My immediate boss is typical workaholic, for he works for over ten hours each day all the year round. 2.校长十分注重课外活动。他认为，课外活动有助于培养学生对外部世界的极大兴趣。(extracurricular) The principal attaches much importance to extracurricular activities and he believes that they will help to c

32、ultivate students tremendous interest in the external world.,Exercises (1),3.星期一早上，他总是快速冲个澡，胡乱吃个三明治，接着赶搭出租车去上班。(grab) He always grabs a shower, a sandwich and then a taxi to go to work every Monday morning. 4.既然你要离开公司了，你要在本周内清算帐目。(straighten out) Since you are leaving the company, you should straigh

33、ten out the accounts within the week. 5.为了及时完成他的博士论文，他经常熬夜。(stay up) He often stays up late at night in order to finish writing his Ph. D. dissertation on time.,Exercises (1),6.没有什么东西可以取代内心深处最深切的爱。(replace) He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an excellent vice-president for almost ten years. 7.他被认为是总裁职位的当然人选，因为他已经做了近10年出色的副总裁。(natural) He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an exc