Unit 2 A Company ManPPT精選文檔

1、1,Contents,Learning Objectives and Key Points,Background Information,Pre-reading Questions,Main Idea,Structural Analysis,Detailed Analysis,Class Activity,Assignment,3,Text one,Pre-reading questions Background information Structure analysis Comprehension questions Language work of Text I,4,Warm-up Ac

2、tivities,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?,5,Warm-up,China has become a country where de

3、ath caused 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.,6,Proverbs on “work”,Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit. Working without a plan is sail

4、ing without 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.,7,Watch the video clip and answer the following questions.,Why does Samantha refuse to read Allys resume? 2. Why does Samantha need help

5、?,Pre-reading 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 tryin

6、g to balance being a mother, being a father, and running an entire advertising agency. So she has come to the inevitable conclusion that she needs help.,8,Pre-reading Activities - Audiovisual supplement 2,9,Background information,Profession: journalist and columnist Achievements: 1980 Pulitzer Prize

7、 for commentary 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 ),10,11,12,13,Any of several awards established by Joseph Pulitzer and conferred annually for accomplishment in various fields of

8、American journalism, literature, and music.,Pulitzer Prize,14,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 Politic

9、al Caucus 1994 American Woman 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 aga

10、in. to comprehend mentally; understand 4) She was told she couldnt conceive. Hence she got no chance to be a mother. to become pregnant with (a child),v.,33,4. 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 ex

11、ecutive ability. execute 1) A government 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.,34,5. overweight a. fat, obese, stout, pudgy, plump, chu

12、bby These adjectives mean having an 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.,35,2) “Obese”: (fml or

13、medical) (of people) very fat (Doctors 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

14、the body. (身體胖得勻稱) e.g. Even slim girls can become stout housewives.,36,4) “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.

15、6) “Chubby” indicates pleasant roundness in babies and cheeks. e.g. a chubby toddler; chubby cheeks,37,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 wh

16、en the _ figure caught on. 4. The _ kid has funny _ fingers.,pudgy,chubby,plump/stout,obese,overweight,fat,38,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 fu

17、neral? She was concerned about her financial situation after her husband died. Phil provided well for his widow.,Part 3,39,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

18、 relates the two contradictory ideaswork to death on Sunday morning. Thus reveals Phils personality and suggests that he is destined to be exhausted.,40,Language points in Part 3,survive marketable mothering widow straighten out,41,survive vt.,6. to continue to live after someone, especially a membe

19、r of your family, has died (synonyms: outlive outlast) Its amazing that she should have survived all her children and grandchildren. 我希望在我有生之年永遠不要變成廢物。 I hope l shall never survive my usefulness. 經(jīng)過暴風雨襲擊, 這所房屋并未倒塌。 The house survived the storm.,42,marketable,7 easy to sell; attractive to customers o

20、r employers:可銷售的; 有銷路的 It is a good idea to list all your marketable skills before heading for the job fair.,43,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?,44,para.9,9.His “dearl

21、y beloved” eldest of the “dearly beloved” children sarcastic effect far from close and intimate devoting too little,45,10. 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

22、wearing two odd shoes. Of one of a pair, set, series, etc when the other(s) is/are missing 4) She made a toy out of odd pieces of the cloth. extra; surplus; left over,a.,46,5) Twenty-odd years later, you will be middle-aged. (usu placed directly after a number) a little more than 6) He takes some od

23、d bit of exercises, but nothing regular. occasional; not regular or fixed odd jobs small jobs of various types, usu done for other people odds (assignment),47,11. 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 diver

24、t his fathers attention,48,grab at sb/sth: (attempt to) seize sb/sth eagerly or desperately: 他伸手去拽男孩，還是沒防到他摔倒。 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.,49,7. the fifty-one-year old deceased had meant much ,de

25、ad, deceased, departed, late, inanimate dead常表語，指“死的”； deceased指人“最近死的”，多用于法律； departed指“最近死的”，多用于宗教，是委婉語，僅指死者； late“已故的”，多用于剛死的人； inanimate意為“沒有生命的，沒有生氣的”。,50,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 p

26、riest prays for the _. 4. The story is about the _ hero. 5. Their _ conversation is about the _ stone.,late,inanimate,departed,deceased,dead,inanimate,51,8. 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 d

27、ifficulties from sth e.g. With mutual help, we can straighten out each others confusion 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.,52,I was then muddled about the registration procedures. Luck

28、ily, she came in time to straighten me out. 我當時正被登記手續(xù)搞得稀里糊涂，可巧她來得正好，幫我擺平了。 他的經(jīng)營情況糟糕透了，要整頓好需要花很多時間。 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.,53,the finances,the stock options,and all that,and all th

29、at (jazz, rubbish, etc),(idm) (infml) and other similar things,e.g. I got fed up with mathematics for its figures, tables, formulae and all that staff.,54,Paraphrase: 1) But it did list his “survivors” quite accurately. - But the obituary did list the family members of the dead man quite accurately.

30、 2) He was the one who tried to grab at his father, and tried to mean enough to him to keep the man at home. - It was the boy who made efforts to divert his fathers attention from work.,55,Exercises,1.Word transformation: P60 2.Paraphrase: P61 3. Present perfect or present perfect progressive tense:

31、 P61-62 4. translation: P48 5. Writing practice,56,Exercises (1),Translation exercises 1.我的頂頭上司是一個典型的工作狂，一年到頭每天工作10個小時以上。(workaholic) My immediate boss is typical workaholic, for he works for over ten hours each day all the year round. 2.校長十分注重課外活動。他認為，課外活動有助于培養(yǎng)學生對外部世界的極大興趣。(extracurricular) The pri

32、ncipal attaches much importance to extracurricular activities and he believes that they will help to cultivate students tremendous interest in the external world.,57,Exercises (1),3.星期一早上，他總是快速沖個澡，胡亂吃個三明治，接著趕搭出租車去上班。(grab) He always grabs a shower, a sandwich and then a taxi to go to work every Mond

33、ay morning. 4.既然你要離開公司了，你要在本周內(nèi)清算帳目。(straighten out) Since you are leaving the company, you should straighten out the accounts within the week. 5.為了及時完成他的博士論文，他經(jīng)常熬夜。(stay up) He often stays up late at night in order to finish writing his Ph. D. dissertation on time.,58,Exercises (1),6.沒有什么東西可以取代內(nèi)心深處最深切的愛。(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.他被認為是總裁職位的當然人選，因為他已經(jīng)做了近10年出色的副總裁。(natural) He is considered a natural for the post of the president, for he has been an exc