高英6FineartsofputtingthingsoffWord格式.docx
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i.Diction(formal,bigwords)
ii.Style(formal)
iii.Tone(serious?
humorous?
)
iv.Allusions
III.Questionsonthetext
1.Whatistheauthor’sargument/message?
⏹Youcanwellputofftilltomorrowwhatyoucandotoday.
⏹Procrastinationisnotaltogetherabadpractice.Sometimesitisrecommendable..
(Comparewithconventionalideas:
⏹Neverputofftilltomorrowwhatyoucadotoday.
⏹Procrastinationisthethiefoftime
2.Howwouldyoucommentontheauthor’stone?
⏹halfserious,halfjoking
3.Readquicklythebeginningofeachparagraph.Canyouseethegeneralorganizationalpatternofthetext?
Workouttheoutline
IOpeningtopresentthetopic(para1)
IIClassificationofhumanbeingsintotwocategories
IIIMainargument:
Procrastinationasaworldwidewayoflife
Para3:
literary/artistic
Para4:
military,diplomatic,legal
Para5:
commercial/business
Para6:
administrative
Para7:
academic
Para8medical
IVConclusion
IV.Analysisofthetext
Paragraph1:
1.WhatadvisedidLordChesterfieldgivetohisson?
Washehimselfagoodexampleofdoingthingspromptly?
Explaintheirony.
2.Tosupporthisthemethatevenwell-knownpeopleareinahabitofdelayingthings,theauthorgivesseveralexamples.Whatexamplesaregiven?
(QuintusFabiusMaximus,Moses,Hamlet)Readthenotesandexplaininyourownwordswhatisthethingthateachofthempostponed?
i.Quintus–delayedbattle(cautionanddelaytowearouttheenemy.)
ii.Moses–delayedpassingGod’smessagetoPharaoh.
iii.Hamlet–putoffrevenge
3.Areyouimpressed/amusedbytheauthor’seffectiveopening?
What’syourimpressionoftheauthor’sstyle?
Inthefirstparagraph,theauthorrefersto5peoplewhoarewell-knowneitherinhistoryorliterary/religiouscircles,whoarethey?
5well-knownhistoricalfigures:
LordChesterfield,Dr.Johnson,QuintusFabiusMaximus,Moses,Hamlet
Whatmakesthefivepeoplerelatedinthiscontext?
Orwhatisthethingthateachofthempostponeddoing?
1.Istheauthor’swayofbeginningtheessayeffective?
2.Whydoestheauthorrefertovisitstothebarber,thedentistandthedoctor“Faustianencounters”?
3.Readthetopicsentenceandcommentontheorganizationpatternoftheparagraph.
4.Examinehowtheauthorcontraststhetwodifferentwaysofdoingthingsandunderlinetheverbs.Aretheyusedinparallel?
5.Inline14,theauthorwrites“untiltheapocalypticvoiceofDinerthreatensdoomforDenver”.Explainwhatthe“Apocalypse”isandwhatisthemetaphoricaluseof“apocalyptic”?
6.Readnote8andtellwhatyouknowof“Faust”
7.Whatistypicalofthose“do-it-nowers”?
Andwhataboutthe“delayers”?
8.Readthe3rdparagraph,think:
whatkindofpeoplemaybelongto“acreativesoul”?
Howmanysupportingdetailsaregivenintheparagraph?
Pleasenotehowtheauthorreferstoaparticularnovelistandlaterto“manyawriter”toconvincethereadersthatdelaycandobenefitstowriters/artistsingeneral.
9.Notethetopicsentenceofparagraph4andhowitisdeveloped.Explainthehumor/ironyintheexamplesgiven.
10.Military/diplomatic/legalmattersarenormallyurgentbusinessthatasksforimmediateaction.Howeveraccordingtotheauthor,postponementremainsaprevailingpracticeinthesecircles.Whatarethedetails?
11.Whataretheexcusesnormallygivenbythosewhopostponewritingacademicpapers?
12.Howdoestheexplosionofinformationbecomeanexcuseforthosewhohesitatetotakeaction?
Ⅲ.Relevantinformation
1.LordChesterfield:
LordChesterfield(1694—1773):
EnglishStatesman,oratorandauthor;
literaryreputationrestsuponhisletterstohisillegitimatesonwhowasborninHollandin1732.Thelettersarenotedforwitandworldlywisdom.Theywerepublishedin1774underthetitle“LetterstoHisSon”.
2.Dr.SamuelJohnson(1709—1784):
Englishpoet,critic,andmanofletters;
theliterarydictatorinEnglandinthelaterhalfofthe18thcentury;
stronginfluenceonliterarythoughtandstyle;
oneofthemostfamouspersonalities;
bestknownforDictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage(innovationinlexicography)
rankofBritishnobleman:
Duke-Marquis-Earl-Viscount-Baron
Duches-Marquise-Countess-Viscountess-Baroness
3.QuintusFabiusMaximus:
Romangeneral,whosecautiousdelayingtacticsgaveRometimetorecoveritsstrengthandtaketheoffensiveagainsttheinvadingarmy;
sogetthenickname“Cunctator”;
Fabianism(derivedfromhisname“Fabius”)
4.FabianSociety:
foundedin1884;
advocatingsocialchangethroughgradualreformratherthanbyviolentrevolutio
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