福州大学：《现代大学英语精读》课程PPT教学课件（精读F）B7 Unit 1 Neat People vs. Sloppy People

Unit One Neat People vs. Sloppy People

Unit One Neat People vs. Sloppy People

Topics for discussion What type of a person do you believe yourself to be,a neat person or a sloppy person? What are your respective impressions about neat people and sloppy people? What possible reasons lie behind the differences between neat people and sloppy people?

Topics for discussion ❖ What type of a person do you believe yourself to be, a neat person or a sloppy person? ❖ What are your respective impressions about neat people and sloppy people? ❖ What possible reasons lie behind the differences between neat people and sloppy people?

Suzanne Britt A poet and essayist,born in Winston-Salem,North Carolina,whose poems have appeared in quite a few literary magazines;her essays and articles have appeared in various newspapers and magazines including Newsweek,The New York Times and The Boston Globe,etc.She is the author of several books,including Show and Tell(1982),and A Writer's Rhetoric(1988).Now she teaches literature and writing courses at Meredith College in North Carolina

Suzanne Britt ❖ A poet and essayist, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, whose poems have appeared in quite a few literary magazines; her essays and articles have appeared in various newspapers and magazines including Newsweek, The New York Times and The Boston Globe,etc. She is the author of several books,including Show and Tell(1982), and A Writer’s Rhetoric(1988).Now she teaches literature and writing courses at Meredith College in North Carolina

Detailed Study of the Text Para.1 Para.1-An effective beginning.Making a comparison between a neat person and a sloppy person in a blunt and unexpected way,which succeeds in arousing the interest of the reader

Detailed Study of the Text Para. 1 ❖ Para.1- An effective beginning. Making a comparison between a neat person and a sloppy person in a blunt and unexpected way, which succeeds in arousing the interest of the reader

Paras.2-5 A focus on sloppy people who are portrayed as having a high moral standard and ambitious plans. Question -How does the author justify the behavior of sloppy people?

Paras.2-5 ❖A focus on sloppy people who are portrayed as having a high moral standard and ambitious plans. ❖Question - How does the author justify the behavior of sloppy people?

Sentences *Their sloppiness is merely the unfortunate consequence of their extreme moral rectitude. Sloppy people live in Never-Never Land.Someday is their metier

Sentences ❖Their sloppiness is merely the unfortunate consequence of their extreme moral rectitude. ❖Sloppy people live in Never-Never Land. Someday is their métier

Sentences .because the sloppy person is meticulously creating new piles of papers with new headings and scrupulously stopping to read all the old book catalogs before he throws them away

Sentences ❖.because the sloppy person is meticulously creating new piles of papers with new headings and scrupulously stopping to read all the old book catalogs before he throws them away

Metier(French):an occupation or profession suitable for oneself He's found his metier at last. The year 2009 was a good year for me because I found in this year my metier

Métier(French): an occupation or profession suitable for oneself ❖He’s found his métier at last. ❖ The year 2009 was a good year for me because I found in this year my métier

Meticulous excessively careful He is meticulous in checking his accounts. She is meticulous about her personal appearance. We all should be meticulous in our work

Meticulous :excessively careful ❖ He is meticulous in checking his accounts. ❖ She is meticulous about her personal appearance. ❖ We all should be meticulous in our work

Scrupulous:conscientious; extremely thorough To be a man of scrupulous honesty, he can be safely offered such a job. He is absolutely scrupulous in his handling of the association's accounts

Scrupulous: conscientious; extremely thorough ❖To be a man of scrupulous honesty, he can be safely offered such a job. ❖ He is absolutely scrupulous in his handling of the association’s accounts