Unit 5 Text A The Company Man - 图文

为了完成报告我打算熬夜不睡。 Especially on weekends, many people like to stay up late and get up late. 尤其在周末,许多人喜欢晚睡晚起。 8. replace vt. take the place of We've replaced the old adding machine with a computer. 我们用电脑取代了老式的加法计算器。 He replaced the book in the shelf. 他把书放回到书架上。 Electric lights have replaced candles. 灯已经取代了蜡烛。 9. bitter a. feeling or showing anger, hurt,or resentment False friends are worse than bitter enemies. [谚]明枪易躲，暗箭难防。 a bitter struggle;bitter foes.痛苦地挣扎;死敌 They learned a bitter lesson. 他们接受了惨痛的教训。 10. straighten out settle or resolve Sometimes only a good advice will straighten out a naughty child. 有时只需一次得当的劝说就会改变一个顽皮的孩子。 He got it all screwed up, it will take a week to straighten out the mess. 他把事情全搞坏了，要花一星期时间才能把这一团糟的局面整理出头绪来。 Let's try to straighten out this confusion. 咱们努力收拾这个混乱的局面吧。 11. finance n.财政，金融[ pl.]资金 vt.提供(筹措)资金 The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the minister in charge of finance in Britain. 英国财政大臣是负责财政的大臣。 He is an well-known expert in finance. 他是知名的金融专家。 The politician was appointed as the Minister of Finance. 这位政治家被任命为财政部长。 Our project is adequately financed. 我们的工程资金充足。 We are financing for the housing project. 我们在为住宅计划筹措资金。 Detailed Study of Part 3 What effects does the last sentence achieve? And how? 1. You could have picked him out in a minute from a lineup. (Para. 14) Answer for reference:

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Based on the use of police lineups from which a victim identifies a criminal, this is used metaphorically to emphasize how easy it is to classify Phil. 2. By 5:00 p.m. the afternoon of the funeral, the company president had begun, discreetly of course, with care and taste, to make inquiries about his replacement. One of three men. He asked around: “Who’s been working the hardest?” (Para. 16) Answer for reference This last paragraph of the essay reveals the author?s bitter indictment of the American corporate world. The company president began choosing his next victim as soon as Phil?s funeral was over. And the only qualification for Phil?s successor was: “Who’s been working the hardest?” It was really a nightmare scenario. Language points inquiry n. request for information打听，询问 We made an application to the court for an inquiry.我们曾请求法院调查。 In response to your inquiry ... 兹答覆您的询问 ... Make your inquiries at the office. 请去办公室询问。 VI Text analysis In colloquial style, Goodman depicts ironically the life of a workaholic and his family. What devices are adopted to make her writing more effective? Repetition Parallelism Variation of length of sentences Find some examples from the text for each. VII Revision of the text Language points in the text What do you learn from this text? Would you like to be a workaholic in the future for money, status or anything else? VIII Homework: Home Reading Task p140; Comprehensive Language Practice p146 Preview text A of Unit 6. －10－