【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 This essay, in the form of extended definition and developed largely through examples, illustrates the Bodycross, the most popular form of Barrier Signals Structure of the passage Introduction (P12): the origin and development of barrier signals Main part (P312): the Bodycross its variables in different situations, such as greeting, standing amp。 sitting Examples of barrier signals throughout the text by Morris: l. A little child biding behind its mother39。s body or a chair or some piece of solid furniture. 2. A teenage girl covering up her face with hands or papers. 3. The special guest on a gala occasion having his right hand reach across his body and touch his left cufflink. 4. The female guest on a gala occasion having her right hand across her body and shifting the position of her handbag. 5. A man fingering a button or the strap of a wristwatch. 6. A woman smoothing out an imaginary crease in a sleeve or repositioning the scarf or coat held over her left arm. 7. A man rubbing his hands together or clasping them firmly in front of him. 8. The armfold, ., the left and right arms intertwining themselves across the front of tile chest. 9. Pressing the tightly clasped hands down on to the crotch. 10. Using the desk as a barrier. Post reading Activity ? Describe situations from your experience in which you or other people made the imaginary movement of Bodycross as defined by Morris. Unit Six TEXT I Dull Work Eric Hoffer Warmingup discussions on the next two topics: ? Do you think you can achieve much if you live a plain, ordinary life? ? Does monotonous, routine work dull one’s mind? ? What does the writer mean by dull in “Dull Work”? a. boring, not interesting or exciting。 b. uneventful, slowpaced, inactive Main Idea ? In this passage the writer tries to convince the readers that what a man can achieve does not depend on the type of work he does, or the life experiences he has。 rather, it depends on his ability to transmute what seems dull and routine into what is momentous (or creativeness of a man’s mind is primary to what he can achieve). Organization and Development: ? The use of the technique, classical rhetoric,for effective expository writing ? Introduction: (P1) presentation of the real objective that the writer intends to attain, or the genuine concern he aims to focus on ? Body: (P2—P5) the citations of numerous truly brilliant people and their reputed creations, as well as the writer’s own experiences ? Conclusion: (P6) reinforcement of the topic Organization and Development (II) The sentence that summarizes Hoffer39。s view on dull work could be: ? What a man can achieve does not depend on the type of work he does, or the life experiences he has。 rather, it depends on his ability to transmute what seems dull and routine into what is momentous. The purpose of each paragraph in the body of the passage(P2—P5): ? Para. 2 People who achieve do not necessarily live eventful lives. ? Para. 3 What is essential for creative work is a man39。s ability to make the trivial reach an enormous way. ? Para. 4 An eventful life does more harm than good to a creative man. ? Para. 5 How he himself has been benefited from his dull work experience. Comment on the arrangement of each paragraph in the body of the passage ? The arrangement is logical and sound. Wellreputed men are cited before his own experience. The possible harmful effect of an eventful life is illustrated only after he has made it clear that an eventful life is not a must for creative achievement. difficult sentences for translation ? The outstanding characteristic of man’s creativeness is the ability to transmute trivial impulses into momentous consequences. The greatness of man is in what he can do with petty grievances and joys, and with mon physiological pressures and hungers. ? To a creative individual all experience is seminalall events are equidistant from new ideas and insightsand his inordinate humanness shows itself in the ability to make the trivial and mon reach an enormous way. ? chances are that had my work been of absorbing interest I could not have done any thinking and posing on the pany’s time or even on my own time after returning from work. ? Children and mature people thrive on dull routine, while the adolescent, who has lost the child’s capacity for concentration and is without the inner resources of the mature, needs excitement and novelty to stave off boredom. Post Reading Activities 1. Translation Exercise for Practice of Language Points (CE): ? Paragraph 3: The outstanding characteristic of man’s creativeness… ? Paragraph 6: People who find dull jobs unendurable… a short passage of the similar style on the following topic: ? “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy” is generally accepted as true by many people. How do you feel about this assumption? Unit Six TEXT II Doing Chores August Heckscher ? Prereading Brainstorming: 1) What is meaning of ―chores‖? 2) What is the significance of doing chores? ? Main Idea of the passage The writer dwells on happening, work and chores and their relationship to season chores with work, and to intersperse them with a few happenings, is the secret of a contented existence. Purpose of writing For those, who may be in some doubt as to the nature of chores, their variety, their pleasures and their drudgery, I am prepared to deliver a short disquisition. ? Structure of the passage ? : introduction: purpose of writing ? :development: happening, work and chores and their relationship ? :conclusion: to season chores with work, and to intersperse them with a few happenings, is the secret of a contented existence