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高英6Fineartsofputtingthingsoff

UnitTwo

Text1:

TheFineArtsofPuttingThingsOff

Ⅰ.Learningobjectives

Ⅱ.Warm-upquestions

1.Howdoyoufindthetext,easyordifficult?

（generalimpression）

2.Whatarethespecificdifficultiesyoucameacrosswhenreadingthetext?

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