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lesson4theboyandthebankofficer

Lesson4Theboyandthebankofficer

TeachingClass:

06级本科1-6班

TeachingAim:

1.Toknowtheimportantwordsandphases

2.Tomastertheimportantgrammaticalstructure

Teachingsteps:

I.Pre-readingtasks:

bankbook,passbook存折bank,bankinghouse银行branchoffice:

分行,支行,营业所bankaccount,bankdeposit存款bankofficer,bankclerk银行职员adeposit/checkingaccount活期存款asavingsaccount定期存款accrual，interest利息capital本钱creditcard信用卡balance余额withdrawamount取款金额depositamount存款金额

theconstructionbank建设银行thePeople’sB-ofChina中国人民银行

thecommercialbank商业银行thedevelopmentbank开发银行

theindustrialbank工业/实业银行theinvestmentbank投资银行

thepostofficesavingsbank邮政银行thebanker’sbank中央银行

IV.Theintroductionofthetextandtheauthor

Modernsocietiescannotdowithoutbanks.Bankskeep,lendandissuemoneyaswellasoffermanyotherfinancialservices.Theyalsohelptoregulatetheeconomywithchangesininterestrateandinmoneysupply.However,traditionally,poorpeopleandpeoplewhosympathizewiththemhaveregardedbankasevilasenemiesofthepoor.Suchsuspicionsandmisgivingsobviouslystilllingeron.Thisarticleseemstoprovethattheprejudicesofpeopleliketheauthorareungrounded.

PhilipRoss（1939—）isanAmericanwriterbasedinNewYork.Afterworkingasanewspaperreporterforfouryears,heturnedtofreelance（自由职业作家）writing.ManyofhisarticleshaveappearedintheNewYorker（《纽约人》）,Reader’sDigest（《读者文摘》）andNewYorkTimes（《纽约时报》）.ThistextistakenfromStrategiesforSuccessfulWriting:

ARhetoricandReader,3rdeditionpublishedbyPrenticeHall,Inc.in1993inEnglewoodCliffs,NewJersey.

Plot:

aboy’swithdrawalofmoneyfromthebank

Setting:

atthebank

Protagonists:

bankofficer,theboyand“I”

Themeofthestory:

Traditionally,poorpeopleandpeoplewhosympathizewiththemhaveregardedbanksasevil,asenemiesofthepoor.Suchsuspicionsandmisgivingsobviouslystilllingeron.Thisarticleseemstoprovethatprejudicesofpeopleliketheauthorareungrounded.

Structureofthetext

Part1（para.1）about:

Theattitudeoftheauthor’sfriendtowardbank.

Part2（paras.2—23）aboutTheboymanagedtowithdrawmoneyfromthebankbutwaskindlyrefused.

Part3（paras.24—32）aboutThebankofficerclearedthefact.

Ⅲ.Analyzethetextindetail

1.passion:

astrongfeelingoremotion

2.acandystoreoragrocerystore

candystore:

storewhichsellssweetfoodmadeofsugarorchocolate

grocerystore:

AmEastorethatsellsfoodandotherdailythingsusedinthehome;asupermarket

3.Theonlydifferenceisthatabank’sgoodshappentobemoney,whichisyoursinthefirstplace.

Goods:

thingsproducedinordertobesold

tohappentodo/tobe:

todo/tobesth.bychance.

E.g.Ihappenedtobepassingby,whenthefirebrokeout.

Inthefirstplace:

usedtointroduceaseriesofpointsinanargumentortotalkaboutwhatshouldhavebeendone.Inoratthebeginningofaseriesevente.g.ifyoudon’tlikethedress,youshouldn’tbuyitinthefirstplace.

4.Ifbankswererequiredtosellwalletsandmoneybelts,theymightactlesslikechurches.

Theword“church”hascertainassociations.PeopleusuallythinkofitasthespokesmanofGod,asapowerfulorganizationthatcontrolsyourlifeandcaninterfereinyourlives.Thereforetheauthorthinksitisridiculousforbankstoactlikechurches.（这里把银行比作式教堂，因为在西方人眼里教堂是传播上帝的声音的地方，有崇高的权威性，是一种高高在上的气势。

）

Wallet:

asmallflatcasemencarryintheirpocket,forholdingmoney

Money-belt:

walletfastenedtothebelt

5.…asmall,overlightedbranchofficeonthewestside.

overlighted:

toobrightly-lit,havingtoomuchlight

6.account

n.anarrangementthatyouhavewithabanktopayinortakeoutmoney

Example:

Mysalaryispaiddirectlyintomybankaccount.

①takeaccountofsth./takesth.intoaccount:

toconsiderorincludeparticularfactsordetailswhenmakingadecisionorjudgmentaboutsth.

Eg:

Thesefiguresdonottakeaccountofchangesintherateofinflation.

②onaccountof:

becauseofsth.else,especiallybecauseofaproblemordifficulties

Example:

Hecan’trunveryfastonaccountofhisinjuredleg.

6.theonlyofficerondutywasafortyishblackmanwithshort,pressedhair,apencilmustache,andaneatlypressedbrownsuit.

Fortyish:

aboutforty;Thesuffix“-ish”.typicaloforlikeaparticulartypeofperson;theendingofsomeadjectivesthatshowdisapproval;rather;approximately,heremeans“approximately”

Bookish好读书的；迂腐的brownish呈棕色的childish幼稚的

feverish发热的；狂热的selfish自私的yellowish微黄的；带点黄色的

Pressedhair:

akindofhairstyle,withthehairuncurled（拉直了的头发）

Pressedbrownsuit:

makeclothssmoothusingahotiron.

Apencilmustache:

athinmustachelookinglikealinedrawnbyapencil.

Everythingabouthimsuggestedacarefullydressedauthority:

Everythingabouthim—hisclothes,hismanner,etc.indicatedthathewasacarefullydressedmanwhohadanimportantpositionandpower.

7.…whowaswearingaV-neckedsweater,khakis,andloafers.（这里用过去进行时来描述情景和状态，可以增加叙述的生动性。

Morecases:

Note13）

V-neckedsweater:

asweaterwiththeopeningfortheneckshapedliketheletterV

8.helookedmorelikeakidfromaprep/preparatoryschoolthanacustomerinaWestSidebank:

more…than:

usedforsayingthatonewayofdescribingsb/sthismoreaccuratethananother。

e.g.Iwasmoreamusedthanannoyedbywhatthechilddid.Whathesaidwasmoreofathreatthanarequest.

aprep/preparatoryschool:

intheU.S.,aprivateschoolforchildrenovertheageof11thatpreparesthenforcollege.

9.toholdmyattention:

tokeepmyattention

13.Hewasholding…savings-accountbookandwearinganexpressionofopendismay.

Wear:

tohaveaparticularexpression（面露，面带）e.g.Allstudentswerepuzzledonheatingthequestion.

Open:

nothidden不加掩饰的，公然的e.g.:

opencriticism,openhostility

Wearinganexpressionofopendismay:

lookingveryworried,disappointedandupset

14.…afourteen-year-oldisnotallowedtowithdrawmoney…

afourteen-year-oldpersonistooyoungtotakemoneyoutofhisaccount…

15.butthatdoesn’tseemfair,theboysaid,hisvoicebreaking.

Hisvoicebreaking=withhisvoicebreaking（独立结构，有逻辑主语，做伴随状语）

e.g.shewaspreparingthedinner,withherdaughterhelpingtosetthetable.

16.Nowifyouwillexcuseme.

Thisexpressionisusedwhenonewantstogobacktoone’swork,ortoattendtoothercustomers,orjusttoendtheconversation.

17.Ididn’tthinktwice:

Ididn’tthinkverycarefully（beforeIsaid…）

thinktwicev.tothinkverycarefullybeforedecidingtodosth.,becauseyouknowaboutthedangersorproblems

Example:

Iwillthinktwicebeforetakingoutsuchalargeloanagain.

Isuggestyouthinktwicebeforeaskingforapayraise.

18.Iwasgoingtoopenanaccount…

Payattentiontothetenseusedhere.Thesentencemeans“Ioriginallyplannedtoopenanaccount,butnowI’vechangedmymind.”（过去计划干某事）

19.Excuseme?

Thisisusedwhenyoudisagreewithsomebodybutstillwanttobepoliteaboutit.Itmeans“butwhy?

Idon’tunderstand.”

21.Andsincetheredoesn’tseemtobeanyquestionastowhetherit’shismoney…,thebank’sso-calledpolicyis…ridiculous.

Since:

isusedheretogivethereasonforsomething

e.g.:

Sinceyoualreadyknow,letmetellyouthewholestory.

1自从eg:

Ihaven’tseenhimsincehisweddingday.

WherehaveyoubeensinceIlastsawyou.

2但在since分句中有时也可用持续动词或静态动词的一般过去时，只是含义不同。

Eg:

Thehousehasbeeninbadrepairsincehelivedinit.

HehaswrittentomefrequentlysinceIwasill.

3如果since分句中的动作或状态延续到说话时间，通常要用持续性动词或静态动词的现在完成体。

Eg:

Thehousehasbeeninbadrepairsincehehaslivedinit.HewaswrittentomefrequentlysinceIhavebeenill.

4adv.从过去某时间以来，以后或到现在。

Eg:

Helefthometwoweeksagoandwehaven’theardfromsince.

Asto（whether,who,which,etc.）:

concerning,e.g.至于，关于

Shewasuncertainastowhyherbossofferedherthatjob.

So-called:

usedwhenyouthinkthenamegiveniswrongorimproper.

22.Itmayseemridiculoustoyou,…butthatisthebank’spolicyandIhavenootherchoicebuttofollowtherules.

May…but…isusedtoshowthatalthoughonethingistrue,somethingelsethatseemsverydifferentisalsotrue

23.…inavoicerisingslightlyinirritation:

inalittleloudervoicewhichshowedthatthemanwasalittleannoyedandimpatient,…

24.Ihavenootherchoicebuttofollowtherules:

Ican’tbutactaccordingtotherules.Ican’tdoitinanyotherway.ThereisnothingelseIcando

25.duringthisexchange,butnowIwasjustashelpless.

duringthisexchangeofwords/duringthisargument.E.g.wehadanopenexchangeofviews.

Justas:

usedforcomparison.E.g.Tomakegreatachievements,onemusthaveabilities,butself-confidenceisjustasimportant.

27.Ihadmyopening:

Ifoundagoodchancetodoortosaysomething.

Opening（for）:

anopportunitytodosth.E.g.:

Hishelpmakeanopeningforresolvingtheproblem.

28.Imovedinforthekill:

Ibegantoraiseanundeniableargumenttosilencethebankofficer.

move①moveinsth.v.tolive,beactive,passone’stime,etc.ina

particularsocialgroup

Example:

Shealwaysmovesinthebestcircles.

②moveinforsth.v.tobecomeactiveindoingsth.

Example:

Imovedinforthekill.

③moveinonsb./sth.v.toapproachsb./sth.esp.inathreateningway

Example:

Thepolicemovedinontheterrorists

Theauthorwasusingthisexaggeratedexpressionforahumorouseffect.Whathemeantwasthathethoughtnowhehadastrongargumenttosilencethebankofficer.夸张手法，生动的表现我的愤怒和我找到让他无话可说的地方时的兴奋的心情。

29.Howdoyouexplainthat?

:

Whatcanyousaytogetoutofthisridiculouslogic?

30.Izeroedinontheofficer.

zeroinon