新编英语教程6unit 2 fine art of putting things off.pptVIP

* p6 Any Chinese sayings? 心急吃不了热豆腐 磨刀不误砍柴工 慢工出细活 * p7 academe: the academic community, college, university take high honors in: take pride in, be proud of being… churn out: to produce large quantities of sth. without caring about quality 艰难地写出，挤出 * p7 go through agonies: have a hard time when they face a bland page: when they cannot write anything, so they would postpone it. rationalizations: reasons * p8 Quotations: Dr. Ralph Greenson, Joen Fagan maintain: express strongly assiduous: industrious take a gentle view of: do not think sth. is very bad a moment of truth: a time to make a decision, to face a crisis * p8 subliminal: subconscious sort: separate drag one’s feet: slow down, hesitate to take action * p9 may well: very likely truism: an undoubted and self-evident truth deliberation: careful and long-time thinking mellow and mature: become ripe and mature assassin: killer * p9 many ideas and decisions may well improve if postponed be meant to: should e.g. The police is meant to protect people. You are meant to take off your shoes before entering a Hindu temple. devour: eat a lot of sth. fast; waste consume: eat or drink sth. slowly; enjoy A Metaphor * p9 pace [‘peisi:]: I’m sorry, but… by all means: 1）of course 当然可以 e.g. – Can I borrow your bicycle? -- By all means. If you want to use the phone, by all means do. 2）务必，无论如何 Arrive there on time by all means. * Expressions 平分 习惯性拖延 仓促行事 微妙的界限 推崇 采取温和的态度 面对真相的时刻 甄别事情的轻重缓急 不无道理 同样 evenly divided chronic procrastination speedy action a delicate edge take high honours in take a gentle view of the moment of truth sort the important from the trivial it is something of a truism for that matter * Coherence 连贯 cohesive devices 衔接手法 Conjunction yet (P3) also (P7) Lexical cohesion (repetition of words, synonyms) Cunctator (P1, 4) will (P4, 5) procrastination, delay, postponement postponers, delayers, procrastinators Reference 指称 his point (P6)