教程6_Unit_Two.docVIP

Unit TwoText I The Fine Art of Putting Things Off 拖延的学问 cool one’s heels：be forced to wait; be kept waiting。空等。 2.attest to：testify to; serve as an evidence to affirm／to be proof of。证实，证明。 3.apocalyptic [?pɑk?l?pt?k]：foreboding imminent disaster or final doom 。启示录的。 4.proconsul [pr??k?ns(?)l]：an administrator in a colony usually with wide powers。地方总督。 5.ruminate：go over in the mind repeatedly and often slowly。沉思，反刍。 6.nattering：chattering；hence, noisy。唠叨，瞎扯。 7.echelon [e??l?n;]-：rank, 1evel。排成梯队。 8.fortify ：encourage；support。设防于，使坚强。 9.reappraisal [,ri?prezl]：re-evaluation。重新估计，评价。 10.academe [,?k?di:m]：the academic community; academics。研究院。 11.shrink：1)psychoanalyst or psychiatrist精神分析学家。2) become smaller or draw together收缩，缩短。 12.subliminal：[s?bl?m?n(?)l]existing or functioning outside the area of conscious awareness。潜意识的。 13.truism：an undoubted or self-evident truth。真实性。 14.mellow and marinate：to mellow is to become ripe or fully developed, and to marinate is to steep (meat, fish) in a savory sauce to enrich its flavour；here, ripen and mature。使……醇香，浸泡。 II. Organization of the Text 1. Procrastination [pr?(?),kr?st?ne??(?)n]in and influential over various aspects of life (Paragraphs 1 – 2) A. Early examples (1) B. Modern examples (2) 2. Contradictory qualities of procrastination (Paragraphs 3 – 8) II. Organization of the Text A. Inspiring and reviving to writers (3) B. Prevalence（普遍性）of procrastination in the military, diplomacy and the law (4) C. Chronic procrastination（慢性拖延 and purposeful postponement (5 - 6) D. Procrastination in academe (7) II. Organization of the Text E. Psychologists’ different explanations of the causes to procrastination (8) 3. Conclusion (Paragraph 9) III. Key Points of the Text Paragraph 1 exhort: 规劝; 告戒 elegant:文雅的，雅致的；讲究的，精美的 E.g.: elegant manners 优雅的风度 a set of books with elegant bindings 一套装帧精美的书籍 get / come around / round to:抽出时间来做（或考虑） worthy: 知名人士；杰出人物 E.g.: local worthies 地方名流 He had been a college worthy.