learning strategies.ppt

Parody (仿拟): Temporary transformation of allusions, proverbs, famous sayings, ... →New wine in an old bottle Parody《 吉祥三宝》之中国研究生版 师兄！ 哎！ 论文出来老板看过了吗？ 看啦！ 老板看完发到哪里去啦？ 烂刊！ 我怎么找也找不到它？ 没人看啦！ 论文、烂刊、学生就是吉祥的一家！ 师姐！ 哎！ 论文完成就能毕业吗？ 等项目结了！ 项目结了就能答辩吗？ 等老板批啦！ 干完这些老板会多发money吗？ 你会知道的！ 老板、项目和money就是吉祥的一家！ 师妹！ 啊？ 学校像太阳照着大家！ 那老板呢？ 老板是向日葵紧跟朝令夕改的太阳！ 那我们呢？ 我们是绿叶老实工作衬托红花！ 噢！明白啦！ 学校、老板和我们就是吉祥如意的一家！ Example ①: A Tale of Two Debtors “There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money”, advised George Washington. The great man couldnt tell a lie, yet while his saying is true, if it were taken too literally capitalism would grind to a halt. For the Japanese government to borrow money, pots of it, to try to revive the world’s second largest economy has surely made sense. …. And in America, the world’s largest economy, it has surely made sense for America’s new private caped crusaders to borrow money, pots of it, to invest in search of profit. … → A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Example ②: Candidate in the Wind How a wavering Hillary Rodham Clinton finally decided to declare Well, it’s about the time. Yesterday, Hillary Rodham Clinton turned the longest-running unofficial campaign in political soap-opera history into something real. She is now an actual, for the record, read-my-lips candidate for the U. S. Senate from New York. … → Candle in the Wind by Elton John in memory of Lady Diana Spencer Example ③: TO SAVE OR NOT TO SAVE Uncle Sam sends the wrong message. Why is the personal savings rate in the U. S. so low? Conventional wisdom says it’s because many people earn just enough to get by. Example ④: The Immigrants’ Dilemma: To Boycott or Not to Boycott? A split is growing over how militant the upcoming ‘Day Without Immigrants’ should be. (TIME April 18, 2006) president, congress, parliament, senator, majority leader, scandal, gene