lesson13_text appreciation.pptVIP

* Lesson13—Blueprint for Success B T L E W Sentence Paraphrase 1 As a boy, Millard was a whiz with money. (Para. 1) a person with amazing skill or accomplishment go to 2 As a boy, Millard was a boy with an amazing skill to make money. Sentence Paraphrase 2 Starting with a pig his father gave him, Millard became a livestock trader during his teens, netting enough to pay his way through Auburn University. (Para. 1) go to 3 making a net profit to pay for everything without having to depend on anyone else until one finishes… Starting with a pig his father gave him, Millard became a person who bought and sold livestock when he was in his teens, and he made a net profit enough to pay for his education without depending on anyone else until he finished studies at Auburn University. B T L E W Sentence Paraphrase 3 How could I have miscalculated so badly? (Para. 5) How could I have been so stupid? How could I have made such a wrong judgment? Millard was considered a whiz with money, and therefore must have been very good at calculation. But he had only calculated monetarily. In a more important sense he had actually miscalculated. go to 4 to make a wrong calculation Sentence Paraphrase 4 When Linda called and agreed to his pleas to meet him in New York… (Para. 7) go to 5 prep. infinitive phrase used as an attribute modifying “pleas” Sentence Paraphrase 5 Whatever he settled on, his new life would have to mean something, have a positive effect on others. (Para. 9) go to 6 No matter what he finally decided to do, his life must be meaningful, must benefit or have a good effect on others. Sentence Paraphrase 6 As a stopgap measure, he became a New York-based fund-raiser. (Para. 12) As a temporary measure, he became a person whose job is to raise fund mainly in New York. go to 7 temporary Sentence Paraphrase 7 Millard commuted to Manhattan by bus. Their tight budget was made even tighter by the birth of their third child. But they didn’t mind their scaled-down