全新版大学英语第三册第课七课.pptVIP

Making a Living Text A Life of a Salesman Text B Bricklay’s Boy Life of a Salesman Betrayed by a crippled body that leaves him in continual pain, betrayed by a changing world that no longer needs him, Bill Porter each day trudges his door-to-door sales territory, set on making his way in the world Sunday, November 19, 1995 About the Author Tom Hallman Jr. is a senior reporter specializing in features at The Oregonian. He joined the paper in 1980 and covered the police beat for a decade, longer than any reporter since the 1950s. While covering cops, Hallman began writing feature stories -- at first off the beat, then the stories of everyday people. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in beat reporting in 1995 and in feature writing in 1999. He has won the Ernie Pyle Award for human-interest writing, the ASNE Distinguished Writing Award for nondeadline writing (twice), the feature-writing award from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Livingston Award for Young Journalists. Pre-reading Task:  A Gift of Ourselves by Tom Hallman Jr. This is a true story happened short after “ Life of a Salesman” published. Read the story in 3 minutes and answer the following questions. Long after todays Christmas gifts are packed away and forgotten, Im still going to be thinking about what happened a few days ago when a janitor at The Oregonian stopped by my desk and handed me a check for $100. He stood patiently, a quiet man who looked slightly embarrassed, as if struggling to find the right words. Finally, he just stuck out his hand and thrust a crumpled check forward. $100. Nearly half his weekly paycheck. A Gift of Ourselves Give this to him, Rondy Nix said. To Bill Porter. Half a paycheck. Four days before Christmas. Nix shrugged. He deserves it. I thought about giving him $20, or $50. But then I thought I could get by wit