新编英语教程 6 unit 2.ppt

* * Unit II The Fine Art of Putting Things Off Cool one’s heels: be forced to wait; be kept waiting Attest to: testify to; serve as an evidence to affirm/to be proof of Apocalyptic; foreboding imminent disaster or final doom Proconsul: an administrator in a colony usually with wide powers Ruminate:go over in mind repeatedly and often slowly 6. Nattering: chattering; hence, noisy 7. Echelon: rank; level 8. Fortify: encourage; support 9. Reappraisal: reevaluation 10. Academe: the academic community; academics 11. Shrink: psychoanalyst or psychiatrist 12. Subliminal:existing or functioning outside the area of conscious awareness 13. Truism: an undoubted or self-evident truth Comprehension In what sense is the word “art” used in the title? What sort of man is Chesterfield? *method, skill *Chesterfield, Philip Dorner Stanhope, 4th Earl of,(1694-1773), English statesman, orator and author. His reputation rests upon his letter to his illegitimate son, Philip Stanhope, who was born in Holland in 1732. Organization and Development Devices of cohesion include: 1)the notion of procrastination 2)word marks: “Yet” at the beginning of para.3; the repetition of “Cunctator”at the beginning of para.4; the parody of the proverb “Where there is a will, there is a way” at the beginning of para.5; “His point” at the beginning of para.6 to refer to what Manderbach says in the preceding paragraph; The use of the word “also” in the 1st sentence of para.7 Para.1: the beginning of the essay—introduction to the the topic by citing an example of Chesterfield Para.2: The division of the world people Para.3: Delay may lead to problems, however, in many cases, it can often stimulate the creativity in an artist. Para.4:The art of postponement had been long a monopoly of the military, diplomacy and the law. Para.5: In commercial world, procrastination is a favorable strategy. Para.6: In government, it develops into Bureaucratization. Para.7: In higher education circle, procrastination is also