综英3-07-Genius Sacrificed for Failure.ppt

A riddle to solve: A young boy was riding in a car with his father, together they got in a horrific car accident, the father died and the son was rushed to the hospital for critical surgery. The boy was in the surgery room when the doctor walked up, looked at him, and said “I can not operate on this boy, he is my son!” How is this possible? Is there anything wrong with the following sentences? A nurse needs to care about her patients. The motorist must keep his eyes on the road. The chairman is going to talk with you in her office. Read Para. 1 and answer the following question Why did farmers traditionally prefer sons to daughters? Farmers believed that boys were better at heavy farm work than girls. prefer A to/over Bprefer doing A to/over doing B 比起B，更喜欢A I prefer green tea to/over coffee. 绿茶和咖啡比较起来我更喜欢绿茶。 I prefer cooking myself to/over eating out. 我宁愿自己做饭也不愿出去吃。 largely = mostly, to a great extent largely because … 主要是因为… partly because … 部分原因是… brain vs. brawn use brawn rather than brain 有勇无谋 In this job you need both brains and brawn. 做这份工作既劳神又费力。 Nowadays, pop-culture icons are more brawn than brain. 现在流行文化中的偶像都是些四肢发达，头脑简单的家伙。 cultural preference 文化上的偏好 preferential (优惠的，优先) e.g. preferential treatment preferential policy reference: 参考 But history warns repeatedly of the tragic cost of dismissing too casually the gifts of the so-called weaker sex. tragic cost 惨痛的代价 - tragedy n. - comedy n. - comic e.g. I want you to know this. The great tragedy of my life is that I cannot spend it with you. dismissing too casually the gifts of …: ignoring or belittling the talent of … e.g. He dismissed the story as a rumor. He dismissed the idea as impossible. weaker sex: females (implying sex discrimination) Read Para. 2 ~ 5 and answer the following questions How did the boy, Branwell, disappoint his family? What became of the boy when he suffered fai