大学基础英语第三册Unit-2.ppt

Unit 2 Text I Tyranny of the Urgent Contents Pre-reading questions Background information Structure analysis Comprehensive questions Language points of Text I Grammatical items Exercises Comprehensive questions of Text II Oral activities Writing practice Pre-reading questions Do you think you are successful in managing your time? Why or why not? Do you often feel pressed by time? Do you hate meeting deadlines? Do you think the busier you are, the more accomplished your life will be? Background information (1) Charles E. Hummel Hummel died in August 2004. He was a formerly director of faculty ministries for Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship and president of Barrington College in Rhode Island. He was the author of fifteen books and Bible studies, including The Galileo Connection, Fire in the Fireplace, Genesis (in the Life Guide Bible Study Series), and the bestselling booklet, Tyranny of the Urgent. Background information (2) Charles E. Hummel 的 Tyranny of the Urgent《缓急之辨》,这本讲时间管理的小书，有人译为「急事的奴隶」，也有译为「燃眉的暴政」，是帮助忙碌异常的现代人，在许多紧急事情中分辨先后的实用手册，资料显示此书已在国外销售百万多册。因《与成功有约》闻名的柯维，在最近出的新书《与时间有约》也引用本书内容，诸此种种皆显示《缓急之辨》的重要。Hummel最新的一本中译著作则是《自伽利略之后》。 Background information Some Quotations about Time and Time Management The organized person makes the most of his time and goes to his bed for the night perfectly relaxed for rest and renewal. George M. Adams  Background information We shall never have more time. We have, and have always had, all the time there is. No object is served in waiting until next week or even until tomorrow. Keep going.... Concentrate on something useful. ? Arnold Bennett Background information I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see. ? John Burroughs A poem about time Time is too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, T