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Unit 2 The Company Man alienated 疏离的 alienation n. odd number even number dress oddly oddity n. Background The author: Ellen Goodman Ellen Goodman (1941-), journalist and columnist who writes for Newsweek, the Detroit Free Press, and the Boston Globe. graduated from Radcliffe College. She was awarded the Pulitzer prize for Distinguished Commentary in 1980. She began her working career in 1963. She was named newspaper woman of the year by the New England Press Association in 1968, and columnist of the year by the New England Womens Press Association in 1975. Since 1979, Goodman has published five collections of her columns dealing with contemporary themes: Close to Home; At Large; Keeping in Touch; Making Sense; Value Judgments. Her Pulitzer Prize winning commentary appears in more than 375 newspapers. Goodman has a strong interest in social changes. She has discussed family, politics, ethics and male and female relationships. Her columns have won vast numbers of readers for their keen, insightful observations and clever wit. She writes about what is in the news, on her mind, and of concern to women and men across the country. Warming up Type A Type B Personality Friedman and Rosenman (1959) conducted studies on the link between stress and heart disease. One of the outcomes was the discovery of Type A and Type B personalities. Type A People who are classified as having Type A personality have characteristics like: highly active, competitive, aggressive, hostile, impatient, fast talking and thinking. Type A They have a sense of time urgency, find it difficult to relax, and often become impatient and angry when they get delayed (or if they are going to be late) or are around other people whom they view as incompetent. It is assumed that Type A people tend to have more risk of heart disease than Type B people. Type B People who are classified as having Type B personality are better at relaxing without feeli