Unit-2The-Fine-Art-of-Putting-Things-Off高清正版分享.pptVIP

* Unit Two The Fine Art of Putting Things Off Questions for Discussion In what sense is the word “art” used in the title? Do you think the beginning of the essay is effective? Why? Why does the author refer to visits to the barber… as ‘Faustian encounters”(para.2) Questions What’s the topic sentence of para.3? How do you understand the the word “Blessedly”in para.4? How do you understand the parody of the proverb “where there is no will, there is a way” in para.5? Questions How do you explain the parenthesis(at $50-plus an hour) in para.8? Why do you think the author calls “ putting things off ” a fine art? Do you think he is serious? The tone of the writing is a mixture of the serious and the humorous. Please identify his shifts in tone from one to the other? Quotations from Lord Chesterfield Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so. Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness; no laziness; no procrastination; never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of? 1694–1773, English statesman and author. A noted wit and orator, his long public career, begun in 1715, included an ambassadorship to The Hague (1728–32), a seat in Parliament, and a successful tenure as lord lieutenant of Ireland (1745–46). His literary fame rests upon his letters to his illegitimate son, Philip Stanhope (first pub. 1774), designed for the education of a young man, and upon his letters to his godson (pub. 1890). Language Points Exhort(formal): to urge or advise strongly. (力劝,劝告) ~sb to sth/to do sth e.g. They had been exhorted to action. (已经敦促他们采取行动) The teacher exhorted the students to do their own research work. attest (verb) (formal) 1.attest to sth: to show or prove that sth is true证实,