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My Personal Manager

My Personal Manager. Margaret Goff Clark. About the author Warming-up questions Text appreciation Language understanding. Background. Margaret Goff Clark is a productive author. She wrote stories about teenagers. Different themes: mysteries, science fiction, human

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My Personal Manager

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  1. My Personal Manager Margaret Goff Clark

  2. About the author • Warming-up questions • Text appreciation • Language understanding

  3. Background • Margaret Goff Clark is a productive author. • She wrote stories about teenagers. • Different themes: mysteries, science fiction, human relationship and wild animals.

  4. Theme one: mysteries

  5. Who Stole Kathy Young?It is about two girls who are cousins named Meg and Kathy. Meg and Kathy both live in Texas. The story is set in summer and Meg and Kathy always see the tourists that come for vacation. They saw two tourists that seemed a bit strange to them. Next Meg sees Kathy a little further down the road being pushed into a van. Meg automatically thinks it must be those two tourists that they have seen earlier. Police are sent out searching for Kathy but they can't find her. Meg decides that just waiting isn't helping so she starts to search for Kathy herself with a boy named Julian. While all of this searching for Kathy is going on, Kathy herself is trying to escape.

  6. Theme two: science fiction • Barney and UFO • Barney on Mars

  7. Theme three: human relationship • This book is a historical fiction about a family helping slaves escape to Canada.

  8. Theme four: wild animals The Endangered Florida Panther The Threatened Florida Black Bear Save the Florida Key Deer

  9. Warming-up questions • What is your favorite book and who is your favorite character in juvenile literature （青少年读物）? Bibliomania: Free Online Literature and Study Guides

  10. Text appreciation In-class discussion • What troubles do the hero and heroine have in the story? What will they usually result in? How do they deal with them? • Do you have the similar problems? What is your way to resolve them?

  11. Text appreciation • Do you have any other growing pains? http://www.wayabroad.com/chinese/homepage/1_good_hope_cape/tv/growingpains/hj/new_page_2.htm http://www.wayabroad.com/chinese/homepage/1_good_hope_cape/tv/growingpains/

  12. Text appreciation • Development of story: Part I (p.1):suspense of the story Part II (p.2-6):the first day I met Carlos Part III (p.7-8):Carlos became my personal manager Part IV.(p.9-11): how Carlos changed my image Part V. (p12-14): the success of us

  13. Language understanding • Part 1. Words • Part 2. Expressions

  14. Part 1. Words

  15. career n. [C] 职业； 事业； 生涯 e.g. a career in computer science career women He really could not marry her—it would mean the end of his career. Choosing a career can be a very difficult decision.

  16. concentrate vi/vt [1] direct (one’s thoughts, efforts, attention…) towards a particular activity or purpose e.g. I can’t concentrate (on my work) when I am hungry. With all this terrible noise I can’t concentrate on anything. If you concentrate all your energies on the study of English, you will master the language.

  17. concentrate vi/vt [2] to (cause to) come together in or around one place e.g. The crowd concentrated round the palace. concentrated adj. 浓缩的，全力以赴的，专心致志的 e.g. concentrated orange juice He has made a concentrated effort to improve his work.

  18. concentration n. [U] e.g. Chess requires concentration. I lost my concentration and nearly drove into a tree. concentration camp (集中营): a large enclosed area where political prisoners or people considered as threats to the state are imprisoned

  19. eagerness • eager adj. be eager for sth./be eager to do sth/be eager that (fml) e.g. The boy was eager for success. The child was eager to have the candy. Tom is eager for his girlfriend to meet his parents. I am eager that they should win.

  20. eagerly adv. e.g. He shook hands eagerly with Sherlock Homes. • eagerness n. [U] e.g. Sam fell over in his eagerness to reach the telephone. 萨姆急着去接电话， 结果却摔倒了。 Every year they look forward to the day with great eagerness.

  21. embarrass vt. e.g. As a teacher, you should always avoid embarrassing your students. He hoped that this request would not embarrass Mr. Robin in any way. She was embarrassed at such a request. Arthur seemed embarrassed by the question. He glanced at me, horribly embarrassed.

  22. embarrass vt. His embarrassed manner as he entered increased her doubt. He wore an embarrassed expression. I don’t like making speeches in public; it’s so embarrassing. It was so embarrassing when the children started laughing in the middle of the service. Madame Michel found herself in an embarrassing position.

  23. embarrassment n. [C;U] e.g. He could not hide his embarrassment. That rude child is an embarrassment to her parents. She smiled with embarrassment.

  24. exaggerated adj e.g. That may be exaggerated, but there’s surely a great deal of truth in it. a tone of exaggerated politeness exaggerate vi/vt to make sth. seem larger, better, worse ,etc., than it really is e.g. If you always exaggerate, people won’t believe what you say. You exaggerate your own importance.

  25. exaggeration n. [U, C] e.g. It sounds ridiculous; but it’s no exaggeration. His story was full of exaggerations. It is no exaggeration to say that Jackson was one of the most influential politicians of the 20th century.

  26. golden adj. very good, happy or successful e.g. golden days/years/age a golden chance/opportunity

  27. grin • v. I hate having my wife’s parents to stay, but I suppose I’ll just have to grin and bear it. • n. She gave a cheeky grin. 她放肆地咧着嘴笑。 He stood there with an embarrassed grin on his face.

  28. grin, chuckle, sneer, giggle grin:smile broadly showing the teeth露齿而笑 chuckle：to laugh quietly or to oneself抿嘴轻笑 sneer：to assume a scornful, contemptuous facial expression 冷笑；讥笑 giggle:to laugh with repeated short sounds 咯咯地笑

  29. At that moment, everybody began to laughand sing. • He grinned from ear to ear. • He was chuckling to himself over what he was reading. • The inn-keeper smiledand immediately went out. • James sneered at my old bicycle. He has a new one. • The funny man amused the girls, so they giggled.

  30. invent vt [1]to make or produce sth. new for the first time e.g. Alexander Bell invented the telephone in 1876. [2]to think of an idea, a story, etc., that is not true 捏造， 虚构 e.g. He invented a hundred reasons why he couldn’t go.

  31. invention n.[U, C] e.g. The invention of the telephone The telephone is a wonderful invention. inventive adj. Having or showing the ability to invent or think in new and different ways e.g. an inventive person/mind inventor n. a person who invents sth. new

  32. knee [1]knee-high: 漆盖那么高 e.g.The grass was knee-high. I knew that man when he was only knee-high. [2]knee-deep: 齐漆深，深深地（陷入） e.g.The water was knee-deep. We were knee-deep in homework before the exam. [3]bring sb. to his knees: 使屈服 e.g. Nothing can bring them to their knees.

  33. late adj. (only before noun) near the end of a period of time e.g. the late 20th century He is in his late 30s.

  34. plot n. [1]the way a play, a film, a story, etc. develops e.g. The plot was so complicated that I couldn’t follow it. [2]a secret plan by a group of people to do sth. harmful or illegal e.g. The three men were accused of a plot to bomb an American plane. a plot against the government

  35. plot vi/vt e.g. They are plotting against him. 他们在密谋对付他。 They are plotting to kill him. They are plotting the murder of their boss.

  36. promote vt [1]to give sb. a higher position e.g. Our teacher has been promoted to headmaster. They promoted the young army officer captain. [2]to help sth. to develop e.g. Milk promotes health. [3] to bring goods to public notice in order to encourage people to buy e.g. The company are promoting their new sort of toothbrush on television.

  37. promoter n. a person whose job is to promote events, activities, goods, etc. 发起人，创办者，推销员 promotion n. [C, U] e.g. Congratulations on your promotion! 祝贺你提升！ They did all this for the promotion of peace. 他们做这一切都是为了促进和平。 The singers were in town for the promotion of their new album. 歌手们正在城里为他们的新专辑作宣传。 Do you like this electric toothbrush? It’s our latest promotion. 这是我们最新推出的产品。

  38. sensible adj. reasonable and practical e.g. It was very sensible of you to bring your umbrella. Surely it would be sensible to get a second opinion before taking any further action. Sensible clothes or shoes are practical and comfortable rather than fashionable.

  39. sharply adv. e.g. Interest rates have fallen sharply over the last few months. The road turns very sharply. The teacher spoke sharply to the boy.

  40. sharp adj. e.g. a sharp knife; sharp teeth/claws锋利的 a sharp change/increase/drop 急剧的 a sharp pain in my foot 剧痛 a sharp cry of fear 尖利的 a sharp look 严厉的 sharp-eared/sharp-eyed 听觉/目光敏锐的

  41. sharpen vt. e.g. Please sharpen this pencil. The knife needs sharpening. Cold weather sharpens the pain in my knee. sharpener n. a pencil sharpener

  42. stiff adj. [1]unable to move, and often painful e.g. Her fingers were getting stiff. He felt very stiff the day after his first weight-training class. I had difficulty turning the key----the lock’s very stiff.

  43. stiff adj. [1]not easily bent or changed in shape e.g. stiff paper Shoes are often stiff when they’re new. [2]formally, not friendly e.g. Her tone was a little stiff. 她的语气有点生硬。 a stiff smile牵强的微笑

  44. touchy adj [1]easily offended and annoyed; too sensitive e.g. She’s in a touchy mood today. She’s a little touchy about losing the money; don’t talk to her about it. [2]needing skilful or delicate handling 需要小心对待的， 棘手的， 难办的 e.g. a touchy situation in Northern Ireland

  45. volunteer [1]vi. to offer to do sth. without payment or reward; to make a willing offer e.g. He volunteered to teach in the countryside. I asked if anyone would help me, but no one volunteered. When war broke out, he volunteered. I can’t get any of the children to volunteer for the work in the garden.

  46. volunteer [2]n. [C] e.g. Mother works on Tuesdays as a volunteer at the hospital. Are there any volunteers for cleaning the kitchen? [3]adj. They formed a volunteer army.

  47. Part 2. Expressions

  48. 1.to tear into/off/past etc: to move somewhere very quickly, especially in an excited or careless way • 2.to run into sth./sb.: to hit sth. by accident or to meet sb. unexpectedly • 3.the last straw: it comes from the saying “the last straw that breaks the camel’s back”, meaning that after a series of problems or blows, this additional one is more than you can bear. (refer to the Textbook p188)

  49. 4.to come back to earth: to stop dreaming; to come back to the real world • 5.block one’s way: to stand in front of someone, so that they can not go past • 6.to brush by/past: to touch sb./sth. for a very short time when you go past them • 7.to have sth. in common: to be similar or the same in some way • 8.point blank/point-blank: (adverb) in a very firm and direct way

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