Lesson 13 Blueprint for Success

1. Lesson 13 Blueprint for Success

2. Teaching Procedures • About the Author • About the Text • Word Study • The Structure of the Text • Detailed Discussion of the Text

3. About the Author Millard Fuller founded Habitat for Humanity International in 1976 and served in executive roles until 2005. His leadership helped forge Habitat into a worldwide Christian housing ministry. Fuller received the Medal of Freedom from former U.S. President Clinton in September 1996, and was named the 1995 Builder of the Year by Professional Builder magazine. He and his wife were awarded the 1994 Harry S. Truman Public Service Award, and he also has received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award.

4. About the Text • This is a true story about an American philanthropist who devoted his life to building houses for the poor and needy. In the United States, some of them are often influenced by the religious tradition. Millard Fuller, the hero of the story, had a very good minister friend, and it was obviously from this minister that he first got the inspiration.

5. Structure of the Text Millard Fuller started off as a whiz with money and had every promise of becoming an unusually successful businessman. To him, life was full. Part 1 (Paras. 1-3 ): Part 2 (Paras.4-13 ): Part 3 (Paras.14-32): When crisis occurred to his marriage due to his too much devotion to work, Millard Fuller gave away all his fortune and began to work as a fund-raiser to maintain the family. Millard has found a mission that will summon all his energy and idealism- Habitat for Humanity, a house–building project for the poor, and he is successful again.

6. Words Study • assault: 1) an attempt to achieve sth difficult • e.g. They made their ~ on the south face of the glacier (=an attempt to climb or cross it). • 2) a strong spoken or written criticism of someone else’s ideas, plans, etc. • e.g. The governor is continuing his ~ on the welfare system. • 3) a military attack to take control of a place controlled by the enemy • The combined fleet made plans for an ~ on Midway island.

7. blueprint • blues: feelings of sadness • At 3:15 the midwife came down stairs and said my mother was suffering from after-baby blues caused by hormone trouble. • Hospitality cured my blues, and my journey was kept alive. • Many graduates sang the job-market blues. • His prospects of getting a job look rather blue (=bleak).

8. blue • beat sb black and blue • He was blue with cold. • blue blood • blue book • blue ribbon • blue movie / joke • Waterloo Bridge vs. 蓝桥

9. charity • 1) an organization that gives money, goods etc to people who are poor, sick etc. • E.g. Several charities sent aid to the flood victims. • a ~ event/concert/dinner • 2) money or gifts given to help people who are poor or sick etc. • Pride makes it difficult for even the poorest peasant to accept charity from strangers.

10. charity • 3) kindness or sympathy shown toward other people • Mother Teresa gained worldwide attention for her selfless acts of ~. • ~ begins at home: people should look after the people nearest and dearest to them before thinking about others • ~ is not a bone given to a dog but a bone shared with a dog.

11. commute • E.g. ~ between Brighton and London • Every day she ~s from her home in the suburbs to her office downtown. • Every morning and evening the subway is packed with ~rs. • ~ pain for pleasure • ~ foreign money to domestic

12. dilapidate • ruin: suggests the action of destructive agencies and the ending of the value, beauty, or well-being of sth or someone or the loss of sth vital: a reputation ~ by ugly rumors • dilapidate: implies ruining resulting from neglector abuse but in more general use implies a shabby worn-out condition: drove a ~d car • wreck: implies a ruining by or as if by crashing or being shattered and is likely to suggest damage that is beyond repair: health ~ed by dissipation

13. dubious • E.g. Newsome failed to explain his ~ personal finance. • The new strategy of stopping drug smugglers is untested and ~. • I am ~ about/as to the safety of my car’s airbags. • dubiety n.

14. jolt • 1) give sb a sudden shock or surprise • E.g. Vic was ~ed awake by at least five explosions. • The news of his resignation gave even his critics a ~. • 2) move suddenly and roughly, or make sb move in this way • E.g. Their house was ~ed right off its foundation. • 3) n. sth that has a sudden strong effect • E.g. a ~ of caffeine • The tax laws may be a severe ~ to the economy

15. mortgage • 1) the arrangement • E.g. The ~ payment will be around 600 dollars a month. • Barb and Joe have taken out a ~ on their first house. • 2) the money owed on a ~ • We paid off our ~ last September. • We still have a $180, 000 ~ on the house.

16. mortgage v. • We ~d our house to start Paul’s business. • Everything I owned is ~d to the hilt • ~ sb’s future: do sth that will make things very difficult for sb in the future: • Our lack of respect for the environment is mortgaging our children’s future.

17. needy, -y • -y: 1) with much of, full of, or covered with sth • e.g. sugary desserts (full of sugar) • dirty hands (covered with dirt) • hairy chest; healthy; juicy • 2) having a quality or feeling, or tending to do sth • E.g. messy room; sleepy child; droopy ears; sticky finger

18. -y • 3) like sth, or typical of sth • E.g. his long, horsey face • a cold wintry day (typical of winter) • wavy line • 4) formed by • E.g. waxy, icy • 5) in nicknames • E.g. Daddy, granny, doggy

19. peek: look quickly at sth you are not supposed to see • peep: look at sth quickly and secretly, esp. through hole or opening • peer: suggests a straining to see more closely or fully, often with narrowed eyes and as if through a small opening • gaze: implies fixed and prolonged attention, as in wonder or admiration

20. gape: suggests an openmouthed and often stupid wonder • stare: implies a direct open-eyed gazing denoting curiosity, disbelief or insolence • glare: suggests a fierce or angry staring

21. scorching: extremely hot • If you scorch sth or if it scorches, its surface burn slightly and changes color: Stir the onions frequently to prevent ~ing. • scorched-earth policy: the destruction by an army of everything useful in an area, esp. crops and buildings, so that the land cannot be used by an enemy • Today is going to be a scorcher (=an extremely hot day). • syn. sultry, steamy,

22. stopgap • E.g. a ~ method / solution • After his death, the committee appointed his deputy as a ~. • The Senate has passed a ~ funding measure.

23. whiz • E.g. a ~ on the computer • a ~ in the water • a ~ at football • a management ~

24. yearn E.g. ~ after letters from friends ~ towards sb • My eyes ~ed for sleep. • We ~ for beauty, truth and meaning in our lives. • Bud had yearned to be a pilot since he was young. • to satisfy a ~ing for mystery • an unfulfilled ~

25. Text Analysis • 1. A planned life can only be endured: • A planned life offers little excitement, drama, or romance; it’s a life that has fallen into a rut, or into a boring situation that has never changed.

26. 2. They were trapped. • They got into a bad situation from which they cannot escape. • E.g. At 31, Peggy feels trapped in a boring job. • trap sb: 1) prevent sb from escaping a dangerous place: workers were trapped in the ship’s engine room by the fire • 2) catch sb by forcing him into an inescapable place: police have the man trapped inside the bar • 3) trick sb so that you can make him say or do sth that he did not intend to: Anthony says she trapped him into marriage before he was ready

27. 3. tap a reservoir of good will • draw upon or use a great deal of kindness or the readiness to help shown by others • tap: 1) to use or take what is needed from sth such as energy supply or an amount of money: To continue the research project, the university plans to tap funds primarily from private foundations. • 2) listen secretly to someone’s telephone conversation by making a connection to the phone or wire: The investigators had tapped the drug dealer’s phone line.

28. 4. I was looking for a way to measure…money • I was looking for a way to find out the meaning of my life or to judge my value from some other perspectives, not from the monetary point of view. • other than: apart from a particular person or thing; except • E.g. He doesn’t eat out at all, other than at Burger King. • The music was a little loud; but other than that, it was a great concert.

29. 5. passer-by  passers-by • similar examples: • editors-in-chief • lookers-on • sisters-in-law • comrades-in-arm

30. P352. work, job, profession • work: 1) imply activity of body, mind, machine, or a natural force, or it may apply to the effort expended or to the product of such effort • 2) may apply to any purposeful activity, whether remunerative or not

31. work, job, profession • job: apply to a piece of work voluntarily performed or to an assigned bit of menial work and may sometimes suggest difficulty or importance • profession: refer to work that needs special training, skill or knowledge

32. satisfactory vs. satisfied • satisfactory: acceptable, or good enough for a particular situation or purpose • E.g. a ~ answer to the question • an arrangement ~ to both side • satisfied: pleased because sth has happened in the way you want, or because you have achieved sth

33. difference vs. distinction • Difference: stresses the absolute absence of similarity whatsoever between things compared in nature, quantity or size • E.g.There is a ~ between them just as that between night and day. • Being well-educated or not makes a world of ~. • There are many ~s between English and Chinese.

34. distinction • distinction applies to difference that makes one thing easily separated from the other, even though they are of the similar kind, class etc. • E.g. What’s the ~ between hares and rabbits? • All as human beings, there is ~ without a difference between the black and white. • make/draw a distinction between: be careful to say what the difference between two or more things is