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Background Information About the author. I Pre-reading . Discussion Qs: - What kind of people are considered wise? Cite some examples. -Do you think what you are doing in college contributes to wisdom?. Text Structure: Para1: introduction Para2-5: tells what wisdom is. .

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  1. Background Information About the author I Pre-reading

  2. Discussion Qs: -What kind of people are considered wise? Cite some examples. -Do you think what you are doing in college contributes to wisdom?

  3. Text Structure: Para1: introduction Para2-5: tells what wisdom is. II Text Analysis

  4. Structural Analysis: Para 2: Of these I should put first a sense of proportion: the capacity to take account of all the important factors in a problem and to attach to each its due weight. Para 3: There must be, also, a certain awareness of the ends of human life. Para 4: It is needed in the choice of ends to be pursued and in emancipation from personal prejudice. Para 5: I think the essence of wisdom is emancipation, as far as possible, from the tyranny of the here and now.

  5. Rhetorical features: Parallelism: equivalent syntactic construction convey ideas clearly a sense of order and proportion

  6. Language points: surpass: to do or be better than Eg: The student was ~ing himself in mathematics. Tom ~ed all expectations. cease: to come to an end Eg: He never ~d from his activities as a propagandist. Gradually their talk ~d.

  7. Means: a method that enables a purpose to be fulfilled Eg: He was prepared to use any ~ to get what he wanted. The quickest ~ of travel is by plane. Contribute to: to help to cause or bring about Eg: Poor food ~d to her illness. Her singing will ~ greatly to the success of the party. Attach due weight to: to ascribe proper importance to

  8. -Due: proper, adequate Eg: They will surely meet with ~ punishment. ~ care must be taken while one is driving. -Be engaged in: to be doing or to become involved in an activity Eg: Bill is ~ in compiling a dictionary. At the moment, he was ~ in some violent argument with someone. Populous: densely populated -ous: characterize by; of the nature Eg: mountain~, poison~

  9. Many eminent historians have done more harm than good… Eg: She is more thoughtless than stupid. Eminent: famous and respected within a particular sphere or profession Eg: He is ~ for his learning. Even the most ~ doctors could not ~ him.

  10. -Lack: n. the state of not having enough or sth. ; vt. to be without or deficient in; vi. (+for) not to have enough of Eg: He failed in the appeal for ~ of evidence. There is no ~ of entertainment aboard the ship. Her writing ~s imagination. She never ~s for friends. lacking:a. Eg:He found himself ~ing in ability.

  11. -inculcate: to fix (ideas and principles, etc.) in the mind of (somebody) Eg: It’s important to ~ these ideas in the minds of the young people. They will try to ~ you with a respect for culture. -Standard-bearer: a leading figure in a cause or movement -Emancipation from: freedom from political, moral, intellectual or social restraints offensive to reason or justice

  12. Devote … to…: give all or a large part of one’s time or resources to (a person, activity or cause) Eg: I want to devote more time to my family. He devotes himself to philanthropy. -confer (upon): to grant Eg: The queen ~red knighthoods on several distinguished men. The honor was ~red on him just after the war.

  13. -as it was: in reality; in the actual situation past form for “as it is” which refers to what an actual situation is. similar expressions: as it stands, as it turns out, as it happens as it were: as one might say; in a sort of way Eg: He was my second self, as it were. He became , as it were, a man without a country. Appalling: horrifying, shocking Eg: When will this ~ war end? The plight of the starving natives is ~.

  14. -instill: to gradually but firmly establish (an idea or attitude, esp. a desirable one) in a person’s mind Eg: It is part of a teacher’s job to ~ self-confidence into his/her students. -be bound up with: be involved in, dependent on, connected with Eg: The survival of these creatures is intimately bound up with childhood experience. -impartiality: the condition of treating all rivals or disputants equally Eg: Certain ministers are pressing for new rules on broadcasting ~.

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