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Lesson Eight My Personal Manager

Lesson Eight My Personal Manager. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager . Warm Up Questions . Try to use as many adjectives as possible to describe yourself to your classmates. Are you satisfied with your personal appearance?. To be continued on the next page. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager .

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Lesson Eight My Personal Manager

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  1. Lesson Eight My Personal Manager

  2. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager Warm Up Questions • Try to use as many adjectives as possible to describe yourself to your classmates. • Are you satisfied with your personal appearance? To be continued on the next page.

  3. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager Questions 3. What is your view on cosmetic surgery? 4. How often do you feel inferior to others? Always, sometimes, seldom or never? Why? To be continued on the next page.

  4. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager Questions 5.Who do you think is the most confident student in your class? Describe his/her appearance to your classmates and let them guess who he/she is. The end of Questions.

  5. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager Background Information I. Author • Margaret Goff Clark is a prolific author. • She wrote stories about teenagers. • The books she wrote cover the following themes: mysteries, science fiction, human relationship and wild animals. . The end of Author.

  6. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager II. Her Works • Theme One: mysteries • Who Stole Kathy Young? To be continued on the next page.

  7. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager II. Her Works • Theme Two: science fiction • Barney and UFO • Barney on Mars To be continued on the next page.

  8. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager II. Her Works • Theme Three: human relationship • Freedom Crossing The book is a historical fiction about a family helping slaves escape to Canada. To be continued on the next page.

  9. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager II. Her Works • Theme Four: wild animals • The Endangered Florida Panther • The Threatened Florida Black Bear To be continued on the next page.

  10. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager II. Her Works To be continued on the next page.

  11. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager II. Her Works The Threatened Florida Black Bear In this companion book to The Endangered Florida Panther (1993) and The Vanishing Manatee (1990), Clark gives basic historical and scientific facts interspersed with eyewitness accounts of the wildlife biologists who study and protect the animals. It is these anecdotes that create a sense of excitement and convey the tragedy of habitat loss that puts various species at risk worldwide. To be continued on the next page.

  12. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager II. Her Works The Threatened Florida Black Bear Full-color photographs provide information and a feeling of immediacy and awe. Solidly on the side of wildlife conservation, Clark presents a balanced picture of the bear's relationship with the environment and with humans, discussing conflicts and compromise. To be continued on the next page.

  13. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager II. Her Works The Endangered Florida Panther There is a good mix of high-interest anecdotes about the panther and the people who study and safeguard it, and of facts and photos that present basic information about the species and its ecological role. Habits and habitat are briefly discussed; history focuses on the panther's endangered status and the efforts to protect it. The end of Her Works.

  14. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager Text Appreciation Contents • Text analysis • 1.General Analysis • 2.Theme • 3.Structure • 4.Further discussion • II.Writing devices • Hyperbole • III.Sentence paraphrase

  15. General Analysis Lesson 4 - Wisdom of Bear Wood I. Text Analysis For reference. Plot: the regaining of the heroine’s self-confidence with Carlos’ help Setting: at school Protagonists: “I” (Karen) and Carlo Herrera Writing techniques: see Writing Devices Theme of the story: see the next page The end of General Analysis.

  16. Theme of the text Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis The theme is summed up at the very end. Young people should have confidence and be themselves. The end of Theme.

  17. Structure of the text Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis Part 1 (paras. 1— ) about: Part 2 (paras. ) about: Part 3 (paras. ) about: Part 4 (paras. ) about: 4 suspense of the story 2—6 the first day I met Carlos 7—8 Carlos became my personal manager. the success of us 9—14 The end of Structure.

  18. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis Question 1: How does the author begin this story? Why? Para. 1 is what happens after they have met each for some time. Carlos tries to promote himself to Karen. From Para. 1, we can see the personalities of the two characters: “I” not confident enough, and “Carlos” very confident. Carlos recommends himself to be Karen’s personal manager. Therefore Para. 1 may be considered as the rough sketches of the whole story. The author writes it in this way in order to arouse our interest. In Para. 2, the author begins a series of flashbacks and vividly presents the story in front of us by using conversations. To be continued on the next page.

  19. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis Question 2: How do you understand the word “golden” in the sentence “It was one of those golden days in late October”? The word is a pun. Literally the word in the phrase “golden days” means the days when the weather is fine. But when we read further, the word “golden” makes us form an image in our mind, that is in a golden day, Karen’s life is not full of sunshine and may be described as quite gloomy. But we should also realize that it’s also a day which can be considered as a turning point in Karen’s life to make her shed off the inferiority complex. To be continued on the next page.

  20. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis • Question 3: When Carlos first came to the class, the class laughed two times for different reasons. What did the class laugh at for the first time, and what was Karen’s response? What can you infer from Karen’s response? When the girl bumped into Carlos, he first “looked up” and then said “My, you’re tall”, the whole class laughed. Karen became very angry and sat down silently. Karen was worried if her idol Reed laughed with the others, she would break down. This episode shows that Karen was not confident and felt inferior because of her height. To be continued on the next page.

  21. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis • Question 4: Was Carlos quickly accepted by his classmates? How did he manage to do that? From which sentence in the text you can draw the inference? Carlos quickly became popular with his classmates by confidently presenting himself to Mr. McCarthy and by facing his physical defect bravely and humorously by saying “I need a couple of dictionaries” when the teacher assigned him one seat in the back of the room. This time the class laughed, but this time they were not laughing at him but with him together. So we can see that Carlos soon became a hit. He was very confident. To be continued on the next page.

  22. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis • Question 5:What do you think Karen and Carlos had in common and what were their differences? • Both of them had some physical defect with Karen being very tall and Carlos very short. But they had different attitudes toward it. Carlos has made best of his physical defect and managed to live as himself, whereas Karen couldn't make it at the very beginning of the story. To be continued on the next page.

  23. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis • Question 6:In Para. 9, when Carlos offered Karen a lead part in a play, Karen said that she did not want to be funny. How do you interpret the girl’s words? Carlos promised the play was funny. But Karen quickly took the subject of “being funny” to be herself. From her response, we knew that Karen still thought she was a laughing stock of the others. Although Carlos had done a lot to change her appearance and her participation in activities, she had not achieved a complete transformation. To be continued on the next page.

  24. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis • Question 7:When did Karen become confident? When she went on stage and became the focus of the audience, she became confident. The audience enjoyed their play, which was an immediate success. To be continued on the next page.

  25. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis • Question 8:When Reed Harrington asked Karen for a date, Karen refused and said that she would have a date with Carlos, what is the implication of it? After the success of the play, Karen realized that one’s physical defect accounted for nothing in being herself. She could be just like Carlos and be proud of herself. She completed her transformation into her real self. To be continued on the next page.

  26. Further Discussion About the Story Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis • When Carlos said “My, you are tall”, do you think he intended to hurt Karen’s feelings? Why or why not? • Who was Reed Harrington? • Why did Carlos block Karen’s way one day? What was he trying to do? Did Carlos know what was troubling her? • What happened later that got Karen interested in Carlos? What did she decide to do? To be continued on the next page.

  27. Further Discussion About the Story Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager I. Text Analysis • How did Carlos persuade Karen to accept him as her personal managers? • What did Carlos ask Karen to do? Did Karen follow his instructions? • At first Karen refused to take the lead part in a play. How did Carlos talk her into playing it? • What was the play about? Did Karen and Carlos get any stage fright? How did the play go? • How did Karen feel about the success of the play? • Retell the story in your own words. The end of Further Discussion.

  28. Hyperbole Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Writing Devices Sure, it bothers me, being knee-high to a flea. But there isn’t anything I can do about it. (7) overstatement exaggeration Hyperbole is a figure of speech which is an exaggeration. Persons often use expressions such as "I nearly died laughing," and "I tried a thousand times." Such statements are not literally true, but people make them to sound impressive or to emphasize something, such as a feeling, effort, or reaction. To be continued on the next page.

  29. Hyperbole Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Writing Devices Sure, it bothers me, being knee-high to a flea. But there isn’t anything I can do about it. (7) Here Carlos told Karen that he was tall enough only to reach the knees of a flea. Here it is used to describe that Carlos was a small person. To be continued on the next page.

  30. Hyperbole Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Writing Devices Please study the following sentences and see how hyperbole is used in the sentences. 1. I am starving. 2. I was hopping mad. 3. He's as big as ahouse. 4. I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. 5. Belinda smiled, and all the world was gay. 6. I've told you a million times not to exaggerate. 7. From his mouth flowed speech sweeter than honey. To be continued on the next page.

  31. Hyperbole Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Writing Devices Please study the following sentence and see how hyperbole is used in the sentences. 8. For she was beautiful—her beauty made the bright world dim, and everything beside seemed like the fleeting image of a shade. Shelley: “The Witch of Atlas” To be continued on the next page.

  32. Hyperbole Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Writing Devices A hyperbole is a type of figurative language. It is often confused with a simile or a metaphor because it often compares two objects. The difference is a hyperbole is an exaggeration. For example: His feet were as big as a barge. It looks like a simile. It is comparing foot size to the size of a barge. Everyone knows that a barge is approximately 700 feet long. Can you imagine getting a pair of shoes that big? To be continued on the next page.

  33. Hyperbole Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Writing Devices • Please rewrite the following sentences by using hyperbole. • We produce good shoes for all runners. • We produce the best shoes of the world • for all runners. • 2. The two brothers are quite different. • The two brothers are different in a • thousand and one ways. To be continued on the next page.

  34. Hyperbole Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Writing Devices 3. I haven’t seen you for a long time. I haven’t seen you for ages. 4. The cost mounted to very great figures. The cost mounted to astronomical figures. 5. I didn’t like to see her at all. She was the last person I’d like to see in the world. The end of Writing Devices.

  35. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 1 Why not let me be your manager? I can promise you’ll soon be cool, pretty, and popular. (1) someone who is in charge of the business affairs of a singer or actor. Here Carlos is saying that he will help the girl the way a manager helps a singer or actor. (informal) very attractive, relaxed, fashionable in way people admire go to 2

  36. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 2 You sound like a soap commercial. (1) an advertisement for soap operas on television and radio soap opera a television or radio story about the daily lives and relationships of the same group of people, which is broadcast regularly go to 3

  37. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 3 I’m going to be a promotion man. I may be short, but I can promote big things. “Like me.” (1) a promoter, someone who tries to make people believe or support an idea or a way of doing things Karen deliberately distorted Carlo’s meaning when he said “big things”. She made it sound like he meant “big people”. Therefore she said “like me” in a self-mocking way. big ideas or big activities go to 4

  38. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 4 I had my arms full of books and I was tearing into the classroom when I ran into something solid. (2) “Have” is a causative verb. After it, compound objects should be used. That is object plus object complement. Here “my arms” is the object and “full of books” is the complement. Similar verbs are “make”, “let”, “keep”, etc. “When” here is used to introduce the adverbial clause of time. The tense in the main clause is continuous tense, “when” means “at that moment”. The two actions happen simultaneously. To be continued on the next page.

  39. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 4 I had my arms full of books and I was tearing into the classroom when I ran into something solid. (2) • moving quickly, especially in a careless way • strong and firm in structure • to bump into or to hit go to 5

  40. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 5 But Reed was studying chemistry and did not seem to be aware of anything else. (3) • knowing sth. or sb. existing But at that moment, Reed was absorbed in studying chemistry and did not seem to realize what was happening around him. go to 6

  41. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 6 “But I need a couple of dictionaries.” Again the class laughed, but now they were laughing with Carlos, not at him. He had been here only ten minutes and already he had them on his side. (4) • Carlos needed some thick dictionaries to sit on, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to see anything as he was short. • supporting him • But only now they were laughing together with Carlos, not laughing at him, or treating him as if he were stupid. go to 7

  42. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 7 I ought to know better. (5) “Ought to” is often used to express an apology (I ought to…) or criticism (you ought to…). I ought to be wise enough not to do that stupid thing or make that foolish mistakes. go to 8

  43. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 8 touching touched I don’t see why you are so touchy. (5) understand easily offended or upset e.g. He’s very touchy about his baldness. touchiness n. go to 9

  44. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 9 • I brushed by him and said sharply, … he said. “You and I have a lot in common.” • (5) to be similar in some way • I walked past him quickly and said severely, … He said, “You and I are similar in some way.” go to 10

  45. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 10 Of course I mind being short. (7) “Mind” usually takes a gerund for its object. Similar verbs are admit, advocate, appreciate, avoid, can’t help, consider, defer, deny, endure, enjoy, escape, fancy, finish, give up, imagine, involve, postpone, practice, prevent, put off, resist, risk, suggest, stop, etc. go to 11

  46. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 11 I might have known I couldn’t get a sensible answer from you. (7) “Might have known” is used to say that one is not surprised at a situation. reasonable Try to distinguish the words “sensible”, “sensitive”, “sensational”, “sentimental” and “sensory”. go to 12

  47. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 12 Carlos was through kidding. “Sure, it bothers me, being knee-high to a flea. But there isn’t anything I can do about it…” (7) to be through doing sth./ to be through with sth.: to have stopped doing sth. Carlos had stopped joking; he was now serious. “Of course, I am troubled by my being short. But I would never change the fact…” go to 13

  48. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 13 When I realized I was going to have to spend my life in this undersized skin, I just decided to make best of it and concentrate on being myself. (7) smaller than usual to use an opportunity as successfully as possible to make the best of what one has When I realized that I was going to be this short and not grow taller, I was determined not be affected by the fact and tried my best to live my life to the fullest. go to 14

  49. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 14 And you could be pretty. In fact, you might be more than pretty. (7) “Could” and “might” can be both used to express possibility. But “might” is less certain. Here “more than” is used to emphasize the degree meaning “very”. And the opposite expression is “less than”. You could be pretty. In fact, you might be beautiful. To be continued on the next page.

  50. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Sentence Paraphrase 14 More examples about “more than” and “less than” Her lecture left me less than satisfactory. 她的演讲怎么也不能使我满意。 The kids were less than happy about having a party. 孩子们并不愿意举行晚会。 She dressed more than simply. 她穿得何止简朴，简直近乎褴褛。 Her lecture left me more than satisfactory. 她的演讲令我非常满意。 go to 15

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