Lesson 4- wisdom of Bear wood .qx用mays Structure of the text Part 1(paras. 1-4)about: suspense of the story Part 2(paras. 2-6)about: the first day I met Carlos Part 3(paras. 7-8 )about: Carlos became my personal manager. Part 4(paras. 9-14)about: the success of us W BTL E The end of structure
W B T L E Part 1 (paras. 1— ) about: Part 2 (paras. ) about: Part 3 (paras. ) about: Part 4 (paras. ) about: Lesson 4 - Wisdom of Bear Wood I. Text Analysis Structure of the text 4 2—6 7—8 9—14 suspense of the story the first day I met Carlos Carlos became my personal manager. the success of us The end of Structure
Lesson 8-My Personal Manager .qx用mays 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 W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E 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
Lesson 8-My Personal Manager .qx用mays 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, Karens 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. W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E 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
Lesson 8-My Personal Manager .qx用mays 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. W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E 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
Lesson 8-My Personal Manager .qx用mays 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 W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E 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