Lesson 8-My Personal Manager .qx用mays 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 imself whereas karen couldn 't make it at the very beginning of the story W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E 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
Lesson 8-My Personal Manager .qx用mays 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 W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E 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
Lesson 8-My Personal Manager .qx用mays 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 W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E 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
Lesson 8-My Personal Manager .qx用mays 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 ones 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 W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E 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
Lesson 8-My Personal Manager .qx用mays Further Discussion About the Story When Carlos said"My, you are tall", do you think he intended to hurt Karens 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? W BTL E To be continued on the next page
W B T L E Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager 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? I. Text Analysis Further Discussion About the Story To be continued on the next page