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单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,综合英语教程,Unit 5 Book 4,Unit 5,The Power of a Good Name,1/67,Reading and Language Activities,Victor Shan,Part II,2/67,Fast-reading,questions,Warming-up,discussion,Detailed-reading,questions,Structure&,Main idea,Reading and Language Activities,Text,3/67,Discuss the following questions.,How important is a good reputation?Work with your partner to think of at least three cases in which the power of a good name is demonstrated.,Have you ever done something which subsequently stained your reputation?Or have you seen or heard of similar examples?,How can one earn a good reputation?,How can one maintain a good reputation?,Warming-up discussion,4/67,How to earn a good reputation,Suggested points,keep ones promise,b.be honest and truthful,c.be faithful to your work and the people in your life,d.pursue a high quality of work and try to develop a sense of professionalism,e.keep your mind open to suggestions,ideas and even criticisms from others,f.be polite and graceful in managing inter-personal relationships,g.keep a loving spirit for the people in your life,h.be sympathetic towards those who are underprivileged,maintain your dignity in the face of authority,j.be modest,5/67,How to maintain a good reputation,Suggested points,be empathetic by putting oneself in someone elses,shoes,b.be aware of details of work and everyday life,c.be persistent in work even when confronted with,difficulties,d.be honest and brave enough to admit your,incompetence when you can not do what is expected,e.keep mottoes to warn oneself of selfishness,greediness,and other evils,f.keep role models in mind,especially when you are,tempted by undue desires,6/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,by,Armstrong Williams,One summer day my father sent me to buy wire and fencing for our farm in Marion County,South Carolina.At 16,I liked,nothing better than,getting,behind the wheel,of our Chevy,pickup,but this time there was,a damper on my spirits,.My father had told me Id have to ask for,credit,at the store.,7/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,Sixteen is a prideful age,when a young man wants respect,not charity.It was 1976,and the ugly shadow of,racism,was still a fact of life.Id seen my friends ask for credit and then stand,head down,while a,patron,izing store owner questioned whether they were,good for it,.I knew black youths just like me who were watched like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery.,8/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,My family was honest.We paid our debts.But before harvest,cash was short.Would the store owner trust us?,At Davis Brothers General Store,Buck Davis stood behind the register,talking to a middle-aged farmer.Buck was a tall,weathered,man in a red hunting shirt and khaki pants,and I nodded as I passed him on my way to the hardware aisle.When I brought my purchases to the register,I said carefully,I need to put this on credit.,9/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,The farmer gave me an amused,cynical,look.But Bucks face didnt change.Sure,he said easily.Your daddy is always good for it.He turned to the other man.This here is one of James Williamss sons.,The farmer nodded in a neighborly way.I was filled with pride.James Williamss son.Those three words had opened a door to an adults respect and trust.,10/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,That day I discovered that a good name could,bestow a capital of good will of immense value,.The good name my father and mother had earned brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors.Everyone knew what to expect from a Williams:a decent person who kept his word and respected himself too much to do wrong.,11/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,We children-eight brothers and two sisters could enjoy that good name,unearned,unless and until we did something to lose it.Compromising it would hurt not only the,transgressor,but also those we loved and those who loved us.We had a,stake,in one another-and in ourselves.,A good name,and the responsibility that came with it,forced us children to be better than we otherwise might be,.,We wanted to be thought of as good people,and by acting like good people for long enough,we became pretty decent citizens.,12/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,The desire to keep the respect of a good name,propelled,me to become the first in our family to go to university.Eventually,it gave me the,initiative,to start my own successful public relations firm in Washington,D.C.,I thought about the power of a good name when I heard,General Colin Powell,say that America needs to,restore a sense of shame in its neighborhoods,.Hes right.,If pride in a good name keeps families and neighborhoods straight,a sense of shame is the reverse side of that coin.,13/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,Doing drugs,abusing,alcohol,stealing,getting a young woman pregnant out of wedlock-today,none of these behaviors is the deep embarrassment it should be.Nearly one out of three births in America is to an unwed mother.Many of these children will grow up without the security and guidance of a caring father and mother,committed to,each other.,14/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,Once the social ties and mutual obligations of the family,disintegrate,communities fall apart.Politicians may boast that crime is falling,but while the population has increased only 40 percent since 1960,violent crime in America has increased a staggering 550 percent-and weve become used to it.Teen drug abuse is rising again.No neighborhood is immune.In one North Carolina county,police arrested 73 students from 12 secondary schools for dealing drugs,some of them right in the class room.,15/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,Cultural influences such as television and movies portray mostly a world in which respect goes to the most violent.Life is considered cheap.,Meanwhile,the small signs of civility and respect that sustain civilization are vanishing from schools,stores and streets.Phrases like yes,madam,no,sir,thank you and please show self-respect and respect for others.Yet,encouraged by the pervasive,profanity,on television and in music,kids dont think twice about aggressive and vulgar language.,16/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,Many of todays kids have failed because their sense of shame has failed.They were born into families with poor reputations,not caring about keeping a good name.Today,when Im back home,I receive respect because of the good name passed on as my fathers patrimony and upheld to this day by me and my siblings.People like Buck Davis came to know of my success in the world.But it was my familys good name that,paved the way,.,17/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,Keeping a good name is rewarded not only by outsiders esteem but when those who know you best put their confidence in you.In the last months of his life Daddy,typically,worried more about my mother than about his illness.He wanted to spare her the grief of watching him die at home.So he came to me.,18/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,By then I was living and working in Washington,D.C.When Daddy arrived from South Carolina,I had him admitted to a nearby hospital.For two months,I spent every day sitting by his bedside.Both of us knew he had little time left.When he was not in too much pain to talk,he would ask about the family.He wanted to be sure he had met his responsibilities in this world.On the last day,I was there with him as he passed away.,19/67,Text:The Power of a Goof Name,My daddy had never been rich or powerful.But in his dying,he gave me a last gift:his faith that I was the man he had wanted me to be.By trusting me to care for him at the moment of his passing,he showed not only his love,but his pride and confidence in me.,After all,I was James Williamss son-a Williams of Marion,South Carolina and a Williams would do right.,20/67,Discuss the following questions.,What did the father ask the boy to do?,Did the boy have any trouble at the store?What happened?,How did the boy feel about the trust he got from the store owner?,What did the boy discover after this experience?,What was the value of a good name his parents had earned?,What was the childrens responsibility in relation to the good name of the family?,Fast-reading questions,21/67,Fast-reading questions,1.What did the father ask the boy to do?,To buy wire and fencing on credit at the store.,22/67,Fast-reading questions,2.Did the boy have any trouble at the store?,What happened?,No,the owner agreed to put him on credit without hesitation.,23/67,Fast-reading questions,3.How did the boy feel about the trust he,got from the store owner?,This made him feel very proud of his father and his familys good reputation.,24/67,Fast-reading questions,4.What did the boy discover after this experience?,A good name could bestow a capital of good will of immense value.,25/67,Fast-reading questions,5.What was the value of a good name his,parents had earned?,The good name brought his whole family the respect of his neighbors.,26/67,Fast-reading questions,6.What was the childrens responsibility in,relation to the good name of the family?,If any one of the family did something to compromise it,everyone else would be hurt.They had a stake in one another and in ourselves.It thus forced the children to be better than they otherwise might be.,27/67,Discuss the following questions.,Why did the writer say that to ask for credit at the store was a damper on his spirits?,Why did the store owner trust the writer?,What is childrens responsibility in relation to the good name of their family?,How did the family good name help the writer in life?,5.What point does the writer want to make in the discussion of the social problems in the U.S.A.?,6.What does the writer hope to prove with the description of his fathers last months?,Detailed-reading questions,28/67,1.Why did the writer say that to ask for credit at the store was a damper on his spirits?,As a young man of sixteen,he needed respect,not charity.,Asking for credit at a store is a humiliating experience like asking for favor and pity from the owner of the store.,In addition,racism made the situation worse.Black youths were watched like thieves in the store.,29/67,2.Why did the store owner trust the writer?,The store owner agreed to put him on credit without hesitation.He trusted the boys father who always kept his word and never failed to pay back the money he owed.,30/67,3.What is childrens responsibility in relation to the good name of their family?,According to the writer,children,while enjoying their familys good name,have the responsibility to maintain it.Compromising it would hurt not only the transgressor,but also those they love and those who love them.,31/67,4.How did the family good name help the writer in life?,First,the good name makes him decide to become a better person than he otherwise might be and eventually become a decent citizen.,Second,the desire to keep the good name propelled him to be the first in his family to go to university.,Finally,the good name gave him the initiative to establish himself in the public relations business.,32/67,5.What point does the writer want to make in the discussion of the social problems in the U.S.A.?,The point the writer wants to make is that many of the social problems today result from the lack of a sense of pride in having good reputation and no sense of shame for bad reputations.Parents who dont care about keeping a good reputation have no sense of shame when they fail to set good examples for their children;nor can they provide children with the kind of security and guidance they need.Consequently,many of these children grow up without a sense of shame either.They worship violence,which is respectfully portrayed on TV and in movies.As families disintegrate,communities fall apart and crimes rise.,33/67,6.What does the writer hope to prove with the description of his fathers last months?,The writer wants to prove that keeping a good reputation is rewarded not only by outsiders esteem,but also by the trust and confidence placed in you by those who know you best.,34/67,Text structure,I (Para.1-10)The author narrates an unforgettable experience to lead in the topic of good name and its importance.,(Para.1-3)A damper on his spirits,(Para.4-6)The trust they got from the storeowner,(Para.7-10)The value of a good name for his life,II.(Para.11-22)The Power of a good name and a sense of shame,(Para.11-16)Lack of sense of shame in the US society,Social problems,Rising crime rate,Vanishing signs of civility and respect,(Para.17-22)The power of a good name,Reward by outsiders esteem,Pride and trust from family members,35/67,Beginning with one of his own experiences,the author,discusses the power of his familys good name.Earning and maintaining a good name need to restore a sense of responsibility and shame,which,according to the author,pave the way to ones success in life and career.,Main idea,36/67,Armstrong Williams,(born February 5,1959)is an African American political commentator,author of a conservative newspaper column,and host of a daily radio show and a nationally syndicated TV program,called,The Right Side with Armstrong Williams,.From to,he co-hosted a daily radio program.He is called“one of the most recognizable conservative voices in America”by the Washington Post.In it was revealed that he accepted money from the George W.Bush administration to promote the No Child Left Behind Act on his television and radio programs which is regarded illegal.,37/67,pickup,A light truck with an open body and low sides and a tail board,敞篷小货车,38/67,Nothing better than,nothing better than sth./doing sth,.:most,e.g.In my childhood,I was interested in nothing better than experimenting with my construction models.,nothing more than,Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.,最可怕事情莫过于无知而行动。,Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.,没有什么比独立和自由更宝贵了。,Nothing is a greater misfortune than not being able to bear misfortune.,经不起不幸是最大不幸。,39/67,behind the wheel,(or)atthewheel,Operatingthesteeringmechanismofa,vehicle;driving.,Directingorcontrolling;incharge,40/67,damper,damper:a person,or thing,or situation that gets people down,使人沮丧人或物,Onethatdeadens,restrains,ordepresses,抑制原因,;,使人麻木、抑制或压抑人,a damper on my spirits,somethingthatmakesmelowinspirits.,(idm,),putadamperonsth,(infml,）：,cause(anevent,atmosphere,etc)tobeless,cheerful,excited,etc;make sth.less enjoyable,successful,使（事情、气氛等）受到抑制,减弱,e.g.Both the kids were ill while we were in Boston,so that rather put a damper on things.,41/67,credit,anarrangementfordeferredpaymentofaloanorpurchase,赊欠,ask for credit;on credit;give credit,e.g.Iboughtmystereooncredit.,赊购,Nocreditisgivenatthisshop,i.e.Payment,mustbeincash.,本店概不赊欠,.,Your credit limit is now,0.,In the text,the boy had to ask the store owner to let him have the goods now but pay later,since his father gave him no money.,42/67,Racism,Racism,is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discriminati
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