Unit 2-The Boy and the Bank Officer

The end of Gend to withdraw money from his own savings account. • The bank officer refused. • The reason was he was not old enough. • The root reason was that the officer tried to help the boy who was forced to give his money to some bad guys.
Cultural background
History of Banks
Banks first emerged in the Middle Ages when people grew tired of carrying around all their gold and began leaving their money with the goldsmith. The Medici family, one of the most prominent banking families in Europe during this time, became quite wealthy from its banking and money lending practices. This 14th-century painting depicts people depositing and withdrawing money in an Italian bank.
Background Information
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Author Cultural Background
About the Author
Philip Ross (1939— ) is an American writer based in New York. After working as a newspaper reporter for four years, he turned to freelance (自由职业作家) writing. Many of his articles have appeared in the
happen/occur/take place
happen
refers to accidental or unplanned event
occur
refers to accidental or unplanned event;
(more formal than happen)
take place
suggests that an event is/was planned
Text Appreciation
Structure of the text
The attitude of the author’s friend toward bank. Part 2 (paras. 2—23) about:The boy managed to withdraw money from the bank but was kindly refused.
Theme of the story
Text Appreciation
For reference.
Plot: a boy’s withdrawal of money from the bank
Setting: at the bank
Protagonists: bank officer, the boy and “I”
Lesson Two
The Boy and the Bank Officer
Contents
• • • • • Part Part Part Part Part One: Warm-up Two: Background Information Three: Text Appreciation Four: Language Study Five: Extension
Italian Banking in the 14th Century
Text Appreciation
Have you got the key elements in the story?
Plot of the story Setting of the story Protagonists of the story Writing techniques of the story
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“The only difference is that a bank’s goods happen to be money, which is yours in the first place.”(para.1)
• • • • happen to do sth. do sth. by chance 我正好懂些医学，所以你骗不了我。 I happen to know about medicine, so you can not fool me. • 那栋房子着火的时候，我碰巧从那经过。 • I happened to be passing by when the fire broke out.
happened
• in the first/second place
• used to introduce a series of points in an argument or to talk about what should have been done; firstly/secondly • 我没有去，首先是因为我没有时间，其 次… • I didn’t go because I didn’t have time in the first place.
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A church is a place where religious people are given moral lessons. The author and his friend hate banks acting like churches because they think banks should simply give service and have no right to tell people what to do and what not to do.
Warm-up
What does bank mean to you?
(Brainstorming)
Words & Expressions
Guess the meaning of the following words. 1. open an account 3. deposit 5. overdraw 7. credit 9. pass card 11. a savings account 2. close an account 4. withdraw 6. balance 8. passbook 10. an account book 12. a current account
Functions of Banks
• 1. to keep, lend and issue money • 2. to offer many financial services • 3. to regulate the economy with changes in interest rate and in money supply
New Yorker (《纽约人》), Reader’s Digest (《读者文摘》) and New York Times (《纽约时报》). This text is taken from Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric and Reader, 3rd edition published by Prentice Hall, Inc. in 1993 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
If banks were required to sell wallets and money belts, they might act less like churches. (para. 1) Paraphrase Churches which usually control people’s life and can interfere in people’s life. So, the author thinks it is ridiculous for banks to act like churches.
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Cultural background
Banking
Ancient Mesopotamia • 1. Banking originated from ___________. • 2. At first money presented itself in the form of grain and ____________. other commodities _____ • 3. For safe-keeping, the valuable things were put palaces _____, temples and________. private houses in royal _______, receipts laws • 4. People used _______ for transfers and _____ were also made. • In Egypt too the centralization of harvests in state warehouses also led to the development of a system of banking.