21世纪大学英语第一册Unit 5

Intensive Study 5) Ted’s brother David, an actor with a high opinion of himself. 6) Mary’s father, a music professor. 7) Mary’s mother, who loved Shakespeare. 8) Mary’s friend, Catherine, known to be rather snobbish.
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3 They compromised over everything and they were very happy. 4 To complete their happiness, they had a baby when they had been married for three years — a son. But that, strangely, was when the problem arose. They had to name their son, of course, and each had a name in mind; not the same name, unfortunately. It seemed that a situation had arisen where compromise was impossible. Ted wanted to call their son Robert, Mary wanted to call him Lawrence. How can you compromise with names like that? No, this time one of them would have to give way, it seemed. There would have to be a winner, and a loser. That was how they saw things, at least.
Para. 2-3
How they compromise on the baby’s name
Para. 4-18
Reading & Writing Skills
1) Reading skill: Every time you read English passages, do read phrases and then you read more efficiently. Phrases can also be called "sense group", are the basic unit of meaning. Do not read words one by one. You can begin concentrating on small units of meaning. Day by day, you will always catch up with the meaning of the whole rather than the parts of a sentence.
Reading & Writing Skills
2) Writing skill: It is the time to learn about drama-like writing. Ss learn
to develop a paragraph by writing about a situation with
21st Century College English: Book 1
Unit 5 : Text A
The Language of Compromise
Unit 5: Text A
Baidu Nhomakorabea
• Lead-in Activities • Text Organization • Reading & Writing Skills
The Language of Compromise
By Leslie Dunkling 1 “Let me give you one piece of advice”, I said to Ted and Mary just before they got married a few years ago. “If you want to stay happily married, always be prepared to compromise. When you have different opinions about something, you each give way a little. You take the middle course. That is compromise.” And I’m glad to say that the young couple seemed to take that advice.
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11 These were the people:
1) Uncle Fred, who was a painter, and liked vivid colours. 2) Aunt Sybil, who spent every spare minute in her garden. 3) Cousin John, who spent far too much of his time at horse races and simply couldn’t resist a gamble. 4) Mary’s friend, Sue, who was very active in the Women’s Liberation Movement.
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“That seems reasonable,” I said.
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“I don’t want my son to be named after someone in the
family,” Mary said. “He’s a unique individual, and I want him to have a name that no one else in the family has had. I want to call my son Lawrence.”
some scripts in it. This situation can be that a group of
people disagree on something and they talk with each
other and make a compromise at last.
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Text Organization The Structure of Text A
Examples to show that compromise is an effective way to settle an argument.
Para. 1
How they dealt with different opinions about their first holidays
Lead-in Activities
2. Think about a recent quarrel: what the quarrel was about? Who was the other side(s) of the quarrel? How it came to the end? What has been learnt from the incident?
Intensive Study
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Mary told me all about it when I called at the hospital two
days after the baby’s birth.
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“Ted wants to call him Robert,” Mary said, “because
Intensive Study
12 Here, in a different order, is the advice they gave Mary:
a) “Spin a coin, and decide that way.” b) “David’s rather a nice name. That would be a good compromise.” c) “Tell your husband that you had the child so you have the right to choose his name.” d) “I’ve always liked the names Johann Sebastian.”
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2 I remember when they took their first holiday together. Ted wanted to do something energetic, because he didn’t usually get much exercise during the year. Mary’s job meant that she was on her feet most of the time. All she wanted to do was lie in the sun. Ted hated the idea of lying on a beach; Mary hated the idea of being too active. They compromised, and took their holiday in mid-summer, high in the Alps. Mary was able to lie in the sun by the hotel swimming pool, while Ted went off for long walks in the mountains with a group of hikers. In the evening they met at the hotel, both content with their day, happy to eat a leisurely meal together and dance a little afterwards.
there’s a tradition in his family. The eldest son is always Robert or Edward. His father was Robert, his grandfather
Edward, his great-grandfather Robert, and so on.”
• Language Points
• Guided Practice • Assignment
Lead-in Activities
Questions for Discussion
1. What is a compromise? Skim the first paragraph of the text to find it out and then give a definition of it in your own words.
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“That seems reasonable, too,” I said.
10 “Everyone’s been giving me advice,” Mary said. Then she
told me who had given her advice, and what advice she had been given, (but not in the same order). I had to guess who gave what advice. Maybe you’d like to try to do that as well?