高级英语 何兆熊 unit

4. Look at another picture and tell what the picture implies.
Section 1: Warm Up
Lead-in
Topics for discussion
4. According to your former experience, what kind of people are likely to be of higher moral qualities? Sloppy people or neat people? Let’s take a look at another picture and tell what the picture implies.
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Further Enhancement
Section 1: Warm Up
Lead-in
Background Information
Look at the two pictures. Think of words which you can use to describe the states of the rooms.
Section 1: Warm Up
Lead-in
Background Information
A prolific writer, Britt’s poems have appeared in quite a few literary magazines; her essays and articles have appeared in various newspapers and magazines, including Newsweek, The New York Times and The Boston Globe. Some of them have also been widely reprinted in college textbooks. Britt is author of several books, including Show and Tell (1982), and A Writer’s Rhetoric (1988). She also advises The Meredith Herald and The Colton Review.
messy, sloppy, untidy, disorderly, dirty, unclean, unorganized
neat, tidy, orderly, clean, organized
Section 1: Warm Up
Lead-in
Topics for discussion
1. Which room would you like to live or work in?
Section 2: Global Reading
❖Skim the text and find out the answer to exercise I (Page 5) in Text comprehension.
❖Read the text again and figure out the answers to exercise II.
2. What is your room like?
3. What are your impressions about neat people and sloppy people? What kind of features are associated with sloppy people and neat people?
新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）
Unit 1 Neat People vs. Sloppy People
Contents
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Warm Up
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Global Reading
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Text Appreciation
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Consolidation Activities
❖Go through the text and find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Section 2: Global Reading
Main Idea
Structural Analysis
What is the author’s argument of the text? Or What is the text mainly about?
Section 1: Warm Up
Lead-in
Topics for discussion
5. Does Suzanne Britt, author of the text we’re going to study, think in the same way?
Section 1: Warm Up
Section 1: Warm Up
Lead-in
Background Information
The picture implies that sloppiness is a moral problem, not just a problem of habit, for sloppy people are also “evil” people.
Lead-in
Background Information
About the Author
Suzanne Britt: A poet and essayist, and Assistant Professor of English. Suzanne Britt was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Salem College and her master’s degree from Washington University. Britt currently teaches literature and writing courses at Meredith College in North Carolina.