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Unit1NeatPeoplevs.SloppyPeople新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）3DetailedReadingContents24516WarmUpGlobalReadingConsolidationActivitiesTextAppreciationFurtherEnhancementSection1:WarmUpLookatthetwopictures.Thinkofwordswhichyoucanusetodescribethestatesoftherooms.messy,sloppy,untidy,disorderly,dirty,unclean,unorganizedneat,tidy,orderly,clean,organizedLead-inBackgroundInformationSection1:WarmUp1.Whichroomwouldyouliketoliveorworkin?2.Whatisyourroomlike?3.Whatareyourimpressionsaboutneatpeopleandsloppypeople?Whatkindoffeaturesareassociatedwithsloppypeopleandneatpeople?4.Lookatanotherpictureandtellwhatthepictureimplies.Lead-inTopicsfordiscussionSection1:WarmUp4.Accordingtoyourformerexperience,whatkindofpeoplearelikelytobeofhighermoralqualities?Sloppypeopleorneatpeople?Let’stakealookatanotherpictureandtellwhatthepictureimplies.Lead-inTopicsfordiscussionSection1:WarmUpLead-inBackgroundInformationThepictureimpliesthatsloppinessisamoralproblem,notjustaproblemofhabit,forsloppypeoplearealso“evil”people.Section1:WarmUp5.DoesSuzanneBritt,authorofthetextwe’regoingtostudy,thinkinthesameway?Lead-inTopicsfordiscussionSection1:WarmUpAbouttheAuthorSuzanneBritt:Apoetandessayist,andAssistantProfessorofEnglish.SuzanneBrittwasborninWinston-Salem,NorthCarolina.Sheearnedherbachelor’sdegreefromSalemCollegeandhermaster’sdegreefromWashingtonUniversity.BrittcurrentlyteachesliteratureandwritingcoursesatMeredithCollegeinNorthCarolina.BackgroundInformationLead-inSection1:WarmUpAprolificwriter,Britt’spoemshaveappearedinquiteafewliterarymagazines;heressaysandarticleshaveappearedinvariousnewspapersandmagazines,includingNewsweek,TheNewYorkTimesandTheBostonGlobe.Someofthemhavealsobeenwidelyreprintedincollegetextbooks.Brittisauthorofseveralbooks,includingShowandTell(1982),andAWriter’sRhetoric(1988).ShealsoadvisesTheMeredithHeraldandTheColtonReview.BackgroundInformationLead-inSkimthetextandfindouttheanswertoexerciseI(Page5)inTextcomprehension.ReadthetextagainandfigureouttheanswerstoexerciseII.Gothroughthetextandfindoutthetopicsentenceofeachparagraph.Section2:GlobalReadingSection2:GlobalReadingWhatistheauthor’sargumentofthetext?OrWhatisthetextmainlyabout?StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaThroughacomparisonofthepeculiaritiesofsloppypeopleandneatpeopleintheirdailylife,theauthoristryingtoconvincethereadersoftheargumentthatthemaindistinctionbetweenthetwotypesofpeopleisamoralone,andfurthermore,sloppypeopleareevenmorallysuperiortoneatpeople.Section2:GlobalReadingPleasedividethetextinto3partsandsummarizethemainideaofeachpart.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartI(Paragraph1)IntroductionInParagraph1,theauthorintroducesthetopicofthetextandpresentsheropinionthat“neatpeoplearelazierandmeanerthansloppypeople”.StructuralAnalysisMainIdeaPartIII(Paragraphs6-12)DescriptionofNeatPeopleParagraphs6-12concentrateonthedescriptionofneatpeople.Intheseparagraphs,neatpeopleareportrayedascold-blooded,ruthlessandverypractical.PartII(Paragraphs2-5)DescriptionofSloppyPeopleParagraphs2-5focusonsloppypeoplewhoareportrayedashavingahighmoralstandardandambitiousplans.Besides,theyarealsodescribedas“givinglovingattentiontoeverydetail”.Section2:GlobalReadingDetailedAnalysisPart1(P1)Howdoestheauthorputforwardhermainargument?Direct/bluntorindirect/obscure?Whatdoyouthinkofthewaytheauthorbeginsherargument?Doesithaveaneffectivebeginning?Aneffectivebeginning.Makingacomparisonbetweenaneatpersonandasloppypersoninabluntandunexpectedway,whichsucceedsinarousingtheinterestofthereader.Overthrowtraditionalopinionsofthem.Section3:DetailedReading1I’vefinallyfiguredoutthedifferencebetweenneatpeopleandsloppypeople.Thedistinctionis,asalways,moral.[1]Neatpeoplearelazierandmeanerthansloppypeople.2Sloppypeople,yousee,arenotreallysloppy.[2]Theirsloppinessismerelytheunfortunateconsequenceoftheirextrememoralrectitude.[3]Sloppypeoplecarryintheirmind’seyeaheavenlyvision,apreciseplan,thatissostupendous,soperfect,itcan’tbeachievedinthisworldorthenext.NeatPeoplevs.SloppyPeopleQUESTIONSection3:DetailedReading3[4]SloppypeopleliveinNever-NeverLand.Somedayistheirmétier.Somedaytheyareplanningtoalphabetizealltheirbooksandsetuphomecatalogs.Somedaytheywillgothroughtheirwardrobesandmarkcertainitemsfortentativemendingandcertainitemsforpassingontorelativesofsimilarshapeandsize.Somedaysloppypeoplewillmakefamilyscrapbooksintowhichtheywillputnewspaperclippings,postcards,locksofhair,andthedriedcorsagefromtheirseniorprom.Somedaytheywillfileeverythingonthesurfaceoftheirdesks,includingtheQUESTIONSection3:DetailedReadingcashreceiptsfromcoffeepurchasesatthesnackshop.SomedaytheywillsitdownandreadallthebackissuesofTheNewYorker.4Forallthesenoblereasonsandmore,sloppypeoplenevergetneat.Theyaimtoohighandwide.[5]Theysaveeverything,planningsomedaytofile,order,andstraightenouttheworld.Butwhiletheseambitiousplanstakeclearerandclearershapeintheirheads,thebooksspillfromtheshelvesontothefloor,theclothespileupinthehamperandcloset,thefamilyQUESTIONDetailedAnalysisPart2Sloppypeoplehaveahighmoralstandard,givealovingattentiontoeverydetail.Howdoestheauthorjustifythebehavioro