Unit-2-The-boy-and-the-bank-officer市公開課一等獎省賽課微課金獎P

TheBoyand

theBankOfficer

1/47CulturalBackground:Author:PhilipRossisanAmericanwriterbasedinNewYork.Heworkedasanewspaperreporterandthenturnedtofreelancewriting.Hisarticleshaveappearedinthe“NewYorker”,“Reader’sDigest”,“NewYorkTimes”.TheWestSide:ManhattaninNewYorkincludesManhattanIslandandsomelittleisland,surroundedbyEastRiver,HarlemRiverandHudsonRiver.UpperWestSideisthecenterofart.ThefamousLincolnCenter,andthe57thstreetareintheWestSide.2/47I.Warm-up1.Whydidtheauthorgotothebankoneday?2.Whydidtheboyhavetroublewithdrawinghismoney?3.Whatdidthebankofficerlooklike?Didtheauthorlikehimimmediately?Whyorwhynot?4.Howdidtheauthorargueontheboy’sbehalf?5.Whydidtheofficerrefusetolettheboywithdrawhisownmoney?3/471.Hehadcomeopenacheckingaccount.(Para.2)2.Becausethebankofficersaidthat,’afourteen-year-oldisnotallowedtowithdrawmoneywithoutaletterfromhisparents.’(Para.7)3.Hewasafortyishblackmanwithshort,pressedhair,apencilmustache,andaneatlypressedbrownsuit.No,hedidn’t.Becauseeverythingabouthimsuggestedacarefullydressedauthority.(Para.3)4.Whydidyoulethimwithdrawmoneybefore,butnotnow?’(Para.20)5.Becausetheyareprotectingtheboy’sinterests.4/47DecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsareTrueorFalse.1.Theauthorhadcometodepositmoneyinthebank.2.Theonlyofficerondutywasafiftyishwhiteman.3.Thelittleboywasholdinganopensavings-accountbookandwantedtowithdrawmoney.4.Theboy’sproblemwasthathecouldn’twithdrawhismoney.5.Theboy’sopensavingsbookshowedabalanceofabout$100.5/476.Theboyhasn’twithdrawnmoneybeforebyhimself?7.Silently,theboyputhissavingsbookinafront-pocketandwalkedoutofthebank.8.Someneighborhoodbullyhasbeenshakingthisboydownformorethanamonth.9.Thereisaruleaboutbeingtooyoungtowithdrawmoneyfromasavingsaccount.10.Atlasttheauthordidn’topenanewaccountbecauseofwhathehadseen.6/47TextAnalysisPlotofthestory

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Protagonistsofthestory

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Writingtechniques:Hyperbole:Afigureofspeechinwhichconsciousexaggerationisusedwithouttheintentofliteralpersuasion.Itmaybeusedtoheighteneffect,ortoproducecomiceffect.1.Imovedinforthekill.(para.19)2.Izeroedinontheofficer.(para.20)3.Hiseyesfellonthepage,buthismindwasamillionmilesaway.4.Iwillloveyoutillthesea’sgonedry,therocksmeltwiththesun.8/47Rewritethefollowingsentencesbyusing“Hyperbole”.1)Thanksalot. 2)

I’mveryhungry. 3)Heisveryeloquent4)Wisdomismoreimportantthanbooks5)Theylaughedheartily.9/47Themeofthestory：Traditionally,poorpeopleandpeoplewhosympathizewiththemhaveregardedbanksasevil,asenemiesofthepoor.Suchsuspicionsandmisgivingsobviouslystilllingeron.Thisarticleseemstoprovethatprejudicesofpeopleliketheauthorareungrounded.

10/47StructureofthetextPartIPara.1Theattitudeoftheauthor’sfriendtowardbank.PartIIParas.2-23Theboymanagedtowithdrawmoneyfromthebankbutwaskindlyrefused.PartIIIParas.24-32Thebankofficerclearedthefact.11/47PartI.Theunfavorableopinionofthenarrator'sfriendonbanks(actuallythatofthenarrator's):Theyactlikechurches.(paras.1)PartII.Thenarrator'sexperienceataWestSidebankinNewYorkatlunchtime(paras.2-32)A.Thenarrator'simpressionofthebankofficerandtheboy(paras.2-4)1.Thebankofficerlookedlikeamaninpowerthere.2.Theboydidn'tlooklikeacustomerinaWestSidebank.12/47B.Thenarrator'sinterestintheboyandhisargumentwiththebankofficer(paras.5-9)1.Theboycouldn'tunderstandwhythebankofficerwouldn'tlethimwithdrawmoneyfromhissavingsaccount.2.Thebankofficerinsistedthattheboybringaletterfromhisparentsifhewantedtodoso.C.Thenarrator'sattempttohelptheboy(paras.10-23)1.Thenarratorarguedwiththebankofficerfortheboy.2.Thebankofficerwouldn'tlisten.3.Theboyleft.13/47D.Thenarratorrealizedwhythebankofficerrejectedtheboy'srequesttowithdrawmoney.(paras.24-32)1.Thebankofficercriticizedthenarratorforinterference.2.Thebankofficerexplainedwhyhehadn‘tallowedtheboytowithdrawmoney.

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bankbusinesswithdrawmoneymakealoanstate-ownedbanksputinmoneygivealoanprivatebankstakeoutmoneyraisealoaninvestmentbanksmakemoneyincreasetheinterestratesavingsbanksearnmoneylowertheinterestratebankrulespaymoneyrepayaloan15/47branchofficesavemoneyhaveabalanceofbankerchangemoneyopenanaccount

bankofficer

convertmoneycloseanaccount

bankmanagerborrowmoney

acheckingaccount

bankdirectorlendmoneyasavingsaccountbanktellersendamoneyorderanaccountbookcustomerremitmoneycurrentaccountdepositmoneywriteacheckputmoneyinone'saccount16/47LanguagePointsoftheText1.Ihaveafriendwhohatesbankswithaspecialpassionpassion:astrongfeelingoremotion①…averystrongfeeling(oflove,hate,anger，etc．)②averystrongfeelingoflikingsthpassion／emotion/feeling／sentiment．2.acandystoreoragrocerystorecandystore:astorewhichsellscandiesgrocerystore:(AmE)astorethatsellsfoodanddailythingsusedinthehome;asupermarket17/473.Theonlydifferenceisthatabank'sgoodshappentobemoneywhichisyoursinthefirstplace.Theonlydifferencebetweenastoreandabankisthatabank’sgoodsaremoneybychance,andthemoneyisyoursatfirstgoods:(usuallyusedinpluralform)thingsproducedinordertobesoldhappentodo/be:todo/besthbychanceinthefirstplace:usedtointroduceaseriesofpointsinanargumentortotalkaboutwhatshouldhavebeendone18/474.Ifbankswererequiredtosellwalletsandmoneybelts,theymightactlesslikechurches.

"church"hascertainassociations.PeopleusuallythinkofachurchasthespokesmanofGod,asapowerfulorganizationthatcontrolsyourlifeandcaninterfereinyourlife.Thereforetheauthorthinksitisridiculousforbankstoactlikechurches.wallet:asmallflatcasemencarryintheirpocket,forholdingmoney("Purse"isusuallywhatwomenuse.)moneybelt:abeltwithapocketinitforholdingmoney19/475.IbeganthinkingaboutmyfriendtheotherdayasIwalkedintoasmall,overlitbranchofficeontheWestSide.

beganthinking:Englishverbsareusedincertainpatterns.theotherday:recentlyoverlit:toobrightlylit,havingtoomuchlight6.Ihadcometoopenacheckingaccount.Forthedefinitionof"checkingaccount“.20/477theonlyofficerondutywasafortyishblackmanwithshort,pressedhair,apencilmustache,anda...suit.Itwasthetimewhenpeoplehadtheirlunchandtheonlyofficerworkingatthattimewasablackmanwhowasaboutfortyyearsold．Hehadshort，pressedhairandapencilmustache,andworeaneatandtidybrownsuit．ortyish:aboutforty.Thesuffix"-ish"heremeans"approximately".21/47bookishbrownishchildishfeverishselfishyellowish好讀書；迂腐呈棕色幼稚發(fā)燒；狂熱自私微黃；帶點黃色22/47pressedhair:ahairstyle,withthehairstraightenedapencilmustache:athinmustachelookinglikealinedrawnwithapencil8.Everythingabouthimsuggestedacarefullydressedauthority.Everythingabouthim--hisclothes,hismanner,etcindicatedthathewasacarefullydressedmanwhohadanimportantpositionandwhoexercisedpower.23/479whowaswearingaV-neckedsweater,khakis,andloafers.

V-neckedsweater:asweaterwiththeopeningattheneckshapedliketheletterV10.Hehadsandyhair，andIthink1wasespeciallyawareofhimbecausehelookedmorelikeakidfromaprepschoolthanacustomerinaWestSidebank．Hehadlightyellowish-brownhair，andIpaidspecialattentiontohimbecausehelookedlikeaprepschoolboyratherthanacustomerinaWestSidebank．a(chǎn)prepschoolapreparatoryschool24/4711.toholdmyattentiontokeepmyattentionthecollocationsof"attention":topayattentionto,togiveattentionto,todrawattentionto,tocatchattention,toattractattention,togetattention,tohaveone'sattention,etc.12.Hewasholding..,savingsaccountbookandwearinganexpressionofopendismay.Therewasanopensavings-accountbookinhishandandhelookedverydisappointed25/47wearinganexpressionofopendismay:lookingveryworried,disappointedandupsetdismayn．a(chǎn)strongfeelingofworry,sadnessorfearv.tomakesb．feeldisappointedorupset13.withdraw：①to(makesb．／sth．)movebackorawayfromaplaceorsituation②totakemoneyoutofabankaccount，etc．withdraw／retreat26/47afourteenyearoldisnotallowedtowithdrawmoney......afourteen-year-oldpersonistooyoungtotakemoneyoutofhisaccount...15."Butthatdoesn'tseemfair,"theboysaid,hisvoicebreaking.Notethat"doesn'tseemfair"isnotasstrongas"isnotfair".Thisshowstheboyisafraidofthebankofficer.hisvoicebreaking=withhisvoicebreakingbreaking:changingthetoneofhisvoicebecauseofhisemotion27/4716.Nowifyouwillexcuseme.

Thisexpressionisusedwhenonewantstogobacktoone'swork,ortoattendtoothercustomers,orjusttoendtheconversation.17.Ididn'tthinktwice.

：Ididn'tthinkverycarefully;Isaidwithouthesitation.IdidnotthinkcarefullybeforeImadeadecision.“Iplannedtoopenanewaccount”，Isaid“butafterseeingwhatishappeninghere，nowIhavechangedmymind”28/4718.Iwasgoingtoopenanaccount...Ioriginallyplannedtoopenanaccount,butnowI'vechangedmymind

19.Excuseme?Butwhy?Idon'tunderstand.20thisboyisoldenoughtodeposithismoney.

enough:thepositionisaftertheadjectiveitmodifies29/4721.Andsincetheredoesn'tseemtobeanyquestionastowhetherit'shismoney...,thebank'sso-calledpolicyis...ridiculous.Sinceyouseemtobequitesurethatitkhismoneyandhisaccount，itisclearlyunreasonablethatyoustilldon'tallowhimtowithdrawhismoneyjustbecauseheisnotoldenough．since:usedheretogivethereasonforsomethingasto(whether,who,which,etc):concerning,about30/47so-called:usedwhenyouthinkthenamegiveniswrongorimproper22.Itmayseemridiculoustoyou..,butthatisthebank'spolicyandIhavenootherchoicebuttofollowtherules.Itmayseemunreasonabletoyou，”herepliedinalittleloudervoicewhichshowedthathewasalittleannoyedandimpatient，“butthatistheregulationofthebank，andIhavenootherchoiceexceptfollowingtherules.”31/47may..,but...:usedtoshowthatalthoughonethingistrue,somethingelsethatseemsverydifferentisalsotrueinavoicerisingslightlyinirritation,....inalittleloudervoicewhichshowedthatthemanwasalittleannoyedandimpatient,slightly:alittleirritationn.irritatev．irritatinga．irritateda．Thewholeprocesswouldbeaccomplishedinasubtlewaytoavoidgivinganimpressionofover—familiaritythatwouldbelikelytoproduceirritation·32/47Ihavenootherchoicebuttofollowtherules....Ican'tbutactaccordingtotherules./Ican'tdoitinanyotherway./ThereisnothingelseIcando.alternative：adj．thatcanbeusedtoreplacesth．elsechoice,optionAsaferalternativeisexercise，suchastakingalongwalk33/4723.Theboyhadstoodhopefullynexttomeduringthisexchange，butnowIwasjustashelpless.Duringtheintenseconversationbetweenthebankofficerandme,theboyhadstoodbesidemewithhope，butnow1wasalsodisappointedlikehim.hopefully:withhope

duringthisexchangeduringthisexchangeofwords/duringthisargument34/4724.SuddenlyInoticedthattheopensavingsbookhecontinuedtograspshowedabalanceofabout$100Suddenly，Ifoundthattheopensavingsbookthathewasalwaysholdinginhishandstillhadabout$100leftintheaccount.balance:referringtotheamountofmoneyonehasinone'sbankaccount①asituationinwhichdifferentthingsexistinequalamounts②theamountofmoneyonehasleftinabankaccount③(0fone'sbody)theabilitytokeepsteady35/4725.Italsoshowedthattherehadbeenaseriesofsmalldepositsandwithdrawals．a(chǎn)seriesof:anumberofthingsofasimilarkindhappeningoneafteranother26.Ihadmyopening.Ifoundagoodchancetodoortosaysomething

27.Imovedinforthekill.Ibegantopreparetokill,destroyordefeatmyenemy.28.Howdoyouexplainthat?Whatcanyousaytosupportthisridiculouslogic?36/4729.Izeroedinontheofficer.Iwasgoingtohaveastrongargumenttosilencethebankofficer·tozeroinonsb.:toaimagunatatarget30.Iturnedtotheboywithashrugshrug:v.toraiseone'sshouldersandthendropthemtoexpressdoubt，indifference.etc．shrugsth．off／asideMakeeyecontactwiththepeoplepassing，nodtothem，gesturekeeninterestintalkingtothematalatertime，pointtoyourphone，shrugandmoveon．37/4731.“You'rereallygettingcheated，”Isaid．“Yououghttogetyourparentstocomeinhereandprotest．”getcheated:becheatedprotest:v．①toexpressoppositionordisapproval;②tosayfirmlythatsth．istruen.theexpressionofoppositionordisapprovalprotestagainstunderprotestprotestation:n．protester:n．38/47

Thousandsofpeopleturnedoutintothestreetsto_____againstthelocalauthorities’decisiontobuildahighwayacrossthefield．A．contradictB．reformC．counterD．Protestn.thebackpartofsth．v．tocareforyoungchildrenofanimals39/4732“Youknow，”hesaid，youreallyshouldn'thaveinterfered.“Youknow，”hesaid，“youreallyshouldnothavegotinvolvedinthismatterandspokenforthechild.”

shouldn't:hereisusedtoexpressacriticism.interfere:v.todeliberatelygetinvolvedinasituationwhereyouarenotwantedorneeded.interfere/intervene/meddle40/4733.Well,itdamnwellseemedtomethen...Iamquitesurethatheneededsomeonetospeakforhimandprotecthisinteres