Unit One Neat People vs. Sloppy People
Unit One Neat People vs. Sloppy People
Topics for discussion What type of a person do you believe yourself to be,a neat person or a sloppy person? What are your respective impressions about neat people and sloppy people? What possible reasons lie behind the differences between neat people and sloppy people?
Topics for discussion ❖ What type of a person do you believe yourself to be, a neat person or a sloppy person? ❖ What are your respective impressions about neat people and sloppy people? ❖ What possible reasons lie behind the differences between neat people and sloppy people?
Suzanne Britt A poet and essayist,born in Winston-Salem,North Carolina,whose 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,etc.She is the author of several books,including Show and Tell(1982),and A Writer's Rhetoric(1988).Now she teaches literature and writing courses at Meredith College in North Carolina
Suzanne Britt ❖ A poet and essayist, born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, whose 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,etc. She is the author of several books,including Show and Tell(1982), and A Writer’s Rhetoric(1988).Now she teaches literature and writing courses at Meredith College in North Carolina
Detailed Study of the Text Para.1 Para.1-An effective beginning.Making a comparison between a neat person and a sloppy person in a blunt and unexpected way,which succeeds in arousing the interest of the reader
Detailed Study of the Text Para. 1 ❖ Para.1- An effective beginning. Making a comparison between a neat person and a sloppy person in a blunt and unexpected way, which succeeds in arousing the interest of the reader
Paras.2-5 A focus on sloppy people who are portrayed as having a high moral standard and ambitious plans. Question -How does the author justify the behavior of sloppy people?
Paras.2-5 ❖A focus on sloppy people who are portrayed as having a high moral standard and ambitious plans. ❖Question - How does the author justify the behavior of sloppy people?
Sentences *Their sloppiness is merely the unfortunate consequence of their extreme moral rectitude. Sloppy people live in Never-Never Land.Someday is their metier
Sentences ❖Their sloppiness is merely the unfortunate consequence of their extreme moral rectitude. ❖Sloppy people live in Never-Never Land. Someday is their métier
Sentences .because the sloppy person is meticulously creating new piles of papers with new headings and scrupulously stopping to read all the old book catalogs before he throws them away
Sentences ❖.because the sloppy person is meticulously creating new piles of papers with new headings and scrupulously stopping to read all the old book catalogs before he throws them away
Metier(French):an occupation or profession suitable for oneself He's found his metier at last. The year 2009 was a good year for me because I found in this year my metier
Métier(French): an occupation or profession suitable for oneself ❖He’s found his métier at last. ❖ The year 2009 was a good year for me because I found in this year my métier
Meticulous excessively careful He is meticulous in checking his accounts. She is meticulous about her personal appearance. We all should be meticulous in our work
Meticulous :excessively careful ❖ He is meticulous in checking his accounts. ❖ She is meticulous about her personal appearance. ❖ We all should be meticulous in our work
Scrupulous:conscientious; extremely thorough To be a man of scrupulous honesty, he can be safely offered such a job. He is absolutely scrupulous in his handling of the association's accounts
Scrupulous: conscientious; extremely thorough ❖To be a man of scrupulous honesty, he can be safely offered such a job. ❖ He is absolutely scrupulous in his handling of the association’s accounts