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1、Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingAbout the AuthorEnglish Poem The Wasted Tears Origin of Workaholic Gap FillingTable Completion Listening ComprehensionBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingEnglish Poem The Wasted Te
2、arsEnjoy a Poem The Wasted TearsQuestions and AnswersBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading Ellen Goodman (1941 ) was born in Massachusetts and graduated from Radcliffe College. She worked for Newsweek and the Detroit Free Press before joining The Boston Globe
3、 in 1967. Her column “At Large” has been widely syndicated since 1976. As an essayist and television commentator, Goodman has discussed feminism, changes in family life, sexual harassment, and male and female relationships. Her essays have been collected in several books, including Close to Home (19
4、79), Turning Points (1979) and At Large (1981). About the Author Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading In 1980, Goodman received the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Commentary. Among other awards she has won are the American Society of Newspaper Editors Dist
5、inguished Writing Award and the Hubert H. Humphrey Civil Rights Award. The National Womens Political Caucus gave her the Presidents Award, and the Womens Research and Education Institute presented her with their American Woman Award. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplemen
6、tary ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter Read
7、ingSupplementary ReadingThey were newly married couple,A few days went on with no .As days passed on, he never turned,While for his love, her heart .She wore daily the best of robes,Diamonds in her ear lobes,But he had his mind on his work.And wasnt to have a look.The Wasted Tears by Rajaram Ramacha
8、ndran trouble_yearned_sparkled_keen_Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingHer heart, one day, nearly ,But it was saved from a stroke.With tears she stood before him,He saw her face-glow gone dim.Deeply in his work,He was up to his desk.Elsewhere was his mind T
9、he reason for tears to find.Suddenly, his mind woke up.He , drop by drop,In a test tube all her tears,And mixed some .broke_engrossed_stuck_collected_powders_Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingOh, I found out, my dear,It is nothing but saline water. So said
10、 the husband,Still tied up, work bound. scientist_Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingQuestions and Answers1. Why did the newly married wife feel very sad? Her husband was so engrossed in his work that she felt neglected and lonely. 2. What is her husbands j
11、ob?A scientist. 3. What did the husband do with her tears?He collected all her tears drop by drop in a test tube, mixed some powders and finally found out it was nothing but saline water. 4. Is the husband a workaholic?Yes, of course. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSuppleme
12、ntary ReadingOrigin of Workaholic Time Development In 1891 In the 1960sAlcoholic was first attested. A whole new category of taking “-holic” as a suffix meaning “addict” followed. In 1968 “Workaholic” was first announced. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading
13、Time Development In 1971 The use of workaholic prompted many writers to start using the suffixes “-aholic”, “-holic”, or “-oholic” to describe “all-consuming obsessions”. In the 1970s More “holic” words appeared. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingGap Filli
14、ngBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading1. Definition of workaholic If a person is a workaholic, hes got to be driven to things. In the workdays, they just keep going, keep themselves. And a lot of stress leads to many problems, and diseases.2. Suggestion to d
15、eal with workaholism If you are not able to work, and the work you, you may be a workaholic and you may need to seek some outside . Youd be able to in your career world and to deal with other issues. Not let workaholism steal the joy of living. compulsive need_accomplish_pushing_anxieties_let go of_
16、holds onto_professional help_keep balance_Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingType 2 self-sacrificing workaholic Type Name Characteristics Table Completion Type 1 They put themselves last and will go to any extreme to please and impress a dominant, parent-ty
17、pe person at work. dominant workaholic They do not care if they are liked, but must be seen as competent. They can be aggressive and arrogant. They seek respect. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingType Name Characteristics Type 3 withdrawn workaholic They p
18、refer to work alone. They work hard and want to be needed and approved of as well, but do not want to be controlled or dominated. They prefer to keep their emotional distance from others. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingListening ComprehensionAnswer the
19、following questions after you listen to the passage.1. What is the distinction between working hard and being a workaholic?Working hard involves being organized, focused, getting a lot of work done, knowing when to stop and having a life other than work. Workaholics, on the other hand, are often dis
20、organized, always find reasons for working more.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading2. Why are workers willing to burn midnight oil at risk in most companies?Most employers want their employees to work longer hours and reward them with higher pay and lots of
21、 benefits.3. When has workaholism become an evident problem?Workaholism is a problem thats been evident since the Stone Age. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading4. How many types of workaholics are there and what are they?There are three types. First are peo
22、ple with high energy that needs discharging. Second are very competitive people who have a strong need to prove themselves and tie their self-worth to their work. Third are people who use work to escape from something and they keep themselves so busy working that they have no time or energy to deal
23、with their real problems.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading5. What are same traits these three types have?They cant stand not being active. They find it hard to go on vacation. They are more comfortable being with fellow workers than with family and friend
24、s. They equate self-worth and success with hard work.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingPart Division of the TextFurther UnderstandingBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingFurther UnderstandingFor Part 1 & 2 True
25、or False For Part 3 Table Completion For Part 4 Questions and Answers Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingPart Division of the Text Parts Para(s)Main Ideas113246One of six vice-presidents, Phil worked himself to death. Phil completely tied up himself in work
26、 regardless of his health. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingParts Para(s)Main Ideas371241316A typical workaholic, Phil totally neglected those closest to him his wife and three children. Phils boss said one thing at the funeral and did quite another soon
27、afterwards. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingTrue or False1. Phil was one of the six vice-presidents of a large corporation and one of the three promising candidates who might succeed to the position of the president. T( )2. The company had extended the f
28、our-day week for everyone in the company. The company had extended the four-day week for everyone but the executives. F( )Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading3. In order to have some physical exercise, Phil played golf each month. F( )The monthly golf game o
29、ffered him a good opportunity to talk or do business. 4. Phil was overweight by 20 or 25 pounds and he did not realize that he was a heart-attack natural. T( )Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingTable CompletionList all the details to show a typical workahol
30、ic Phil in terms of his relation with his family members.Family Member Details His wife1. She had given up trying to compete with his work years ago when the children were small.2. She must have given up part of herself which had cared too much for the man. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed Readi
31、ngAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingFamily Member Details His eldest sonHis daughterHe researched his father in the neighborhood before the funeral, but found the neighbors knew very little about his father. Whenever she was alone with her father, they had nothing to say to each other. Before Readin
32、gGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingFamily Member Details His youngest son1. He tried to grab at his father, and tried to mean enough to him to keep the man at home.2. It was only over the last two years that Phil began to worry about his youngest son. Before ReadingGlob
33、al ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingThe company president began choosing his next victim as soon as Phils funeral was over. Questions and Answers 1. Why did Phils wife hide her bitterness in face of the company president at the funeral?Because she would need him to straighten
34、 out the finances the stock options and all that.2. Why is it very easy to identify Phil from a lineup?Because Phil was a Type A, a typical workaholic, a heart-attack natural.3. What did the company president do as soon as Phils funeral was over?Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter Read
35、ingSupplementary Reading He worked himself to death, finally and precisely, at 3:00 A.M. Sunday morning. The obituary didnt say that, of course. It said that he died of a coronary thrombosis I think that was it but everyone among his friends and acquaintances knew it instantly. He was a perfect Type
36、 A, a workaholic, a classic, they said to each other and shook their head and thought for five or ten minutes about the way they lived. The Company Man Ellen Goodman Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading This man who worked himself to death finally and precis
37、ely at 3:00 A.M. Sunday morning on his day off was fifty-one years old and a vice-president. He was, however, one of six vice-presidents, and one of three who might conceivably if the president died or retired soon enough have moved to the top spot. Phil knew that. He worked six days a week, five of
38、 them until eight or nine at night, during a time when his own company had begun the four-day week for everyone but the executives. He worked like the Important People. He had no outside “extracurricular interests,” unless, of course, you think about a monthly golf game that way. To Phil, it was wor
39、k. He always ate egg salad sandwiches at his desk. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading He was, of course, overweight, by 20 or 25 pounds. He thought it was okay, though, because he didnt smoke. On Saturdays, Phil wore a sports jacket to the office instead o
40、f a suit, because it was the weekend. He had a lot of people working for him, maybe sixty, and most of them liked him most of the time. Three of them will be seriously considered for his job. The obituary didnt mention that.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Readi
41、ng But it did list his “survivors” quite accurately. He is survived by his wife, Helen, forty-eight years old, a good woman of no particular marketable skills, who worked in an office before marrying and mothering. She had, according to her daughter, given up trying to compete with his work years ag
42、o, when the children were small. A company friend said, “I know how much you will miss him.” And she answered, “I already have.” “Missing him all these years,” she must have given up part of herself which had cared too much for the man. She would be “well taken care of.” Before ReadingGlobal Reading
43、Detailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading His “dearly beloved” eldest of the “dearly beloved” children is a hardworking executive in a manufacturing firm down South. In the day and a half before the funeral, he went around the neighborhood researching his father, asking the neighbors what h
44、e was like. They were embarrassed. His second child is a girl, who is twenty-four and newly married. She lives near her mother and they are close, but whenever she was alone with her father, in a car driving somewhere, they had nothing to say to each other.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed Readin
45、gAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading The youngest is twenty, a boy, a high-school graduate who has spent the last couple of years, like a lot of his friends, doing enough odd jobs to stay in grass and food. He was the one who tried to grab at his father, and tried to mean enough to him to keep the ma
46、n at home. He was his fathers favorite. Over the last two years, Phil stayed up nights worrying about the boy. The boy once said, “My father and I only board here.”Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Reading At the funeral, the sixty-year-old company president told
47、 the forty-eight-year-old widow that the fifty-one-year-old deceased had meant much to the company and would be missed and would be hard to replace. The widow didnt look him in the eye. She was afraid he would read her bitterness and, after all, she would need him to straighten out the finances the
48、stock options and all that. Phil was overweight and nervous and worked too hard. If he wasnt at the office, he was worried about it. Phil was a Type A, a heart-attack natural. You could have picked him out in a minute from a lineup.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementa
49、ry Reading So when he finally worked himself to death, at precisely 3:00 A.M. Sunday morning, no one was really surprised. By 5:00 P.M. the afternoon of the funeral, the company president had begun, discreetly of course, with care and taste, to make inquiries about his replacement. One of the three
50、men. He asked around: “Whos been working the hardest?”Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingHe was a perfect Type A, a workaholic, a classic, they said to each other and shook their heads and thought for five or ten minutes about the way they lived. What is a
51、perfect Type A?People exhibiting Type A behaviour tend to be impatient and highly time-conscious. Often as high-achieving workaholics, they feel insecure about their social status and are extremely competitive and aggressive. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary Rea
52、dingHe was, however, one of six vice-presidents, and one of three who might conceivably if the president died or retired soon enough have moved to the top spot.What is the implied meaning of the sentence?He was one of the six vice-presidents of a large corporation and one of the three promising cand
53、idates who might succeed to the position of the president. Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingHe worked like the Important People.What can you infer from the sentence?He voluntarily worked overtime because all the executives in the company considered themse
54、lves too important a group to be allowed to ease up.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingHe had no outside “extracurricular interests,” unless, of course, you think about a monthly golf game that way. To Phil, it was work.For what purpose did he play golf mon
55、thly?The monthly golf game offered him a good opportunity to talk or do business.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingHe is survived by his wife, Helen, forty-eight years old, a good woman of no particular marketable skills, who worked in an office before mar
56、rying and mothering.Translate this sentence into Chinese.他的遗孀海伦,四十八岁,一个好女人。但没有什么适他的遗孀海伦,四十八岁,一个好女人。但没有什么适合市场需求的技能,结婚生育之前曾在办公室工作。合市场需求的技能,结婚生育之前曾在办公室工作。 Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingA company friend said, “I know how much you will miss him.” And she an
57、swered, “I already have.”Why did Phils wife say so?Being a workaholic, Phil spent little time at home before he died. His wife had missed him long before he died.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingThe youngest is twenty, a boy, a high-school graduate who ha
58、s spent the last couple of years, like a lot of his friends, doing enough odd jobs to stay in grass and food. What do we learn about Phils youngest son?His youngest son failed to go in for a college education and did no more than odd jobs to get enough money for marijuana and food.Before ReadingGlob
59、al ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingHe was the one who tried to grab at his father, and tried to mean enough to him to keep the man at home.Why did Phils youngest son try to “grab at his father”?The workaholic Phil never paid enough attention to the growth and education of hi
60、s youngest son. His son longed for his love and care.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingSupplementary ReadingYou could have picked him out in a minute from a lineup.What can you infer from the sentence?Based on the use of police lineups from which a victim identifies a criminal, th
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