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LessonFour
TheBoyandtheBankOfficer
Plot:aboy’swithdrawalofmoneyfromthebank
Setting:atthebank
Protagonists:bankofficer,theboyand“I”
Themeofthestory
Traditionally,poorpeopleandpeoplewhosympathizewiththemhaveregardedbanksavil,anemiesofthepoor.Suchsuspicionsandmisgivingsobviouslystilllingeron.Thisarticleemstoprovethatprejudicesofpeopleliketheauthorareungrounded.
Questions
Whydidtheauthorgotothebankoneday?
Whatdidheeinthebank?
Whydidtheboyhavetroublewithdrawinghismoney?
Whatdidtheauthordothen?
Whydidtheofficerrefutolettheboywithdrawhisownmoney?
AbouttheAuthor
PhilipRoss(1939—)isanAmericanwriterbadinNewYork.Afterworkingasanewspaperreporterforfouryears,heturnedtofreelance(自由职业作家)writing.ManyofhisarticleshaveappearedintheNewYorker(《纽约人》),Reader’sDigest(《读者文摘》)andNewYorkTimes(《纽约时报》).ThistextistakenfromStrategiesforSuccessfulWriting:ARhetoricandReader,3rdeditionpublishedbyPrenticeHall,Inc.in1993inEnglewoodCliffs,NewJery.
Author
TheendofAuthor.
WritingDevices
Hyperbole:moreexamples
Tobecontinuedonthenextpage.
Imovedinforthekill.(para.19)
Izeroedinontheofficer.(para.20)
Hiyesfellonthepage,buthismindwasa
millionmilesaway.
Iwillloveyoutillthea’sgonedry,the
rocksmeltwiththesun.
Languagestudy
1.account
n.anarrangementthatyouhavewithabanktopayinortakeoutmoney
Example:
Mysalaryispaiddirectlyintomybankaccount.
①takeaccountofsth./takesth.intoaccount:toconsiderorincludeparticularfactsordetailswhenmakingadecisionorjudgmentaboutsth.
Example:
Thefiguresdonottakeaccountofchangesintherateofinflation.
1.
②onaccountof:becauofsth.el,especiallybecauofaproblemordifficulties
Example:
Hecan’trunveryfastonaccountofhisinjuredleg.
n.(theauthorities)organizationsthatareinchargeofaparticularcountryorarea
Example:
BritishpoliceareincooperationwiththeMalaysianauthorities.