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Background Information. I Pre-reading. Discussion Qs: Do you hate meeting deadlines? Do you think the busier you are , the more accomplished you will be? When do you find urgency crowds out of importance? (health /wealth; family gathering/ work). Structural Analysis

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I Pre-reading

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  1. Background Information I Pre-reading

  2. Discussion Qs: Do you hate meeting deadlines? Do you think the busier you are , the more accomplished you will be? When do you find urgency crowds out of importance? (health /wealth; family gathering/ work)

  3. Structural Analysis The author supports his argument by using a number of facts and examples in addition to reasoning. II Text Analysis

  4. Text Structure - Para1-2 1st para: explains why people wish for a thirty-hour day. 2nd para: he goes on to explain why this extra time may help people much. - Para 3-5 The writer explains the problem of priorities and explores the cause of “tyranny of the urgent.”

  5. -Para6: The writer comes to the conclusion that we have become slaves to the “tyranny or the urgent. ”

  6. Rhetorical Features: Parallelism Eg: Unanswered letters, unvisited friends, unwritten articles and unread books haunt quiet moment when we stop… A mother’s work is never finished, and neither is that of any manager, student, teacher, minister, or anyone else we know.

  7. Language Points -trail: a stream of dust, smoke, people, vehicles, etc. behind sth. moving Eg: He went inside, leaving a ~ of muddy footprints behind him. The typhoon has left a ~ of death and destruction across much of the area. - haunt: to be always in the thought of Eg: The decision to leave her children now ~s her.

  8. -exacting: demanding too much care, effort and attention Eg: Volunteers are needed for an ~ assignment. -dilemma: a situation in which one has to make a difficult choice between two courses of action, both perhaps equally undesirable Eg: The doctor’s ~ was whether he should tell the patient the truth or not.

  9. priority: something that needs attention, consideration, service, etc. before others Eg: Getting your priorities in order is an effective way not to waste time on trivial or even meaningless pursuits. misgiving: (a feeling of ) doubt, distrust, or fear , esp. about a future event Eg: We had ~s about flying near mountains in such weather. The plan seemed utterly impractical and I was filled with ~ about it.

  10. -crowd out: to keep out for lack of space Eg: Pressure on study has ~ed out new students from many university libraries. The article was ~ed out of yesterday’s edition. -maxim: a short saying that expresses a general truth or a rule for good and sensible behavior Eg: Aesop’s fables illustrate moral ~s. -rebuke: to speak angrily to (somebody) Eg: Her mother ~d her for frightening her brother. He was ~d for cheating.

  11. Home to Stay I know you're gone I watched you leave I always thought That it was me You made it clear With that last kiss You couldn't live a life With maybe's and whatif'sWhen every boat Has sailed away

  12. And every path Is marked and paved When every roadHas had its say Then I'll be bringing you back Home to stay I have the cards you sent to meYou wrote of trains and Paris galleriesThis spring you'll draw Canals, and frescoed walls Look how far your dreaming's gone the art or technique of painting on a moist, plaster surface with colors ground up in water or a limewater mixture.

  13. When every town looks just the same When every choice gets hard to make When every map is put away Then I'll be bringing you back Home to stay And now I know why you had to go aloneIsn't there a place between Reach out to me Call out my name And I would bring you back again Today

  14. The Geese and the Cranes The geese and the cranes were feeding in the same meadow, when a birdwatcher came to ensnare them in their nets. The cranes, being light of wing, fled away at his approach; while the geese, being slower of flight and heavier in their bodies, were captured. Material life can be a burden sometimes. Aesop’s fables illustrate moral maxims.

  15. -breach: to break (a promise, agreement, etc.); to make an opening in a wall or fence Eg: They ~ed the agreement they had made with their employer. The defenses were easily ~ed. -imperious: too commanding; expecting obedience from others Eg: She sent them away with an ~ wave of the hand. From across the table he gave an ~ look.

  16. -devour: to use up all of something; to eat hungrily and in large quantities, so that nothing remains Eg: Her job ~s all her energy. The young cubs hungrily ~ed the deer that the lion had killed. -in the light of : because of Eg: ~ recent incidents, we are asking our customers to take particular care of their personal belongings.

  17. -prominence: the fact or quality of being well-known and important Eg: He came to ~ during the World Cup in Italy. Most of the papers give ~ to the same story this morning.

  18. bring home the bacon(informal) to earn money to live on. If Jo's going to be at home looking after the kids, someone needs to bring home the bacon. hammer home something to keep repeating an idea or opinion so it is understood. Politicians seem to think voters won't understand even a simple message unless it is hammered home in speech after speech. home

  19. eat someone out of house and home (humorous) to eat most of the food that someone has in their house. The boys have only been back two days and they've already eaten me out of house and home. Home is where the heart is. something that you say which means that your true home is with the person or in the place that you love most. I don't mind moving round the world with Chris. Home is where the heart is.

  20. until the cows come home for a very long time. We could talk about this problem until the cows come home, but it wouldn't solve anything. a home truth if you tell someone a home truth, you tell them an unpleasant fact, usually something bad about themselves. It's time someone told that boy a few home truths about his behaviour. (usually plural)

  21. An Englishman's home is his castle.(British, old-fashioned) something that you say which means that British people believe they should be able to control what happens in their own homes, and that no one else should tell them what to do there. An Englishman's home is his castle. The government has no right to interfere in our private lives! castle

  22. castles in the air plans or hopes that have very little chance of happening. She tells me she's planned out her whole career, but as far as I can see it's all just castles in the air.Before you start building castles in the air, just think how much all this is likely to cost.

  23. king of the castle(British, American) the most successful or most powerful person in a group of people. Jamie Spence was king of the castle yesterday when he beat the defending champion in the third round.Our team is sure to be king of the hill this year.

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