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1、LessonFourTheBoyandtheBankOfficerPlot:aboy’swithdrawalofmoneyfromthebankSetting:atthebankProtagonists:bankofficer,theboyand“I”ThemeofthestoryTraditionally,poorpeopleandpeoplewhosympathizewiththemhaveregardedbanksasevil,asenemiesofthepoor.Suchsuspicionsandmisgivings

2、obviouslystilllingeron.Thisarticleseemstoprovethatprejudicesofpeopleliketheauthorareungrounded.Part1(para.1)about:Part2(paras.)about:Part3(paras.)about:Structureofthetext2—2324—32Theattitudeoftheauthor’sfriendtowardbank.Theboymanagedtowithdrawmoneyfromthebankbutwas

3、kindlyrefused.TheendofStructure.Thebankofficerclearedthefact.QuestionsWhydidtheauthorgotothebankoneday?Whatdidheseeinthebank?Whydidtheboyhavetroublewithdrawinghismoney?Whatdidtheauthordothen?Whydidtheofficerrefusetolettheboywithdrawhisownmoney?AbouttheAuthorPhilipR

4、oss(1939—)isanAmericanwriterbasedinNewYork.Afterworkingasanewspaperreporterforfouryears,heturnedtofreelance(自由职业作家)writing.ManyofhisarticleshaveappearedintheNewYorker(《纽约人》),Reader’sDigest(《读者文摘》)andNewYorkTimes(《纽约时报》).ThistextistakenfromStrategiesforSuccessfulWri

5、ting:ARhetoricandReader,3rdeditionpublishedbyPrenticeHall,Inc.in1993inEnglewoodCliffs,NewJersey.AuthorTheendofAuthor.WritingDevicesHyperboleTobecontinuedonthenextpage.Afigureofspeechinwhichconsciousexaggerationisusedwithouttheintentofliteralpersuasion.Itmaybeusedto

6、heighteneffect,ortoproducecomiceffect.WritingDevicesHyperbole:moreexamplesTobecontinuedonthenextpage.Imovedinforthekill.(para.19)Izeroedinontheofficer.(para.20)Hiseyesfellonthepage,buthismindwasamillionmilesaway.Iwillloveyoutillthesea’sgonedry,therocksmeltwiththesu

7、n.Languagestudy1.accountn.anarrangementthatyouhavewithabanktopayinortakeoutmoneyExample:Mysalaryispaiddirectlyintomybankaccount.①takeaccountofsth./takesth.intoaccount:toconsiderorincludeparticularfactsordetailswhenmakingadecisionorjudgmentaboutsth.Example:Thesefigu

8、resdonottakeaccountofchangesintherateofinflation.1.②onaccountof:becauseofsth.else,especiallybecauseofaproblemordifficultiesExample:Hecan’trunvery