HowReadingChangedMyLifeAnnaQuindlenReinforcementTextAnalysisHowReadingChangedMyLifeBackgroundWarmingupUnit2Questions/ActivitiesCheck-onPreviewObjectivesWarmingupHowReadingChangedMyLifeUnit2WarmingupQuestions/ActivitiesHasyourlifeeverbeensignificantlychangedbyanyparticularbook?Whatdoesreadingmeantoyou?WarmingupQuestions/Activities3.HowhastheInternetchangedpeople’swayofreading?4.Howdoyouaccountforsuchchanges?Check-onPreviewPleasedefinethefollowingwordsintheirrespectivecontext.…asmallbutsatisfyingspreadofcenter-hallcolonials…(para.1)…allthosegreathouses,withtheirhighceilingsandhighdrama…(para.2)Americaisalsoanationthatprizessociabilityandcommunity…(para.11)…akindofcareerismintheUnitedStatesthatsanctionedreading…(para.12)WarmingupCheck-onPreviewWhatdoyouknowaboutthefollowingnovels?WarmingupMiddlemarchALittlePrincessAnnaKareninaGonewiththeWindRebeccaJaneEyreATaleofTwoCitiesMoby-DickPrideandPrejudiceKillaMockingbirdObjectivesUnderstandinwhichwaysreadinghaschangedtheauthor’slife.Discussthemeaningofreading.Identifytheproblemsfacingreadingandworkonpossiblesolutions.WarmingupBackgroundAuthorHowReadingChangedMyLifeUnit2BackgroundAuthorAnnaMarieQuindlenAnnaQuindlentheJournalistTheNewYorkTimescolumnistuntil1994PulitzerPrizeforCommentaryin1992Newsweekcolumnist1999-2009AnnaQuindlentheNovelistFull-timenovelistsince1995Authoroffivebest-sellingnovels,threeofwhichmadeintomoviesHerLifeBackgroundHerWorksAuthorAcriticofthefast-pacedandincreasinglymaterialisticnatureofmodernAmericanlifeSomequotes:Ifyoursuccessisnotonyourownterms,ifitlooksgoodtotheworldbutdoesnotfeelgoodinyourheart,itisnotsuccessatall.Youcannotbereallyfirst-rateatyourworkifyourworkisallyouare.DetailedAnalysisStructureThemeTextAnalysisHowReadingChangedMyLifeUnit2TextAnalysisThemeQuestionsforthinking:Whatdoesreadingmeantotheauthor?Whatkindofattitudestowardreadingbothertheauthor?Whatkindofattitudedoestheauthoradvocate?TextAnalysisStructure1Paras.1-9Readinghasbeenanimportantpartofmylife.2Paras.10-15Acrisisfacedbyreading.3Paras.16-18Thereisstillhopeforreading.Wheredidtheauthorspendherchildhood?Whydidtheauthoralwaysfeelthatsheoughttobesomewhereelse?Whywasit“astiffandawkwardlunch”?Whatdidthisshowabouttheauthor?HowshouldtheauthorhavebenefitedfromreadingthesixnovelsinParagraph2?Whatdidreadingmeantotheauthorwhenshewasyoung?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion6.WhatwerethefeaturesofVictorianEngland?peace,prosperity,refinedsensibilitiesandself-confidenceTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion7.Whydoestheauthormentionthesethreenovels?8.Whatarethecommonfeaturesofthesethreenovels?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion9.Whydidtheauthorpreferreadingtoplaying?Traveledacrossthephysicalworld;Traveledintomyownspiritualworld:identity,aspiration,morality→Booksaremyperfectisland!TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Discussion10.Whydoestheauthorread?Tripstootherworlds;Journeyintomyownworld;Perfectisland(alonetonotalone);Home,sustenance,greatinvinciblecompanionSimplybecauseshelovesreading!Whydoyouread?Doyoueverreadsimplybecauseyoulovereading?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:DiscussionPerhapsrestlessnessisanecessarycorollaryofdevotedliteracy.(para.5)Questionsforthinking:Inwhatwayswastheauthorrestless?Doyouagreewiththisstatement?HowdoyouunderstandMarkTwain’ssaying,“Almostallofthewritersare‘addicts.’”?PartI:ParaphraseTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis2.Therewaswaking,andtherewassleeping.Andthentherewerebooks,akindofparalleluniverseinwhichImightbeanewcomerbutwasneverreallyastranger.(para.7)Questionsforthinking:Whydidtheauthorparallelwaking,sleepingandreading?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:ParaphrasewandertheworldcommitsthtomemoryHecommittedthenotesofthatmeetingtomemoryandthenburnedthem.aspiretosth;aspiretodosthDifferentpeopleaspiretodifferentthings.MaryisambitiousenoughtoaspiretoconversationalfluencyinChineseintwomonths.Weaspiretobethebestwithinourfield.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(1)Word-formation:undersungunderestimatedunderdevelopedunderdoneunderfundedundermannedundernourishedunerpaidunderpopulatedunderusedunder-+pastparticiple:notenoughTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Words&Expressions(2)Fillintheblanks.Inonecornerofthelivingroom______aclubchair.Iusedto_______onit,readingwithmyskinnylegs___________oneofitsarms.Ofcourse,Ihadclearmemoriesofnormalchildhood,______therocksinthecreekthat____________Naylor’sRunto_______forcrayfishandlayingpenniesonthetracksofthetrolleyandrunningto_____themwhenthetrolley___________.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartI:Exercisesatsprawlslungoverliftingtrickledthroughsearchfetchhadpassed1.Whatbiasdopeoplehaveagainstthosewhoreadmuch?Lazy,Aimlessdreamer,Loner,Arrogant2.WhatisthesomethingintheAmericancharacterthatishostiletotheactofaimlessreading?ReadingisnothingmorethanatoolforadvancementSociabilityandcommunityGo-out-and-get-goingethosAdmirationofmenofactionPragmatictraditioninAmericacharacter→PragmatismTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:DiscussionPragmatismKeytenetsofpragmatismPrimacyofpracticeConcretethinkingratherthanconceptualizationNaturalismScientificmethodsSkepticismProminentfiguresCharlesSandersPeirce,WilliamJamesandJohnDeweyTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis3.WhycananexecutivelearnfarmorefromMoby-Dick?4.Whatdoyouthinkofbooksonsuccess?TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:Discussion5.Whatareliteraryprofessionals’opinionsofreading?ReadtoaddressproblemsGoodandworthyreadingvs.badandtrivialreadingWhatistheauthor’sattitude?→Careerismvs.ReadingTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:DiscussionCareerismReadonlyifthereissomepointtoitPhilosophyorEnglishmajorscan’tdomuchwithwhattheylearnReadforpurposeanddoggedself-improvementReadingReadforthefunofreadingitselfIntellectualpursuitsfortheirownsakeReadforpleasure,spurredonbyinteriorcompulsionTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysis6.Whatarethetraitsoftherealclanofthebook?ReadnottojudgethereadingofothersbuttotakethemeasureofourselvesLovereadingforreading’sownsakeTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:DiscussionpaylipservicetoPeoplepaylipservicetotheirdreamsoffreedom,butmanyfeelfrightenedbyit.seetoitthatWeshouldseetoitthatallworkdoneconformstohighstandards.PartII:Words&Expressions(1)TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysissuspectv.(para.10)suspectsbofItisperfectlyallright,becausethepolicehadnotsuspectedhimofrobbery.suspectadj.(para.12)Delegatesevacuatedthebuildingwhenasuspectpackagewasfound.besuspiciousof(para.11)Twoofficersonpatrolbecamesuspiciousoftwomeninacar.TextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisPartII:Words&Expressions(2)1.Whatisthe“livelysubcultureofcharacters”?2.Whatdoestheauthormeanbyquoting“UntilIfearedIwouldloseit,Ineverlovedtoread.Onedoesnotlovebreathing.”?3.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardliterarycriticism?Thetruthofreadingistobefoundinitspeopleratherthanitspunditsandprofessionals.PartIII:DiscussionTextAnalysisDetailedAnalysisReinforcementSummaryDiscussionHowReadingChangedMyLifeUnit2ReinforcementSummaryWritingTechniques1.symbole.g.theclubchair,thegirl2.comparisonandcontraste.g.Readingforpleasure,spurredonbysomeinteriorcompulsion,becameassuspectasgettingonthesubwaytorideaimlesslyfromplacetoplace.(para.12)e.g.Ivs.others3.simileandmetaphore.g.Myperfectisland.StructureoftheText1.BetweenparagraphsBythetimeIbecameanadult,Irealizedthatwhilemysatisfactioninthesheeractofreadinghadnotabatedintheleast,theworldwasoftenashostile,orasblind,tothatjoy…(para.10)Atransitionalsentence:summaryofthepreviouspart+leadingtonewidea2.Withinparagraphmyhome,mysustenance,mygreatinvinciblecompanion→mostundersung,atleastpublicly→Ididnotreadfromasenseofsuperiority,oradvancement,orevenlearning.ReinforcementSummaryTheorthodox“history”ofreadingExclusivelyfortheliteratiandtheintellectuallyworthyGutenberg’sinventionoftheprintingpress:readingasasourceofinformationforthemanyConclusionofcriticsandscholars:literatureplummetingintointellectualbargainbasementMovies,television…Whatabouttoday?ReinforcementSummaryReinforcementDiscussionIfyouhaveachoice,wouldyouprefertoreadabookorreadonscreen?Whatdoyouthinkofthetrendofmicro-readingtoday?Whatimpactsdoyouthinktechnologicaldevelopmenthasonreading?Howshouldweadjusttothesechanges?