英语1TextAUnitone.ppt

Text Organization(I) I. Baker’s feelings about English courses III. A topic that attracts Baker’s attention V. Baker’s sudden desire to write about that topic VII. Mr. Fleagle’s announcement IX. What Baker discovered Text Organization (II) Part I (1~2): Baker was bored by everything associated with English courses, including essay writing. Language Analysis In this part, we are going to handle the textual language from the perspective of lexical analysis combined with sentence paraphrasis. The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Bellvile, but it wasn’t until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. Come to sb come to one’s mind/head occur to strike The thought of winning a lottery never came to me until recently. The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Bellvile, but it wasn’t until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. Off and on on and off from time to time now and again irregularly Cf. on and on It has been raining on and off for a week. slept off and on last night. 昨晚时睡时醒 He talked on and on while I dozed on and off until a whole hour went away. The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Bellvile, but it wasn’t until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. take hold (become established) The idea of one child only has taken hold in many Chinese families. Take hold of the chance to quit smoking before the habit takes hold. The idea of becoming a writer had come to me off and on since my childhood in Bellvile, but it wasn’t until my third year in high school that the possibility took hold. It’s not until…that… …not…until Not until… I didn’t come to the conclusion that hard work leads to success until recently. Not until recently did I come to the conclusion that hard word leads to success. Until then I’d been bored by everything associated with English courses. bore: make sb. feel