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Warm-up Activities Additional Information for the Teacher’s Reference Text Coping with the Compliment Further Reading Writing Skills Additional Work

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Warm-up Activities 1. Have you ever received any compliment? How do you respond to it? 2. Do you know how Chinese people usually cope with compliments? How are the Chinese reactions to compliments different from Americans’?

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3. Do you know the top nine expressions for compliment in the English-speaking countries? And how do you respond to them? The top nine expressions for compliment are: 1) Your blouse is really beautiful. Your hair looks great! 2) I really like your dress. I love your new apartment. 3) That’s a really nice rug. That’s a great looking car. 4) You have such beautiful hair. 5) What a lovely baby you have! 6) Isn’t your ring beautiful! 7) You (really) did a good job! 8) You (really) handled that situation well! 9) Nice game!

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Responses to compliments are: 1) A: That’s a nice shirt you are wearing! B: Well, I just got it. It was pretty cheap. 2) A: You did an excellent job yesterday, Jim! I really enjoyed your presentation. B: Do you really think so? A: Oh, yeah, it was fabulous. 3) A: I love your clock. It looks great in your living room! B: Thanks. A friend of mine brought it to me from Oregon. 4) A: You’re looking well! B: Thanks. So are you!

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Additional Information for the Teacher’s Reference 1. Harry Allen Smith Harry Allen Smith (1906 - 1976) was a well-known journalist, author and humorist. He was born on December 19, 1907 in McLeansboro, Illinois and commenced his career as a newspaper reporter in 1922. He authorized his first book a commissioned biography of industrialist Robert Gair in 1939 at the age of thirty-two, thus commencing his career as a full-time writer. His next attempt, a book entitled Low Man on a Totem Pole, published in 1941, became a best seller and established Smith’s fame as a humorist. The majority of his books were published during the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s and he was for many years the best-selling humorist author in the United States.

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2. Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990) was a Swedish-American film actress, born Greta Louisa Gustafsson in Stockholm, Sweden on September 18, 1905. While in school, she was discovered by Maurice Stiller, one of the great directors of Sweden’s golden age of film and went with Stiller to Hollywood. She became a talented actress known for her aura of glamour and mystery. Her 24 films include Anna Christie (1930), Camille (1937), Ninotchka (1939). In 1954 the Academy awarded her with an award “for her unforgettable screen performances.” She retired at the height of her career in 1941. This, paired with her aloof

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mysteriousness, made the public cr

ave to know more about her. Although seldom in the public eye she remained in the public’s mind a woman of beauty and mystery, a legend. 3. Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967) was one of the most successful and influential women writers of her era. Dorothy Rothschild was born on August 22, 1893 in West End, N.J. At the age of 21 she began submitting her writing to various magazines and papers. Her poem was accepted and published by Vanity Fair and a few months later she was hired by Vogue,

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a sister publication of Vanity Fair. In 1917 she married Edwin Parker, a stock broker. The marriage only lasted a brief time, but now she was Mrs. Dorothy Parker. At Vanity Fair she became New York’s only female drama critic at the time. She continued to write short stories, satirical verses and newspaper columns and became a celebrated conversationalist. Her tone is poignant, ironical and often cruelly witty and cynical. Her works include After Such Pleasures (1933), The Lady Next Door (1924) and Business is Business (1925).

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4. George S. Kaufman George S. Kaufman (1889 - 1961) was an American novelist, playwright, director, producer, and drama critic, whose work, critical, theoretical, fictional, mixes professionalism with intelligence. Among his works are Beggar on Horseback (1924), You Can’t Take It With You (1936) and The King of Proxy Street (1941). Kaufman was also a noted director of many of his own plays as well as those of other writers, and his drama criticism was known for its wit. Of one comedy he wrote There was laughter at the back of the theatre, leading to the belief that someone was telling jokes back there.”

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5. paradox Paradox is a statement which seems to be foolish or opposite to common sense or the truth, but which may contain a truth. For example, more haste, less speed. 6. Flattery will get you everywhere This statement derives from a well-known saying “Flattery will get you nowhere” but expresses the opposite value or philosophy. “Flattery will get you nowhere” means mere flattery is of no use while “Flattery will get you everywhere” implies flattery is always welcome.

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7. assembly line Assembly line is a group of work areas, called stations, arranged in a certain order to make a product. Each station performs a given task on a unit of a product — such as inserting, tightening, or inspecting a part — and then passes it to the next station. When a unit reaches the end of the line, it has passed all the stations and has become a finished product. Each station consists of the machines, workers, tools, and parts required to do its assigned task.

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8. sonnet Sonnet is a 14-line poem with a fixed pattern of meter and rhyme. Its name is an Italian word meaning a little song. In the Italian sonnet, the octave (first eight lines) states

a theme or experience and the sestet (final six lines) responds to or comments on the theme. The octave rhyme scheme is abbaabba (lines one, four, five, and eight rhyme; and lines two, three, six, and seven rhyme). The sestet rhyme scheme is often cdecde.

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For example: On His Blindness John Milton When I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He, returning, chide,

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“Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?” I fondly ask. But Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need Either man’s work or his own gift. Who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed And post o’er land and ocean without rest; They also serve who only stand and wait.” But The English sonnet, also called the Shakespearean sonnet, has a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

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For example: Sonnet 130 William Shakespeare My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun — Coral is far more red than her lips’ red — If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun — If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head: I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks,

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And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound. I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. And yet by heaven I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

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Main Idea of the Text Introduction to the Author and the Article Coping with the Compliment Notes Phrases and Expressions Exercises

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Main Idea of the Text In the text, Harry Allen Smith offers some ideas about how to deal with compliments. By his own experiences when receiving a compliment, he asserts that in social intercourse a compliment is much harder to respond to than an insult. In searching for a technique to cope with compliments, he turns to children and the Spanish-speaking people who are said to be the most conversationally adroit on earth, but they are of no help. Finally he concludes that poise is the basis of all graceful social intercourse. So the only sensible response to a compliment is: Thank You.

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Introduction to the Author and the Article H. Allen Smith (1906 - 1976) was a well-known journalist, author and humorist. He authored his first book in 1939 at the age of thirty-two, thus commencing his career as a full-time writer. The majority of his books were published during the 1940’s, 50’s and 60’s and he was for m

any years the best selling humorist author in the United States.

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This essay is chosen from The Essays for Modern Youth. In this essay, the author offers some ideas as to how to deal with compliments. Traditionally in Western culture, modesty was also considered a valuable personal attribute. However, in the last 20 - 30 years there has been a move away from this kind of reserve. With the rise of the women’s movement, women especially have become more inclined to accept compliments with grace rather than deny them. The general feeling is if positive recognition is given in the form of a compliment, that is the subjective opinion of another person and thus should be appreciated as a reflection of their similar good taste.

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Text Coping with the Compliment H. Allen Smith I have never cultivated a mustache, though I’m sure one would enhance my distinguished looks and cause women to giggle as I passed along the boulevard. The reason is I can’t risk it, because even a little mustache is a dangerous thing. It invites compliments. If a lady came up to me, for example, and said, “You have the most charming mustache,” I wouldn’t know how to respond. I might be thrown into such a panic that I’d blurt out, “I like yours, too.”