复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1

复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1

Unit 1 Coping with the Compliment

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

复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1

Unit 1 Coping with the Compliment

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’?

复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1

Unit 1 Coping with the Compliment

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!

复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1

Unit 1 Coping with the Compliment

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!

复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1

Unit 1 Coping with the Compliment

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.

复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1

Unit 1 Coping with the Compliment

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

复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1

Unit 1 Coping with the Compliment

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,

复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1

Unit 1 Coping with the Compliment

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).

复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1

Unit 1 Coping with the Compliment

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.”

复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1

Unit 1 Coping with the Compliment

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.

复旦研究生综合英语2(修订版) Unit1