Are You a Workaholic?Are You a Workaholic?

Unit 7 Section B

Contents

• Lead-in activities• Text understanding• Notes to the text• Words and expressions• Writing• Assignments

There is a big difference between hard work and workaholism.

From time to time, all of us put more hours and effort into working than we do into being with loved ones or relaxing...

Workaholics operate in this fashion all of the time, using their jobs as escape...True workaholics are driven by deeper, internal needs, rather than external one—not that it's tax season or baby needs a new pair of shoes, but that the process of working satisfies an inner, psychological hunger.

• Is work the activity you like to do best and talk about most?

• Do you turn your hobbies into money-making ventures? • Have your family or friends given up expecting you on

time? • Do you underestimate how long a project will take and

then rush to complete it?• Do you believe that it is okay to work long hours if you

love what you are doing? • Are you afraid that if you don't work hard you will lose

your job or be a failure?

A Quiz

• Is the future a constant worry for you even when things are going very well?

• Do you do things energetically and competitively, including play?

• Do you get irritated when people ask you to stop doing your work to do something else?

• Do you work or read during meals? • Do you believe that more money will solve the other

problems in your life?

If you answered 'yes' to three or more of these questions, there is a chance you are a workaholic or well on your way to becoming one.

Make a Diagnosis

I. Make a Diagnosis

Steps:1. Respond to the questions with the help

of the text.2. Make out a report of your diagnosis.

What

is

your

diagnosis?

Is this guy a hard-working man or a workaholic? What makes him a workaholic? Which type of workaholic does he belong to? What are your suggestions for him?Guide for diagnose

1. Respond to the questions

a picture of a workaholic (Para. 2)(Para. 2) causes of workaholic (Para.3-5)(Para.3-5) three types of workaholics (Para.6)(Para.6) possible ways to help a workaholic

(Para.9-10)(Para.9-10)

(add your own view when necessary)

2. Guide for diagnosing

A sample beginning of the report

The guy in the picture is aworkaholic. He is disorganized,not knowing when to stop work.He is so busy with his work that he moves his toilet to his office.

…

3. A sample beginning

Paraphrase

Translation

Explanation

1. Workaholics, like those who are constantly drunk, suffer 1. Workaholics, like those who are constantly drunk, suffer from from a controlling habita controlling habit, usually , usually defined asdefined as compelling compelling behavior despite negative consequences. behavior despite negative consequences. (L8)(L8)

TranslationTranslation

工作狂，就像那些老是醉醺醺的人一样，有工作狂，就像那些老是醉醺醺的人一样，有一种无法摆脱的习惯，这种习惯通常被定义一种无法摆脱的习惯，这种习惯通常被定义为不顾消极后果的强迫性行为。为不顾消极后果的强迫性行为。

Paraphrase

Workaholics are like the people who often get excited by alcoholic drink. They suffer from a habit that they are unable to escape. They describe it as a type of behavior which workaholics are compelled to commit although they know it may bring harmful results.

Paraphrase

Though they claim that an employee who can balance work and other parts of his life is a highly efficient one, most employers support this idea only by empty words. On the contrary, they offer higher pay and better benefits to encourage employees to work longer hours for their company.

2. Despite lip service to the contrary, most employers want loyal employees who work longer hours, rewarding them with higher pay and better benefits. (L11)

TranslationTranslation大多数雇主尽管口头上说得很漂亮，可他们大多数雇主尽管口头上说得很漂亮，可他们需要的是忠心耿耿的、愿意长时间工作的雇需要的是忠心耿耿的、愿意长时间工作的雇员，并用高薪和更多的福利来奖励他们。员，并用高薪和更多的福利来奖励他们。

3. Americans tend to become trapped in a working and spending consumption mode, driven by merchants, that leads them to rack up their expectations. (L15)

TranslationTranslation美国人往往会陷入一种由商人们所鼓吹的工美国人往往会陷入一种由商人们所鼓吹的工作—花钱消费的模式之中，这种模式引诱他作—花钱消费的模式之中，这种模式引诱他们抬高了自己的期望值。们抬高了自己的期望值。

Paraphrase

Americans are likely to get stuck in the patterns, created by business people, of working more and spending more,which leads Americans to spend more money and therefore, they have to work harder to make money.

Word UsingStory Making

Easily Misused Words

1. involve (L2) v.v. have as a necessary part; include

I. Word Using

TranslationTranslationThe job involves traveling abroad for three The job involves traveling abroad for three months each year.months each year.这场战争牵涉到几个国家。这场战争牵涉到几个国家。

KeyKey这个工作要求每年去国外出差三个月。这个工作要求每年去国外出差三个月。This war involved several countries.This war involved several countries.

1. involve sb./sth. in cause sb./sth. to take part in, bring sb./sth. into …cause sb./sth. to take part in, bring sb./sth. into …

TranslationTranslation他参与了一场激烈的争论。他参与了一场激烈的争论。Don’t involve me in solving your problem.Don’t involve me in solving your problem.

KeyKeyHe was involved in a heated argument.He was involved in a heated argument.你解决不了的问题，不要把我拉进去。你解决不了的问题，不要把我拉进去。

2. other than (L3) ① ① instead of, except for not; different from②instead of, except for not; different from②

TranslationTranslation除了我以外除了我以外 , , 她没有好朋友她没有好朋友 ..

The truth was other than what he thought.The truth was other than what he thought.

KeyKeyShe has no close friends other than me.事实真相和他想象的完全不一样。

3. system (L10) n.n. an ordered set of ideas, methods① an ordered set of ideas, methods① ② ② a group of related partsa group of related parts

CollocationCollocation

systesystemm

a heatinga heating

the solarthe solar

the the digestive digestive

a railwaya railway

a system of a system of philosophyphilosophy

the democratic the democratic system of system of governmentgovernment

a good system a good system teaching languageteaching language

4. evident (L21) aa. easily noticed or understood; obvious. easily noticed or understood; obvious

e.g.e.g.

It was evident that she had once been

a beauty.

同义词同义词 distinct, obvious, apparent

反义词反义词 concealed, obscure, hidden

5. competition (L24) n.n. a contest, a test of skill or ability a contest, a test of skill or ability

KeyKey

Because there is so much

unemployment, the competition for

jobs is very fierce.

TranslationTranslation由于失业人数如此众多，求职的竞争十分激烈。由于失业人数如此众多，求职的竞争十分激烈。

Related wordsRelated wordscompete v. 比赛，竞争competitive a. 竞争的competitor n. 竞争者

6. deny + sth./doing sth. (L38) vv. refuse to accept as a fact. refuse to accept as a fact

TranslationTranslation他说我偷了他的自行车，可是我否认了。他说我偷了他的自行车，可是我否认了。

他说他对此事一无所知。他说他对此事一无所知。

KeyKeyHe said that I had stolen his bicycle, but I denied it.He denied knowing anything about the matter.

7. schedule (L39) nn. a list of times of departures and arrivals; a timetable. a list of times of departures and arrivals; a timetable

A sample

e.g.e.g.

The train was in an hour behind

schedule. She always has a full schedule. Task:Task:

Can you make a schedule of your daily life?

My Schedule

Time Monday Thursday

7:50~ 10:10 Listening Listening

10:10~10:30 Break Break

10:30~12:00 Reading Reading

12:00~12:40 Lunch break Lunch break

14:40~17:00 Lesson Planning

Lesson Planning

II. Story Making

Make a story with the followings :constantconsequencehazardcompetitionsuffer fromtend to doother thanburn the midnight oil

III. Easily Misused Words

happening, present

a person who is employed

a way of operating, living

permit or approve

continuing without interruption

a person who employs others

sth. that is a good example of its style

a part of sth.

Practice: fill in the blanks with the above words

continuous

mode modelsectionsanction

constantemployee employer

1. The brain needs a _________ supply of blood.

2. We have _________hot water in the house.

3. Each department has its own _______ of operation.

4. She is a ________ of honesty. Her teacher calls on the class to learn from her.

5. Dad is fond of reading the sports _______ of the morning newspaper every day.

6. Public opinions ________ a more liberal view on divorce.

continuous

mode

model

section

sanction

constant

7. He is the kind of __________ that the boss likes very much because he is both hardworking and creative.

8. Knowing what an _________ is looking for in a potential employee can help an applicant to prepare for an interview.

employee

employer

Cause and Effect Writing

When you explain in writing the reasons why something happens, you are having a cause and effect writing. Read the following passage and tell the cause and effect.

SampleSample

Do you know why winter is colder than summer? One reason is that there are fewer hours of sunlight in winter.

But there is another reason. Winter sunlight is cooler. It is the same sun, and it shines just as bright as in the summertime, and yet the earth gets less heat from it.

( 结果 )

( 先果后因，多因一果 )

( 原因1)

( 原因2)

Writing Task

Find a model (outside the textbook):

a. Look for a typical paragraph of

cause and effect.

b. Put it down.

c. Exchange yours with other

classmates in class.

( Source: books available/online)

Assignments

• Review Section B• Finish the post-text exercises to

Section B• Apply the cause-effect model to a

writing task of 100 words.