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Lesson 7

The Rivals

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Lesson 7 – The Rivals

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Do you talk to strangers while traveling on the train?

I.I. DiscussionDiscussion

Yes, I do talk to strangers.

List reasons for your answer.

To be continued on the next page.

No, I never talk to strangers on the train.

That depends.

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Yes, I do talk to strangers, because:


Chattering with strangers makes my journey more enjoyable.

Do you have any other reasons?


Chatting with strangers might earn you life-long friend.

It is a good way to kill time on journey.


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No, I never talk to strangers on a train.

Strangers are not trustworthy and chatting with them might land you in trouble.

Do you have any

other reasons?

It is rather embarrassing to break the ice. I worry I might be cold-shouldered.

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Do you often conceal your identity while t

raveling? Why or why not?

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Text Text AppreciatiAppreciationon


I. Text Analysis

II. Writing Devices

III. Sentence Paraphrase

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Plot of the story

Setting of the story

Protagonists of the story

Writing techniques of the story

Theme of the story

I.I. Text AnalysisText AnalysisHave you got the

key elements

in the story?



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Plot: an interesting conversation

between two Englishmen

Setting: a moving train

Protagonists: Mr. Harraby-Ribson, Mr. Crowther

Writing Techniques: go to Writing Devices

Theme of the story: go to the next page

I.I. Text AnalysisText Analysis

For referenc

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Structure of the text


Part 1 (paras. 1- ) about:

Part 2 (paras. ) about:

Harraby-Ribston tossed his suitcase out of the moving train and the incident produced different response in their minds.

An exchange of words and wits between Harraby-Ribston and Mr. Crowther.

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Theme of the story


A battle of wits between two minds is well-presented through verbal fencing and quick wit.

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Discussion about the story (1)


What is the profession of Mr. Harraby- Ribston?

What does he do in front of Mr. Crowther?When Mr. Crowther sees that incident , how

does he respond?Why does Mr. Crowther appear so calm and

quiet?Who breaks the ice?

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Discussion of the story (2)

How does Mr. Harraby-Ribston explain his pitching the suitcase out of the window?

How does Mr. Crowther turn the conversation around to his own marriage?

What does Mr. Crowther say he has done to his wife?


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Discussion of the story (3)

Do you think Mr. Harraby-Ribston believes what he says?What does Mr. Harraby-Ribston finally say

about his tossing the suitcase out of the window?

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Part Ⅰ

• 1. good: large in amount; area, or range ( 数量，面积或范围 ) 相当大的（或多的）；相当可观的，十足的，至少的

• Give sb. A good beating• Take a good long time• A good hour 整整一小时• It’s a good 5 miles to the station. 到车站至少有

5 英里。• They stock a good range of furniture. 他们备有

各种各样的家具。• I have traveled a good distance.

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companion & company• Companion:• (1) someone you spend a lot of time with especially som

eone you are traveling with or a friend. 同伴，伴侣，朋友，同事，同志；同行者 e.g.

• A traveling companion 旅伴• They were working companions.• A companion in misfortune 共患难的朋友• A companion in arms 战友• A faithful companion of 50 years 50 年的忠实伴侣• Constant companion 形影不离的伙伴

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• (2) one of a pair of things that go together or can be used together 成对物中的一件；与另一物相配之物 e.g.

• This shoe is the companion to that one.

• White wine is the usual companion of fish.

• This book is a companion to the author’s first work. （姐妹篇）

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• (3) someone, especially a woman, who is paid to live or travel with an older person受雇陪老人生活或旅行者（尤为女性） e.g. Work as companion to an elderly woman

• (4) used as part of the title of a book on a particular subject, esp. a book that explains sth. （常用于书名）指南，手册 e.g. The Motorist Companion

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Company;

• (1) another person, or other people that you can talk to or who stop you feeling lonely同伴，朋友 e.g.

• They obviously enjoy each other’s company.

• Don’t judge a man by the company he keeps. 不要以其所交朋友判定其为人。

• Make good/bad company 成为有趣 / 乏味的伙伴

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• Keep sb. company with: 与…做伴 ; 陪伴 , 与…形影不离 ( 尤指恋人 ) e.g.

• She stayed at home to keep her mother company/ to keep company with her mother.

• After keeping company for one year, Mary and John decided to marry.

• Who is Bill keeping company with? 比尔现在跟谁是一对？

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• (2) a guest or guests who are visiting you in your home, or someone who is coming to see you. 客人（们）；来访者（们） e.g.

• Have company for the weekend• In the company of sb. 由…陪伴 ; 与…在一起• (3) a group of people who are together in the sa

me place, often for a particular purpose or for social reasons 一群人 e.g.

• A great company met the conquering hero

一大群人迎接那位得胜英雄。• These remarks made the assembled company b

urst into sudden applause.

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• In company with:

• (1) 与…一起 e.g. He came in company with his friends.

• (2) 与某事同时发生 e.g. Democracy progressed in company with the emancipation of women.

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betray: (v) • (1) to be disloyal to sb. Who trusts you so that th

ey are harmed or upset 背叛 ; 出卖 e.g.• Betray sb. To sb.• What kind of man would betray his own sister to

the police?• (2) to be disloyal to your country, e.g. by giving s

ecret information to its enemies 叛国 , 泄露 ( 国家机密等 ) e.g.

• People who are prepared to betray their country for money

• betray government secrets

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• (3) 失信于 , 辜负 e.g. • She betrayed her friends by breaking her pro

mise.• He will not betray her trust.• (4) (not in progressive or passive) to show fe

elings that you are trying to hide 暴露出 ( 真实情感或意图 ) e.g.

• The tremor in his voice betrayed his nervousness.

• His accent betrayed his nationality.• His remarks betrayed his lack of concern.• The house betrayed its age.

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by nature & in nature

• By nature: 出于本性地，天生地 e.g.

• I am an optimist by nature.

• He was, by nature, a man of few words.

• In nature: 实际上，实际存在的；无论如何，根本 e.g.

• One cannot do everything by oneself; it isn’t in nature.

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In that event & in the event & in the event of/that:

• In that event: 如果那种情况发生，如果是那样的话 e.g.• It may rain. In that event, we won’t go.• In the event: （英）结果，到头来 e.g.• We set out for the seaside, but in the event never got there.• We were afraid he would be nervous on stage, but in the e

vent he sang beautifully.• In the event of/that: 如果…发生 , 万一 ; 假如 , 倘若 e.g.• In the event of rain, the part would be held indoors.• In the event that you are right, I have been tricked and che

ated.• According to the treaty, the two countries will fight together

in the event of war.

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Due • something one has a right to 应有的权益 ,

应得的事物，应有的承认• The artist has finally been accorded some

thing of his due.• Ask no more than one’s due• I just want to take what is my due. Not a p

enny more.• The first prize went to Zhang Ting, which

we thought was her due.

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• for one’s part: 就个人来说，至于本人 e.g.

• For my part, I still distrust you.

• His parents, for their parts, were very proud of him.

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• for all: in spite of 虽然，尽管 e.g.

• For all his wealth, he is not happy.

• The country for all the crises it had, remained strong.

• He seemed as fresh as ever, for all the fact that I never saw him drink or eat.

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• the sight of sb. doing sth.: e.g.

• I was deeply disturbed by the sight of these young people leaving so much food untouched.

• Suddenly I hear the sound of water gurgling.

• My daughter was the first to notice the smell of something burning.

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make a point of doing sth./ make it a point to do sth.

• (1) 打定主意做某事；总是要做某事 e.g.• I made it a point to look as healthy and attr

active as I can.• He makes a point of always being punctua

l.• You make a point of forgetting everything I

have said.

He always makes a point of letting people know that he is a professor.

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• (2) 特别注意，重视 e.g.

• I make it a point to talk with informed people. （了解情况的人）

• They have made a point of getting as many contracts as possible with the people.

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Part Ⅱ• alternate, alternating & alternative• Alternative 与 alternate 都是形容词， alternatin

g 是动词分词，可以做形容词。• Alternate 与 alternating“ 交替的，交错的，每隔

一”也指“预备的，候补的” e.g.• French and English are not alternate courses; bu

t may be taken in the same year.• Meeting are held on alternate Thursday afternoo

ns.• Alternating current 交流电

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• Alternative“ 另一种的，可替代的，几种供选择的”

• There was no alternative route open to her.

• It will take time to develop alternative energy sources.

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reflect:(p8)

• Vt. To think carefully about sth. or to express your thoughts 仔细考虑；表达（想法）；经深思后认识到 e.g.

• He reflected how to get out of the difficulty.

• He reflected that he had no right to do this.

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vi. reflect on/upon

• The old man reflected on the changes that had taken place since his youth.

• I must reflect on how to answer the question.

• Please reflect on your actions.

• Take some time to reflect on your future plans.

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for that matter: (p8)

• = for the matter of that • (1) 就此而言： e.g.• I don’t know, and for that matter, I don't care.• (2) （用于补充或语气递进的陈述）而且 e.g.• She had a good many daughters --- and god

sons, for that matter.• He is shaking with the cold. So am I, for that

matter.

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• Or… for that matter: used to say that what you are saying about one thing is also true about sth. else （口）对…同样如此 e.g.

• Ben never touched bear, or any kind of alcohol for that matter.

• We must not follow our parents’, our teachers’ or anybody’s advice blindly for that matter.

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7. But what of it? (8)

If one allowed oneself to be surprised at anything, however insignificant, one’s whole life would consist of a series of trivial astonishments. (8)

unreal conditional clause

in oral English to ask why sth. should be considered important when admitting it is true

A: Jack says he doesn't enjoy your company.

B: What of it? ( So what?)

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• what of it: (spoken) used when admitting sth. is true, to ask why it should be considered important 那又有什么关系 e.g.

• I hear you have just got a new car. Yes, what of it?

• Yes, I did go and see Jane. But what of it?

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launch out into/ on sth.:

• (1) start sth. new, especially sth. that involves risk 开始，着手（新事情，尤指有风险的事情） e.g.

• Dickson left his father’s firm and launched out into business on his own.

• Launch out into argument; launch out on an enterprise

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• (2) 出航，出海 e.g.

• They launched out yesterday on a journey to the Philippines.

• (3) 大肆谴责，大讲，详述 e.g.

• At first he remained silent, and then launched out.

• Launch out in praise of sb. 对某人大加赞扬• (4) 大肆挥霍 e.g.

• He is launching out into expense.

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• take aback: (often in passive) very surprised about sth. 使吃惊，使困惑，使为难

• I was quite taken aback by his attitude.

• It took him so much aback that for a moment he was lost for words.

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• be given to (doing) sth. tend to do sth. esp. sth. that you should not do往往会做 e.g.

• Be given to long walks/ be given to lying/ be given to shyness

• The boy is given to reading in bed.

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• I take it (that): used to say that you expect someone will do something, know something, etc. 我想，我认为 e.g.

• I take it you’ve heard that Rick’s resigned.

• It’s 9. I take it that they won’t come.

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• Pride oneself on/upon doing sth :• take pride in, be pleased and satisfied about 以

……自豪，自傲，得意于• E.g :He prides himself upon his skills as a pianoi

st• Take a pride in sb/sth• Take no/little pride in sb/sth 对……感到（很少

感到）自豪• E.g: take a great pride in the success of one’s ch

ildren.• Pride of place 高位，优越的位置• False pride 妄自尊大，虚荣心

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What does surprise me is that you’ve been so

long in doing so. • Mr. Crowther retorted back, saying in effect

that that was not where they differed, one much given to surprise, and the other surprised by nothing. The difference lay in the fact that one was surprised by trivial things, and the other surprised by people’s stupidity. For example, knowing what life is like as a mature and experienced man, he was surprised why it had taken him so long to want to abandon his wife.

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• long: adj• (spoken) seeming to continue for a longer

time or distance than is usual, especially because you are bored, tired, etc. 冗长的 , 迟缓的 e.g.

• A long, boring report 冗长的，令人厌倦的报告

• The members of the Committee were long in reaching a decision.

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Not quite that.

Leaving one’s wife involves leaving one’s

home,

and that was out of the question. (32)

Not exactly. (used to show that what the other person said is not completely true)

gerund phrase as subject and object

prepositional phrase

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not quite (that):

(1) not exactly (used to show that what the other person said is not completely true) 不完全地；差不多；不太确切地

e.g.Work not quite done尚未全部完成的工作• I didn’t quite understand what it was all about （那

是怎么回事） .• I am not quite sure.• I didn’t know quite how to deal with that one.

(2) < 英口 > 不得体 e.g.He isn’t quite.

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More examples:

1. She knew that a holiday this year was out of the question.

2. Do you think a free lunch is out of the question at such a difficult

time?

Out of the question

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III. Sentence III. Sentence Paraphrase 9Paraphrase 9


be open to question

Other collocations of “question”

不确定，有待讨论

beside the question

bring sth. into question

It cannot be questioned that

与题无关，离题

使对某事提出疑问······ 是毫无疑问

的That is not the question! 那与题无关 !

Question! 1 别扯到题外！（提醒发言人）

2 有疑问！（对发言表示怀疑）

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• Beyong all/ without question 毫无疑问• E.g. without question, he’s the best man fo

r the job.

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have sth./sb. (all) to oneself: to be the only person in a

place, using sth. talking to sb. etc. 独自，单独 • He couldn’t wait to have Beth all to himself. 他等

不及与贝丝单独在一起。• My husband is away from home. So now I can h

ave the computer all to myself.• The smell of the cheese was so bad that people

all left one by one until in the end Jerome had the whole carriage to himself.

• At long last I had her all to myself. I was bursting with questions for her.

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• all (curiosity, innocence, smiles, etc.): used to emphasize that someone or sth. has a particular quality of appearance （后接表身体部位或表情的名词）显著突出的，以…为清一色特点的

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• His face was all eyebrows.两条眉毛又粗又浓。

• Be all eyes and ears凝神注视并洗耳恭听• She was all tears. 她热泪滚滚• She was all gaiety. 她非常快活• She asked her son whether he had eaten t

he rest of the cake, he said no. he was all innocence. 一脸无辜的表情

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“I don’t think… that my particular

method would be quite in your line.”

(38)

to be the type of thing that someone is interested in or good at.

I don’t think that the method I have used would be to your taste or would be suitable for you.

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• To follow the party line 坚持党的路线• To read between the lines领会言外之义• To be in/out of the line 与…一致 / 不一致• To be in/out of one’s line 在 / 不在某人的兴趣范围内，属于 / 不属于某人的行为

• Below the poverty line 在贫困线下• To drop sb a line （口）给某人写信

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Text AnalysisText Analysis

chatty

given to surprise

appear ridiculous and foolish

social

“deserted” his wife

Decide which of the following descriptions may fit into

Mr. Harraby-Ribston and Mr. Crowther respectively:

taciturn indifferent

betrays no feeling

murdered his wife



Saying very little

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Homework

• Role-play:

• There are 2 rounds of verbal fencing.

• Please do a role-play respectively.

• P1-p22

• P22-p47

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Checkpoint• 1.I just want to take what is my due. Not a

penny more.

• 2. For all his wealth, he is not happy.

• 3. He always makes a point of letting people know that he is a professor.

• 4. -I hear you have just got a new car.

• -Yes, what of it?

• 5.The boy is given to reading in bed.

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Translate into English

• 克罗德先生没有显露一丁点儿的感情。• 那家伙显然指望我有强烈的反应。• 我才让他称心如意呢！• 你真是个爱大惊小怪的人。• 他坐下来并开始大讲特讲起来。

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An English teacher wrote these words on the

whiteboard: "woman without her man is

nothing".

The teacher then asked the students to

punctuate the words correctly.

The men wrote : “______________________________"

The women wrote: “_____________________________ "

Wit & HumorWit & Humor


Woman, without her man, is nothing.

Woman! Without her, man is nothing.


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A man walks into a doctor's office. He has a

cucumber up his nose, a carrot in his left ear

and a banana in his right ear.

"What's the matter with me?" he asks the

doctor. The doctor replies,

“_________________________."

Wit & HumorWit & Humor



You're not eating properly

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IV. Word PlayIV. Word Play



1. What kind of ears does an engine have?

2. How do you count a herd of cattle?

Engineers

With a cowculator. (calculator)

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3. Which runs faster, heat or cold?

4. What flowers does everyone have?

Heat, because you can easily catch cold!

Tulips

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5. Why is crow the bravest bird in the world?

6. Why is a restless man in bed like a lawyer ?

Because it never shows

the white feather.

Because he lies on one side

then turns around

and lies on the other.

The end of Word Play.

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English English Conversation Conversation


English conversation can be described as an activity where for the most part, two or more people take turns at speaking.

Typically, only one person speaks at a time and there tends to be an avoidance of silence between speaking turns. (This is not true in every culture.)

If more than one participant tries to talk at the same time, one of them usually stops.

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—Politeness and silence are aspects of

English gentlemanship.

Silence is golden!…

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A—Excuse me, but would you mind if I open the window?

B—Not at all. It is rather hot in here, isn’t it?

A—Yes. And it’s such a lovely day outside, isn’t it?

B—Yes, and we don’t have many fine days, do

we? … Are you going to Brighton?…




In a journey, there are many ways to break the silence. One of the best is weather talking, e.g.

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II. Writing II. Writing DevicesDevices

Understatement


If you were to adopt my method, might land you in a very uncomfortable position. (42)

In understatement the diction plays down the magnitude or value of the subject.

In overstatement the diction exaggerates the subject.

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Both aim at the same effect: to make the statement or description impressive or interesting.

More examples—


Understatement

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More examples:

1. I should have said that reticence was not

your strong point.

2. …it might land you in a very comfortable

position.

You are too much a chatter box!

A very awkward situation.


Understatement

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3. Let me put it this way. Modesty is not exactly his

strong point.

4. She knew that her daughter was not exactly a

sweet angel.

He is very conceited!（自负）

She was ill-tempered!


Understatement

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Contrast transition signals


Mr. Crowther continued his reading, while Mr. Harrady-Ribston resumed his seat and sa

t for a while… (1)

Contrast involves analyzing the similarities and differences between

two or more items. Writers group the ideas by using appropriate

signals.


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Besides “while”, there are many sentence connectors in English, such as:

however on the other hand

on the contrary in contrast

in comparison



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conjunctions: other signals: but

yet

even

while

whereas

although

though

unlike

differ from

(be) similar

compare to

compare with



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More examples:

—Of the twins, Joan is diligent , whereas

Janet is lazy.

—Though they know the war is lost, they

fight to the last minute.




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More examples:

—The climate in the north differs from the

climate in the south.

—The dangers I met are nothing as compared

to those of our soldiers.

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Suppose you are on a train bound for Shanghai.

Lesson7-The Rivals

Prepare a mini-play and stage it in class.

The traveler next to you happens to be a businessman (an insurance agent, a civil servant, a college professor or a migrant farmer).

Oral WorkOral Work

The end of Min-play.

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