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Part II Reading and Language Activities 1 Pre-reading Task Comprehension Work Language Work Reading and Language Activities Unit 2, Book 4 Return to Menu 2 Unit 2, Book 4 Read the title, and the introductory part of the story. Guess the answer to the question below. Then discuss your choice with your classmates. What is Mr. Boggiss secret? a. He stole antique furniture somewhere. b. Somebody gave him a big gift. c. He cheated his customers. d. He invented a clever way to do business. d 3 Comprehension Questions Reading for Gist Difficult Sentences Drama Unit 2, Book 4 4 Comprehension Questions Unit 2, Book 4 1. What is Mr. Boggiss business secret? He invented a clever way of searching for supply for his antique furniture business. He disguised himself as an amiable old parson who worked for local churches making visits to farmers on a labor of love for helping preserving antique furniture for a local museum. His method was very successful and he did not like other people to know his business secret. 5 Unit 2, Book 4 2. How did he invent this clever way of doing business? It all started by chance. One day, his car was broken on his way back to London. He accidentally discovered a pair of valuable armchairs of the 15th century when he visited a farmhouse nearby for help. Out of quick wit, he persuaded the old lady to sell them to him at a price less than a twentieth of their real value. Inspired by his windfall, he discovered an important source of supply: those old, impoverished rich farmhouses in the comparatively isolated countryside. 6 3. Describe his business strategies according to the story. Mr. Boggiss business strategies Problems Methods and solutions Where to search for valuable furniture? Dividing the map into subdivisions, and search them one by one on Sundays Focusing on comparatively isolated areas, large farmhouses, impoverished rich, dilapidated country mansions How to get into the house to look? Pretending to be a clergyman, such as a parson who visited the farmers out of a labor of love for investigating an inventory of antique furniture for preservation, and his work was said to be associated with a museum How to bargain for a price? He had hundreds of ways to bargain. 7 Unit 2, Book 4 4. What is his strategy when he persuaded the old lady to sell him the two valuable armchairs at a price of twentieth of their real value? His strategies are first disguising his real motive for asking to buy them. He pretended to ask about it very casually, just out of curiosity. He then offered an unbelievably low price (35 pounds) for something worth over 1000 pounds, and explained that they were not valuable and not easy to sell. The woman in the farmhouse had little knowledge about the real value of her chairs, so she was easily cheated by Mr. Boggiss trick. 8 Unit 2, Book 4 Reading for Gist One day, Mr. Boggis drove to (1) _. His car (2) _ near a farmhouse in the middle of the journey. In order to fix the car, he asked for (3) _ from the woman of the building. When he was waiting for her to fetch it, he was (4) _ by two chairs, which in his eyes were worth at least (5) _. So he make up his mind to buy them and (6) _ with the woman. In the end Mr. Boggis bought the chairs for something less than (4) _ of their value. This lucky deal inspired Mr. Boggis. He (4) _ a good idea. If he could dress himself up like (9) _, going out for (10) _ for making an inventory of antique feature for a local museum he would be able to search every English farmhouse around London for what he wanted. the country broke down a jug of water attracted a thousand pounds bargained a twentieth came up with a parson a labor of love 9 Unit 2, Book 4 Difficult Sentences 1. Whenever asked where he got the stuff, he would smile knowingly and wink and murmur something incomprehensible. knowingly adv. in a way that shows one knows about something secret or embarrassing wink v. to close and open one eye quickly to communicate something or show that something is a secret or joke incomprehensible adj. difficult or impossible to understand Incomprehensible instructions legal documents full of incomprehensible jargon elliptical construction 10 Unit 2, Book 4 不管什么时候叫这个女孩做点简单的家务，怎么她都要抱怨 ? 无论何时何地，一旦有必要，他们就会诉诸武力。 如果养得好，这只鸟可以活到五年。 这种病如果不加以治疗，患者就会完全失明。 They believed in the application of force whenever and wherever (it is) necessary. If (it is) taken good care of, the bird can live as long as five years. This is an illness that can result in total blindness if left untreated. Why does the girl complain whenever asked to do a simple chore? 11 1. Whenever asked where he got the stuff, he would smile knowingly and wink and murmur something incomprehensible. 每次有人问他从哪里拿到这些物件，他总是会心一笑，挤 眉弄眼，低声地说这是一个小秘密。 Unit 2, Book 4 12 Unit 2, Book 4 2. He had gone out in the morning to visit his old mother, who lived in Sevenoaks, and on the way back the fanbelt on his car had broken, causing the engine to overheat and the water to boil away. non-restrictive relative clause present participle phrase that indicates result boil away: continue to boil; boil until nothing remains The kettle was boiling away merrily on the fire. The water had all boiled away and the kettle was empty. 那天早上，他出去拜访他住在七橡树的老母亲。在回家途 中，他的汽车风扇带断了，以致引擎过热，造成水沸。 13 Unit 2, Book 4 3. Each of these squares covered an actual area of five miles by five, which was about as much territory, he estimated , as he could cope with on a single Sunday, were he to comb it thoroughly. by prep. used as a function word in multiplication, in division, and in measurements divide a by b; multiply 10 by 4; a room 15 feet by 20 feet conditional inversion comparative clause 14 Unit 2, Book 4 每个方块实际覆盖五乘五平方英里，要彻底搜索的话，他 估计一个星期天能走完的地域也就这么大。 3. Each of these squares covered an actual area of five miles by five, which was about as much territory, he estimated , as he could cope with on a singly Sunday, were he to comb it thoroughly. 15 Unit 2, Book 4 4. But obviously there was a bit more to it than that. Country folks are a suspicious lot. So are the impoverished rich. You cant go about ringing their bells and expecting them to show you around their houses just for the asking, because they wont do it. lot n. a group of people or things considered together Could you help me carry this lot upstairs? there was a bit more to it than that to prep. used to show a relationship with something The robbery may be linked to other crimes of violence. go about to do something in the way that one usually does; set to work at; keep busy with She went about her preparations in a quiet businesslike way. It is dangerous to go about on the construction site without a safety helmet. 16 Unit 2, Book 4 但显然事情没那么简单。乡下人疑心重。那些家道中落的 有钱人也一样。你不能直接去敲门而期望他们应你的要求 领你参观他们的屋子，因为他们是不会这样做的。 4. But obviously there was a bit more to it. Country folks are a suspicious lot. So are the impoverished rich. You cant go about ringing their bells and expecting them to show you around their houses just for the asking, because they wont do it. 17 Unit 2, Book 4 5. From now on, every Sunday, he was going to be a nice old parson spending his holiday traveling around on a labor of love for the “society”, compiling an inventory of the treasures that lay hidden in the country homes of England. A labor of love is what you do for a person or for a cause that you love. Taking care of this baby is a labor of love. She spent most of her life working with the poor. It was a labor of love. inventory n. a list of all the things in a place We made an inventory of everything in the apartment. 18 Unit 2, Book 4 从今以后，每个星期天，他将是一位善良的老牧师，作为 对 “ 协会 ”爱的奉献 ，利用他的假日到处游走，搜集藏在 英国乡间居所的宝藏。 5. From now on, every Sunday, he was going to be a nice old parson spending his holiday traveling around on a labor of love for the “society”, compiling an inventory of the treasures that lay hidden in the country homes of England. 19 Drama Unit 2, Book 4 Act I: An Accidental Discovery Story part: (From the beginning of the story to “They bargained for half an hour, and of course in the end Mr. Boggis got the chair and agreed to pay her something less than a twentieth of their value.”) Cast: Mr. Boggis, the woman of the farmhouse Work in small groups to convert the story into a three-act play. (You may add a voiceover to the cast if necessary.) 20 Unit 2, Book 4 Act II: A Scheme Story part: (The part between Act I and Act III. Suppose Mr. Boggis and his wife discuss their new business plan.) Cast: Mr. Boggis and his wife Act III: Parsons Visit Story part: (The last five paragraphs. Suppose Mr. Boggis, disguised as an amiable parson, visits one of the farmhouses near London.) Cast: Mr. Boggis, husband and wife of the farmhouse 21 Unit 2, Book 4 Guidelines for Developing the Play Script APPLICANT The title of the drama Presenting the dialogue for each character with instructions for acting in non-finite clauses in the brackets Introducing the characters and their background together with a description of the scene in the present tense 22 Sentence structures Work with Sentences Guided Writing Unit 2, Book 4 23 Sentence Structures Read the given sentence and then change it to a new structure. (page 26) Unit 2, Book 4 Given sentence: Apparently he had a source of supply that seemed to be almost inexhaustible. New sentence: It seems that he had a source of supply that was almost inexhaustible. 24 Unit 2, Book 4 1. It seems that he is an intelligent boy. 2. I seemed to have lost my keys. 3. It seems that he lives in an unrealistic world. 4. He happened to glance in through the door to the living-room. 5. If he happened to spot something he really wanted, well he knew a hundred different ways of dealing with that. He seems to be an intelligent boy. It seemed that I had lost my keys. He seems to live in an unrealistic world. It happened that he glanced in through the door to the living room. If it happened that he spot something he really wanted, well he knew a hundred different ways of dealing with that. The verb usually represents the state instead of an action when it is used in Subject + seem to + v structure. 25 6. It just happened that he had a client who rather liked that sort of thing. 7. He needed to drive out once a week and help himself. (emphasizing the verb phrases: drive out and help himself) 8. He needed to drive out once a week and help himself. (emphasizing once a week) 9. The spirit of persistence makes me work hard and succeed finally. (emphasizing the subject) He happened to have a client who rather liked that sort of thing. What he needed to do was to drive out once a week and help himself. It was once a week that he needed to drive out and help himself. It is the spirit of persistence that makes me work hard and succeed finally. Unit 2, Book 4 26 1. I learn English _. (出于兴趣 ) 2. I need _ to finish the task. (另外两周 ) 3. If you _ business, you may take risks. (从事 ) 4. I _, but nobody came to open the door. (按门铃 ) 5. Dont _ too much work because the extra cash is not worthwhile. (承担 ) 6. His efforts seemed to be _ for the disabled. (对 热心 ) Work with Sentences Unit 2, Book 4 Rewrite the following sentences using the expressions below. (page 27) another two weeks out of curiosity go about doing rang the bell take on a labor of love 27 Apparently it seemed that the antique dealer Mr. Boggis had a source of inexhaustible supply. Out of curiosity people asked him about his secret, but he only answered vaguely, and murmured something knowingly incomprehensible. In fact he had a great discovery once when he bought two valuable antique chairs form a lady in a farmhouse. He cheated her that he just wanted to have another two chairs for his friend, and asked her to Guided Writing Unit 2, Book 4 Use the structures in the previous exercise to write a recount of the story Mr. Boggiss Secret. (page 27) Answers for Reference 28 Unit 2, Book 4 sell them on the cheap. Since the old lady had little knowledge about the true value of the chairs, Mr. Boggis finally bought them for a price that was less than a twentieth of their real value. This windfall inspired him. He would have a rich source of supply if he went about combing the areas around London, especially the countryside farmhouse. However, he knew that he shouldnt do it directly by ringing the bells on the door and asking if they had any furniture to sell. He needed to find a good reason to get into the farmhouse. He finally came up with an idea. Once the idea was formed, his scheme began to take on practical aspects: he printed some business cards, and dressed himself up as a parson. Now he was an amiable, old parson who was involved in preparing an inventory of antique furniture for local museums on a labor of love. 29 Unit 2, Book 4 Return to Menu 30
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