Lesson Thirteen

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Lesson Thirteen

• Blueprint for Success

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Introduction to the Text

• This is a true story about an American
  philanthropist who devoted his life to building
  houses for the poor and needy. In the United
  States, some of them are often influenced by the
  religious tradition. Millard Fuller, the hero of
  the story, had a very good minister friend, and
  it was obviously from this minister that he first
  got the inspiration.

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Introduction to the Text

• 1. Whats the meaning of success in your eyes?
  ( earning a lot of money/ social status/ good
  job/ promising career/ happy family life/
  excellent children/ good health/ or sth else?)
• 2. There are many sad stories and trapped persons
  around us everyday, what will you do---
  indifferent because youre also not wealthy and
  not capable enough? Or help them whatever you
  could do because youre responsible as a social
  member?

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Discussion

• 3. Is it a duty for the well-off person to donate
  money or sth to the charity organizations? Why?
• 4. Can you name some famous philanthropists in
  the world? Whats your opinion to their deeds?
• 5. Comment on Bill Gates and his wife?

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Discussion

• 6. We have more and more wealthy and successful
  people in China but have fewer philanthropists
  compare to the western country, whats the
  reason? Do you think theyre wealthy but
  indifferent,selfish and lack of responsibility?
  (???? )

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Words and expressions

• assault 1) an attempt to achieve sth difficult
• e.g. They made their on the south face of the
  glacier (an attempt to climb or cross it).
• 2) a strong spoken or written criticism of
  someone elses ideas, plans, etc.
• e.g. The governor is continuing his on the
  welfare system.
• 3) a military attack to take control of a place
  controlled by the enemy
• The combined fleet made plans for an on Midway
  island.

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blueprint

• blues feelings of sadness
• At 315 the midwife came down stairs and said my
  mother was suffering from after-baby blues caused
  by hormone trouble.
• Hospitality cured my blues, and my journey was
  kept alive.
• Many graduates sang the job-market blues.
• His prospects of getting a job look rather blue
  (bleak).

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blue

• beat sb black and blue
• He was blue with cold.
• blue blood
• blue book
• blue ribbon
• blue movie / joke
• Waterloo Bridge vs. ??

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charity

• 1) an organization that gives money, goods etc to
  people who are poor, sick etc.
• E.g. Several charities sent aid to the flood
  victims.
• a event/concert/dinner
• 2) money or gifts given to help people who are
  poor or sick etc.
• Pride makes it difficult for even the poorest
  peasant to accept charity from strangers.

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charity

• 3) kindness or sympathy shown toward other people
• Mother Teresa gained worldwide attention for her
  selfless acts of .
• begins at home people should look after the
  people nearest and dearest to them before
  thinking about others
• is not a bone given to a dog but a bone shared
  with a dog.

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commute

• E.g. between Brighton and London
• Every day she s from her home in the suburbs to
  her office downtown.
• Every morning and evening the subway is packed
  with rs.
• pain for pleasure
• foreign money to domestic

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dilapidate

• ruin suggests the action of destructive agencies
  and the ending of the value, beauty, or
  well-being of sth or someone or the loss of sth
  vital a reputation by ugly rumors
• dilapidate implies ruining resulting from
  neglector abuse but in more general use implies a
  shabby worn-out condition drove a d car
• wreck implies a ruining by or as if by crashing
  or being shattered and is likely to suggest
  damage that is beyond repair health ed by
  dissipation

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dubious

• E.g. Newsome failed to explain his personal
  finance.
• The new strategy of stopping drug smugglers is
  untested and .
• I am about/as to the safety of my cars
  airbags.
• dubiety n.

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jolt

• 1) give sb a sudden shock or surprise
• E.g. Vic was ed awake by at least five
  explosions.
• The news of his resignation gave even his critics
  a .
• 2) move suddenly and roughly, or make sb move in
  this way
• E.g. Their house was ed right off its
  foundation.
• 3) n. sth that has a sudden strong effect
• E.g. a of caffeine
• The tax laws may be a severe to the economy

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mortgage

• 1) the arrangement
• E.g. The payment will be around 600 dollars a
  month.
• Barb and Joe have taken out a on their first
  house.
• 2) the money owed on a
• We paid off our last September.
• We still have a 180, 000 on the house.

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mortgage v.

• We d our house to start Pauls business.
• Everything I owned is d to the hilt
• sbs future do sth that will make things very
  difficult for sb in the future
• Our lack of respect for the environment is
  mortgaging our childrens future.

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needy, -y

• -y 1) with much of, full of, or covered with sth
• e.g. sugary desserts (full of sugar)
• dirty hands (covered with dirt)
• hairy chest healthy juicy
• 2) having a quality or feeling, or tending to do
  sth
• E.g. messy room sleepy child droopy ears
  sticky finger

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-y

• 3) like sth, or typical of sth
• E.g. his long, horsey face
• a cold wintry day (typical of winter)
• wavy line
• 4) formed by
• E.g. waxy, icy
• 5) in nicknames
• E.g. Daddy, granny, doggy

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peek look quickly at sth you are not supposed to
see

• peep look at sth quickly and secretly, esp.
  through hole or opening
• peer suggests a straining to see more closely or
  fully, often with narrowed eyes and as if through
  a small opening
• gaze implies fixed and prolonged attention, as
  in wonder or admiration

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• gape suggests an openmouthed and often stupid
  wonder
• stare implies a direct open-eyed gazing denoting
  curiosity, disbelief or insolence
• glare suggests a fierce or angry staring

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scorching extremely hot

• If you scorch sth or if it scorches, its surface
  burn slightly and changes color Stir the onions
  frequently to prevent ing.
• scorched-earth policy the destruction by an army
  of everything useful in an area, esp. crops and
  buildings, so that the land cannot be used by an
  enemy
• Today is going to be a scorcher (an extremely
  hot day).
• syn. sultry, steamy,

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stopgap

• E.g. a method / solution
• After his death, the committee appointed his
  deputy as a .
• The Senate has passed a funding measure.

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whiz

• E.g. a on the computer
• a in the water
• a at football
• a management

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yearn

• E.g. after letters from friends
• towards sb
• My eyes ed for sleep.
• We for beauty, truth and meaning in our lives.
• Bud had yearned to be a pilot since he was young.
• to satisfy a ing for mystery
• an unfulfilled

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Notes to the text

• 1. A planned life can only be endured
• A planned life offers little excitement, drama,
  or romance its a life that has fallen into a
  rut, or into a boring situation that has never
  changed.

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2. They were trapped.

• They got into a bad situation from which they
  cannot escape.
• E.g. At 31, Peggy feels trapped in a boring job.
• trap sb 1) prevent sb from escaping a dangerous
  place workers were trapped in the ships engine
  room by the fire
• 2) catch sb by forcing him into an inescapable
  place police have the man trapped inside the bar
• 3) trick sb so that you can make him say or do
  sth that he did not intend to Anthony says she
  trapped him into marriage before he was ready

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3. tap a reservoir of good will

• draw upon or use a great deal of kindness or the
  readiness to help shown by others
• tap 1) to use or take what is needed from sth
  such as energy supply or an amount of money To
  continue the research project, the university
  plans to tap funds primarily from private
  foundations.
• 2) listen secretly to someones telephone
  conversation by making a connection to the phone
  or wire The investigators had tapped the drug
  dealers phone line.

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4. I was looking for a way to measuremoney

• I was looking for a way to find out the meaning
  of my life or to judge my value from some other
  perspectives, not from the monetary point of
  view.
• other than apart from a particular person or
  thing except
• E.g. He doesnt eat out at all, other than at
  Burger King.
• The music was a little loud but other than that,
  it was a great concert.

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5. passer-by ? passers-by

• similar examples
• editors-in-chief
• lookers-on
• sisters-in-law
• comrades-in-arm

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P352. work, job, profession

• work 1) imply activity of body, mind, machine,
  or a natural force, or it may apply to the effort
  expended or to the product of such effort
• 2) may apply to any purposeful activity, whether
  remunerative or not

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work, job, profession

• job apply to a piece of work voluntarily
  performed or to an assigned bit of menial work
  and may sometimes suggest difficulty or
  importance
• profession refer to work that needs special
  training, skill or knowledge

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satisfactory vs. satisfied

• satisfactory acceptable, or good enough for a
  particular situation or purpose
• E.g. a answer to the question
• an arrangement to both side
• satisfied pleased because sth has happened in
  the way you want, or because you have achieved sth

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difference vs. distinction

• Difference stresses the absolute absence of
  similarity whatsoever between things compared in
  nature, quantity or size
• E.g. There is a between them just as that
  between night and day.
• Being well-educated or not makes a world of .
• There are many s between English and Chinese.

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distinction

• distinction applies to difference that makes one
  thing easily separated from the other, even
  though they are of the similar kind, class etc.
• E.g. Whats the between hares and rabbits?
• All as human beings, there is without a
  difference between the black and white.
• make/draw a distinction between be careful to
  say what the difference between two or more
  things is