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第六十四讲 Information Recall and Summary
Answer the following questions based on the text you have read. (p127)
1. What does the author mean by saying “I am a morning Person”?
Key: He likes getting up early to enjoy some leisure time.
2. Does the author enjoy his time-out now? What does he regard a time-out as?
Key: Yes, he does. He regards a time-out as a reward.
3. What is important for our health according to the article?
Key: Finding special moments of the day when we can relax without any disturbance. Because stress in daily life does harm to our health, which increases the risks of heart attacks or the need for heart surgery.
4. Why can the author be contacted even in his car?
Key: Because he carries a beeper and a mobile phone with him.
5. Have modern conveniences also put an increased burden on people? Why?
Key: Yes. Because people have more work to deal with, such as reading and answering emails, making and answering phone calls, etc.
6. What can he author do if he needn’t read andanswer his emails each day?
Key: He can do some reading or calling on his friends.
7. When did the author get into the habit of having a walk with his wife every day after work? Why did he do so?
Key: He got into the habit of having a daily walk with his wife when he got older. He noticed he needed more time-outs during the day.
8. What are the author’s needs according to the article?
Key: He needs special moments to be alone with his coffee, newspaper and quiet thoughts; he needs to go for a walk, leaving all the modern technological and communications devices behind; he needs to have more time to communicate with his wife. In short, he needs his daily time-outs to temporarily free himself from the pressures of modern daily life.
B. Write a brief summary of the text. Compare your summary with that of your deskmate and see which one can better describe the main idea of the text. (P127)
In this passage, the author tells us he has always enjoyed his daily time-outs, but these years, with the invasion of modern technology and the quickening pace of everyday life, he has found it more and more difficult to enjoy leisure without any disturbance. However, as he is getting older, he needs more daily time-outs. So recently, besides early mornings, he enjoys taking a walk after work. The author’s purpose in writing the article isn’t merely to give us an account of how he enjoys his time-outs, but to suggest an effective way to reduce the stress of modern life—finding special moments.
Information Organization
The text can be divided into three parts, tell the main idea of each part. (P128)
Parts Main Ideas
I (Paras. 1-2) ________
II (Paras. 3-6) ________
III (Paras. 7-13) _______
Key:
I. (Paras. 1-2)
I have always enjoyed my daily time-outs.
Key:
II. (Paras. 3-6)
Over the years, with the invasion of modern technology, it has become more and more difficult to enjoy leisure time without any disturbances.
Key:
(III. Paras. 7-13)
I have reason to love early mornings, and because of the need for more daily time-outs, I’ve found another special moment.
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