Lesson Eight
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Teaching Procedure
1. Warm up
2. Background
3. Learning and Appreciation
1) text Theme
2) text structure
3) words & expressions
4) writing devices
4. Extension
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Warm-up
I.
Enjoy a Story 
II. Courage & Integrity 
III. Read & Discuss 
I. Enjoy a Story
The Cleaning Lady
During my second month of nursing school, our
professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious
student and had breezed through the questions,
until I read the last one:
"What is the first name of the woman who cleans
the school?"
"Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen
the cleaning woman several times. She was tall,
dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I
know her name?”
I. Enjoy a Story
The Cleaning Lady
I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before
class ended, one student asked if the last question would count
toward our quiz grade.
"Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers you will meet
many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention
and care, even if all you do is smile and say 'Hello'."
I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was
Dorothy.
II. Courage & Integrity
Listen and fill in the blanks.
Courage and integrity are two very
important __________ that are a part of
every person's lifestyle. Which trait would
be more _________? Courageous people
do not let anything hold them back or
________ them from doing what they
believe in. Integrity is the ability to set a
frame of personal morals and live your life
accordingly.
II. Courage & Integrity
Also courage is _______ what you
believe in, even when you know
your end result is most likely to be
failure. The ability to accept failure
is also courage. The most important
form of courage is ___________
integrity.
II. Courage & Integrity
Integrity is all about who you really are
as a person. Integrity is the ability to
maintain those morals in ___________.
If I had to choose between integrity
and courage, I would choose integrity
because it takes courage to have
integrity. If you had integrity, courage
would already be part of you.
II. Courage & Integrity
It takes courage to maintain your integrity. Many incidents may
________ in life that challenge your moral principles. People with a
high amount of integrity can maintain their moral principles in any
given situation. People with low integrity must have a low amount
of courage because it takes true courage to maintain their integrity.
Between courage and integrity, the value of integrity _________ the
value of courage. High integrity is more important than anything
else in the world because there is nothing more important than who
you are inside.
II. Courage & Integrity
Listen and fill in the blanks.
Courage and integrity are two very
traits
important __________
that are a part of
every person's lifestyle. Which trait would
desirable Courageous people
be more _________?
do not let anything hold them back or
restrain them from doing what they
________
believe in. Integrity is the ability to set a
frame of personal morals and live your life
accordingly.
II. Courage & Integrity
Also courage is executing
_______ what you
believe in, even when you know
your end result is most likely to be
failure. The ability to accept failure
is also courage. The most important
maintaining
form of courage is ___________
integrity.
II. Courage & Integrity
Integrity is all about who you really are
as a person. Integrity is the ability to
given situation
maintain those morals inany
___________.
If I had to choose between integrity
and courage, I would choose integrity
because it takes courage to have
integrity. If you had integrity, courage
would already be part of you.
II. Courage & Integrity
It takes courage to maintain your integrity. Many incidents may
come up in life that challenge your moral principles. People with a
________
high amount of integrity can maintain their moral principles in any
given situation. People with low integrity must have a low amount
of courage because it takes true courage to maintain their integrity.
outweighs the
Between courage and integrity, the value of integrity _________
value of courage. High integrity is more important than anything
else in the world because there is nothing more important than who
you are inside.
III. Read & Discuss
Study the following five quotations on morality
and then brainstorm about the two topics listed
below.
1."What you do not wish others to do to you,
do not do to them."
(Confucius)
2. Moral integrity is a long-range
commitment to specific moral principles; a
person of moral integrity does not change
moral principles for the sake of expediency or
personal convenience.
(Manuel M. Davenport)
III. Read & Discuss
3. Integrity is the commitment to acting in
accordance with long-range values and
moral principles. Integrity requires us to
think past short-term gains to long-range
consequences.
(Diana Mertz Hsieh)
4. No one can enhance himself at the
expense of others; what one believes to be
"self-enhancement" is that case is actually
self-destruction.
Background Information
I.
Author
II. The Bible
III. Film—The African Queen
IV. Bachelor Party
I. Author
Laura Schlessinger (1947—
)
—PhD. in physiology,
Columbia University;
—Post-doctoral certification in
marriage, family and child counseling,
University of Southern California;
—A teacher, writer and radio talk show host.
Author
Works:
Parenthood by Proxy: Don’t Have
Them if You Won’t Raise Them (2000)
Ten Stupid Things Men Do to Mess Up
Their Lives (1994)
How Could You Do That?! The
Abdication of Character, Courage and
Conscience (1996)
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I. Author
Dr. Laura
Schlessinger's
But I Waaannt It!
Dr. Laura
Schlessinger's
Why Do You Love Me?
I. Author
Laura Schlessinger’s quotes:
Children are our second chance to have a great
parent-child relationship.
The people and circumstances around me do not
make me what I am; they reveal who I am.
Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to
transform it into a door.
II.
The Bible
Holy Script
The Bible
(Bible—“book” in Greek)
Old Testament
New Testament
II.
The Bible
GENESIS CHAPTER 1
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. And the evening and the morning were the
first day.
8 And the evening and the morning were the second day.
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And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the
herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit
after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth:
and it was so.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
II.
The Bible
GENESIS CHAPTER 1
16And God made two great lights; the
greater light to rule the day, and the lesser
light to rule the night: he made the stars
also.
19 And the evening and the morning were
the fourth day.
21 And God created great whales, and every living
creature that moveth, which the waters brought
forth abundantly, after their kind, and every
winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it
was good.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth
day.
The Bible
GENESIS CHAPTER 1 &2
27 So God created man in his own image, in the
image of God created he him; male and female
created he them.
…
31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and,
behold, it was very good. And the evening and
the morning were the sixth day.
…
II.
The Bible
GENESIS CHAPTER 1 &2
1 And the heavens and the earth
and all their host were finished.
2 And God had finished on the
seventh day his work which he
had made; and he rested on the
seventh day from all his work
which he had made.
III. Film–The African Queen
With The African
Queen (1951),
Hepburn received
her fifth Oscar
nomination for the
film.
Humphrey Bogart -----Charlie, sailor
Katherine Hepburn -----Rossie, the missionary
III. Film–The African Queen
Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907—2003)
An iconic star of American film and stage,
widely recognized for her sharp wit, New
England gentility and fierce independence.
A screen legend, Hepburn holds the record for
the most Oscars for Best Actress, of which she
won four. She was nominated for twelve Best
Actress Academy Awards, the record for
nominations until 2003, when Meryl Streep
earned her 13th nomination.
In 1999, the American Film Institute
ranked Hepburn the Greatest Actress
of All Time.
III. Film–The African Queen
Humphrey Bogart (1899—1957)
An iconic American actor who
retains legendary status decades
after his death. He appeared in 75
feature motion pictures. In 1999,
the American Film Institute named
Bogart the Greatest Male Star of All
Time.
Bogart typically played smart,
playful, courageous, tough,
occasionally reckless characters,
living in a corrupt world, yet
anchored by an inner moral code.
Casablanca
The African Queen
(for which he won
an Academy Award
for Best Actor)
III. Film–The African Queen
The African Queen
A 1951 film in which a devout missionary
and a drunkard steamboat captain pilot a
boat down a river in German East Africa as
WWI begins.
English woman Rose Sayer (Katharine Hepburn)
and Canadian Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart)
make unlikely companions, but their quarreling
turns into romance as they work toward their
goal of sinking a German ship that patrols the
lake into which the river feeds.
The film has been selected for preservation in
the United States National Film Registry.
III. Film–The African Queen
“We
were put on the earth to rise above nature.”
Christianity:
Bible
Adam and Eve
fruit
expulsion from the Garden
forbidden
“original sin”
“We inherit a corrupted or damaged human
nature in which the tendency to do bad is
greater. By participating in the life of the
church, each person's human nature is healed
and it becomes easier to do good.”
IV. Bachelor Party
The bachelor party or "Stag Night" has
been a tradition since the time of the
Romans.
The night before the wedding, the groom’s
best friends and male family members take
him out for one last night of debauchery and
pleasure.
IV. Bachelor Party
There was a time when tradition held that the
groom-to-be should be fêted at a black-tie dinnerparty, hosted by his father or best man. This all-male
gathering strictly adhered to the codes of
gentlemanly behavior, the highlight of the evening
being a toast to the health of the bride-to-be.
Bachelor party toast:
"Drink, my buddies, drink with discerning, Wedlock's a lane
where there is no turning; Never was owl more blind than
lover; Drink and be merry, lads; and think it over."
Learning and Appreciation
Theme of the story
Morality principle of human beings
Lesson 8-”We are Only Human”
Learning and Appreciation
Structure of the text
Part 1 (paras. 1— 7 ) about: Clashing definitions of
humanity
Part 2 (paras. 8—23 ) about: Three core elements for a true
human
Part 3 (paras. 24—29) about: Pleasure principle
Part 4 (para. 30) about:
Further probe into conscience
The end of Structure.
Learning and Appreciation
1. Nobody is acknowledged to have a free will or
responsibility any more.
(para1)
admit
not …any more
Paraphrase:
People don’t admit that everyone has a free will to
decide to do or not to do or should be responsible for
their action or behavior ( what they did) .
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2. Everyone is the product of causation. There are no
longer individuals, just victims in groups. (para1)
Behaviorist theory
Behaviorist believe that human behavior is a
response to external stimulation and determined by genes.
An individual’s behavior is caused by environment around
him, that is, he acts because he is stimulated by something.
In this sense, human beings have no free will, they are
just a group formed by external causes.
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It’s when callers protest that they are “only human”.
Audience who listen to her radio program and call her
to express opposition through action or words
Paraphrase:
It was at the moment that the audience call me to express
their disagreement or to find excuse for what they did,
“only human” is an excuse they often use.
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As if one’s humanness were a blueprint for instinctive,
reflexive reactions to situations, like the rest of the animal
kingdom. (Para. 2)
something you do when you
react to a situation without
Subjunctive mood
thinking
simile
Paraphrase:
As if the fact we are human were a kind of detailed plan
which determines how instinctively and naturally we react
to situations, as is the case with all other animals.
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instinct, instinctive (para2)
human instinct; life instinct; maternal instinct; natural instincts
•She stepped back by instinct seeing a strange man.
elevate (para2)
(formal) to move someone or something to a more important
level or rank, or make them better than before
•Language has elevated humans above the other animals.
•Their purpose is to elevate AIDS to the top of government
priorities.
•Reading good books elevate one's mind.
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Question:
What does the author intend to tell the readers in para2?
Human distinguishes from animals because he can use his
mind and free will to decide his action.
3. clash (para3) ~ clashing definitions of humanity
1) argue because of different beliefs and opinions - used
in news reports
2) Democrats clashed with Republicans in a heated
debate.
3) The two men have clashed over the report's
conclusions.
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2) conflict
• The announcement has been delayed to avoid clashing
with the Prime Minister's speech.
3) Two colors or design look very bad together
I can't wear red - it clashes with my hair.
4. illustrate:to explain sth by pictures, examples (para3)
Association: demonstrate
5. invoke (para3)
1)to use a law, principle, or theory to support your views
援引(法规、条文等)
•invoke an article of the Charter of the United Nations
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2) to ask for help from someone more powerful than you
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invoke sb.'s help; invoke the judge's mercy
3) invoke a law, rule etc, you say that you are doing
something because the law allows or forces you to 行使
(法权等);
•
The UN threatened to invoke economic sanctions if the
talks were broken off.
Association: provoke
•
Don’t provoke the dog. That’s dangerous.
•
I don’t believe the two slaps provoked him to kill his
father.
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Missionary, prayer, pray
A missionary is teaching
people about Christianity and
convincing them to become
Christians.
Carly’s mother is praying
that the operation will
succeed.
Carly’s mother is giving
prayers for Carly.
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6. apt (para3)
1) be apt to do something: to have a natural tendency to do
something
• Some of the staff are apt to arrive late on Mondays.
Association: be prone to do sth; tend to do sth; incline to do
2) appropriate
•'Love at first sight' is a very apt description of how he felt
when he saw her.
3) quick to learn and understand; clever; bright
an apt pupil/student
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Question
What does the author want to illustrate by giving this
example? (para3)
To illustrate that clashing definition of human.
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While natural selection did shape our minds and feelings,
there is something extra special(about the human
mind)that leads us to be able, if not always willing, to take
that extra step past some action that makes sense on only
the basis of “survival of the fittest,” or “survival of me.”
There is sth special
about the human mind
Question
What’s about the author’s
attitude to “survival of the
fittest”? Support or object?
Which word can show it?
which enables us to go
beyond selfish actions,
actions that are explained
by the need for survival
There is a good reason or
explanation for sth
Object to the idea. Rephrase the theory by using “or”
and rephrasing the theory to “survival of me”.
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I do for you because I can expect some
reciprocal benefits in the future.(para6)
I
Moral behavior is viewed by some group as an
investment for greater returns.
Question:
Does the author favor any of the above moral
principles? If not, how does she refute the argument?
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7. come in: be involved; has a part to play (para6)
• I understand the plan perfectly, but I can’t see where I
come in. ……但是我不知道在这个计划中我起什么作用？
• Everyone has a part to play, where do I come in?
• I don’t understand. It seems to be a very practical problem.
Where does social responsibility come in?
8. Forgo: not to do or not to have something pleasant or
enjoyable (p7)
• There is an emergency patient. I had to forgo lunch.
•
to forgo pleasures
• We'll have to forgo our rest hour to gather in the wheat
before the storm begins.
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9. at the expense of somebody/something: achieve a goal
by doing something that could harm the other person or thing
(para7) 以…为代价
• He did not want to devote more time to his business at the
expense of his family.
10. derive: (para7)
1) [vt.]to get something, especially an advantage or a pleasant
feeling, from something
•Medically, we will derive great benefit from this technique.
•derive pleasure/enjoyment etc
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2) be derived: [vt.& vi ] to develop or come from something
else
•
This word is derived from Latin.
Association: result from, originate from, stem from
Questions:
1) What do 3 “C” respectively stand for according to the
author ?
2)In para6, How does the author regard the concept “I do
for you because I can expect some reciprocal benefits
in the future.” ?
3) Retell part I as the figure shows you
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We’re Only Human
animal Lower animals
instinctive, reflexive, elevate …above, rise above,
accomplish, fill out destiny, survival of the fittest,
3 C’s
self-advancement,
come in, derive,
pleasure
doing, resist
moral
responsibility
innate drive/ battle happiness
self-indulgence,
forgo, benefit, at some
the self, eliminate,
/struggle,
in the act of
temptation,
expense of
summarize
investment
concept, reciprocal altruism, restore…to its place
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Question:
What does it mean by the sentence “what you
are when no one else is looking” ?(para8)
If you do good deeds in a way unnoticed by
other people, then it means you can hardly
get anything in return. You are doing it not for
the sake of being rewarded but because you
draw pleasure in doing them.
This is a moral principle that the author favors
and it, to a large extent, runs counter to the
principle of “doing something for reciprocal
benefits.”
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11. forge (para8)
1) to develop something new, especially a strong
relationship with other people, groups, or countries
e.g forge a relationship/alliance/link etc (with
somebody)
2) to illegally copy something, especially something
printed or written
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a forged passport /signature/ certification
Association:
artificial, false, man-made , fake, counterfeit
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artificial(barrier, environment, fertilizer, flower, grass,
heart, intelligence, lake, language, leg, light, lighting)
false (eyelash, god, hope, identity, impression,
information, modesty, name,passport, picture, report,
representation, security, sense, tooth, trade)
man-made (chemical, fibre , fibres, island, lake,
satellite )
fake (driver's license, fur coat, Rolex watches,
identification documents)
counterfeit (currency, goods, money)
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Questions
1) In para8, what does the author hear about
“character”?
2) How do you understand the “what you are when
no one else is looking”?
12. inner: adj. on the inside or close to the centre of
something (opposite outer) (para16)
e.g an inner room, inner city, the inner ear, inner
thoughts, the inner feelings, inner circle
Association: inside (adv, prep.): in or into a building
or room or container
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e.g. inside an envelope/ his jacket/ the house/ the
Party
internal(opposite:external ):within a particular country
/ a company or organization /one’s body
e.g. internal organs/injuries/ bleeding /affairs /security
/markets
13. Commitment: n (para10)
1) a promise to do something or to behave in a
particular way
e.g Are you ready to make a long-term commitment ?
a commitment to pay $50000 to Red Cross
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2) the hard work and loyalty that someone gives to an
organization, activity etc
• I've taken on too many commitments.
• Her commitment to work is beyond question.
• family commitments
Question
What does the author want to illustrate by using the
story of Tina’s husband’s? (para9~10)
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14. grapple with: to try hard to deal with sth
difficult (para11)
• The Government has to grapple with the problem
of unemployment.
• Molly's upstairs grappling with her maths
homework.
15. be being+adj.(adj. denotes an action) :
express the situation at the moment (para13)
• You’re being clever. Billy’s being a nice boy. I’m
being serious.
• You’re being modest.
To paraphrase6
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Questions
1) What does Tony’s story prove? (para11~16)
2) As far as the structure is concerned, in what way
does “The First C” transit to “The Second C” ?
16. sustain (para17)
1) maintain: eg. She found it difficult to sustain the
children's interest.
2) (formal) to suffer damage, an injury, or loss of
money
3) to make them able to continue living
They gave me barely enough food to sustain me.
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4) to hold up the weight of something
5) (formal ) to support an idea or argument, or
prove that it is right
eg. This argument is difficult to sustain.
17.sustained [only before noun]: continuing for a
long time
a period of sustained economic crisis
development a sustained attack on the government
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leap of faith: something you do even though it
involves a risk, hoping that it will have a good result
(Longman Dictionary)
For this the Middle East needs a leap of faith.
An act or an instance of accepting or trusting in sth.
That cannot be readily seen or trusted (teachers’
book)
report doing something
Witnesses reported seeing three people flee the
scene.
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18. Initiative n.主动, （the）主动权 (para17)
lose/ seize / take the initiative;
do sth. on one's own initiative
19. A is to B what C is to D : A is as important to B
as C is to D
A之于B, 就如C之于D (para18)
Air is to man what water is to fish.
Blood is to a man’s body what railway is to
transportation.
“Robertson is to his life what fresh water is to an oasis
in a vast desert.”
To sentence 10
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20. dilemma: a situation in which it is very difficult
to decide what to do, because all the choices seem
equally good or equally bad (para19)
1)This placed Robert Kennedy in a dilemma.
2) Many women are faced with the dilemma of
choosing between work and family commitments.
3) It is a common dilemma: Should you stay where
you have friends and family, or take that good job in
a far-away city?
4) With a child on each opposing team, Dad was
faced with a dilemma: which supporters should he sit
with?
To sentence 11
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21. Optional: you can choose to if you want to
(opposite compulsory) (para19)
Attendance at the meeting is optional.
If they wish, students can do an optional dissertation,
and pick up word-processing and other computer
skills.
Association: option Each multiple-choice question
contains four option.
Questions
How many types of life are there in author’s opinion?
What are they like?
To:We wish to be excused because guilt and….
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22. overwhelming: very large or greater, more
important etc than any other (para 23)
1)There is overwhelming evidence that smoking
damages your health.
2)An overwhelming majority of the members were
against the idea.
3)The proposal has been given overwhelming support.
23. get in the way of something: to prevent
someone from doing something, or prevent
something from happening (p24)
Your social life must not get in the way of your
studies.
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Questions
1) Why do people use “Okay, I made a mistake” or
“But I’m only human” or “I’m not
perfect!” ?(para20)
2) What does the author define “guilt” and “shame”
as?(para21)
24. ample (para27)
To: while a balance of both is …(para25)
1) more than enough ; sufficient
ample evidence/ justification/ opportunity/ room/
scope/ space/ supply/ time
2) ( literary) large in a way that is attractive or
pleasant ample bosom
To sentence 15
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25. in this/that regard: (formal) relating to
something you have just mentioned (para28)
The company's problems, in this regard, are
certainly not unique.
The second guidance was in respect of roads, and
much needed to be done in this regard.
26.Conscience (para 30)
guilty/troubled conscience问心有愧 ;
a clear conscience 问心无愧;
a social conscience公德心 ;have no conscience 没良心
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social conscience that made him offer to help.
1)It was his _________________
a clear conscience
2) At least I can face them all with _____________________
have no conscience at all about cheating.
3) They___________________
27. impose (para30)
impose something on somebody
父母们常常会把自己的道德价值观强加给孩子们。
Parents often impose their own moral values on
their children .
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1) What is pleasure and what is happiness
according to the author?
2) What is the relationship among pleasure and
happiness and conscience?
3) What does it mean by “A Good Conscience Has
Its Perks”?(para30)
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courage
sustaining
life
thoroughly living life
C______
ourage is to l____
ife what b____
roth is to s____.
oup
Relationship
between__&___
happiness
is rooted in
combination,
ample,expand
formula, confusion,
emphasis, devastate to
disregard, seduction,
self-centered,generate,
destruction,ultimate,
potential,self-esteem,
personal achievement
Initiative,
risk-taking,
sustained
Action,
odds,
sacrificing ,
leaps of faith
questions
pleasure
transitory,
discreet,
superficial,
immediate
gratification
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integrity,honesty,
pleasure
acceptance, affection
honor
a value system
courage
Values,vibrancy,
optional
complete human
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capacity
conscience
to conform
happiness
pleasure
Responsibility
Choice,decision
feeling
Pleasure
principle
to judge
motivated
life, richness,
flavor,meaning
morality
Reputation,respect
forge
Admiration,happiness
Sacrifice, pains, efforts
character
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Discussion
Do you agree that “pleasure is an event;
happiness is a process. Pleasure is an end point;
happiness is the journey. Pleasure is material;
happiness is spiritual. Pleasure is self-involved;
happiness is outer- and other involved”?
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even if: used to emphasize that something will still be true if
another thing happens
•She's going to have problems finding a job even if she gets
her A levels.
•Even if he gets accepted to Harvard, he won't be able to afford
the tuition.
•He's going to buy the farm even if they raise the price
even though:used to emphasize that something is true
although something else has happened or is true
•Even though he's 24 now, he's still like a little child.
• I can still remember, even though it was so long ago.
•I still look fat, even though I've been exercising fairly regularly.
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Lesson 8-”We are Only Human”
Writing Devices
Metaphor
The 3C’s are Character, Courage, and Conscience,
without which we are merely gigantic ants
instinctively filling out our biologically determined
Metaphor: a
metaphor , like a
simile, makes a
comparison
between two unlike
elements, but
unlike a simile, this
comparison is
implied rather than
stated.
destiny. (Para. 4)
Metaphor
Human beings are compared to
gigantic ants.
To be continued on the next page.
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Lesson 8-”We are Only Human”
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to
time with blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its
natural manure. (—Thomas Jefferson)
Liberty cannot be achieved without blood shed—the
shedding of the blood of both the defenders and the
oppressors of liberty in a violent struggle. Blood (manure)
nurtures liberty.
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Writing Devices
Euphemism
More examples
… with one of entertainment-type women at the
party. (Para. 9)
Euphemism: the substitution of mild
or vague or roundabout expression for
harsh or direct one.
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Euphemism: more examples
He did his business like a dog at the roadside.
The hero left us forever.
Senior Citizens are taken care of by the government.
Women’s room
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Extension
I. Oral work 
II. Quiz 
III.Writing
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
I. Oral Work
List:
1. Group discussion
2. Debating
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
I. Oral Work
What do you think constitute moral
actions?
Do integrity and honesty always bring
immediate rewards or gratification?
Why?
Do the bad people always get
punished? Use examples to elaborate
your view.
Is human behavior gene-determined or
shaped by our environment? Or is it the
result of the exercise of our free will?
Brainstor
m in
groups.
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
I. Oral Work
Topics for debating:
1. Moral principles differ in race,
religion and social status.
2. Might is right.
3. Altruism will prevail over egoism.
The end of Oral Work.
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
II. Quiz 1
1. I’m sorry to have taken up so much of your
___ time.
a. worthy
b. valuable
c. valueless
d. priceless
2. I’m ___ the impression that you have made
much progress in your English study.
a. at
b. in
c. under
d. with
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1. b
2. c
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
II. Quiz 1
3.
The clock was ____ eleven when I went to
bed.
a. striking
b. beating
c. ringing
d. sounding
4. Dogs are often praised for their ____; they
almost never abandon.
a. faith
b. loyalty
c. trust
d. truthfulness
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3. a
4. b
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
II. Quiz 1
5.
____ as it was at such a time, his work
attracted much attention.
a. Being published
b. Published
c. Publishing
d. To be published
6. In the advanced course students must take
performance tests at monthly ____.
a. gaps
b. intervals
c. length
d. distance
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5. b
6. b
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
II. Quiz 1
7. He underwent four ____ operations in two
weeks.
a. excessive
b. extensive
c. intensive
d. successive
8. After performing a successful operation, the
doctor at last pulled the patient ____.
a. back
b. in
c. up
d. through
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7. d
8. d
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
II. Quiz 1
9.
The engine ____ smoke and steam.
a. gives up
b. gives in
c. gives away
d. gives off
10. It’s no use ____ me not to worry.
a. you tell
b. your telling
c. for you to have told
d. having told
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9. d
10. b
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
II. Quiz 1
11. One more try, ____ you will succeed.
a. or
b. but
c. so
d. and
12. ____ the flood, the ship would have
reached its destination on time.
a. In case of
b. In spite of
c. Because of
d. But for
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11. d
12. d
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
II. Quiz 1
13. I don’t doubt ____ the plan will be wellconceived.
a. that
b. why
c. whether
d. when
14. Mrs. Brown is supposed ____ for Italy last
week.
a. to have left
b. to be leaving
c. to leave
d. to have been left
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13. a
14. a
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
II. Quiz 1
15. Don’t worry. The company will ____ all
your expense.
a. satisfy
b. meet
c. pay
d. submit
16. Foreign disinvestments and the ____ of
South Africa from would capital markets
after 1985 further weakened its economy.
a. displacement
c. exclusion
b. elimination
d. exception
The end of Quiz 1.
15. b
16. c
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
II. Quiz 2
1.
2.
protective towards my
I can’t help feeling ________
kid. (protect)
fateful
It was a _______
decision which was to
change the rest of his life. (fate)
3.
Every effort was made to return the purse
rightful
to its ________
owner. (right)
4.
absorbing documentary about
This is an ________
China’s reform. (absorb)
biologically
Many people are still regarding _______
5.
modified food with great suspicion.
(biology)
6.
Government at all levels should maintain
sustainable economic growth. (sustain)
________
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Fill out the
blanks with the
proper form of
the given words.
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
II. Quiz 2
7.
8.
9.
commitment to equal pay
He failed to honor _________
and opportunities. (commit)
optimal
There are a number of __________
courses lectured by some learned and
seasoned scholars. (opt)
clashing
Will this century be an era when _______
cultures contend ? (clash)
10.
The anchor began his program with a very
entertaining anecdote about the guest.
__________
(entertain)
W
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L
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The end of Quiz.
Lesson 8 – “We are Only Human”
III.
Writing

What it Means to Be Human
You are expected to
1. Provide a definition of the
word “human”;
2. List two or three key qualities
that convey what it means to
be fully human;
3. Use examples to illustrate
each quality.
The end of Writing.