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Lesson Four
The Boy and the Bank Officer
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Plot: a boy’s withdrawal of money from the bank
Setting: at the bank
Protagonists: bank officer, the boy and “I”
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Theme of the story
Traditionally, poor people and people who sympathize with them have regarded banks as evil, as enemies of the poor. Such suspicions and misgivings obviously still linger on. This article seems to prove that prejudices of people like the author are ungrounded.
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Part 1 (para. 1) about:
Part 2 (paras. ) about:
Part 3 (paras. ) about:
Structure of the text
2—23
24—32
The attitude of the author’s friend toward bank.
The boy managed to withdraw money from the bank but was kindly refused.
The end of Structure.
The bank officer cleared the fact.
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Questions
Why did the author go to the bank one day?
What did he see in the bank?
Why did the boy have trouble withdrawing his money?
What did the author do then?
Why did the officer refuse to let the boy withdraw his own money?
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About the Author
Philip Ross (1939— ) is an American writer based in New York. After working as a newspaper reporter for four years, he turned to freelance (自由职业作家) writing. Many of his articles have appeared in the New Yorker (《纽约人》), Reader’s Digest (《读者文摘》) and New York Times (《纽约时报》). This text is taken from Strategies for Successful Writing: A Rhetoric and Reader, 3rd edition published by Prentice Hall, Inc. in 1993 in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
Author
The end of Author.
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Writing Devices
Hyperbole
To be continued on the next page.
A figure of speech in which conscious exaggeration is used without the intent of literal persuasion. It may be used to heighten effect, or to produce comic effect.
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Writing Devices
Hyperbole: more examples
To be continued on the next page.
I moved in for the kill. (para. 19)
I zeroed in on the officer. (para. 20)
His eyes fell on the page, but his mind was a
million miles away.
I will love you till the sea’s gone dry, the
rocks melt with the sun.
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Language study
1. account
n. an arrangement that you have with a bank to pay in or take out money
Example:
My salary is paid directly into my bank account.
① take account of sth./take sth. into account: to consider or include particular facts or details when making a decision or judgment about sth.
Example:
These figures do not take account of changes in the rate of inflation.
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