events Cause - Part1-Line(1-5) Process---Part 2 _Line(6-38) Climax&End-Part 3 _Line(39-40 The story can be divided into three parts a. The first part (Line1-5)is about the reason for applying for a job b. The second part (Line6-38)is about the whole process of the interview c. The third part (Line39-40)is the ending ot the sto ry
▪ events Cause ---- Part1 - Line (1-5) ▪ Process-----Part 2 Line (6-38) ▪ Climax&End—Part 3 Line (39-40) ▪ The story can be divided into three parts: ▪ a. The first part (Line1-5) is about the reason for applying for a job. ▪ b. The second part (Line6-38) is about the whole process of the interview. ▪ c. The third part (Line39-40) is the ending of the story
Questions 1. What job was advertised in the local newspaper? 2. Why did" want to find a job? 3Did“” feel nervous when"" got there? Why or why not?
Questions ▪ 1.What job was advertised in the local newspaper? ▪ 2.Why did “I” want to find a job? ▪ 3.Did “I” feel nervous when “I” got there? Why or why not?
Detailed Study of the Story While I was waiting to enter university. I saw in a local newspaper a teaching post advertised at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from Where lived Attention: in this sentence, the object of the predict saw'--a teaching post is not in the normal order I saw a teaching post at a school in a suburb of ondon about ten miles from where lived advertised in a local newspaper Note: As the direct object a teaching post has a lengthy modifier, it needs to be postponed in order that the whole sentence has "end weight
Detailed Study of the Story ▪ While I was waiting to enter university. I saw in a local newspaper a teaching post advertised at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived. Attention: in this sentence, the object of the predict “ saw” ---a teaching post is not in the normal order. ▪ I saw a teaching post at a school in a suburb of London about ten miles from where I lived advertised in a local newspaper. ▪ Note: As the direct object “a teaching post” has a lengthy modifier, it needs to be postponed in order that the whole sentence has “end weight
sentence=old information +new information Old information=given information/known information New information Information focus =end focus Mr. Smith is a friend of my fathers. old information Mr. Smith New information=is a friend of my fathers He gave me a book/ he gave a book to me
▪ sentence=old information +new information ▪ Old information=given information/known information ▪ New information ▪ Information focus =end focus ▪ Mr. Smith is a friend of my father’s. ▪ Old information=Mr. Smith ▪ New information=is a friend of my father’s ▪ He gave me a book/ he gave a book to me
Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied, fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience of teaching my chances of landing the job were slim be short of: have not enough, be in want of, be in lack of It was obvious that this young man was rather short of teaching experience fearing as I did So: fearing as I applied slim: small, slight; slender His chances of success were very slim She raised her two daughters with her slim income -The doctor will go on operating even though there is only a slim hope of success -The fashion model had a very slim figure He will have to slim if he wants to wear the sweater
▪ Being very short of money and wanting to do something useful, I applied , fearing as I did so, that without a degree and with no experience of teaching my chances of landing the job were slim . ▪ be short of: have not enough, be in want of, be in lack of ▪ It was obvious that this young man was rather short of teaching experience . ▪ fearing as I did so: fearing as I applied. ▪ slim: small, slight; slender ▪ His chances of success were very slim. ▪ -She raised her two daughters with her slim income. ▪ -The doctor will go on operating even though there is only a slim hope of success. ▪ -The fashion model had a very slim figure. ▪ -He will have to slim if he wants to wear the sweater