Unit Five
Text A
The Language of
Compromise
Background knowledge
Presentation
Hiking
The Women’s Liberation Movement
William Shakespeare
Spin a Coin
Hamlet
hiking
Hiking is the sport of walking for pleasure or
exercise,particularly in rural or wooded areas,
It is often combined with other activities,such
as fishing,hunting,or camping.
The Women’s Liberation Movement
The Women’s Liberation Movement was a broad-
based social movement in the United States in the
1960s and 1970s which sought to combat gender
discrimination and gain rights for women equal to
those granted men in the legal system,in education,
in the workplace and elsewhere throughout society,
Though the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) which
would have given women a constitutional guarantee
of such rights was never passed,the women’s
liberation was largely successful in making the
treatment of women in the U.S,much more similar to
that given men.
The Women’s Liberation Movement
has affected American English in a number of
ways,For example,the title,Ms.” is now
usually preferred to,Miss” or,Mrs.” And
gender-specific job titles (e.g,policeman,
salesman) are now usually replaced by non-
gender specific ones (police officer,sales
representative).
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
English poet and playwright who is the most
respected and influential figure in the history
of English literature,Shakespeare’s tragedies,
particularly Hamlet,Othello,King Lear,and
Macbeth,mark the summit of his art and are
among the highlights of all world literature.
spin a coin
People sometimes decide something by
throwing a coin into the air and guessing
which side of it will be facing upwards after it
falls,The side of the coin which has a person’s
head on it is the,heads,The side without a
person’s head on it is the,tails”,Hence the
proverb,Heads I win,tails you lose.”
Hamlet
One of Shakespeare’s most important plays,Hamlet
concerns a prince of Denmark who plans to avenge
the murder of his father by his uncle,who has since
married the queen and usurped the crown,The prince
knows that he should kill his uncle,but finds himself
unable to act,This hesitation is reflected in the
famous question,“to be or not to be” which Hamlet
asks himself in the play’s most well-known speech.
The Language of Compromise
1.,Let me give you one piece of advice,” I
said to Ted and Mary just before they got
married a few years ago.,If you want to
stay happily married,always be prepared
to compromise,When you have different
opinions about something,you each give
way a little,You take the middle course,
That is compromise,And I’m glad to say
that the young couple seemed to take that
advice.
2,I remember when they took their first holiday
together,Ted wanted to do something energetic,
because he didn’t usually get much exercise
during the year,Mary’s job meant that she was
on her feet most of the time,All she wanted to
do was lie in the sun,Ted hated the idea of lying
on a beach; Mary hated the idea of being too
active,They compromised,and took their
holiday in mid-summer,high in the Alps,Mary
was able to lie in the sun by the hotel swimming
pool,while Ted went off for long walks in the
mountains with a group of hikers,In the evening
they met at the hotel,both content with their day,
happy to eat a leisurely meal together and
dance a little afterwards.
3,They compromised over everything and they
were very happy.
4,To complete their happiness,they had a baby
when they had been married for three years – a
son,But that,strangely,was when the problem
arose,They had to name their son,of course,
and each had a name in mind; not the same
name,unfortunately,It seemed that a situation
had arisen where compromise was impossible,
Ted wanted to call their son Robert,Mary
wanted to call him Lawrence,How can you
compromise with names like that? No,this time
one of them would have to give way,it seemed,
There would have to be a winner,and a loser,
That was how they saw things,at least.
5,Mary told me all about it when I called at
the hospital two days after the baby’s birth.
6.,Ted wants to call him Robert,“Mary
said,“because there’s a tradition in his
family,The eldest son is always Robert or
Edward,His father was Robert,his
grandfather Edward,his great-grandfather
Robert,and so on.”
7.,That seems reasonable,” I said.
8.,I don’t want my son to be named after
someone in the family,” Mary said.,He’s
a unique individual,and I want him to have
a name that no one else in the family has
had,I want to call my son Lawrence.”
9.,That seems reasonable,too.” I said.
10.,Everyone’s been giving me advice,”
Mary said,Then she told me who had
given her advice,and what advice she had
been given,(but not in the same order),I
had to guess who gave what advice,
Maybe you’d like to try to do that as well?
11,These were the people:
1) Uncle Fred,who was a painter,and liked vivid colors.
2) Aunt Sybil,who spent every spare minute in her
garden.
3) Cousin John,who spent far too much of his time at
horse races and simply couldn’t resist a gamble.
4) Mary’s friend,Sue,who was very active in the
Women’s Liberation Movement.
5) Ted’s brother David,an actor with a high opinion of
himself.
6) Mary’s father,a music professor.
7) Mary’s mother,who loved Shakespeare.
8) Mary’s friend,Catherine,known to be rather snobbish.
12,Here,in a different order,is the advice they gave
Mary:
a),Spin a coin,and decide that way.”
b),David’s rather a nice name,that would be a good
compromise.”
c),Tell your husband that you had the child so you have
the right to choose his name.”
d),I’ve always liked the names Johann Sebastian.”
e),Call him William,He’ll be a sweet William,What a
pity you didn’t have a girl,There are such lovely names
for girls – Heather,Rosemary,Lily,Fern,Daisy.”
f),He’s got blond hair,You could call him Boyd – which
means yellow.”
g),Chares is rather a refined name,don’t you think? Not
Robert,though,or Lawrence,Too ordinary,my dear.”
h),Hamlet would make an unusual,but attractive name.”
13,well,I soon sorted out who suggested what,
then I gave my own advice,“Compromise!”
14.,How?” said Mary.
15.,In the same way as my parents,” I said,
“My father felt that I should be named after his
father,and my mother felt the same way about
naming me after her father,So,I’m named after
both of them.”
16.,You mean,they were both called Samuel?”
said Mary.
17.,No,one was George,the other was Albert,
Samuel is the compromise,I’m named George
Albert Samuel,but called Samuel.”
18,And so it was that my nephew was named
Robert William Lawrence,but is called Lawrence.
compromise
---n,act of settling an argument by taking a middle
course acceptable to all sides
---v,settle an argument or differences of opinion by
taking a middle course acceptable to all sides
The strike didn’t end until the two sides
worked out a compromise.
The two nations finally agreed to settle their
conflict by compromise.
Mary compromised with her parents and
came back a little before midnight,
stay (linking Verb)
to continue to be in a particular position,place,or
state,without changing
Early to bed and early to rise,you will stay healthy,
wealthy and wise.
It’s going to stay cold for the next few days.
Going out this house and stay out
I stayed up late to watch the film.
give way
--- yield
They will starve rather than give way.
Here you need to give way to me.
He said he would rather quit than give way
to the unreasonable demands of his boss
energetic
--- full of energy
He was an energetic tennis player.
He is an energetic supporter of the
peace movement.
call at
--- pay a short visit to (a place)
A friend of mine called at my house
yesterday.
Will you call at the supermarket for some
eggs and milk?
name after
--- give the same name as
It is a western custom to name a newborn
baby after a family member.
There are streets named after Sun Yat-sen
in many Chinese cities.
The monument is named after Abraham
Lincoln.
as well (as)
--- in addition to sth or someone else
John passed the final exam,Marry did it as well.
We are going to the cinema tonight,why don’t you
come along as well?
They own a house in Provence as well as a villa in
Spain.
have an opinion of
--- think of
The boss has high opinion of her.
She has a rather poor opinion of your written
work.
The critics have a low opinion of that book
even though a best-seller.
Text A
The Language of
Compromise
Background knowledge
Presentation
Hiking
The Women’s Liberation Movement
William Shakespeare
Spin a Coin
Hamlet
hiking
Hiking is the sport of walking for pleasure or
exercise,particularly in rural or wooded areas,
It is often combined with other activities,such
as fishing,hunting,or camping.
The Women’s Liberation Movement
The Women’s Liberation Movement was a broad-
based social movement in the United States in the
1960s and 1970s which sought to combat gender
discrimination and gain rights for women equal to
those granted men in the legal system,in education,
in the workplace and elsewhere throughout society,
Though the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) which
would have given women a constitutional guarantee
of such rights was never passed,the women’s
liberation was largely successful in making the
treatment of women in the U.S,much more similar to
that given men.
The Women’s Liberation Movement
has affected American English in a number of
ways,For example,the title,Ms.” is now
usually preferred to,Miss” or,Mrs.” And
gender-specific job titles (e.g,policeman,
salesman) are now usually replaced by non-
gender specific ones (police officer,sales
representative).
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
English poet and playwright who is the most
respected and influential figure in the history
of English literature,Shakespeare’s tragedies,
particularly Hamlet,Othello,King Lear,and
Macbeth,mark the summit of his art and are
among the highlights of all world literature.
spin a coin
People sometimes decide something by
throwing a coin into the air and guessing
which side of it will be facing upwards after it
falls,The side of the coin which has a person’s
head on it is the,heads,The side without a
person’s head on it is the,tails”,Hence the
proverb,Heads I win,tails you lose.”
Hamlet
One of Shakespeare’s most important plays,Hamlet
concerns a prince of Denmark who plans to avenge
the murder of his father by his uncle,who has since
married the queen and usurped the crown,The prince
knows that he should kill his uncle,but finds himself
unable to act,This hesitation is reflected in the
famous question,“to be or not to be” which Hamlet
asks himself in the play’s most well-known speech.
The Language of Compromise
1.,Let me give you one piece of advice,” I
said to Ted and Mary just before they got
married a few years ago.,If you want to
stay happily married,always be prepared
to compromise,When you have different
opinions about something,you each give
way a little,You take the middle course,
That is compromise,And I’m glad to say
that the young couple seemed to take that
advice.
2,I remember when they took their first holiday
together,Ted wanted to do something energetic,
because he didn’t usually get much exercise
during the year,Mary’s job meant that she was
on her feet most of the time,All she wanted to
do was lie in the sun,Ted hated the idea of lying
on a beach; Mary hated the idea of being too
active,They compromised,and took their
holiday in mid-summer,high in the Alps,Mary
was able to lie in the sun by the hotel swimming
pool,while Ted went off for long walks in the
mountains with a group of hikers,In the evening
they met at the hotel,both content with their day,
happy to eat a leisurely meal together and
dance a little afterwards.
3,They compromised over everything and they
were very happy.
4,To complete their happiness,they had a baby
when they had been married for three years – a
son,But that,strangely,was when the problem
arose,They had to name their son,of course,
and each had a name in mind; not the same
name,unfortunately,It seemed that a situation
had arisen where compromise was impossible,
Ted wanted to call their son Robert,Mary
wanted to call him Lawrence,How can you
compromise with names like that? No,this time
one of them would have to give way,it seemed,
There would have to be a winner,and a loser,
That was how they saw things,at least.
5,Mary told me all about it when I called at
the hospital two days after the baby’s birth.
6.,Ted wants to call him Robert,“Mary
said,“because there’s a tradition in his
family,The eldest son is always Robert or
Edward,His father was Robert,his
grandfather Edward,his great-grandfather
Robert,and so on.”
7.,That seems reasonable,” I said.
8.,I don’t want my son to be named after
someone in the family,” Mary said.,He’s
a unique individual,and I want him to have
a name that no one else in the family has
had,I want to call my son Lawrence.”
9.,That seems reasonable,too.” I said.
10.,Everyone’s been giving me advice,”
Mary said,Then she told me who had
given her advice,and what advice she had
been given,(but not in the same order),I
had to guess who gave what advice,
Maybe you’d like to try to do that as well?
11,These were the people:
1) Uncle Fred,who was a painter,and liked vivid colors.
2) Aunt Sybil,who spent every spare minute in her
garden.
3) Cousin John,who spent far too much of his time at
horse races and simply couldn’t resist a gamble.
4) Mary’s friend,Sue,who was very active in the
Women’s Liberation Movement.
5) Ted’s brother David,an actor with a high opinion of
himself.
6) Mary’s father,a music professor.
7) Mary’s mother,who loved Shakespeare.
8) Mary’s friend,Catherine,known to be rather snobbish.
12,Here,in a different order,is the advice they gave
Mary:
a),Spin a coin,and decide that way.”
b),David’s rather a nice name,that would be a good
compromise.”
c),Tell your husband that you had the child so you have
the right to choose his name.”
d),I’ve always liked the names Johann Sebastian.”
e),Call him William,He’ll be a sweet William,What a
pity you didn’t have a girl,There are such lovely names
for girls – Heather,Rosemary,Lily,Fern,Daisy.”
f),He’s got blond hair,You could call him Boyd – which
means yellow.”
g),Chares is rather a refined name,don’t you think? Not
Robert,though,or Lawrence,Too ordinary,my dear.”
h),Hamlet would make an unusual,but attractive name.”
13,well,I soon sorted out who suggested what,
then I gave my own advice,“Compromise!”
14.,How?” said Mary.
15.,In the same way as my parents,” I said,
“My father felt that I should be named after his
father,and my mother felt the same way about
naming me after her father,So,I’m named after
both of them.”
16.,You mean,they were both called Samuel?”
said Mary.
17.,No,one was George,the other was Albert,
Samuel is the compromise,I’m named George
Albert Samuel,but called Samuel.”
18,And so it was that my nephew was named
Robert William Lawrence,but is called Lawrence.
compromise
---n,act of settling an argument by taking a middle
course acceptable to all sides
---v,settle an argument or differences of opinion by
taking a middle course acceptable to all sides
The strike didn’t end until the two sides
worked out a compromise.
The two nations finally agreed to settle their
conflict by compromise.
Mary compromised with her parents and
came back a little before midnight,
stay (linking Verb)
to continue to be in a particular position,place,or
state,without changing
Early to bed and early to rise,you will stay healthy,
wealthy and wise.
It’s going to stay cold for the next few days.
Going out this house and stay out
I stayed up late to watch the film.
give way
--- yield
They will starve rather than give way.
Here you need to give way to me.
He said he would rather quit than give way
to the unreasonable demands of his boss
energetic
--- full of energy
He was an energetic tennis player.
He is an energetic supporter of the
peace movement.
call at
--- pay a short visit to (a place)
A friend of mine called at my house
yesterday.
Will you call at the supermarket for some
eggs and milk?
name after
--- give the same name as
It is a western custom to name a newborn
baby after a family member.
There are streets named after Sun Yat-sen
in many Chinese cities.
The monument is named after Abraham
Lincoln.
as well (as)
--- in addition to sth or someone else
John passed the final exam,Marry did it as well.
We are going to the cinema tonight,why don’t you
come along as well?
They own a house in Provence as well as a villa in
Spain.
have an opinion of
--- think of
The boss has high opinion of her.
She has a rather poor opinion of your written
work.
The critics have a low opinion of that book
even though a best-seller.
