Unit 11
How to Be True to Yourself
Purposes
? 1,To get students know the importance of
integrity.
? 2,To understand the purpose of writing
and master the three principles of Integrity
Triad.
? 3,To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
On the text
? What is the message the text conveys
to us?
II,Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One (1-2) --- a contrast of integrity
and the reasons why the author wrote the
essay
? Part Two (3-14) --- the principles of the
Integrity Triad
? Part Three 15 --- further explaining what
integrity means and pointing out what
benefits and prospect a life of principle will
bring you
III,some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 1,Integrity means having a personal standard of
morality and ethics that does not sell out to
expediency.
? Explain,Integrity suggests possessing personal
norms and rules of judging rightness or pureness
of one’s behaviour which he or she should not be
disloyal to only for his or her own personal
advantage.
? 2,Unfortunately,integrity is in short supply today.
? Explain,Integrity is rare at present.
? 3,All instruments and material were accounted
for during an operation.
? Explain,An explanation was given for how all
instruments and material were used and located
during an operation.
? 4,When you are right,you can’t back down.
? Explain,When you are right,you can’t give in,
and you have to insist.
? 5,Inevitably they will do everything they can to
preserve this facade.
? Explain,Unavoidably they will do everything
possible to retain their looks and status.
6.in short supply
? These goods are in short supply.
? We have a good supply of water here.
? This shop supplies us with all we need.
7.consist of
? This soup consists of tomatoes,meat and
peas.
? Education does not consist simply in
learning a lot of facts.
? The happiness of a country consists in
the freedom of its citizens.
? What you say is not consistent with what
you do.
8,account for
? He could not account for his absence from
school.
? He could not account for his foolish mistake.
? We must take local conditions into account.
? He hesitated on account of the expense.
? On no account must this switch be touched.
9,back down
? Even those who seemed to have good
reason to criticize have backed down.
? After being confronted with our evidence,
the other side had to back down.
? He backed up his arguments with facts.
? The accident backed up the traffic.
10,appoint
? Her father had been appointed manager of
the company.
? Our visitors arrived at the appointed time.
? Each man performed his appointed task.
Translation exercises
1) That psychiatrist,who had talked about his
patients,was charge with violating professional
ethics.
2) Hanging on the walls of the classroom are some
famous sayings,which inspire and urge people
to exert themselves.
3) All kinds of commodities are available,Nothing is
in short supply.
4) We all trust the president of the board of
directors,who is a man of absolute integrity.
5) Before we vote for him,we want to know
what he stands for.
Translation exercises
? 6)The defendant couldn’t account for the fact
that the money was found in his house.
? 7) When I saw that he was right,I had to back
down.
? 8) She has been appointed sales director,for
she is both clever and diligent.
? 9) One of the biggest challenges faced by the
present government is that of creating new
industries and new jobs.
? 10) The enemy succumbed soon after our
soldiers stormed its stronghold.
Dictation
? In order to learn to be one’s true self,it is necessary to
obtain a wide and extensive knowledge of what has
been said and done in the world; critically to inquire into
it; carefully to consider it; clearly to analyze it; and
earnestly to carry it out.
? It matters not what you learn,but when you once learn
a thing,you must never give it up until you have
thoroughly understood it,It matters not what you try to
think of,but when you once try to think of a thing,you
must never give it up until you have done it thoroughly
and well.
? If another man succeeds by one effort,you will use a
hundred efforts,If another man succeeds by ten efforts,
you will use a thousand,
How to Be True to Yourself
Purposes
? 1,To get students know the importance of
integrity.
? 2,To understand the purpose of writing
and master the three principles of Integrity
Triad.
? 3,To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises.
On the text
? What is the message the text conveys
to us?
II,Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One (1-2) --- a contrast of integrity
and the reasons why the author wrote the
essay
? Part Two (3-14) --- the principles of the
Integrity Triad
? Part Three 15 --- further explaining what
integrity means and pointing out what
benefits and prospect a life of principle will
bring you
III,some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 1,Integrity means having a personal standard of
morality and ethics that does not sell out to
expediency.
? Explain,Integrity suggests possessing personal
norms and rules of judging rightness or pureness
of one’s behaviour which he or she should not be
disloyal to only for his or her own personal
advantage.
? 2,Unfortunately,integrity is in short supply today.
? Explain,Integrity is rare at present.
? 3,All instruments and material were accounted
for during an operation.
? Explain,An explanation was given for how all
instruments and material were used and located
during an operation.
? 4,When you are right,you can’t back down.
? Explain,When you are right,you can’t give in,
and you have to insist.
? 5,Inevitably they will do everything they can to
preserve this facade.
? Explain,Unavoidably they will do everything
possible to retain their looks and status.
6.in short supply
? These goods are in short supply.
? We have a good supply of water here.
? This shop supplies us with all we need.
7.consist of
? This soup consists of tomatoes,meat and
peas.
? Education does not consist simply in
learning a lot of facts.
? The happiness of a country consists in
the freedom of its citizens.
? What you say is not consistent with what
you do.
8,account for
? He could not account for his absence from
school.
? He could not account for his foolish mistake.
? We must take local conditions into account.
? He hesitated on account of the expense.
? On no account must this switch be touched.
9,back down
? Even those who seemed to have good
reason to criticize have backed down.
? After being confronted with our evidence,
the other side had to back down.
? He backed up his arguments with facts.
? The accident backed up the traffic.
10,appoint
? Her father had been appointed manager of
the company.
? Our visitors arrived at the appointed time.
? Each man performed his appointed task.
Translation exercises
1) That psychiatrist,who had talked about his
patients,was charge with violating professional
ethics.
2) Hanging on the walls of the classroom are some
famous sayings,which inspire and urge people
to exert themselves.
3) All kinds of commodities are available,Nothing is
in short supply.
4) We all trust the president of the board of
directors,who is a man of absolute integrity.
5) Before we vote for him,we want to know
what he stands for.
Translation exercises
? 6)The defendant couldn’t account for the fact
that the money was found in his house.
? 7) When I saw that he was right,I had to back
down.
? 8) She has been appointed sales director,for
she is both clever and diligent.
? 9) One of the biggest challenges faced by the
present government is that of creating new
industries and new jobs.
? 10) The enemy succumbed soon after our
soldiers stormed its stronghold.
Dictation
? In order to learn to be one’s true self,it is necessary to
obtain a wide and extensive knowledge of what has
been said and done in the world; critically to inquire into
it; carefully to consider it; clearly to analyze it; and
earnestly to carry it out.
? It matters not what you learn,but when you once learn
a thing,you must never give it up until you have
thoroughly understood it,It matters not what you try to
think of,but when you once try to think of a thing,you
must never give it up until you have done it thoroughly
and well.
? If another man succeeds by one effort,you will use a
hundred efforts,If another man succeeds by ten efforts,
you will use a thousand,
