Who Killed Benny Paret?
Unit Nine Text One
Mike Jacobs,the prizefight promoter,the most powerful
figure in the boxing world,
This is the fa?ade of … the arena (1),
The fa?ade of the arena ( 2 )
The fa?ade of the arena ( 3）
What’s this?
The ring,
The ring zoomed-in( 2 )
They come out to see ______________, the knockout
They don’t come out to see ____________,a tea party
The mouthpiece or gum-shield,
What is the man in yellow putting into the boxer’s mouth?
The mouthpiece or gum-shield ( 2 )
The dancing of the boxing artists
Feinting and weaving,
What are they doing?
Parrying,
What is the boxer on the left doing?
What is the boxer on the right doing?
Slugging,
Jabbing ( 1 )
Jabbing ( 2 )
A round
Benny Paret was killed in the ring,
The investigation ( 1 )
The investigation ( 2 )
The prevailing mores
I,Development of the Argument,
Narration and argument
How does the writer develop his argument?
a,narration
b,argument
To narration
To argument
1,My job,first-hand information,hence
trustworthy
2,Mr,Jacobs,inside the truth,hence authoritative
Back to the diagram
1,introduction,death of Benny Paret
investigation into the death
2,body,medical evidence
mores of the crowd
3,conclusion,prevailing mores, the culprit
Back to the diagram
II,Questions
B,choose the word or phrase
A,pre-reading questions
1,What is your first reaction to the title of
the text?
2,What are the possible causes of the death
of a prizefighter during a boxing match?
3,Have you ever seen a boxing match in a
film or on TV?
4,What do you think the boxing fans like
to see?
Back to the question
EXERCISES
Questions
Directions,Choose the word or phrase from each
set of alternatives which means the same as each
of the words or phrases in italics,
1,The word sometime in the phrase ?sometime about 1935 or
1936? means,
a,now and then
b,at some uncertain time in the past
c,former
d,sometimes
2,We discussed the only important element in
successful promoting,Element means,
a,reason
b,role
c,factor
d,essential part
3,The sentence,One is adroit at feinting” means,
a,One is an expert in boxing,
b,One is good at giving punches,
c,One is very quick at losing consciousness,
d,One is skilful in pretending to attack,
4,Mike Jacobs said evenly,Evenly means,
a,unchangingly
b,smoothly
c,calmly
d,equally
5,The sentence,They are kidding themselves means,
a,They are deceiving themselves,
b,They are playing practical jokes on themselves,
c,They are pretending in a playful manner,
d,They are acting liking children,
6,Another question had to do with the role of the
examining doctors,The phrase in italics means,
a,was related to (or concerned),
b,involved
c,was about
d,must deal with
7,Governor Rockefeller appointed a committee to
assess the responsibility,Appointed means,
a,chose
b,set up
c,elected
d,fixed
8.,To produce a massive hemorrhage in the brain”
means,
a,to cause bleeding in the brain
b,to bring about bleeding in the brain
c,to make the brain lose a lot of blood
d,to bring out blood from the brain
III,A Close Study of the Text
1,Fledgling (fledgeling)
a,a young bird that has developed wing
feathers and is learning to fly;
b,inexperienced,new and young i.e,
a fledgling reporter
a fledgling republic
2,beat
the usual path followed by
someone on duty; task,assignment
i.e,
send someone on the beat
We can also say ‘to gain/obtain/secure a beat for the paper’,
（为这家报社采访到一则独家新闻。）
Another example,
She goes out on the City Hall beat for the evening paper
at 3 every afternoon,
3,All the way (from ship news to sports reporting)
ranging / covering a wide range of report
Note,usually this phrase means going / traveling a long
distance in spite of the trouble involved i.e,
He came all the way from Beijing to see me when I was ill
last month,
4,Opposite prep & adv,
in front of,face to face
5,Spectacular
very impressive,great
6,Bland
a,(of food) tasteless
b,(of a person) characterized by a moderate or tranquil quality; lacking
a distinctive character,ordinary,dull
7,colossus
a,something extremely big,or large
b,a very important figure
8,Review v,
comment on something
i.e,review a new book
9,Mystery n,
collocation,there was no mystery to it,
it is known by many people; many people
know it is the case,
10,Be adroit at something /doing
something
be quick and skilful at something or
doing something
11,Wind up doing something
end up with something /doing something
12,He was speaking literally
he really meant it
13,By the name of (by name)
named,called
i.e,Do you know a boy by the name of (called) David?
Although it?s a big company,the director knows all the
staff by name (knows all their names),
Note,other phrases concerning name,
a,make a name for sb./ make sb,a name,sb,becomes famous
i.e,She made herself a name as a painter,
b,in the name of,by the right of or for the advantage of
i.e,Cruel animal experiments are carried out in the name of science,
c,take one?s name in vain,to speak disrespectfully about someone
d,to one?s name (esp,with,no or not),informal (esp,of
money) as one’s property
i.e,He hasn?t a penny to his name,
e,under the name of, using a name different from one’s own
i.e,H,H,Munro write under the name of Saki,
14,come out of coma
come to (coma means consciousness)
15,flurry
a series of excited,busy activities
i.e,a flurry of investigations
A flurry of excitement went round the hall as the party leader came in,
16,recuperate v,
get back one’s strength
17,fragile adj,
delicate,easy to break
18,hemorrhage
large,long flow of blood
19,exquisite adj,
very finely,skillfully made
20, intricate adj,
complex
21,concussion n,
damage to the brain by a heavy blow
22,in any event
anyhow,no matter what happens
23,futile adj,
useless
futility n,
24,seek to do
try to do
NOTE,seek for,search for,look for
25,intervene
interrupt to prevent a bad result
intervention n,
26,be brought to its feet
be made to jump
27,come alive
become excited
28,smash at him
hit him forcefully
29,wobble vi,
move /walk unsteadily from side to side
30,poleax impact
the force of a pole axe,which is a very large axe used for killing
cattle
31,blame something on someone
or,blame someone for something
i.e,They blamed the failure of the talk for the Russians,
They blamed Russians for the failure of the talk,
32,prevailing mores
prevailing,prevalent,popular
prevail vi,be popular
prevail over somebody,win somebody
mores,the moral customs of a particular group
i.e,Social mores change with the passing of time,
Mores differ from place to place,
33,be thrown out
be disqualified,be forced out of the career
IV,Exercises on the Workgroup
Unit Nine Text One
Mike Jacobs,the prizefight promoter,the most powerful
figure in the boxing world,
This is the fa?ade of … the arena (1),
The fa?ade of the arena ( 2 )
The fa?ade of the arena ( 3）
What’s this?
The ring,
The ring zoomed-in( 2 )
They come out to see ______________, the knockout
They don’t come out to see ____________,a tea party
The mouthpiece or gum-shield,
What is the man in yellow putting into the boxer’s mouth?
The mouthpiece or gum-shield ( 2 )
The dancing of the boxing artists
Feinting and weaving,
What are they doing?
Parrying,
What is the boxer on the left doing?
What is the boxer on the right doing?
Slugging,
Jabbing ( 1 )
Jabbing ( 2 )
A round
Benny Paret was killed in the ring,
The investigation ( 1 )
The investigation ( 2 )
The prevailing mores
I,Development of the Argument,
Narration and argument
How does the writer develop his argument?
a,narration
b,argument
To narration
To argument
1,My job,first-hand information,hence
trustworthy
2,Mr,Jacobs,inside the truth,hence authoritative
Back to the diagram
1,introduction,death of Benny Paret
investigation into the death
2,body,medical evidence
mores of the crowd
3,conclusion,prevailing mores, the culprit
Back to the diagram
II,Questions
B,choose the word or phrase
A,pre-reading questions
1,What is your first reaction to the title of
the text?
2,What are the possible causes of the death
of a prizefighter during a boxing match?
3,Have you ever seen a boxing match in a
film or on TV?
4,What do you think the boxing fans like
to see?
Back to the question
EXERCISES
Questions
Directions,Choose the word or phrase from each
set of alternatives which means the same as each
of the words or phrases in italics,
1,The word sometime in the phrase ?sometime about 1935 or
1936? means,
a,now and then
b,at some uncertain time in the past
c,former
d,sometimes
2,We discussed the only important element in
successful promoting,Element means,
a,reason
b,role
c,factor
d,essential part
3,The sentence,One is adroit at feinting” means,
a,One is an expert in boxing,
b,One is good at giving punches,
c,One is very quick at losing consciousness,
d,One is skilful in pretending to attack,
4,Mike Jacobs said evenly,Evenly means,
a,unchangingly
b,smoothly
c,calmly
d,equally
5,The sentence,They are kidding themselves means,
a,They are deceiving themselves,
b,They are playing practical jokes on themselves,
c,They are pretending in a playful manner,
d,They are acting liking children,
6,Another question had to do with the role of the
examining doctors,The phrase in italics means,
a,was related to (or concerned),
b,involved
c,was about
d,must deal with
7,Governor Rockefeller appointed a committee to
assess the responsibility,Appointed means,
a,chose
b,set up
c,elected
d,fixed
8.,To produce a massive hemorrhage in the brain”
means,
a,to cause bleeding in the brain
b,to bring about bleeding in the brain
c,to make the brain lose a lot of blood
d,to bring out blood from the brain
III,A Close Study of the Text
1,Fledgling (fledgeling)
a,a young bird that has developed wing
feathers and is learning to fly;
b,inexperienced,new and young i.e,
a fledgling reporter
a fledgling republic
2,beat
the usual path followed by
someone on duty; task,assignment
i.e,
send someone on the beat
We can also say ‘to gain/obtain/secure a beat for the paper’,
（为这家报社采访到一则独家新闻。）
Another example,
She goes out on the City Hall beat for the evening paper
at 3 every afternoon,
3,All the way (from ship news to sports reporting)
ranging / covering a wide range of report
Note,usually this phrase means going / traveling a long
distance in spite of the trouble involved i.e,
He came all the way from Beijing to see me when I was ill
last month,
4,Opposite prep & adv,
in front of,face to face
5,Spectacular
very impressive,great
6,Bland
a,(of food) tasteless
b,(of a person) characterized by a moderate or tranquil quality; lacking
a distinctive character,ordinary,dull
7,colossus
a,something extremely big,or large
b,a very important figure
8,Review v,
comment on something
i.e,review a new book
9,Mystery n,
collocation,there was no mystery to it,
it is known by many people; many people
know it is the case,
10,Be adroit at something /doing
something
be quick and skilful at something or
doing something
11,Wind up doing something
end up with something /doing something
12,He was speaking literally
he really meant it
13,By the name of (by name)
named,called
i.e,Do you know a boy by the name of (called) David?
Although it?s a big company,the director knows all the
staff by name (knows all their names),
Note,other phrases concerning name,
a,make a name for sb./ make sb,a name,sb,becomes famous
i.e,She made herself a name as a painter,
b,in the name of,by the right of or for the advantage of
i.e,Cruel animal experiments are carried out in the name of science,
c,take one?s name in vain,to speak disrespectfully about someone
d,to one?s name (esp,with,no or not),informal (esp,of
money) as one’s property
i.e,He hasn?t a penny to his name,
e,under the name of, using a name different from one’s own
i.e,H,H,Munro write under the name of Saki,
14,come out of coma
come to (coma means consciousness)
15,flurry
a series of excited,busy activities
i.e,a flurry of investigations
A flurry of excitement went round the hall as the party leader came in,
16,recuperate v,
get back one’s strength
17,fragile adj,
delicate,easy to break
18,hemorrhage
large,long flow of blood
19,exquisite adj,
very finely,skillfully made
20, intricate adj,
complex
21,concussion n,
damage to the brain by a heavy blow
22,in any event
anyhow,no matter what happens
23,futile adj,
useless
futility n,
24,seek to do
try to do
NOTE,seek for,search for,look for
25,intervene
interrupt to prevent a bad result
intervention n,
26,be brought to its feet
be made to jump
27,come alive
become excited
28,smash at him
hit him forcefully
29,wobble vi,
move /walk unsteadily from side to side
30,poleax impact
the force of a pole axe,which is a very large axe used for killing
cattle
31,blame something on someone
or,blame someone for something
i.e,They blamed the failure of the talk for the Russians,
They blamed Russians for the failure of the talk,
32,prevailing mores
prevailing,prevalent,popular
prevail vi,be popular
prevail over somebody,win somebody
mores,the moral customs of a particular group
i.e,Social mores change with the passing of time,
Mores differ from place to place,
33,be thrown out
be disqualified,be forced out of the career
IV,Exercises on the Workgroup
