Should a Public
Worker Accept
Costly Gifts
Unit 15
Teaching Objectives
?1,To get students understand why a
public servant (worker ) should not
accept costly gifts(bribery),
?2,To understand the purpose of
writing and organization of the
text,
?3,To reinforce some basic
linguistic knowledge by doing
various types of exercises,
?I,About the text
?1,What is the theme of the text?
? A public worker should not accept costly
gifts because it’s his duty to serve the
clients (people),
? 2,How is this autobiographic writing
organized?
? It depicts a part of his legendary
life --- accepting costly gifts for his
devotion to those Indian immigrants in
South Africa and returning these
bestowed gifts by depositing them in a
bank and giving them back to those
immigrants in need of money,
? 3.How does the author make his writing
impressive?
? The author in a very calm but resolute tone tells
us a moving and thought-provoking story,Simple
but quite appropriate linguistic stylistic markers
(e.g,application of simple sentences,proper
complex sentences,short yet clear-cut dialogues )
make his description both vivid and impressive,
?His skilled manipulation of English
shows his education background ---
a lawyer who accepted training in
Britain,yet the calm but resolute
tone just conveys well his
political belief --- to gain
independence through non-violence,
II,Structural analysis of
the text
?Main idea of each part,
?Part One (1-6) ---the situation
when the author was to leave the
community he had served and the
farewell gifts bestowed by the
local people,
?Part Two (7-11) --- his worries
about the gifts and decision to
return them,
?Part Three (12-22)--- the
discussion with his children and
persuasion of his wife,
?Part Four (23-26)--- the settlement
of the gifts,
III,Some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
1,We had been fast simplifying
our life… Even then I was exhorting
people to conquer the infatuation
for jewellery,
We had been working hard to simplify
our life … Even then I was trying
to persuade people to resist the
temptation of money,
2,These were pointed thrusts,and
some of them went home,
These were sharp verbal attacks,
some of which were very effective,
3,So I decided to constitute them
my attorneys,
So I decided to ask them to
persuade my wife to accept my
suggestion to return those gifts,
4,bestow---to give something (esp,
gifts) to sb,
e.g,Several gifts were bestowed on
the royal visitors,
5,up and down---to and fro
I could hear him pacing up and down
in his bedroom,
6.constitute— to give sb,Authority
to hold a position
The company constituted him their
spokesman,
Constitute---to make up
Twenty-four hours constitute a day,
7.part with---to give up
?Given the whole world,I will never
part with you,
8,deprive of---to take away from
? The boss threatened to deprive his
employees of their new privileges,
IV,Some exercises after the
text
?Translation exercises,
?1) Bad luck has come upon us ever
since we moved into the new house,
?2) Renovating your house can be a
costly and time-consuming business,
?3)The government is planning to
simplify the tax laws so that they are
easier to operate,
? 4)Before moving abroad,he had to part
with his favorite books that had been
kept for years,
? 5) The railways have been deprived of
the fund they need for modernization,
? 6) After so many years toiling and
moiling for other people,he was glad to
have the chance of working for himself,
?7) You can deposit your valuables
in the hotel safe,
?8) I have to draw up my savings to
pay for the repairs,
Dictation,
? Gandhi was born in 1869 in western India,He entered an arranged marriage when he was 13 year
old,His family later sent him to London to study
law,and in 1891 he became a lawyer,Gandhi
returned to India and attempted to establish a law
practice,but with little success,Two years later,
he went to South Africa as an advisor an Indian
company,He found he was treated as a member of
an inferior race,It was there he developed his
belief of non-violence,He threw himself into the
struggle for elementary fights for Indians,and was
frequently put in prison as a result of the protests
that he led,Before he returned to India in 1915,he
had changed the lives of Indians living in Africa,
Design of the Teaching
Process
? 1,Students are asked to discuss whether
or not and why bribery is harmful to our
society in the long run,
? 2,Detailed study of the text mainly
based on students’ group discussion,
? 3,Exercises and comment;
? 4,Assignment,Write a passage
commenting on the integrity of a public
servant,
? 5,Means of classroom instruction,Multi-media
Worker Accept
Costly Gifts
Unit 15
Teaching Objectives
?1,To get students understand why a
public servant (worker ) should not
accept costly gifts(bribery),
?2,To understand the purpose of
writing and organization of the
text,
?3,To reinforce some basic
linguistic knowledge by doing
various types of exercises,
?I,About the text
?1,What is the theme of the text?
? A public worker should not accept costly
gifts because it’s his duty to serve the
clients (people),
? 2,How is this autobiographic writing
organized?
? It depicts a part of his legendary
life --- accepting costly gifts for his
devotion to those Indian immigrants in
South Africa and returning these
bestowed gifts by depositing them in a
bank and giving them back to those
immigrants in need of money,
? 3.How does the author make his writing
impressive?
? The author in a very calm but resolute tone tells
us a moving and thought-provoking story,Simple
but quite appropriate linguistic stylistic markers
(e.g,application of simple sentences,proper
complex sentences,short yet clear-cut dialogues )
make his description both vivid and impressive,
?His skilled manipulation of English
shows his education background ---
a lawyer who accepted training in
Britain,yet the calm but resolute
tone just conveys well his
political belief --- to gain
independence through non-violence,
II,Structural analysis of
the text
?Main idea of each part,
?Part One (1-6) ---the situation
when the author was to leave the
community he had served and the
farewell gifts bestowed by the
local people,
?Part Two (7-11) --- his worries
about the gifts and decision to
return them,
?Part Three (12-22)--- the
discussion with his children and
persuasion of his wife,
?Part Four (23-26)--- the settlement
of the gifts,
III,Some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
1,We had been fast simplifying
our life… Even then I was exhorting
people to conquer the infatuation
for jewellery,
We had been working hard to simplify
our life … Even then I was trying
to persuade people to resist the
temptation of money,
2,These were pointed thrusts,and
some of them went home,
These were sharp verbal attacks,
some of which were very effective,
3,So I decided to constitute them
my attorneys,
So I decided to ask them to
persuade my wife to accept my
suggestion to return those gifts,
4,bestow---to give something (esp,
gifts) to sb,
e.g,Several gifts were bestowed on
the royal visitors,
5,up and down---to and fro
I could hear him pacing up and down
in his bedroom,
6.constitute— to give sb,Authority
to hold a position
The company constituted him their
spokesman,
Constitute---to make up
Twenty-four hours constitute a day,
7.part with---to give up
?Given the whole world,I will never
part with you,
8,deprive of---to take away from
? The boss threatened to deprive his
employees of their new privileges,
IV,Some exercises after the
text
?Translation exercises,
?1) Bad luck has come upon us ever
since we moved into the new house,
?2) Renovating your house can be a
costly and time-consuming business,
?3)The government is planning to
simplify the tax laws so that they are
easier to operate,
? 4)Before moving abroad,he had to part
with his favorite books that had been
kept for years,
? 5) The railways have been deprived of
the fund they need for modernization,
? 6) After so many years toiling and
moiling for other people,he was glad to
have the chance of working for himself,
?7) You can deposit your valuables
in the hotel safe,
?8) I have to draw up my savings to
pay for the repairs,
Dictation,
? Gandhi was born in 1869 in western India,He entered an arranged marriage when he was 13 year
old,His family later sent him to London to study
law,and in 1891 he became a lawyer,Gandhi
returned to India and attempted to establish a law
practice,but with little success,Two years later,
he went to South Africa as an advisor an Indian
company,He found he was treated as a member of
an inferior race,It was there he developed his
belief of non-violence,He threw himself into the
struggle for elementary fights for Indians,and was
frequently put in prison as a result of the protests
that he led,Before he returned to India in 1915,he
had changed the lives of Indians living in Africa,
Design of the Teaching
Process
? 1,Students are asked to discuss whether
or not and why bribery is harmful to our
society in the long run,
? 2,Detailed study of the text mainly
based on students’ group discussion,
? 3,Exercises and comment;
? 4,Assignment,Write a passage
commenting on the integrity of a public
servant,
? 5,Means of classroom instruction,Multi-media
