literature 8 大学英语泛读课件

Doctors and Teachers
❖ Although doctors and teachers both have professional status, there are many differences between the two professions. First, doctors are more highly respected than teachers by their communities. Second, as a rule, doctors can earn more money than teachers. For example, an experienced surgeon working in an urban area can earn over $200,000 annually while an experienced high school teacher working in an urban school district can earn up to $40,000 annually. Last, doctors have many more career options than teachers…. Moreover while doctors can easily establish a private practice and hospital affiliations in another city …. All in all, it’s easy to see that doctors have more respect, greater flexibility, and higher incomes than teachers.
Comparison-contrast organization
❖ In analytical writings, writers often compare, and they point out similarities between persons, objects and ideas; they often contrast, and they point out differences. Comparison/contrast is often found in analytical writings and in other types of writings such as descriptive writings.
❖ rupt = break
abrupt; bankrupt; corrupt; erupt; interrupt;
❖ scend = climb
ascend; descend;
❖ sect= cut
section; insect;
❖ scribe; script = write
describe; inscribe; prescribe; subscribe; transcribe; manuscript; postscript; Scripture
❖ The word similarities in the topic sentence clearly signals that in the paragraph the subjects will be compared—that is, their similarities will be pointed out.
Doctors and Teachers
❖ There are many similarities between doctors and teachers. First, both doctors and teachers are considered professionals by their communities. …. Second, both doctors and teachers help others: doctors heal the bodies of sick people and return them to health, and teachers mold the minds of young people and turn them into responsible, educated adults. Last, both doctors and teachers are essential members of a community. It is difficult to imagine a city or town that has no need of either a doctor or a teacher. Such a place would truly be primitive.
❖ sert = join; put
insert; desert; exert
❖ serv; serve =keep; heed; serve
conserve; deserve; observe; preserve; reserve;
❖ sign =sign; mark
signify; assign; design; resign;
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approve; disprove; improve; probable;
❖ quire; quest; quisit = seek; ask
acquire; inquire; require; quest; question; request; conqure(conquest_
❖ The word differences in the topic sentence clearly announces that in the paragraph the two subjects will be contrasted—that is, their differences will be pointed out. The three characteristics being analyzed are the following: respect by the community, salary, and career choices.