Chapter 7 Reading 3 Two Cheers for Democracy - KOCW

Chapter 7 Reading 3 Two Cheers for Democracy. A Warmup Activity • For the French philosopher Condorcet, the most important qualities were “reason, tolerance, and humanity.”. • What are the three most important qualities that you respect and admire?. Reading Strategy: Thinking about the Title & Predicting Content • The title of a text is the first contact we have with the author. It can inspire us to enter into a dialogue with the author even before reading one word of the text.. • It can also help us predict the content of the text.. Reading Strategy: Thinking about the Title & Predicting Content • Work with a partner. Answer the question about the title of the reading: :Two Cheers for Democracy” • In British tradition, people make three cheers for something they like: “Hip Hip Hooray, Hip Hip Hooray, Hip Hip Hooray”. • E.M. foster gives only two cheers for democracy. Why do you think he does that?. The Background Information of E.M. Forster • Biography=the story of a real person’s life written by someone other than that person • Literary=relating to literature • Adaptation=sth that is adapted, especially a movie, book, play, etc. that is changed so that it can be presented in another form. P1: The Three Important Qualities in Our Lives: Tolerance, Good Temper, & Sympathy • Tolerance=willingness to accept feelings, habits, or beliefs that are different from your own • Matter=be important • Collapse=to break apart and fall down suddenly • They must come to the front before long=They must start to be given priority soon • If S be to, S must/should V • …world (which is) full of… • Cruelty=a desire to cause others to suffer. P1: The Three Important Qualities in Our Lives: Tolerance, Good Temper, & Sympathy • Be fond of=showing love • Let sth down • Moral=relating to what is right and wrong in human behavior • Reliable=able to be trusted to do • A matter of contract • S be the main difference between A and B • Sign=to write your name on sth. P1: The Three Important Qualities in Our Lives: Tolerance, Good Temper, & Sympathy • Warmth=the state o being warm in temperature • Chilled=to make sth cold • In other words…get chilled. One example of bad luck could be a betrayal in personal relationship. • Keep faith with… • At all events • Trembling=to shake slightly because you are afraid, nervous, etc. • Comprehend=to understand sth. P2: How Personal relationships are understood • And one can…comprehend.=Foster communicates that idea that good people are not alone even in the darkness of bad times. • Despise=to dislike sth very much • Regard A as B=be regarded as • Luxuries=a condition or situation of great comfort, ease, and wealth • Urge+O+to infinitive=be urged to infinitive • Get rid of=remove. P2: How Personal relationships are understood • Dedicate oneself to=to officially make sth a place for honoring or remembering a person, event, etc. • Cause=a reason for doing sth • Betray=to give information about sth to an enemy • I have the guts to infinitive • Scandalize=to shock or offend someone by doing sth immoral or illegal • Dante=an Italian poet (1265-1321), also known as Dante Alighieri; wrote The Devine Comedy. P2: How Personal relationships are understood • Brutus: Roman political and military leader (85?-42 B.C.); participated in the assassination of his friend Julius Caesar because he thought Caesar would become a dictator and destroy the Republic • Cassius: Roman politician and conspirator (died 42 B.C.); participated in the assassination of Caesar • Agonize=to think or worry very much abut sth • Run counter to=be incompatible with. P3-P4: Merits of Democracy • Love and loyalty…down me.=Foster knows that state will punish him if he protects a friend against the state. • Contemporary=happening now or in recent times • To that extent S+V • Assumption=opinion=to think sth is true or probably true without knowing that it is true • Civilization=a particular well-organized & developed society • It does…civilization.=“Types” refers to kinds of individuals.. P3-P4: Merits of Democracy • The bosses-the bossed • Regime=a form of government • Tend to infinitive • Disinterested=objective=not influenced by personal feelings, opinions, or concerns • Bring up=to raise • Be bound to=be likely to • Hushed-up=to make sth quiet. P3-P4: Merits of Democracy • Vulgarity=the state of not having good taste, manners, politeness, etc. • Parliament=the main law-making institution in some countries, such as UK • Sneer at=be insulted by others=to laugh at someone with an expression on your face that show dislike and a lack of respect • Talking shop • Nuisance= a person, thing, or situation that is annoying or that causes trouble or problems. P3-P4: Merits of Democracy • Snub=to ignore someone in a deliberate and insulting way • Cranky=marked by eccentricity • Questionable=not certain, unknown or undecided • Whether S+V is questionable. Chatter=to talk in a quick or casual way • Two cheers…give there.=One can infer from this statement that Foster feels People shouldn’t believe democracy is perfect.. Using the Dictionary • Disinterested (adj) not personally involved in a situation and therefore able to judge the situation fairly; objective. • Example: • A disinterested observer. Using the Dictionary • Uninterested (adj) not interested: i.e., not giving a lot of attention to sth. • Example: • I was uninterested in travelling when I was young.. Grammar for Reading: The Parenthesis, the comma, the Dash • The dash is a punctuation mark that writers use instead of parenthesis and sometimes commas, when they want to isolate a point and give it prominence.. • If the point to be isolated comes in the middle of the sentence, two dashes are needed. • If it comes at the end of the sentence, only one dash is needed. • The dash should not be overused.. Grammar for Reading: The Parenthesis, the comma, the Dash • Parenthesis • E. M. Forster’s positive vie of democracy (that it permits a variety of opinions and purple's right to criticize) is defined in “Two Cheers for Democracy’”. • Not everyone agree with E. M. Forster’s positive view of democracy (that is permits a variety of opinions and people’s right to criticize). Grammar for Reading: The Parenthesis, the comma, the Dash • Commas • E. M. Forster’s positive vie of democracy, that it permits a variety of opinions and purple's right to criticize, is defined in “Two Cheers for Democracy’”. • Not everyone agree with E. M. Forster’s positive view of democracy, that is permits a variety of opinions and people’s right to criticize.. Grammar for Reading: The Parenthesis, the comma, the Dash • Dashes • E. M. Forster’s positive vie of democracy-that it permits a variety of opinions and purple's right to criticize-is defined in “Two Cheers for Democracy’”. • Not everyone agree with E. M. Forster’s positive view of democracy-that is permits a variety of opinions and people’s right to criticize.. Topics for Opinion-Giving Speech • 1. Do you agree with the definition Forster makes between personal relationship and business relationship? Why? Or why not?. • 2. Would you agree that reliability and man’s natural warmth are also essential qualities for successful business relationship?. Topics for Opinion-Giving Speech • 3. Why do you think freedom of the press or freedom of information so important to a democracy?. • 4. Do you agree with the following statement, “No one who governs the people has the right to hide from them one single truth?.