AIR FORCE UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS Choose to Be Alone on Purpose Unit 5: Section A A. The Way to Develop This Text I. Structure Analysis Arguments + Narration + Examples + Comparison The text focuses on a social phenomenon— choosing to be alone on purpose. What people think of living alone, who prefers living alone, the life of the solitary people, and what the writer advises for living alone. Text Study—Structure Analysis Narration 1 2 3-10 11-13 14-16 Ways of Development Paragraphs Text Study—Structure Analysis Arguments + Examples + Comparison Arguments + Comparison Arguments + Narration + Examples Arguments + Narration Living alone is a ______________ phenomenon in . People think of living alone as _______________ or _______________ _________________. ~10 ______, and ___________ prefer living alone for inspiration. ~13 The life of the solitary people and their need ________. ~16 The author advises people to ________, _________ and ______________________. common social a national disease a characteristic of American heroes Poets philosophers stay rational settle down make fortable Text Study—Structure Analysis B. Complete the Main Ideas to talk II. Question Answering Why is loneliness a sort of national disease in the US? Because there are altogether 22 million of people living alone in their rooms in the US. Text Study—Understanding 2. Why do poets like solitude? Because they get inspiration from it, and they feel good about themselves for seeking it out. Text Study—Understanding 5. Who may the person living in solitude talk to? They may call friends to tell them important things, or talk to himself, his pets, the television, or even to strangers in the supermarket. Text Study—Understanding Focus Study Notes to the Text—Focus Study I never found panion that was panionable as solitude. Practice not/never so … as 不如…