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Pre-ReadingTaskWhile-ReadingTaskAfter-ReadingTaskUnit1:TextAPre-ReadingTask♣Text-RelatedInformation♣Pre-ReadingActivityLouisville,KyMead,Margaret(1901-78)DartmouthCollegeText-relatedInformationText-relatedInformationLouisville,Ky.:TheseatofJeffersonCounty,NWKentuckyUSA,andthelargestcityinthestate.Louisville,Ky.Text-relatedInformationAmericananthropologist,bestknownforherstudiesofprimitivesocietiesandhercontributionstosocialanthropology.Participatinginseveralfieldexpeditions,MeadconductednotableresearchinNewGuinea,Samoa,andBali.Herinterestswerevaried,includingchildcare,adolescence,sexualbehavior,andAmericancharacterandculture.Mead,Margaret(1901-78):Text-relatedInformationMeaddiedinNewYorkCityonNovember15,1978.HerwritingsincludeComingofAgeinSamoa(1928),GrowingUpinNewGuinea(1930),SexandTemperamentinThreePrimitiveSocieties(1935),MaleandFemale(1949),NewLivesforOld(1956),CultureandCommitment:AStudyoftheGenerationGap(1970),andhermemoirs,BlackberryWinter(1972).Text-relatedInformationDartmouthCollege:AninstitutionofhigherlearninginHanover,NewHampshire.TheschoolsofDartmouthCollegeincludetheundergraduatecollege,theDartmouthMedicalSchool(1797),theThayerSchoolofEngineering(1867),andtheAmosTuckSchoolofBusinessAdministration(1900).DartmouthCollegeText-relatedInformationBakerMemorialLibrarymaintainstheextensivearchivesofmaterialofAmericanexplorerandanthropologistVilhjalmurStefanssonrelatingtotheArctic,aswellasaspecialcollectiononAmericanpoetRobertFrostandmuralsbytheMexicanpainterJoseClementeOrozco.Pre-readingActivityExercise1Thepassageyouaregoingtoreadisentitled“APaymentGreaterThanMoney”.Trytoanswerthequestionsbeforereadingthepassage.Nowreadthepassageandcomparethewriter’sviewwithyours.1.Whichofthefollowingdoyouthinkismoreimportant?Makeyourchoiceandgiveyourreason.A.MoneyB.LoveC.FriendshipD.Work2.Guesswhatkindofpaymentmightbegreaterthanmoneyaccordingtothetitleofthepassage.Unit1:TextA♣TextA♣DetailedStudyoftheTextTextAAPaymentGreaterThanMoney1WhenIwas14,Iearnedmoneyinthesummerbymowinglawns,andIgottoknowpeoplebytheflowersIhadtoremembernottocutdown,bythethingsstuckinthegroundonpurposeorbythethingslostinthegrass.IalsolearnedsomethingaboutmyneighborsinLouisville,Ky.,bytheirpreferredmethodofpayment:bythejob,themonth—ornotatall.While-ReadingTask2Mr.Balloufellintothelastcategory,andhealwayshadareason.Onedayhehadnothingsmallerthanafifty.Onanotherhewasflat-outofchecks;onanotherhewassimplynothomewhenIknockedonhisdoor.Still,exceptforthemoney,hewasaniceenougholdguy,alwayswavingortippinghishatwhenhe’dseenmefromadistance.Ifiguredhimforathinretirementcheck,maybeaninjurythatkepthimfromdoinghisownyardwork.Ikeptarunningtotal,butdidn’tworryabouttheamounttoomuch.Grasswasgrass,andthelittlethatwasMr.Ballou’sdidn’ttakelongtotrim.While-ReadingTaskWhile-ReadingTask3Thenonelateafternooninmid-JulyIwaswalkingbyhishouse,andhemotionedmetocomeinside.Thehallwascool,shaded,andittookmyeyesaminutetoadjusttothemutedlight.4“Ioweyou,”Mr.Balloubegan,“but...”5IthoughtI’dsavehimthetroubleofthinkingupanewexcuse.“Noproblem.Don’tworryaboutit.”6“Thebankmadeamistakeinmyaccount,”hecontinued,ignoringmywords.“Itwillbeclearedupinadayortwo.InthemeantimeIthoughtperhapsyoucouldchooseoneortwovolumesforadownpayment.”7Hegesturedtowardthewalls,andIsawbooksstackedeverywhere.Itwaslikealibrary,exceptwithnoordertothearrangement.8“Takeyourtime,”Mr.Ballouencouraged.“Read,borrow,keep.Findsomethingyoulike.Whatdoyouread?”9“Idon’tknow.”AndIdidn’t.IgenerallyreadwhatIcouldgetfromthepaperbackrackatthedrugstoreorwhatIfoundathome—magazines,thebacksofcerealboxes,comics.Theideaofconsciouslyseekingoutaspecialtitlewasnewtome,butnotwithoutappeal—soIbrowsedthroughthepilesofbooksandasked,“Youactuallyreadallofthese?”While-ReadingTaskWhile-ReadingTask10Mr.Ballounodded.“ThisisjustwhatI’vekept,theonesworthlookingatasecondtime.”11“Pickformethen.”12Heraisedhiseyebrows,cockedhishead,regardedmeappraisinglyasthoughmeasuringmeforasuit.Afteramoment,hesearchedthroughastackandhandedmeadark-redbook,fairlythick.13“TheLastoftheJust,”Iread.“ByAndreSchwarz-Bart.What’sitabout?”14“Youtellme,”hesaid.“Nextweek.”15Istartedaftersupper,sittingoutdoorsonanuncomfortablekitchenchair.Withinafewpages,theyard,thesummer,disappeared,andIwasplungedintotheachingtragedyoftheHolocaust,theextraordinaryclashofgood,representedbyonedecentman,andevil.Thelanguagewaselegant,simple,overwhelming.Whentheeveninglightfinallyfailed,Imovedinsideandreadallthroughthenight.16Tothisday,35yearslater,Ivividlyremembertheexperience.Iwasastonishedbythegreatpoweranovelcouldcontain.Ilackedthevocabularytotranslatemyfeelingsintowords,sothenextweek,whenMr.Ballouasked,“Well?”Ireplied,“Itwasgood.”While-ReadingTask17“Keepitthen,”hesaid.“ShallIsuggestanother?”18Inodded,andwaspresentedwithMargaretMead’sclassicstudyinanthropology,ComingofAgeinSamoa.19Tomaketwolongstoriesshort,Mr.Ballouneverpaidmeadimeforcuttinghisgrassthatyearorthenext,but,eventually,IwouldteachanthropologyatDartmouthCollege.AndIlearnedthatsummerthatreadingwasnottheinnocentpastimeIhadassumedittobe,not