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Tyranny of the urgent

Unit two

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• Do you always have a lot of urgent things to do? Give examples.

• Will the urgent things always be the priorities in your life?

• How do you understand the word “tyranny” in the title “Tyranny of the urgent”?

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1.Why does the author use "a trail of “in paragraph 1line 2?2. What does “the problem” in paragraph 2 line1 refer to?3. Why did the author use parallelism at the beginning of pa

ragraph 2? 4. Why did the author say "Greater experience brings more

exacting assignments"? Won't the experience help us handle things more easily?

5. What does an “important task” in paragraph 3 line 3 mean?

6. What does the maxim in paragraph 4 mean to you?

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7. According to paragraph 5, what is the difference between the urgent and the important?

8. What will the urgent tasks lead to?

9. Can a man get away from urgent tasks? What will be the consequence of us becoming slaves to the “tyranny of the urgent”?

Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph one

• Important words relieve/relief haunt evaluate

• Useful phrases wish for under the pressure of /that a trail of

• Sentence patterns Surely… We desperately need relief. (You need relaxation ba

dly.)

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wish for It’s no use wishing for things you can’t have. I can understand her wish for secrecy.

RelieveDrugs helped to relieve the pain.relief I felt a huge surge of relief and happiness.

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hauntThe pub is said to be haunted by the ghost ofa former landlord. The memory of that day still haunts me.A headless rider haunts the country lanes.That decision came back to haunt him in later life.

a trail ofHe left a trail of broken hearts. The hurricane left a trail of destruction behind it.

Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph two

• New words allotment (allot) passage (pass) exacting

• Useful phrases catch up (with) grow in (number and age)

• Sentence patterns Wouldn’t we be/do… …, neither is … Nor will … We find ourselves doing…

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allot

The profits have been allotted equally to all the Shareholders.

We all finished the exam in the allotted time.

allotment

Nobody knows the allotment of the company’s shares t

o its employees.

Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph three

• Important words dilemma priority weariness (weary) misgi

ving sense confess

• Useful phrases go deeper than be involved in be matched

by a sense of be oppressed by leave…undon

e

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confession He made a full confession of his crimes.I always go to confession on Fridays.

confessI must confess that she is really a beauty.He confessed that he had murdered her.He finally confessed to having stolen the money. She confessed to having a dread of spiders.He confessed to the priest that he had sinned.

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He was in a dilemma./He was placed in a dilemma.

priority Japan has priority over other countries in the field of microelectronics.

I have priority over you in my claim.

You must decide what your priorities are.

Rebuilding the area is a top priority.

Sentences

dilemma

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wearing wearily weary

I have a wearing day.

She was wearied by the constant noise.

She began to weary of her companions.

He was weary in body and mind.

I am weary of hearing about your problems.

It is a weary journey.

Sentences

weariness

Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph three

• Important words crowd out rebuke

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I tried to keep my place in the queue, but they crowded me out.

rebuke sb.(for…)

We were rebuked for coming to class late.

He had received a stern rebuke from his superiors.

Sentences

crowd sb./sth. out

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• Useful phrases

be in constant tension call for

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The fridge keeps food at a constant temperature.

Although the international situation is moving towards relaxation, tension still remains in some areas.

call for

The situation calls for prompt action.

Sentences

constant

Practice Always Makes PerfectParagraph six

• Important words

breach imperious momentary irresistible (resist/resistance/resistant) perspective

deceptive (deception/deceive) prominence (prominent)

• Useful phrases

in the light of become slave to

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The storm had breached the sea wall in two place.

They are in breach of Article.

She made a breach of confidence.

a breach in Franco-German relations

The government is accused of breaching the terms of the treaty.

The dam had been breached.

Sentences

breach