Unit8TheDiscusThrowerKeytotheExercisesTextcomprehensionI.Decidewhichofthefollowingbeststatestheauthor'spurposeofwriting.II.CJudge,accordingtothetext,whetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.III.F(RefertoParagraph1.)F(RefertoParagraph2.Hereitisstatedthatthepatient'sskinisnotbrownfromthesun,thoughitlooksdeeplytannedfromadistance.Rather,hisskinbecomesreddishbecausehewasinhislaststageoflife,thatis,hewasapproachingdeath.)F(RefertoParagraph7.Whenthedoctorofferedhishelp,thepatientremainedsilentforalongtime,andtheninrealearnestheaskedforapairofshoes,hopingagainsthopethatthedoctorwouldmakehimawholebeingagain.)T(RefertoParagraph7.)Answerthefollowingquestions.RefertoParagraph1.No,hedoesn't.Instead,hefindstheactivityjustifiable.Foronething,hethinkstheactivityiswell-meant,i.e.hewantstocollectmorepathologicalevidenceinordertogivethepatientsmoreeffectivetreatment.Foranother,hisactivityisnotspyinginthetruesense,fortheactisfarfromfurtive.1.RefertoParagraph2.Thefactthattherearenoget-wellcards,nosmall,privatecachesoffoodandday-oldflowersshowsthathehasbeenabandonedbyhisfamilyandfriends.2.RefertoParagraph7.Asablindman,heisrestrainedinactivity.Nowwithoutlegsheiscompletelyconfinedtobed.Likeacagedbird,helongsforfreedomanddreamsofgoingbacktohiscareer.Thusitisunderstandablewhyherepeatedlyasksforshoes.3.RefertoParagraphs9?0.Thisisthewayheexpresseshiswrathwiththeunfairfate.Heisdeprivedofsightandnowhislegs.Desertedbysociety,heisleftwithverylittle.Indignantasheis,hecanavengehimselfuponnobody.Whathecandoisonlytocrashhisplateagainstthewalltoventhisangeranddespair.Moreover,hewouldratherdieinastrokeliketheplatethanlingerinagony.4.RefertoParagraph11.ThelaughterisuniqueasisindicatedinParagraph11.Itcomesbothfromthepleasureafterrevengebycrashingtheplateandthehopetoextricatehimselffromhisagonybymeansofanabruptdeathliketheplate.Sincefreedominthismaterialworldisimpossibletohim,hewishestohaveitintheotherworld.IV.Explaininyourownwordsthefollowingsentences.1."Yes,Iamgoingdown,"hesays,meaningliterallythatheisgoingdownwiththebedbutmetaphoricallythathisphysicalconditionisgoingfrombadtoworse.2.Thewild,relaxedlaughterisatotallynewsoundintheworldthatnobodyhaseverheard.Thejoyfullaughtercouldevengiveapromisingfuturetocancerpatients.3.Theaidelooksacrossatme,shakingherheadtoexpressherfrustrationandpursingherlipstosignalherannoyance.StructuralanalysisofthetextThistextcanbedividedintothreeparts.Part1,i.e.Paragraph1,servesasanintroductiontothebackgroundofthestory.Part2,i.e.Paragraphs2?3,describesthestrangebehaviourofaparticularpatientdubbed"thediscusthrower"andhisconflictwiththehealthworkers.Part3,i.e.Paragraphs14?5,tellsthereaderaboutthedeathofthepatient.Herearethesuggestedheadlinesforthethreeparts:Part1:SpyingonPatients:aHabitofMine;Part2:EncounterswithaParticularPatient;Part3:TheDeathofthePatient.1.RhetoricalfeaturesofthetextThequestionsheaskshimself:Oughtnotadoctortoobservehispatientsbyanymeansandfromanystance,thathemightthemorefullyassembleevidence?Ishemuteaswellasblind?Whatishethinkingbehindthoselidsthatdonotblink?Isherememberingatimewhenhewaswhole?Doeshedreamoffeet?Orwhenhisbodywasnotarottinglog?Thesequestionscallfornoanswerbuttheyrevealtheinnerthoughtsofthenarrator.Heseemstobetryingtoplacehimselfinthepositionofthepatientforabetterunderstandingofthepatient'spsychology.2.Thequestionsheasksinhisdialoguewiththepatient:...