世纪大学英语综合教程第四册PPTU.ppt

Before Reading_ 1.1,An English Song Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home,Word Detect,Warm-up Questions,Dictation,Background Information,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Thomas Edison,Directions: Watch the video and fill in the blanks.,Before Reading_ 1.2,An English Song Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home,Word Detect,Warm-up Questions,Dictation,Background Information,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Thomas Edison,Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home,We used to go out walking hand in You told me all the big things you had planned It wasnt till all your dreams came true put me in second place with you You have no time to love me anymore Since and fortune knocked up on our door And I spend all my evenings all,hand,_,long,_,Success,_,fame,_,alone,_,Before Reading_ 1.3,An English Song Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home,Word Detect,Warm-up Questions,Dictation,Background Information,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Thomas Edison,Success has made a of our home If we could share an evening now and Im sure wed find true again You never hold me like you used to do Oh, its funny what success has to you You have no time to love me anymore Since fame and fortune up on our door And I spend all my evenings all alone Success has made a failure of our home Success has made a failure of our home,failure,_,then,_,happiness,_,done,_,knocked,_,Before Reading2,An English Song Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home,Word Detect,Warm-up Questions,Dictation,Background Information,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Thomas Edison,Who is the most successful person in the world in your opinion? Could you tell us something about him or her? 2. What qualities do you think successful people possess? 3. What do you think fame can bring to people?,Before Reading_3,Word Detect,Warm-up Questions,Dictation,Background Information,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Thomas Edison,Directions: The following are the synonyms related to Fame and Success. Match the word in Column A with its definition in Column B.,Column A Column B,achievement celebrity pass fame prosperity distinction fulfillment,1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.,a. b. c. d. e. f. g.,the condition of being well-known to many people, esp. for a particular reason fame, esp. for being better than most others at a particular thing success in life or business the successful finishing or gaining sth satisfaction after successful effort a success in a examination the state of being famous,4,( ),6,( ),5,( ),1,( ),7,( ),3,( ),2,( ),An English Song Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home,Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming. This is that each one of us wants to and needs to know. Success has to each one of us. A child finds success in the toys of his choice, a student succeeds if he passes an exam, an employee if he and a mother if she finds her child happy. People are happy once they . Positive attitude and happiness go . People are famous among friends and family if they have the and happiness. Hence success and fame knowing the true priorities in life and for it with a positive attitude.,Before Reading_4.1,Word Detect,Warm-up Questions,Dictation,Background Information,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Thomas Edison,Directions: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the missing words or expressions.,An English Song Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home,self-satisfaction,_,one secret,_,different value,_,acquiring,_,gets promoted,_,taste success,_,right attitude,_,comes from,_,striving hard,_,Ludwig Van Beethoven: one of the best known and most admired German composers. He continued writing music after he lost the ability to hear at the age of 30. His famous works include The Fifth Symphony (第五交响乐) and The Emperor Concerto (皇帝协奏曲).,Before Reading_5_1,Word Detect,Warm-up Questions,Dictation,Background Information,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Thomas Edison,An English Song Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home,Before Reading_5_1_pop,Word Detect,Warm-up Questions,Dictation,Background Information,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Thomas Edison,Ludwig Van Beethoven,A. Biographical Background,1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.,Born in 1770 His earliest music teacher was his father, a singer in the chapel at Bonn. His father wanted to turn Ludwig into another Mozart. When he was seventeen he played for Mozart, who prophesied a great future for him. He studied with Haydn from 1792 to 1794 and briefly with other composers and teachers. He began to lose his hearing around 1796, and by 1820 could hardly hear at all. Died in 1827.,B. Output,1. 2. 3. 4.,Orchestral music Chamber music Piano music Vocal music,An English Song Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home,Thomas Edison: (18471931):an American inventor. He profoundly influenced modern life through his inventions such as the light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera. During his lifetime, he acquired 1,093 patents, and marketed many of his inventions to the public.,Before Reading_5_2,Word Detect,Warm-up Questions,Dictation,Background Information,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Thomas Edison,An English Song Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home,Before Reading_5_2_pop,Word Detect,Warm-up Questions,Dictation,Background Information,Ludwig Van Beethoven,Thomas Edison,Directions: Watch the video and take notes, then retell the story with the words youve written.,inventor, industrial leader, 1,100 patents, phonograph, motion picture camera, projector, first research laboratory, thousands of inventions,An English Song Success Has Made a Failure of Our Home,Global Reading_ 1,Part Division of the Text,Further Understanding,Questions and Answers,True or False,Parts,Paras.,Main Ideas,1,2,3,12,34,5,Fame enslaves the person who pursues it because when he/she becomes famous, he/she will not only attract the publics attention, but also has to work and live in line with the publics expectations. He/she then becomes the slave of his/her own success.,For those who look for fame, failure is not necessarily a bad thing, especially for those who fail to perform well enough, because people tend to be more tolerant towards and sympathetic with them.,Though fame brings disadvantages to those who achieve it, people still seek fame for various reasons.,Blank Filling,4,6,It is better to take a critical attitude towards fame.,Global Reading_ 2_1,Part Division of the Text,1. What ironic phenomenon does the author point out in Paragraph 1?,It is ironic that fame and the publicity that goes with it will put an end to the talent that gave rise to the fame in the first place.,2. Which do you think is more important for an artist, to perform in the same style year after year to meet public demand, or to create a new artistic style?,I think it is a difficult choice for the artist to make. On the one hand, if the artist performs the same thing year after year in order to meet public demand, he or she will gradually lose artistic creativity. On the other hand, if the artist changes artistic style, he or she will risk losing popularity. Personally, I think being creative should be the primary concern for an artist to further develop his or her performing career.,Further Understanding,Questions and Answers,True or False,Blank Filling,It is easy for a performer to believe that they are as perfect as what the media describe. People usually have lower expectations of performers. When people fail, they can always find excuses and explanations for their inability to succeed. Thomas Wolfe was an American novelist, whose first novel was rejected 39 times. It is quite common that people who failed many times may find ways to be successful and famous.,Global Reading_ 2_2,F,( ),T,( ),Part Division of the Text,Further Understanding,1. 2. 3. 4. 5.,F,( ),T,( ),T,( ),Questions and Answers,True or False,Blank Filling,Global Reading_ 2_3,Part Division of the Text,Further Understanding,1. 2. 3. 1) 2) 3) 4),When you are famous, it is very obvious that you are . Fame and it takes the you . You cant be . The reasons of wanting fame are: to excellence in some fields; to the admiration and love of many others; to the one everyone talks about; to family and friends you are more than they thought you were.,the target of everyone,_,turns all the lights on,_,out of you,_,what you want to be,_,demonstrate,_,gain,_,be,_,show,_,Questions and Answers,True or False,Blank Filling,We may all desire to be famous and yearn for the publicity, wealth and power that accompany fame. Few of us, however, realize that fame also has its negative side and, sometimes, it may even destroy ones life. Read the following text and you will get to know more about the adverse impact fame can have on ones life.,Detailed Reading,Detailed Reading,Fame Melvin Howards,Detailed Reading_t1-2,Detailed Reading,Fame is very much like an animal chasing its own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it. Fame and the publicity that accompanies it, force the famous person to participate in his or her own destruction. Ironic, isnt it? Those who gain fame most often gain it as a result of possessing a single talent or skill: singing, dancing, painting, or writing, etc. The successful performer develops a style that gains some popularity, and it is this popularity that usually convinces the performer to continue performing in the same style, since that is what the public seems to want and to enjoy.,Detailed Reading_t2-3,Detailed Reading,But in time, the performer becomes bored singing the same songs in the same way year after year, or the painter becomes bored painting similar scenes or portraits, or the actor is tired of playing the same character repeatedly. The artist becomes the slave of his or her own success because of the public demands. If the,Fame brings celebrity and high regard from loyal fans in each field. A performer can easily come to believe that he or she is as good as his or her press. But most people, most artists do not gain fame and fortune. What about those performers who fail, or anyone who fails?,artist attempts to change his or her style of writing or dancing or singing, etc., the audience may turn away and look to give the momentary fame to another and then, in time, to another, and so on and so on.,in money, you are not interested in the power that fame brings and you are not interested in the loss of privacy it demands, etc. all excuses, but comforting to those who fail and those who pretend not to notice the failure.,Detailed Reading_t3,Detailed Reading,Curiously enough, failure often serves as its own reward for many people. It brings sympathy from others who are delighted not to be you, and it allows family and friends to lower their expectations of you so that you need not compete with those who have more talent and who succeed. And they find excuses and explanations for your inability to succeed and become famous: you are too sensitive, you are not interested,Detailed Reading_t4,Detailed Reading,History has sufficiently proven that some failure for some people at certain times in their lives does indeed motivate them to strive even harder to succeed and to continue believing in themselves. Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, had his first novel Look Homeward, Angel rejected 39 times before it was finally published and launched his career and created his fame. Beethoven overcame his cruel and harsh father and grudging acceptance as a musician to become the greatest, most famous musician in the world, and Thomas Edison was thrown out of school in fourth grade, at about age 10, because he seemed to the teacher to be quite dull and ill-behaved. Many other cases may be found of people who failed and used the failure to motivate them to achieve, tosucceed, and to become famous. But, unfortunately, for most people failure is the end of their struggle, not the beginning. There are few, if any, famous failures.,target of everyone who disagrees with you as well as of the media. Fame turns all the lights on and while it gives power and reputation, it takes the you out of you: you must be what the public thinks you are, not what you really are or could be.,Detailed Reading_t4.5,Detailed Reading,Well then, why does anyone want fame? Do you? Do you want to be known to many people and admired by them? Do you want the money that usually comes with fame? Do you want the media to notice everything you do or say both in public and in private? In some areas it is very obvious that to be famous is to be the,I say to those who desperately seek fame and fortune, celebrity: good luck. But what will you do when you have caught your tail, your success, your fame? Keep chasing it? If you do catch it, hang on for dear life. See you soon famous and almost famous!,Detailed Reading_t5-6,Detailed Reading,But why does anyone want fame? Several reasons come to mind: to demonstrate excellence in some field; to gain the admiration and love of many others; to be the one everyone talks about; to show family and friends you are more than they thought you were. Probably you can list some other reasons, but I think these are reasonably common.,1. Paraphrase this sentence.,Fame and the publicity that accompanies it, force the famous person to participate in his or her own destruction.,Detailed Reading_ Fame and the ,Detailed Reading,When a person becomes famous, he or she will not only attract the public attention, but also work and live in line with the public expectations. This may put an end to his or her talent.,2. Translate this sentence into Chinese.,声誉以及随之而来的名气迫使名人陷入穷途末路。,1. Paraphrase this sentence.,The artist becomes the slave of his or her own success because of the public demands.,Detailed Reading_ The artist ,Detailed Reading,In order to meet the needs of the public, the artist is no longer the master of himself or herself.,2. Translate this sentence into Chinese.,由于公众的要求，艺人竟变成了自己功名的奴隶。, as good as his or her press.,Detailed Reading_ as good as ,Detailed Reading,1. What does “as good as his or her press” mean?,as good as what the newspapers say about him or her.,2. Translate this part into Chinese.,自己的成就当真和新闻报道的一样大。, all excuses, but comforting to those who fail and those who pretend not to notice the failure.,Detailed Reading_ all excuses ,1. Write the completed sentence., All these are excuses, but they are comforting to ,Detailed Reading,2. Translate the sentence into Chinese.,所有这些都是借口，但对失败者或假装不关心自己失败的人来说，却是安慰。,Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, had his first novel Look Homeward, Angel rejected 39 times before it was finally published and launched his career and created his fame.,Detailed Reading_ Thomas Wolfe ,1. What do you know about the novel Look Homeward, Angel?,Look Homeward, Angel written by Thomas Wolfe was his first novel, about a young mans burning desire to leave his small town and tumultuous(喧嚣的) family in search of a better life, in 1929. It is “a book made out of my life” , and his largely autobiographical story about the quest for a greater intellectual life has resonated with and influenced generations of readers, including some of todays most important novelists. Rich with lyrical prose and vivid characterizations, this 20th-century American classic will capture the hearts and imaginations of every reader.,Detailed Reading,2. Translate this sentence into Chinese.,美国小说家托马斯沃尔夫的第一部小说安琪儿，往家里看吧！被退稿39次才得以出版，才开启了他的写作生涯并赢得了声誉。,There are few, if any, famous failures.,Detailed Reading_ There are few ,1. Why does the author say “there are few, if any, famous failures”?,There are few famous failures because for most people failure is the end of their struggle, not the beginning. They stopped working hard and gave up halfway.,Detailed Reading,2. Translate this sentence into Chinese.,成名的失败事例即使有，也不多见。,Fame turns all the lights on and while it gives power and reputation, it takes the you out of you: you must be what the public thinks you are, not what you really are or could be.,Detailed Reading_ Fame turns ,Detailed Reading,1. Paraphrase this sentence.,While it gives you glamour, fame exposes everything of you to the public. You have to meet the public expectations and fit in the public image. You cant be what you want to be.,2. Translate this sentence into Chinese.,声誉把你置于所有的灯光下，一边给你权利和威望，一边把你变得不像你：你必须成为大众心目中的你，而不能是那个真实的你或你可能成为的那个人。,publicity: n. public notice or attention,Detailed Reading_ publicity,We have planned an exciting publicity campaign with our advertisers.,Detailed Reading,她的新剧作获得广泛宣传。,Her new play has attracted a lot of publicity.,Collocations:,gain/get/receive publicity 取得名气；引人注目 seek publicity 追求名气 avoid publicity 避免引人注目 extensive/wide publicity 广为宣传,accompany: vt. go with someone or to be provided or exist at the same time as something,Detailed Reading_ accompany,Warships will accompany the convoy.,Detailed Reading,He was accompanied on the expedition by his wife.,adverse: a. having a negative or harmful effect on something,Detailed Reading_ adverse1,So far the drug is thought not to have any adverse effects.,Detailed Reading,他的健康因气候影响而严重受损。,His health was adversely affected by the climate.,这些形容词均含“相反的，对立的”意思。 通常指违害利益的、不友好的等，侧重分歧。 指位置、方向、行动或想法等完全相反。 一般指与某种主张、看法或行为等正好相反，隐含否定一方并 不意味着肯定另一方的意味。,Detailed Reading_ adverse 2,Detailed Reading,to popular opinion, I dont dye my hair! They received a lot of publicity/criticism about the changes. His political position is to ours. Shes turned out to be the exact of what everyone expected. The match has been cancelled due to weather conditions.