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泛读2.1 the shadowland of dreams - 课堂打印Unit 1 The Shadowland of Dreams Related Information About Alexzander Haley Life: Alexzander Haley, an American black writer, born in New York ,1921. He grew up in Tenn. and graduated from high school at 15. He joined the Coast Guard in 1939; and in 1952 became the first to hold the title of Coast Guard Journalist. In 1965 his writing career exploded with the publication of Roots . Works: Roots-the saga s:冒险故事 of an American Family. Its hard to say if the book is fiction, history or biography传记, since it goes so much like all three. Haley found sizeable saizbl大的 gaps in his efforts to trace his family roots, and of necessity had to filling in blanks. 普利策奖简介1917年根据美国报业巨头约瑟夫普利策（Joseph Pulitzer）的遗愿设立，七、八十年代已经发展成为美国新闻界的一项最高荣誉奖，现在，不断完善的评选制度已使普利策奖成为全球性的一个奖项。普利策奖分为两类，新闻界和创作界。普利策奖也是一个鼓励美国的奖。新闻界的获奖者可以是任何国籍，但是获奖条目必需在美国周报（或日报）中发表的。创作界获得者必须是美国公民，唯一例外是历史奖。只要是关于美国历史的书都可获奖，作者不必是美国人。The prizes are named for Joseph Pulitzer, a prominent late 19th and early 20th century journalist who revolutionized the New York World, a major New York City newspaper. Under Pulitzer, the paper became renowned for hard-hitting investigative journalism, and it also contributed to public service through a variety of public campaigns. One year after Pulitzers death in 1911, the Columbia University School of Journalism was founded, and in 1917 the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded by a panel of judges drawn from this institution and “persons of distinction.” The Pulitzer board continues to include academics and scholars from Columbia University, as well as prestigious members of the news community.There are 21 Pulitzer Prizes: one in music, six in literature, and 14 in journalism. The journalism prizes include awards for investigative reporting, editorial cartooning, breaking news photography, breaking news reporting, explanatory reporting, national reporting, criticism, international reporting, feature photography, editorial writing, commentary, local reporting, feature writing, and public service. Pulitzer Prize winning photographs in particular have often become extremely famous, chronicling important events in human history or portraying emotional scenes through the lens of a camera. In literature, Pulitzer Prizes are awarded in fiction, drama, poetry, history, biography, and general nonfiction.The winner of a Pulitzer Prize receives a $10,000 US award along with a certificate acknowledging the achievement. The Public Service award is given to newspapers, not individuals, although a specific journalist may be recognized in the text of the citation, and the newspaper receives a Pulitzer medal cast in gold with an image of Pulitzers face on one side, and a hand-operated printing press on the other.“艾美奖”艾美奖（Emmy Awards）是美国乃至世界范围影响非常大的一个关于电视节目和制作人员的奖项。在美国，艾美奖被誉为电视界的“奥斯卡奖”，是与格莱美音乐奖(Grammy)、电影奥斯卡奖(Oscar)以及百老汇的东尼奖(Tonys Awards)并称的美国艺术四大奖项之一。艾美奖不是一个单独的奖项，它实际上已经成为一个电视奖的系列。范围覆盖之广超过世界上任何一个电视奖。Emmy AwardsThe Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) currently has about 10,000 members, all involved in television work that ranges from running studios to editing soundtracks. Members are organized in 27 peer groups representing their field of work. Preview Questions What is American dream? 1. The authors dream is one part of the American dream, which contains the connotation ,knutein 暗示 of equality平等, democracy民主, opportunity机会, freedom, competition, progress, self-fulfillment, and material wealth. 2. The phrase “going from rags to riches” 由穷致富became a slogan标语；呐喊声for the great American dream. 3. A reason why immigrants come to U.S. is to have a better life. Because of its incredibly难以置信地；非常地abundant natural resources, the U.S. appeared to be a “land of plenty.” 4. “A melting- pot” 大熔炉. Different races and thoughts and values conflict and incorporate 包含and finally become the formation of the American dream. Structure Analysis To comment on the young mens understanding about writing and raise his own opinion To cite himself as a good example to prove his opinion and his way to success Starting time-hesitating time-tough time-changing time-successful time To reflect upon his successPost-reading questions Why did the phone call change Haleys life? If you were in the same situation, would you accept the offer? What lesson did Haley learn in the end? To see our dream come true, what efforts should we make?Difficult points As the dollars were dancing in my head, something cleared my senses. From deep inside a bull-headed resolution welled up. Figurative language dancing: personification bull-headed: metaphor language effect vivid, impressive Suddenly the past came flooding in like a riptide.Riptide: huge tide, tide causing strong currents and rough waterFigurative language - like a riptide: simile to show his memory about the past immediately came to his mind. Nothing could stop that.Language effect: easy to understand , imaginative That is all Joe needed to make down-home soup down: poor, simple eg: be down out : be beaten in the struggle of life, be unemployed and without money Rumor had it that if a customer ordered.Inversion - There is a rumor that if a customer Many people cherish the fond dream of becoming a writer. Fond: of hopes, ambitions held, but unlikely to be realizedCherish: keep alive hope,