《新课程大学英语 I 》- 1 Unit 5 Text B

Pre-readingWhile-readingAfter-readingTextBTransformYourDreamsintoSuccesswithPersistenceUnit5Pre-readingActivities

(1)Oncethere,Donmadethemostoflimitedresources.Heboughtausedcarandsleptinit.A.triedtocollect B.gotthemostoutofC.borrowedfromothers D.searchedinto(2)Itisimportanttovisualizeyourselfaccomplishingyourgoals.Whilelosersvisualizethepenaltiesoffailure,winnersvisualizetherewardsofsuccess.A.learn B.persuadeC.formamentalimageD.makelotsofeffort(3)Ihadreadtoomanyarticlesdescribingcrashscenesandimaginedthesescenesvividly.A.easilyandquickly B.livinglyandclearlyC.probablyandusually D.definitelyandundoubtedly√√√Pre-readingActivities

(4)ThenonesummerIhadtheopportunitytoflyonaprivateplanewithfriendstoaresort.Ididn’twanttomissoutonagreatvacation.A.awonderfulplace B.asmallvillageC.aforeigncountry D.one’shometown(5)Whowantstoruntheriskofgettingknockeddownagainandagain?Buthighlysuccessfulpeopledon’tquit.A.gettingmuchprogress B.beinglookeddownuponC.hittingothers D.failing√√TransformYourDreamsintoSuccessnwithPersistence1

MyfriendDonconsideredhimselfamusician.Heplayedthedruminjuniorhighschooland,bymyrecollection,wasn’tverygood.Healsothoughtofhimselfasasinger,buthecouldn’tcarryatune.2Yearspassed,andwelosttouch.Iwenttocollegeandgraduateschool,becomingaphilosophyprofessorataUniversity.Don

nurturedhisdreamofbecomingasinger-songwriterandmovedtoCalifornia.While-reading：Text

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3Oncethere,Donmadethemostof

limitedresources.Heboughtausedcarandsleptinit.Hetookajobworkingnights,sohecouldvisitrecordcompaniesduringtheday.Helearnedtoplayguitar.Astheyearspassed,hekeptwritingsongs,practicingandknockingondoors.4OnedayIgotacallfromafriendwhoalsoknewDon.“Listentothis,”hesaid.Iheardagoodsongplaying.Goodsinger.“That’sDon,”myfriendsaid.“Thesong’sonthecountrycharts.Canyoubelieveit?”5

Icouldn’tbelieveit.AsongDonhadwrittenandrecorded.Hehadmadeit.DonSchlitzhashad23songs.Asaresultofhisfocusedconcentration,theteen-agedreamerbecameasuccess.6

WhatDondidalmostintuitivelyisbasedonprinciplesI’vediscoveredinreadingtheworld’sgreatliteratureonhumanexcellence

andpersonalsuccess.I’vefoundthreebasicconditionsweneedtosatisfyto

launchourselvesintoalifeoftruesuccess.While-reading：Text

7Defineyourgoals.Thequest

forsuccessalwaysbeginswithatarget.Toomanypeoplewanderthroughlifelikesleep-walkers.Eachdaytheyfollowfamiliarroutines,neverasking,“WhatamIdoingwithmylife?”,andtheydon’tknowwhatthey’redoingbecausetheylackgoals.8Goal-settingisafocusingofthewilltomoveinacertaindirection.Beginwithaclear

conceptionofwhatyouwant.Writedownyourgoalsanddatethem—puttingthemintowordstoclarifythem.9It’simportanttovisualizeyourselfaccomplishingyourgoals.Whilelosersvisualizethepenaltiesoffailure,winnersvisualizetherewardsofsuccess.I’veseenitamongathletes,

entrepreneurs

andpublicspeakers.While-reading：Text

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I’vedoneitmyself.Iwasterrifiedofairtravel.Friendsquoted

statistics

contrastingairandhighwaysafety,butitmadenodifference.Ihadreadtoomanyarticlesdescribingcrashscenesandimaginedthesescenesvividly.Ihadprogrammedmyself,withoutrealizingit,stayoffplanes.11ThenonesummerIhadtheopportunitytoflyonaprivateplanewithfriendstoaresort.Ididn’twanttomissoutonagreatvacation,soIspenttwoweeksimaginingasmoothflightonabeautifulsunnydayandaneasylanding.While-reading：Text

12Whenthedayarrived,Iwaseagertogo.Toeveryone’ssurprise,Igotontheplaneandflew.Ilovedeveryminuteofit,andIstillusethetechniquesIemployedthatday.13Seekoutthosewhoknowmorethanyou.Myfatherwas17whenhesetoffforBaltimoretoapplyforajobatanaircraftcompany.Whenaskedwhathewantedtodo,hesaid,“Everything.”14Heexplainedthathisgoalwastolearneveryjobinthefactory.He’dliketogotoadepartmentandfindoutwhatwasdonethere.Whenthesupervisordeterminedhisworkwasasgoodasanyoneelse’she’dwanttogotoadifferentdepartmentandstartover.Thepersonnelpeopleagreedtothisunusualrequest,andbytimehewas20,he’dmadehiswaythroughthehugefactoryandwasworkinginexperimentaldesignforafantasticsalary.While-reading：Text

15Wheneverhewenttoanewdepartment,helookedfortheguyswhohadbeenaroundformanyyears.Thesewerethepeoplenovicesusuallyavoided,afraidthatnexttothemthey’dlooklikethebeginnerstheywere.Myfatheraskedthemeveryquestionhecouldthinkof.Theylikedthisinquisitiveyoungmanandshowedhimshortcutstheyhaddevelopedthatnooneelsehadeveraskedabout.Thesesagesbecamehismentors.16Whateveryourgoals,plantonetworkwiththosewhoknowmorethanyou.Modelyoureffortsontheirs,adjustingandimprovingasyougo.While-reading：Text

17Pursue

yourdreamwithstubbornconsistency.Thebiggestdifferencebetweenpeoplewhosucceedandthosewhodon’tisnotusuallytalentbutpersistence.Manybrilliantpeoplegiveup.Whowantstoruntheriskofgettingknockeddownagainandagain?Buthighlysuccessfulpeopledon’tquit.It’softenbeensaidthattheyarejustindividualswhogotuponemoretimethantheyfelldown.While-reading：Text

坚忍不拔梦想成真1

我的朋友唐一直自认为是一个音乐家，他上初中时打过手鼓，然而，我记得他打得并不好。此外，他还自认为是一个歌唱家，但是，他把握不准音调。2

许多年过去了，我们早已失去了联系。我读了大学和研究生，毕业后在一所大学担任哲学教授。为了实现当歌手和歌曲创作者的梦想，唐继续奋斗着，并且把家搬到了加利福尼亚。

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刚搬到那里，唐就开始充分利用有限的资源，他买了一辆二手小轿车，晚上就住在里面。为了能够在白天的时候拜访唱片公司，他找了一份晚上上班的工作。此外，他还学习弹吉他。这些年来，他一直坚持创作歌曲、练歌，并且不断去唱片公司寻找机会。4有一天，一位朋友给我打来电话，他也认识唐。他在电话里说：“听听这个。”然后，他把话筒放到扬声器的旁边。我听到一首很好听的歌，歌手唱得很棒。我的朋友说道：“是唐唱的。这首歌已经登上了全国歌曲排行榜，你相信吗？”

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这简直令人难以置信。这首歌是唐创作和演唱的，他实现了梦想。自从那时候开始，唐•施利茨一共录制了23首歌曲。正是由于对梦想的执着，唐终于获得了成功。6我曾经读过一本关于人类美德和个人成功的世界优秀文学书箱，发现唐几乎凭借直觉遵循了那些原则。我发现，走向成功需要具备三个基本条件：While-reading：Translation

7树立目标。对成功的追寻往往源于目标的树立。有许多人就像梦游一样，在生活中迷失了方向。他们从来不问问自己：“我正在做什么？”每天只是做着相似的事情。因为没有目标，他们也不知道自己在做什么。8树立目标就意味着：集中精力，然后朝着一个明确的方向前进。你首先要清楚自己想要的，为了让这些目标更加清晰，用笔记下来，然后写上日期。9想象自己实现目标后的情景也是一件很重要的事情。失败后遭到惩罚的情景是失败者的想象，成功后的荣誉是成功者的想象。从那些运动员、企业家和演说家的身上，我看到了这点。While-reading：Translation

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对于这条原则，我深有体会。我曾经很害怕坐飞机旅行。于是，朋友们就找来空中与地面交通安全性的对比资料给我看，然而，这些对我来说只是徒劳。我读过许多描写飞机失事的文章，并且能够非常逼真地想象出那些画面。我无意中就把自己变成了一个恐惧飞机旅行的人。11此后的一个夏天，一个与朋友乘坐私人飞机度假的机会降临到我的身上。我真的不想失去这个非常棒的度假机会。于是，我用了两周的时间，一直让自己想象在一个晴朗的天气坐着飞行平稳的飞机旅行，最后顺利着陆。While-reading：Translation12到了启程的那一天，我迫不及待地想开始度假之旅。我登上飞机，然后坐着它在天空飞行，这让大家都感到很意外。我很享受坐在飞机上的每一分钟，直到今天乘飞机旅行的时候，我仍然使用这种方法。13

寻求比你懂得多的人。我父亲在17岁的的时候起身前往巴尔蒂摩市的马丁飞机公司求职。当父亲被别人问道想干什么工作的时候，他答道：“所有的工作都想试试。”14

他解释说，他的目标就是把工厂中的各种工作都学会。他想去一个部门，搞清楚那里的工作。当主管人员觉得他的工作像其他人一样出色时，他就去另一个部门重新开始。对于这个与众不同的请求，人事部门的人员同意了。莫里斯20岁的时候，他把这个大工厂里的所有工作都做了一遍，并且开始担任薪金很高的实验设计。

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每到一个新部门，他总是寻找那些从事这个工作很长时间的人做朋友。一般情况下，刚来的人由于担心别人看出自己是个新手，都会与这些人保持距离。我的父亲将自己想到的问题一一向他们请教。以前从来没有人向他们讨教这些问题，他们喜欢上了这个孜孜不倦的年轻小伙子，并把自己摸索出来的窍门都教授给了他。这些经验丰富的老师傅们成为了他的良师益友。16你要努力与比你懂得多的人成为朋友，不管你树立什么样的目标。把这些人当成自己的榜样，一边做一边调整、完善自己。

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要坚持不懈地追求自己的梦想。成功者与失败者之间最大的区别通常是毅力，而不是才能。许多颇有才华的人在中途就放弃了，有谁愿意冒着一次又一次惨遭挫败的危险呢？然而，那些获得了巨大成就的人是不会放弃的，他们就是那些跌倒了再站起来的人。While-reading：Translation

transform[trænsˈfɔ:rm]v.

使改观，使转化tocompletelychangetheappearance,form,orcharacterofsomethingorsomeone,especiallyinawaythatimprovesite.g.Themovietransformedheralmostovernightfromanunknownschoolgirlintoasuperstar.这部电影几乎在一夜之间将她从一个默默无闻的女学生变成一位超级巨星。

transformsb/sth(fromsth)intosthWordfamily:

transformation

n.

（彻底的）改变，改观undergoadramatictransformation经历了巨大的变革transformationfromsthto/intosth由...到...的转变

transformer

n.变压器

While-reading：Words&Phrasespersistence

[pərˈsɪstəns]n.

determinationtodosth坚持，毅力e.g.Herpersistencepaidoffwhenshewasofferedthejobofmanager.她得到了经理的职位，不懈的坚持终于有了回报。sthcontinuestohappen,especiallyforalongtimetime持续发生e.g.thepersistenceofhighunemployment居高不下的失业率Wordfamily:persist

v.坚持，执意

persistin(doing)sthpersistent

adj.

（人）坚持不懈的，（现象）持续存在的While-reading：Words&Phrasesconsider

[kənˈsɪdər]

v.

thinkabout考虑considersthcarefullyconsiderdoingsthconsiderwhere/how/why/whethertodosthhaveaparticularopinion认为，觉得considerthatconsidersb/sth(tobe)sthconsideritnecessary/importanttodosthmakeajudgement顾及allthingsconsidered通盘考虑wordfamily:consideration

n.

考虑，斟酌under/deserve~，takesthinto~considerate

adj.

体谅，体贴considerableadj.

相当大的（尤指大到可以产生影响）While-reading：Words&Phrasesrecollection

[ˌrekəˈlekʃn]

n.

sthfromthepastthatyouremember

[C]回忆，往事

e.g.Myearliestrecollectionsareofmymotherbendingovermycot.我最早的记忆是母亲俯身站在我的小床前。2)

anactofremembering[U]想起e.g.havenorecollectionofsth=notremembertomyrecollection=Iremember

Wordfamily:recollect

v.记起，回忆起~that~doingsthWhile-reading：Words&Phrasesphilosophy

[fiˈlɔsəfi]

n.

哲学，哲理，人生哲学

e.g.Theideathatyoushouldtreatothersasyouwouldlikethemtotreatyouisafinephilosophyoflife.希望别人怎么对你，你就怎样对别人，这是很好的处世原则。

naturalphilosophyWhile-reading：Words&Phrasesnurture

[ˈnə:tʃə]

v.

tohelpaplan,idea,feelingetctodevelop发展（计划，想法等），培养（感情等）e.g.Europeanunionisanidealthathasbeennurturedsincethepost-waryears.建立欧盟是战后多年来人们一直争取实现的理想。tofeedandtakecareofchildoraplantwhileitisgrowing养育，培育e.g.

plantsnurturedinthegreenhouse在温室里培育植物n.theeducationandcarethatyouaregivenasachild教育，教养Comparion:natureinthenatureofthings/againstnature/backtonatureWhile-reading：Words&Phrasessongwriter

['sɔŋ,raitə]

n.

歌曲作家，作曲家someonewhowritesthewordsandususallythemusicofsongssong

n.musicwithwords歌曲sing/play/perform/recordasong/write/composeasongthemusicalsoundsmadebybirds鸣唱thesongofthelark云雀的鸣唱asonganddance(aboutsth)(对某事）大题小做、长篇大论While-reading：Words&Phrasesmakethemostof

=makefulluseof/makethebestof/takeadvantageof充分利用，最大程度地运用e.g.Weshouldmakethemostofthenaturalresourcestopromoteeconomicdevelopment.我们应该最大限度地运用自然资源，以此来推动经济的发展。While-reading：Words&Phrasesresource

[riˈsɔ:s]

n.

1)(pl.)sthsuchaslandorminerals资源（土地、矿产等）acountryrichinnaturalresources自然资源丰富的国家2)money,property,skillsetc财力，物力financial/limitedresourcespoolyourresources集中所有资源3)educationalinformation（教学）资源resourceroom/center资料室/中心v.

toprovidemoneyorothermaterialforsomething向...提供资源Theprogramwasn'tadequatelyresourced.这个计划资源不足。While-reading：Words&Phraseschart

[tʃɑ:rt]

n.informationthatisclearlyarrangedintheformofasimplepicture图表thechartsthelists,whichcomeoutweekly,ofthemostpopularrecords（流行歌曲）排行榜toppedthecharts=wasthemostpopularcharthit/success/star首支上榜歌曲While-reading：Words&Phrasesconcentration

[ˌkɔnsənˈtreiʃən]

n.

1)theabilitytothinkaboutsthcarefullyorforalongtime

专注，专心；集中Ilostmyconcentrationandfellasleep.我一放松就睡着了。2)aprocessinwhichyouputalotofattention,energy关注，重视concentrateon(doing)sth3)alargeamountofsth集中，集聚theconcentrationofpowerinthehandsofafew权力集中在少数人手中concentrationcamp集中营4)theamountofasubstancecontainedinaliquid浓缩，浓度

allowableconcentrationofpesticidesindrinkingwater饮用水中允许的杀虫剂浓度While-reading：Words&Phrases

Wordfamily:concentrate

v.1)专注concentrateon=focuson2)使汇集concentratesthin/atsthItalianindustryinconcentratedmainlyinthenorth.意大利的工业主要集中在北部。concentrateyourefforts/attention/energy/mindonsthWhile-reading：Words&Phrases

intuitively

[in'tju:itivli]

adv.

直觉地,直观地Wordfamily:intuition

n.

直觉e.g.Intuitiontoldheritwasunwisetoargue.直觉告诉她争吵是不理智的。

intuitive

adj.（出于）直觉的=instinctiveWhile-reading：Words&Phrases

excellence

[ˈeksələns]

n.[u]优秀；杰出；优点e.g.theexcellenceoftheperformance表现优异e.g.Thisuniversityhasthereputationforexcellence.这所大学有着卓越的声誉。

Wordfamily:

excelv.

优于，胜过他人e.g.Maryhasalwaysexcelledatforeignlanguages.玛丽一向擅长外语。e.g.Youhaveexcelledyourselfwiththenewexhibition.你新办的展览不同寻常，特别成功。

excellentadj.

extremelygoodorofhighqualityWhile-reading：Words&Phraseslaunch

[ˈlɔ:ntʃ]

v.

1)startdoingsth发动，开始从事e.g.launchanattack/assult/offensive2)makeanewproductavailableforsale出版，发行e.g.ThecompanyhopestolaunchthenewdrugbynextOctober.公司希望于明年10月推出这种新药。3)sendaweaponorspacecraft发射。While-reading：Words&Phrasesquest

[kwest]

v.探索,寻求n.寻找,搜索alongsearchforsththatisdifficulttofinde.g.thequestfortruth对真理的探索thequestforhumanhappiness对人类幸福的追求tryingtofindorgetinquestofsth寻找某物e.g.Theyjourneyedtothedistantislandsinquestofspices.他们远赴群岛寻找香料。While-reading：Words&Phrasesconception

[kənˈsepʃən]

n.

观念，概念，设想anideaaboutwhatsthislike,orageneralunderstandingofsthhavenoconceptionofsth对...一无所知aprocessinwhichsbformsaplanoranideatheoriginalconceptionofthisbook这本书最初的构想While-reading：Words&Phrasesvisualize

[ˈvizjuəlaiz]

v.想象，设想

≈imaginetoformapictureofsborsthinyourmindItriedtovisualizethehousewhilehewasdescribingit.我一边听他描述，一边想象那房子的样子。Itishardtovisualizehowthesetileswilllookinourbathroom.很难想象这些瓷砖铺在浴室里会是什么样子。Wordfamily:visual

adj.视觉的e.g.Thetalltoweraddstothevisualimpactofthebuilding.高高的塔楼增强了这幢大楼的视觉效果。visualarts视觉艺术

visually

adv.表面上，外观上，直观地

visualization

n.While-reading：Words&Phrasespenalty

[ˈpenlti]

n.

apunishmentforbreakingalaw,ruleorlegalagreement(因违反法律、规则、合约而受到的）惩罚，处罚Thepenaltyforthefirstoffenseisafine.初犯将处以罚款。severe/stiff/heavypenalty严厉的处罚sthbadthathappenstoyouOneofthepenaltiesofbeingfamousisthelossofprivacy.成名的弊端之一就是失去隐私。While-reading：Words&Phrasesentrepreneur

[ˌɔntrəprəˈnə:]

n.

企业家someonewhostartsanewbusinessorarrangesbusinessdealsinordertomakemoneyWordfamily:entrepreneurialadj.创业的，具有企业精神的;企业性质的enterprisen.

公司；组织；企业

v.创业；经营While-reading：Words&Phrasesstatistics

[stəˈtistiks]

n.

统计，统计数字；统计学asetofnumberswhichrepresentfactsormeasurementse.g.theofficialcrimestatistics官方的犯罪统计数字staticsforinjuriesatwork工伤统计数字

statisticsshowthat......统计数据显示......Wordfamily:statistician统计学家，统计员

While-reading：Words&Phrasescontrast

['kɔntræst]

n.

对比；反差Whiletherearesimilaritiesinthetwocultures,therearealsogreatcontrastsbetweenthem.尽管两种文化有很多相似之处，但也存在着巨大的差异Themarbleissmoothandpolished,makingastrongcontrastwiththewornstoneworkaroundit.大理石平滑光洁，和周围破旧的石结构形成了强烈的对比。[kən'træst]

v.对比，形成对比Theseresultsconstrastsharply/strikinglywithothermedicaltestscarriedoutinAustralia.这些结果与在澳大利亚进行的其他医学测试的结果截然不同。While-reading：Words&PhrasesWhile-reading：Words&Phrasesstayin待在家里stayout夜不归宿stayon继续留下来（工作或学习）stayup熬夜stayoff

远离Thepolicetoldpeopletostayoffthesupermarketandleavethereassoonaspossible.警察让人们不要在超市停留，并且尽快离开那里。Theysaidbeggarshavebeenwarnedtostayoffthestreets.据说乞丐们都受到了警告，不让出现在街头。resort

[ri'zɔ:t]

n.(度假)胜地,办法aplacewheremanypeoplegoforholidaysseaside/beach/skiresort海边/沙滩/滑雪胜地last/finalresort最后的办法v.

诉诸，求助，采用；常去todosthbad,extreme,ordifficultbecauseyoucannotthinkofanyotherwaytodealwithaproblem

Officialsfearthatextremistsmayresorttoviolence.官员们担心极端主义者会诉诸暴力。Vetshavehadtoresorttokillingtheanimals.兽医不得已只好杀死了这些动物。While-reading：Words&Phrasesmissouton

失去...的好机会，错过e.g.ImissedoutonhisofferonafreeholidayinSpain.

我失掉了他提供的免费在西班牙度假的机会。While-reading：Words&Phrasessetofffor=leavefor动身去某地e.g.HesetoffforNewYorkearlythatmorning.那天他一早就动身去纽约了。Hegotupearlyandsetoffforwork.他起得很早，然后动身上班去了。While-reading：Words&Phrasessupervisor[ˌsju:pə'vaizə]

n.

监督人，管理人，导师e.g.Theuniversitystudentshandedintheiressaystotheirsupervisor.

大学生们把文章交给导师审阅。Wordfamily:supervise

v.监督，管理，指导e.g.Griffithscloselysupervisedtheresearch.格里菲斯密切指导该项研究。

supervision

n.

监督，管理，指导e.g.Costumesandsetsweremadeunderhissupervision.服装和布景都由他负责。While-reading：Words&Phrasesstartover

重新开始，从头做起e.g.Isuggestthatyoutearupthecompositionandstartoveragain..

我建议你把这篇作文撕掉，再从头开始写。While-reading：Words&Phrasesexperimental

[iksˌperi'mentl]

adj.实验的，实验性的，试验性的experimentalevidence/results/data/work/studies实验证据/结果/数据/工作/研究Wordfamily：experimentn.（科学）实验carryout/do/perform/conductanexperiment做/进行实验

expertn.专家，行家，能手Heisaworldexpertonmarinemammals.他是研究海洋哺乳动物的世界权威。medical/technical/financialexpert医学/技术/金融专家While-reading：Words&Phrasesnovice[ˈnɔvis]

n.

新手=beginnersomeonewhohasnoexperienceinaskill,subject,oractivitye.g.Iamstillacompletenoviceatthesport.对于这项运动而言，我还完全是个新手。ThoughSueisagreenhand,she'scompletelyatgripswiththedetailsofherjob.苏虽然是新手，但她完全了解她工作的细节。While-reading：Words&Phrasesinquisitive

[inˈkwizitiv]adj.好奇的，求知欲强的interestedin