新视野大学英语读写教程4 Unit

1、Unit 2 Section A,Charlie Chaplin,Warm-up,Do you know these people?,What are they famous for?,Steven Hawking, the great physicist,Cilion Dion, world popular singer,Lin Shuhao, an upcoming basketball star,Name: Career start: Breakthrough: Achievements & reputation :,An interview with Talk Asia,a singi

2、ng competition in 1984,_,Hong Kong superstar Jacky Cheung,_,in 1991 “Loving you a little more every day”,_,more then 60 albums so far,_,the heavenly king of canto-pop,_,2 years later “Goodbye kiss”,_,what questions would you like to ask?,If you are given a chance to interview them,What do we know ab

3、out,Charlie Chaplin,Fast reading,poor area of south London,Christmas Day, 1977,1913,America,Mack Sennett,English,tiny moustaches,Tramps quick eye,talking,a nonsense language,Lifeless objects,as an artist,hatred for women,a deep need to be loved,a corresponding fear of being betrayed,Oona Oneill,37 y

4、ears,Para. 1 _,Paras. _ _,Paras. _ _,Para. 9,2,3,7,8,6,Charlie Chaplins emotional life,Incident after Charlie Chaplins death,Charlie Chaplins artistic achievement,A general introduction to Charlie Chaplin,Passage structure,Difficult Sentences,Dickens might have created Charlie Chaplins childhood. Bu

5、t only Charlie Chaplin could have created the great comic character of “the Tramp”, the little man in rags who gave his creator permanent fame.,参考译文： 狄更斯或许会创作出查理卓别林的童年故事， 但只有查理卓别林才能塑造出了不起的喜剧角色流浪者，这个使其创作者声名永驻的衣衫褴褛的小人物。,Chaplin quit Britain for good in 1913 when he journeyed to America with a group of

6、 performers to do his comedy act on the stage where talent scouts recruited him to work for Mack Sennett, the king of Hollywood comedy films.,参考译文： 卓别林在1913年永久地离开了英国，与一些演员一起启程到美国进行舞台喜剧表演。 在那里，他被星探招募到好莱坞喜剧片之王麦克塞纳特的旗下工作。,the working class audiences were more likely to clap for a character who revolted

7、 against authority, using his wicked little cane to trip it up, or aiming the heel of his boot for a well-placed kick at its broad rear.,1,2,参考译文： 劳动阶级倒更有可能为这样一个反抗权势的角色拍手喝彩： 他以顽皮的小拐杖使绊子，或把皮靴后跟对准权势者宽大的臀部一踢。,He was an immensely talented man, determined to a degree unusual even in the ranks of Hollywoo

8、d stars.,参考译文： 他是一个有巨大才能的人，他的决心之大甚至在好莱坞明星中也是十分少见的。, Chaplin, then 54, had cautiously waited outside.,In Oona ONeill Chaplin, he found a partner whose stability and affection spanned the 37 years age difference between them,that had seemed so threatening that,when the official who was marrying them i

9、n 1942, turned to the beautiful girl of 17 whod given notice of their wedding date and said, “And where is the young man?”,他找到了沃娜奥尼尔卓别林这个伴侣。她的稳定和深情跨越了他们之间37岁的年龄差距。 他们的年龄差别太大，以致当1942年他们要结婚时，新娘公布了他们的结婚日期后，为他们办理手续的官员问这位漂亮的17岁姑娘： 那年轻人在哪儿？ 当时已经54岁的卓别林一直小心翼翼地在外面等候着。,As Oona herself was the child of a larg

10、e family with its own problems,she was well-prepared for the battle that Chaplins life became as unfounded rumors of Marxist sympathies surrounded them both, and later on, she was the center of rest in the quarrels that Chaplin sometimes sparked in their own family of talented children.,1,2,由于沃娜本人出生

11、在一个被各种麻烦困扰的大家庭， 她对卓别林生活中将面临的挑战也做好了充分准备，因为当时有毫无根据的流言说他俩是马克思主义的同情者。 后来在他们自己的有那么多天才孩子的大家庭中，卓别林有时会引发争吵，而她则成了安宁的中心。,But one cant help feeling (that) Chaplin would have regarded this strange incident as a fitting memorial his way of having the last laugh on a world to which he had given so many.,参考译文： 但是人

12、们不禁会感到，卓别林一定会把这一奇怪的事件看作是对他的十分恰当的纪念他以这种方式给这个自己曾带来这么多笑声的世界留下最后的笑声。,Review,-expressions,-sentence practice,English Equivalents of Chinese,谈到择偶，别人或许会给些建议，但只有你自己才能做出最终决定。,when it comes to sth. / choose between ones future spouses / come up with some advice / make the final decision,When it comes to choos

13、ing between your future spouses, others might come up with some advice, but only you yourself can make the final decision.,她是一个志向远大的女性，其雄心之大甚至在男人中也十分少见。,a woman with high ideals / ambitious,She is a woman with high ideals, ambitious to a degree unusual even in the ranks of men.,keys,1 . With so much going on at the office, it is a wonder to find that Mr. Lawrence has much time left for anything else.,2. It is a surprise for us to find that television enjoys its greatest competitive advantage on information.,3. You will soon find that it is a wa