大学综合英语unit9 How I found My Voice课件

1、Unit 10 How I Found My Voice,By James Earl Jones,1,PPT学习交流,Content,Pre-reading questions Background information Text Structure Language study Text analysis Exercises,2,PPT学习交流,Pre-reading questions,Have you ever spoken to a large audience? How did you feel? Do you think voice is important to persona

2、l development? Have you met a person who has helped/ influenced you greatly?,3,PPT学习交流,Background information,James Earl Jones (born January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi, United States) is an American actor. He is well-known for his distinctive bass voice and for his portrayal of characters of

3、 substance, gravitas and leadership. Since his Broadway debut in 1957, Jones has spent more than five decades as one of Americas most distinguished and versatile actors.,4,PPT学习交流,He moved to his maternal grandparents farm in Jackson, Michigan at the age of five, but the adoption was traumatic and h

4、e developed a stutter so severe he refused to speak aloud. When he moved to Brethren, Michigan in later years a teacher at the Brethren schools started to help him with his stutter. He remained functionally mute for eight years until he reached high school. He credits his high school teacher, Donald

5、 Crouch, who discovered he had a gift for writing poetry, with helping him out of his silence. The teacher believed forced public speaking would help him gain confidence and insisted he recite a poem in class each day. I was a stutterer. I couldnt talk. So my first year of school was my first mute y

6、ear, and then those mute years continued until I got to high school.,5,PPT学习交流,6,PPT学习交流,Life shrinks and expands in proportion to ones courage. - Anais Nin,7,PPT学习交流,Structural analysis This autobiographical narration comprises three parts. Part One (Paragraphs 1-2): The writer presents a striking

7、contrast between his successful career as an actor and television announcer and his severe stutter in his early childhood.,8,PPT学习交流,Part Two (Paragraphs 3-22): This part mainly describes the authors stuttering problem when he was a child and the process of how Prof. Crouch helped the boy tackle the

8、 problem by way of forced public speaking.,9,PPT学习交流,Part Three (Paragraphs 23-29): The concluding part shows various honors and successes the writer has obtained, which further emphasizes the great effect the teacher has brought about on the writers career as well as his whole life.,10,PPT学习交流,Part

9、 One (Paragraphs 1-2):,Why could the author hardly believe that such good things as described in P1 could ever happen to him?,11,PPT学习交流,Key points: the voice-over announcer: an announcer who makes a commentary or gives an explanation which is heard as part of a film or television program, but he hi

10、mself is not actually seen. the New Testament: the second part of the Bible, concerned with the teachings of Christ and his earliest followers the Old Testament: the first part of the Bible, telling the history of the Jews and their beliefs,12,PPT学习交流,Part Two (Paragraphs 3-22):,1. Why does the auth

11、or describe his moving at the age of five as traumatic? 2. Why did the author quit Sunday school and church? 3. Why does the author say the farm animals knew he could talk? 4. What event made the author open his mouth in public without stuttering for the first time?,13,PPT学习交流,I always sat down, my

12、face burning with shame. I always sat down, and blushed as fire was burning my face because I felt ashamed. More examples: Absolute Construction A number of officials followed the emperor, some to hold his robe, others to adjust his girdle, and so on. (infinitive clause) His voice drowned by the noi

13、se, the speaker stopped in the middle of his lecture.(-ed participle clause) He went off, gun in hand. (prepositional phrase) The floor wet and slippery, we stayed outside. (adjective phrase),14,PPT学习交流,It was traumatic moving from the warm, easy ways of catfish country to the harsh climate of the n

14、orth, where people seemed so different. We moved from the familiar and pleasant country to the north where I felt cold both in body and in heart/ totally strange and revolting. That was really an upsetting experience in my life. transferred epithet,15,PPT学习交流,in a nondenominational fellowship: in a

15、close relationship without caring about the different religions Granddads Irish heritage came out in his love for language; Granddad had a love for language, which might have been inherited from his Irish ancestors; In weekdays, he used plain English, but when in church on Sunday, he spoke perfectly

16、 standard English.,16,PPT学习交流,come close to: become almost the same as e.g. The language learner tries to make his speech come close to perfection. round up: gather together animals or people, often when they do not want to be gathered together e.g. The teacher rounded up all the students and led th

17、em to the classroom.,17,PPT学习交流,That awful feeling of my voice being trapped got worse as I grew older. As I grew older, I became more self-conscious of my stuttering and it got worse. euphemism savor: enjoy and appreciate something like food, or drink, or an experience, as much as one can e.g. 1) I

18、 savored every mouthful of breakfast, reluctant to let it end. 2) He savored the words as he said it.,18,PPT学习交流,labor: work with difficulty, for example because one is not strong enough or clever enough e.g. 1) He was laboring under the strain of a worsening political crisis. 2) His classmates were

19、 laboring with elementary algebra. I started, anger flooding me I stood up abruptly, overwhelmed with anger,19,PPT学习交流,I stood amazed and floated back to my desk in a daze, amid wild applause: p18 I stood there, amazed at my performance, then not knowing how, I drifted back to my seat, and my classm

20、ates gave me a big applause.,20,PPT学习交流,注意I stood amazed包含双重谓语。 双重谓语由两个部分(即第一谓语和第二谓语)组成，同时用来说明主语。第一谓语是由实义动词表示，说明主语实施的某一特定的行为过程第二谓语通常是由形容词、名词或过去分词表示，说明主语处于某种状态时所具有的属性、特征或身份。例如: He came back cheerful.(=When he came back be was cheerful.) 他回来时兴高采烈。(说明主语“他”在回来时的情况特征:“兴高采烈”) He left Shanghai a skilled wo

21、rker.(=When he left Shanghai he was a skilled worker.) 他离开上海时是一个熟练的工人。(说明主语“他”在“离开上海时”的身份:“熟练工人”),21,PPT学习交流,because the lyrics rhythmic pattern flows by itself. most stutterers can sing along with the rhythm pattern which just flows by itself. He never pushed anything at me again; he just wanted al

22、l his students to wake up. From then on he never gave me pressure, and what he tried to do was to help students realize and tap their potential.,22,PPT学习交流,Part Three (Paragraphs 23-29):,The concluding part shows various honors and successes the writer has obtained, which further emphasizes the grea

23、t effect the teacher has brought about on the writers career as well as his whole life.,23,PPT学习交流,Isupported myself between roles by sweeping floors of off-Broadway stages. Before acting any new role, I supported myself by sweeping the floors of off-Broadway stages. “Can I fly you in from Michigan

24、to see it?” “Can I offer you a flight to Michigan to see my acting?”,24,PPT学习交流,he was still living in a world vibrant with all of the beautiful treasures had stored. he had stored many poems by memorizing them so he could enjoy his life with the rhythms of poetry even after he had lost his sight. r

25、esurrect: cause something to live again after it has disappeared e.g. A furious argument ensued, in which both sides resurrected all their old differences.,25,PPT学习交流,After-reading Questions,What is the text mainly concerned with? What do you learn from the author of this text?,26,PPT学习交流,severe smo

26、othness in speaking helper, assistant close relationship based on common interest force me to do anything animated,27,PPT学习交流,retreat pressed gritted critique classics kinship is dubious about round up,28,PPT学习交流,narrative critical fortunate abundance worship dramatically fluent resurrection ABCD AC

27、BD,29,PPT学习交流,mild/ agreeable/ gentle passionate/ enthusiastic/ ardent comment/ assessment/ evaluation doubt/ uncertainty certain/ definite/ positive scornful/ mocking instruction/ teaching/ tuition enjoy/ appreciate,30,PPT学习交流,place preserve whereas despite very well extension,31,PPT学习交流,Exercises,

28、1. With the development of economy, large numbers of peasants flooded from the countryside into cities to seek a job. 2. Young as he is, all judges share the opinion that his performance at the international piano competition has come close to perfection. 3. Perhaps because of the spirits she had drunk, she was in a daze all the way to London. 4. In this mountain retreat you can find the best climate in the country.,32,PPT学习交流,5. He leaned back into his seat and relaxed, savoring the comfort. 6. What makes this young couple proud is that their child could recite