the shadowland of dreams.ppt

1、Before Reading_1,Please identify the following successful people. Who are they? What do you know about them? What in your opinion has led to his or her success?,Who are they?,Background Information,Blank Filling,Listening Comprehension,Warm-up Questions,Bill Gates,Lang Lang,Yang Lan,Liu Xiang,Before

2、 Reading_2,Madam Curie,Ding Junhui,Yang Zhenning,Li An,Who are they?,Blank Filling,Listening Comprehension,Warm-up Questions,Background Information,Before Reading_3,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Directions: Listen to the passage about Bill Gates and then answer the following questions.,1. Ho

3、w can you describe Bill Gates family?,His family has rich business, political and community service background.,2. Where was Bill Gates first introduced to computer?,In a private school.,3. What did Bill Gates and his friends form in late 1968?,They formed “Programmers Group”.,4. What is Microsofts

4、vision?,“A computer on every desk and Microsoft software on every computer.”,5. What led to Bill Gates success according to the passage?,His belief in high intelligence and hard work.,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questions,Background Information,Before Reading_4,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Bill G

5、ates was born on October 28, 1955 in a family having rich business, political and community service background. Bill has been ambitious, intelligent and competitive since his childhood. Bills parents came to notice their sons intelligence and decided to enroll him in a private school, known for its

6、intense academic environment. It was a very important decision in Bill Gates life because he was first introduced to computer there. Bill Gates and his friends were very much interested in computer and formed “Programmers Group” in late 1968. They found a new way to apply their computer skill. In 19

7、73, Gates left home for Harvard University. Then Gates and his friend Paul Allen often discussed new ideas for future projects and the possibility of starting a business one day. Within a year, Bill Gates dropped out from Harvard and formed Microsoft. Microsofts vision is “A computer on every desk a

8、nd Microsoft software on every computer”. Bill is visionary and works very hard to achieve his goal. His belief in high intelligence and hard work has put him where he is today.,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questions,Background Information,Before Reading_5,Directions: Read the following passage carefully a

9、nd fill in the blanks with the appropriate words.,In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In another way, failure may be a way towards is often told. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scotland in the 13th-14th centuries was once hiding himself in a cave the enemy. He watched a spider to cross a p

10、lace in the rock. She tried six times, six times she . On the seventh time, however, she made it and went to weave her web. Bruce was said to have been to defeat the enemy. So what? First, think about your it? What can be changed so that things may go right next time? Second, is the you are trying t

11、o reach the right one? Try to find out what your real dreams may be. Think about this question, “If I do succeed, where will it bring me?” This may help you prevent failure in what you neednt do anyway.,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questions,success,_,from,_,weaving,_,

12、failed,_,encouraged,_,failure,_,. The “spider story”,goal,_,Background Information,. What caused,a web. The spider tried,Before Reading_6,The third thing to in mind about failure is that its part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even if you fail. Remember “You cant win all the time.”,bear,_,Wh

13、o are they?,Listening Comprehension,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questions,Background Information,Before Reading_7,1. How do you evaluate success? What kind of people do you think is successful? 2. So far, what is the biggest failure you have ever met? 3. Up to now, what is the biggest success you have ach

14、ieved? What has led to this success? 4. Have you ever dreamed of being a successful person in the future? If yes, when did you have this dream? If no, why not? 5. If you become very successful one day, what are you going to do?,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questions,Ba

15、ckground Information,Before Reading_9,1. Alex Palmer Haley,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Background Information,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questions,He was born in Ithaca, New York.,1921,1939,He entered the U.S. Coast Guard and began his writing career.,1959,He retired from the military and becam

16、e a full-time writer.,1965,He published his first major book The Autobiography of Malcolm X.,Before Reading_10,Haley, Alex Palmer (19211992), was an American biographer, scriptwriter and novelist. He was born in 1921 in Ithaca, New York. As a young boy, Alex Haley first learned of his African ancest

17、or, Kunta Kinte, by listening to the family stories of his maternal grandparants while spending his summers in Henning, Tennessee. Haleys writing career began after he entered the U.S. Coast Guard in 1939. He retired from the military after 20 years of service, and then continued writing. Out of the

18、 service, he tried his hand at journalism in the private sector. Around 1965, his thoughts turned back to the family story of the African slave that he heard as a child. The completed version of Roots was placed on bookshelves in 1976. Roots won in 1977 the National Book Award and a special Pulitzer

19、 Prize. Other Haley publications include A Different Kind of Christmas, Mama Floras Family, etc. Haley died of heart attack in 1992 in Seattle.,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Background Information,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questions,Before Reading_11,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Backgro

20、und Information,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questions,1976,He published the complete version of .,Roots,Roots won the National Book Award and a special .,1977,Pulitzer Prize,1992,He died in Seattle.,Before Reading_12,Roots: Haley traced in it his ancestry back to Africa and covered seven American generati

21、ons, starting from his ancestor, Kunta Kinte. The book was adapted to television series, and woke up an interest in genealogy, particularly among African-Americans. Haley himself commented that the novel was not so much history as a study of mythmaking: “What Roots gets at in whatever form is that i

22、t touches the pulse of how alike we human beings are when you get down to the bottom, beneath these man-imposed differences.”,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Background Information,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questions,Before Reading_13,It is any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia Univ

23、ersity for outstanding public service and achievement in American journalism, letters, and music. Fellowships are also awarded. The prizes, originally endowed with a gift of $500, 000 from Joseph Pulitzer, are highly esteemed and have been awarded each May since 1917 on the recommendation of the Pul

24、itzer Prize Board, composed of the judges appointed by the university. The numbers and categories of prizes have varied over the years. Today they include fourteen awards in journalism, six in letters, one in music, and four fellowships.,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Background Information,B

25、lank Filling,Warm-up Questions,Before Reading_13,2. Coast Guard Coast Guard is a naval or police organization that watches from the coast for ships in danger and attempts to prevent unlawful activities at sea.,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Background Information,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questio

26、ns,Before Reading_14,3. Joseph Delaney Delaney, Joseph (19041991): He was an African-American social-realist painter. Drawing and painting from various visual resources available, he spent 56 years living and producing his art in the area of lower Manhattan, SoHo and Union Square. From 1986 to 1991,

27、 Joseph was artist-in-residence for the Department of Art of University of Tennessee.,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Background Information,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questions,Before Reading_15,Who are they?,Listening Comprehension,Background Information,Blank Filling,Warm-up Questions,4. Harry B

28、elafonte,Born on,March 1, 1927,Birthplace,New York,Best Known As,Calypso crooner who sing “The Banana Boat Song”,Awards,A Tony Award for the movie John Murray Andersons Almanac An Emmy Award for the TV program Tonight with Belafonte Awards from the Peace Corps and UNICEF for being an advocate for hu

29、man rights,Influence,Bringing Jamaicas calypso beat to mainstream audiences and then using his fame to fight against racial and social inequality,In most cases, many young people want to be writers, but not to write.,Global Reading_1,After the author retired from the Coast Guard, he became a newspap

30、er reporter.,True or False,Questions about the Text,Table Completion,1.,After the author retired from the Coast Guard, he became a freelance writer.,The home the authors friend found for him was a cleaned-out storage room. It was cold and had no bathroom.,For about one year the author did not have h

31、is works accepted for publication, he began to doubt himself.,2.,3.,4.,Role Play,T,( ),F,( ),F,( ),F,( ),The home the authors friend found for him was well-conditioned.,Although for about one year the author did not have his works accepted for publication, he never doubted himself.,Global Reading_2,

32、The author didnt want to be one of those people who felt regretted for not trying before when they died.,True or False,Table Completion,5.,One day the author got a call from an old acquaintance, who once lent him some money and liked to remind him of it.,6.,7.,Although $6, 000 a year was a very good

33、 offer at that time, the author resisted the temptation because he was determined to be a full-time writer.,One day the author got a call from an old acquaintance, who once lent him some money but never asked him to pay back.,Role Play,Questions about the Text,T,( ),F,( ),T,( ),Global Reading_3,The

34、shadows remained for the author after Roots was published.,True or False,Table Completion,9.,The shadows turned into dazzling limelight for the author after Roots was published.,10.,The shadowland of dreams means all the difficulties people meet with when pursuing their dreams.,When the author met J

35、oe Delaney and Harry Belafonte, they were still struggling for success.,8.,When the author met Joe Delaney and Harry Belafonte, they were already very successful.,Role Play,Questions about the Text,T,( ),F,( ),F,( ),Global Reading_4,True or False,Table Completion,Scan the text and then complete the

36、following table about the authors experience.,Became a freelance writer,Not had his work accepted for publication and began to doubt himself,Got a call that changed his life, realizing he was going to stick out his dream and write,Things were not getting better.,Gradually began to sell his articles,

37、One day at lunch,In 1970,Came across his old belongings in a brown paper bag and had them framed because they were part of his roots,Role Play,Questions about the Text,Global Reading_5,In what way did people like Delaney and Belafonte become role models for the author?,True or False,Questions about

38、the Text,Table Completion,4.,From them he learned that one had to make sacrifices and live creatively to keep working hard to realize ones dreams.,One needs courage and persistence to go out of the shadowland of dreams.,Role Play,5.,As for the author, what does one need to go out of the shadowland o

39、f dreams?,Global Reading_6,How did the author understand the difference between “being a writer” and “writing”?,True or False,Questions about the Text,Table Completion,1.,According to the author, if one wanted to be a writer, he or she might just dream of wealth and fame; if one wanted to write, he

40、or she had to endure long hours alone at the type-writer.,He decided to put his dream to the test, even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure.,His old acquaintance offered him a position of public-information assistant with $6, 000 a year.,Role Play,2.,3.,What did the author de

41、cide to do after about one years failure as a freelance writer?,What did the authors old acquaintance offer him on the phone?,Global Reading_7,Divide the class into groups of three students to do role-play. One will be Alex Haley, a famous writer; one will be Joseph Delaney, a well-known painter; an

42、d the third Harry Belafonte, an influential singer. They gathered together and recalled the time they spent in the Greenwich Village when they were young. You can refer to the following words and expressions.,True or False,Questions about the Text,Table Completion,Role Play,long periods of neglect a

43、nd poverty doubt oneself barely make enough to eat neighborhood butcher strugglinggrocer favorite soup steak dash to a supermarket shadowland of hope role model make sacrifices keep working at dreams,Alex Palmer Haley (1925-1992), American writer, became famous with the publication of the novel Root

44、s, which traces his ancestry (1) back to Africa. Alex Haley was born in Ithaca, New York. His father was a teacher of agriculture. The family moved to the small town of Henning, Tennessee, when Alex Haley was an infant. In Henning, Haley heard stories from his maternal grandmother, Cynthia Palmer, w

45、ho traced the family genealogy (2) to Haleys great-great-great-great-grandfather, who was an African and brought by slave-ship to America. Haley did not excel at school or university. During the World War Two Haley enlisted in the Coast Guard. He started to write adventure stories to stave off (3) t

46、he boredom, and thus getting a new rating - Chief Journalist. After 20 years of service, Haley left the Coast Guard in 1959 to become a full-time writer. Following the years of poverty, Haley produced The Autobiography Of Malcolm X, his first major work. It appeared in 1965 and had immense effect on

47、 the black power movement in the United States. When Roots appeared in 1976 it gained critical and popular success, although the truth and originality of the book faced criticism. In 1977 Roots won the National Book Award and a special Pulitzer Prize. The book sold in one year more than million copi

48、es.,It is perhaps human nature to be drawn towards fame and wealth. Yet, as Alex Haley points out through his own experience, in order to become successful, one must learn to struggle in the Shadowland of dreams a deep forest that can swallow up those who swing and hesitate. Only the determined stan

49、d a chance of making it.,Detailed Reading_t0,Detailed Reading,Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always encourage such people, but I also explain that theres a difference between “being a writer” and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of wealth and fame, not t

50、he long hours alone at the type-writer. “Youve got to want to write,” I say to them, “not want to be a writer.” The reality is that writing is a lonely, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune, there are thousands more whose longing is never rewarded. Even those who succee

51、d often know long periods of neglect and poverty. I did.,The Shadowland of Dreams Alex Haley,Detailed Reading_t1,Detailed Reading,After a year or so, however, I still hadnt received a break and began to doubt myself. It was so hard to sell a story that I barely made enough to eat. But I knew I wante

52、d to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasnt going to be one of those people who die wondering, “What if?” I would keep putting my dream to the test even though it meant living with uncertainty and fear of failure. This is the Shadowland of hope, and anyone with a dream must learn to live t

53、here.,Detailed Reading_t2,Detailed Reading,When I left a 20-year career in the Coast Guard to become a freelance writer, I had no prospects at all. What I did have was a friend with whom Id grown up in Henning, Tennessee. George found me my home a cleaned-out storage room in the,Greenwich Village ap

54、artment building where he worked as superintendent. It didnt even matter that it was cold and had no bathroom. Immediately I bought a used manual typewriter and felt like a genuine writer.,“Next time I make a sale.” “I have a better idea,” he said. “We need a new public-information assistant out her

55、e, and were paying $ 6,000 a year. If you want it, you can have it.”,Detailed Reading_t3,Detailed Reading,Then one day I got a call that changed my life. It wasnt an agent or editor offering a big contract. It was the opposite, a kind of siren call tempting me to give up my dream. On the phone was a

56、n old acquaintance from the Coast Guard, now stationed in San Francisco. He had once lent me a few bucks and liked to egg me about it. “When am I going to get the $15, Alex?” he teased.,Six thousand a year! That was real money in 1960. I could get a nice apartment, a used car, pay off debts and mayb

57、e save a little something. Whats more, I could write on the side.,As the dollars were dancing in my head, something cleared my senses. From deep inside a bull-headed resolution welled up. I had dreamed of being a writer full time. And thats what I was going to be. “Thanks, but no,” I heard myself sa

58、ying. “Im going to stick it out and write.” Afterward, as I paced around my little room, I started to feel like a fool. Reaching into my cupboard an orange crate nailed to the wall I pulled out all that was there: two cans of sardines. Plunging my hands in my pockets, I came up with 18 cents. I took

59、 the cans and coins and jammed them into a crumpled paper bag. There Alex, I said to myself. Theres everything youve made of yourself so far. Im not sure I ever felt so low. I wish I could say things started getting better right away. But they didnt. Thank goodness I had George to help me over the rough spots.,Detailed Reading_t4,Detailed Reading,Another Village neighbor was a handsome young singer who ran a struggling restaurant. Rumor had it t