新视野大学英语(第三版)读写教程Book4-Unit8-Section-B-A-Turning-Point-of-My-Life课件.ppt

1、 8UNITA Turning Point of My LifeTo master the reading skillTo understand the textTo practice the phrases and patternsTo learn about letter writing Warming-up Reading Skills Text Study Comparative Study Unit ProjectBText Warming-upBTextVideo Watching1.What is the first trait that successful people ha

2、ve in common according to the speech?2.Whats its power and how can we find it?Successful people love what they do.The speaker has quoted words of many successful people.Russell Crowe,the“Best Actor”of Academy Award,has said“the bottom line is I love the actual job of acting”.More successful people i

3、n various fields have been mentioned to prove that the key to success is staying true to their passion.Something that people are innately passionate about drives their free time as much as it drives their work time.People should take that passion and bring it into what they do every single day.1.Wha

4、t is the first trait that successful people have in common according to the speech?The cool thing about passion is that it turns underachievers into superachievers.Bill Gates was a loser until he found his passion for software.And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.But the big prob

5、lem is to find passion.You need get out there,try a lot of stuff,and explore many paths.You may try many things that dont work,but when you keep trying,you will try something that could work.If you havent found it yet,keep looking for it.Dont settle.As with all matters of the heart,youll know when y

6、ou find it.2.Whats its power and how can we find it?1.Who is William Butler Yeats?2.Whats the relationship between Yeats and Ireland and his impact on modern Ireland?3.What are his writing styles?William Butler Yeats(1865-1939)was an Irish poet and a leading figure of 20th-century literature.During

7、his lifetime,he was deeply involved in the Irish Literary Renaissance(爱尔兰文艺复兴)and politics in Ireland.He won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.Yeats is one of the few writers who completed their most famous works after being awarded the Nobel Prize,including The Tower and The Winding Stair and other

8、 poems.1.Who is William Butler Yeats?Among the builders of the Irish national culture,as one of the most important leaders in Irish Renaissance Movement,and also a brilliant fighter for the independence of Ireland,he prefers to decolonize Ireland through a non-violent literary path and his literacy

9、creation contributes a lot to Irish independence from English cultural colonization.2.Whats the relationship between Yeats and Ireland and his impact on modern Ireland?In his earlier age,Yeats was good at creating the ornate style of romanticism and fantastic atmosphere.After the age of 40,he is mor

10、e toward modernism and became a master of traditional forms.He was a symbolist poet in that he used allusive imagery and symbolic structures throughout his career.3.What are his writing styles?Reading SkillsBTextFigurative language refers to Language in which figures of speech freely occur,which con

11、trasts with literal speech or language.Understanding figurative language is an important reading skill that helps students comprehend various kinds of writings,such as poetry,novels as well as narrative non-fiction.Understanding figurative languageThree figures of speechSimile:compares two things di

12、rectly by using like or as,e.g.as brave as a lion.Metaphor:compares two things by using the verb be or just by implying the similarities between them.Personification:gives human characteristics to a non-human object,animal or idea.Understanding figurative languageExamples from Text A of this unit:1.

13、The death of an angel of animal rights activism does not rate with that of a drugged-out rock star.(Para.1)(Metaphor)2.I thought I was listening to an assassin from a violent mob.(Para.2)(Metaphor)3.Death seemed to be stalking him.(Para.10)(Personification)Understanding figurative languageThe texts

14、in this unit employ more m e t a p h o r t h a n s i m i l e a n d personification.The following sentences are taken from Text B.Decide what type of figurative language is used in each sentence and explain how it is used.Understanding figurative language1.Realistically,I approached writing like waxi

15、nga car,thoroughly and repeatedly.(Para.5)Type:SimileExplanation:The word“like”indicates thatwriting is compared to waxing a car,whichmeans that the improvement of writing skills lies in attention to details and lots of practice.Understanding figurative language2.These letters tickled me,making my h

16、eart flutterwith the thought that I was not only a publishedwriter but an opinion maker.(Para.7)Type:metaphorExplanation:The pounding of the heart is compared to the quick movement of the wings of an insect(e.g.a butterfly).It describes the authors nervousness and excitement.Understanding figurative

17、 language3.Being a writer had been far from myexpectations;being crowned a best-sellingauthor was almost unimaginable.(Para.10)Type:metaphorExplanation:“Crown”is used to mean that the honor of being called a popular author is as high as that of being named a king or queen,whose authority is symboliz

18、ed by a crown.Understanding figurative language Text StudyBText1.How did the author feel when he read an article which saw William Butler Yeats as a universal poet who had risen above his Irishness?(Para.1)2.Why did the author feel that way?(Para.2)3.What did the feeling impel him to do?(Paras.3-4)4

19、.How did the author approach writing?(Para.5)5.Why did the author think the Times publish his commentary?(Para.6)6.What made the writer believe he was an opinion maker?(Para.7)7.How did the author feel at first when he was asked to write a book about his life?(Para.9)8.What made him a successful wri

20、ter according to the author?(Paras.10-14)Blood to boil,an offensive insult,indignant;The author grew angry.1.How did the author feel when he read an article which saw William Butler Yeats as a universal poet who had risen above his Irishness?(Para.1)原句：原句：William Butler Yeats,the Nobel Prize-winning

21、 light of the Irish Literary Renaissance,had risen above his Irishness and was now a universal poet.（Para.1,L6）解释解释:William Butler Yeats,a Nobel Prize winner and the symbol of the Irish Literary Renaissance,had gone beyond being Irish and had become a poet of the whole world.译文：译文：诺贝尔奖获得者威廉 巴特勒 叶芝，即

22、点亮爱尔兰文学复兴之光的人，已经超越了其爱尔兰身份，是一名世界性的诗人。原句：原句：I grew indignant suddenly,and a deep-seated passion within me was activated.（Para.1,L7）解释解释:I became furious suddenly,and a strong feeling deep-rooted in my heart was aroused.译文：译文：我突然感到愤怒，内心深处一种激情也被激发起来。The author was proud of his Irish heritage and held th

23、at the article he read in The New York Times express some kind of prejudice against Irishness.Proud of Irish heritage;fight discrimination against Irish immigrants;offensive to think Irishness something to be risen above.2.Why did the author feel that way?(Para.2)原句：原句：I felt like my heritage was a

24、defendant at a tribunal,and I had no choice but to protect it and denounce such an outdated prejudice.（Para.2,L8）解释解释:I felt as if my Irish heritage were a person under accusation and on trial in court.The only thing I could do was to stand up to protect it and to criticize such an old-fashioned and

25、 unreasonable attitude.译文：译文：我感觉自己继承的身份就像是成了法庭上的被告，我别无选择，只能保护它并谴责这样一种过时的偏见。The author wrote a letter to defend the Irishness of William Butler Yeats.3.What did the feeling impel him to do?(Paras.3-4)原句：原句：I began a letter,trumpeting my indignation to.,describing Yeats as he was:a writer fundamentall

26、y Irish in all he did and wrote.（Para.3,L2）解释解释:I began to write a letter to express my anger to.In my letter,I described Yeats as what he was,that is,he was essentially an Irish writer,as is shown in everything he did and wrote.译文：译文：我开始给写信，表达我的愤怒。我把叶芝描述为他本来的样子，即无论从行为还是从作品来看，他都是地地道道的爱尔兰作家。4.How did

27、 the author approach writing?(Para.5)The more.,the better.;like waxing a car,thoroughly and repeatedly.The writer is of the opinion that writing needs patience and practices.The author preferred to think the major reason was that the editor agreed with his opinion.5.Why did the author think the Time

28、s publish his commentary?(Para.6)About 20 sympathetic and congratulatory letters from college professors made the author feel he had proposed ideas that a r o u s e d i s c u s s i o n among the public.6.What made the writer believe he was an opinion maker?(Para.7)原句原句：These letters tickled me,makin

29、g my heart flutter with the thought that I was not only a published writer but an opinion maker.(Para.7,L2)解释解释:These letters made me happy because I felt that not only did I get my work published but I also proposed ideas that could arouse discussion among the public.译文：译文：这些信让我快乐，让我激动不已，因为我想到，我不仅作

30、品得以发表，而且我还是个观点制造者。He wasnt clear at first about how to write a complete book,and wasnt sure whether he had the ability to do it.7.How did the author feel at first when he was asked to write a book about his life?(Para.9)The author attributed his success to his passion for it.8.What made him a succes

31、sful writer according to the author?(Paras.10-14)解释解释:I always thought of the most important part of my achievements the letter I wrote to The New York Times.译文：译文：我的思绪总是会归结于其中最核心的部分那封写给纽约时报的信。原句原句：My thoughts always came back to the nucleus at the center of it all,that letter to The New York Times.

32、(Para.10,L3)解释解释:The most obvious explanation isthat I had found a subject which I had strongfeelings for.My passion was so strongthat it would naturally make me write.译文：译文：最清楚的解释就是，我发现了一个让我有强烈感触的题材，因此，写作就成为这种激情很自然的结果了。原句原句：The clearest explanation is that I had found a subject I felt so strongly a

33、bout that the writing was a natural consequence of that passion.(Para.11,L1)risen above indignantprideprejudicedefendI treated writing like _a car and knew writing needs patience and_.I was happy unexpectedly that my letter got published by the Times.I prefer to think the editor chose to publish my

34、letter mainly because he _ with me.The sympathetic and congratulatory letters from professors made me consider myself as not only a published writer but an_.The article in The New Yorker provided the _ for a large publish company to ask me for a piece of writing about my life.waxing practicesilently

35、 agreedopinion makerimpetusAt first,I was not_ in my ability to write a whole book.But I took gradual steps and finally finish the book.I turned out to a _ author.When I reflected on my success,I found that my writing was a natural consequence of my _.What I learned the day I stood up for Irelands g

36、reatest poet is that we should always find what we love and our passion always enables us to _ in whatever we do.confident best-sellingpassionmake a difference1.Be swamped by/with sth./sb.挤满了；使应接不暇2.Fight discrimination against sb.反抗对某人的歧视3.In adherence to遵守；信守4.Defend sb.from.捍卫使其免于5.Come to life 变

37、得更加真实/生动有趣6.Dub sb./sth.as 把称为7.Marvel at/over 对感到惊讶/钦佩/赞美8.Feel strongly about sth.对感受强烈挤满了挤满了；使使应接不暇应接不暇(be driven crazy)She felt she was almost driven crazy,for she was swamped with work.Be swamped by/with sth./sb.短语逆译短语应用工作让她难以招架，她觉得自己要被逼疯了。意群提示反抗对某人的歧视反抗对某人的歧视Fight discrimination against sb.短语逆

38、译(take measures/persons with disabilities/minorities)The government will take measures to fight discrimination against women,persons with disabilities,and minorities.短语应用 政府将采取措施阻止对妇女以及残疾人和少数民族的歧视。意群提示遵守；信守遵守；信守(established rules and standards)He is a person who is strict and precise in adherence to

39、 established rules,forms,or standards.In adherence to短语逆译短语应用他是一个准确而严格地遵循既定规则、形式或标准的人。意群提示捍卫捍卫使其免于使其免于(take out sth.from the drawer/rampaging mob)He took out a gun from the drawer and tried to defend his shop from a rampaging mob.Defend sb.from.短语逆译短语应用他从抽屉拿了一把枪试图保护自己的店不受闹事暴徒的打砸。意群提示变得更加真实变得更加真实/生动有

40、趣生动有趣(best-selling book/personas)To make this novel a best-selling book,at this point,your personas should be starting to come to life.Come to life 短语逆译短语应用为了让这部小说成为畅销书，从这时开始,你创建的人物角色们应该开始变得生动逼真起来.意群提示把把称为称为(the Double Seven Festival/originate from)The Double Seven Festival,dubbed as“ChineseValentin

41、es Day”,originated from a beautiful legend.Dub sb./sth.as 短语逆译短语应用被称为“中国情人节”的七夕节起源于一个美丽的传说。意群提示对对感到惊讶感到惊讶/钦佩钦佩/赞美赞美(something unyielding/carry sb.through)At the same time I marveled at something unyielding in his character which was carrying him through so finely.Marvel at/over 短语逆译短语应用同时，我不由对他性格中不屈

42、不挠的精神深感叹服。正因为有了这种精神，他才能安渡难关。意群提示对对感受强烈感受强烈(poverty/backward education/crime)I feel strongly about poverty,backward education and crime in this country.Feel strongly about sth.短语逆译短语应用我对这个国家的贫困生活、落后的教育以及糟糕的治安深有感触.意群提示1.A(n)article/speech states a thesis sb.takes to be.:用于“陈述某文章的观点，并表达某人对此观点的看法”。2.The

43、re be no/few things sb.is more proud of/angrier/happier about than doing something.用于表达“某人感到最骄傲/生气/快乐”,否定的比较级结构表达最高级的意义。3.Sb.dont know why he/she feel he/she has to do.Sb.just knows that he/she has to do.用于强调“某人对做某事的必要性的认知”。4.Doing sth.has been far from sbs expectation;doing sth.else is just unimagi

44、nable.用于强调“做某事是不可思议的”。句型提炼句型提炼一篇文章提出了一个在我看来带有侮辱性的观点：它说诺贝尔奖获得者威廉 巴特勒 叶芝，即点亮爱尔兰文学复兴之光的人，已经超越了其爱尔兰身份，是一名世界性的诗人。原句译文原句译文逆译练习逆译练习An article stated a thesis I took to be an offensive insult:William Butler Yeats,the Nobel Prize-winning light of the Irish Literary Renaissance,had risen above his Irishness a

45、nd was now a universal poet.（Para.1,L5）A(n)article/essay/paper states a thesis sb.takes to be offensive/tough/positive/optimistic句型提炼句型提炼应用提示应用提示用于“陈述某文章的观点，并表达对此观点的看法”。句型应用句型应用(a true remark/keep company)An article states a thesis I take to be a true remark:a man may usually be known by the books h

46、e reads as well as by the company he keeps.典型例句一篇文章提出来了一个在我看来是至理名言的观点：通常看一个读些什么书就可知道他的为人，就像看他同什么人交往就可知道他的为人一样。意群提示很少有什么事情比我是爱尔兰后裔更让我感到骄傲的了。原句译文原句译文逆译练习逆译练习There were few things I was more proud of than my Irish heritage.（para.2,L1）句型提炼句型提炼There be no/few things sb.is more proud of/angry/happy about

47、than doing something.句型提炼句型提炼应用提示应用提示用于 表达“某人感到最骄傲/生气/快乐”,否定的比较级结构表达最高级的意义。句型应用句型应用(recovery from disease)There are few things she is happier with than her fathers recovery from disease.典型例句很少有什么事情比她的父亲恢复健康更让她感到高兴的了。意群提示我不知道为什么我觉得自己必须捍卫这位世界上最伟大的诗人使其免于被“起诉”，或者为什么我要撰文捍卫爱尔兰文学。我只知道我必须写那封信，就像牧师必须祷告，或者音乐家

48、必须演奏乐器一样。原句译文原句译文逆译练习逆译练习I dont know why I felt I had to defend the worlds greatest poet from being“prosecuted”,or to compose a defense of Irish writing.I just knew that I had to write that letter,in the same way a priest has to pray,or a musician has to play an instrument.(Para.4,L1)句型提炼句型提炼Sb.dont

49、 know why sb.feels he/she has to do.Sb.just knows that he/she has to do.句型提炼句型提炼应用提示应用提示用于强调“某人对做某事的必要性的认知”。句型应用句型应用(take care of/natural son)She doesnt know why she feels she has to protect the kid.She just knows she has to take care of him,in the same way she treats her natural son.典型例句她不知道为什么她觉得她

50、必须保护这个孩子，她只知道她必须照顾他，就像他是自己亲生的一样。意群提示成为一名作家远远超出了我的预料。被冠以畅销书作者的称号更是几乎难以想象的。原句译文原句译文逆译练习逆译练习Being a writer had been far from my expectations;being crowned a best-selling author was almost unimaginable.(Para.10,L1)句型提炼句型提炼Doing sth.has been far from sbs expectation;doing sth.else is just unimaginable.句型