新编大学英语第四册 Unit 5课件

AStory
Whenabeautifulgirlmetanordinary-lookingboyonablinddate,sheasked:“Doyouhaveaflat?”Theboysaid:“Iamsosorry,Ihavenoflat.”
AStory
Afterthat,sheasked:“doyouhaveaBMW?”Theboysaid:”No,Idon’t.”
AStory
Finally,sheaskedimpatiently:“doyouworkforabigcompany?”Theboystillsaid:”No,Idon’t.”
AStory
Whenhearingthis,thebeautifulgirlwalkedawaydisappointedly.
AStory
Afterthegirlleft,theordinary-lookingboyntheratextmessage,whichwasverylikelytomakeherregretforherlife.
Unit5
NeverJudgebyAppearance!!
Appearances,however,canbedeceptive.
deceptive[dɪ'ptɪv]adj.骗人的;具有欺骗性的
v.欺骗;行骗
deceive[dɪ'siːv]
Iflifesometimesdeceiveyou,
don'tbemadorsad.
Deceptiveadvertisinghavedamagedthecompany'simageamongtheconsumer.
TheAuthor
WilliamSomertMaugham[mɔ:m]
威廉·萨默赛特·毛姆(1874-1965)
HewasaBritishplaywright(剧作家),novelistandshortstorywriter.Hewasamongthemostpopularwritersofhiraandreputedlythehighestpaidauthorduringthe1930s.
生于律师家庭。父母早死,由伯父接回英国抚养。原来学医,后转而致力写作。他的作品常以冷静、客观乃至挑剔的态度审视人生,基调超然,带讽刺和怜悯意味,在国内外拥有大量读者。