Unit 4 Fame and Success
I. Listen and Respond
1. Focusing on the Main Ideas
1) It’s mainly about how to t goals in one’s life.
2) This is becau they all have clear goals. They know what they want in life and they go after it.
3) They are: a) decide what you want; b) make clear your values; c) write them down; and d) take action.
4) According to the passage, one should have written goals, careful choices, clear commitments and daily persistence if he or she wants to be successful.
2. Zooming In on the Details
1) athletes
2) inspiring
3) accident
4) priorities
5) independence
6) intentions
7) specific
8) marriage
9) extraordinary
10) persistent
11) sketches
12) commitments
II. Text A---Discovering the Main Ieas
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送信者1) In this essay, the author talks about the issue of fame. The main idea is that most people want fame becau fame can bring them celebrity, high regard, admiration, etc. However, the author emphasizes that there are few people who can really capture fame and that fame is usually short-lived. Fame can affect and sometimes even destroy one’s life.
2) The author takes an objective attitude towards fame with an emphasis on its negative side. He believes that fame rewards one with money, power and popularity, but it may also enslave him and destroy his life.
3) According to the author, to stay famous, an artist has to perform in the style that the public wants and enjoys, no matter how bored he is of performing in the same style year after year. Any attempt to change the style may result in the loss of his popularity among his fans.
4) To find excus for the failures, people tend to claim that they are too nsitive, they are not interested in money, they are not interested in the power that fame brings and they are not interested in the loss of privacey it demands, etc.
5) According to the author, people cha fame becau they want to demonstrate excellence in some field; to gain the admiration and love of many others; to be the one everyone talks about; to show family and friends that they are more than their family and friends thought they were.
6) Probably not. According to the author, fame takes “the you out of you”, which means that once a person becomes famous, he must be what the public thinks he is, not what he really is or could be. Fame enslaves him with what the public wants, instead of helping him maintain and develop his own identity or his true lf.
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意大利语翻译软件Part英语说课 | beijing timeParagraph(s) | Main Idea |
One | 1-2 | Fame enslaves the person who pursues it becau once he becomes famous, he will not only attract the public’s attention, but also has to work and live in line with the public’s expectations. He then becomes the slave of his own success. |
Two | 3-4 | mandarinFor tho who look for fame, failure is not necessarily a bad thing, especially for tho who fail to perform well enough, becau people tend to be more tolerant towards and sympathetic with them. |
Three | 5 | Though fame brings disadvantages to tho who achieve it, people still ek fame for various reasons. |
Four | 6约翰库缇斯 | It is better to take a critical attitude towards fame. |
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III. Text A---Reading Between the Lines
1. According to the author, fame and the public attention that comes with it can destroy one’s talent. Once you become famous, it is not you but the public that controls your fate. You have to work and live in line with the public expectations.
2. Artists are no longer the master of themlves. In order to meet the public demands, they have to perform in the same style year after year, no matter how bored they become.
雪城大学>vtime3. Fame often affects how performers e their own talent and skills. It is easy for them to believe that they are as perfect as what the media describe. They may indulge themlves in that illusion and lo their own judgment about themlves.
4. Once you become famous, your opponents will pay more attention to you and they will ek every opportunity to challenge or even attack you. You will also be expod to the limelight and the media may keep an eye on whatever you are doing.
IV. Text B---Checking Your Vocabulary
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2) d 3) g 4) a 5) c 6) h 7) b 8) f
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1) (n.) a first university degree in any of veral subjects
(n.) an unmarried man
2) (n.) the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions impod by authority on one’s way of life or behaviour
(n.) too much freedom in behaviour, taken without permission and sometimes regarded as rude
3) (n.) the point of highest activity, quality or achievement
(vi.) reach a highest point
4) (n.) a very strong feeling of excitement or joy
(vt.) cau to fell a sudden strong feeling of excitement or joy
5) (n.) the amount of money that is available to a family to spendcaught
(vt.) bring (the lips) together in little folds
6) (ad.) in the way that is typical of power that is uncontrolled and ud without considering the wishes of others
