The Tail of Fame,Unit 1 Section A,AIR FORCE UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS,Pre-reading Activities,Text Study,Summary,Writing,Lead-in,Lead-in,Lead-in,Our topic today is “Fame”. Fame refers to the state of being popular with a lot of people as a result of ones achievement. Whether or not to gain fame, therefore, is often seen as a good test for ones success in life. Now lets proceed with our topic-centered lead-in.,Mode I,Mode II,Mode III,随 笔,As is taken for granted in our society, fame results in a sharp rise of wealth and status. Hit with that belief, more and more people are hot on seeking fame. My first question is:,Q1: What do people seek fame for?,Tips,Tips,For a rise in social position?For abundance of wealth?For drowning in fames glory?For refinement of social taste?For assimilation into high society?,Mode I,Mode II,Mode III,随 笔,Interactive Mode I,Q2: What side effects does fame seeking exert on one?,Tips,Tips,Will it lead to the loss of your identity?Will it result in a life far from your original wishes?Will it deprive you of the freedom to express yourself freely?,Mode I,Mode II,Mode III,随 笔,Interactive Mode II,Q3: What on earth is there behind the celebrity?,Tips,Tips,Is there any spot on their souls?Will there be more feeling of failure than of success?Are there thousands more who are not so lucky?Is there a strong sense of regret?,Mode I,Mode II,Mode III,随 笔,Interactive Mode III,Pre-reading,Background Information,Compound Dictation,Watch and Discuss,Background Information,1. Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961),背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,As one of the most famous American novelists, short story writers and essayists, Hemingway was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. His deceptively simple prose style has influenced a wide range of writers. His serious novel The Sun Also Rises appeared in 1926. The novel deals with a group of expatriates in France and Spain, members of the disillusioned post-World War I Lost Generation. It became his first great success as a novelist.,Background Information,背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,The Old Man and the Sea, published first in Life magazine in 1952, again restored his fame. The 27,000 word novella told a story of an old Cuban fisherman named Santiago, who finally catches a giant marlin after weeks of not catching anything. As he returns to the harbor, the sharks eat the fish lashed to his boat. On July 2, 1961, Hemingway committed suicide with his favorite shotgun at his home.,Background Information,2. Robert Frost (1874-1963),背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,As one of Americas leading 20th-century poets and a four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Frost wrote poems whose philosophical dimensions transcend any region. His poetry is thus both traditional and experimental, regional and universal. He unquestionably succeeded in realizing his lifes ambition: to write “a few poems where they will be hard to get rid of.”,Background Information,3. Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919),背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,Renoir was a famous French painter, and one of the founders and exponents of the Impressionist Movement. His works are characterized by an extraordinary richness of feelings, warmth of response to the world and the people in it. Renoir once said: “Why shouldnt art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.”,Background Information,4. Steven Spielberg (1946-),背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,He has ever been perhaps Hollywoods best-known director and one of the wealthiest filmmakers in the world, and also one of the most influential film personalities in the history of film. Spielberg has directed or produced many of the top-grossing films in Hollywood history, including E.T.: The Extra-Terrestria, Schindlers List, Saving Private Ryan, etc.,Background Information,5. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827),背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,Beethoven is a German composer, universally recognized as one of the greatest composers of the Western European music tradition. Beethovens works crowned the classical period and also effectively initiated the romantic era in music. His astonishing Third Symphony (1803) was the thunderclap that announced the romantic century, and it embodies the titanic but rigorously controlled energy that was the hallmark of his style.,Background Information,背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,He began to lose his hearing from c. 1795; by c. 1819 he was totally deaf. For his last 15 years he was unrivaled as the worlds most famous composer. In musical form he was a considerable innovator, widening the scope of sonata, symphony, concerto, and string quartet. His greatest achievement was to raise instrumental music, hitherto considered inferior to vocal, to the highest plane of art.,Background Information,6. Oscar Wilde (1854-1900),背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,He was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Known for his wit and flamboyance, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years of hard labor after being convicted of the homosexual offences.,