New Horizon College English Book 3 新视野大学英语 3 School of Foreign Studies 外国语学院 Unit 1 刘悦 School of Foreign Studies 外国语学院 Unit 1 刘悦

Unit One Section A The Tail of Fame

Brain Storm FAMEFAME What can fame bring to people? a life of luxury a rise in social status a good taste for social life Happiness! ?

seeking/chasing fame by all means:

sexually explicit photos: 艳照 hidden rules: 潜规则 affairs: 绯闻 flaunt wealth: 炫富 fraud or cheating: 造假

Watch and Discuss: Is fame a burden to famous people? Watch and Discuss: Is fame a burden to famous people?

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burden of fame loss of identity lack of privacy less freedom of speech living on the favor of fans paparazzi: [p ɑ :pə‘r ɑ :tsi] 狗仔队

What’s your understanding of fame and fame-seeking? of fame and fame-seeking? What’s your understanding of fame and fame-seeking? of fame and fame-seeking? Beethoven Fame should be a by-product of one’s honest labor in life, not a result of one’s impure pursuits.

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1.idle: a.Not working or producing anything 不工作的；闲着的 adj. b.To waste time doing nothing 虚度；浪费时间；无所事事 vt. * 同音异形词： idol: 偶像；受崇拜的人 I. New Words An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Example Don’t idle away precious time and be sorry in vain when youthful heads become white. 莫等闲，白了少年头，空悲切！

2. sustain: a.Make sth. continue to exist for a period of time 维持；使持续 b.To keep up the strength, spirits, or determination 维持体力， 精神，决心等 I. New Words Example The hope that a rescue team would be searching for them sustained the trapped miners. 一支救援队伍正在寻找他们的希望使得受困矿工得以支撑 下去。 这位演讲者成功地使听众的注意力（兴趣）保持到了最后。 The speaker succeeded in sustaining the listeners’ attention (interest) to the very end.

3. discount: a. regard sth. as unlikely to be true or important 忽视；低估 vt. b. reduce the price of sth. 降低价格；打折 vt. c. a reduction in the usual price of something 折扣 Cn. I. New Words You should discount much of what he says. 他说的绝大多数话你都不要相信。 Example All sale items have been heavily discounted. 所有出售的上品都大幅降价。 I bought this pair of boots at a 30% discount. 我买的这双靴子打了七折。

4. distinct: a.clearly different or belonging to a different type 明显不同的 ; 独特的 b. able to be clearly seen, heard, smelled, etc. 清晰的，清楚的，明显的 I. New Words 啤酒有一种很独特的气味；它与葡萄酒的气味 十分不同。 Beer has a very distinct (distinctive) smell; it’s quite distinct from the smell of wine. Example 这房间里有一股明显的酒味。 There is a distinct smell of beer in this room.

5. justify: show that there is a good reason for sth. That other people think is unreasonable 证明 … 有道理； 为 … 辩护 Example My training, education and personal qualities justify my application for the position. justify 我所接受的教育和训练，我所具备的个性品质，使我符合该职位的 要求，特提出申请。 愚蠢的人总是为自己的错误辩护。 A stupid person always tries to justify himself for his mistakes.

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Structure Analysis Argumentation + Supporting Details + Conclusion Argumentation Part 2 Part 3 Conclusion Part 5 Part 4 Paras. 2~5 Para. 6 Para. 7 Para. 8 Part 1 Para. 9 Supporting Details

Part I General Statement (Para. 1) A: It is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it. Q2: What is the writer’s statement about fame? A: The cruelty of success is that it often leads those who seek such success to participate in their own destruction. Q1: What is it like to seek fame? Detailed Analysis

Part II Specific Argumentation paras. 2-8 A: The conquest of fame is difficult at best, and many end up emotionally if not financially bankrupt. Q2: What will happen to artists if they’re bored? A: Their work begins to show a lack of continuity in its appeal and it becomes difficult to sustain the attention of the public. Q1: What does the writer think of conquest of fame? Q3: How do celebrities pay for their distinct style? A: They pay for it by giving up the freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms. Detailed Analysis

Part II Specific Argumentation (Paras. 2-8) A: They have to please their audiences by saying things they don’t mean or fully believe. Q5: What if celebrities remain true to themselves? A: They pay a heavy price for doing so, as shown in the case of Oscar. Q4: In what way are artists similar to politicians? Q6: What will become of those who initially fail? A: Oddly, those who initially fail but never give up trying turn out to be the greatest winners. Detailed Analysis

Part II Specific Argumentation (Paras. 2-8) A: Failure motivates them to work even harder to succeed. But unfortunately, not many follow their lead. Q7: How does failure affect singled-minded seekers? Detailed Analysis

Part III Conclusion (Paras. 9) A: People may find that once they have conquered fame, it is not really what they ever wanted. So you should be happy with what you are and do what you are proud of. Maybe you won’t be famous in your own lifetime, but you may create better art. Q1: What is the author’s advice on fame seeking? Detailed Analysis

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Part I (Para.1): General Statement Passage Reading A. A.Language points B. B.Questions

Part I Argumentation: Chasing fame often leads to self-destruction. Para. 1 An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it. The cruelty of success is that it often leads those who seek such success to participate in their own destruction. The Tail of Fame

A. Language points 1. Participate in : take part in or become involved in an activity 班里的每个人都应该积极参加这 些讨论。 Everyone in the class is expected to participate actively in these discussions. Example

Para 2 The lure of fame is hard to resist. Para. 2 “Don’t quit your day job!” is advice frequently given by understandably pessimistic family members and friends to a budding artist who is trying hard to succeed. The conquest of fame is difficult at best, and many end up emotionally if not financially bankrupt. Still, impure motives such as the desire for worshipping fans and praise from peers may spur the artist on. The lure of drowning in fame’s imperial glory is not easily resisted.有固定收入的工作有固定收入的工作 刚崭露头角的艺术家刚崭露头角的艺术家

A. Language points 1. at best : even when considered in the most positive way The meeting was at best partially successful. 这次会议充其量只是部分成功。 Example The technique is at best ineffective and at worst dangerous. 这个技术说得好一点是无效的，说的坏一点是有危险的。

A. Language points 2. end up : finally be in particular situation or place In stead of ending up in jail he became remarkably famous. 他最终没有坐牢，而是声名鹊起。 Example

A. Language points 3. spur…on (into) : encourage someone or make them want to do sth. We spurred them on to greater efforts. 我们鼓励他们做出更大的努力。 Example It was his mother’s words that finally spurred him into action. 最终是他母亲的话促使他采取了行动。

A. Language points 4. drown in : have a very strong feeling or a serious problem that is difficult to deal with These countries are drowning in debt. 这些国家债台高筑。 Example We are drowning in data but starved of information. 我们被数据包围，可是却缺乏信息。

Para 3 It would be hard to keep the audience’s lasting enthusiasm. Para. 3 Those who gain fame most often gain it as a result of exploiting their talent for singing, dancing, painting, or writing, etc. They develop a style that agents market aggressively to hasten popularity, and their ride on the express elevator to the top is a blur. Most would be hard- pressed to tell you how they even got there. Artists cannot remain idle, though. When the performer, painter or writer becomes bored, their work begins to show a lack of continuity in its appeal and it becomes difficult to sustain the attention of the public. After their enthusiasm has dissolved, the public simply moves on to the next flavor of the month.

Para 3 It would be hard to keep the audience’s lasting enthusiasm. Para. 3 Artists who do attempt to remain current by making even minute changes to their style of writing, dancing or singing, run a significant risk of losing the audience’s favor. The public simply discounts styles other than those for which the artist has become famous. The public only accepts the styles for which the artist has become famous and they think other styles are not worth their attention. [mai‘nju:t] 极小的 apart from; except

A. Language points 1.exploit : a. to use (esp. a person) unfairly for one’s own profit or advantage 剥削 b. to use or develop (a thing) fully so as to get profit 利用；开发 The world economic system exploits the developing countries in favor of the developed countries. 世界的经济制度是发达国家剥削发展中国家。 Example 我们需要确保尽可能充分地利用资源。 We need to make sure that we exploit our resources as fully as possible.

A. Language points 2. ride on the express elevator to the top : (a metaphor) means becoming famous quickly 迅速走红； 青云直上 Susan Boyle rode on the express elevator to the top due to her astounding performance in the “Britain’s Got Talent” show. “ 苏珊大妈 ” 因她在 “ 英国达人秀 ” 上的惊人 表现而迅速走红。 Example express: 1. 表达 vt. ； 2. 快车；快件 n. 3. 快速的，快递的 adj.

A. Language points 3. be hard-pressed to do sth. : have difficulty to do sth. 很难做某事 This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit. 今年这家航空公司要盈利困难重重。 Example

A. Language points 4. flavor of the month/year/week : an idea, person, style, etc. that is very popular at a particular time, but only for a short while. 风靡一时的人或物 任何风靡一时的东西都如同昙花 一现，不久就会失去对大众的吸 引力 任何风靡一时的东西都如同昙花 一现，不久就会失去对大众的吸 引力。 Example Any flavor of the month, like a flash in the pan, will lose its appeal to the public before long.

A. Language points 5. run a/the risk of : be in the situation in which sth. Bad could happen 有 … 危险；冒 … 危险 Men run a greater risk of suffering from heart disease than women. 男子患心脏病的风险高于女子 男子患心脏病的风险高于女子。 Example

Para 4 distinctive styles of famous artists limits them to express themselves with other styles or forms. Para. 4 Famous authors’ styles—a Tennessee Williams play or a plot by Ernest Hemingway or a poem by Robert Frost or T.S. Eliot—are easily recognizable. The same is true of painters like Monet, Renoir, or Dali and moviemakers like Hitchcock, Fellini, Spielberg, Chen Kaige or Zhang Yimou. Their distinct styles marked a significant change in form from others and gained them fame and fortune. However, they paid for it by giving up the freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms.

A. Language points 1. pay for : suffer as a result of doing sth. 为 … 付出代价 We will pay for our mistakes in some way at sometime. 我们大家都会在某个时候以某种方式为我们的错误付出代 价 我们大家都会在某个时候以某种方式为我们的错误付出代 价。 Example

Para 5 Some famous people have to please the audience sometimes against their own will. Para. 5 Fame’s spotlight can be hotter than a tropical jungle—a fraud is quickly exposed, and the pressure of so much attention is too much for most to endure. It takes you out of yourself: You must be what the public thinks you are, not what you really are or could be. The performer, like the politician, must often please his or her audiences by saying things he or she does not mean or fully believe. You have to forget your true self

Para 6 It is hard to find an artist who is both successful and uncompromising. Para. 6 One drop of fame will likely contaminate the entire well of a man’s soul, and so an artist who remains true to himself or herself is particularly amazing. You would be hard-pressed to underline many names of those who have not compromised and still succeeded in the fame game. An example, the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, known for his uncompromising behavior, both social and sexual, to which the public objected, paid heavily for remaining true to himself. oppose or disapprove of sth.

A. Language points 1.contaminate : make sth. dirty or poisonous 污染，弄脏 vt. 该食品在生产的过程中被污染了。 The food was contaminated during the production process. Example

A. Language points 2. remain/be true to : continue to be loyal to someone or something 忠于 The TV series are criticized as not remaining true to the original work. 这部电视剧被批评为不忠实于原著。 Example

A. Language points 3. uncompromising : unwilling to change one’s opinions or behavior 不妥协的 The group has taken an uncompromising position on environmental issues. 这个团体在环境问题上采取决不妥协的立场。 Example Word building un+ compromise + -ing → uncompromising 否定前 缀 词根：妥协 形容词词尾

Para 6 the example of Oscar Wilde is provided as an illustration. Para. 6 The mother of a young man Oscar was intimate with accused him at a banquet in front of his friends and fans of sexually influencing her son. Extremely angered by her remarks, he sued the young man’s mother, asserting that she had damaged his “good” name. He should have hired a better attorney, though. The judge did not second Wilde’s call to have the woman pay for damaging his name, and instead fined Wilde. He ended up in jail after refusing to pay, and even worse, was permanently expelled from the wider circle of public favor. When things were at their worst, he found that no one was willing to risk his or her name in his defense. His price for remaining true to himself was to be left alone when he needed his fans the most.

A. Language points 1.be intimate with: Involve or have a secual relationship with; have a very close friendship with 与 … 有染；与 … 关系密切 她和总统关系密切。 She is intimate with the president. Example

A. Language points 2. accuse ab. of sth. : say that someone has done sth. wrong or is guilty of sth. 指控；指责 The founder of Wikileaks website, Julian Assange, is accused of having committed a sex-crime. 维基解密网站创始人朱利安. 阿桑奇被指控性犯罪。 Example

A. Language points 3. be expelled from. : be dismissed officially from a school, club, etc. 被驱逐出 … 被誉为韩国民族英雄的黄禹锡由于学术 造假而被驱逐出了学术界。 The Korean national hero, Yuxi Huang, was expelled from the academic community for academic cheating (fraud). Example

A. Language points 4. at one’s/its worst: as bad or unpleasant as someone or sth. can be 最糟糕、最厉害的时候 The pain was at its worst in the late evenings. 深夜时痛的最厉害。 Example 我不想让你看到我最糟糕的时候。 I don’t want you to see me at my worst.

Para 7 Those who fail reap the greatest reward and enjoy the freedom to express themselves in the style they like. Para. 7 Curiously enough, it is those who fail that reap the greatest reward: freedom! They enjoy the freedom to express themselves in unique and original ways without fear of losing the support of fans. Failed artists may find comfort in knowing that many great artists never found fame until well after they had passed away or in knowing that they did not sell out. They may justify their failure by convincing themselves their genius is too sophisticated for contemporary audiences.

A. Language points 1. Sb. find comfort in knowing / thinking that … or in knowing / thinking that … 某人寻求安慰时，会想到 ······ ，或 ······ 懒汉寻求安慰时, 总会想 “ 有福之人不用忙 ” ，或 “ 无福 之人跑断肠 ” 。 Example Lazybones always find comfort in knowing that a lucky dog needs no haste, or in knowing that an unlucky dog runs heartbroken.

Para 8 Failure has motivated some artists to work even harder to succeed. But not many follow their examples. Para. 8 Single-minded artists who continue their quest for fame even after failure might also like to know that failure has motivated some famous people to work even harder to succeed. Thomas Wolfe, the American novelist, had his first novel Look Homeward, Angel rejected 39 times before it was finally published. Beethoven overcame his father, who did not believe that he had any potential as a musician, to become the greatest musician in the world.

Para 8 Failure has motivated some artists to work even harder to succeed. But not many follow their examples. Para. 8 And Pestalozzi, the famous Swiss educator in the 19th century, failed at every job he ever had until he came upon the idea of teaching children and developing the fundamental theories to produce a new form of education. Thomas Edison was thrown out of school in the fourth grade, because he seemed to his teacher to be quite dull. Unfortunately for most people, however, failure is the end of their struggle, not the beginning.

A. Language points 1.single-minded : having one clear aim or purpose 目的专一的；一心一意的 Example a. + n.+ ed Word building 具有什么特征的 blue-eyed kind-hearted broad-minded good-natured gray-haired light-hearted open-minded cold-hearted near-sighted single-handed

A. Language points 2. come upon/on : find sth. or meet someone unexpectedly 偶 遇；突然想到 Tao Yuanming, a famous writer of the Eastern Jin Dynasty ( ), wrote the well-known essay Peach-Blossom Spring. In it he tells a story which goes like this: A fisherman happened to come upon a place called Peach-Blossom Spring. Example 东晋的文学家陶渊明写了一篇著名的文章叫《桃花源记》。 叙述一个渔人出外捕鱼的时候，偶然来到了桃花源这个地 方。

Para 9 People should do what they are happy with. They may not be famous, but they may create better art. Para. 9 I say to those who desperately seek fame and fortune: good luck. But alas, you may find that it was not what you wanted. The dog who catches his tail discovers that it is only a tail. The person who achieves success often discovers that it does more harm than good. So instead of trying so hard to achieve success, try to be happy with who you are and what you do. Try to do work that you can be proud of. Maybe you won’t be famous in your own lifetime, but you may create better art.

A. Language points 1.desperate: a.needing or wanting sth. very much b.Very worried and willing to do anything to change a bad situation 他急需一份工作养家糊口. He is desperate for a job to support his family 。 Example 失踪者的家人越来越绝望。 The missing man’s family are getting increasingly desperate.

A. Language points 1.desperately: adv. extremely; very 非常 他非常希望自己的文章能被发表. He desperately wanted his article published 。 Example

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Dubbing the Movie clips 给电影片段配音 Step 1: Note down the lines Step 2: Translate the lines into English Step 3: Assign the roles in the group and dub the clip.

《五彩缤纷》的刘导： Director Liu from Multicolor 嘉宾： distinguished guest 中央电视台的春节晚会： CCTV Spring Festival Gala 普通人： a(n) ordinary/common person 签名： signature 影迷： fans 演艺圈： entertainment circle 是是非非： gossip 冷冷清清的过日子： live in peace 委托我们全权代理： authorize us to be your representative Tips for translation:

我们就是吃这碗饭的： That’s just our work. 对售后服务进行摸底： ask sb. for feedback on after service 神通广大： powerful 起诉： sue sb. 名誉权： reputation right 三炒两炒把你炒红了： You’ll become famous again with those negative reports. 沾你的光： count on you 我也得吃饭： I have to survive. 特别走红： very hot Tips for translation:

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The way to know life is to love many things. Vincent van Gogh (1853 ～ 1890) Check the Internet to know them more

Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going. Tennessee Williams

Writing a poem is discovering. Robert Frost

If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter. T. S. Eliot

The pain passes, but the beauty remains. Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Have no fear of perfection — you'll never reach it. Salvador Dali

In feature films, the director is God; in documentary films, God is the director. Alfred Hitchcock

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the passion of life. Federico Fellini

I dream for a living. Steven Spielberg

I am someone who likes taking risks. Chen Kaige

Love that can be explained is not love. Zhang Yimou

A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. Oscar Wilde

That way, all we have to do is make sure we don't put psychotics in high places and we've got the problem solved. Thomas Wolfe It is comforting to believe that leaders who do terrible things are, in fact, mad.

Friends applaud, the comedy is over. Ludwig van Beethoven

Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own. Johann Pestalozzi

I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work. Thomas A. Edison

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