unit1 英语泛读教程第三版第二册第一单元ppt课件.ppt
Unit 1 The Shadowland of Dreams,by Alex Haley,Outline,Preview QuestionsBackground InformationStructure&VocabularyDiscussion,Preview Questions,1.What is your dream?To be more specific,what is your dream career?What is your dream life?2.What will you do to achieve your dream?,Background Information,Alex Haley(August 11,1921 February 10,1992)was an American writer.He is best known as the author of Roots:The Saga of an American Family and the co-author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X.,Roots:The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976.It tells the story of Kunta Kinte,an 18th-century African,captured as an adolescent and sold into slavery in the United States,and follows his life and the lives of his alleged descendants in the U.S.down to Haley.,The release of the novel,combined with its hugely popular television adaptation,Roots(1977),led to a cultural sensation in the United States.The novel spent weeks on The New York Times Best Seller List,including 22 weeks in that lists top spot.,The last seven chapters of the novel were later adapted in the form of a second miniseries,Roots:The Next Generations,in 1979.,Structure Analysis,Part One(para.1-2):There is a big difference between“being a writer”and writing.Part Two(para.3-14):Alex cited himself as a good example to prove that writing career is tough and suffering test.Part Three(para.15-18):As he kept working at his dream,Alex eventually achieved success.Part Four(para.19-23):His old possession reminds him of the courage and persistence which help him endure in the shadowland.,Vocabulary,requite:reward or avenge requite hate with love 以德报怨freelance：self-employedprospect:an expectation,esp.of success in a career,superintendent:the caretaker of a building manual:worked by hand manual labour 体力劳动,genuine：used to describe people and things that are exactly what they appear to be,and are not false or an imitationrefers to things such as emotions that are real and not pretended,tempt:allure or attractacquaintance:a person who knows slightly make ones acquaintance(初次)结识某人 make the acquaintance of 初次认识 acquaint v.make familiar with,well up:flow or get stronger Anger well up within him.他怒火中烧。stick it out:put up with a burden to the endplung:put sth.firmly and deeply into sth.else veteran:experienced or seasoned,morsel:a mouthful,a small piecewilt:droop or witherkeep to oneself:keep sth.secret 保守秘密limelight:the center of public attention,exhilarate:affect with great joy exhilarating&exhilarated hilarious adj.&hilarity n.corrode:be worn away/decay,Pulitzer Prize,The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S.award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism,literature and musical composition.It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American(Hungarian-born)publisher Joseph Pulitzer,and is administered by Columbia University in New York City.,Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories.In twenty of these,each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award.The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.,普利策奖（Pulitzer Prize），也称为普利策新闻奖，是1917年根据美国报业巨头、匈牙利裔美国人约瑟夫普利策（Joseph Joe Pulitzer）的遗愿设立的奖项。七、八十年代已经发展成为美国新闻界的一项最高荣誉奖，现在，不断完善的评选制度已使普利策奖被视为全球性的一个奖项。,Emmy,An Emmy Award,or simply Emmy,is a television production award,and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards(for film),the Tony Award(for theatre),and the Grammy Awards(for music).艾美奖（Emmy Awards），是美国电视界的最高奖项，和电影界的奥斯卡奖（Academy Awards）一样包含普通奖项和技术奖项。艾美奖的地位如同奥斯卡奖于电影界和格莱美奖（Grammy Awards）于音乐界一样重要.,NAACP:The National Association for the Advancement of Colored PeopleNAACP is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States,formed in 1909.,Its mission is“to ensure the political,educational,social,and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination”.,Discussion,1.What does the shadowland of dreams signify?2.What do you learn from Alex?3.What are the reasons of Alexs success?4.To make our dream come true,what efforts should we make?,
