The Tail of Fame.ppt

,The Tail of Fame,Proverbs about“fame”:Fame like a river is narrowest at its source and broadest afar off.名誉如河流，发源处最狭，愈远愈宽广。A good name is better than riches.好名誉胜过有财富。A good name is sooner lost than won.美誉难得而易失。Fame is a magnifying glass.名誉是放大镜。,I.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,The benefits of gaining a good fame:,A large number of economic income and a high material standard of livingBe admired by publicHave a good social status,Questions:Do you look forward to be a man with a good fame,what do you need to do to chase the fame?2.What will a person do who gains good fame?,3.Is it worthwhile spending so much to chase the tail of fame?,The shortcomings of gaining a good fame:,No privacyNo freedomOne false step brings everlasting grief.,Questions:Is it worthwhile spending so much to chase the tail of fame?,II.Understanding,The passage is a piece of argumentation which tries to convince us that seeking fame sometimes leads to ones own destruction.,Questions for you to answer,1.What does the writer compare an artist to?2.If artists become bored,what will happen?3.Why is it possible for artists to lose support from the audiences if they make changes totheir style?4.What do famous persons have to give up in order to maintain their fame and fortune?,Questions for you to answer,5.Why does the author adopt the example of Oscar Wildes uncompromising behavior?6.Why are Thomas Wolfe,Beethoven,Pestalozzi,and Thomas Edison mentioned in Paragraph 8?7.What does the author suggest to do in the last paragraph?,Reference Words:,dog chasing its tail,Understanding-Questions to Comprehension,Reference Words:,a lack of continuity in its appeal,sustain the attention of the public,Understanding-Questions to Comprehension,Reference Words:,Because the public discounts styles other than those for which the artists have becomefamous.,Understanding-Questions to Comprehension,Reference Words:,freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms,Understanding-Questions to Comprehension,Reference Words:,pay a heavy price for remaining true to themselves,Understanding-Questions to Comprehension,Reference Words:,To show that failure has motivated some famous people to work even harder to succeed.,Understanding-Questions to Comprehension,Reference Words:,Try to be happy with who you are and what you do.Try to do work that you can be proud of.,Understanding-Questions to Comprehension,Detailed Study of the Text,The Tail of Fame,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.,句型,Para.2“Dont 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 fames imperial glory is not easily resisted.,Detailed Study of the Text,Para.3a Those who gainfame 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.,Detailed Study of the Text,Para.3b 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.,Detailed Study of the Text,Para.3c 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 audiences favor.The public simply discounts styles other than those for which the artist has become famous.,Detailed Study of the Text,Para.4 Famous authors stylesa TennesseeWilliams play or a plot by Ernest Hemingway or a poem by Robert Frost or T.S.Eliotare 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.,Detailed Study of the Text,Para.5 Fames spotlight can be hotter than a tropical junglea 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.,Detailed Study of the Text,Para.6a One drop of fame will likely contaminate the entire well of a mans 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.,Detailed Study of the Text,Para.6b 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 mans mother,asserting that she had damaged his“good”name.He should have hired a better attorney,though.The judge did not second Wildes call to have the woman pay for damaging his name,and instead fined Wilde.,Detailed Study of the Text,Para.6c 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.,Wilde,Wilde,Detailed Study of the Text,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.,Detailed Study of the Text,Para.8a 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.,Detailed Study of the Text,Para.8b 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.,Detailed Study of the Text,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 wont be famous in your own lifetime,but you may create better art.,Detailed Study of the Text,1.single-minded a.someone who works with you as a beginner,blue-eyed kind-hearted broad-minded good-natured gray-haired,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,light-heartedopen-minded cold-hearted near-sighted single-handed,a.+n.ed,具有什么特征的,Word Using,encouragemake sth.more quicklymagnificenttiredvery smallnot working admire,spurhastenimperialboredminuteidleworship,II.Old to New,Words and ExpressionsOld to New,a secret planoppose or disapprovelawyervery muchmake sth.dirty,plotobjectattorneydesperatelycontaminate,Words and ExpressionsOld to New,III.Chinese to English,冒险；有风险 指控；控告 忠于开除；解雇 充其量；至多,run a/the riskaccuse sb.of sth.remain/be true tothrow outat best,Words and ExpressionsC to E,碰到、遇到关系密切 付出代价做某事很困难结果,come on/uponbe intimate withpay forbe hard-pressed toend up,Words and ExpressionsC to E,1)at best：,even when considered in the most positive way,translation,You are at best his nodding acquaintance.你和他不过是点头之交。There are 10 persons here at best.这儿最多10人。,1)at best：,even when considered in the most positive way,association,At ones best在最好的时候At ones worst在最糟糕的时候College students often found that they were at their worst when they got up in the morning.大学生们经常发现早上起床的时候状态最糟糕。,2)end up：,become eventually;turn out to be,extension,(非正(以)结束;最终成为变得(+N/Adj/Preposition)如不努力工作,你就一事无成。If you dont work hard,youll end up nowhere.,3)desire for：,longing for;looking forward to,translation,His desire for success encourages him to go on with the project对成功的渴望激励着他继续这个项目。,extension,Long for;look forward to;pine for,4)spur on：,encourage sb.to continue doing sth.,translation,its no use spurring him to do that.He has no interest in it!鼓励他做那个没用，他不感兴趣。,extension,Encourage sb.to do sth;Urge sb.to do sth;Rush sb.to do sth.,5)The lure of：,The temptation of,association,resist the lure/temptation of.Sometimes it is really hard for us to resist the lure of seeking favor.有时候我们发现自己很难抵制住争宠的诱惑。,6)drown in：,have a strong feeling or a serious problem to deal with of,association,He is now completely drowning in longing for a present for his girl friend!他现在正冥思苦想要给自己女朋友个礼物呢！The country is drowning in economic crisis!这个国家正陷入经济危机。,7)be hard-pressed to do sth：,have difficulty in doing sth.,association,Sb.is hard-pressed to do sth.Sb.find that it is difficult to do sth.To do sth.for sb.is difficult/hardIt is hard/difficult for sb.to do sth.Sb.has difficulty in doing sth.,8)other than：,apart from;except,translation,He didnt mention anyone elses contributions other than his own.除了自己的外他没提任何人的贡献。,association,apart from;except;instead of,association,blue-eyed 蓝眼睛的kind-hearted 好心的absent-minded 漫不经心的single-handed 一只手的red-skinned 红皮肤的 green-handed 生手的；没有经验的,9)single-minded persons：,stubborn persons,10)come/hit upon(an idea)：,find something unexpectedly,translation,On the way home I came upon an idea to solve the problem.在回家的路上我突然想到一个解决这个问题的方法。,association,I came upon an acquaintance on the way home.在回家的路上我碰见了一个熟人。“come upon”also means“to meet sb.unexpectedly”,11)throw out of：,discard;make sb.leave sw.,because sb.has done sth.against the rules,translation,Please do not throw the rubbish out of the window!不要把垃圾扔出窗外!He has been throw out of that company for a long time because of taking/offering bribes.因为受贿/行贿他已经被那个公司开除很久了。,5.Key and Difficult Sentences,An artist who tries to achieve fame will not stop doing so even when he succeeds in getting it,just as a dog tries to get its own tail.,Paraphrase,艺术家追求成名，如同狗自逐其尾，一旦追到手，除了继续追逐不知道还能做什么。,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.(Para.1),to quit/give up/leave ones day job丢掉有固定收入的工作,不论你干副业能挣多少外快，丢掉固定工作是不明智的。No matter how much extra income you earn from your sideline,it is unwise of you to quit your day job.,2.They develop a style that agents market aggressively to hasten popularity,and their ride on the express elevator to the top is a blur.(Para.3),Paraphrase,Their agents promote their unique style and make them popular quickly.And the process is just like riding an express elevator.So it is hard for people to figure out how they become popular so quickly!,为了能迅速走红，经纪人会极力吹捧他们的这种风格，他们青云直上的成名历程让人看不清楚，他们究竟是怎么成功的。,2.They develop a style that agents market aggressively to hasten popularity,and their ride on the express elevator to the top is a blur.(Para.3),market:vt.to promoteaggressively:adv.exaggeratedly hasten popularity:makepopular quicklya blur:the state of being unclear to sb.,Have a try,我不清楚这件事情的经过。The whole thing is a blur to me.,3.After their enthusiasm has dissolved,the public simply moves on to the next flavor of the month.(Para.3),dissolve本义是溶解的意思，这里意为消失flavor of the month短暂的时髦(可以指人、无、想法等)Many youngsters tend to admire the glory of being a flavor of the month and that is really innocent!,公众的热情消磨之后，就会去追捧下一个走红的人.,4.The same is true of painters like Monet,Renoir,or Dali and moviemakers Zhangyimou.(Para.4),同样，像莫奈、雷诺阿、达利这样的画家，希区柯克、费里尼、斯皮尔伯格、陈凯歌或张艺谋这样的电影制作人也是如此。,The same is true of 这也同样适用于Those whose oral English are poor would adopt“practice makes perfect”.The same is true of those who do not read well.,5.However,they paid for it by giving up the freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms.(Para.4),Paraphrase,But they sacrificed freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms,但也让他们付出了代价，那就是失去了用其他风格或形式表现自我的自由。,5.However,they paid for it by giving up the freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms.(Para.4),Have a try,Sooner or