Transcript Book 4 Unit 1

Unit 1
Section A
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Warming Up
Comprehension of the Text
Text Structure Analysis
New Words and Expressions
Writing
Warming Up
Look at the pictures.
Do you know who they are?
Warming Up
• Are you a fan of the “Super Voice
Girl” contest?
• How many Super Voice Girls do
you know?
• Why are so many girls crazy
about “Super Voice Girl” contest?
• What can those girls benefit
from the victory in the contest?
• What price should be paid to be a
super star?
Comprehension of the Text
• 1. Why does the writer compare an artist who
seeks fame to a dog chasing its own tail?
• 2. What will happen to artists if they become bored?
• 3. Why is it possible for artists to lose support
from the audiences if they make changes to their
style?
• 4. What do famous writers, painters and
moviemakers have to give up in order to maintain
their fame and fortune, according to the writer?
5. In which way is the performer
similar to the politician,
according to the writer?
• 6. What does the writer want to show by
giving an example of Oscar Wilde’s
uncompromising behavior?
• 7. What explanation may failed artists give
to themselves for their failure?
• 8. Why are Thomas Wolfe, Beethoven,
Pestalozzi, and Thomas Edison mentioned
in Paragraph 8?
Text Study—Structure Analysis
I. Structure Analysis
Argumentation + Supporting
Details + Conclusion
Argumentation
Supporting Details
Conclusion
Part 1
Part 2
Paras. 2~5
Part 3
Para. 6
Part 4
Para. 7
Part 5
Para. 8
Para. 9
Text Study—Structure Analysis
Argumentation: Chasing fame often leads to
self-destruction. (Para. 1)
Some
negative
effects
(Paras. 2-5)
An artist is hard
to be both
successful and
uncompromising.
(Para. 6)
The greatest
winners
initially failed in
the conquest of
fame.
(Para. 7)
Examples of
those who
failed many
times before
their final
success.
(Para. 8)
Conclusion: The writer’s advice to those seeking
fame and fortune. (Para. 9)
New Words and Expressions
1. chase v.
to run after someone or something in order
to catch them
e.g.
• Police chased the thief and eventually recovered
the missing money.
• The kids chased each other in the garden.
Words and Expressions—Word Using
2. worship vt.
to admire and love someone very much
Translation
• 我们都要有崇拜的英雄，无论他们是运动员、
电影明星还是政治家。
• 我小时候崇拜我哥哥。
Key
• We all want heroes to worship, be they
sportsmen, film stars, or politicians.
• As a child, I worshipped my older brother.
Words and Expressions—Word Using
3. drown vt.
1) to have a very strong feeling or a serious
problem that is difficult to deal with
Translation
• 这个国家债台高筑。
• 我们被数据包围，可是却缺乏信息。
Key
• The country is drowning in debt.
• We were drowning in data but starved of
information.
Words and Expressions—Word Using
3. drown vt.
2) to die from being under water for too long,
or to kill someone in this way
Translation
• 他们的船在暴风雨中翻了，淹死了48个人。
• 昨夜有一个男孩在河里淹死了。
Key
• Forty-eight people have drowned after their
boat overturned during a storm.
• Last night a boy was drowned in the river.
Words and Expressions—Word Using
4. exploit vt.
to use something well in order to gain as much
from it as possible
Translation
• 你可以利用已有的才能。
• 我们需要确保尽可能充分地利用资源。
Key
• You can exploit a talent which you already
possess.
• We need to make sure that we exploit our
resources as fully as possible.
Words and Expressions—Word Using
5. sustain vt.
to make something continue to exist for a
period of time
Sustainable a. Sustainable development
Translation
• 他发现自己无法维持对那份工作的兴趣。
• 这位演讲者成功地使听众的注意力保持到了最后。
Key
• He found that he couldn’t sustain his interest in
the job.
• The speaker succeeded in sustaining the
listeners’ attention right to the very end.
Words and Expressions—Word Using
6. minute a.
very small
Translation
• 擦痕很轻微，几乎看不清。
• 不应让他们被这些琐碎的事压垮。
Key
• The scratch was almost too minute to see.
• They shouldn’t be loaded down with minute and
unimportant details.
Words and Expressions—Word Using
8. Object to
oppose or disapprove of sth.
Translation
•我一直反对这种想法：一切都事先定好，
我们没有任何选择。
Key
• I always objected to the idea that
everything is predetermined and that we
have no choice.
Words and Expressions—Word Using
11. Accuse sb. of sth.
say that sb. has done sth. wrong or
is guilty of sth.
Translation
•政府被指责无能
Key
• The government was accused of
incompetence.
Words and Expressions—Old to New
II. Old to New
encourage
make sth. more
quickly
magnificent
tired
very small
not working
admire
• spur
• hasten
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imperial
bored
minute
idle
worship
Words and Expressions—Old to New
a secret plan
oppose or
disapprove
lawyer
very much
make sth. dirty
• plot
• Object
• attorney
• desperately
• contaminate
Words and Expressions—C to E
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 risk
• accuse sb. of sth.
• remain/be true to
• throw out
• at best
Words and Expressions—C to E
碰到、遇到 • come on/upon
关系密切 • be intimate with
付出代价 • pay for
做某事很困难 • be hard-pressed to
结果 • end up
Writing
Write a composition of no less
than 120 words with a general
statement supported by details
on the following topic:
Parents Differ from Children in
Their Career Choice
Parents Differ from Children in
Their Career Choice
Parents differ from children in their career choice.
The question of who should be responsible for
planning their career often causes problems for
many children. Parents think that they know their
children well enough to decide what kind of job
suits them. They are afraid that their children are
too young to decide their future on their own.
However, many children would argue that they
should be left free to make their own choices.
(To be continued)
The other aspect of career choice is that
parents and their children are often different
in their opinions of the ideal profession.
Parents would prefer children to choose
some professions that are stable and could
bring prestige and economic benefits. But
some children would r ather choose
professions that are challenging and require
independent and creative thinking.