《大学英语》unit_10_Text_A_BIII

Essential English Course

大学基础英语教程 第三册

Unit 10 Famous People

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Academy Awards (the Oscars)Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences美国电影艺术与科学学院奖

金像奖的样子是裸体男子，双手 交叉于胸前，握着一把长剑，站 在一个五环片盘上，每一个环代 表影艺学院的一项重要工作部门 ：制片、导演、编剧、演员、技 术人员。

Film Awards

欧洲电影奖

威尼斯电影节 (金狮奖)

柏林国际电影节 (金熊奖)

戛纳电影节 (金棕榈奖)4

Katherine Hepburn

Katherine Hepburn was born in May 12, 1907. She was always encouraged to speak her mind, and exercise her body to its full potential. After graduating from college, she began getting small roles in plays on Broadway. For her third film Morning Glory, she won her first Academy Award. Her last film with Tracy Guess Who’s comimg to Dinner garnered her second win of Oscar. The next year, she did The Lion in Winter ,bring her the third win of the award. On Golden POnd (1981) brought her twelfth Oscar nomination and fourth win. She died at the age of 96.

Text AHepburn Survived While Others Faded Away

Hepburn Survived While Others Faded AwayHome

Pre-reading Activity

While-reading Activity Post-reading Activity7

Pre-reading ActivitiesListening inSeriously interested in 1____________________, Diana, former social concerns wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, became a popular 2________ in figure

her own right, and was honorary president of many charities, 3____________ those caring for the homeless, deprived and sick particularly children, and people suffering from AIDS. The royal couple were legally 4_____________ in 1992, and divorced in 1996. she separated continued to travel and work with 5________________________, a range of good causes both in Britain and abroad, while receiving unprecedented 6__________ media attention, worldwide8

Pre-reading Activitieswith newspapers competing to report on her family situation and on her (real or imaginary) 7______________________; and it personal relationship escape was while trying to 8_________ the pursuit of paparazzi in Paris that she died in a 9______________ in August 1997. Thousands of car accident people flooded to London for her 10_________, which took place funeral amid an unprecedented level of 11__________ mourning. A public memorial exhibition chroniching her life, which opened in 1998, declining numbers closed in 2004 due to 12___________ ________of visitors.

Pre-reading ActivitiesPreview Questions 1. How much do you know about Katherine Hepburn? 2.What is (are) the main reason(s) that made Katherine Hepburn successful in her career?10

While-reading ActivitiesHome

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Global reading

2.1.1 Understanding the major details of the text 2.1.2 Understanding the organization of the text2.2

Detailed reading

2.2.1 Words and phrases 2.2.2 Sentence patt

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2.1.1 Understanding the major details of the text1)In what way does the passage show the sharp contrast between the two leading characters in the film African Queen?

In appearance and manners. The old maid was properly dressed and was calm and determined in the face of danger while the captain was slovenly dressed and was drunken .

2.1.1 Understanding the major details of the text2) What mainly led to Katherine Hepburn’s success in the film African Queen? She was successful because she was similar in character to the film role. 3)How did Katherine treat Spencer off screen? Katherine’s love for Spencer Tracy always made her obedient to him.

4 ) What does “… determination was the name of the woman” in the second paragraph mean? Hepburn was a woman of determination.5)How did Katherine Hepburn usually respond

to her attackers? As a woman who lived by her own rules and a person who had an unyielding personality, Katherine tended to fight back when attacked and often she did so with wit.14

fade awaydisappear gradually (from sight, hearing, memory, etc.) (从视野中,听力范围中,记忆中) 逐渐消失 The sound of the cheering faded away in the distance. 欢呼声在远处逐渐消失了. (of people) disperse; die (指人) 散开;死亡

a)

b)

The crowd just faded away. 人群刚刚散去.

She’s fadeing away, ie dying. 她已奄奄一息了.

get a ride with

与…同乘(车,船等)

a)

He hoped that he could get a free ride with his classmates so that he could save some money.他希望能与同学免费同乘一趟车以便省点钱.

b)

粉丝们都希望能在无意中发现与他们的偶像同乘在 一辆车上.Fans like to find unexpectedly getting a bus ride with their icons..