新视野大学英语读写教程第四册unit 1 The tail of fame.ppt

Unit 1 the tail of fame Listening Oscar?Wilde?was?famous?not?only? for?his?plays?and?offensive?public? behavior,?but?also?for?his?cynical(愤世嫉俗的)? quotations. ?Here?are?two?quotes?and their?meanings.?The?first?quote?is, “No?man?is?rich?enough?to?buy?back his?past.? It?means?that?a?person?should?be?careful about?the?choices?he?or?she?makes?in? life,?because?some?mistakes?can?never? be?corrected?later.?The?second?quote?is,? Men?become?old,?but?they?never?become? good.?It?means?that?while?men?may?get? older,?they?never?learn?to?be?good.?Wilde? seemed?to?have?very?little?faith?in?himself? or?his?fellow?man. Topics 1. who is the man with a good fame you admire? give an example ,and tell me why. Topic Topic 3.do you look forward to be a man with a good fame, why? chase v. 追逐；追赶 My dog likes chasing rabbits. 我的那条狗喜欢追逐兔子。 cruelty n. 残酷；残忍 The book tells readers the cruelty of the slave trade at that time. 这本书告诉了读者在那个时候奴隶买卖的残忍。 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. Pessimistic adj. 悲观的 The doctors are pessimistic about his chances of recovery. 医生们对他康复的可能性感到悲观。 词形变换：pessimism n. 悲观主义 pessimist n. 悲观主义者 [反] optimistic a. optimism n. optimist n. conquest n. 征服；控制 He finally made the conquest of the disease come true. 他最后战胜了那疾病。 bankrupt adj. 破产的 Five years ago she was a successful actress, but now she is bankrupt. 五年前她是一个成功的演员，可是现在她一贫如洗了。 worship vt. 崇拜；敬重；仰慕 He worshipped his wife. 他很崇拜妻子。 spur vt. 鼓励；刺激 My trainer spurred me to keep up a pace of four miles an hour. 我的教练鼓励我保持每小时4英里的节奏。 lure n. 诱惑 It is the lure of money that brings them to the city. 是金钱的诱惑使他们来到了这城市。 drown v. 沉浸于 ;淹死 I felt as if I were drowning in sleep. 我感到自己好像沉浸在睡眠之中。 imperial a. 壮丽的；宏大的 ；帝国的；皇帝的 It is said that few p