Unit 1The Shadowland of Dreams.ppt

Unit1 TextTheShadowlandofDreams I Title shadowland areaofshadedream mentalpictureofthefutureExplainthetitle Thetitlereferstothestateoflivingwithuncertaintybeforeone sgoalisreachedorthedarkperiodonehastoexperiencebeforehisdreamcomestrue II Author AlexHaley AlexHaley 1921 1992 wasAmericanbiographer 传记作者 scriptwriter 电影剧本作家 andauthorwhobecamefamouswiththepublicationofthenovelRoots 根 IttracedHaley sancestrybacktoAfricaandcoveredsevenAmericangenerations startingfromhisancestor KuntaKinte 昆塔 金特 Rootswasadaptedtotelevisionseriesandwokeupaninterestingenealogy afamilytree家系 宗谱 particularlyamongAfrican Americans ThebookopenedupthemindsofAmericansofallcolorsandfaithstooneofthedarkestandmostpainfulpartsofAmerica spast In1977RootswontheNationalBookAwardandaspecialPulitzerPrize Thebooksoldinoneyearmorethanmillioncopiesandbecamethebasisofcoursesin500Americancollegesanduniversities Roots thetelevisionmini series ranfromJanuary23toJanuary30 1977andattractedsome130millionviewers thelargestaudienceuptothen Morepeoplehaveseentheseriesthanreadthebook 美国黑人作家艾历克斯 哈利 1921 1992 的作品 根 发表于1976年 上世纪七十年代在美国畅销一时 哈利也凭此作品获得普利策奖 1977年美国广播公司 ABC 把它改编成电视剧 也成为当年美国收视率最高的电视剧 哈利花了多年的时间到非洲寻根 最后查到1767年他的一个在冈比亚名叫昆塔 金特 KuntaKinte 的祖先被贩到美国当黑奴 这些发现就是 根 的素材 AlexHaley sBoyhoodHome Itwasbuiltin1919inthesmalltownofHenning TennesseebyWillE Palmer thematernalgrandfatherofAlexHaley From1921to1929 andduringsomesubsequentsummers Haleylivedherewithhisgrandparents ItwasontheporchofthishousethatHaleyheardfromhisgrandmother CynthiaPalmer thefamilystoriesthatinspiredhimtowriteRoots retellingtalesofhisAfricanancestorswhowerebroughttoAmericaasslaves Roots ThisbookwonAlexthe1976PulitzerPrize andthebookwaspresentedinaneight parttelevisionadaptationin1977 Rootshasbeentranslatedintooverthirtylanguages andhasinspiredmillionstosearchfortheirownroots III Structure PartI para 1 thedifferencebetween beingawriter andwriting PartII para 2 3rdpara onp 3 author sownhardlifeexperiencebeforebecomingafamouswriterPartIII last4paras lessondrawnfromhisownwritingcareer courage persistenceareneededforbecomingasuccessfulwriter IV MainIdea IttellsushowAlexHaleygotoutoftheshadowlandofdreamsandbecameasuccessfulwriter V TextAnalysis cherish keepfondlyinmind充满感情地怀有cherishamemoryfond cherished珍爱的myfondesthopeslonging earnestdesirerequite reward Howtounderstand Foreverywriterkissedbyfortunetherearethousandsmorewhoselongingisneverrequited Fewwriterssucceedinbecomingawriter manyfail CoastGuard 美国海岸警卫队afreelancewriter awriterwhoearnshismoneywithoutbeingintheregularemploymentofanyparticularorganization自由撰稿人prospect chancesoffuturesuccess前途superintendent manager 大楼的 管理人manual operatedbyhand手工操作的 genuine realbreak asuddenormarkedchange突变barely hardlywhatif whatwill would betheresultof如果 将如何呢 要是 又怎样Whatifyoushouldfail 假如你失败了 该怎么办呢 Iwasn tgoingtobeoneofthosepeoplewhodiewondering Whatif Iwasn 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thatassociatedwiththeruralsouthernUnitedStates乡土的 田园生活的 尤指美国南方乡村的生活方式down homecooking 美国 南方烹调术sacrifice thegivingupofsth ofgreatvaluetooneselfforaspecialpurpose牺牲 trace followordiscover sb orsth byobservingmarks tracks bitsofevidence追溯dazzling brightlyshininglimelight 1 intensewhitelightproducedbyheatingarodoflime 石灰 inaveryhotflame usedforlightingthestageintheaters石灰光 2 centreofpublicattention众人注意的中心 Theshadowshadturnedintodazzlinglimelight Mylifecompletelychanged fromdarktobright fromfailuretosuccess fromunfamoustofamousandfrompoortorich deal abusinesstransaction协议exhilarating delightingandexcitingblind depriveofperceptionorinsightcorrode rustriptide current激流huddle crouch蜷缩 Whydidtheauthorthinkthatthethingsinthatbagarepartofhisroots too Becausehispasthardlifeexperiencecontributedalottohissuccess bleak coldandcutting raw阴冷的frame encloseinaframe给 加框PulitzerPrize anyofseveralawardsestablishedbyJosephPulitzerandconferredannuallyforaccomplishmentinvariousfieldsofAmericanjournalism literature andmusic 普利策奖 约瑟夫 普利策设立的每年颁给在新闻 文学及音乐等领域取得成就的美国人的若干奖金 Emmy astatuetteawardedannuallybytheAcademyofTelevisionArtsandSciencesforoutstandingachievementintelevi。