新视野大学英语B4U1.ppt

Unit 1 The Tail of Fame Sb. who do sth. be like sb. else doing sth. else 做某事的人如同他人做······(表类比) 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) A teenager who is addicted to the internet is like one taking drugs. 热衷于网络的青少年就像吸毒的人一样。 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几近精神崩溃，他们青云直上的成名历程让人模糊不解。 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 promote aggressively: adv. exaggeratedly hasten popularity: make…popular quickly a 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 fo