新视野大学英语第册 Unit 5 (Book 4).doc

Unit 4 Fame and Success I. Listen and Respond 1. Focusing on the Main Ideas 1) It’s mainly about how to set goals in one’s life. 2) This is because they all have clear goals. They know what they want in life and they go after it. 3) They are: a) decide what you want; b) make clear your values; c) write them down; and d) take action. 4) According to the passage, one should have written goals, careful choices, clear commitments and daily persistence if he or she wants to be successful. 2. Zooming In on the Details 1) athletes 2) inspiring 3) accident 4) priorities 5) independence 6) intentions 7) specific 8) marriage 9) extraordinary 10) persistent 11) sketches 12) commitments II. Text A---Discovering the Main Ieas 1. 1) In this essay, the author talks about the issue of fame. The main idea is that most people want fame because fame can bring them celebrity, high regard, admiration, etc. However, the author emphasizes that there are few people who can really capture fame and that fame is usually short-lived. Fame can affect and sometimes even destroy one’s life. 2) The author takes an objective attitude towards fame with an emphasis on its negative side. He believes that fame rewards one with money, power and popularity, but it may also enslave him and destroy his life. 3) According to the author, to stay famous, an artist has to perform in the style that the public wants and enjoys, no matter how bored he is of performing in the same style year after year. Any attempt to change the style may result in the loss of his popularity among his fans. 4) To find excuses for the failures, people tend to claim that they are too sensitive, they are not interested in money, they are not interested in the power that fame brings and they are not interested in the loss of privacey it demands, etc. 5) According to the author, people chase fame because they want to demonstrate excellence in some field; to gain the admiration and love of many others;