修五 Unit 13.ppt

Jacqueline worked as a publisher’s editor, first at Viking, then at Doubleday, pursuing (追求) a late-life career longer than her two marriages combined.During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books. Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes.She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyer’s and Joseph Campbell to transform their popular television conversations into a book, The Power of Myth. The book went on to become an international best-seller.She dealt, too, with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography (自传), Moonwalk. Jacqueline may have been hired for name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worth.Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself.In the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind.Her books are the autobiography she never wrote.Her role as First Lady, in the end, was overshadowed by her performance as an editor.However, few knew that she had achieved so much. 1．We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline _________. A．became fond of reading after working as an editor B．was in charge of publishing 100 books C．promoted her books through social relations D．gained a lot from her career as an editor 解析: 选D. 推理判断题, 本文是一篇记叙文, 描写Jacqueline在20年晚年时间里作编辑的故事. 运用排除法及结合全文, 不难得出答案. 2．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that_________. A．Jacqueline ended up as an editor rather than as First Lady B．Jacqueline’s life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editor C．Jacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady D．Jacqueline’s role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor 解析: 选C. 句意猜测题. 根据“overshadowed”不难得出答案是C. 3．What can be inferred from the passage? A．Jacqueline’s two marriages lasted