13 In_my_day.pptVIP

* Lesson 13 In my day .. Russell Baker (罗素.贝克) was one of the most distinguished practitioners of the personal-political essay in the English language. He was born in Morrisonville, Virginia on August 14, 1925. He is a famous columnist in American. He also is an outstanding essay writer. In 1983, Baker received his second Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography Growing up. The author After his father’s death in 1930,Baker moved with his mother to Baltimore,Maryland.Upon completing high school at baltimore’scity college,Baker study at Johns Hopkins University,but left the university after one year to serve in the Navy;he returned to Johns Hopkinsat the end of Word War II and graduated and received his B.A. in 1947. FELL DOWN In my day. This text is selected from the first chapter of Growing up. It tells us something about the generation gap and the aging population. In hospital Russell Baker ,was the author of the nationally syndicated “Observer” column for the New York Times frome 1962 to 1998.In addition,the noted journalist,humorist,essayist,and biographer has written or edited seventeen books. Baker’s first pulizer was for distinguished commontary for his “Observer” column(1979) and the second one was for his autobiography, Growing up (1983).He wrote a sequel to his autobiography in 1989,called The Good Times. In addition to his regular column and numerous books,Baker has also edite the anthologies: The Norton Book of Light Verse (1986) Russell Baker’s Book of American Humor (1993) The New York Times Magazine Sport Illustrated Saturday Evening Post McCalls Who are you.! He becomethe regular host of the PBS television series,Masterpiece Theatre.Baker is a regular contributor to national periodical such as: