新视野 Book 4 Unit1 完美版.ppt

色狼 =man with uncontrollable sexual desires 白富美 * * Unit 1 The Tail of Fame What is Fame？ Fame refers to the state of being popular with a lot of people as a result of one’s achievement. Whether or not to gain fame, therefore, is often seen as a good test for one’s success in life. Fame is but the breath of the people. 名誉不过是众人口中的一句话而已。 Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.?通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名 Notoriety is often mistaken for fame. 声名狼籍常被误认为鼎鼎大名。 Discussion What do people seek fame for？ 1) For a rise in social position? 2) For abundance of wealth? 3) For drowning in fame’s glory? 4) For refinement of social taste? 5) For assimilation into high society? Discussion What are the side effects of seeking fame？ 1) lose your identity and freedom 2) make your life far from what you wish 3) deprive you of your privacy 4) be depressed by the public media 5) be afraid of lose favor of the public 6) endure the pressure of the public Chase its own tail, Reference : 1. Questions to Comprehension 1). Why does the writer compare an artist who seeks fame to a dog chasing its own tail? Because like a dog chasing its own tail, when the artist captures the fame, he does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it. 4 N H C E 1 Reference Words: a lack of continuity in its appeal, sustain the attention of the public. 1. Questions to Comprehension 2) If artists become bored What will happen ? Their work begins to show a lack of continuity in its appeal and it becomes difficult to sustain the attention of the public. 4 N H C E 1 Reference Discount the style 1. Questions to Comprehension 3. Why is it possible for artists to lose support from the audiences if they make changes to their style? Because the public discounts styles other than those for which the artists have become famous. 4 N H C E 1 Reference Words: freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms 1. Questions to Comprehension 4) What do famous persons have to give up in orde