新世纪大学英语综合教程4第四册unit 6.ppt

Contents When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained -Mark Twain 只要记得我们都是蠢蛋，生活便会退去面纱，重归平凡…… Our attitude toward life determines lifes attitude towards us. - Earl Nightingale (American motivational speaker) There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. That little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative -W. Clement Stone （a businessman, philanthropist and self-help book author. ） What is your motto in life? Explain it. 2. Do you find life sometimes paradoxical? If yes, please give one example. The author: Alexander M. Schindler 本文是美国犹太人联合会主席辛德勒于1987年5月在南卡罗来纳大学毕业典礼上致辞的节选。Commencement ceremony Text Analysis This essay discusses one of the paradoxes in life: to let something go and to hold something fast. The author tries to explain the importance of cherishing beauty when it is offered and to let it go when it is inevitable. Thus to let go is as important as to hold fast in our lives. Questions A man comes to this world with his fist clenched, but when he dies, his hand is open. clench : vt. （para.1） close tightly She cooked the meat for a long time so as to make it_______ enough to eat. mild slight light tender The husband has been secretly praying that his shrew wife should become a bit_______ someday. A. soft B. tender C. beautiful D. pregnant I don’t_______ to get up so early. relish to have relish have relish having relish being had CET-6,2006 42.He was given major responsibility for operating the remote manipulator to ________ the newly launched satellite. A) retreatB) retrieveC) embodyD) embrace CET-6,2005 51. It is a well known fact that the cat family ________ lions and tigers. A) enrichesB) accommodatesC) adoptsD) embraces Questions 1.What is the second pole of the paradox of life and what does it mean? 2.What can we learn about life from Para.11? The vast