Never-be-a-quitter-in-face-of-life

unit9NewHorizonEnglish-BookIILecturer:MaXiaoxiaTime:June6,2014Lead-inandbrainstormingBackgroundinformationText–structureandgenreanalysisDetailedstudyUsefulexpressionsandsentencestructureWritingofargumentation(denialandcorrection)ListeningpracticeLead-inandBrainstormingbrainstormingWhatdoyouthinkmakesasuccessfullife?Doyouagreethathard-workingaccountsforasuccessfullife?Ifso,whytherearesomanyloserswhoaredeceivedbythevalueofhardworking?Whatarethebestsolutionstofightagainstthedarksideoflife?Orhowtosurvivefailures?GoalInteriorexteriormotivationprogresssuccessButthequestionisBYWHATandHOWshouldwemeasureasuccess?Idon'tmeasureaman'ssuccessbyhowhighheclimbsbuthowhighhebounceswhenhehitsbottom.--GeneralGeorgeS.Patton(巴顿)CubanMissileCrisisThePulitzerPrizeOvalOfficeRussellBakerGrowingupCubanMissileCrisisisaconfrontationbetweentheUnitedStatesandtheSovietUnionin1962overthepresenceofmissilesitesinCuba;itisoneofthehottestperiodsofthecoldwar.NikitaKhrushchev:placednuclearmissilesinCubaJ.FKennedy:setupblockadeofCuba.ThePulitzerPrizeisaUnitedStatesawardregardedasthehighesthonorinprintjournalism.Theawardalsohonorsliteraryachievementsandmusicalcompositions.ItisannouncedeachyearinAprilandchosenbyColumbiaUniversityGraduateSchoolofJournalism.13-5-1-7OvalOfficeOvalOfficeistheofficialofficeofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.LocatedintheWestWingoftheWhiteHouse,itwasoriginallyconstructedin1909,duringtheTaftadministration.SincethepresidencyofRichardNixon,thetermhasbeenusedtorefertothepresidenthimself:“TheordercamedirectlyfromtheOvalOffice.”RussellBakerRussellBakerwasborninLoudounCounty,Virginiain1925.HegraduatedfromJohnHopkinsUniversitywithadegreeinEnglishandthenhestartedworkingasareporterfortheBaltimoreSunfrom1947-1954.Bakerstartedoutasareporterchasingpolicecarsaroundtown.HeworkedhiswayuptoaLondoncorrespondent,thenlaterbecametheWhiteHousereporter.In1954,BakerjoinedtheNewYorkTimesastheirWashingtonreporterandcoveredtheWhiteHouse,Congressandanythingremotelytodowithpolitics.Throughhispoliticalcommentaryandwit,Bakerstartedwritingacolumncalledthe“Observer”in1962.For32yearsBakerhadwrittenforthe“Observer”columnuntilDecember25,1998inwhichheRetired.RussellBakerwontwoPulitzerprizes;oneforhiscommentaryin1979,andoneforhisbookcalledGrowingUpin1983.InadditiontoGrowingUp,Bakerhasalsopublishedoveronedozenotherbooks,including,TheRescueofMissYaskell,SoThisIsDepravity,TheGoodTimes,There’saCountryinMyCellar,BookofAmericanHumorandTheNortonBookofLightVerse.IntroductionThisarticleisanexcerptfromGrowingUp.BakerreceivedhissecondPulitzerPrizein1983forhisautobiography,GrowingUp(1983).Withamovingmixofhumorandsadness,Bakerinsightfullyrecountsthestrugglesheandhismotherenduredindepression-eraVirginia,NewJersey,andBaltimoreafterhisfatherpassedaway.Thebook’sgreatestachievementisBaker’sportrayalofhismother,adrivenwomanhauntedbypovertyanddreamsofherson’ssuccess.“Iwouldmakesomethingofmyself,hewrote.Text–structureandgenreanalysisNeverBeaQuitterinFaceofLifePartOnePartTwoPartThreePartOne,madeupof4paragraphs(fromPara.1toPara.4.),servestodrawforththethemeofthetextasintheauthor’smotherpushinghimtogetupbysaying,“IfthereisonethingIcan’tstand,itisaquitter.”PartTwo,composedof15paragraphs(fromPara.5toPara.19),isdevotedtotheauthor’saccountofhowhismother,despitehardshipinlife,pushedhimtowardsdevelopinghistalentsforwords.Anditwasproofintimethatherschemehadbeengreat.PartThree(fromPara.20toPara.21)tellsofthecoldfactthat,whenhereachedthesummitofhiscareer,hismotherwasoutoftouchwithlifeforevermore.Butherremarksstillechoinhisears,pushinghimforward.NARRATIONNarrativediscourseHistiore:storyRecit:narrationTime(order,frequency,duration)/srotyT+narrativeTFocalization=pointofview:zero,internal,externaldiscourse(dramaticdialogue,interiormonologuestreamofconsciousness)Narrationpurpose:—toproveathoery—toillustrateaconcept—topraiseavirtue—tocondemavice,etc.appealtothereaders’admireofhismotherandconvincethevalueof“neverbeaquitter.”DetailedStudyoftheTextSuccessdoesn’tcomeovernight.Theauthorofthisarticlewilltellyouhowhismotherpusheshimtowardthesummitofhiscareer.NeverBeaQuitterinFaceofLifeQUITTERSNEVERWINANDWINNERSNEVERQUITParaphrase:Nevergiveupwhenmeetingwithdifficultiesinlife.Onewhogivesupeasily.quitv.离开,辞职,停止源自拉丁语quies(休息)quietI'mgoingtoquitnextweek.我下星期辞职。quitajobquitdrinkingquittern.轻易放弃的人,懦夫Partone(para1-4)Para.1“Getyourselfupandmakesomethingofyourself,buddy!”Thoughshehaspassedaway,mymother’swordsareasclearinmyheadtodayaswhenIwasaboy.Para.2Shemayhavehadmyinterestsatheart,butfrommystandpointatthetime,herlessthantenderapproachtoparentingwastheequivalentofbambootorturetreatment.1.tomakesth.ofoneself使某人成为······，使成为有出息的人/使成功Hisparentswanttomakealawyerofhim他父母想让他成为律师。Everyonelongstomakesomethingofthemselves,butyouneedtohaveaclearideaaboutwhatcardsyouhaveinyourhands.人人都渴望成功，但你要清楚你有什么把握。Euphemism:Theword“euphemism”comesfromGreek;“eu”meansgood,while“pheme”referstospeech.So“euphemism”means“goodspeechofomen”or“comfortablewords”.TabooPolitenessPoliticalDeceptionTodie:topassaway;todepart;toleave