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SectionB48PassionGuidesLifeChoicesUNITATurningPointofMyLifeTomasterthereadingskillTounderstandthetextTopracticethephrasesandpatternsTolearnaboutletterwritingObjectivesWarming-upReadingSkillsTextStudyComparativeStudyContentsUnitProjectBAturningpointofmylifeTextWarming-upLead-inBackgroundInformationBAturningpointofmylifeTextVideoWatching1.Whatisthefirsttraitthatsuccessfulpeoplehaveincommonaccordingtothespeech?TipsTips2.What’sitspowerandhowcanwefindit?BackSuccessfulpeoplelovewhattheydo.Thespeakerhasquotedwordsofmanysuccessfulpeople.RussellCrowe,the“BestActor”ofAcademyAward,hassaid“thebottomlineisIlovetheactualjobofacting”.Moresuccessfulpeopleinvariousfieldshavebeenmentionedtoprovethatthekeytosuccessisstayingtruetotheirpassion.Somethingthatpeopleareinnatelypassionateaboutdrivestheirfreetimeasmuchasitdrivestheirworktime.Peopleshouldtakethatpassionandbringitintowhattheydoeverysingleday.Tips1.Whatisthefirsttraitthatsuccessfulpeoplehaveincommonaccordingtothespeech?Thecoolthingaboutpassionisthatitturnsunderachieversintosuperachievers.BillGateswasaloseruntilhefoundhispassionforsoftware.Andtheonlywaytodogreatworkistolovewhatyoudo.Butthebigproblemistofindpassion.Youneedgetoutthere,tryalotofstuff,andexploremanypaths.Youmaytrymanythingsthatdon’twork,butwhenyoukeeptrying,youwilltrysomethingthatcouldwork.Ifyouhaven'tfoundityet,keeplookingforit.Don'tsettle.Aswithallmattersoftheheart,you'llknowwhenyoufindit.2.What’sitspowerandhowcanwefindit?Tips1.WhoisWilliamButlerYeats?2.What’stherelationshipbetweenYeatsandIrelandandhisimpactonmodernIreland?3.Whatarehiswritingstyles?TipsTipsTipsWilliamButlerYeats(1865-1939)wasanIrishpoetandaleadingfigureof20th-centuryliterature.Duringhislifetime,hewasdeeplyinvolvedintheIrishLiteraryRenaissance(爱尔兰文艺复兴)andpoliticsinIreland.HewonNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1923.YeatsisoneofthefewwriterswhocompletedtheirmostfamousworksafterbeingawardedtheNobelPrize,includingTheTowerandTheWindingStairandotherpoems.1.WhoisWilliamButlerYeats?TipsAmongthebuildersoftheIrishnationalculture,asoneofthemostimportantleadersinIrishRenaissanceMovement,andalsoabrilliantfighterfortheindependenceofIreland,hepreferstodecolonizeIrelandthroughanon-violentliterarypathandhisliteracycreationcontributesalottoIrishindependencefromEnglishculturalcolonization.2.What’stherelationshipbetweenYeatsandIrelandandhisimpactonmodernIreland?TipsInhisearlierage,Yeatswasgoodatcreatingtheornatestyleofromanticismandfantasticatmosphere.Aftertheageof40,heismoretowardmodernismandbecameamasteroftraditionalforms.Hewasasymbolistpoetinthatheusedallusiveimageryandsymbolicstructuresthroughouthiscareer.3.Whatarehiswritingstyles?TipsReadingSkillsPresentationoftheSkillReadingSkillPracticeBAturningpointofmylifeTextFigurativelanguagereferstoLanguageinwhichfiguresofspeechfreelyoccur,whichcontrastswithliteralspeechorlanguage.Understandingfigurativelanguageisanimportantreadingskillthathelpsstudentscomprehendvariouskindsofwritings,suchaspoetry,novelsaswellasnarrativenon-fiction.UnderstandingfigurativelanguageThreefiguresofspeechSimile:comparestwothingsdirectlybyusinglikeoras,e.g.asbraveasalion.Metaphor:comparestwothingsbyusingtheverbbeorjustbyimplyingthesimilaritiesbetweenthem.Personification:giveshumancharacteristicstoanon-humanobject,animaloridea.UnderstandingfigurativelanguageExamplesfromTextAofthisunit:1.Thedeathofanangelofanimalrightsactivismdoesnotratewiththatofadrugged-outrockstar.(Para.1)(Metaphor)2....IthoughtIwaslisteningtoanassassinfromaviolentmob.(Para.2)(Metaphor)3.Deathseemedtobestalkinghim.(Para.10)(Personification)UnderstandingfigurativelanguageThetextsinthisunitemploymoremetaphorthansimileandpersonification.ThefollowingsentencesaretakenfromTextB.Decidewhattypeoffigurativelanguageisusedineachsentenceandexplainhowitisused.Understandingfigurativelanguage1.Realistically,Iapproachedwritinglikewaxingacar,thoroughlyandrepeatedly.(Para.5)Type:SimileExplanation:Theword“like”indicatesthatwritingiscomparedtowaxingacar,whichmeansthattheimprovementofwritingskillsliesinattentiontodetailsandlotsofpractice.Understandingfigurativelanguage2.Theseletterstickledme,makingmyheartflutterwiththethoughtthatIwasnotonlyapublishedwriterbutanopinionmaker.(Para.7)Type:metaphorExplanation:Thepoundingoftheheartiscomparedtothequickmovementofthewingsofaninsect(e.g.abutterfly).Itdescribestheauthor’snervousnessandexcitement.Understandingfigurativelanguage3.Beingawriterhadbeenfarfrommyexpectations;beingcrownedabest-sellingauthorwasalmostunimaginable.(Para.10)Type:metaphorExplanation:“Crown”isusedtomeanthatthehonorofbeingcalledapopularauthorisashighasthatofbeingnamedakingorqueen,whoseauthorityissymbolizedbyacrown.UnderstandingfigurativelanguageTextStudyTextComprehensionLanguageFocusCriticalThinkingBAturningpointofmylifeText1.HowdidtheauthorfeelwhenhereadanarticlewhichsawWilliamButlerYeatsasauniversalpoetwhohadrisenabovehisIrishness?(Para.1)2.Whydidtheauthorfeelthatway?(Para.2)3.Whatdidthefeelingimpelhimtodo?(Paras.3-4)4.Howdidtheauthorapproachwriting?(Para.5)5.WhydidtheauthorthinktheTimespu