综合英语4-How-I-Found-My-Voice1

HowIFoundMyVoice---JamesEarlJonesJamesEarlJones詹姆斯·厄尔·琼斯JamesEarlJonesisoneofAmerica’smostdistinguishedandversatileactors.Heisbestknownforhisimpressivebassovoice.Heappearedinmanyroles,includingthevoice-overinStarWarsasDarthVader,KingMufasainLionKing(1994),andforCNN.JamesEarlJones---hisunforgettablevoiceJamesEarlJones---StarWars“DarthVader”•DarthVader’svoice:menacingandauthoritativeJamesEarlJones---TheLionKing“KingMufasa”•KingMufasa’svoice:affectionate,deepGlobalReadingTypeofwritingThistextisanautobiographicalnarrativeInthefirstpersonThemeofthetextItisintendedtotellthereadersthatthebuilding-upofself-confidenceisveryimportanttoone’spersonaldevelopment.GlobalReadingQuestions:1.What'swrongwiththeauthor?(Para2)(stutterbadly)2.Whataresupposedtobethecausesofhisstuttering?(Para4)(anemotionalproblem:traumaticmoving)3.Whydoesthenarratordescribehismovingattheageoffiveastraumatic?(Para4)(Becausehefeltthattheplacehemovedtowasclimaticallyandculturallydifferentfromwherehehadbeen.)GlobalReading4.WhydidthenarratorquitSundayschoolandchurch?(Paragraph6)(Becausehewantedtoavoidthehumiliationhesufferedthereforhisstuttering.)5.Whydoesthenarratorsaythefarmanimalsknewhecouldtalk?(Paragraph7)(Becausetheanimalsneverlaughedathim,hewasnotnervousatallwhenhetalkedtothemasawayofventinghisfeelings.)GlobalReading6.Whycouldn’tProfessorCrouchstandnotbeingapartofthenarrator’sschool?(Paragraph9)(BecausehelovedEnglishclassics,especiallypoetry,whichwasoneofthesubjectstaughtatthenarrator’sschool.Hisdeeploveforpoetrywasvividlydescribedinthemetaphor:“Heheldabookofpoemsasifitwereadiamondnecklace,turningpagesasifuncoveringtreasures.”)GlobalReading7.HowdidProf.Crouchhelptheauthortofindhisvoice?(Para10-19)(He“tricked”theboybyquestioningwhetherthepoemwasreallywrittenbyhimself.Theteacher’sdisbeliefmadetheboyveryangry,andtoprovehereallydidit,herecitedthewholepoemtotheclasswithoutanystuttering,whichgavehimabigsurpriseandalotofself-confidenceatthesametime.)GlobalReading8.Whydidthewriterwanttoshowhissuccessestohisteacher?(Para26)(Becausehewantedtoshowhisgratitudetohisteacher.)9.Whatkindofcommentsdidthewritermakeabouthisteacher?(Para29)(Hespokehighlyofhim,respectinghimasafatherwhoprovidedanewlifeforhimbyhelpinghimfindhisvoiceandleadinghimtotheworldofliterature.)StructureThisautobiographicalnarrationcomprisesthreeparts.•Part1(Para.1-2)presentshissuccessfulcareerasanactorandtelevisionannouncerandhisseverestutterinhisearlychildhood.•Part2(Para.3-22)recollectshowhishighschoolteacher,ProfessorCrouch,helpedhimtoovercomehisstutterandfindhisvoice.•Part3(Para.23-29)tellsthereaderhowhisvoicefoundwiththehelpofProfessorCrouchturnedanewleaftohislifeandbroughthimgreatsuccesses,andhowgratefulheistohisteacher.PartI(Para1-2)Question:1.Didyouexpectapersonasdescribedinpart1couldhavesufferedfromstutter?(Itisreallyoutofanyone'sexpectation,especiallyinacareerdependentsomuchonvoiceandfluency.)2.Whatkindofrhetoricaleffectsdoestheauthorwanttoachieve?(Toformastrikingcontrast)PartI(Para1-2)theNewTestament:thesecondpartoftheBible,concernedwiththeteachingsofChristandhisearliestfollowerstheOldTestament:thefirstpartoftheBible,tellingthehistoryoftheJewsandtheirbeliefsParaphraseWhenIwasayoungsterIstutteredsobadlyIwascompletelyunabletospeakinpublic.•Para:whenIwasyoung,IstutteredsoseverelythatIwasn’tabletospeakinpublicabsolutely.PartII(Para.3-22)Ialwayssatdown,myfaceburningwithshame.Ialwayssatdown,andblushedasfirewasburningmyfacebecauseIfeltashamed.AbsoluteConstruction---Anumberofofficialsfollowedtheemperor,sometoholdhisrobe,otherstoadjusthisgirdle,andsoon.(infinitiveclause)---Hisvoicedrownedbythenoise,thespeakerstoppedinthemiddleofhislecture.(-edparticipleclause)---Hewentoff,guninhand.(prepositionalphrase)---Thefloorwetandslippery,westayedoutside.(adjective)PartII(Para.3-22)Granddad'sIrishheritagecameoutinhisloveforlanguage;duringtheweekheusedeverydaytalk,butonSundayhespokeonlythefinestEnglish.Paraphrase:Granddadhadaloveforlanguage,whichmighthavebeeninheritedfromhisIrishancestors.Inweekdays,heusedplainEnglish,butwheninchurchonSunday,hespokestandardEnglish.vent:V.givefreeexpressionto---Idon’tseewhyyoushouldventyourangerlikethis.Itwon’tdoanyoneanygood.N.asintheexpressiongiveventto---Mostpeopledidnotairtheirviewsatthemeeting;rather,theytookittobeanopportunitytogiveventtotheirstrongfeelings.Backgroundinformation•1.Chaucer:anEnglishpeot,“Canterburytales”(坎特伯雷故事集written1387-1400)isregardedasoneofthefinestworksofEnglishliterature.HeisconsideredasthegreatestliteraryfigureofmedievalEnglandandthefirstgreatEnglishpoet.PilgrimsfromChaucer’sCanterburyTalesRobertFrostRobertLeeFrost(March26,1874–January29,1963)wasanAmericanpoet.HeishighlyregardedforhisrealisticdepictionsofrurallifeandhiscommandofAmericancolloquialspeech.HisworkfrequentlyemployedsettingsfromrurallifeinNewEnglandintheearlytwentiethcentury,usingthemtoexaminecomplexsocialandphilosophicalthemes.Frostwashonoredfrequentlyduringhislifetime,receivingfourPulitzerPrizesforPoetry.•StoppingbytheWoodsonaSnowyEvening•WhosewoodstheseareIthinkIknow，我知