1、Unit 3 My Stroke of Luck,Kirk Douglas,Contents,Warming up,1. Do you believe in luck? Why or why not? Any personal experiences? 2. Can you list some phrases including “luck” or “lucky”? 3. How important love is for an “unlucky” person, esp. someone who has lost good health?4.Can you predict what will
2、 happen in the story?,have luck/ Good luck! / Best of luck!good / bad / hard / tough luck Be in / out of luck Try / chance your luck/ Stroke of luck Lucky you / me!/ a lucky dog thank your lucky star Some people have all the luck!,There are many difficulties in our life,Some people suffer from disab
3、ility, but they still have strong belief and keep on fighting. They are good examples for us normal and healthy people. When they can be so brave and successful in life, we the luckier ones should have no reason to complain but to learn to appreciate and give as they do,I am strong in my mind and I
4、can succeed.,Although I am blind, I can be happy,Words related to disability,deaf,disability,dumb/mute,blind,lame,six fingers/toes,paralytic,color blindness,near-sighted,insane,handless,armless,legless,hunchbacked（驼背）,dwarf,idiot(白痴）,imbecile （低能者),Love is a feeling./ Love is an attitude./ Love is a
5、n action./ Love is a choice./ Enlarge your understanding./ Your definition of love may be too narrow./ Love is more than a good feeling or romance./ Love motivates people to sacrifice for others,/ not expecting any personal benefit./ Stop thinking selfishly./ Look for the needs of others,/ and then
6、do your part to meet their needs./Locate the source of love./ Sympathy and compassion are foundations of love/ toward those living in difficult circumstances./,What is love?,Love may start as an expression of personal gratitude/ for the blessings you have received/ and your desire to share those ble
7、ssings./Express your love./ Find words and actions of love that are appropriate./ Learn to speak words of blessing rather than criticism./ Share your resources with a needy person./Accept disappointment./ Not everyone will return your love./ This is not failure./ It is not your goal to make the worl
8、d love you,/ but for you to love the world./,What is love?,Unit 3 My Stroke of Luck,Kirk Douglas,4. Douglas received three Academy Award nominations for his work in “Champion“, “The Bad and the Beautiful“ and “Lust for Life“ (as Vincent Van Gogh).,1.Kirk Douglas, born in 1916 is an American actor an
9、d film producer known for his gravelly voice and his recurring roles as the kinds of characters.,2.Douglas himself once described as “sons of bitches“.,3.He is on the list of the greatest male American screen legends of all time.,About the author,7.Popular at home and around the world, Kirk Douglas
10、received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1981, the French Legion of Honor in 1985, and the National Medal of the Arts in 2001.,5. Douglas received a special Oscar in 1996 for “50 years as a moral and creative force in the motion picture community“.,6. For his contributions to the motion picture
11、 industry, Kirk Douglas has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.,About the author,法国荣誉军团,9.On December 8, 2006, Douglas appeared on Entertainment Tonight, where the entire staff wished him a happy 90th birthday the night before.,8.In January 1996, he suffered a severe stroke, partially impairing hi
12、s ability to speak,10.Douglas married twice, first to Diana Dill, on November 2, 1943. They divorced in 1951. He then married German American producer Anne Buydens on May 29, 1954. They had two sons.,About the author,1949年 夺得锦标归 Champion,1951年 洞中王牌 Ace in the Hole,1965年 海上长城 In Harms Way,1969 我就爱你 T
13、he Arrangement,1978年 狂怒 The Fury,1980年 土星三号 Saturn City,1956年 梵高传 Lust for Life,1960年 斯巴达克斯 Spartacus,1958年和 妻子Anne Buydens 及儿子,Cultural background,The American character is an interesting thing. Theodore Roosevelt told a reporter that the grizzly bear should be the symbol of America, not the eagle.
14、 He likens America to the grizzly bear, especially in that it is solitary. He goes on to say that “The world will never love us. They may respect us, they might one day fear us, but they will never love us, for we have too much audacity.” It has been said that while most empires turned complacent as
15、 they grew successful, the United States has turned more neurotic and industrious. There are a near infinite number of reasons for this, but as George Carlin pointed out, it can be worthwhile to look at a persons parents. “The American personality might be characterized as an easygoing, sentimental,
16、 fair-minded ruthlessness. We tie yellow ribbons round the old oak tree at the same moment we dispatch a wing of B-52s to carpet-bomb the enemy,” said Tony Blankley.,The story is basically a piece of narrative writing, in which the account of the latest event is interrupted by a number of flashbacks
17、 (some earlier events and experiences). It begins with the air crash, then it goes back to what had happened before. After this the author resumes the narration of the air crash and subsequent events.,Text analysis,Structural analysis,Paras3 4,flashback his wifes intuition and judgment on previous o
18、ccasions,Paras1 2,description of the air crash,Paras5 7,flashback their romance and marriage,chorological account,Para8,the authors recovery from the air crash,Paras9 10,flashback his wifes surgery,Paras11 13,flashback his wifes method to make people move on,Para14,the authors concluding comments,St
19、ructural analysis,The author uses his recent accident-an air crash as an introduction to the whole story.Para1 tells the readers what happens to the author while Para2 describes how his wife reacts to the accident. The description of her reaction naturally leads to the discussion of her good judgmen
20、t. Q: What does the author mean by “Another helicopter ride. Just what I needed”? A: He is being ironic. he didnt feel at all like taking another helicopter ride.,Text analysis Para1-2,Language points:,1. stroke: 1) a sudden occurrence or resulta stroke of luck / fortune一桩意外的幸事/运气a stroke of misfort
21、une/ a stroke of lighteninga stroke of genius / inspiration 聪明之举/绝妙的主意,Part 1,2) an occasion when a blood tube in your brain suddenly bursts or is blocked 中风have / suffer a stroke,Pun : a figure of speech; a play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar s
22、ense or sound of different words.双关一种文字游戏，有时利用同一个词的不同意思,而有时利用不同词的相近意思或发音Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.,a stroke of luck / fortune一桩意外的幸事/运气,puny adj. 一语双关的; 带双关谐语的,2). Seven days without water make one weak.(谐音双关) 3). He is not a grave man until he is a grave man. 4).Seven days
23、 without 7-up make one week(weak) 5).Try our sweet cornYou11 smile from ear to ear,1). We must all hang together or we shall all hang separately. (意义双关),英语中有趣的双关语,7).You will go nuts for the nuts you get in Nux. 8).What do lawyers do when they die? Lie still. 9).What flower does everybody have on th
24、e face? Everybody has tulips ( two lips) on the face. 10).They pray for you today and prey on you tomorrow.,6).Whats wrong with this fish? Long time no sea (see).,英语中有趣的双关语,12).She wore a new hairpiece every day and was considered a big wig. 13).Old math teachers never die, they just become irration
25、al. 14).When a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds. 15).He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.(benz),11).A bicycle cant stand on its own because it is two-tyred.,英语中有趣的双关语,空对着，山中高士晶莹雪；终不忘，世外仙姝寂寞林。 杰拉尔德R福特（1913年出生）是美国第38任总，他说话喜欢用双关语 “我是一辆福待，不是林肯”众所周知，林肯既是美国
26、很伟大的总统，又是一种最高级的名牌小汽车；福特则是当时普通、廉价而大众化的汽车。福特说这句话，一是表示谦虚，一是为了标榜自己是大众喜欢的总统。,杨柳青青江水平，闻郎江上唱歌声。东边日出西边雨，道是无晴却有晴。,Language Points,2. give sb. a ride: give a free journey to sb. 3. collide: to hit each other accidentally Two supertankers collided in the rough seas. Derivation: collision n. head-on collision 4
27、. survive: to not die in an accident or war or from an illness Collocation: survive sth. Derivation: survivor n.,-How are you? -Oh, surviving. 5. insist: to say or do sth. firmlyCollocation: insist + on insist that + (should) v. if you insist (inf.),There are concerns that the refugees cannot surviv
28、e the winter.,活学活用,L.A. -Los Angeles A.L.-Alabama N.D. -North Dakota A. K-Alaska O.H.- Ohio M.E.- Maine O.K.- Oklahoma M.D.- Maryland O.R.- Oregon C.A.- California M.A.- Massachusetts P.A .- Pennsylvania,6.Abbreviation of some American States,These two Paras are the first flashback in the story, whi
29、ch describes Annes good judgment on previous occasions and her experiences during the WW2. Q: How do you understand “She saved me again after my stoke in 1995 suicidal”? A: The word “saved” means “helped me out of my depression”. So it means “She saved my life again by helping me get over the depres
30、sion I was in and preventing me from committing suicide. ”,Text analysis Para3-4,2. Ann hasintuition: Ann has concise sense and she can always judge correctly.intuition: the power of sensing or knowing without the use of rational processes The old hunter knew by intuition that the deer was nearby. w
31、omans/ feminine intuition,1. survivors guilt: I feel guilty as a survivor,辨析: instinct & intuition,instinct: an inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli: 本能一种天生的行为方式，其因物种不同而各 异，通常是对某一具体环境刺激的反应 aggressive instinct 攻击性本能 m
32、other instinct/ sexual instinct,depressed: in a very gloomy state Derivation: depression n. the Great Depression (1929-1933) suicidal: a. relating to suicideDerivation: suicide: n. killing oneself The famous actor commit suicide last night.,3. When I became depressed and suicidal:,In 1995, I had a s
33、troke and my wife helped me out of depression, which sometimes could lead to ones suicide.,Para3: She saved me again after my stroke in 1995, when I became depressed and suicidal.,1995年中风后，我变得沮丧抑郁，并有自杀倾向，这时，妻子再次拯救了我。,Paraphrase:,This is the second flashback. These Paras tell us how the author met An
34、ne, fell in love with her and eventually married her.,Text analysis Para5-7,He expected Anne to accept the job with eagerness, as most girls would do, because he was a famous American movie star. But Anne declined the offer.,Annes refusal was unexpected and irritated the author, because he took it f
35、or granted that Anne would be more than willing to accept his invitation.,Las Vegas is a city in southeast Nevada, USA, famous for its numerous casinos and speedy registration of marriage.,Translate the following sentences into English: (show up) 1) 明亮的阳光让墙上的裂缝清晰可见。 2) 这种斗争使得任何性格缺陷都暴露无遗。 3) 他草率对待部下的
36、行为表明了他的为人。,The bright sunlight_.,A struggle of this nature_.,His thoughtless treatment of people below him in the firm_.,shows up the cracks in the walls,shows up any weaknesses of character,shows him up for what he really is,Para5: I was miffed. Here I was, an American movie star. I expected her to
37、 be eager for the job.,Paraphrase:,I got angry, because I was a famous American movie star, and expected Anne to accept the job with eagerness.,我有些生气，我是大名鼎鼎的美国明星。我本以为她渴望得到这份工作的。,Para5: I was in Paris to star in Act of Love.,Paraphrase:,I was in Paris to play a leading role in Act of Love.,我在巴黎主演此恨绵绵
38、。,Explanation:,Act of Love is a film produced in 1953, in which Kirk Douglas and Dany Robin played the roles of hero and heroine.,Para6: But that took some doing on my part too.,Paraphrase:,But I also made some efforts to adjust myself.,而我也尽力调整自己。,Para6: My thought then was, to hell with her.,Explan
39、ation:,“to hell with sb.” is a curse. Here the author is cursing “her” under his breath.,我当时的想法是，见她的鬼去吧。,Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 切肤之痛2) 辛酸的回忆3) 绝顶的美丽4) 辛辣的讽刺,poignant agonies,poignant beauty,poignant memories,poignant satire,painful, expressive, burning, affecting, moving,
40、 violent, touching, deep,Para7: We slipped away to Las Vegas to tie the knot.,Paraphrase:,We went quietly to Las Vegas to get married.,我们溜到了拉斯维加斯去喜结连理。,slip: slide; steal He slipped on the shiny floor and fell down. The fish/soap slipped out of my hand. He slipped the money into his pocket. The ship
41、 slipped into the harbour at night. slip of the pen/tongue,Text analysis Para8 After two flashbacks, the author turns back to his recovery from the crash with his wifes meticulous care. (careful, painstaking),Hes my alter ego, we go everywhere together. 他是我的知己-彼此形影不离。,1) 你伸出手就能感觉到下雨了。2) 在太阳下躺着真舒服。3)
42、 有些成员想把会议拖长。,You can feel the rain if_.,Its so pleasant_.,Translate the following sentences into English:,Some of the members_.,you stretch out your hand,to stretch out in the sun,tried to stretch the meeting out,Para8 which hasnt always been easy, given that Im sometimes an actor wrapped up in his
43、ego.,Paraphrase:, which hasnt always been easy, because I am sometimes too proud of myself as an actor.,也并不总是很容易就做到这样的，因为作为演员我有时自我意识太强烈。,Para8: She consoled me during my survivors anguish.,Paraphrase:,When I suffered an aftermath fear of the disaster and was in times of sadness, my wife gave me comf
44、ort.,我患灾难恐惧症期间，妻子给了我极大的安慰。,Explanation:,Survivors anguish is a kind of depression in which the survivor suffers a aftermath fear of disaster and uncertainty about what would happen to him/ her in the future.,These two Paras are also a flashback. The author recalls how his wife handled her crisis: sh
45、e never gave in and always tried to help others. Q: Did Annes attitude towards her own disease agree with what she demanded her husband to do? A: Yes. It is her consistent philosophy that one should keep moving on instead of complaining in face of misfortune. Q: How did Anne offer help to others? A:
46、 She shared her experience with others, raised a fund for a research facility in a hospital and initiated a program to rebuild some school playgrounds.,Text analysis Para9-10,fatal, killing, destructive, deadly, lethal,Translate the following sentences into English: 1) 在此停车要有特别的许可。2) 本词典确认此词可有两种拼法。3
47、) 我决不允许我的孩子有半点傲气。,You need special authorization to park here.,The dictionary authorizes two spellings for this word.,I would on no account authorize in my child the smallest degree of arrogance.,lamentable, wretched, appalling, distressing,Translate the following sentences or phrases into English:
48、1) 联合国谴责这次侵略行为“违反了国际法”。2) 肮脏的贫民窟3) 该受谴责的行动,The UN deplored the invasion as a “violation of international law”.,a deplorable slum,a deplorable action,These three Paras are closely related with the previous two, because they present a picture of how Anne saved her husband, helped rebuild his confidenc
49、e and kept him moving on in her own way. In Para11, Annes “good judgment” is reaffirmed by her swift reaction to her husbands stroke. Q: Did Anne really kick out her husband out of bed each morning? A: No. “Kick out” is used here as an exaggeration to mean “to get me out of bed despite my reluctance.” Q: What does the author mean by “ tough love”?,
