1、Lesson fourThis lifeSidney PoitierUseful ExpressionsSee sb doing sth 看见某人正在做某事Stare at 盯着Get off 从下来,下车Say to oneself 自言自语Be able to do 能够做Think about sth. 考虑某事Spend.time(in)doing 花. 时间做某事Make sb. Do sth. 让某人做某事Clear away 清楚Run across/into sb./sth. 偶然碰到A couple of 几个Make a contribution to 为.做出贡献Take
2、 sth. Away (with sb.) 带走Look for seek 寻找Go over 认真学习Begin to do sth 开始做某事Used to do sth. 过去常常做某事He used to go for a walk in the park when he was youngGet/have an idea (of) 知道,懂得I have no idea what I should do.I am sorry, I have no idea of that.Word ListScript n. 脚本Part n. 台词Look n. 样子,表情No adj 完全不是,
3、绝不是Dishwasher n. 洗碟工;洗碗机Heavy adj 繁重的; 费力的p.m. abbr. 下午,午后jewish adj. 犹太族的syllable n. 音节context n. 上下文armed adj 具备.知识或技能的; 有.装备的reread 重读,再读enormous 巨大的,极大的contribution 贡献1, What did the director tell Sidney to do the first time he was on a stage?The director told Sidney to read the part of “John” .
4、2,Why did the director tell him to get off the stage?The director told Sidney to get off the stage because he didnt even know how to read the script.3,How old was Sidney at the time?He was eighteen years old.4,What did he think about while walking down the street?He thought he would hardly read. He
5、couldnt be an actor and he was not able to read.5,What did he come to realize about himself ?He realized that for the rest of his life, he was going to be a dishwasher and was not going to be able to make people notice him.6.What did he do during the next six months ?He spent as much time as possibl
6、e reading.7. What did he usually do after eleven oclock every evening while working in a restaurant?He usually sat out near the kitchen door and read the newspaper.8. What was his main problem?He ran across a lot of words that he didnt know.9.Who offered to help him ? And how did this man help him?A
7、n old jewish man offered to help him. The old man explained the meaning of the new word and gave him the pronunciation.10. How long did Sidney work in the restaurant?He worked in the restaurant for about five or six weeks.11.What did he learn from the Jewish man? Did he learn from the man only how t
8、o read? What else did he learn?He learned from the old man a way to study, and then Sidney went off to other jobs.12.Why does Sidney say that he has never been able to thank him properly?At that time, Sidney didnt know what an enormous contribution the old man was making to him. Sidney thought the o
9、ld man was wonderful, and a little bit of him is in everything he does.1) 我看见她正坐在角落里,盯着那个女孩.I see her sitting in the corner staring at that girl.2) 你能告诉我应该在哪一站下车吗?May you tell me at which stop(station) I should get off?3) 昨夜有一个好电影,可是我没看成.There was a good film yesterday evening, but I was not able to
10、 see it.4) 以前他常走路去上班.He used to walk to work before.5) 咱们把那些废物(rubbish)从阁楼清除掉吧.Lets clear away the rubbish in the attic.6) 读书时遇到了新词,就要查字典.When you run across a new word in reading , look it up in the dictionary.7) 请等一下,我有几个问题要问你.Please wait for a while . I have a few questions to ask you .8) 昨天我遇到了好
11、几年都没有见面的一个朋友.Yesterday I ran into a friend that I havent seen for years.9) 我一点儿都不知道她来不来.I dont know at all if she comes.10) 这些老红军战士对我国革命做出了巨大的贡献.These old Red Army men have done enormous (great) contributions to the revolution in our country.11) 昨天他整个下午都在计算机旁工作.He worked on the computer for the whole afternoon yesterday.
