1、Unit 4 Section A,Five Famous Symbols of American Culture,Tips,Interactive Mode I,1. Which can be a tribute to an event of historical significance?,Tips,Mode II,Mode III,Mode IV,随 笔,The Statue of Liberty,Monument of the Peoples Heroes,NBA,Peking Opera,Mode I,Tips,2. Which can be descriptive of people
2、s inspiration?,Tips,Interactive Mode II,Mode II,Mode III,Mode IV,随 笔,Mode I,American Gothic,The Compass,Barbie Doll,The White House,The Forbidden City,Interactive Mode III,Tips,Tips,Mode II,Mode III,Mode IV,随 笔,3. What can serve as a typical witness to tragedies in history of one culture?,Mode I,Yua
3、nming Yuan (Imperial Garden),Both Sides of Buffalo Nickel,The Great Wall,Interactive Mode IV,Mode II,Mode III,Mode IV,随 笔,4. Which of the following can be seen as a product of times?,Mode I,Tips,Tips,Uncle Sam,Abraham Lincoln,Lei Feng,Confucius,For more,Lead-in,Now lets listen to a passage to know m
4、ore about the birth of the text:,Key Words: owes to ., the claim to hot dogs argued at length .; the Statue of Liberty . as a gift from the French symbolize the concept of freedom; the Barbie doll, . the queen of all toys; American Gothic, a portrait ; the Buffalo nickel, a tribute to ; Uncle Sam, r
5、esolve, strength, and patriotism.,Mode II,Mode III,Mode IV,随 笔,Script,Mode I,Abridgement of Text,Five Famous Symbols of American Culture,Para. 1 For Americans, the most famous symbol of their culture is the Statue of Liberty, since it is seen as a tribute to the most significant event in historyUS v
6、ictory in the war of independence. As a gift from the French, it was created in the mid-1870s by the French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi through using his wifes body and his mothers face as the model.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Abridgement of Text,Para. 2 Barbie and American Gothic are more descriptive
7、 of human inspiration. Watching her daughter Barbara play with paper dolls inspired Ruth to come up with the creation of the doll, Barbie. Her idea was effected by refashioning a German doll into a decent, all-American version. Since its birth in 1959, Barbie has become the universally recognized Qu
8、een of the Dolls. And American Gothic is just a painting of inspiration from the Gothic window of an old farmhouse, but,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Abridgement of Text,what captures the worlds attention are the faces in it, which reflect the solemn pride of American farmers. The Buffalo nickel, in contrast,
9、is more representative of human destructivity. It bears witness to two tragedies in historythe destruction of the buffalo herds and the American Indians. For its design, three actual American Indians and an aging buffalo from Central Park Zoo were used as the models. Para. 3 Uncle Sam, as a symbol o
10、f honesty and,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Abridgement of Text,hard work, is a product of times. It evolved from a real person named Sam Wilson, who, during the American Revolution, supplied the army with meat stamped “EA-US” identifying the company (EA) and country of origin (US). It was said then that US st
11、ood for “Uncle Sam”, which was later presumed as true. Before long, an American artist, James Montgomery Flagg, created the most enduring portrait of Uncle Sam.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,The Statue of Liberty,The Statue of Liberty Para. 1a In the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was work
12、ing on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World, a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance.,Five Famous Symbols of American Culture,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para. 1b At the same time, he was in love with a woman whom he had met in Ca
13、nada. His mother could not approve of her sons affection for a woman she had never met, but Bartholdi went ahead and married his love in 1876.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,句型,Para. 2 That same year Bartholdi had assembled the statues right arm and torch, and displayed them in Philad
14、elphia. It is said that he had used his wifes arm as the model, but felt her face was too beautiful for the statue. He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength, someone more severe than beautiful. He chose his mother.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para. 3 The Stat
15、ue of Liberty was dedicated on an island in Upper New York Bay in 1886. It had his mothers face and his wifes body, but Bartholdi called it “my daughter, Liberty”.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Barbie Para. 4 Before all the different types of Barbie dolls for sale now, there was just
16、 a single Barbie. Actually, her name was Barbara.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para. 5a Barbara Handler was the daughter of Elliot and Ruth Handler, co-founders of the Mattel Toy Company.,Para. 5b Ruth came up with the idea for Barbie after watching her daughter play with paper doll
17、s. The three-dimensional model for Barbie was a German dolla joke gift for adults described as having the appearance of “a woman who sold sex”. Mattel refashioned the doll into a decent, all-Americanalthough with an exaggerated breast sizeversion and named it after Barbara, who was then a teenager.,
18、课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,句型,Para. 6 Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie has become the universally recognized Queen of the Dolls. Mattel says the average American girl owns ten Barbie dolls, and two are sold somewhere in the world every second.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzi
19、ng and Reading,Para. 7 Now more than sixty years old, Barbarawho declines interviews but is said to have loved the dollmay be the most famous unknown figure on the planet.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para. 8 Barbies boyfriend, Ken, was introduced in 1961 and named after Barbaras br
20、other. The real Ken, who died in 1994, was disgusted by the doll that made his family famous. “I dont want my children to play with it,” he said in 1993.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,American Gothic Para. 9a Grant Wood instantly rose to fame in 1930 with his painting American Gothic
21、, an often-copied interpretation of the solemn pride of American farmers. The painting shows a serious-looking man and a woman standing in front of a farmhouse.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para. 9b He was strongly influenced by medieval artists and inspired by the Gothic window of
22、an old farmhouse, but the faces in his composition were what captured the worlds attention.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,句型,Para. 10 Wood liked to paint faces he knew well. For the grave farmer he used his dentist, a sour-looking man. For the woman standing alongside him, the artist
23、 chose his sister, Nan. He stretched the models necks a bit, but there was no doubt who posed for the portrait. Para. 11 Nan later remarked that the fame she gained from American Gothic saved her from a very boring life.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,The Buffalo Nickel Para. 12 Today
24、, American coins honor prominent figures of the US government mostly famous former presidents. But the Buffalo nickel, produced from 1913 to 1938, honored a pair of connected tragedies from the settlement of the American frontierthe destruction of the buffalo herds and the American Indians.,课文阅读,随 笔
25、,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para. 13 While white people had previously been used as models for most American coins, famed artist James Earle Fraser went against tradition by using three actual American Indians as models for his creation.,句型,Par
26、a. 14 For the buffalo on the other side, since buffalo no longer wandered about the great grasslands, Fraser was forced to sketch an aging buffalo from New York Citys Central Park Zoo. Two years later, in 1915, this animal was sold for $100 and killed for meat, a hide, and a wall decoration made fro
27、m its horns.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Uncle Sam Para. 15 Fourteen-year-old Sam Wilson ran away from home to join his father and older brothers in the fight to liberate the American colonies from the British during the American Revolution. At age 23, he started a meat-packing bus
28、iness and earned a reputation for being honest and hard-working.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para. 16a During a later war in 1812, Wilson gained a position inspecting meat for US Army forces, working with a man who had signed a contract with the government to provide meat to the ar
29、my. Barrels of meat supplied to the army were stamped “EA-US”, identifying the company (EA) and the country of origin (US).,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para. 16b According to one story, when a government official visited the plant and asked about the letters, a creative employee to
30、ld him “US” was short for “Uncle Sam” Wilson. Soon soldiers were saying all Army supplies were from “Uncle Sam”.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,句型,Para. 17a After the war, a character called Uncle Sam began appearing in political cartoons, his form evolving from an earlier cartoon cha
31、racter called Brother Jonathan that was popular during the American Revolution. Uncle Sam soon replaced Brother Jonathan as Americans most popular symbol.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,Para. 17b The most enduring portrait of Uncle Sam was created by artist James Montgomery Flagg in h
32、is famous army recruiting posters of World Wars I and II. That versiona tall man with white hair and a small white beard on his chin, a dark blue coat and a tall hat with stars on itwas a self-portrait of Flagg.,课文阅读,随 笔,课文缩写,结构分析,Text Analyzing and Reading,新视野 大学英语,美国文化的五大象征 自由女神像 Para. 1a 19 世纪 70
33、 年代中期，法国艺术家弗里德里克 奥古斯特 巴托尔迪正在设计一个大项目，名为 “自由照耀世界”。这是一座庆祝美国独立和美法联盟的纪念碑。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 1b 与此同时，他爱上了一位他在加拿大认识的女子。他母亲不赞成自己的儿子和一个她没有见过的女子恋爱，然而巴托尔迪不为所动，和心中所爱于 1876 年结为伉俪。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 2 同年，巴托尔迪组装完雕像的右臂和火炬，并将它们陈列在费城。据说，他用了妻子的手臂为模本，但觉得她的脸太漂亮，不适合做雕像模本。他需要这样一个女人：面容沧桑却不失坚定，庄重多于美丽。他选择了自己的母亲。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 3 1
34、886 年，自由女神像在纽约湾北部落成。雕像综合了他母亲的脸和他妻子的身材，不过巴托尔迪称之为 “我的女儿，自由之神”。,新视野 大学英语,芭比娃娃 Para. 4 在现今销售的各式各样的芭比娃娃之前，原先只有一种芭比娃娃。实际上，她的名字叫芭芭拉。 Para. 5a 芭芭拉 汉德勒是马特尔玩具公司的联合创始人艾略特和鲁思 汉德勒夫妇的女儿。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 5b 鲁思是在见到女儿玩纸娃娃之后才想到做芭比娃娃的。芭比娃娃的三维模特是一个德国洋娃娃，一个哄成年人开心的礼物，被描绘成具有 “风尘女子” 的模样。马特尔公司将这个娃娃做了一番改造，变成了体面而地道的美国版本，尽管胸围有些
35、夸张。它以当时 10 多岁的少女芭芭拉的名字命名。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 6 自从 1959 年面世，芭比娃娃 就成了全球公认的 “娃娃女王”。 马特尔公司说，一般的美国女孩 拥有 10 个芭比娃娃，全球每秒钟 就有两个芭比娃娃售出。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 7 如今芭芭拉已有 60 多岁了，她拒绝接受采访，但据说她非常喜欢芭比娃娃。她可能是当今世上最著名的不为人知的人物了。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 8 1961 年，芭比娃娃的男朋友面世，以芭芭拉的弟弟肯的名字命名。真正的肯于 1994 年去世。他对令自己全家名扬天下的娃娃极为厌恶。他在 1993 年说：“我可不想让我的孩
36、子玩这洋娃娃。”,新视野 大学英语,美国哥特人 Para. 9a 1930 年，格兰特 伍德因其画作美国哥特人一举成名。此画体现了美国农民庄严的自豪，常常被人复制。画面展示了一位神色严肃的男子和一位女子站立在农舍之前。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 9b 伍德深受中世纪艺术家的影响，他的灵感来自于一所古老农舍的哥特式窗户，但最令世界注目的是画中人物的脸。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 10 伍德喜欢画他熟悉的脸。为画神色严肃的农夫，他选择了他那表情木讷的牙医，至于站在他身边的农妇，他选择了自己的姐姐南。他把模特的脖子稍稍画长了一些，但无疑能看出谁是画像的原型。 Para. 11 南后来说道，美
37、国哥特人带给她的名誉使她摆脱了一种非常乏味的生活。,新视野 大学英语,野牛镍币 Para. 12 今天，美国的硬币都用来纪念美国政府的杰出人物，其中大部分是著名的前总统。但 1913 至 1938 年间发行的野牛镍币，却是为了纪念由美国拓居引起的两起相互关联的悲剧野牛群的灭绝和美洲印第安人的毁灭。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 13 此前一直是白人被用作美国镍币上的模特，而著名的艺术家詹姆斯 厄尔 弗雷泽却反传统而行之，起用了三名真正的美洲印第安人作为自己创作的原型。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 14 由于大草原上不再有野牛漫步，弗雷泽为了镍币另一面上的野牛，只好到纽约中央公园的动物园里素描
38、一只老野牛。两年后，即 1915 年，此牛以 100 美元的价格售出，然后被宰杀取肉、剥皮，牛角制成了墙上的装饰品。,新视野 大学英语,山姆大叔 Para. 15 美国独立战争时期，14 岁的山姆 威尔逊离家出走，加入父亲和哥哥们的行列，为美国殖民地独立于英国而战。23 岁时，他开始从事肉类加工业，并因为人诚实、工作勤奋而赢得声誉。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 16a 此后在 1812 年的战争中，威尔逊获得了一个职位，为美国军队检验肉食。他的合伙人和美国政府签订了一份合同，给军队提供肉食。送到军队的肉桶上面都印有 EA-US 标志，EA 代表公司名，US 代表原产国。,新视野 大学英语,P
39、ara. 16b 传说有一回，有个政府官员来参观加工厂，问及这些字母的含义，一个想象力丰富的雇员告诉他，“US” 是 “山姆大叔” 威尔逊的缩写。很快，士兵们都说所有的军需品都来自 “山姆大叔”。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 17a 战后，政治漫画里开始出现一个名叫“山姆大叔” 的人物。他的原型是一个早期漫画人物，名叫乔纳森大哥，此人在美国独立战争时期非常出名。很快，山姆大叔就取代了乔纳森大哥，成了最受美国人欢迎的象征。,新视野 大学英语,Para. 17b 最令人难忘的山姆大叔的画像是由画家詹姆斯 蒙哥马利 弗拉格创作的，用在两次世界大战期间他画的很多著名的征兵招贴画上。山姆大叔的形象是：
40、高个子，白头发，下巴上有一小撮白胡子，身着深蓝色外套，头戴一顶高帽，上有星星点缀。这模样其实就是弗拉格的自画像。,English Equivalents of Chinese,to work on an enormous project,Liberty Enlightening the World,ones affection for sb.,someone whose face represents suffering yet strength,for sale,the interpretation of sth.,to come up with,to refashion into ,10.
41、因赢得声誉,to capture ones attention,universally recognized,receive higher education / children from rural areas,For many children from rural areas, receiving higher education is the only chance of coming up in the world.,遭遇（困难或反对）:与相等，符合: 地位上升:,to come up against to come up to to come up in the world,接受
42、高等教育是许多农村孩子出人头地的唯一机会。,知 识 链 接,活 学 活 用,意 群 提 示,Back,Creative Application of Typical Expressions,句型应用,短语互译,随 笔,吸引某人的注意力: 分散某人的注意力: 将注意力集中在: 保持某人的注意力:,父母们所担心的，是娱乐活动分散孩子学习的注意力。,be a worry to sb. / recreational activities,It is a worry to parents that recreational activities will distract children from s
43、tudies.,to attract ones attention to distract ones attention to focus ones attention on to hold ones attention,知 识 链 接,活 学 活 用,意 群 提 示,Creative Application of Typical Expressions,句型应用,短语互译,随 笔,Back,享有很高的声誉: 破坏某人的声誉: 保护某人的声誉: 名副其实:,这位老教授因其国学方面的造诣在文学界享有很高的声誉。,sinology / high attainments in / in litera
44、ry circles,The old professor enjoys a high reputation in literary circles for his attainments in sinology汉学.,enjoy a high reputation damage ones reputation protect ones reputation live up to ones reputation,知 识 链 接,活 学 活 用,意 群 提 示,Creative Application of Typical Expressions,句型应用,短语互译,随 笔,Back,缺乏某物:
45、对某人粗暴无理: 缺少（某种特质）: 总之，简言之:,总之，他擅长的是剽窃，缺乏的是道德。,be long on sth. / piracy,In short, he is long on piracy but short on morality.,to be short of sth. to be short with sb. to be short on sth. in short,知 识 链 接,活 学 活 用,意 群 提 示,Creative Application of Typical Expressions,句型应用,短语互译,随 笔,Back,study medicine / t
46、urn out / a distinguished doctor,新视野 产生式提炼与应用,典 型 例 句,意 群 提 示,她的父母不赞同她学医，但她不为所动，结果成为一名出色的医生。 （go ahead）,Her parents disapproved of her studying medicine, but she went ahead and turned out to be a distinguished doctor.,Back,短语活用,短语互译,随 笔,very clean / delicious foods / first-class service,新视野 产生式提炼与应用
47、,典 型 例 句,意 群 提 示,这家宾馆卫生状况好，饭菜可口，但最吸引顾客注目的还是它一流的服务。,This hotel is very clean and provides delicious foods, but its first-class service is what captures the customers attention.,Back,短语活用,短语互译,随 笔,with red cover / elaborate designs / hardback / edition,新视野 产生式提炼与应用,典 型 例 句,意 群 提 示,那本有着红色封面以及精美设计的精装书是非
48、常昂贵的版本。,That editiona hardback with red cover and elaborate designsis very expensive.,Back,短语活用,短语互译,随 笔,成名:,一些不切实际的年轻人总是梦想着一夜成名，腰缠万贯。,to rise to fame,Back,短 语 逆 译,短 语 应 用,unrealistic young people / dream of / overnight / have money to burn,Some unrealistic young people always dream of rising to fam
49、e overnight and having a large sum of money to burn.,意 群 提 示,新视野 短 语 活 用,引人注目:,随着春节的临近，商家们想方设法吸引消费者的注意力。,to capture ones attention,Back,短 语 逆 译,短 语 应 用,draw near / go to great lengths to do sth.,With the Spring Festival drawing near, businesses go to great lengths to capture consumers attention.,意 群 提 示,新视野 短 语 活 用,使免于:,
