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1、Unit 1 The Other Side of Fame,,Hemispheres: Reading and Writing Course,,Unit 1 The Other Side of Fame,Text A Don’t You Know Who I Am?,Text B

2、 The Price of Fame,CONTENTS,,,,,,,,LEAD-IN,A. Match the following headlines with the right news items.,c,Daniel Radcliffe: Fame Makes Dating Tough _________,News items,keys,X,LEAD-IN,,Daniel Radcliffe: “Su

3、rprised by fame” _________,a,News items,keys,X,LEAD-IN,,Daniel Radcliffe Leads as Most ValuableYoung Star ________,b,News items,keys,X,LEAD-IN,,B. Discuss with your partner what advantages and disadvantag

4、es a celebrity may have, using the figure listed above or other celebrities you are familiar with as an example.,READING AND SPEAKING,A. Scan the article to put the following statements into a correct order

5、.,Skill Focus,,a. The way people research the assistant job. b. The reason for keeping a secret of a celebrity. c. Her teaching content. d. The reason for her stay at the job for so long. e. The year when her book w

6、as published. f. The reason not to name horrible celebrities. g. Her general impression of celebrities.,Article,Scanning for Answers to Wh-Questions in an InterviewIn an interview, many questions are asked and answ

7、ered. Stay alert for questions beginning with wh-question words: who, what, where, when, why and how. Key information is often contained in the answers.,X,________________________________________,c b a e d g f,,K

8、eys,,New Words,,Translation,,Translation,,Translation,,Translation,,,明星私人助理 本刊記者查德·李采訪了名人私人助理培訓(xùn)部主任麗貝卡·坦。李: 麗貝卡, 你們?yōu)槊伺嘤?xùn)私人助理，你們教學(xué)員什么呢？坦: 第一條規(guī)則：尊重名人的隱私。如果你不能為他們保密，你就會丟掉飯碗。決不能告訴別人，你為誰工作，都做些什么。李: 隱私為

9、什么這么重要？坦: 因?yàn)槊瞬幌朐陔s志上看到有關(guān)自己私生活的報(bào)道。李: 那人們怎樣才能深入了解這個職業(yè)呢？他們沒機(jī)會與業(yè)內(nèi)人士交流……,,Article,,,坦: 他們可以跟我們交流啊，也可以與以前當(dāng)過助理的人交流。他們還可以看我寫的書。我當(dāng)過25年的名人助理。李: 您的書什么時候出版的?坦: 2007年，書里講的是作為名人助理的職責(zé)。但是我要提醒貴刊的讀者——他們或許會發(fā)現(xiàn)這份工作并不像人們所想象的那樣光鮮。書中記述的無非是凌

10、晨四點(diǎn)起床給名人的病狗清理糞便，然后一直工作到第二天深夜這類瑣事。李: 聽起來挺煩人…… 也挺累人的！那您為什么還干了25年呢？,,Article,,,坦: 這份工作報(bào)酬豐厚，而且我還遇到了一些我崇拜的好萊塢偶像，也遇到了一些值得我尊敬的名人——他們都是善待別人的好人。李: 您認(rèn)為大多數(shù)名人都是好人嗎？坦: 是的。雖然有些名人確實(shí)很糟糕，但有些名人沒有得到公允的評價，像普通人一樣。例如，歌手湯姆·維茨就很棒。我曾經(jīng)給他寫

11、過一封信，告訴他我是多么敬佩他那種對待歌迷、員工以及公眾的方式。但我還是決定不把信寄出去——我不想讓他認(rèn)為我是在用這種方式找工作。我想我本可以匿名寄出去的——但是，我當(dāng)時沒有想到。無論如何，我還是很敬佩他的。,,Article,,,李: 那些糟糕的名人都有誰呢?坦: 我不能說出他們的名字。 李: 為什么不能?坦: 那樣的話就違背了第一條規(guī)則!,,Article,Article,Rebecca

12、麗貝卡celebrity n. 名人；名聲trainee n. 受訓(xùn)者privacy n. 隱私come out 出版overrated a. 評價過高的clean up 徹底打掃，清理 disgusting a. 令人厭惡的 idol

13、 n. 偶像 look up to 仰慕underrated a. 評價過低的Tom Waits 湯姆·維茨 staff n. 全體雇員 anonymously ad. 匿名地,B. Scan the dialogue for answers to the

14、 following questions.,READING AND SPEAKING,What’s rule number one for being a personal assistant for celebrities? _____________________________2. What is Rebecca’s book mainly about? __________________________

15、_______________ ____________________________3. What is Rebecca’s warning for her new book? __________________________________________ ______________________,,,Respect the celebrity’s privacy.,,It’s about th

16、e responsibilities of the job—personal assistant for celebrities.,,Readers may discover that working as an assistant for celebrities is overrated.,,,READING AND SPEAKING,4. Did Rebecca send her letter to Tom Waits?

17、_________________________5. How does Rebecca remark on celebrities on the whole? _________________________________________ ______________,,,,,,,No, she didn’t.,,She thinks that some celebrities are horrible,

18、but others are great.,C. Discuss the following questions with your classmates,READING AND SPEAKING,,1. Would you like to be a celebrity’s personal assistant? Why or why not? 2. Imagine that you could have an assistant.

19、What might your assistant do for you?,,TEXT A,,,,,,There are two sides to everything. Being famous has a dark side as well—tending to be mobbed by adoring fans and the like.,TEXT A,所有事物都有兩面，成名也有不好的一面——常常會被熱情的粉絲等圍得水泄不通。,D

20、on’t You Know Who I Am?,1. One that the super famous face is balancing the needs of privacy and . One time in New York an Marilyn Monroe was walking down Madiso

21、n Avenue accompanied by Eli Wallach.,TEXT A,TRANSLATION,dilemma,recognition,unnoticed,“My God, don't these people know who you are?” Wallach asked her. Marilyn, whose application of , took nearly

22、 as long as Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein Monster, at him.,TEXT A,TRANSLATION,makeup,grinned,“I'm only recognized when I want to be. Watch this.” She began to her hips and walk in a way that

23、 was familiar to and was eventually by fans.,TEXT A,TRANSLATION,mobbed,swing,moviegoers,adoring,2. For some stars privacy is an overrated .

24、 In 1919, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford went on their European honeymoon. The two international icons had divorced their spouses and how they would be gree

25、ted. They needn't have worried. In London their limo was surrounded by admiring women who pulled Mary Pickford out of the car to shake her hand, still after two years for her efforts se

26、lling war bonds.,TRANSLATION,commodity,previous,grateful,were concerned about,In Paris they couldn't get any sleep with crowds gathering below their hotel room to serenade them. In Amsterdam they a pa

27、rty and were mobbed by other guests who wanted to get close to them. The acrobatic Fairbanks placed his wife on his shoulder and escaped through the window.,TEXT A,,TRANSLATION,attended,Finally, they found privacy in Ham

28、burg. Because of World War I their movies were not shown there. For an hour the famous newlyweds walked the streets unnoticed until the bored Mary turned to her husband and said, “Doug, I'm this. Let

29、9;s go back to one of those countries where they mob us.”,TEXT A,,TRANSLATION,sick of,3. Joan Crawford had similar . Once in the 1930s she was staying in New York getting over her

30、 with Clark Gable. Tired of idling around her hotel, she told her associates they should go out and get some fresh air. The associates who had trouble keeping up with the star’s pace were when she

31、 took a .,TRANSLATION,sentiments,breakup,brisk,startled,detour,“Oh my God. She’s going into Grand Central Station!” Someone shouted, “Look, it’s Joan Crawford!” and she was mobbed. It took thirty minutes to esc

32、ape the crowd and get back to their hotel suite. Her hair , her dress torn and her face scratched, Crawford the door out of breath. “Oh…oh my. That was wonderful. Le

33、t’s do it again!”,TRANSLATION,disarranged,leaned against,4. Notoriety can get you out of a jam. Tired of being identified as James Bond, Sean Connery took an unusual step for a Hollywood’s Leading Man by publicl

34、y revealing his baldness on screen, beginning with The Man Who Would Be King (1976). On in Casablanca, the Scotsman the use of a chauffer and limo, choosing instead to drive himself in Volksw

35、agen Bug.,TRANSLATION,location,rejected,One day he drove around town dressed in a sweat shirt and shorts and was stopped for questioning by the local police. The former Mr. Universe runner-up had unfortunately left his p

36、assport back at the hotel and was arrested as a character. Just as he was about to be , Connery shouted, “007! I’m 007. damn you!” They recognized him and let him go.,TRANSLATION,suspic

37、ious,locked up,TRANSLATION,5. If you lose your hair, you can keep your privacy. Rob Reiner’s big break was Harrison Ford turning down the role of Meathead on All in the Family (1971-1980) because Ford couldn’t sta

38、nd Archie Bunker’s and . When the show first went into production, Reiner and his would leave the CBS film studio to eat lunch at the neighboring Farmers

39、 Market.,ignorance,stubbornness,cast,mates,TRANSLATION,low meant they were mostly ignored by the tourists. A few months later All in the Family was a and they received great attention.

40、From then on the cast generally preferred to stay in their dressing rooms at lunchtime. All except the ever hungry Meathead, Rob Reiner, who removed the wig he wore on the show and continued to eat at the Market in peace

41、.,Initial,ratings,monster,hit,TEXT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS,Part Paragraph Main Idea,TEXT A,1. What is the troublesome situation that celebrities have to face? ____,A. For questions 1-7, choose the best

42、 answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information from the text.,READING COMPREHENSION,A. They are easily chased by fans.B. They are easily recognized b

43、y others.C. They need to balance privacy protection and recognition.D. They need to make themselves widely known.,C,TEXT A,2. From this article, what do we know about Marilyn’s usual make-up? ____,READING COMPREHENSI

44、ON,She looked like a grinning monster after making up.She spent a lot of time on making up.She was quite unskilled at putting on make-up Her appearance after making up made her easily recognized.,B,TEXT A,3. Before Do

45、uglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford started their European journey in 1919, they were deeply worried about ___________.,READING COMPREHENSION,whether they would be welcomed whether fans there would oppose their marriage

46、whether their privacy could be protected there whether their honeymoon would end in happiness,A,TEXT A,4. What can you infer from the statement “They needn’t have worried.” in paragraph 2? _________,C,READING COMPREHENS

47、ION,A. They needn’t have worried about their wedding.B. Their wedding proved to be a huge success.C. They received great attention from adoring fans.D. Their previous worry didn’t work at all.,TEXT A,5. Joan Crawford

48、went out to get some fresh air because _________.,READING COMPREHENSION,A. she had been sick of hotel lifeB. she just had broken up with ClarkC. she liked sightseeing in New YorkD. she liked to meet her fans in New Yo

49、rk,A,TEXT A,6. Her associates were greatly surprised when Joan Crawford went into Grand Central Station because they _________.,READING COMPREHENSION,failed to keep up with herwould easily get lostwere afraid that she

50、might be mobbed by her fans therenoticed that she was not tidily dressed at that time,C,TEXT A,7. Which of the following didn’t explain why Sean Connery was not recognized by the local police in Casablanca? _________,R

51、EADING COMPREHENSION,A. He dressed in a sweat shirt and shorts.B. He didn’t take his driving license with him.C. He drove himself in Volkswagen Bug.D. He was bald.,B,8. Sean Connery was once stopped for questioning an

52、d then arrested as by the local police on location in Casablanca. 9. Initially, Reiner and his cast mates could eat at Farmers Market without being mobbed because their programs h

53、ad_________ 10. The reason why only the Meathead could continue to eat at Farmers Market is because he _______________ he wore on the show so that fans failed to recognize him.,a suspicious

54、character,READING COMPREHENSION,low ratings,could remove the wig,TEXT A,B. Answer the following questions according to the text.,READING COMPREHENSION,What was it that made Monroe mobbed by her fans? _______________

55、__________________________ _________________________________________,It was her walking style that made her recognized and mobbed by her fans.,TEXT A,READING COMPREHENSION,2. Who does the “former Mr. Universe runner

56、-up” in paragraph 4 refer to? _________________________________________ _________________________________________3. What made Rob Reiner have the chance to play a role in All in the Family? _____________

57、____________________________ _________________________________________,The former Mr. Universe runner-up refers to Sean Connery.,Harrison Ford turned down the role of Meathead on All in the Family, and Rob took his

58、place.,TEXT A,C. Read the poem below and discuss the following questions with a partner.,Fame is a Bee Emily DickinsonFame is a bee.It has a song.It has a sting.Ah, too, it has a wing.,READING COMPRE

59、HENSION,.,TEXT A,Vocabulary,Study the words that can collocate with “cast” and complete the following sentences with them.,New investigation is beginning to cast considerable_________ on this interpretation of events, ho

60、wever.2. She has cast _________ her ambition she had as a ten-year-old girl to be an actress.,,,,,,,,doubts,aside,3. 80% of middle-class voters cast their for the Conservative party, while more than 50% of wo

61、rking-class and very poor voters voted for the Labor Party.4. If you cast an ____ over the maps, you’ll definitely not lose your way.5. Willows with their feet in the water cast green _________ over the pool.,,,,votes,

62、eye,shadows,6. Try as he might, the man could not cast _____ the strains of life by himself. 7. The character of your parents helps to explain or cast on who you are and how you behave and respond, given cert

63、ain circumstances.,,light,off,8. We cast _______ for the necessary tools to repair our car, but couldn't find them in the garage.9. The sculptor is preparing to cast the in bronze to express the friendly

64、relationship between the two countries.10. The company is casting its _____ wide to get the right person for the post.,about,statue,net,,TEXT B,,,,,,Stars may experience the negative as well as benefits arising from the

65、ir fame. But do those benefits outweigh the negative or the other way round? Three black celebrities stated what price they have paid for their fame respectively.,Text B,出名給明星們帶來的可能有好有壞，但究竟是好處更多還是壞處更多呢？三位黑人名人分別講訴他們?yōu)槊暩冻?/p>

66、的代價。,The Price of Fame,TRANSLATION,1. It is one of those things that perhaps everyone has thought about, talked about, even dreamed about. Who hasn’t imagined in the spotlight of international fame and e

67、njoying the associated with being a celebrity?,basking,glamour,TRANSLATION,2. But despite all of the benefits that come with being famous—the , the wealth, the influence, the recognition—m

68、any of those who experience fame say there is a negative side that a tremendous price and sometimes the benefits of a life in the spotlight.,admiration,first-hand,extracts

69、,outweighs,TRANSLATION,There is a list of things, celebrities say, that make their lives less than perfect, and the price of fame comes in the form of lies, , distortions, media scrutiny, so