新世界_大学英语读写教程3.U1

nullnullUnit 1 The Other Side of Fame nullUnit 1 The Other Side of Fame Text A Don’t You Know Who I Am? Text B The Price of FamenullA. Match the following headlines with the right news items.A. Match the following headlines with the right news items.cDaniel Radcliffe: Fame Makes Dating Tough _________News itemskeysnull Daniel Radcliffe: “Surprised by fame” _________aNews itemskeysnull Daniel Radcliffe Leads as Most Valuable Young Star ________bNews itemskeysnull B. Discuss with your partner what advantages and disadvantages a celebrity may have, using the figure listed above or other celebrities you are familiar with as an example.nullA. Scan the article to put the following statements into a correct order. 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 was published. f. The reason not to name horrible celebrities. g. Her general impression of celebrities.Article________________________________________c b a e d g fnullNew WordsTranslationnullTranslationnullTranslationnullTranslationnull明星私人助理 本刊记者查德·李采访了名人私人助理培训部主任丽贝卡·坦。 李: 丽贝卡, 你们为名人培训私人助理，你们教学员什么呢？ 坦: 第一条规则：尊重名人的隐私。如果你不能为他们保密，你就会丢掉饭碗。决不能告诉别人，你为谁工作，都做些什么。 李: 隐私为什么这么重要？ 坦: 因为名人不想在杂志上看到有关自己私生活的报道。 李: 那人们怎样才能深入了解这个职业呢？他们没机会与业内人士交流…… Articlenull坦: 他们可以跟我们交流啊，也可以与以前当过助理的人交流。他们还可以看我写的书。我当过25年的名人助理。 李: 您的书什么时候出版的? 坦: 2007年，书里讲的是作为名人助理的职责。但是我要提醒贵刊的读者——他们或许会发现这份工作并不像人们所想象的那样光鲜。书中记述的无非是凌晨四点起床给名人的病狗清理粪便，然后一直工作到第二天深夜这类琐事。 李: 听起来挺烦人…… 也挺累人的！那您为什么还干了25年呢？ Articlenull坦: 这份工作报酬丰厚，而且我还遇到了一些我崇拜的好莱坞偶像，也遇到了一些值得我尊敬的名人——他们都是善待别人的好人。 李: 您认为大多数名人都是好人吗？ 坦: 是的。虽然有些名人确实很糟糕，但有些名人没有得到公允的评价，像普通人一样。例如，歌手汤姆·维茨就很棒。我曾经给他写过一封信，告诉他我是多么敬佩他那种对待歌迷、员工以及公众的方式。但我还是决定不把信寄出去——我不想让他认为我是在用这种方式找工作。我想我本可以匿名寄出去的——但是，我当时没有想到。无论如何，我还是很敬佩他的。 Articlenull李: 那些糟糕的名人都有谁呢? 坦: 我不能说出他们的名字。 李: 为什么不能? 坦: 那样的话就违背了第一条规则! ArticlenullRebecca 丽贝卡 celebrity n. 名人；名声 trainee n. 受训者 privacy n. 隐私 come out 出版 overrated a. 评价过高的 clean up 彻底打扫，清理 disgusting a. 令人厌恶的 idol n. 偶像 look up to 仰慕 underrated a. 评价过低的 Tom Waits 汤姆·维茨 staff n. 全体雇员 anonymously ad. 匿名地 nullB. Scan the dialogue for answers to the following questions.What’s rule number one for being a personal assistant for celebrities? _____________________________ 2. What is Rebecca’s book mainly about? _________________________________________ ____________________________ 3. What is Rebecca’s warning for her new book? __________________________________________ ______________________Respect the celebrity’s privacy. It’s about the responsibilities of the job—personal assistant for celebrities.Readers may discover that working as an assistant for celebrities is overrated.null4. Did Rebecca send her letter to Tom Waits? _________________________ 5. How does Rebecca remark on celebrities on the whole? _________________________________________ ______________No, she didn’t. She thinks that some celebrities are horrible, but others are great.nullC. Discuss the following questions with your classmates1. Would you like to be a celebrity’s personal assistant? Why or why not? 2. Imagine that you could have an assistant. What might your assistant do for you?nullnull There are two sides to everything. Being famous has a dark side as well—tending to be mobbed by adoring fans and the like.所有事物都有两面，成名也有不好的一面——常常会被热情的粉丝等围得水泄不通。 nullDon’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 Madison Avenue accompanied by Eli Wallach. TRANSLATIONdilemmarecognitionunnoticednull“My God, don't these people know who you are?” Wallach asked her. Marilyn, whose application of , took nearly as long as Boris Karloff’s Frankenstein Monster, at him. TRANSLATIONmakeupgrinnednull“I'm only recognized when I want to be. Watch this.” She began to her hips and walk in a way that was familiar to and was eventually by fans. TRANSLATION mobbedswingmoviegoersadoringnull2. For some stars privacy is an overrated . 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 greeted. 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 selling war bonds. TRANSLATIONcommoditypreviousgratefulwere concerned aboutnullIn Paris they couldn't get any sleep with crowds gathering below their hotel room to serenade them. In Amsterdam they a party 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. TRANSLATIONattendednullFinally, they found privacy in Hamburg. 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's go back to one of those countries where they mob us.”TRANSLATIONsick ofnull3. Joan Crawford had similar . Once in the 1930s she was staying in New York getting over her 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 took a . TRANSLATIONsentimentsbreakupbriskstartleddetournull“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 escape 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. Let’s do it again!”TRANSLATIONdisarrangedleaned againstnullTRANSLATIONlocationrejectednullOne 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 passport 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. TRANSLATIONsuspiciouslocked upnullTRANSLATIONignorancestubbornnesscastmatesnullTRANSLATIONInitialratingsmonsterhitnullPart Paragraph Main Ideanull1. What is the troublesome situation that celebrities have to face? ____A. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A, B, C, and D. For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information from the text.A. They are easily chased by fans. B. They are easily recognized by others. C. They need to balance privacy protection and recognition. D. They need to make themselves widely known.Cnull2. From this article, what do we know about Marilyn’s usual make-up? ____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.Bnull3. Before Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford started their European journey in 1919, they were deeply worried about ___________. whether they would be welcomed whether fans there would oppose their marriage whether their privacy could be protected there whether their honeymoon would end in happinessAnull4. What can you infer from the statement “They needn’t have worried.” in paragraph 2? _________ CA. 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.null5. Joan Crawford went out to get some fresh air because _________.A. she had been sick of hotel life B. she just had broken up with Clark C. she liked sightseeing in New York D. she liked to meet her fans in New YorkAnull6. Her associates were greatly surprised when Joan Crawford went into Grand Central Station because they _________. failed to keep up with her would easily get lost were afraid that she might be mobbed by her fans there noticed that she was not tidily dressed at that timeCnull7. Which of the following didn’t explain why Sean Connery was not recognized by the local police in Casablanca? _________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.Bnull8. Sean Connery was once stopped for questioning and 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 had_________ 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 character low ratings could remove the wignullB. Answer the following questions according to the text.What was it that made Monroe mobbed by her fans? _________________________________________ _________________________________________It was her walking style that made her recognized and mobbed by her fans.null2. Who does the “former Mr. Universe runner-up” in paragraph 4 refer to? _________________________________________ _________________________________________ 3. What made Rob Reiner have the chance to play a role in All in the Family? _________________________________________ _________________________________________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 place.nullC. Read the poem below and discuss the following questions with a partner. Fame is a Bee Emily Dickinson Fame is a bee. It has a song. It has a sting. Ah, too, it has a wing. .nullStudy 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, however. 2. She has cast _________ her ambition she had as a ten-year-old girl to be an actress. doubtsasidenull3. 80% of middle-class voters cast their for the Conservative party, while more than 50% of working-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. voteseyeshadowsnull6. 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 certain circumstances. lightoffnull8. 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 relationship between the two countries. 10. The company is casting its _____ wide to get the right person for the post.aboutstatuenetnullnullStars may experience the negative as well as benefits arising from their 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 出名给明星们带来的可能有好有坏，但究竟是好处更多还是坏处更多呢？三位黑人名人分别讲诉他们为名声付出的代价。The Price of FamenullTRANSLATION1. 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 enjoying the associated with being a celebrity? baskingglamournullTRANSLATION2. But despite all of the benefits that come with being famous—the , the wealth, the influence, the recognition—many 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. admirationfirst-handextractsoutweighsnullTRANSLATIONThere 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, sometimes rude and overly enthusiastic fans, and the to enjoy what’s considered to be “a normal, private life.” rumorscontinuousinabilitynullTRANSLATION3. Actor, comedian and former talk show host Arsenio Hall , “Being black and successful is the most difficult thing in the world.” goes so far as to saynullTRANSLATION4. Consider the price of fame that Janet Jackson has had to pay for most of her 28 years. The singer, dancer, actress was born into perhaps the most famous family in entertainment and has lived virtually her entire life under public scrutiny. Since she began acting on the Old Good Times television show, she has had to live her life in a fishbowl. nullTRANSLATIONAnd on more occasions than she wants to remember, she says, she has been the of media and . “When you are famous, you have to deal with all of the things that are said about you that aren’t true,” she says. victimexaggerationfabricationnullTRANSLATION5. Michael Jordan, the former three-time MVP in the NBA who’s trying to establish a baseball career, knows what Jackson is talking about. And because of his enormous celebrity, he, in many ways, has become a virtual prisoner of his fame. Whenever he goes out into the public, Michael creates such a among his fans that, when possible, he prefers to just stay home or in a hotel room. exactlycommotionnull6. Unless special provisions are made, Jordan can’t go to a restaurant. He can’t go shopping. He can’t join the crowd and enjoy the latest movie. He can’t even take a simple walk around the neighborhood. But perhaps the biggest price he has to pay for his fame is not being able to do what he calls “the normal things” that other parents do with their children. TRANSLATIONnullHe says his perfect day would be to get up and take his wife and children to a pancake house for breakfast and then go to an amusement park, something he says he hasn’t done since he was 12 or 13 years old. “I can’t go,” he says in his book Rare Air. “I can, but I don’t want to go through the spectacle. It’s not fair to the children...” In addition, Michael, too, has felt the uncomfortable of the media’s scrutiny, which he says has built “to the point where my privacy has disappeared and my life, virtually every moment of my life, is being monitored.”TRANSLATIONstingunceasingnullTRANSLATION7. On more than one occasion, Whitney Houston has been a victim of that —a scenario, she says, that’s complete with lies. “Everybody thinks that because you have this so-called fame and fortune, you have the so-called good life,” Houston says. “It is a good life...but you pay a price for that life.” The multiple Grammy Award winner has been paying that price since the beginning of her singing career. scenarionullTRANSLATIONDespite addressing the issue, Houston has been unable to shake rumors about her private life. And even after she married singer Bobby Brown and after they became the parents of a daughter, Bobbi Kristina, the rumors and the couple’s much-talked-about relationship quickly became tabloid fodder.escalatednull8. Although some fans might go too far—and even with the constant scrutiny and the loss of privacy—most celebrities stress that the benefits of fame far outweigh the negative. And they know that if they are going to continue to enjoy their celebrity status, there always will be a price of fame. Perhaps what’s so frustrating for those in the spotlight is the fact that basically they that less-than-desirable element which will continue to come with the territory.TRANSLATIONhave no control overnull Part Paragraph Main IdeanullA. Answer the following questions with the information from the text.1. What benefits does being a celebrity have? 2. What form does the price of fame take? Being a celebrity can bring you admiration, wealth, influence, recognition, etc.The price of fame takes the form of lies, rumors, distortions, continuous media scrutiny, sometimes rude and overly enthusiastic fans, and the inability to enjoy what’s considered to be “a normal, private life”.null3. For what reason has Janet Jackson had to live her life in a fishbowl? 4. What may be the biggest price Michael Jordan has paid for his fame? 5. How do most celebrities view their benefits and the negative of being famous? She was born into a celebrity family and began to receive even more attention after she acted on the old Good Times show.He is not able to do those “normal things” other parents do with their children.Most celebrities stress that the benefits of fame far outweigh the negative.nullB. Complete the following paragraph with the words given in the box below. There are more words than needed. Perhaps everyone longs to be a celebrity, so he can bask in the spotlight, enjoying the _________ being a celebrity brings about—admiration, wealth, influence, etc. glamournullHowever, famous people say that there is also a negative side that sometimes may ___________the benefits of a life in the spotlight. They say the price of fame can take the form of lies, rumors, ___________and media scrutiny. Take three black celebrities in the United States as examples. Janet Jackson says she has been the of media exaggeration ________ for her entire life.outweighdistortionsvictimvirtuallynullMichael Jordan says that he has felt the of the media’s continuous scrutiny as well and almost every moment of his life is being monitored. Whitney Houston has been paying the price for her fame since her singing career starts and has failed to shake about her private life. stingrumorsnullAlthough with the constant scrutiny and loss of _______,most celebrities still hold that the price of fame is ____________ . What really frustrates them is that they have no control the undesirable element .privacyworthwhileovernullText B illustrates the idea with the examples of three black celebrities that being a celebrity also has a negative side. One technique the author employed is to present the general point followed by a list of things that clearly states the positive and negative sides fame can bring. Read the following paragraphs and identify what words are used to support the positive side and what words are used to support the negative side. Then fill in the chart below. null It is one of those things that perhaps everyone has thought about, talked about, even dreamed about. Who hasn’t imagined basking in the spotlight of international fame and enjoyin