New Horizon College English Book 3 新视野大学英语 3

1. New Horizon College English Book 3新视野大学英语3 School of Foreign Studies 外国语学院 Unit 1 刘悦

2. Unit OneSection A The Tail of Fame

3. Brain Storm What can fame bring to people? a good taste for social life a life of luxury FAME a rise in social status Happiness! ?

4. seeking/chasing fame by all means:

5. hidden rules: 潜规则 sexually explicit photos: 艳照 affairs: 绯闻 flaunt wealth: 炫富 fraud or cheating: 造假

6. Watch and Discuss: Is fame a burden to famous people?

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8. burden of fame living on the favor of fans loss of identity lack of privacy less freedom of speech paparazzi: [pɑ:pə‘rɑ:tsi] 狗仔队

9. What’s your understanding of fame and fame-seeking? Beethoven Fame should be a by-product of one’s honest labor in life, not a result of one’s impure pursuits.

10. Assignment • Summary • Structure and writing device • Passage Reading • New Words Contents

11. I. New Words • idle: • Not working or producing anything 不工作的；闲着的 adj. • To waste time doing nothing 虚度；浪费时间；无所事事 vt. • *同音异形词： idol:偶像；受崇拜的人 Example An idle youth, a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Don’t idle away precious time and be sorry in vain when youthful heads become white . 莫等闲，白了少年头，空悲切！

12. I. New Words • 2. sustain: • Make sth. continue to exist for a period of time 维持；使持续 • To keep up the strength, spirits, or determination 维持体力， • 精神，决心等 Example 这位演讲者成功地使听众的注意力（兴趣）保持到了最后。 The speaker succeeded in sustaining the listeners’ attention (interest) to the very end. The hope that a rescue team would be searching for them sustained the trapped miners. 一支救援队伍正在寻找他们的希望使得受困矿工得以支撑下去。

13. I. New Words • 3. discount: • a. regard sth. as unlikely to be true or important 忽视；低估 vt. • b. reduce the price of sth. 降低价格；打折 vt. • c. a reduction in the usual price of something 折扣 Cn. Example You should discount much of what he says. 他说的绝大多数话你都不要相信。 All sale items have been heavily discounted. 所有出售的上品都大幅降价。 I bought this pair of boots at a 30% discount. 我买的这双靴子打了七折。

14. I. New Words • 4. distinct: • clearly different or belonging to a different type明显不同的;独特的 • b. able to be clearly seen, heard, smelled, etc. 清晰的，清楚的，明显的 Example 啤酒有一种很独特的气味；它与葡萄酒的气味十分不同。 Beer has a very distinct (distinctive) smell; it’s quite distinct from the smell of wine. 这房间里有一股明显的酒味。 There is a distinct smell of beer in this room.

15. 5. justify: show that there is a good reason for sth. That other people think is unreasonable 证明…有道理； 为…辩护 Example My training, education and personal qualities justify my application for the position.   我所接受的教育和训练，我所具备的个性品质，使我符合该职位的要求，特提出申请。 愚蠢的人总是为自己的错误辩护。 A stupid person always tries to justify himself for his mistakes.

16. Assignment • Summary • Structure and writing device • Passage Reading • New Words Contents

17. Structure Analysis Argumentation + Supporting Details + Conclusion Part 1 Argumentation Paras. 2~5 Part 2 Part 3 Para. 6 Supporting Details Part 4 Para. 7 Part 5 Para. 8 Conclusion Para. 9

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23. Assignment • Activity • Structure and writing device • Passage Reading • New Words Contents

24. Passage Reading • Part I (Para.1): General Statement • Language points • Questions

25. The Tail of Fame Para. 1An artist who seeks fame is like a dog chasing his own tail who, when he captures it, does not know what else to do but to continue chasing it. The cruelty of success is that it often leads those who seek such success toparticipate in their own destruction. Part I Argumentation: Chasing fame often leads to self-destruction.

26. A. Language points • 1. Participate in : take part in or become involved in an activity Example 班里的每个人都应该积极参加这些讨论。 Everyone in the class is expected to participate actively in these discussions.

27. Para. 2“Don’t quit your day job!” is advice frequently given by understandably pessimistic family members and friends to a budding artist who is trying hard to succeed. The conquest of fame is difficult at best, and many end up emotionally if not financially bankrupt. Still, impure motives such as the desire for worshipping fans and praise from peers may spur the artist on. The lure of drowning in fame’s imperial glory is not easily resisted. 有固定收入的工作 刚崭露头角的艺术家 Para 2 The lure of fame is hard to resist.

28. A. Language points • 1. at best : even when considered in the most positive way Example The meeting was at best partially successful. 这次会议充其量只是部分成功。 The technique is at best ineffective and at worst dangerous. 这个技术说得好一点是无效的，说的坏一点是有危险的。

29. A. Language points • 2. end up : finally be in particular situation or place Example In stead of ending up in jail he became remarkably famous. 他最终没有坐牢，而是声名鹊起。

30. A. Language points • 3. spur…on (into) : encourage someone or make them want to do sth. Example We spurred them on to greater efforts. 我们鼓励他们做出更大的努力。 It was his mother’s words that finally spurred him into action. 最终是他母亲的话促使他采取了行动。

31. A. Language points • 4. drown in : have a very strong feeling or a serious problem that is difficult to deal with Example These countries are drowning in debt. 这些国家债台高筑。 We are drowning in data but starved of information. 我们被数据包围，可是却缺乏信息。

32. Para. 3Those who gain fame most often gain it as a result of exploiting their talent for singing, dancing, painting, or writing, etc. They develop a style that agents market aggressively to hasten popularity, and their ride on the express elevatorto the top is a blur. Most would be hard-pressed to tell you how they even got there. Artists cannot remain idle, though.When the performer, painter or writer becomes bored, their work begins to show a lack of continuity in its appeal and it becomes difficult to sustain the attention of the public.After their enthusiasm has dissolved, the public simply moves on to the next flavor of the month. Para 3 It would be hard to keep the audience’s lasting enthusiasm.

33. Para. 3Artists who do attempt to remain current by making even minute changes to their style of writing, dancing or singing, runa significant risk of losing the audience’s favor.The public simply discounts styles other than those for which the artist has become famous. [mai‘nju:t]极小的 apart from; except The public only accepts the styles for which the artist has become famous and they think other styles are not worth their attention. Para 3 It would be hard to keep the audience’s lasting enthusiasm.

34. A. Language points • exploit : • a. to use (esp. a person) unfairly for one’s own profit or advantage <贬>剥削 • b. to use or develop (a thing) fully so as to get profit利用；开发 Example The world economic system exploits the developing countries in favor of the developed countries. 世界的经济制度是发达国家剥削发展中国家。 我们需要确保尽可能充分地利用资源。 We need to make sure that we exploit our resources as fully as possible.

35. A. Language points • 2. ride on the express elevator to the top : (a metaphor) means becoming famous quickly 迅速走红；青云直上 Example Susan Boyle rode on the express elevator to the top due to her astounding performance in the “Britain’s Got Talent” show. “苏珊大妈”因她在“英国达人秀”上的惊人表现而迅速走红。 express: 1. 表达vt.；2. 快车；快件n. 3. 快速的，快递的adj.

36. A. Language points • 3. be hard-pressed to do sth. : have difficulty to do sth.很难做某事 Example This year the airline will be hard-pressed to make a profit. 今年这家航空公司要盈利困难重重。

37. A. Language points • 4. flavor of the month/year/week : an idea, person, style, etc. that is very popular at a particular time, but only for a short while. 风靡一时的人或物 Example Any flavor of the month, like a flash in the pan, will lose its appeal to the public before long. 任何风靡一时的东西都如同昙花一现，不久就会失去对大众的吸引力。

38. A. Language points • 5. run a/the risk of : be in the situation in which sth. Bad could happen有…危险；冒…危险 Example Men run a greater risk of suffering from heart disease than women. 男子患心脏病的风险高于女子。

39. Para. 4Famous authors’ styles—a Tennessee Williams play or a plot by Ernest Hemingway or a poem by Robert Frost or T.S. Eliot—are easily recognizable. The same is true of painters like Monet, Renoir, or Dali and moviemakers like Hitchcock, Fellini, Spielberg, Chen Kaige or Zhang Yimou.Their distinct styles marked a significant change in form from others and gained them fame and fortune. However, they paid for it by giving up the freedom to express themselves with other styles or forms. Para 4 distinctive styles of famous artists limits them to express themselves with other styles or forms.

40. A. Language points • 1. pay for : suffer as a result of doing sth. 为…付出代价 Example We will pay for our mistakes in some way at sometime. 我们大家都会在某个时候以某种方式为我们的错误付出代价。

41. Para. 5Fame’s spotlight can be hotter than a tropical jungle—a fraud is quickly exposed, and the pressure of so much attention is too much for most to endure. It takes you out of yourself: You must be what the public thinks you are, not what you really are or could be. The performer, like the politician, must often please his or her audiences by saying things he or she does not mean or fully believe. You have to forget your true self Para 5 Some famous people have to please the audience sometimes against their own will.

42. Para. 6One drop of fame will likely contaminate the entire well of a man’s soul, and so an artist who remains true to himself or herself is particularly amazing. You would be hard-pressed to underline many names of those who have not compromised and still succeeded in the fame game. An example, the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, known for his uncompromising behavior, both social and sexual, to which the public objected, paid heavily for remaining true to himself. oppose or disapprove of sth. Para 6 It is hard to find an artist who is both successful and uncompromising.

43. A. Language points • contaminate : • make sth. dirty or poisonous污染，弄脏vt. Example 该食品在生产的过程中被污染了。 The food was contaminated during the production process.

44. A. Language points • 2. remain/be true to : continue to be loyal to someone or something忠于 Example The TV series are criticized as notremaining true to the original work. 这部电视剧被批评为不忠实于原著。

45. A. Language points • 3. uncompromising : unwilling to change one’s opinions or behavior不妥协的 Word building un+ compromise + -ing → uncompromising 否定前缀 词根：妥协 形容词词尾 Example The group has taken an uncompromising position on environmental issues. 这个团体在环境问题上采取决不妥协的立场。

46. Para. 6The mother of a young man Oscar was intimate withaccused him at a banquet in front of his friends and fans of sexually influencing her son. Extremely angered by her remarks, he sued the young man’s mother, asserting that she had damaged his “good” name. He should have hired a better attorney, though. The judge did not second Wilde’s call to have the woman pay for damaging his name, and instead fined Wilde.He ended up in jail after refusing to pay, and even worse, was permanently expelled from the wider circle of public favor. When things were at their worst, he found that no one was willing to risk his or her name in his defense.His price for remaining true to himself was to be left alone when he needed his fans the most. Para 6 the example of Oscar Wilde is provided as an illustration.

47. A. Language points • be intimate with: • Involve or have a secual relationship with; have a very close friendship with与…有染；与…关系密切 Example 她和总统关系密切。 She is intimate with the president.

48. A. Language points • 2. accuse ab. of sth. : say that someone has done sth. wrong or is guilty of sth.指控；指责 Example The founder of Wikileaks website, Julian Assange, is accused of having committed a sex-crime. 维基解密网站创始人朱利安.阿桑奇被指控性犯罪。

49. A. Language points • 3. be expelled from. : be dismissed officially from a school, club, etc.被驱逐出… Example 被誉为韩国民族英雄的黄禹锡由于学术造假而被驱逐出了学术界。 The Korean national hero, Yuxi Huang, was expelled from the academic community for academic cheating (fraud).

50. A. Language points • 4. at one’s/its worst: as bad or unpleasant as someone or sth. can be最糟糕、最厉害的时候 Example The pain was at its worst in the late evenings. 深夜时痛的最厉害。 我不想让你看到我最糟糕的时候。 I don’t want you to see me at my worst.