Unit Nine Section A

1. New Horizon English Unit Nine Section A Never Be a Quitter in Face of Life

2. Section A Never Be a Quitter in Face of Life Text Study Pre-readingActivities Writing Skills Summary

3. Background Information Listening Watch & Role-play Writing Summary Text Home Pre-reading Activities

4. Writing Summary Text Home 1. Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University is the first research university in the United States. Founded in 1876, it was an entirely new educational enterprise. Its aim was not only to advance students’ knowledge, but also to advance human knowledge generally, through discovery and scholarship. 2. Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban Missile Crisis refers to a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; it is one of the hottest periods of the Cold War

5. Writing Summary Text Home 3. Oval Office Oval Office is the official office of the President of the United States. Located in the West Wing of the White House, it was originally constructed in 1909, during the Taft administration. 4. Pulitzer Prize Pulitzer Prize is a United States award regarded as the highest honor in print journalism. The award also honors literary achievements and musical compositions. The prize was established by Joseph Pulitzer, a Hungarian-American journalist and newspaper publisher in the late 19th century. More information about the Pulitzer Prize and popular culture can be obtained from the website http: //ww.pulitzer. Org.

6. Writing Summary Text Home Listening 1. Listen to a speaker talking about the factors that contribute to his success andfill in the blanks in the following text. I wasn’t the brightest kid in my graduating class. I didn’t even (1)) _______a famous school. What I did have, though, was a (2)__________family, and with their help, I was able to become one of the top (3)_______in the state of Florida and then a Florida State Supreme Court Justice. And you know what? It wasn’t as hard as you may think. It started with a clear (4)____of rules: always get up early, always work hard, always do things (5)_______, always try to improve on the day before and never give up. When I was younger, I didn’t always remember the rules myself, so my father had to (6)_______me. After a while, though, the rules became habit and everything else sort of fell into place. attend supportive lawyers set honestly remind

7. Writing Summary Text Home 2. Answer the following questions according to what your hear. 1) To whom did the speaker owe his success? Key: He owed his success to his supportive family. 2) What were the rules for success that the speaker was taught? Key: The rules were: always get up early, always work hard, always do things honestly, always try to improve on the day before and never give up.

8. Video Watching Writing Summary Text Home Watch & Role-play Directions: Watch one video clip, answer two questions and get ready to role-play the scene: ① Why does the father object to the son’s becoming a pro? ② What lessons does the father give his son?

9. Word Tips pro. bone-density scanner below average ultimately rank excel at motel • 职业(篮球)运动员 • 骨质扫描仪 • 低于平均水平，不及格 • 最终 • 排名 • 在……方面优秀 • 汽车旅馆

10. Pursuit Of Happiness

11. Question Tips ① “You’ll probably be about as good as I was. I was below average.” “You’ll excel at a lot of things, just not this. I don’t want you shooting this ball all day and night.” ② “Don’t ever let somebody tell you you can’t do something. Not even me.” “You got a dream … you gotta protect it.” “If you want something, go get it.”

12. 1 2 Pre-reading Writing Summary Home Text Study New Words and Expressions Structure & Main Ideas 2 Text Reading

13. Writing Summary Pre-reading Home New Words and Expressions Word Using Matching Game Structure Text Reading

14. e.g. I. Word Using 1. equivalent a. of the same value, importance, etc. as sth. else His behavior isequivalentto cheating. 他的行为相当于欺骗。

15. Translation Key 近形词 2. utter vt. say sth. 他整晚没吭声。 He didn’t utter a word all night. butter黄油 butterfly蝴蝶

16. Collocation 2. utter a. complete; absolute 完全不认识的人 断然拒绝 我完全不知道该怎样做才好。 an utter stranger an utter refusal I was at an utter loss what to do.

17. Translation Key 3. ambitious adj. having a great desire to be successful, powerful or wealthy 他立志毕业后要开办自己的公司。 He is ambitious to run his own company after graduation.

18. Collocation 4. advanced adj. at a higher level mathematics studies technology disease 高等数学 高深的研究 先进的技术 病情沉重期/晚期 advanced

19. e.g. 同根词 5. sympathize vi. feel sorry for sb. I sympathizewith you; I have had a similar unhappy experience myself. 我很同情你，我自己也有过类似的不幸遭遇。 sympathy 同情 sympathetic 同情的

20. e.g. 6. correspond v. ① (to, with) be the same as sth. else, or very much like it ① Their expenses don’t correspond to their income. 他们入不敷出。 ② What she said doesn’t correspond with the facts. 她的话与实情不符。

21. Translation Key 6. correspond v. ② (with) write letters to sb. and receive letters from them 在见面之前他们已通信两年了。 They have corresponded with each other for two years before they meet.

22. Translation Key 7. keen adj. ①eager or wanting to do sth. very much 许多父母亲热衷于把他们的孩子送往最好的学校。 Many parents are keen to send their children to the best schools.

23. Use It Phrase Tips 7. keen adj. ①eager or wanting to do sth. very much be keen on 热心······的；对······有兴趣 Q: What are you keen on in your spare time? A: I am keen on … sailing; bridge cards; network games; chat online; rock climbing …

24. Collocation 7. keen adj. ② very strong north wind brains competition interest 刺骨的北风 头脑敏锐 激烈的竞争 兴趣浓厚 keen

25. Translation Key 8. thrill vt. make sb. feel excited and happy ① 这位旅行者的经历使我们惊骇不已。 ② 当那位英俊的电影明星出场时，她欣喜若狂。 ① The traveler thrilled us with his stories. ② She was thrilled when the handsome film star appeared.

26. Translation Key 9. in (the) face of when facing sth., esp. sth. unpleasant or difficult 我在很多观众面前不敢唱歌。 I dare not sing in (the) face of a large audience.

27. Translation Key 11. out of touch no longer have information about sth. 如果我们经常通信，就不会失去联系。 If we correspond regularly, we shan’t be out of touch with each other.

28. to be continued II. Matching Game • make sb. believe sth. that is not true • gentle and careful • at a higher level • 4.the action of recognizing sb./sth. • 5. illegal behavior by sb. with power a. tender b. identification c. deceive d. advanced e. corruption Key: 1-c; 2-a; 3-d; 4-b; 5-e

29. a plan to do sth. • die • 3. attract sb. very much • 4. an acknowledge or admission • 5. very small • 6. the highest point a. fascinate b. marginal c. concession d. scheme e. summit f. pass away Key: 1-d; 2-f; 3-a; 4-c; 5b

30. Structure & Main Ideas The passage is made up of 21 paragraphs, and, according to pattern “flashback + sequential narration +dialogue + quotation”& pattern “Statement + Denial & Correction”, the author mainly employs in his writing, it can be roughly divided into four parts.

31. Understanding 1. Match the Main Idea with Its Part Part 1 (Paras. 1~4) Part 2 (Paras. 5~9) Part 3 (Paras. 10~20) Part 4 (Para. 21) ① Mother pushed me toward working with words from an early age. ② Mother’s response for my Pulitzer Prize ③ Mother would ask me to get up and make something of myself. ④ My progress in working with words and mother’s responses

32. 2. My Progress and Mother’s Encouragement ① bamboo torture treatment; have made something of myself; be entitled to sleep late; ② her powerful voice, my will, get up.

33. quit college for work; lose our house; take shelter with Allen; work as a grocer at ten dollars a week

34. ① Edwin James, managing editor of The New York Times, as an example, an ambitious man without much talent, get far. ② no smarter, successful in his career. ③ very poor, sign up for a set of books.

35. refused to sympathize with my humiliating wage for a learned man; corrected me, cannot make anything, work hard.

36. chance, make something; warned, marginal progress, not being too proud of oneself, watch out, a “harder fall”.

37. not mentioned; proof, my mother’s scheme, absolutely right.

38. mother’s health collapsed, in a nursing home, never knew of my Pulitzer.

39. no + 比较级 + than Text Reading 1.Edwin James was no smarter than anybody else … (Para. 8) “no”用在形容词或副词比较级前表示“毫不，根本不”，体现强调语气。 Practice

40. 用 “no + 比较级 + than”结构翻译下列句子： ① 这并不比上次的练习糟。 ② 他的情况一点也不比你的严重。 ③ 她并不觉得比昨天有所好转。 ④ 我们走到桥边就不再往前了。

41. Key ① It’s no worse than the last exercise. ② His case is no more serious than yours. ③ She is feeling no better than yesterday. ④ We went no farther than the bridge.

42. It was proof that … 2. It was proof that my mother’s scheme to push me toward literature from an early age had been absolutely right. (Para.19) “It”指前一段的“我终于被委任《纽约时报》的一个固定专栏的评论员”。 “that ”引导同位语从句，解释名词“proof ”的具体所指。“It was proof that …”的意义相当于“It proved that … ”。

43. 3. “Even if you get to the top, you have to watch out.” She was always keen to point out, “The bigger they come, the harder they fall.” (Para. 16) The + 比较级 + …, the + 比较级 + … “越······就越······” Practice

44. 用“The +比较级 + …, the + 比较级 + …”结构 合成下列组句: ①the temperature gets high, the liquid becomes gas fast ②he tried hard, he seemed to make little progress ③you know many people, you have little time to see them ④you give me much support, I will have confidence in myself

45. Key ①The higher the temperature gets, the faster the liquid becomes gas. ②The harder he tried, the less progress he seemed to make. ③The morepeople you know, the less time you have to see them. ④The more support you give me, the more confidence I will have in myself.

46. Pre-reading Writing Home Text Summary English Equivalents of Chinese 1 2 Summarize the Text

47. English Equivalents of Chinese in (the) face of make sth. of sb. pass away have sth. at heart from sb.’s standpoint be entitled to pick up the pieces take shelter lap up look forward to

48. English Equivalents of Chinese know better watch out once and for all revolve around out of touch with Considering… nothing but push forward push forward correspond … to… reach the summit of…

49. Summarize the Text When I was five, father died, leaving mother with nothing but three babies and lots of bills to pay. Mother _______ my gift for words and devoted her entire life to helping me develop it. She used to require me to get up early and _______________ _____. She often took Uncle Edwin as an example of ______________________________________ __________. Though very poor, she bought some books to improve my reading. When I complained of ___________________ from the job with the identified make something of myself how far an ambitious man could get without much talent the humiliating wage

50. sympathize with Baltimore Sun as a police reporter, mother refused to _____________ me and told me to work hard to make anything of the job. When I was assigned by the Sun to report from the Oval Office, she warned me against ____________________. When I was offered TheNew York Times, mother’s scheme to _____________________ proved to be absolutely right. When I reached ______________________ ___________________ winning the Pulitzer Prize, mother’s health ________ and she never knew of my Pulitzer. Mother’s _______________________ helped me succeed in my reporter career. She taught me that ______________________. staying content with them push me toward literature the summit of my professional career collapsed continuous encouragement one should never quit in life