Unit Three
Stevie Wonder,
Sunshine in the Shadow
Background Information
Text Analysis
Language Points
Background Information
Stevie Wonder
Composer of the
famous song,I Just
Called to Say I Love
You”
Intermezzo of the film
“Women in Red”
Background Information
One of the 50 greatest
musicians in the world.
---The greatest R&B
singer in the history.
---Can play a lot of
instruments.
---An optimistic person,
loving peace,
Background Information
In 2002,he was invited to
the White House to perform
for President Bush and
Vice-President Dick
Cheney,
His biggest hits include
“Ebony & Ivory”(1982) and
“I Just Called to Say I Love
You”(1984),which won an
Academy Award as best
original song
Text Analysis
childhood
adulthood
after the car accident
Genius
His own music
Focus on more fields
Childhood
Born blind and black and poor
Heard and smelled and touched,
Love music and would pound spoons or forks on
any surface that faintly resembled a drum.
Learn to play drums and harmonica and piano
by himself.
With friends,he began playing rock and roll music.
Childhood
Ronnie White took him down to his recording
company,Motown Records.
The new name stuck and Stevie Morris became
Little Stevie Wonder.
His first hit --- 12 years old--- called,Fingertips”
Over the following years,he became one of the
top recording artists at Motown,producing one hit
after another.
Adulthood
21---he got his freedom.
combined gospel,rock and roll and jazz and
which used African and Latin American rhythms.
His new albums were even more popular than
his early ones.
became a mature man and independent musical
artist.
After the car accident
In august of 1973,he was involved in a serious car
accident.
Everyone waited and prayed.
He had conquered blindness and poverty.
All he had left was his faith and strong will.
After the car accident
The car accident changed him by making him
reevaluate his goals in life.
Pay more attention to the world outside.
---He worked to create a national holiday to
honor the civil rights leader Dr,Martin Luther
King,Jr
---He recorded songs urging racial harmony and
raised money to end world hunger.
---Recently,he was honored by South African
President Nelson Mandela for his work against
that country’s system of racial apartheid.
Language points
1,make the most of
---use or enjoy to the greatest advantage,use in
the best way
e.g,(1) The young lady has learned to make the
most of every opportunity offered to her.
(2)One secret of A students is to make the
most of the university library.
2,used to c.f,get used to
(1)used to + infinitive
--- refer to a past habit or state
e.g,I used to live with my family.
People used to keep food by salting it.
(2)get used to + n./-ing
--- become used to
e.g,I have got used to sharing a dormitory
room with several classmates.
Nowadays more and more people have got
used to keeping their food in the refrigerator.
Exercises:
a,Alex and Tom _____________(go)
swimming together in their school days.
used to go
b,Soon after I entered the university,I
_________(get) up early in the morning.
get used to getting
c,My grandfather _________(say) to me,
“where there’s a will,there’s a way.”
used to say / gets used to saying
Thanks for Your
Attention