Unit 10
Gregory Peck—An American
Master
Teaching Objectives
1,To get students have an idea of the profound meaning of
an American movie master,
2,To understand the purpose of writing and organization of
the text,
3,To reinforce some basic linguistic knowledge by doing
various types of exercises,
Think Over,
1,How do you think of,an American master”?
2,How do you think of,super star of Hollywood”?
I,About the text
1,What is the message of the text
2,How is the text organized?
II,Structural Analysis
1,Introduction (Para 1)
Gregory Peck is both a famous Hollywood star and as a
symbol of the American man at his best,
2,Para 2-5
Peck’s growth from a premed student to a celebrated
actor
3,Para 8-9 Conclusion
III,Some difficult words,phrases and
sentences
1,As General MacArthur,Melville’s Captain Ahab,and Atticus
Finch,he has presented audiences with compelling stories of
strength and masculinity,
Explain,
In playing his roles such as General MacArthur and Captain Ahab,
he powerfully impressed his audiences with the strength an
male beauty of his characters,
2,If years of breathing life into characters such as Captain Keith
Mallory and General MacArthur taught him anything,it was
that life was profoundly complex,
Explain,
If he learnt something from the characters he vividly portrayed
such as Captain Keith Mallory and General MacArthur,it was
that life during wartime was extremely complex,
3,Breathe into life
1,Religion is the breath of life to/ for her,
2,The new manager has breathed fresh life into the
company,
4,Cast/ shed/ throw light on
1,Recent research has shed new light on the cases of the
disease,
2,New facts have been brought to light,
(reveal)
3,Can you move? You’re in my light and can’t read,
5,Doom sb,to sth,
1,We hate each other,yet we seem doomed constantly to
meet,
相互交恶，偏偏冤家常碰头。
2,Doomsday
3,D-day
6,Be destined
1,They were destined never to meet again,
2,It was destined that they would marry,
结婚是缘分。
3,Coming from a theatrical family,I was destined for a
career on the stage,
7,Pillar
1,He was a pillar of
strength for us when
our situation seemed
hopeless,
2,A scandal involving
several pillars
涉及社会要人的丑闻
3,She was driven from
pillar to post and each
person she spoke to
was more unhopeful
than the last,
四处奔走求救
IV,Affixes
1,patri-,of a father
arch-,chief,most important; extremely bad
patriarch,patriarchy,patriarchal,patricide (suicide,insect-cide)
archenemy,archangel,anarchy
2,matri-,of a mother
3,–cracy,government
technocracy,plutocracy,democracy (of people)
democratic,democrat
4,–logy,study of a subject
biology,geology (of earth),mythology,technology
IV,Affixes
5,–graphy,
calligraphy,photography
6,–pathy,treatment of disease; feeling
pathology,homeopathy
pathetic,telepathy
7,sym-,together
symphony (of or concerning sound)
8,–tics,
linguistics,physics,mathematics
V,Exercises,Translation
1,Most sportsmen are at their best during their early
manhood,
2,I am not legally his mother,but if feel I have a moral
responsibility to help him,
3,The film was so compelling that I could scarcely take my
eyes off the screen,
4,They were destined by fate never to see each other again,
Translation
5,Laurence’s novels were rejected at first,but they later came
to be recognized as works of genius,
6,Phillip was often found sitting alone in front of the fire
meditating quietly,
7,Modern research has shed great light on this question,
8,The coming of the new manager breathed new life into the
company,and soon it prospered,
V,Exercises,Dictation
? One hundred years ago,people became famous for what they
had achieved,Their accomplishments are still evident in our own
day,Today’s celebrities,however,often do not become known
for any enduring achievement,They are most highly publicized
by the media,
? To become such a celebrity,one needs luck,not accomplishment,
The hero was distinguished by his accomplishment; the celebrity
by his image,The hero was a big man; the celebrity is a big
name,
? It was closely tied to the rise of new form of media—first
photography,and later moving pictures,radio and television,
With the arrival of television,the faces of the stars became as
familiar as those we saw across the breakfast table,We came to
know more about the lives of celebrities,Less than seventy years
after the appearance of the first moving pictures,the shift from
hero-worship to celebrity-worship was complete,
Assignment
? Write a composition with the title If I Am a Superstar,
Gregory Peck—An American
Master
Teaching Objectives
1,To get students have an idea of the profound meaning of
an American movie master,
2,To understand the purpose of writing and organization of
the text,
3,To reinforce some basic linguistic knowledge by doing
various types of exercises,
Think Over,
1,How do you think of,an American master”?
2,How do you think of,super star of Hollywood”?
I,About the text
1,What is the message of the text
2,How is the text organized?
II,Structural Analysis
1,Introduction (Para 1)
Gregory Peck is both a famous Hollywood star and as a
symbol of the American man at his best,
2,Para 2-5
Peck’s growth from a premed student to a celebrated
actor
3,Para 8-9 Conclusion
III,Some difficult words,phrases and
sentences
1,As General MacArthur,Melville’s Captain Ahab,and Atticus
Finch,he has presented audiences with compelling stories of
strength and masculinity,
Explain,
In playing his roles such as General MacArthur and Captain Ahab,
he powerfully impressed his audiences with the strength an
male beauty of his characters,
2,If years of breathing life into characters such as Captain Keith
Mallory and General MacArthur taught him anything,it was
that life was profoundly complex,
Explain,
If he learnt something from the characters he vividly portrayed
such as Captain Keith Mallory and General MacArthur,it was
that life during wartime was extremely complex,
3,Breathe into life
1,Religion is the breath of life to/ for her,
2,The new manager has breathed fresh life into the
company,
4,Cast/ shed/ throw light on
1,Recent research has shed new light on the cases of the
disease,
2,New facts have been brought to light,
(reveal)
3,Can you move? You’re in my light and can’t read,
5,Doom sb,to sth,
1,We hate each other,yet we seem doomed constantly to
meet,
相互交恶，偏偏冤家常碰头。
2,Doomsday
3,D-day
6,Be destined
1,They were destined never to meet again,
2,It was destined that they would marry,
结婚是缘分。
3,Coming from a theatrical family,I was destined for a
career on the stage,
7,Pillar
1,He was a pillar of
strength for us when
our situation seemed
hopeless,
2,A scandal involving
several pillars
涉及社会要人的丑闻
3,She was driven from
pillar to post and each
person she spoke to
was more unhopeful
than the last,
四处奔走求救
IV,Affixes
1,patri-,of a father
arch-,chief,most important; extremely bad
patriarch,patriarchy,patriarchal,patricide (suicide,insect-cide)
archenemy,archangel,anarchy
2,matri-,of a mother
3,–cracy,government
technocracy,plutocracy,democracy (of people)
democratic,democrat
4,–logy,study of a subject
biology,geology (of earth),mythology,technology
IV,Affixes
5,–graphy,
calligraphy,photography
6,–pathy,treatment of disease; feeling
pathology,homeopathy
pathetic,telepathy
7,sym-,together
symphony (of or concerning sound)
8,–tics,
linguistics,physics,mathematics
V,Exercises,Translation
1,Most sportsmen are at their best during their early
manhood,
2,I am not legally his mother,but if feel I have a moral
responsibility to help him,
3,The film was so compelling that I could scarcely take my
eyes off the screen,
4,They were destined by fate never to see each other again,
Translation
5,Laurence’s novels were rejected at first,but they later came
to be recognized as works of genius,
6,Phillip was often found sitting alone in front of the fire
meditating quietly,
7,Modern research has shed great light on this question,
8,The coming of the new manager breathed new life into the
company,and soon it prospered,
V,Exercises,Dictation
? One hundred years ago,people became famous for what they
had achieved,Their accomplishments are still evident in our own
day,Today’s celebrities,however,often do not become known
for any enduring achievement,They are most highly publicized
by the media,
? To become such a celebrity,one needs luck,not accomplishment,
The hero was distinguished by his accomplishment; the celebrity
by his image,The hero was a big man; the celebrity is a big
name,
? It was closely tied to the rise of new form of media—first
photography,and later moving pictures,radio and television,
With the arrival of television,the faces of the stars became as
familiar as those we saw across the breakfast table,We came to
know more about the lives of celebrities,Less than seventy years
after the appearance of the first moving pictures,the shift from
hero-worship to celebrity-worship was complete,
Assignment
? Write a composition with the title If I Am a Superstar,
