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Unit 1 The Other Side of Fame,Hemispheres: Reading and Writing Course,Unit 1 The Other Side of Fame,Text A Dont You Know Who I Am?,Text B The Price of Fame,CONTENTS,LEAD-IN,A. Match the following headlines with the right news items.,c,Daniel Radcliffe: Fame Makes Dating Tough _,News items,keys,X,LEAD-IN,Daniel Radcliffe: “Surprised by fame” _,a,News items,keys,X,LEAD-IN,Daniel Radcliffe Leads as Most Valuable Young Star _,b,News items,keys,X,LEAD-IN,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.,READING AND SPEAKING,A. Scan the article to put the following statements into a correct order.,Skill Focus,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,Scanning for Answers to Wh-Questions in an Interview In an interview, many questions are asked and answered. Stay alert for questions beginning with wh-question words: who, what, where, when, why and how. Key information is often contained in the answers.,X,_,c b a e d g f,Keys,New Words,Translation,Translation,Translation,Translation,明星私人助理 本刊記者查德李采訪了名人私人助理培訓(xùn)部主任麗貝卡坦。 李: 麗貝卡, 你們?yōu)槊伺嘤?xùn)私人助理，你們教學(xué)員什么呢？ 坦: 第一條規(guī)則：尊重名人的隱私。如果你不能為他們保密，你就會丟掉飯碗。決不能告訴別人，你為誰工作，都做些什么。 李: 隱私為什么這么重要？ 坦: 因?yàn)槊瞬幌朐陔s志上看到有關(guān)自己私生活的報(bào)道。 李: 那人們怎樣才能深入了解這個職業(yè)呢？他們沒機(jī)會與業(yè)內(nèi)人士交流,Article,坦: 他們可以跟我們交流啊，也可以與以前當(dāng)過助理的人交流。他們還可以看我寫的書。我當(dāng)過25年的名人助理。 李: 您的書什么時候出版的? 坦: 2007年，書里講的是作為名人助理的職責(zé)。但是我要提醒貴刊的讀者他們或許會發(fā)現(xiàn)這份工作并不像人們所想象的那樣光鮮。書中記述的無非是凌晨四點(diǎn)起床給名人的病狗清理糞便，然后一直工作到第二天深夜這類瑣事。 李: 聽起來挺煩人 也挺累人的！那您為什么還干了25年呢？,Article,坦: 這份工作報(bào)酬豐厚，而且我還遇到了一些我崇拜的好萊塢偶像，也遇到了一些值得我尊敬的名人他們都是善待別人的好人。 李: 您認(rèn)為大多數(shù)名人都是好人嗎？ 坦: 是的。雖然有些名人確實(shí)很糟糕，但有些名人沒有得到公允的評價(jià)，像普通人一樣。例如，歌手湯姆維茨就很棒。我曾經(jīng)給他寫過一封信，告訴他我是多么敬佩他那種對待歌迷、員工以及公眾的方式。但我還是決定不把信寄出去我不想讓他認(rèn)為我是在用這種方式找工作。我想我本可以匿名寄出去的但是，我當(dāng)時沒有想到。無論如何，我還是很敬佩他的。,Article,李: 那些糟糕的名人都有誰呢? 坦: 我不能說出他們的名字。 李: 為什么不能? 坦: 那樣的話就違背了第一條規(guī)則!,Article,Article,Rebecca 麗貝卡 celebrity n. 名人；名聲 trainee n. 受訓(xùn)者 privacy n. 隱私 come out 出版 overrated a. 評價(jià)過高的 clean up 徹底打掃，清理 disgusting a. 令人厭惡的 idol n. 偶像 look up to 仰慕 underrated a. 評價(jià)過低的 Tom Waits 湯姆維茨 staff n. 全體雇員 anonymously ad. 匿名地,B. Scan the dialogue for answers to the following questions.,READING AND SPEAKING,Whats rule number one for being a personal assistant for celebrities? _ 2. What is Rebeccas book mainly about? _ _ 3. What is Rebeccas warning for her new book? _ _,Respect the celebritys privacy.,Its about the responsibilities of the jobpersonal assistant for celebrities.,Readers may discover that working as an assistant for celebrities is overrated.,READING AND SPEAKING,4. Did Rebecca send her letter to Tom Waits? _ 5. How does Rebecca remark on celebrities on the whole? _ _,No, she didnt.,She thinks that some celebrities are horrible, but others are great.,C. Discuss the following questions with your classmates,READING AND SPEAKING,1. Would you like to be a celebritys personal assistant? Why or why not? 2. Imagine that you could have an assistant. What might your assistant do for you?,TEXT A,There are two sides to everything. Being famous has a dark side as welltending to be mobbed by adoring fans and the like.,TEXT A,所有事物都有兩面，成名也有不好的一面常常會被熱情的粉絲等圍得水泄不通。,Dont 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.,TEXT A,TRANSLATION,dilemma,recognition,unnoticed,“My God, dont these people know who you are?” Wallach asked her. Marilyn, whose application of , took nearly as long as Boris Karloffs Frankenstein Monster, at him.,TEXT A,TRANSLATION,makeup,grinned,“Im 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.,TEXT A,TRANSLATION,mobbed,swing,moviegoers,adoring,2. 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 neednt 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.,TRANSLATION,commodity,previous,grateful,were concerned about,In Paris they couldnt 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.,TEXT A,TRANSLATION,attended,Finally, 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, Im this. Lets go back to one of those countries where they mob us.”,TEXT A,TRANSLATION,sick of,3. 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 stars pace were when she took a .,TRANSLATION,sentiments,breakup,brisk,startled,detour,“Oh my God. Shes going into Grand Central Station!” Someone shouted, “Look, its 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. “Ohoh my. That was wonderful. Lets do it again!”,TRANSLATION,disarranged,leaned against,4. Notoriety can get you out of a jam. Tired of being identified as James Bond, Sean Connery took an unusual step for a Hollywoods Leading Man by publicly revealing his baldness on screen, beginning with The Man Who Would Be King (1976). On in Casablanca, the Scotsman the use of a chauffer and limo, choosing instead to drive himself in Volkswagen Bug.,TRANSLATION,location,rejected,One 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! Im 007. damn you!” They recognized him and let him go.,TRANSLATION,suspicious,locked up,TRANSLATION,5. If you lose your hair, you can keep your privacy. Rob Reiners big break was Harrison Ford turning down the role of Meathead on All in the Family (1971-1980) because Ford couldnt stand Archie Bunkers and . When the show first went into production, Reiner and his would leave the CBS film studio to eat lunch at the neighboring Farmers Market.,ignorance,stubbornness,cast,mates,TRANSLATION,low meant they were mostly ignored by the tourists. A few months later All in the Family was a and they received great attention. From then on the cast generally preferred to stay in their dressing rooms at lunchtime. All except the ever hungry Meathead, Rob Reiner, who removed the wig he wore on the show and continued to eat at the Market in peace.,Initial,ratings,monster,hit,TEXT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS,Part Paragraph Main Idea,TEXT A,1. 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.,READING COMPREHENSION,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.,C,TEXT A,2. From this article, what do we know about Marilyns usual make-up? _,READING COMPREHENSION,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.,B,TEXT A,3. Before Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford started their European journey in 1919, they were deeply worried about _.,READING COMPREHENSION,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 happiness,A,TEXT A,4. What can you infer from the statement “They neednt have worried.” in paragraph 2? _,C,READING COMPREHENSION,A. They neednt 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 didnt work at all.,TEXT A,5. Joan Crawford went out to get some fresh air because _.,READING COMPREHENSION,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 York,A,TEXT A,6. Her associates were greatly surprised when Joan Crawford went into Grand Central Station because they _.,READING COMPREHENSION,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 time,C,TEXT A,7. Which of the following didnt explain why Sean Connery was not recognized by the local police in Casablanca? _,READING COMPREHENSION,A. He dressed in a sweat shirt and shorts. B. He didnt take his driving license with him. C. He drove himself in Volkswagen Bug. D. He was bald.,B,8. 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,READING COMPREHENSION,low ratings,could remove the wig,TEXT A,B. Answer the following questions according to the text.,READING COMPREHENSION,What was it that made Monroe mobbed by her fans? _ _,It was her walking style that made her recognized and mobbed by her fans.,TEXT A,READING COMPREHENSION,2. 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.,TEXT A,C. 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.,READING COMPREHENSION,.,TEXT A,Vocabulary,Study 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.,doubts,aside,3. 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, youll definitely not lose your way. 5. Willows with their feet in the water cast green _ over the pool.,votes,eye,shadows,6. 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.,light,off,8. We cast _ for the necessary tools to repair our car, but couldnt 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.,about,statue,net,TEXT B,Stars 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,出名給明星們帶來的可能有好有壞，但究竟是好處更多還是壞處更多呢？三位黑人名人分別講訴他們?yōu)槊暩冻龅拇鷥r(jià)。,The Price of Fame,TRANSLATION,1. It is one of those things that perhaps everyone has thought about, talked about, even dreamed about. Who hasnt imagined in the spotlight of international fame and enjoying the associated with being a celebrity?,basking,glamour,TRANSLATION,2. But despite all of the benefits that come with being famousthe , the wealth, the influence, the recognitionmany 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.,admiration,first-hand,extracts,outweighs,TRANSLATION,There 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 whats considered to be “a normal, private life.”,rumors,continuous,inability,TRANSLATION,3. 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 say,TRANSLATION,4. 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.,TRANSLATION,And 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 arent true,” she says.,victim,exaggeration,fabrication,TRANSLATION,5. Michael Jordan, the former three-time MVP in the NBA whos 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.,exactly,commotion,6. Unless special provisions are made, Jordan cant go to a restaurant. He cant go shopping. He cant join the crowd and enjoy the latest movie. He cant 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.,TRANSLATION,He 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 hasnt done since he was 12 or 13 years old. “I cant go,” he says in his book Rare Air. “I can, but I dont want to go through the spectacle. Its not fair to the children.” In addition, Michael, too, has felt the uncomfortable of the medias 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.”,TRANSLATION,sting,unceasing,TRANSLATION,7. On more than one occasion, Whitney Houston has been a victim of that a scenario, she says, thats 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.,scenario,TRANSLATION,Despite 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 couples much-talked-about relationship quickly became tabloid fodder.,escalated,8. Although some fans might go too farand even with the constant scrutiny and the loss of privacymost 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 whats 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.,TRANSLATION,have no control over,TEXT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS,Part Paragraph Main Idea,TEXT B,A. Answer the following questions with the information from the text.,1. What benefits does being a celebrity have? 2. Wha